Patents by Inventor Ming-Chih Shih

Ming-Chih Shih 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: 10738962
    Abstract: A multi-segment turning light lamp includes a lamp housing assembly and a lighting assembly. The lamp housing assembly includes a substrate, a lens having a concave inner surface, and a light divider arrangement disposed between the substrate and the lens. The light divider arrangement includes a plurality of partitions angularly arranged with respect to a center of curvature of the concave inner surface of the lens, and extending radially to the lens. The partitions, the substrate and the lens cooperate to define a plurality of light-exit channels. The lighting assembly includes a plurality of light-emitting elements, each of which is disposed for emitting light through a respective one of the light-exit channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: T.Y.C. BROTHER INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming-Chih Shih
  • Patent number: 10612743
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a lighting unit, a lens, an optical transparent member and a light directing unit. The lens is disposed in front of the lighting unit for radiating forwardly light rays received from the lighting unit. The optical transparent member protrudes sidewardly from one side of the lens. The light directing unit is disposed between the lighting unit and the optical transparent member for forwardly directing part of light rays emitted from the lighting unit to the optical transparent member. The optical transparent member radiates forwardly the light rays received from the light directing unit, whereby a light emitting area of the vehicle lamp is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: T.Y.C. BROTHER INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming-Chih Shih
  • Publication number: 20200084330
    Abstract: A multi-function peripheral includes: a body; a scanner being disposed on the body and outside the body and performing sheet-fed image acquiring on a document; a discharge tray having a fulcrum about which the discharge tray is pivotally disposed on a lower section of the body lower than and away from the scanner, and can be rotated to a receiving state to receive the document scanned by the scanner; and a printer, which is disposed in the body and electrically connected to scanner, and performs a printing function according to a signal generated after the sheet-fed image acquiring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: SHAO-LAN SHENG, CHIN-CHU CHIU, MING-CHIH SHIH
  • Publication number: 20200072431
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp includes a lighting unit, a lens, an optical transparent member and a light directing unit. The lens is disposed in front of the lighting unit for radiating forwardly light rays received from the lighting unit. The optical transparent member protrudes sidewardly from one side of the lens. The light directing unit is disposed between the lighting unit and the optical transparent member for forwardly directing part of light rays emitted from the lighting unit to the optical transparent member. The optical transparent member radiates forwardly the light rays received from the light directing unit, whereby a light emitting area of the vehicle lamp is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: T.Y.C. BROTHER INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming-Chih Shih
  • Publication number: 20200025328
    Abstract: A supporting stand for supporting a panel is provided. The supporting stand comprises a base, a one-way damper, a force module, and a rotating element. The one-way damper is disposed on the first connecting board. The force module is disposed on the base and including a mandrel. The rotating element is connected to the panel, the one-way damper, and the force module, and is actuated together with the one-way damper and the force module so that the panel is capable of rotating around the mandrel in a first rotating direction or a second rotating direction. When the rotating element rotates in the first rotating direction, the one-way damper provides a first backward torque to the rotating element; when the rotating element rotates in the second rotating direction, the one-way damper do not provide torque to the rotating element but the force module provides a second forward torque when the rotating element rotates in the second rotating direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Jen-Yi LEE, Ming-Chih SHIH
  • Publication number: 20200025329
    Abstract: A supporting stand for supporting a panel is provided. The supporting stand comprises a base, a first force module, a one-way bearing, a rotating element, and a second force module. The base includes a bottom board and a first connecting board. The first force module is disposed on the first connecting board and includes a mandrel. The one-way bearing includes a shaft hole for the mandrel disposed therethrough. The rotating element connects with the one-way bearing and the panel so that the panel is capable of rotating at the mandrel along a first rotating direction or a second rotating direction opposite to the first rotating direction. The second force module is disposed on the base and actuated together with the rotating element. When the panel and the rotating element rotate along the first rotating direction, the one-way bearing refrains the first force module from providing a first backward torque to the rotating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Jen-Yi Lee, Ming-Chih Shih
