Patents by Inventor Chia-Ming Liu

Chia-Ming Liu 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: 20180169877
    Abstract: A kitchen knife includes a hollow handle having a surrounding wall which surrounds an axis in a longitudinal direction and which has an inner wall surface that defines an accommodation chamber therein, a blade connected to a front end of the handle, and a counterweight unit pressed fit in the accommodation chamber, and including a base seat which extends in the longitudinal direction to be in frictional engagement with the inner wall surface, and a plurality of primary counterweight members which are removably disposed on the base seat and which are spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction. The weight and weight distribution of the knife are adjustable by varying the number and position of the primary counterweight members on the base seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventor: Chia-Ming LIU
  • Publication number: 20180160848
    Abstract: A stove includes a base seat, and a top seat disposed on the base seat. The top seat has a surrounding wall extending upwardly, a support member, and a grill grate. The surrounding wall has opposite first and second wall portions. The first wall portion defines a first groove. The second wall portion defines a second groove and a retaining groove below the second groove. The support member is disposed on the first wall portion below the first groove. The grill grate is disposed at one of a first position, where opposite lateral ends of the grill grate are respectively retained in the first and second grooves, and a second position, where one lateral end is placed on the support member while the other lateral end is retained in the retaining groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventor: Chia-Ming Liu
  • Patent number: 9981395
    Abstract: A knife includes a blade, and a counterweight unit, and a handle having an accommodating space. The counterweight unit includes a counterweight-receiving member removably disposed in the accommodating space, multiple counterweights, and a biasing member. The counterweight-receiving member has a tubular wall, and an abutment wall cooperating with the tubular wall to define a receiving space and defining an exit opening that spatially communicates with the receiving space. The counterweights are removably disposed in the receiving space. The biasing member biases the counterweights toward the abutment wall so as to permit removal of one of the counterweights via the exit opening when the counterweight unit is separated from the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Inventor: Chia-Ming Liu
  • Publication number: 20180131148
    Abstract: An USB hub including a power input port, a main power converting circuit, a first and a second type-C USB ports, and a first and a second power converting circuits is provided. The power input port receives an input power. The main power converting circuit converts the input power into a main power. The first and the second power converting circuits receive the main power respectively, and are coupled to the first and the second type-C USB ports respectively. The first and the second power converting circuits respectively obtain a first and a second operation power information of a first and a second external electronic devices, and respectively generate and provide a first and a second operating powers required by the first and the second external electronic devices for normal operation according to the first and the second operation power information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Chia-Ming Liu
  • Patent number: 9965922
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for executing a computer game. One method includes an operation for setting an initial value to the jackpot of a first player. The jackpot of the first player is increased based on each bet by the first player in the computer game. Additionally, the jackpot of the first player is increased based on each bet made by friends of the first player in the computer game. The friends of the first player have a social connection with the first player, and the jackpot of the first player is independent from bets in the computer game of players that are not friends of the first player. The method further includes an operation for resetting the jackpot of the first player to the initial value when the first player or when any friend of the first player wins the jackpot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: Zynga Inc.
