Patents by Inventor I Chiang Yang

I Chiang Yang 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: 8616553
    Abstract: A basketball game assembly includes a backboard, a hoop mounted on a front side of the backboard and a ball blocking device. The ball blocking device includes a shaft, a blocking member and a driving arrangement. The shaft at its rear end is rotatably mounted to the backboard. The blocking member is connected to a front end of the shaft and disposed adjacent to a front edge of the hoop. The driving arrangement is configured to rotate the shaft so as to have the blocking member move to a blocking position higher than the hoop or depart from the blocking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignees: Feiloli Electronic Co., Ltd., Department of Electrical Engineering, National Changhua University of Education
    Inventors: Chi-Ming Tsai, I-Chiang Yang, Wen-Ren Yang, Tsair-Rong Chen
  • Publication number: 20130270774
    Abstract: A lifting device for hammer game machine includes frame, a motor laterally mounted to a lower portion of the frame, a seat longitudinally mounted to an upper portion of the frame, a lifting unit partially received in and extending through the seat, a first bracket is secured on a lower end of the lifting device, a linkage assembly connected to the motor and a second bracket laterally mounted onto the linkage assembly through the frame. The first bracket and the second bracket are slidably relative to the frame and selectively connected to each other before being operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: FEILOLI ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHI-MING TSAI, I-CHIANG YANG
  • Patent number: 8500428
    Abstract: A machine for making cotton candy includes a shell, a sugar-spinning unit and a scraping unit. The sugar-spinning unit includes a heater located in the shell for heating and melting sugar, a bowl located around the heater, a lid located on the bowl, and a primary motor for spinning the heater and the bowl to spin the molten sugar. The scraping unit includes a holder located in the shell, a stopper connected to the holder, a lever pivotally connected to the holder, a first scraper attached to the lever, a second scraper pivotally connected to the holder, a hook connected to the second scraper, a spring for connecting the lever to the second scraper, a difference motor, and a crank including an end connected to a mandrel of the difference motor and an opposite end connected to a pin movably inserted in a slot defined in the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Inventor: I-Chiang Yang
  • Patent number: 8448944
    Abstract: A prize-displaying apparatus includes a wall, two mounts, two boards, two axles and a motor. The wall includes two apertures defined therein. Each mount includes a horizontal section between two vertical sections. Each vertical section of each mount includes an aperture defined therein. Each board includes a sleeve formed thereon. Each axle is inserted in a related aperture of the wall, the apertures of a related mount and the sleeve of a related board. The motor is operatively connected to one of the axles so that the related board can be pivoted between a supporting position where it supports the other board and a releasing position where it leaves and allows the other board to fall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignees: Feiloli Electronic Co., Ltd., Department of Electrical Engineering, National Changhua University of Education
    Inventors: I-Chiang Yang, Tsair-Rong Chen
  • Publication number: 20130049300
    Abstract: A prize-displaying apparatus includes a wall, two mounts, two boards, two axles and a motor. The wall includes two apertures defined therein. Each mount includes a horizontal section between two vertical sections. Each vertical section of each mount includes an aperture defined therein. Each board includes a sleeve formed thereon. Each axle is inserted in a related aperture of the wall, the apertures of a related mount and the sleeve of a related board. The motor is operatively connected to one of the axles so that the related board can be pivoted between a supporting position where it supports the other board and a releasing position where it leaves and allows the other board to fall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicants: DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, FEILOLI ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: I-Chiang Yang, Tsair-Rong Chen
  • Patent number: 8353518
    Abstract: A game machine includes a main frame standing on a supporting surface, a 3D catcher mounted in a top portion of the main frame, an operational unit mounted onto the main frame for controlling the 3D catcher and a gate assembly mounted in a lower portion of the main frame, through the gate assembly, the operator can take the falling prize.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignees: Peiloli Electronic Co., Ltd., Department of Electrical Engineering, National Changhua University of Education
    Inventors: Poszu Lai, I-Chiang Yang, Tsair-Rong Chen, Wen-Ren Yang
  • Patent number: 8267405
    Abstract: A game machine includes a main frame, a partition front slantingly mounted on a middle portion of the main frame. A collecting device is mounted onto an underside of the partition and multiple falling ball sensing units are mounted onto an upside of the partition. Multiple prize dispensing devices are mounted onto an internal panel of the main frame and electrically connected to a corresponding one of the falling ball sensing units. A control unit is secured on the main frame and an operational unit is disposed to an upper portion of the main frame, wherein the operational unit is electrically connected to the control unit. When starting a game, the operational unit firstly catches a ball and targets a selected falling ball sense unit, and then releasing the ball to the targeted falling ball sensing units for driving the prize the dispensing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Feiloli Electronic Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chi-Ming Tsai, I-Chiang Yang
  • Publication number: 20120121746
    Abstract: A machine for making cotton candy includes a shell, a sugar-spinning unit and a scraping unit. The sugar-spinning unit includes a heater located in the shell for heating and melting sugar, a bowl located around the heater, a lid located on the bowl, and a primary motor for spinning the heater and the bowl to spin the molten sugar. The scraping unit includes a holder located in the shell, a stopper connected to the holder, a lever pivotally connected to the holder, a first scraper attached to the lever, a second scraper pivotally connected to the holder, a hook connected to the second scraper, a spring for connecting the lever to the second scraper, a difference motor, and a crank including an end connected to a mandrel of the difference motor and an opposite end connected to a pin movably inserted in a slot defined in the lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventor: I-Chiang Yang
  • Patent number: 8016292
    Abstract: A game machine includes a main frame standing on a supporting surface, a move assembly and a rack respectively disposed in the main frame. An operating unit and a slot unit are respectively disposed on the main frame. A prize dispensing hole is defined in the main frame. The moving assembly includes an X-axis drive unit, a Y-axis drive unit and a Z-axis push unit. The rack has multiple rooms defined therein and each room has a prize received therein. The player can control the X-axis drive unit and the Y-axis drive unit to make the Z-axis push unit linearly corresponding to one of the rooms for pushing the prize in the corresponding room such that the pushed prize falls into the prize dispensing hole and the player can take the fallen prize from the prize dispensing hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Feiloli Electronic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: I-Chiang Yang, Tsair-Rong Chen, Wen-Ren Yang
  • Patent number: 6622759
    Abstract: A balloon neck fitting includes a check valve section having a peripheral housing and a peripheral flange extended radially outward from the peripheral housing for engaging with a larger balloon. The housing includes a chamber for receiving a gas supplying nozzle, and one or more extensions engaged with the neck of the balloons. Another housing is formed on top of the housing and having an outer diameter smaller than that of the housing for engaging with a neck of a smaller balloon, and for allowing the smaller balloon to be inflated and received in the larger balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Inventor: I Chiang Yang
  • Publication number: 20030127156
    Abstract: A balloon neck fitting includes a check valve section having a peripheral housing and a peripheral flange extended radially outward from the peripheral housing for engaging with a larger balloon. The housing includes a chamber for receiving a gas supplying nozzle, and one or more extensions engaged with the neck of the balloons. Another housing is formed on top of the housing and having an outer diameter smaller than that of the housing for engaging with a neck of a smaller balloon, and for allowing the smaller balloon to be inflated and received in the larger balloon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventor: I Chiang Yang