Patents by Inventor I-Chih Yeh

I-Chih Yeh 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: 5178123
    Abstract: A direction-control device for a tennis-ball shooter having a mount plate on which two motors are mounted for driving two wheels which together control a speed and a spinning extent of a tennis ball to be served. The direction-control device includes a first bar extending along a Z-axis and drivable by a first motor to allow a pivotal movement of the mount plate on a Y-Z plane about an X-axis upon a restricted rotational movement of the first motor, thereby controlling the served tennis ball to fall in front of or behind the practicer. The device-control device further includes a second bar having a first end attached to the mount plate and a second end drivably attached to a second motor to allow a pivotal movement of the mount plate on a Z-X plane about a Y-axis upon a restricted rotational movement of the second motor, thereby controlling the spinning axis of the tennis ball to be served.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1993
    Inventor: I-Chih Yeh