    Inventors: John Frederic Constable, Jon-Paul Emile Dumont, Michael J. Engle, Cor Robert Despota, James Chia-Ming Liu, Michael Anthony Fox
  • Patent number: 9919414
    Abstract: A tool cabinet includes a cabinet body having two guide rails, a movable storage unit having two extension members that are coupled respectively to the guide rails, two lifting units, and two driving units. Each lifting units has a guide tube mounted to one of the cabinet body and the storage unit, a threaded member non-rotatably connected to the guide tube, and a threaded rod mounted to the other one of the cabinet body and the storage unit and connected threadedly to the threaded member, such that rotation of the threaded rods drives the movement of the storage unit between lowered and lifted positions. The driving units are configured to synchronously drive the rotations of the threaded rods of the lifting units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Inventor: Chia-Ming Liu
  • Patent number: 9914210
    Abstract: A tool cabinet includes a cabinet unit and an audio device. The cabinet unit includes a cabinet body and at least one receiving member. The receiving member has a cover body and a bottom wall. The cover body is movably connected to the cabinet body. The bottom wall cooperates with the cover body to define a receiving space therebetween. The cover body is movable relative to the cabinet body to open and close the receiving space. One of the cabinet body and the cover body is formed with a coupling opening in communication with the receiving space. The audio device engages the coupling opening, is received in the receiving space, and has a sound output surface exposed from the coupling opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Inventor: Chia-Ming Liu
  • Publication number: 20180056499
    Abstract: A tool cabinet includes a cabinet body having two guide rails, a movable storage unit having two extension members that are coupled respectively to the guide rails, two lifting units, and two driving units. Each lifting units has a guide tube mounted to one of the cabinet body and the storage unit, a threaded member non-rotatably connected to the guide tube, and a threaded rod mounted to the other one of the cabinet body and the storage unit and connected threadedly to the threaded member, such that rotation of the threaded rods drives the movement of the storage unit between lowered and lifted positions. The driving units are configured to synchronously drive the rotations of the threaded rods of the lifting units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventor: Chia-Ming Liu
  • Publication number: 20180056531
    Abstract: A knife includes a blade, and a counterweight unit, and a handle having an accommodating space. The counterweight unit includes a counterweight-receiving member removably disposed in the accommodating space, multiple counterweights, and a biasing member. The counterweight-receiving member has a tubular wall, and an abutment wall cooperating with the tubular wall to define a receiving space and defining an exit opening that spatially communicates with the receiving space. The counterweights are removably disposed in the receiving space. The biasing member biases the counterweights toward the abutment wall so as to permit removal of one of the counterweights via the exit opening when the counterweight unit is separated from the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventor: Chia-Ming Liu
  • Publication number: 20180056529
    Abstract: A knife includes a hollow handle, a blade, a connecting component and a plurality of counterweights. The handle extends along an axis and has opposite front and rear ends along the axis. The blade is connected to the front end of the handle. The connecting component is removably connected to the rear end of the handle. The counterweights are removably disposed in the handle and are arranged in series along the axis from an end of the connecting component. Two adjacent ones of the counterweights are separably connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventor: Chia-Ming Liu
  • Publication number: 20180056530
    Abstract: A knife includes a hollow handle, a blade and a counterweight unit. The hollow handle extends along an axis and has opposite front and rear ends along the axis. The blade is connected to the front end of the handle. The counterweight unit is disposed in the handle, and includes a rail and a counterweight. The rail extends along the axis. The counterweight is connected to and movable along the rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventor: Chia-Ming Liu
  • Patent number: 9849584
    Abstract: A tool cabinet includes a cabinet body having two guide rails and a routing space that is proximate to one of the guide rails, a working platform unit having a protective tube, two lifting units, a driving unit, and a power supply unit having a transmission wire. The working platform unit includes two extension members respectively slidable relative to the guide rails. Each lifting units includes a threaded rod extending through a respective extension member. The driving unit is disposed for driving rotation of the threaded rod of a respective one of the lifting units. The transmission wire has an end connected to the driving unit, and an opposite end extending through the protective tube into the routing space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Inventor: Chia-Ming Liu
  • Patent number: 9827662
