Patents by Inventor Ping-Yu Chu

Ping-Yu Chu 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: 11629552
    Abstract: A window covering includes a housing, a covering material, a spindle, and a driving device. The spindle and the driving device are provided at the housing. The driving device includes a motor having a shaft, and an epicyclic gearing decelerating device having an input end and an output end connected to the shaft and the spindle, respectively. Whereby, the spindle can drive the covering material to expand or to collapse. The epicyclic gearing decelerating device includes a ring portion and at least a planet gear assembly which is coupled between the input end and the output end. The planet gear assembly includes a plurality of planet gears having a Shore A durometer hardness of 45-90, which is rotatable along the fixedly provided ring portion. While being driven to move, a lower end of the covering material moves at a speed higher than 65 mm per second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao-Hung Nien, Jui-Pin Jao, Chin-Chu Chiu, Ping-Yu Chu
  • Publication number: 20220085738
    Abstract: An electric window covering has a covering material, a driving device, a microcontroller, a position detecting module and a trigger detecting module. The position detecting module detects a position of a lower end of the covering material to generate a position information. The microcontroller compares the position information with a reference position to generate a position relationship with respect to the reference position. The trigger detecting module detects whether the covering material is moved by an external force for generating a detecting result. When the microcontroller determines that a trigger event is received according to the detecting result, the microcontroller configures the driving device to move the covering material according to the position relationship and the trigger event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao-Hung Nien, Jui-Pin Jao, Ping-Yu Chu
  • Publication number: 20210238920
    Abstract: A motorized window treatment has a headrail, a first operable rail and a second operable rail, a driving device, a distance detection circuit, a receiving circuit and a motor control circuit. The motor control circuit is coupled with the receiving circuit and the distance detection circuit for configuring the driving device to move the first operable rail and the second operable rail according to the signals received by the receiving circuit. When the receiving circuit receives a command signal to move the second operable rail towards a target position and the first operable rail locates between the second operable rail and the target position, the motor control circuit configures the driving device to move the second operable rail and the first operable rail collectively towards the target position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: You-Yu Zhang, Jui-Pin Jao, Ping-Yu Chu, Chao-Hung Nien
  • Publication number: 20210189798
    Abstract: A window covering includes a headrail, a covering material located below the headrail, a rotating member connected to the covering material and provided in the headrail, a motor provided in the headrail and coupled to the rotating member, and a control device provided in the headrail and electrically connected to the motor. The headrail has a longitudinal direction. The rotating member is adapted to drive the covering material to expand or collapse. The motor drives the rotating member to rotate. When a moving speed of a lower end of the covering material decreases and such situation lasts for a predetermined time, the control device controls the motor to stop operating. Whereby, no matter whether the covering material is fully expanded, fully collapsed, or encounters resistance somewhere in between, the motor could all be stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Chao-Hung Nien, Jui-Pin Jao, Chin-Chu Chiu, Ping-Yu Chu
  • Publication number: 20210164290
    Abstract: A window covering includes a housing, a covering material, a spindle, and a driving device. The spindle and the driving device are provided at the housing. The driving device includes a motor having a shaft, and an epicyclic gearing decelerating device having an input end and an output end connected to the shaft and the spindle, respectively. Whereby, the spindle can drive the covering material to expand or to collapse. The epicyclic gearing decelerating device includes a ring portion and at least a planet gear assembly which is coupled between the input end and the output end. The planet gear assembly includes a plurality of planet gears having a Shore A durometer hardness of 45-90, which is rotatable along the fixedly provided ring portion. While being driven to move, a lower end of the covering material moves at a speed higher than 65 mm per second.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Chao-Hung Nien, Jui-Pin Jao, Chin-Chu Chiu, Ping-Yu Chu