Patents Represented by Attorney Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC
  • Patent number: 8350866
    Abstract: The invention relates to a programming method for a display driver, and the display driver and a display using the same. The programming method includes: providing programming data; providing a display buffer, which is used for pre-storing display data in a display period, in the display driver; providing a non-volatile memory, which is coupled to the display buffer through a data bus; and proceeding a programming procedure, which includes the steps of: inputting the programming data to the display buffer; and programming the programming data from the display buffer to the non-volatile memory through the data bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Orise Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang Ting Lin, Chin-Kuan Liao
  • Patent number: 8348517
    Abstract: A fiber optic component includes a body having at least one receptacle configured to receive a fiber optic connector, a shutter base mounted to the body at a mounting location adjacent to the at least one receptacle, and a first shutter connected to the shutter base by a first hinge. The first shutter, first hinge and shutter base are unitarily formed, and the first shutter is shiftable from a first position biased against the body and covering the at least one receptacle to a second position biased to an angularly spaced position relative to the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Ronald Mudd, Joseph Livingston, Brad Billman, Thomas Crain, Aly Fahd, Gary Gibbs, Jeffrey Dale Nielson, Gil Ruiz, Wade James Womack
  • Patent number: 8347882
    Abstract: A diving snorkel-mounted water stopper includes a sleeve unit defining a plurality of circumferentially spaced receiving chambers and a plurality of separated air valve openings corresponding to the tops of the receiving chambers; a ring-shaped housing externally located around the sleeve unit and having a plurality of air intakes formed at positions separately corresponding to the receiving chambers and the air valve openings; a plurality of float units separately disposed in the receiving chambers to normally locate below the air valve openings, and a cap closed onto a top of the ring-shaped housing. The separated air valve openings are independently controllable to open or close by the float units arranged in one-to-one correspondence thereto. When one of the air valve openings is closed, other air valve openings are not affected and air from above water surface can still be supplied via the remaining open air valve openings to a diver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Inventor: Chien-Rung Chen
  • Patent number: 8347896
    Abstract: An artificial eyelash structure includes a mounting member having a bonding portion for adhering to an eyelid and a bendable portion for enabling the bonding portion to be curved into a smoothly arched shape when bending the bonding portion upwards or downwards, and multiple eyelashes connected with the mounting member. The artificial eyelash structure is prepared by: forming a mounting member from a thin film, and then processing the thin film of the mounting member into a bonding portion and a bendable portion such that the bendable portion enables the bonding portion to be bent upwards or downwards, and then connecting eyelashes with the mounting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Inventor: Chun-Wei Liao
  • Patent number: 8348862
    Abstract: A muscular energy state analysis system and method for a swing motion and a computer program product thereof are provided. The system includes: a swing implement, for a user to perform the swing motion, and including an acceleration sensor for sensing acceleration of the swing implement when the swing implement is swung, so as to generate a swing speed data; a plurality of signal detection modules, for detecting electromyographic (EMG) signals generated by a muscles of the user; a database, for storing a muscular energy sample value,; a muscular energy analysis module, for analyzing the EMG signals and the swing speed data so as to obtain a plurality of muscular performance values; and a comparison module, for comparing the swing speed data and the muscular performance values with the at least one muscular energy sample value in the database, so as to generate a comparison result data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Institute for Information Industry
    Inventor: Tun-Hsiao Chu
  • Patent number: 8351219
    Abstract: An electronic assembly for an image sensing device is disclosed, comprising an image sensing element, a lens set comprising a feet enclosing a cavity to receive the image sensing element and an opaque conductive layer disposed on at least a portion of a top side, a sidewall and a bottom side of the lens set, wherein the opaque conductive layer is electrically connected to a grounding layer to reduce electromagnetic interference (EMI) to the image sensing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignees: VisEra Technologies Company Limited, OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Chun-Chi Lin, Jau-Jan Deng, Wei-Ping Chen
  • Patent number: 8348573
    Abstract: A versatile fastener including at least two flat areas formed on a cutting part, and an accommodating area disposed between any two of the flat areas. At least two cutting faces are convergent to form the accommodating area, and first and second cutting edges are respectively formed at a connection between each cutting face and flat area. In operation, the flat areas facilitate the first and the second cutting edges to promote a stable balance with the object, thereby allowing the debris to be swiftly guided out of the accommodating areas. Consequently, it is difficult to crack the object while imparting forces thereon, so as to lower the screwing resistance and the fastening torque as well as increase the combining efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Essence Method Refine Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ching-Hsiang Chang
  • Patent number: 8347433
