Patents Assigned to Metal Industries Research & Development Centre
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Patent number: 8854450Abstract: An alignment method for assembling substrates in different spaces without fiducial mark and its system are provided, and the alignment method has steps of: pre-defining partially standard character regions of two substrates; capturing at least two partially actual images of two substrates in different waiting spaces, respectively; comparing to obtain at least two partially actual character regions of the two substrates, respectively; building actual coordinate systems of the two substrates, respectively; comparing the actual coordinate systems of the two substrates with each other to obtain a set of offset values; moving the two substrates from the different waiting spaces to an alignment-and-installation space based on the set of offset values and a predetermined movement value, respectively; and stacking the two substrates with each other to finish the alignment and installation in the alignment-and-installation space.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2012Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Metal Industries Research & Development CentreInventors: Chorng-tyan Lin, Chih-chin Wen, Chun-ming Yang, Jwu-jiun Yang
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Publication number: 20140296838Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) heating device includes a flexible pad, a plurality of electrodes and an RF generator unit. The electrodes are disposed on one side of the flexible pad for emitting an RF energy. The RF generator unit is electrically connected to the electrodes for providing the electrodes with the RF energy.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2013Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH&DEVELOPMENT CENTREInventors: YI-SAN CHANG, SHIH-HUA HUANG, YU-SUNG HSIEH, SHYANG-JYE CHANG, SHEAU-CHIOU CHAO
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Publication number: 20140284837Abstract: A method for manufacturing a magnet-conductive device includes performing a punch process to a plate by a glue-injectable punch structure, wherein the glue-injectable punch structure includes a punch head and a control member. The punch head comprises an accommodating cavity, an injection hole and an inlet, and a supply channel is formed by the accommodating cavity, the injection hole and the inlet. The control member selectively obstructs the supply channel or permits the supply channel into conduction. By using the method for manufacturing the magnet-conductive device, the stack between plural plates is simplified, and the coupling strength between adjacent plates is enhanced. In addition, this invention considers the gel between adjacent plates to be insulating medium to lower the iron loss of the magnet-conductive plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2014Publication date: September 25, 2014Applicant: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTREInventors: Kuo-Yin Tu, Hsing-Chih Tsai, Hsin-Te Wang, Yi-Wei Sun
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Publication number: 20140187860Abstract: A guidable endoscope is described, which includes a rigid guiding part, a bending controllable part, a rigid endoscope body and a handle part. The rigid guiding part has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The bending controllable part has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The first end of the bending controllable part is directly connected to the second end of the rigid guiding part. The rigid endoscope body has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The first end of the rigid endoscope body is directly connected to the second end of the bending controllable part, and the bending controllable part can be bent relative to the rigid guiding part or the rigid endoscope body. The handle part is connected to the second end of the rigid endoscope body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicants: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITALInventors: Tung-Chieh YANG, Yi-Hsiu HUANG, Tsung-Chih YU
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Publication number: 20140184791Abstract: An optical image capturing module and an alignment method and an observation method for an upper substrate and a lower substrate using the optical image capturing module are provided. The upper substrate and the lower substrate are disposed opposite. The alignment method includes the following steps of: emitting a light ray; filtering the light ray and dividing the light ray into a light ray at first wavelength and a light ray at second wavelength, whereby the light ray at first wavelength irradiates a pattern on the upper substrate, and the light ray at second wavelength irradiates a pattern on the lower substrate; reflecting the pattern on the upper substrate to an image capturing device; reflecting the pattern on the lower substrate to the image capturing device; and determining the positions of the pattern on the upper substrate and the pattern on the lower substrate on the image capturing device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTREInventors: SHI-WEI LIN, CHUN-MING YANG, CHIH-CHIN WEN, CHORNG-TYAN LIN
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Publication number: 20140186799Abstract: The invention provides a dental implant including a body portion, an abutment portion and a connection portion. The body portion has a body outer diameter. The connection portion is connected between the body portion and the abutment portion. The body portion, the connection portion and the abutment portion are integrally formed. The connection portion has a first area connected to the body portion. An outer diameter of the first area is less than the body outer diameter of the body portion adjacent to the first area. The connection portion has an indented structure to adhere the alveolar bone and grow the soft tissue, so that a biologic width is formed between the soft tissue and the hard tissue to prevent bacteria in the mouth from invading the alveolar bone tissue, thereby solving the problem of osteanabrosis in conventional dentistry, and satisfying the clinical aesthetic requirement of the anterior teeth.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTREInventor: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
