Patents Represented by Attorney Sinorica, LLC
  • Patent number: 8227291
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a stacked-layered thin film solar cell with a light-absorbing layer having a band gradient is provided. The stacked-layered thin film solar cell includes a substrate, a back electrode layer, a light-absorbing layer, a buffer layer, a window layer, and a top electrode layer stacked up sequentially. The light-absorbing layer has a band gradient structure and is essentially a group I-III-VI compound, wherein the group III elements at least include indium (In) and aluminum (Al). Moreover, the Al/In ratio in the upper half portion of the light-absorbing layer is greater than that in the lower half portion of the light-absorbing layer, wherein the upper half portion is proximate to a light incident surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Nexpower Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Feng-Chien Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8225680
    Abstract: A wipe sampling device of radioactive contaminants on surface of spent nuclear fuel storage canisters is revealed. The wipe sampling device of radioactive contaminants takes samples from the storage canister to get at least one sample for monitoring radioactive contamination on the surface of the canister. The sampling device mainly includes a sample stick and a tube. The sample stick disposed in the tube is used to take samples from the surface of the canister. The wipe sampling device of radioactive contaminants on surface of the canister provides an effective sampling method for remote detection of canister contamination and ensures accuracy and representation of the detection results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Atomic Energy Council-Institute of Nuclear Energy Research
    Inventor: Wen-Hwa Wang
  • Patent number: 8221456
    Abstract: A vertical rehabilitation appliance includes a horizontal frame, vertical frame, moving mechanism, head positioning structure, body positioning structure, and fastening belts. The vertical frame has two first posts coupled to the horizontal frame and formed with holes. The first posts are coupled to a second post. The second post and the horizontal frame are coupled to two third posts. Moving mechanisms are horizontally provided between the first posts and bilaterally provided with positioning devices for engagement with the holes of the first posts. The head positioning structure and the body positioning structure are provided on the moving mechanisms. The fastening belts are provided between the third posts to fix a rehabilitation patient's shoulders and lower limbs in position. Two back-positioned ends of the fastening belts have first connecting elements coupled to a second connecting element so as to pull the rehabilitation patient's back during spine rehabilitation therapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Inventor: Sunto Yen
  • Patent number: 8220631
    Abstract: A container having a top cover and a bottom cover is provided, which includes a canopy disposed on the bottom cover to form therewith a space to accommodate an article. A plurality of locators is disposed on a surface of the bottom cover so that when the bottom cover is tightly combined with the top cover, the locators are clipped between the bottom cover and the top cover to orient the canopy in a fixed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Gudeng Precision Industrial Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Lin, Ming-Chien Chiu
  • Patent number: 8220630
    Abstract: An EUV pod with fastening structure comprises an outer pod and an inner pod, wherein the upper cover of the inner pod is disposed with a plurality of retainers, and a plurality of supporters disposed on the outer pod of the EUV pod are used to press the plurality of retainers for the plurality of retainers to fasten and stabilize the reticle in the inner pod and thus ensure safety and stability of the reticle in the pod; by utilizing such design, risks of collisions of reticle in the pod due to vacillation of EUV pod during transportation can be reduced, and cost incurred by cracks and damages of reticles can also be greatly decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Gudeng Precision Industrial Co, Ltd
    Inventors: Chen-Wei Ku, Pao-Yi Lu, Chin-Ming Lin, Jain-Ping Sheng
  • Patent number: 8222114
    Abstract: This invention disclosed a novel manufacturing approach of collector and buried layer of a bipolar transistor. One aspect of the invention is that an oxide-nitride-oxide (ONO) sandwich structure is employed instead of oxide-nitride dual layer structure before trench etching. Another aspect is, through the formation of silicon oxide spacer in trench sidewall and silicon oxide remaining in trench bottom in the deposition and etch back process, the new structure hard mask can effectively protect active region from impurity implanted in ion implantation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Shanghai Hua Hong NEC Electronics Company, Limited
    Inventors: Tzuyin Chiu, TungYuan Chu, YungChieh Fan, Wensheng Qian, Fan Chen, Jiong Xu, Haifang Zhang
  • Patent number: 8215215
    Abstract: A protective cover structure of a desk sawing machine includes a chopper board, a cover, two first side boards and two second side boards. The cover is disposed at an upper end of the chopper board. The two first side boards respectively disposed at two sides of the cover. One end of each of the first side boards is pivotally connected to the cover. The two second side boards respectively connected to another end of each of the first side boards. The first side boards and the second side boards can be operated independently to enhance shelter. The desk sawing machine can keep off the sawdust when cutting, providing a protective effect to the equipment and the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Inventor: Bor-Yann Chuang
  • Patent number: 8212347
