Patents by Inventor Chi-Meng Liao

Chi-Meng Liao has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7563028
    Abstract: A synchronous spacer with a guiding block comprises strip-shaped links, a plurality of spacer elements, and a guiding block fixed at the end of the links. An arch-shaped surface is formed on the guiding block and is located correspondingly to inner surface of the track of the linear guideway, the guiding block is larger than spacer element of the synchronous spacer but is smaller than the rolling elements. With the guidance of the guiding block, the synchronous spacer is prevented from impacting the inner surface of the track, enabling the linear guideway to move smoothly and stably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Hiwin Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Chi-Meng Liao, Yun-Yi Lin
  • Patent number: 7523682
    Abstract: A ball screw device includes a screw shaft threaded with a ball nut which has two channels and an opening, a guide member is engaged into the opening of the ball nut and has two curved pathways communicating with the channels to form two separated endless ball rolling passages in the ball nut, and two groups of bearing members are engaged in the two separated endless ball rolling passages for facilitating a movement of the ball nut relative to the screw shaft. The guide member includes two bars for enclosing the curved pathways of the guide member, and the bars each have a curved recess for forming the curved pathways of the guide member and for allowing the guide member to be easily manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Hiwin Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Chi Meng Liao, Yan Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20080190230
    Abstract: A ball screw device includes a screw shaft threaded with a ball nut which has two channels and an opening, a guide member is engaged into the opening of the ball nut and has two curved pathways communicating with the channels to form two separated endless ball rolling passages in the ball nut, and two groups of bearing members are engaged in the two separated endless ball rolling passages for facilitating a movement of the ball nut relative to the screw shaft. The guide member includes two bars for enclosing the curved pathways of the guide member, and the bars each has a curved recess for forming the curved pathways of the guide member and for allowing the guide member to be easily manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Chi Meng Liao, Yan Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20080092678
    Abstract: A dust-proof structure for a ball screw comprises: a wiper, a wiping piece and a fastening device. The wiper is a C-shaped structure defined with a gap for accommodation of a wiping piece and is annually mounted on a surface of a screw shaft. The wiper is formed at either side of the gap with a bevel surface, and the wiping piece is also formed at both sides thereof with a bevel surface for mating with the bevel surface of the gap, so that the wiper and the wiping piece are maintained into contact via the bevel surfaces. The fastening device enables the C-shaped wiper to be deformed in radial direction, making the wiping piece abut against the surface of the screw shaft. By such arrangements, an interacting force between the bevel surfaces of the wiping piece and the wiper pushes the wiping piece toward the surface of the screw shaft, thus effectively preventing dust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Chi-Meng Liao, Chia-Min Liu
  • Publication number: 20080080796
    Abstract: A synchronous spacer with a guiding block comprises strip-shaped links, a plurality of spacer elements, and a guiding block fixed at the end of the links. An arch-shaped surface is formed on the guiding block and is located correspondingly to inner surface of the track of the linear guideway, the guiding block is larger than spacer element of the synchronous spacer but is smaller than the rolling elements. With the guidance of the guiding block, the synchronous spacer is prevented from impacting the inner surface of the track, enabling the linear guideway to move smoothly and stably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: Chi-Meng Liao, Yun-Yi Lin
  • Publication number: 20080053260
    Abstract: A circulation member for ball screw unit includes a fixing portion, a circulation turn-off portion, and a side joint portion. The circulation turn-off portion is conjoined to the fixing portion and provided with two leading channels in connection with the female screws of the nut, wherein the other terminal of each leading channel is connected to its corresponding turn-off channel, and the side joint portion is conjoined to the circulation turn-off portion and has an auxiliary tooth shaped slot annexed to the female screws of the nut. A side turn-off channel has one end in connection with the turn-off channel of the circulation turn-off portion, while the other end thereof is in connection with an axial path of the nut, wherein the passage of the side turn-off channel is properly curved to formed a perfect ball circulation passage allowing a plurality of rolling balls to travel along smoothly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Inventors: Chi-Meng Liao, Chien-Wei Tsou
  • Publication number: 20070186708
    Abstract: The recirculating element having a turning track corresponding to helical track of a ball screw and corresponding to returning hole of nut. And the turning track comprises a tangential direction changing position and a screw thread departing position being adjacent to an entrance of the turning track. And the entrance of the turning track has an upper wall surface and a lower wall face, which form a first inclined angle and a second inclined angle with the horizontal direction respectively. The first angle of the upper wall surface is smaller or equal to a minimum lead angle of the ball screw and the second inclined angle of the lower wall surface is smaller or equal to a maximum lead angle of the ball screw. So it is suitable for ball screws with different leads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Inventors: Chi-Meng Liao, Chia-Min Liu
  • Patent number: 7044642
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a guiding module for rolling-element, which is comprised of the partition and the link-ring. The characteristic of the guiding module for rolling-element is that has the rotatable structure, which uses the cooperation of pillar and trough, therefore can enhance the function of the guiding module for rolling-element to turn freely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Hiwin Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Chi-Meng Liao, Ya-Hui Liao
  • Patent number: 7004633
    Abstract: A rolling element retainer whose respective components are allowed to move angularly with respective to each other, and the engagement between the ring portion and the trough of the respective units is in form of the engagement of cylindrical ring portion with curved surface. By this way, the universal cornering ability of the rolling element retainer in accordance with the present invention can be substantially improved, which is able to slide smoothly along the circulation path of the linear transmission device without being warped and prolong the service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Hiwin Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Chi-Meng Liao, Chin-Pei Wang
  • Publication number: 20050123223
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a linear guide way with assembling end-cup and the method of fabricating, the structure of end-cup includes the base-part and the out-cover. The characteristic of the linear guide way with assembling end-cup and the method of fabricating was that is easy to install the roller, thereby can reduce the time of assembling and raise the efficiency of assembling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventor: Chi-Meng Liao
  • Publication number: 20050084188
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a guiding module for rolling-element, which is comprised of the partition and the link-ring. The characteristic of the guiding module for rolling-element is that has the rotatable structure, which uses the cooperation of pillar and trough, therefore can enhance the function of the guiding module for rolling-element to turn freely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Chi-Meng Liao, Ya-Hui Liao
  • Patent number: 6817260
    Abstract: The cooling means for the present invention is formed in the screw nut instead of forming in the screw bolt. A cavity is formed between an outer cover and the screw nut as a pathway for cooling agent so as to deprive the screw nut of generated heat therein. To assure a better cooling effect, portion of the screw nut adjacent to the outer cover is pared partially to enlarge the space of the cavity therebetween. Furthermore, a guiding tube spirally encircling the screw nut, or reciprocating in the longitudinal direction of the ball screw axis on the screw nut, is provided for guiding the cooling agent therein so as to prevent leaking of cooling agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Hiwin Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Chi-Meng Liao
  • Publication number: 20030089187
    Abstract: The cooling means for the present invention is formed in the screw nut instead of forming in the screw bolt. A cavity is formed between an outer cover and the screw nut as a pathway for cooling agent so as to deprive the screw nut of generated heat therein. To assure a better cooling effect, portion of the screw nut adjacent to the outer cover is pared partially to enlarge the space of the cavity therebetween. Furthermore, a guiding tube spirally encircling the screw nut, or reciprocating in the longitudinal direction of the ball screw axis on the screw nut, is provided for guiding the cooling agent therein so as to prevent leaking of cooling agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Applicant: Hiwin Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Chi-Meng Liao