  • Patent number: 10330282
    Abstract: A lamp lens is adapted to transmit light, and includes spaced-apart light input and output surfaces and a reflecting surface. The light input surface has a surrounding surface portion and an end surface portion connected to a front end of the surrounding surface portion. The reflecting surface extends from the light input surface to the light output surface, and has a plurality of reflecting segments and optical structures. The reflecting segments are adapted for total reflection of a portion of the light which enters the lamp lens through the light input surface. Each adjacent two of the reflecting segments forma stepped surface structure. The optical structures are adapted to prevent total reflection of a portion of the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: T.Y.C. BROTHER INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming-Chih Shih
  • Patent number: 10309582
    Abstract: Disclosed is a supporting module for a display device, which includes a fixing seat, a pivot lever, a slider and a spring. The pivot lever and the slider constitute a screw transmission mechanism with a varied helix angle. The lifting and lowering of the display device can cause screw motion between the pivot lever and the slider and thus induces the linear movement of the slider according to the axial advance of the varied helix angle. Accordingly, the displacement of the slider causes different degrees of deformation in the spring, resulting in different spring resilience forces on the slider. By the screw transmission mechanism with the varied helix angle, different spring resilience forces can be further converted into different resistance torques to provide appropriate supporting force in coordination with the variation of the gravity torque of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SYNCMOLD ENTERPRISE CORP.
    Inventors: Ching-Hui Yen, Jen-Yi Lee, Ming-Chih Shih
  • Patent number: 10295114
    Abstract: Disclosed is a supporting module for a display device, which includes a fixing seat, a pivot lever, a slider and a spring. The pivot lever and the slider constitute a screw transmission mechanism. The pivot motion of the pivot lever can cause screw motion between the pivot lever and the slider and thus induces the linear movement of the slider with respect to the pivot lever. Accordingly, the displacement of the slider causes different degrees of deformation in the spring, resulting in different spring resilience forces on the slider. By the screw transmission mechanism, the different spring resilience forces can be further converted into different resistance torques to balance with the downward torque caused by the weight of the display device. As a result, the display device can stopped at any desired height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: SYNCMOLD ENTERPRISE CORP.
    Inventors: Ching-Hui Yen, Jen-Yi Lee, Ming-Chih Shih
  • Patent number: 10260693
    Abstract: A vehicle lamp lens includes a base wall and a light output wall. The base wall has a light input surface, and a base surface disposed in front of the light input surface, and having a plurality of parabolic base sections. The light output wall extends forwardly from a front end of the base wall, and has an inner surface, an outer surface, and a light output surface connected between front ends of the inner and outer surfaces. The outer surface is formed with a plurality of microstructures disposed proximate to the base wall. Each of the micro structures has a parabolic first surface portion having a first virtual focus. The first virtual focuses of the first surface portions of the microstructures are located at the same point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: T.Y.C. BROTHER INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming-Chih Shih
  • Patent number: 10253940
    Abstract: A lens of a vehicle light assembly includes a front curved light exit surface, a rear light entry surface spaced apart from the curved light exit surface along an optical axis and convexed rearwardly, left and right reflection surfaces connected to the light entry surface, and left and right flank surfaces connected to the left and right reflection surfaces and to the curved light exit surface. A minimum distance of each flank surface from the optical axis is greater than a maximum distance of each reflection surface from the optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: T.Y.C. BROTHER INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming-Chih Shih
  • Publication number: 20190072256
    Abstract: A lamp lens is adapted to transmit light, and includes spaced-apart light input and output surfaces and a reflecting surface. The light input surface has a surrounding surface portion and an end surface portion connected to a front end of the surrounding surface portion. The reflecting surface extends from the light input surface to the light output surface, and has a plurality of reflecting segments and optical structures. The reflecting segments are adapted for total reflection of a portion of the light which enters the lamp lens through the light input surface. Each adjacent two of the reflecting segments forma stepped surface structure. The optical structures are adapted to prevent total reflection of a portion of the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: T.Y.C. BROTHER INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming-Chih Shih
  • Patent number: 10168016
