Patents by Inventor Tsun-Te Shih

Tsun-Te 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: 9996134
    Abstract: A method to avoid over-rebooting of a power supply device comprises Step 1: receiving a power-good signal generated by a power supply device working normally; Step 2: checking whether the power-good signal is received; if no, demanding the power supply device to reboot; and Step 3: recording a count of rebootings of the power supply device; after the power supply device reboots, checking again whether the power-good signal is received; if yes, letting the power supply device keep on working and resetting the count of rebootings; if no, demanding the power supply device to reboot again, accumulating the count of rebootings, and checking whether the count of rebootings is greater than a limited count of rebootings; if yes, forbidding the power supply device to reboot. Thus is solved the problem that a power supply device whose abnormality cannot be removed by rebooting may damage the information device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: ZIPPY TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Tsun-Te Shih, Yu-Yuan Chang, Kuang-Lung Shih, Heng-Chia Chang
  • Patent number: 9874589
    Abstract: An inrush current recording module is installed in a power supply unit. The power supply unit has a front-stage power circuit and a back-stage power circuit. The front-stage power circuit includes a first ground terminal, and the back-stage power circuit includes a second ground terminal. The inrush current recording module includes a series circuit and a detection recording unit. The series circuit is formed by a capacitor and a resistor, and includes two ends thereof respectively connected to the first ground terminal and the second ground terminal. The detection recording unit detects the resistor to generate a voltage signal, compares the voltage signal with a voltage determination level, starts timing an inspection period when the voltage signal is greater than the voltage determination level, and records whether a current inrush current is harmful or harmless according to whether a power output signal is obtained within the inspection period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: ZIPPY TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Tsun-Te Shih, Yu-Yuan Chang, Kuang-Lung Shih, Wen-Lung Li, Heng-Chia Chang
  • Publication number: 20170308139
    Abstract: A damage identification method for a redundant power supply system is disclosed. The redundant power supply system comprises a plurality of power supply devices and a control unit. In application of the method, the control unit respectively sends switching signals to the power supply devices to boot every power supply device. The control unit checks whether each of the power supply devices sends back a power state signal. If at least one power supply device does not sends back the power state signal, the control unit resends the switching signal to the power supply device to compulsorily reboot the power supply device, which does not output the power state signal. Thereby is solved the problem that the conventional technology cannot instantly exclude temporary abnormalities and causes the user to misjudge the failure of a power supply device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Tsun-Te SHIH, Yu-Yuan CHANG, Kuang-Lung SHIH, Heng-Chia CHANG
  • Publication number: 20170308140
    Abstract: A method to avoid over-rebooting of a power supply device comprises Step 1: receiving a power-good signal generated by a power supply device working normally; Step 2: checking whether the power-good signal is received; if no, demanding the power supply device to reboot; and Step 3: recording a count of rebootings of the power supply device; after the power supply device reboots, checking again whether the power-good signal is received; if yes, letting the power supply device keep on working and resetting the count of rebootings; if no, demanding the power supply device to reboot again, accumulating the count of rebootings, and checking whether the count of rebootings is greater than a limited count of rebootings; if yes, forbidding the power supply device to reboot. Thus is solved the problem that a power supply device whose abnormality cannot be removed by rebooting may damage the information device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Tsun-Te SHIH, Yu-Yuan CHANG, Kuang-Lung SHIH, Heng-Chia CHANG
  • Publication number: 20170269941
    Abstract: A method for forcibly resetting a microcontroller is provided. A switching module is provided to power a microcontroller. The switching module detects through the control pin whether a notification port of a load connected to the control pin changes its potential level in response to a communication error between the load and the microcontroller detected by the load. When the switching module learns the change in the potential level of the notification pin, a powering status of the switching module is switched to stop powering the microcontroller to cause the microcontroller to stop operating. It is detected through the control pin whether the load again changes the potential level of the notification port in response to the microcontroller having stopped operating. When the change is detected, the powering status of the switching module is switched to again power and reactivate the microcontroller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Tsun-Te SHIH, Yu-Yuan CHANG, Kuang-Lung SHIH, Wen-Lung LI
  • Publication number: 20170138989
    Abstract: An inrush current recording module is installed in a power supply unit. The power supply unit has a front-stage power circuit and a back-stage power circuit. The front-stage power circuit includes a first ground terminal, and the back-stage power circuit includes a second ground terminal. The inrush current recording module includes a series circuit and a detection recording unit. The series circuit is formed by a capacitor and a resistor, and includes two ends thereof respectively connected to the first ground terminal and the second ground terminal. The detection recording unit detects the resistor to generate a voltage signal, compares the voltage signal with a voltage determination level, starts timing an inspection period when the voltage signal is greater than the voltage determination level, and records whether a current inrush current is harmful or harmless according to whether a power output signal is obtained within the inspection period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: TSUN-TE SHIH, YU-YUAN CHANG, KUANG-LUNG SHIH, WEN-LUNG LI, HENG-CHIA CHANG
  • Patent number: 9448605
