Patents by Inventor Albert Chao

Albert Chao 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: 20240304626
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure including a first stacked transistor structure adjacent to a second stacked transistor structure, and a first conductive structure in direct contact with and electrically connecting a bottom gate conductor of the first stacked transistor structure and a top gate conductor of the second stacked transistor structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Tsung-Sheng Kang, Albert M. Chu, Tao Li, Chih-Chao Yang
  • Patent number: 9518390
    Abstract: A self propelled blower cleans debris from a gutter and has a housing with rear inlet and front outlet, an electrically powered air mover for moving air into the inlet and blowing it out of the outlet, a guide track laying along a channel of the gutter, an electrically powered housing mover engaged to the track for moving the housing along the guide track and a power circuit electrically connected to the air and housing movers for powering them at the same time to blow air forwardly along the gutter as the housing moves forwardly along the gutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Inventor: Albert Chao
  • Patent number: 9175477
    Abstract: A gutter cleaning apparatus that cleans debris from a gutter having a concave channel for collecting water from a roof of a building, has a platform with a plurality of spaced apart apertures each including a guide flap extending at an inclined air flow directing angle from under the platform. The platform is mounted in the gutter at a selected spacing above a floor of the gutter and extends into an air flow guide engaged to an end of the platform. The guide has an outlet end with lower and upper portions for directing air flow respectively under and over the platform for lifting and remove debris from an upper surface of the platform, the platform extending at least partly into the outlet end for dividing the outlet end into the lower and upper portions, and the guide has an inlet for receiving a flow of forced air from a blower near ground level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Inventor: Albert Chao
  • Patent number: 9074374
    Abstract: A gutter cleaning apparatus cleans debris from a gutter having a concave channel for collecting and guiding water from a roof of a building with a water permeable platform for mounting in the gutter at a selected spacing above a floor of the gutter, and an air flow guide engaged to an end of the platform, the guide having an outlet end with lower and upper portions for directing air flow respectively under and over the platform to lifting and remove debris from an upper surface of the platform, the platform extending at least partly into the outlet end for dividing the outlet end into the lower and upper portions, and the guide having an inlet for receiving a forced air flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Inventor: Albert Chao
  • Publication number: 20120266471
    Abstract: A combination ruler and square has first and second elongated straight ruler members with first and second recesses in the upper surface near opposite ends of the first ruler member that receive a tongue extending from an end of the second ruler member to form first and second configurations of the combination that respectively create a square and an elongated ruler. Magnets and detents in the tongue and recesses retain the tongue in a respective recess in the first and second configurations and an extra pair of alignable magnets in the first and second ruler members cause the rule members to be attracted to each other in an aligned storage configuration of the combination where the second ruler member overlays the first ruler member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventor: Albert Chao
  • Patent number: 8132933
    Abstract: A blackout light bulb has a housing with an Edson screw at one end for screwing into a light fixture socket and a plurality of spaced apart LEDs mounted to its opposite end. A flexible stalk is connected to the housing between the Edison screw and the LEDs and can be bent into a selected shape for positioning a free end of the stalk as desired. A circuit board in the housing has an electronic circuit connected to the Edison screw, to the LEDs and to a photo cell at the free end of the stalk. A rechargeable battery in the housing is connected to the circuit board so that it is charged under certain normal conditions and so that it lights up the LEDs under other blackout conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Inventor: Albert Chao
  • Publication number: 20120039063
    Abstract: A blackout light bulb has a housing with an Edson screw at one end for screwing into a light fixture socket and a plurality of spaced apart LEDs mounted to its opposite end. A flexible stalk is connected to the housing between the Edison screw and the LEDs and can be bent into a selected shape for positioning a free end of the stalk as desired. A circuit board in the housing has an electronic circuit connected to the Edison screw, to the LEDs and to a photo cell at the free end of the stalk. A rechargeable battery in the housing is connected to the circuit board so that it is charged under certain normal conditions and so that it lights up the LEDs under other blackout conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventor: Albert Chao
  • Patent number: 8077108
    Abstract: A digital TV antenna has first and second conductive members with surfaces of two minimum orthogonal dimensions and a nonconductive substrate connected to the surfaces of the conductive members for supporting them at a spaced location from each other of not more than ½ inch. Wires electrically connect the conducive members to a plug for being plugged to an input of a digital TV and at least one of the two minimum orthogonal dimensions is at least eight inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Inventor: Albert Chao
  • Patent number: 7946254
    Abstract: A pair of closed endless elastic rings connected to each other by a length adjustable band lifts the bases of the ears of a floppy eared pet, away from the pet's head and away for the openings to the pet's ear canals to reduce problems of the ear canals such as bacterial and fungal growth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Inventor: Albert Chao
  • Publication number: 20110036306
    Abstract: A pair of closed endless elastic rings connected to each other by a length adjustable band lifts the bases of the ears of a floppy eared pet, away from the pet's head and away for the openings to the pet's ear canals to reduce problems of the ear canals such as bacterial and fungal growth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventor: ALBERT CHAO
  • Publication number: 20100214192
    Abstract: A directional antenna captures digital signals from the air and has a base with a first coaxial connector and central electrical and mechanical contact surface at an axis of rotation as well as an annular electrical and mechanical contact surface extending around the axis. A coaxial cable has a core conductor connected to the central contact surface and an outer shielding conductor connected to the annular contact surface. A device connector is connected to an opposite end of the core and shielding conductors for connecting the cable to a device such as a TV. A substrate mounted for rotation to the base about the axis of rotation has a support surface for a pair of conductive sheets. A second coaxial connector is connected to the substrate and has a central electrical and mechanical contact surface at the axis of rotation and an annular electrical and mechanical contact surface extending around the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Inventor: ALBERT CHAO
  • Publication number: 20100141544
    Abstract: A digital TV antenna has first and second conductive members with surfaces of two minimum orthogonal dimensions and a nonconductive substrate connected to the surfaces of the conductive members for supporting them at a spaced location from each other of not more than 1/2 inch. Wires electrically connect the conducive members to a plug for being plugged to an input of a digital TV and at least one of the two minimum orthogonal dimensions is at least eight inches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventor: Albert Chao
  • Patent number: 7578085
    Abstract: An address indicator has panels each displaying a translucent character surrounded by an opaque area. A frame with a channel slidably captures the panels and has an upper chamber above the channel and a rear chamber behind the channel. Stops at opposite ends of the channel keep the panels in the channel and lights such as LEDs are spaced in the upper chamber for casting light into the rear chamber. A translucent screen in the rear chamber defuses light for illuminating the translucent character of each panel. Solar cells charge replaceable, rechargeable batteries for powering the lights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Inventors: Albert Chao, Ethel Chao
  • Patent number: D599333
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Inventor: Albert Chao
  • Patent number: D611460
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Inventor: Albert Chao
  • Patent number: D628348
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Inventor: Albert Chao
  • Patent number: D642706
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Inventor: Albert Chao
  • Patent number: D644770
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Inventor: Albert Chao
  • Patent number: D739973
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Inventor: Albert Chao
  • Patent number: D829388
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Inventor: Albert Chao