Patents by Inventor Alex Lee

Alex Lee 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: 7249167
    Abstract: An intelligent, modular server management system for coupling a series of remotely located computers to one or more user stations allowing for selective access of the remotely located computers. A centralized computer matrix switching system is provided to enable a computer user station to access and operate a remotely located computer in a stable environment and transmit analog signals through the switching system over an extended range. The centralized computer matrix switching system receives the input from the computer user station or the remotely located computer, including the keyboard, video monitor and mouse signals, and transmits the signals as though the computer user station was directly coupled to the remotely located computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Raritan, Inc.
    Inventors: Yee S. Liaw, Lee Glinski, Alex Lee
  • Publication number: 20050132403
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an option menu for use with a computer management system. In operation, the option menu circuit combines or organizes a plurality of video signals generated by various OSD ICs to provide an option menu that is capable of various modes of operation. The option menu circuit is capable of displaying the option menu alone or in place of a portion of the video received from the selected connected computer. The option menu produced by the option menu circuit provides, inter alia, a list of computers that may be accessed by the computer management system. By utilizing a keyboard and/or cursor control device, a user may select the desired computer from the option menu.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Alex Lee, Yee Liaw, Alan Hsu
  • Patent number: 6753808
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring and controlling transportation of material. The system comprises a central managing device (130), a vehicle information inputting device (110), a material information inputting device (120), a central monitoring device (400), and a global positioning subsystem. Information input through the vehicle information inputting device and the material information inputting device is stored in the central managing device and can be accessed by the central monitoring device. Information on a current location of a vehicle (180) transporting material is sent to a web server (150) via the global positioning subsystem and accessed by the central monitoring device. The central monitoring device can control logistics by checking whether the current location of the vehicle is along a predetermined route of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Lee, David Luo, Cheng-Min Hu, Xiaobing Yang
  • Publication number: 20040015518
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring material on shop floors is provided. The system displays regional production by country, factory, workshop and line using a two-dimensional graphic or a three-dimensional graphic, and specifies production information for each country, factory, workshop or line in a table. The monitoring system includes at least one subsidiary company database for storing material data for the associated subsidiary company; a central database for storing global material data; a material monitoring system server and an application program on the material monitoring system server, which selects, integrates, classifies, and controls display of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Alex Lee, Sheng Chi Luo, WenZhen Ma, XiangHua Ji, QiongShuai Chen
  • Publication number: 20030151546
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring and controlling transportation of material. The system comprises a central managing device (130), a vehicle information inputting device (110), a material information inputting device (120), a central monitoring device (140), and a global positioning subsystem. Information input through the vehicle information inputting device and the material information inputting device is stored in the central managing device and can be accessed by the central monitoring device. Information on current location of a vehicle (180) transporting material is sent to a web server (150) via the global positioning subsystem and accessed by the central monitoring device. The central monitoring device can control logistics by checking whether the current location of the vehicle is along a predetermined route of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Publication date: August 14, 2003
    Inventors: Alex Lee, David Luo, Cheng-Min Hu, Xiaobing Yang
  • Publication number: 20030135433
    Abstract: A system and method for searching for inventory information using a computerized virtual warehouse. The system includes a plurality of operation terminals (62) located in various warehouses (6) for inputting information on inventory received in and sent out from the warehouses, a database (21) for storing the information input by the operation terminals, and a virtual warehouse searching module (201) installed in a central management unit (200) for searching for the information on the inventory. The virtual warehouse searching module provides a computer-generated three-dimensional diagram of each warehouse which closely simulates an actual layout of the warehouse. A quantity searching module (202) is for searching for a quantity of inventory in each storage area of any warehouse using a computer-generated three-dimensional diagram. A total cost searching module (203) is for searching for a total cost of inventory in each storage area of any warehouse using a computer-generated three-dimensional diagram.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Publication date: July 17, 2003
    Inventors: Brina Yan, Alex Lee, Hark Chen