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Publication number: 20140186640Abstract: The present invention provides an anti-adhesion transparent thin film, which uses physical vapor deposition to deposit a transparent thin film on the surface of a substrate. The transparent film has the characteristics of high light perviousness, good hardness, excellent acid resistivity, and superior anti-adhesion capability. Furthermore, an oxide layer can be formed between the surface of the substrate and the transparent thin film for improving the stability of the transparent thin film adhering to the surface of the substrate. In addition, the process temperature according to the present invention is less than 100; and the transparent thin film according to the present invention requires no metal- or fluorine-containing precursor. Thereby, the costs for industrial applications can be reduced substantially. It is also suitable for the substrates with less temperature tolerance such as metal, nonmetal, and polymer-like substrates. Hence, the applicable industries are extensive.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTREInventor: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
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Publication number: 20140187912Abstract: A positioning device, an image projecting system and a method for overlapping images are provided. The positioning device is applied to a Computed Tomography process and a Magnetic Resonance Imaging process. The positioning device includes a patch and a positioning mark. The positioning mark is adapted to be mounted on the patch, and includes a Computed Tomography mark and a Magnetic Resonance Imaging mark.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH&DEVELOPMENT CENTREInventors: WEI-CHING WANG, BING-FENG HUANG, WEI-TE CHEN, PEI-YUAN LEE, KAI-CHE LIU, MIN-LIANG WANG
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Publication number: 20140187863Abstract: An endoscope controlling device includes a rigid tube mounted to an end face of a base and in communication with a compartment in the base. A positioning groove is formed in an inner periphery of the base and includes a bottom wall having a slot. A linear displacement control module includes a control member and a movable board. The control member is aligned with a through-hole in a periphery of the base. The control member controls longitudinal movement of the movable board in the compartment along a longitudinal axis of the base via a driving gear. An optical element receiving drum is mounted to the movable board. A rotational movement control module is mounted around the optical element receiving drum and received in the positioning groove of the base. A portion of the rotational movement control module is extended through the slot and exposed outside of the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTREInventors: Cheng-Wen Lin, Wei-Jen Shih, Yen-Nien Chen, Tzyy-Ker Sue, Pei-Yuan Lee, Hung-Wen Huang, Chien-Sheng Lo
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Publication number: 20140183166Abstract: The present invention relates to a manufacturing method for advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) wheel, comprising the following steps. Take an AHSS with at least 590 MPa of tensile strength for rolling to circular ring of a rim. Apply low heat input welding, such as the cold metal transfer (CMT) welding or the gas tungsten arc welding/tungsten inert gas arc welding (GTAW/TIG), at the junction of the rim to form a hollow cylindrical rim. Then perform hole expanding and spinning/roll forming operations to the rim. Take another AHSS with at least 980 MPa of tensile strength for pressing and forming a disk. Apply low heat input welding, such as cold metal transfer (CMT) welding, to the rim and the disk to produce a wheel. According to the present invention, the welding quality of products can be improved significantly; the fatigue lifetime of wheels can be enhanced; and wheels are lightweight.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTREInventors: CHI-WAH KEONG, CHIH-LUN LIN, CHIA-MIN WEI, CHUN-CHIEH WANG, LUNG-TIEN WU
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Publication number: 20140186800Abstract: The invention provides a dental implant including a neck portion, a bottom portion and a body portion. The body portion connects the neck portion and the bottom portion. The body portion has a first end, a second end and a plurality of threads. The threads are disposed between the first end and the second end. Along a long axial direction and a direction from the first end to the second end, the cusp widths of the threads gradually increase, or heights from the cusp to the root of the threads gradually decrease. Therefore, the dental implant can be used to gradually squeeze and expand the alveolar bone and meanwhile improve the density of the alveolar bone, so that the dental implant has desirable initial-stage stability after the dental implant surgery, thereby solving the micromotion phenomenon after the instant dental implant surgery, and facilitating subsequent osseointegration.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTREInventor: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
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Publication number: 20140184815Abstract: A calibration plate and a method for calibrating image capturing devices are provided. The calibration plate includes: a plate having a front face and a rear face; a plurality of calibration patterns formed at the front face of the plate, arranged in a regular manner, and used to calibrate image distortions, lens aberrations, and image center positions for the image capturing devices; and a plurality of graphically encoded patterns formed at the front face of the plate, the graphically encoded patterns being different from each other, and the graphically encoded patterns having information providing the positions of the calibration patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH&DEVELOPMENT CENTREInventors: SHI-WEI LIN, CHIH-CHIN WEN, KUO-KAI HUNG, CHIA-CHU HUANG, HAO-JHEN CHANG
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Publication number: 20140188047Abstract: The disclosure provides a thermotherapy needling instrument with tissue injection, including: a casing, an outer needle, an inner needle and a working needle. The casing has an inlet, an outlet and an inner channel. The outer needle is connected to the casing, and is in communication with the inner channel. The inner needle is disposed in the inner channel of the casing and the outer needle, and the inner needle has at least one opening The at least one opening is in communication with the inner channel so that the cooling agent flows in circulation. The working needle is connected to the outer needle so as to receive the injectant for injection and tissue ablation. By using the thermotherapy needling instrument, when sampling or injection is required during thermotherapy, the injection efficacy can be achieved by withdrawing the inner needle only. Therefore, efficacy of tissue injection and ablation thermotherapy can be achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicants: NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY, METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTREInventors: XI-ZHANG LIN, TUNG-CHIEH YANG, TSUNG-CHIH YU