    Abstract: A transparent vehicle lamp includes at least one lens having a main body portion and a first light input portion. An optical axis extends through the main body portion in a front-rear direction. The main body portion has a reflecting surface intersecting with the optical axis, a coupling surface connected to a periphery of the reflecting surface and a light output surface spaced apart from the reflecting surface and the coupling surface along the optical axis such that the image of a scenery toward which the coupling surface faces is formed on the light output surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: T.Y.C. BROTHER INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming-Chih Shih
  • Publication number: 20180372266
    Abstract: Disclosed is a supporting module for a display device, which includes a fixing seat, a pivot lever, a slider and a spring. The pivot lever and the slider constitute a screw transmission mechanism with a varied helix angle. The lifting and lowering of the display device can cause screw motion between the pivot lever and the slider and thus induces the linear movement of the slider according to the axial advance of the varied helix angle. Accordingly, the displacement of the slider causes different degrees of deformation in the spring, resulting in different spring resilience forces on the slider. By the screw transmission mechanism with the varied helix angle, different spring resilience forces can be further converted into different resistance torques to provide appropriate supporting force in coordination with the variation of the gravity torque of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Ching-Hui YEN, Jen-Yi LEE, Ming-Chih SHIH
  • Publication number: 20180372265
    Abstract: Disclosed is a supporting module for a display device, which includes a fixing seat, a pivot lever, a slider and a spring. The pivot lever and the slider constitute a screw transmission mechanism. The pivot motion of the pivot lever can cause screw motion between the pivot lever and the slider and thus induces the linear movement of the slider with respect to the pivot lever. Accordingly, the displacement of the slider causes different degrees of deformation in the spring, resulting in different spring resilience forces on the slider. By the screw transmission mechanism, the different spring resilience forces can be further converted into different resistance torques to balance with the downward torque caused by the weight of the display device. As a result, the display device can stopped at any desired height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Ching-Hui YEN, Jen-Yi LEE, Ming-Chih SHIH
  • Publication number: 20060144417
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of lowering contact angles on an optical film surface, especially a cellulose acetate butyrate film. The optical film is first cleaned by alkaline purge and acidic purge to remove tiny impurities on the surface, and then treated with non-thermal plasmas to lower the contact angles on the optical film so as to increase adherence possibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Applicant: OPTIMAX TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi-Ping Wang, Yao-Chung Cheng, Ming-Chih Shih
  • Publication number: 20060102205
    Abstract: A TAC film pre-processing method for reducing the contact angle of water on the TAC film is described. In this method, the TAC film is sequentially cleaned by a base solution, water and an acid solution. Then, the TAC film is cleaned by an aqueous solution of an alcohol, such as isopropanol. The concentration of the alcohol is preferably about 4-6% by volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Yi-Ping Wang, Yao-Chung Cheng, Ming-Chih Shih
  • Publication number: 20060088658
    Abstract: A dry treatment method for decreasing contact angle on an optical film surface, includes providing an optical film and subjecting the optical film to ozone treatment to increase hydrophilic groups on a surface of the optical film so as to decrease contact angle on the optical film surface. The optical film treated with ozone will increase hydrophilic groups on the surface of the optical film to decrease its contact angle thereon. This method is able to reduce disadvantage of higher expense and inconvenient use in prior art of wet method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicant: OPTIMAX TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jui-Chi Wu, Ming-Chih Shih, Yao-Chung Cheng, Chuan-Shu Wang, Yu-Chun Liu
  • Publication number: 20050183747
    Abstract: A TAC film pre-processing method for reducing the contact angle of water on the TAC film is described. In this method, the TAC film is first passed through a base tank to perform a base cleaning process. Next, the TAC film is passed through a first rinse tank to perform a first water cleaning process. The TAC film is then passed through an acid tank to perform an acid cleaning process. Finally, the TAC film is passed through a second rinse tank to performing a second water cleaning process. Alcohol is added at a predetermined concentration to the second rinse tank. The alcohol includes IPA (isopropyl alcohol). The predetermined concentration range of the alcohol is from about 4% to 6%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: OPTIMAX TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yi-Ping Wang, Yao-Chung Cheng, Ming-Chih Shih
  • Patent number: D866819
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: T.Y.C. BROTHER INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming-Chih Shih