  • Patent number: 6584918
    Abstract: A desk includes a desk top, a plurality of legs, a plurality of stretchers, and a coupling unit including a plurality of first and second linkages. Each of the first linkages includes a cylindrical part formed with a plurality of alternately disposed first engaging grooves and engaging ridges. Each of the engaging ridges is defined by a ridge-confining wall that has a C-shaped cross-section. Each of the second linkages is in the form of a clamp that has two opposing clamp arms. The clamp arms have two opposing curved ends which are inserted into two adjacent ones of the first engaging grooves, and which have inner faces substantially conform to and abut tightly against the ridge-confining wall of a respective one of the engaging ridges so as to secure the stretchers to the legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Project Systems Furniture Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Alex Lee
  • Publication number: 20030088486
    Abstract: A system and method for managing inspection of cargo according to cargo information integrated in a unified communications network. The system comprises a plurality of operation terminals (8) for inputting cargo information. A central management unit (1) is connected with the operation terminals via a communications network (13) for receiving and storing the cargo information. A gate management system (2) is connected to the central management unit via the communications network for controlling passage of the cargo according to the cargo information. An inspection management system (3) is connected to the central management unit via the communications network for controlling inspection of the cargo according to the cargo information. The central management unit obtains cargo inspection requirements from an external system (5) of an external organization via the communications network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Alex Lee, David Luo, Wenzhen Ma, Ying Tang, Wenbo Mao
  • Publication number: 20020101138
    Abstract: A desk includes a desk top, a plurality of legs, a plurality of stretchers, and a coupling unit including a plurality of first and second linkages. Each of the first linkages includes a cylindrical part formed with a plurality of alternately disposed first engaging grooves and engaging ridges. Each of the engaging ridges is defined by a ridge-confining wall that has a C-shaped cross-section. Each of the second linkages is in the form of a clamp that has two opposing clamp arms. The clamp arms have two opposing curved ends which are inserted into two adjacent ones of the first engaging grooves, and which have inner faces substantially conform to and abut tightly against the ridge-confining wall of a respective one of the engaging ridges so as to secure the stretchers to the legs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Applicant: Project Systems Furniture, Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Alex Lee
  • Patent number: 6068246
    Abstract: A hydraulic mount includes a mounting plate and a wall, with a working chamber defined between the mounting plate and the wall. The mounting plate and the wall are separated by a relatively thick elastomeric element so that the size of the working chamber varies as the elastomeric element is compressed and expanded by operation of the mounting plate and the wall moving closer together and farther apart. A reservoir is defined substantially by the elastomeric element in combination with a relatively flexible diaphragm that extends between the mounting plate and the wall so that the reservoir is generally annular in shape and is positioned around the working chamber. The elastomeric element serves as a separation wall between the working chamber and the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Chiung Alex Lee, Richard Edward Longhouse, Jay Michael Shores, Daniel Edward Ferris, II, Mark Wayne Long
  • Patent number: 6056279
    Abstract: In a duo-pumping hydraulic mount, two acting pistons are employed, one associated with each working chamber. The pistons are rigidly connected. During operation, internal pressures generated in each chamber are opposite in sign with one being negative and the other being positive. Therefore, to achieve a given pressure differential across the fluid track, the magnitude of the pressure in each working chamber is half what would be experienced in a conventional single pumping mount. Durability is improved by reducing internal pressures and by distributing kinetic loads to two rubber elements so that individual stresses are minimized. An individual load bearing element supports static loads on the mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Chiung Alex Lee, Richard Edward Longhouse, Daniel Edward Ferris, II, Mark Wayne Long
  • Patent number: 6036183
    Abstract: A hydraulic mount is operable in soft and firm modes and includes a valve positioned at the partition between the working chamber and the reservoir. A normally open fluid path extends through the partition and opens between the working chamber and the reservoir for soft operational characteristics useful in attenuating low amplitude vibrations. The valve body and the partition together define a control chamber in the fluid path. The control chamber is open to the reservoir through lateral openings in the valve body so that fluid pressure in the control chamber is approximately at atmospheric pressure so that a small actuator can move the valve. When the valve is closed the fluid path is closed for firm operational characteristics in controlling large amplitude inputs such as those from torque transients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Chiung Alex Lee, Jay Michael Shores, Gary Lee Johnston, William Charles Kruckemeyer, Mark Wayne Long, Frederick Clem Miller