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Publication number: 20140177984Abstract: A device having a rail and a block includes a rail and a block. The rail includes a body and a hollow inside, the hollow inside being located inside the body. The hollow inside of the rail is provided with a lightweight, shock absorption and sound absorption material, and the lightweight, shock absorption and sound absorption material is selected from a group consisting of foam metal material, polystyrene, asbestos, foam, plastic, and rubber. The block is adapted for sliding along the rail to finish a slide path.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2012Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH&DEVELOPMENT CENTREInventors: Wen-Yen WANG, Yi-An CHEN, Chun-Chieh WANG, Chia-Min WEI
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Publication number: 20140166251Abstract: The disclosure provides a heat transferring device and a method for manufacturing the heat transferring device. The heat transferring device includes: a flexible heat transfer substrate including a first surface, a second surface, at least one solid portion and at least one characteristic hole portion. The at least one solid portion is formed between the first surface and the second surface. The at least one characteristic hole portion includes several characteristic holes penetrating through the first surface and the second surface. The flexible heat transfer substrate further includes: a first end and a second end, and the second end is corresponding to the first end. The flexible heat transfer substrate is rolled from the first end towards the second end to form the heat transferring device with a predetermined shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTREInventors: WEI-HUNG SHIH, JING-SHIANG SHIH, YI-SAN CHANG, WEI-TING WU
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Publication number: 20140144581Abstract: A method for manufacturing magnet-conductive device includes a filling step and an adhering step. The filling step includes providing a glue by a glue dispenser and contacting the glue with a first magnet-conductive plate to make the glue adhered to a lower surface of the first magnet-conductive plate. The adhering step includes making the lower surface of the first magnet-conductive plate face toward a second magnet-conductive plate, making the first magnet-conductive plate and the second magnet-conductive plate stackable from each other and adhering the first magnet-conductive plate and the second magnet-conductive plate via the glue. Eventually, by repeatedly performing the filling step and the adhering step, the desirable stacking quantity is achieved to form a magnet-conductive device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTREInventors: Kuo-Yin Tu, Hsing-Chih Tsai, Hsin-Te Wang, Pin-Jyun Chen, Chih-Hao Lin, Po-Fu Hsu, Ching-Hua Hsieh
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Patent number: 8720812Abstract: A winding apparatus providing steady tension includes: a loading unit rotatably supporting a roll of a sheet, releasing the sheet, and outputting an angle signal and a torque signal; a winding unit adapted to collect the sheet into a roll form; a dancer roller and a tension sensing unit separately arranged between the loading unit and the winding unit and outputting a shift signal and a tension signal respectively; and a control module having a calculating unit and a command unit. The calculating unit electrically connects with the loading unit, the dancer roller and the tension sensing unit to receive the signals and generates a torque command signal. The command unit electrically connects with the calculating unit and the loading unit to receive the torque command signal and produces a control signal by the torque command signal or a velocity signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Metal Industries Research & Development CentreInventors: Kuan-Chih Liu, Chorng-Tyan Lin
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Publication number: 20140124371Abstract: A graphene screening and separation method comprises the following steps. At least one pair of electrodes and an energy barrier layer is provided, wherein the pair of electrodes is a first electrode and a second electrode, and the energy barrier layer is formed on the first electrode. The pair of electrodes and the energy barrier layer are covered with a graphene suspension. When a graphene sheet in the graphene suspension materially couples the second electrode and the energy barrier layer and is located above the first electrode, a bias voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode of the pair of electrodes is changed and a corresponding tunneling current is measured. Screening and separation are performed by using differential conductance (i.e., the derivative of the tunneling current with respect to the bias voltage) of different layers of graphene.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: Metal Industries Research&Development CentreInventors: TAI-HSIN HSU, WEN-BIN JIAN
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Patent number: 8696752Abstract: An interbody cage includes a substrate having a plurality of curve slits, with each of the curve slits having a plurality of sections. A plurality of deformable ribs is formed, with each deformable rib between any adjacent two of the curve slits and having a first end and a second end. The first and second ends of each deformable rib respectively connect with two opposite lateral bars of the substrate, and a plurality of folds is formed on the plurality of deformable ribs in places adapted to be bent. In use, any adjacent two of the deformable ribs are capable of being bent to depart from each other to define a filling room.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2011Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Metal Industries Research & Development CentreInventors: Wei-Jen Shih, Yu-Ting Lyu, Wei-Te Chen, Yen-Nien Chen
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Publication number: 20140095090Abstract: A residual battery capacity estimation system that adds two mutually perpendicular components and the method thereof are provided. The mechanism detects the battery voltage, current and temperature as the sensing parameters, and uses the preset electrical characteristic parameters and capacity change to look up a table for the battery dynamic internal resistance component. The mechanism uses the sensing parameters and the Coulomb counting method to calculate the component of the battery Coulomb counting charge. Afterwards, the battery dynamic internal resistance component and the battery Coulomb counting capacity component are then added to calculate the actual residual power of the battery. The mechanism achieves the goal of increasing the accuracy in estimating the battery residual power.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: METAL INDUSTRIES RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CENTREInventors: Sheng Wei CHEN, Kuan Yuen LIAO, Wen Jiun LIU, Kai Chung LIU, Li Hsuan CHUNG