    Abstract: A redundant power supply system providing rapid start of backup includes at least one primary power supply, at least one secondary power supply and a power integration panel. The secondary power supply includes a voltage regulation and energy saving element which has regulation potential after the secondary power supply being booted up. When the secondary power supply is triggered to shut down and the regulation potential is lower than a low voltage judgment criterion, it enters a standby working mode in which the secondary power supply is restarted for a transient working period to charge the voltage regulation and energy saving element. The power integration panel is electrically connected to the primary power supply and the secondary power supply, and inspects output status of the primary power supply and the secondary power supply in regular conditions to determine to boot up or shut down the secondary power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: ZIPPY TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Tsun-Te Shih, Yu-Yuan Chang, Heng-Chia Chang
  • Patent number: 9451721
    Abstract: A modular redundant power supply includes a casing, a power integration panel, a plurality of power supply modules and a power regulation module. The casing has an installation space defined into a first installation zone and a second installation zone. The power integration panel is located in the installation space. The power supply modules are installed on the first installation zone and connected to the power integration panel. Each power supply module outputs a duty power to the power integration panel after being started. The power regulation module gets the duty power from the power integration panel and regulates thereof to generate an auxiliary duty power output to the power integration panel so that the power integration panel can supply the duty power and the auxiliary duty power to an external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: ZIPPY TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Tsun-Te Shih, Yu-Yuan Chang, Heng-Chia Chang, Chun-Lung Su
  • Patent number: 9401627
    Abstract: A redundant power supply system providing alternate standby includes at least one primary power supply, at least one secondary power supply and a power integration panel. Each primary power supply receives a first power ON/OFF signal and starts to output a primary duty power. Each secondary power supply receives a second power ON/OFF signal and starts to output a secondary duty power. The power integration panel is electrically connected to the primary power supply and the secondary power supply and has a standby mode to receive a power ON/OFF signal from a motherboard and output alternately at a selected time interval the first power ON/OFF signal to the primary power supply or the second power ON/OFF signal to the secondary power supply to make the primary power supply and the secondary power supply on standby alternately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Zippy Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Tsun-Te Shih, Yu-Yuan Chang, Heng-Chia Chang
  • Publication number: 20160105057
    Abstract: A redundant power supply system providing alternate standby includes at least one primary power supply, at least one secondary power supply and a power integration panel. Each primary power supply receives a first power ON/OFF signal and starts to output a primary duty power. Each secondary power supply receives a second power ON/OFF signal and starts to output a secondary duty power. The power integration panel is electrically connected to the primary power supply and the secondary power supply and has a standby mode to receive a power ON/OFF signal from a motherboard and output alternately at a selected time interval the first power ON/OFF signal to the primary power supply or the second power ON/OFF signal to the secondary power supply to make the primary power supply and the secondary power supply on standby alternately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Tsun-Te SHIH, Yu-Yuan CHANG, Heng-Chia CHANG
  • Publication number: 20160098072
    Abstract: A control system capable of controlling activating/deactivating of multiple motherboards via cloud includes a plurality of motherboards, a plurality of power supplies respectively corresponding to the motherboards, a cloud monitoring platform, and a power on/off control module connected to the motherboards and signally electrically connected to the cloud monitoring platform. The cloud monitoring platform includes a graphic control interface, and allows to a user to log in for operations to generate a control signal. After receiving the control signal, the power on/off control module analyzes the control signal to determine to output a trigger signal to at least one of the motherboards. In response to the trigger signal received, the motherboard outputs a power on/off signal to the corresponding power supply connected to turn on or turn of that power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Tsun-Te SHIH, Yu-Yuan CHANG, Kuang-Lung SHIH
  • Publication number: 20160062431
    Abstract: A redundant power supply system providing rapid start of backup includes at least one primary power supply, at least one secondary power supply and a power integration panel. The secondary power supply includes a voltage regulation and energy saving element which has regulation potential after the secondary power supply being booted up. When the secondary power supply is triggered to shut down and the regulation potential is lower than a low voltage judgment criterion, it enters a standby working mode in which the secondary power supply is restarted for a transient working period to charge the voltage regulation and energy saving element. The power integration panel is electrically connected to the primary power supply and the secondary power supply, and inspects output status of the primary power supply and the secondary power supply in regular conditions to determine to boot up or shut down the secondary power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Tsun-Te SHIH, Yu-Yuan CHANG, Heng-Chia CHANG
  • Publication number: 20150286274
    Abstract: A power supply device with reduced power consumption is electrically connected to a motherboard. The motherboard outputs a power-on signal or a power-off signal to the power supply device when being triggered. The power supply device includes a standby power supply module which modulates an external power to output a standby power. Upon receiving the power-on signal, the power supply device deactivates the standby power supply module, but activates a main power supply module to modulate the external power to output an operating power to the motherboard to replace the standby power. Upon receiving the power-off signal, the power supply device deactivates the main power supply module, but reactivates the standby power supply module so that the standby power supply module outputs the standby power to the motherboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: ZIPPY TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Tsun-Te SHIH, Yu-Yuan CHANG, Heng-Chia CHANG
  • Patent number: 8924745