    Abstract: A tool cabinet includes a cabinet body having two guide rails, a working platform unit having a movable platform member and two hollow extension members, two lifting units each having a threaded rod, two driving units, and a control unit. The extension members are respectively slidable relative to the guide rails. The threaded rods respectively extend through the extension members and telescopically into the guide tubes. Each driving unit has a motor, and a speed reduction mechanism driven to rotate the threaded rod of a respective lifting unit. The control unit is connected to the motors for synchronizing movements of the motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Inventor: Chia-Ming Liu
  • Patent number: 9815189
    Abstract: A tool cabinet includes a cabinet body having two guide rails, a movable working platform unit having two extension members that are respectively coupled to the guide rails, two lifting units, and a driving unit. Each extension member has an inner coupling hole. Each lifting unit has a support member, a threaded rod, and a threaded member movably and threadedly engaging the threaded rod. Rotation of the threaded rods results in the movement of the working platform unit between lowered and lifted positions. When the working platform unit is arrested in the middle of being driven from the lifted position to the lowered position while the driving unit continues to operate, the rotation of the threaded rod drives the threaded member to slide away from the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Inventor: Chia-Ming Liu
  • Patent number: 9808930
    Abstract: A tool cabinet includes a cabinet body, a hanging board having a plurality of hanging portions, two slide rail units, and at least one counterweight device. Each of the slide rail units is connected between the cabinet body and the hanging board and extends in an up-down direction, such that the hanging board is movable in the up-down direction relative to the cabinet body between a lifted position and a lowered position. The counterweight device includes a constant force spring having free and fixed ends that are respectively connected to the hanging board and the cabinet body, and providing a resilient force against the weight of the hanging board during movement between the lifted and lowered positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Inventor: Chia-Ming Liu
  • Publication number: 20170311755
    Abstract: A stove includes a stove unit having a top grilling surface, a cover unit, a guiding unit, and a balance-providing unit having a cross bar, at least one mounting seat, and at least one constant-force spring that is mounted on the at least one mounting seat and that is connected to the cross bar. During the movement of the cover unit in a top-bottom direction, the at least one constant-force spring provides a substantially constant resilient force which counteracts a weight of the cover unit to position the cover unit at any point between a lifted position, where the cover unit is spaced apart from the top grilling surface, and a cover position, where the cover unit covers the top grilling surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventor: Chia-Ming LIU
  • Patent number: 9786429
    Abstract: A bobbin for use in a magnetic module is provided. The bobbin comprises a winding body, a first plate and a second plate. The winding body is disposed between the first plate and the second plate, and further comprises a first end, a second end and a through hole. The first end comprises a first buckling portion, and the through hole penetrates the first end and the second end. The first plate includes a second buckling portion and a first opening, while the second buckling portion is adapted to engage with the first buckling portion. The second plate includes a second opening, and the second plate is engaged with the second end of the winding body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Ming Liu, Zhi-Liang Zhang, Yi Lin Chen, Po Yu Wei, Chih-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 9727132
    Abstract: A system and method are provided that enhances a user's experience when using a see-through near eye display device. A user interface is provided for a user to manage single or simultaneous applications in a head mounted device. Applications for the head mounted device may be activated or deactivated by the user via the user-interface. The user's total field of view (TFOV) which accounts for a complete range of rotation and translation of the user's head may be determined by tracking the user's head position and rotation relative to the user's body and an environment associated with the user. One region of the user's TFOV (e.g., the right-hand side) may display an “application menu” including a list of applications that can be launched, and another region of the user's TFOV (e.g., the left-hand side) may display an “active menu” including a list of applications currently running.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: James Chia-Ming Liu, Anton Oguzhan Alford Andrews, Craig R. Maitlen, Sheridan Small
  • Publication number: 20170115690
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer media for calibrating user-mounted devices are provided. An external device capable of providing calibration data to a user-mounted device worn by a user is identified. An identification acknowledgement is received from the external device. A device calibration mode is entered in which calibration data describing the user-mounted device is received by the user-mounted device. The calibration data is based at least in part on sensor data acquired and normalized by the external device. The calibration data is then received. The calibration data includes at least one determined pose or body measurement of the user and a calculated alignment of the user-mounted device relative to the user. The user-mounted device is calibrated using the received calibration data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Inventors: JAMES CHIA-MING LIU, BENJAMIN ISAAC VAUGHT, PAOLO MALABUYO
  • Patent number: D783877
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Inventor: Chia-Ming Liu