Patents by Inventor Chia-Chieh Ko

Chia-Chieh Ko 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: 9636633
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for making a porous silica aerogel composite membrane. The porous silicon oxide aerogel composite membrane includes a porous aluminum oxide membrane having a plurality of macro pores with an average diameter larger than 50 nm and a porous silica aerogel membrane formed on at least one side of the porous aluminum oxide membrane and the macro pores of surface layers of the porous aluminum oxide membrane where the porous silica aerogel membrane has a plurality of meso pores with an average diameter of 2˜50 nm and is derived from methyltrimethoxysilane precursor by a sol-gel synthetic method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yi-Feng Lin, Chia-Chieh Ko, Kuo-Lun Tung, Chien-Hua Chen, Kai-Shiun Chang
  • Patent number: 9617174
    Abstract: A hydrophobic porous silica aerogel composite membrane for a vacuum membrane distillation device and a vacuum distillation method are disclosed. The vacuum membrane distillation device has a case and the hydrophobic porous silica aerogel composite membrane accommodated in the case to divide a chamber defined by the case into a feed part configured to feed a first fluid containing water molecules and a permeate part configured to collect a second fluid containing the water molecules. The hydrophobic porous silica aerogel composite membrane includes a porous aluminum oxide membrane that has a plurality of first pores with average pore diameter larger than 50 nm and a porous silica aerogel membrane that has a plurality of second pores of 2 to 50 nm and is formed on at least one side of the porous aluminum oxide membrane facing the feed part by methylmethoxysilane as a precursor and a sol-gel synthetic process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kuo-Lun Tung, Chung-Chin Yang, Chia-Chieh Ko, Chien-Hua Chen, Yi-Feng Lin
  • Publication number: 20170095769
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for making a porous silica aerogel composite membrane. The porous silicon oxide aerogel composite membrane includes a porous aluminum oxide membrane having a plurality of macro pores with an average diameter larger than 50 nm and a porous silica aerogel membrane formed on at least one side of the porous aluminum oxide membrane and the macro pores of surface layers of the porous aluminum oxide membrane where the porous silica aerogel membrane has a plurality of meso pores with an average diameter of 2˜50 nm and is derived from methyltrimethoxysilane precursor by a sol-gel synthetic method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Yi-Feng Lin, Chia-Chieh Ko, Kuo-Lun Tung, Chien-Hua Chen, Kai-Shiun Chang
  • Patent number: 9561463
    Abstract: The present invention provides a porous silica aerogel composite membrane and method for making the same and a carbon dioxide sorption device. The porous silicon oxide aerogel composite membrane includes a porous aluminum oxide membrane having a plurality of macro pores with an average diameter larger than 50 nm and a porous silica aerogel membrane formed on at least one side of the porous aluminum oxide membrane and the macro pores of surface layers of the porous aluminum oxide membrane where the porous silica aerogel membrane has a plurality of meso pores with an average diameter of 2˜50 nm and is derived from methyltrimethoxysilane precursor by a sol-gel synthetic method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yi-Feng Lin, Chia-Chieh Ko, Kuo-Lun Tung, Chien-Hua Chen, Kai-Shiun Chang
  • Publication number: 20160257581
    Abstract: A hydrophobic porous silica aerogel composite membrane for a vacuum membrane distillation device and a vacuum distillation method are disclosed. The vacuum membrane distillation device has a case and the hydrophobic porous silica aerogel composite membrane accommodated in the case to divide a chamber defined by the case into a feed part configured to feed a first fluid containing water molecules and a permeate part configured to collect a second fluid containing the water molecules. The hydrophobic porous silica aerogel composite membrane includes a porous aluminum oxide membrane that has a plurality of first pores with average pore diameter larger than 50 nm and a porous silica aerogel membrane that has a plurality of second pores of 2 to 50 nm and is formed on at least one side of the porous aluminum oxide membrane facing the feed part by methylmethoxysilane as a precursor and a sol-gel synthetic process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Kuo-Lun TUNG, Chung-Chin YANG, Chia-Chieh KO, Chien-Hua CHEN, Yi-Feng LIN
  • Publication number: 20150104357
    Abstract: The present invention provides a porous silica aerogel composite membrane and method for making the same and a carbon dioxide sorption device. The porous silicon oxide aerogel composite membrane includes a porous aluminum oxide membrane having a plurality of macro pores with an average diameter larger than 50 nm and a porous silica aerogel membrane formed on at least one side of the porous aluminum oxide membrane and the macro pores of surface layers of the porous aluminum oxide membrane where the porous silica aerogel membrane has a plurality of meso pores with an average diameter of 2˜50 nm and is derived from methyltrimethoxysilane precursor by a sol-gel synthetic method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yi-Feng Lin, Chia-Chieh Ko, Kuo-Lun Tung, Chien-Hua Chen, Kai-Shiun Chang