    Abstract: A power enabling circuit for uninterrupted power supplies includes a main power supply system, a backup power supply system and a power enabling control circuit. The main power supply system is electrically connected to an external power source to convert and output a conversion power, and generates a first power good signal when the conversion power is output normally. The backup power supply system outputs a backup power when the main power supply system cannot output the conversion power. The power enabling control circuit receives the first power good signal output from the main power supply system and simulates to generate a corresponding second power good signal, and also includes a normal power supply state in which the second power good signal is sent to a motherboard and a backup power supply state to receive the backup power and continuously output the second power good signal to the motherboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Zippy Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Tsun-Te Shih, Yu-Yuan Chang, Kuang-Lung Shih, Po-Wen Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20140347015
    Abstract: A power supply avoiding over-discharge of battery modules includes a main power supply system and a redundant power supply system. The invention uses a battery protection module to detect the status of a battery module in the redundant power supply system in normal conditions. The battery protection module includes an activation path connected to the main power supply system to receive standby power, a battery detection path connected to the battery module to receive a micro current and generate a protection activation signal when the battery module is in a charge-waiting state, and a protection activation path connected to a switch unit in the redundant power supply system to receive the protection activation signal to make the switch unit enter an OFF state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: ZIPPY TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Tsun-Te SHIH, Yu-Yuan CHANG, Kuang-Lung SHIH, Po-Wen HSIAO
  • Publication number: 20140254201
    Abstract: A power supply for prolonging a hold-up time includes a main power supply system, and a hold-up power supply system connected in parallel to a power factor correction unit in the main power supply system. The hold-up power supply system includes an isolation transformer element connected to the power factor correction unit for receiving and transforming a first power to a third power, a power storage element for receiving the third power and storing as a hold-up power, and a power comparison unit connected between the power factor correction unit and the power storage element. The power comparison unit compares a second power generated from phase modulation performed by the power factor correction unit and the hold-up power, and outputs the hold-up power when the second power is smaller than the hold-up power, so as to sustain the power modulation unit to continue operating for a hold-up time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: ZIPPY TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Tsun-Te SHIH, Yu-Yuan CHANG, Tien -Wei CHANG
  • Patent number: 8816532
    Abstract: A redundant power system aims to provide multiple main output power and multiple standby power to drive a plurality of loads operating in an operating mode or a standby mode. The redundant power system includes a plurality of power supplies and a back panel. Each power supply provides a main output power and a standby power. The back panel has a power bus path to converge the main output power. The power bus path is divided into multiple main power output paths each being controlled by a remote ON/OFF switch to determine whether to perform output, and multiple standby power output paths each has a conversion unit located thereon. The conversion unit converts the power in the power bus path and provides a simulated standby power to the loads in a normal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Zippy Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Tsun-Te Shih, Yu-Yuan Chang, Li-Wei Lu, Heng-Chia Chang, Jui-Hao Pan
  • Publication number: 20140197689
    Abstract: A power supply capable of increasing the lifespan of battery modules controls the duty state of a main power supply system through a state switch control module. The state switch control module includes a power supply switch unit and a state switch unit. The power supply switch unit has a first power supply state in which the state switch unit outputs a first signal to allow the main power supply system to output a first power to charge a battery module, and a second power supply state in which the state switch unit outputs a second signal to allow the main power supply system to stop outputting the first power, and the battery module outputs the second power when the first electric potential of the first power is lower than the second electric potential of the second power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: ZIPPY TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Tsun-Te SHIH, Yu-Yuan CHANG, Kuang-Lung SHIH, Po-Wen HSIAO
  • Patent number: 8766759
    Abstract: A transformer comprises a circuit board, an iron core, a winding set and a plurality of magnetic conduction elements. The circuit board has a plurality of electric conduction holes connected via at least one power connection wire. The iron core is located on the circuit board and has a first winding section and a second winding section. The winding set is wound on the first winding section. Each magnetic conduction element has a connecting section located on the iron core and an input section and an output section inserted into the electric conduction holes. The output section of one magnetic conduction element is connected to the input section of another magnetic conduction element through the power connection wire, thereby the magnetic conduction elements and power connection wire form a magnetic conduction winding set which generates magnetic coupling with the winding set through the iron core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Zippy Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Tsun-Te Shih, Yu-Yuan Chang, Tzung-Han Lee, Heng-Chia Chang
  • Publication number: 20140091889
    Abstract: A transformer comprises a circuit board, an iron core, a winding set and a plurality of magnetic conduction elements. The circuit board has a plurality of electric conduction holes connected via at least one power connection wire. The iron core is located on the circuit board and has a first winding section and a second winding section. The winding set is wound on the first winding section. Each magnetic conduction element has a connecting section located on the iron core and an input section and an output section inserted into the electric conduction holes. The output section of one magnetic conduction element is connected to the input section of another magnetic conduction element through the power connection wire, thereby the magnetic conduction elements and power connection wire form a magnetic conduction winding set which generates magnetic coupling with the winding set through the iron core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: ZIPPY TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Tsun-Te SHIH, Yu-Yuan CHANG, Tzung-Han LEE, Heng-Chia CHANG