Patents by Inventor Chi-Ming Teng

Chi-Ming Teng 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: 7837468
    Abstract: A long-arm type upright molar tooth spring includes a lingual groove rest, for resting the spring at a lingual groove of a first molar tooth; a loop, for surrounding and fixing the periphery of the second molar tooth; a buccal bracket rest, for resting the spring at a buccal bracket of the first molar tooth; a reactivating area, being an area between the first molar tooth and the second premolar tooth; a lever, for applying a force onto the second molar tooth; and an arc, extended from an adjacent wall between an engaging surface of the first molar tooth and an engaging surface of the second molar tooth, and fixed at a root of the second molar tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Inventor: Chi-Ming Teng
  • Publication number: 20090191501
    Abstract: A long-arm type upright molar tooth spring includes a lingual groove rest, for resting the spring at a lingual groove of a first molar tooth; a loop, for surrounding and fixing the periphery of the second molar tooth; a buccal bracket rest, for resting the spring at a buccal bracket of the first molar tooth; a reactivating area, being an area between the first molar tooth and the second premolar tooth; a lever, for applying a force onto the second molar tooth; and an arc, extended from an adjacent wall between an engaging surface of the first molar tooth and an engaging surface of the second molar tooth, and fixed at a root of the second molar tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventor: Chi-Ming Teng
  • Patent number: 5720611
    Abstract: A long-armed type molar uprighting spring is disclosed. It contains: (a) a lingual groove rest for mounting the uprighting spring in a lingual groove of a first molar; (b) a loop, which extends from the lingual groove and can be fixedly mounted around a mesial side of a second molar; (c) a buccal bracket rest extending from one end of the loop opposing the lingual groove rest for resting the upright spring on a buccal bracket of the first molar; (d) a reactivating area, which extends from the other end of the buccal bracket rest to fit into an area between the first molar and a second premolar so as to provide a stronger activating function; (e) a lever arm, which extends from the reactivating area to provide an uprighting function in accordance with impacted condition of the second molar. The long-armed type uprighting spring is specially designed in accordance with a first kind lever theory so as to overcome the problem of poor bonding that may affect a molar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Inventor: Chi-Ming Teng