    Abstract: The present invention provides a chip-stacked package structure with leadframe having bus bar, comprising: a leadframe composed of a plurality of inner leads arranged in rows facing each other, a plurality of outer leads, and a die pad, wherein the die pad is provided between the plurality of inner leads and is vertically distant from the plurality of inner leads; a chip-stacked structure formed with a plurality of chips that stacked together and set on the die pad, the plurality of chips and the plurality of inner leads being electrically connected with each other; and an encapsulant covering over the chip-stacked package structure and the leadframe, in which the leadframe comprises at least a bus bar, which is provided between the plurality of inner leads arranged in rows facing each other and the die pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignees: ChipMOS Technologies Inc, ChipMOS Technologies (Bermuda) Ltd
    Inventors: Geng-Shin Shen, Wu-Chang Tu
  • Patent number: 8210345
    Abstract: A dispensing container, mounted on a supporter, comprises a hollow body made of a flexible material for accommodating ear thermometer probe covers, where the hollow body has one end formed with an access opening for allowing a probe of an ear thermometer to insert into an upmost probe cover in the hollow body. Each of the probe covers has the open end provided with at least a flange that radially extends outward from the open end, where the hollow body has a substantially rectangular section that has major edges smaller than a diameter of the flange of one probe cover in length, so that when the probe covers are placed into the hollow body, each inner wall of the hollow body is deformed to tangent to the flanges of the probe covers, so as to keep the probe covers securely in the hollow body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Actherm Inc
    Inventor: Liang-Yi Li
  • Patent number: 8208760
    Abstract: There is disclosed an image resolution adjustment method comprising the steps of: performing a predetermined selection rule to select one of scaling modes based on a source resolution Vi and a display resolution Vo to generate a scaling value set for outputting a scaled image; and determining whether a smoothing process to determine whether or not the scaled image is smoothed based on application requirements, wherein the scaling modes comprises a first scaling mode, a second scaling mode and a third scaling mode to generate each of the corresponding scaling value set, respectively. The scaling value set is provided to generate replicated pixels or lines for each pixel or line of the source image during a horizontal or vertical scaling period, and the replicated pixels or lines are arranged in horizontal or vertical symmetry in relation to its central region of the source image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Chi Lin Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Kuan-Yi Wu
  • Patent number: 8208234
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a circuit with ESD protection and high voltage conversion for a switching regulator. It mainly comprises a non-overlap circuit, a power P-type MOS device, a parasitic diode, a digital logic AND gate, a pair of resistance and capacitance, a power N-type MOS device, an ESD N-type MOS device, a Lx pin and an ESD protection cell. The present invention can effectively decrease the on-resistance of MOS device and then improve the circuit efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: ISSC Technologies Corp.
    Inventor: Peng-Sen Chen
  • Patent number: 8207603
    Abstract: The present invention provides a stacked chip package structure with leadframe having inner leads with transfer pad, comprising: a leadframe composed of a plurality of inner leads arranged in rows facing each other, a plurality of outer leads, and a die pad, wherein the die pad is provided between the plurality of inner leads arranged in rows facing each other and vertically distant from the plurality of inner leads; an offset chip-stacked structure formed with a plurality of chips stacked together, the offest chip-stacked structure being set on the die pad and electrically connected to the plurality of inner leads arranged in rows facing each other; and an encapsulant covering the offset chip-stacked structure and the leadframe, the plurality of outer leads extending out of said encapsulant; the improvement of which being that the inner leads of the leadframe are coated with an insulating layer and a plurality of metal pads are selectively formed on the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignees: Chipmos Technologies Inc, Chipmos Technologies (Bermuda) Ltd
    Inventors: Geng-Shin Shen, Wu-Chang Tu
  • Patent number: 8201957
    Abstract: A lamp-based scent releasing system includes a housing with light holes, a lamp holder fixedly mounted inside the housing, a lamp bulb installed in the lamp holder, a power cable connected to the lamp holder for connection to an electric outlet to obtain the necessary working voltage for the lamp bulb, a heat-transfer tray fastened to the top open of the housing and holding an aromatic substance, and a heat-resistant protective cup surrounding the lamp bulb inside the housing and having radiation holes for guiding radiation heat from the lamp bulb toward the heat-transfer tray to heat the aromatic substance to release a scent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Inventor: Ming Jen Hsiao
  • Patent number: D662235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: I-Chiun Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: You Cheun Lain, Meng Hsien Chou, Chun Ping Hsu
  • Patent number: D662727
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Inventors: Jeffrey M. Cooper, Brent S. Cooper, Jonathan R. Cooper
  • Patent number: D662999
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Inventor: Daryl A. Sobolik
  • Patent number: D663177
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Inventor: Chia-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: D663455
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Air Cool Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Brian Glasbrenner
  • Patent number: D663951
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Inventor: Yvonne Flores
  • Patent number: D664077
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Inventor: Earl Dorsey