    Abstract: An electric bed includes a bed frame, a power converter mounted with the bed frame for converting a 110V AC power to a 5V DC power, and a USB receptacle mounted to the bed frame and electrically connected with the power converter for transmitting the 5V DC power generated by the power converter. By this way, a user lying down on the electric bed can charge an electric device through the USB receptacle without leaving the electric bed, thereby enhancing the convenience of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignees: Ruoey Lung Enterprise Corp., PPJ, LLC
    Inventor: Chuan-Hang Shih
  • Patent number: 8348571
    Abstract: A screw has a screw head and a shank. The screw head has a square cavity, a hexagonal cavity or a hexagonal boss to be wedged by a screw driver for wrenching. The shank has a first asymmetrical thread at the taper to facilitate drilling holes, asymmetrical saw-type threads behind the first asymmetrical thread, and a second asymmetrical thread behind the asymmetrical saw-type threads. The shank further has a carved V-shaped tail between the first asymmetrical thread and the asymmetrical saw-type threads to facilitate cutting and debris dispelling. The screw thus formed can rapidly perform thread tapping and debris dispelling, and reduce friction and expand drilling holes and achieve fast fastening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Bi-Mirth Corp.
    Inventor: Sheng-Tsai Shih
  • Patent number: 8351120
    Abstract: A method for designing an optical device which includes a lens and a microlens array is disclosed. A point spread function (PSF) of the lens including rotationally symmetrical aberration coefficients is formulated, wherein the PSF presents various spherical spot sizes. A virtual phase mask having phase coefficients is provided and the phase coefficients are added to the PSF of the lens, such that the various spherical spot sizes are homogenized. The virtual phase mask is transformed into a polynomial function comprising high and low order aberration coefficients. A surface contour of the lens is determined according to the rotationally symmetrical aberration coefficients and the low order aberration coefficients, and a sag height of each microlens in the microlens array is determined according to the high order aberration coefficients. An optical device using the design method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignees: VisEra Technologies Company Limited, OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jau-Jan Deng, Yu-Shu Kao, Yun-Chiang Hsu
  • Patent number: 8351194
    Abstract: A mainframe structure includes a housing having a detachable front cover, and a circuit module accommodated in the housing. The circuit module includes a main circuit board affixed to the back side of the detachable front cover in vertical and carrying first and second electrical connectors, a chip (or chips) and memory devices, a functional circuit board horizontally mounted in the housing at the bottom side and having a first connection port connected to the first electrical connector of the main circuit board, and a display circuit board vertically mounted in the housing at the top side and having a second connection port connected to the second electrical connector of the main circuit board. The detachable design of the circuit module minimizes the sizes of the main circuit board and facilitates maintenance of the main circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Datavan International Corp.
    Inventors: Kang Ku, Hsien-Tang Liu, Wen-Cheng Liu
  • Patent number: 8342369
    Abstract: The present invention provides a pressing structure of a soap dispenser for adjusting an output amount of the soap by adjusting the distance of a pressing stroke thereof. The pressing structure includes a rejecting member, a driving device, and a moving member, wherein the driving device is connected to the moving member through a transmission mechanism, and the rejecting member includes a connecting portion linked with the moving member, and a pressing plate against a pressing head of a liquid container, characterized in that the rejecting member further includes a retractable portion used for adjusting the vertical distance between the connecting portion and the pressing plate. Accordingly, through adjusting the vertical distance by the retractable portion, the vertical moving distance of a pressing head of a liquid container achieved by the pressing plate can therefore be decided, so as to output a suitable amount of soap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Hokwang Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chin-Chan Hsu
  • Patent number: 8344409
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device comprising, a substrate and a first transition stack formed on the substrate comprising a first transition layer formed on the substrate having a hollow component formed inside the first transition layer, a second transition layer formed on the first transition layer, and a reflector rod formed inside the second transition layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Epistar Corporation
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Peng, Ta-Cheng Hsu, Yu-Jiun Shen, Ching-Fu Tsai
  • Patent number: 8342323
    Abstract: A waterproof housing structure for portable optical analyzer mainly comprises a hard upper casing, a lower casing and a fastening element. The hard upper casing contains an outer rim and an inner rim. The lower casing contains a hard inner shell and a pliable cap. The hard inner shell has a trapezoidal rim which has a first trapezoidal surface and a second trapezoidal surface lower than the first trapezoidal surface. The pliable cap wraps a portion of outer surface of the hard inner shell, and has an outer edge and an inner edge mating the upper casing. The fastening element fastens the hard upper casing to the lower casing. Thus the two irregular rims and edges can be coupled to prevent liquid permeation. Fabrication and assembly during production or repair and maintenance are simpler. It also improves grasp feeling and anti-slipping effect on the handgrip of the portable optical analyzer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Metertech Inc.
