Patents by Inventor William E-Wei Chen

William E-Wei Chen 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).

  • Publication number: 20180120392
    Abstract: A superconducting magnet cooling system is disclosed. The superconducting magnet cooling system includes a superconducting magnet; a liquid cryogen vessel for cooling the superconducting magnet; a heat exchanger device in fluid communication with the liquid cryogen vessel; a cryorefrigerator for heat exchange with the heat exchanger device; and a flexible connection device having high thermal conductivity and thermally connecting the cryorefrigerator and the heat exchanger device to provide vibration isolation of the cryorefrigerator from the heat exchange device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Evangelos Trifon Laskaris, William E-Wei Chen, Longzhi Jiang, Tao Zhang, Haixia Xi, Jun Li
  • Patent number: 7595713
    Abstract: A magnetic field generator for MRI comprises a generator main body and a covering member for covering the whole generator main body, and the covering member is made of a non-magnetic material, for example a closely woven fabric of stainless steel, aluminum, copper, nylon, cotton, hemp, flax, rubber or plastics, and a fastening member is provided for fastening the covering member to the generator main body, which is formed of a string or a rope made of stainless steel, aluminum, copper, nylon, cotton, hemp, flax, rubber or plastics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: Hai Yu, Misao Baba, William E-Wei Chen, Shaohui Shi, Ke Chen
  • Patent number: 6664878
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for assembling a magnetic field generator for a magnetic resonance imaging system. The method comprises: establishing an arrangement for a permanent magnet of a magnet assembly comprising a ferromagnetic yoke plate and a permanent magnet, wherein the arrangement includes a portion of a cavity formed from placement of a portion of a plurality of retainers attached at substantially the perimeter of the yoke plate. The method also includes populating the first portion of the cavity with a set of rails attached to the yoke plate and affixing a plurality of gliders to a plurality of magnet blocks and magnetizing the gliders and magnet blocks to form a plurality of block assemblies. Finally, the method includes sliding each block assembly of the plurality of block assemblies along a rail of the set of rails; initiating with an outermost rail and concluding with an innermost, securing each successively filled rail with a retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company, LLC
    Inventors: William E-Wei Chen, Jinhua Huang, Ronald Floyd Lochner, Weijun Shen, Geer Ward, Bu-Xin Xu