Patents by Inventor Yu-Chien Kao

Yu-Chien Kao 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: 7417691
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel region, a pixel electrode in the pixel region, and a capacitor electrode having at least first and second segments, where the first segment extends along a first direction with respect to the pixel electrode, and the second segment extends along a second direction with respect to the pixel electrode, and the first direction is angled with respect to the second direction. A transistor has an electrode with an extending portion overlapping a portion of the pixel electrode and a substantial portion of at least one of the first and second segments of the capacitor electrode. The transistor electrode and the pixel electrode together provide a counter electrode to the capacitor electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chao-Chun Chung, Yu-Chien Kao
  • Patent number: 7399161
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan includes a hub and an impeller. The impeller is composed of a plurality of blades mounted around an outer circumference of the hub. The paraxial side of the blade forms a backward leaning structure, while the non-paraxial side thereof forms a forward leaning structure. A chamfer structure also can be formed at a paraxial side of each blade to enlarge the air inlet of the fan. Each blade further includes a protrusion, which is located at a side opposite to the inlet and extends toward a center of the hub, to increase the airflow rate through the fan motor. The centrifugal fan further includes an anti-decompression cap connected to an inlet side of the impeller to prevent an axial flow of the intake air from decompression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Yu-Chien Kao, Tsu-Liang Lin, Kuo-Cheng Lin, Wen-Shi Huang
  • Publication number: 20080094532
    Abstract: A pixel structure to be disposed on a substrate is provided. The pixel structure includes a common line having a capacitor portion, an active device, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the active device and covering the capacitor portion, and an alignment layer covering at least the common line. The alignment layer has an alignment direction and the capacitor portion extends along a first direction that is substantially perpendicular to the alignment direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: I-Lin Ho, Chien-Hong Chen, Chien-Cheng Liu, Yu-Chien Kao
  • Publication number: 20060061700
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel region, a pixel electrode in the pixel region, and a capacitor electrode having at least first and second segments, where the first segment extends along a first direction with respect to the pixel electrode, and the second segment extends along a second direction with respect to the pixel electrode, and the first direction is angled with respect to the second direction. A transistor has an electrode with an extending portion overlapping a portion of the pixel electrode and a substantial portion of at least one of the first and second segments of the capacitor electrode. The transistor electrode and the pixel electrode together provide a counter electrode to the capacitor electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2005
    Publication date: March 23, 2006
    Inventors: Chao-Chun Chung, Yu-Chien Kao
  • Publication number: 20060045777
    Abstract: Electronic devices and fans thereof are provided. An electronic device comprises a fan cavity and separately disposed heat sources. A fan is disposed in the fan cavity with a frame shaped according to the profile of the fan cavity. The frame also includes an extended portion formed according to the relative position of the fan cavity and separated heat sources, optimizing the heat dissipation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventors: Yu-Chien Kao, Yi-Fang Chou, Tsu-Liang Lin, Wen-Shi Huang
  • Publication number: 20050095132
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan includes a hub and an impeller. The impeller is composed of a plurality of blades mounted around an outer circumference of the hub. The paraxial side of the blade forms a backward leaning structure, while the non-paraxial side thereof forms a forward leaning structure. A chamfer structure also can be formed at a paraxial side of each blade to enlarge the air inlet of the fan. Each blade further includes a protrusion, which is located at a side opposite to the inlet and extends toward a center of the hub, to increase the airflow rate through the fan motor. The centrifugal fan further includes an anti-decompression cap connected to an inlet side of the impeller to prevent an axial flow of the intake air from decompression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2004
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Yu-Chien Kao, Tsu-Liang Lin, Kuo-Cheng Lin, Wen-Shi Huang
  • Patent number: 6826800
    Abstract: An insert-and-play caster assembly. The assembly includes a base frame and a caster for assisting transporting loads. The base frame can be easily inserted and fixed to the downward surface of a load, and thus one or more such insert-and-play casters are attached to a load so as to facilitate delivering the load. One section of the base frame is an insertion section composed of a number of staggered insertion plates. The insertion section is inserted into a seam of a load, such as a packing box. The insertion section provides a firm attachment to the load, and then the caster underneath the base frame becomes capable of assisting transporting loads, leading to the benefits of simple applicability and effort saving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Inventor: Yu-Chien Kao
  • Publication number: 20040123422
    Abstract: An insert-and-play caster assembly comprises mainly a base frame and a caster for assisting transporting loads. The base frame can be easily inserted and fixed to the downward surface of a load, and thereby one or more such insert-and-play casters are attached to a load so as to facilitate delivering the load. One section of the base frame is an insertion section composed of a number of staggered insertion plates; being inserted into a seam of a load, such as a packing box, the insertion section provides a firm attachment to the load, and then the caster underneath the base frame becomes capable of assisting transporting loads, leading to the benefits of simple applicability and effort saving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventor: Yu-Chien Kao
  • Patent number: 5927884
    Abstract: A perfume stick having a fragile core tube holding a liquid perfume and mounted in a flexible plastic outer tube, the flexible plastic outer tube having a bottom end covered with a cotton tip, the liquid perfume flowing out of the core tube to the cotton tip for application when the perfume stick is bent by hand to break the core tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Inventor: Yu-Chien Kao
  • Patent number: 5295727
    Abstract: A bicycle seat adjusting device, particularly a device to adjust the seat forward or backward and to adjust its inclination degree, comprising an adjusting shaft placed within an U-shaped support at the upper end of seat post so that the adjusting shaft can be locked by two retainers on opposite sides. The adjusting shaft is designed with radial positioning holes for fitting an adjusting lever so that turning of the adjusting lever can tighten or loosen the retainers for fitting or adjusting of the seat to a desired position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Inventor: Yu-Chien Kao
  • Patent number: 5228796
    Abstract: A bicycle saddle tightening device comprised of an adjusting axle, a locating cylinder, two eye bars and two locknuts, and used in securing a bicycle saddle to a seat pillar or securing a bicycle's seat pillar to a seat tube, wherein said adjusting axle has two left-sided eccentric circular blocks at two opposite ends and a right-sided eccentric circular therebetween; two eye bars include a first eye bar having two loops at one end respectively mounted on the two left-sided eccentric circular blocks and an opposite end locked by one locknut, and a second eye bar having a loop at one end mounted on the right-sided eccentric circular block and an opposite end locked by the other locknut. Rotating said adjusting axle on the locating cylinder in one direction causes the two eye bars to move toward each other into a "tightened" position; rotating the adjusting axle on the location cylinder in the other direction causes the two eye bars to move apart from each other into a "loosened" position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Inventor: Yu-Chien Kao