    Inventors: Yen-Shih Shen, Shiarng-Bin Your, Ta-Chuan Weng
  • Patent number: 8341830
    Abstract: A quick circuit board press-mount device comprises: a positioning device, having a positioning board and a back board, and the positioning board having an adjusting knob with a screw rod portion, and the back board having an adjusting notch; an adjusting device, having a combining board, an insert board extended forward from the front end of the combining board, and the insert board having a screw hole for securing the screw rod portion, and the insert board being inserted into the adjusting notch, and the insert board having a lateral connecting board extended from a side from the combining board, and the lateral connecting board having an oblong adjusting slot for securing a position screw hole of the back board by a screw rod; and a press-mount element, coupled to the combining board, so that the circuit board module and the interface card can be mounted conveniently and quickly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Caswell Inc.
    Inventor: Ming-Feng Cheng
  • Patent number: 8344753
    Abstract: A terminal resistor apparatus includes an input-side switch, an input-side terminal resistor, an output-side switch, and an output-side terminal resistor. When a plurality of the terminal resistor apparatus are connected, the input-side switch of the first terminal resistor apparatus will be conducted so that the input-side terminal resistor will be connected, but the output-side switch will not be conducted so that the output-side terminal resistor will not be connected. The input-side switch of the last terminal resistor apparatus will not be conducted so that the input-side terminal resistor will not be connected, but the output-side switch will be conducted so that the output-side terminal resistor will be connected. The input-side switches of the other terminal resistor apparatus will not be conducted so that the input-side terminal resistors will not be connected, and the output-side switches will not be conducted so that the output-side terminal resistors will not be connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Jen-Te Liang, Chih-Hung Tsai
  • Patent number: 8346047
    Abstract: A fiber management component includes a housing having an interior, a floor in the interior and a first wall having an aperture communicating with the interior. A platform is connected to the housing, which platform has a first portion with a bore that has a first end facing the aperture and a second portion forming a channel extending toward the bore. The channel is configured to releasably secure a spring push of a fiber optic connector to the platform and the bore is configured to slidably support a ferrule of a fiber optic connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Gary F. Gibbs, Gil Ruiz
  • Patent number: 8344411
    Abstract: A light emitting diode package includes a mount, a plurality of LED chips, and a first and a second sealants made of different materials. The mount has an accommodation space and at least one partition member to divide the accommodation space into a plurality of separate cavities. The LED chips are placed in the cavities, and emitting beams of the LED chips exiting through the cavities include a first emission with a first wavelength band and a second emission with a second wavelength band, and the second wavelength band is different to the first one. The first and the second sealants are respectively used for sealing at least one of the LED chips placed in at least one of the cavities through which the first or the second emission exits. The first and the second sealants are separate from each other by the partition member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Young Lighting Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Wei-Jen Chou, Sheng-Min Wang, Chiao-Chih Yang
  • Patent number: 8342711
    Abstract: A light-emitting unit adapter module includes a mounting base for mounting, a circuit board accommodated in the mounting base and having electrode pins connectable to an external power source, a light-emitting unit mountable in the mounting base, and a holding-down device fastenable to the mounting base to hold down the light-emitting unit, keeping the tubular electrodes of the light-emitting unit in positive contact with the electrode pins of the circuit board for power input and the heat sink of the light-emitting unit suspending outside the mounting base for quick dissipation of waste heat during operation of the light-emitting devices of the light-emitting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Kwo Ger Metal Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Hsuan-Chih Lin, Hong-Long Chen
  • Patent number: D673957
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng-Jui Lin, Yi-Nung Lee, Yung-Hsiang Chen