Patents by Inventor Chih Min Lien

Chih Min Lien 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: 11761243
    Abstract: An electronic lock includes a latch member and a clutch mechanism mounted on the outside of the lock cylinder and including a clutch unit, a driving unit and a control module. The clutch unit includes a rotatable seat having a first engaging portion, an accessible knob, and a clutch seat having a second engaging portion. The clutch seat is movable relative to the rotatable seat between an unlock position and a lock position, where the second engaging portion engages and disengages the first engaging portion, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Waferlock Corp.
    Inventor: Chih-Min Lien
  • Publication number: 20220268059
    Abstract: An electronic lock includes a latch member and a clutch mechanism mounted on the outside of the lock cylinder and including a clutch unit, a driving unit and a control module. The clutch unit includes a rotatable seat having a first engaging portion, an accessible knob, and a clutch seat having a second engaging portion. The clutch seat is movable relative to the rotatable seat between an unlock position and a lock position, where the second engaging portion engages and disengages the first engaging portion, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Waferlock Corp.
    Inventor: Chih-Min Lien
  • Patent number: 11286692
    Abstract: A door lock disposed on a door leaf includes a casing, a bolt member, a latch member, an auxiliary latch member and a transmission unit. When the door lock is in an open state, the bolt member is retracted into the casing and held by the transmission unit. During a closing operation of the door leaf, the latch member and the auxiliary latch member are successively pushed into the casing to actuate the transmission unit, so that the transmission unit releases the bolt member when the door leaf is closed, and that the bolt member automatically projects out of the casing to lock the door leaf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: WFE TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventor: Chih-Min Lien
  • Publication number: 20210062544
    Abstract: A door lock disposed on a door leaf includes a casing, a bolt member, a latch member, an auxiliary latch member and a transmission unit. When the door lock is in an open state, the bolt member is retracted into the casing and held by the transmission unit. During a closing operation of the door leaf, the latch member and the auxiliary latch member are successively pushed into the casing to actuate the transmission unit, so that the transmission unit releases the bolt member when the door leaf is closed, and that the bolt member automatically projects out of the casing to lock the door leaf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: WFE TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventor: Chih-Min LIEN
  • Patent number: 10907381
    Abstract: An electronic door lock includes a dead bolt moved by a deadbolt transmitting assembly, a spring-loaded latch bolt moved by a latchbolt transmitting assembly, a lock core rotated by a core transmitting assembly, and a spring-loaded prying resisting member. A monitoring unit includes sensors respectively corresponsive to those assemblies and the prying resisting member, and a security controller which performs a security procedure in accordance with position of those assemblies and the prying resisting member sensed by the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: WFE Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Chih-Min Lien
  • Patent number: 10890019
    Abstract: A reversible electric door lock includes a clutch unit, a dead bolt unit and a handle unit. The clutch unit has an external driving member, two driving plates mounted at two sides of the external driving member, an internal driving member rotatably mounted in the external driving member, and a clutch pin movably disposed in the external driving member between an engaging position to allow synchronous rotation of the external and internal driving members, and a disengaged position to allow idle rotation of the internal driving member. The external driving member is rotated to actuate the dead bolt unit to switch to an unlatched position. The handle unit includes an internal operating handle coupled with one of the driving plates, and an external operating handle coupled with the internal driving member. The reversible electric door lock can be applied to left-hand and right-hand doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: WFE Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Chih-Min Lien
  • Publication number: 20190383060
    Abstract: An electronic door lock includes a dead bolt moved by a deadbolt transmitting assembly, a spring-loaded latch bolt moved by a latchbolt transmitting assembly, a lock core rotated by a core transmitting assembly, and a spring-loaded prying resisting member. A monitoring unit includes sensors respectively corresponsive to those assemblies and the prying resisting member, and a security controller which performs a security procedure in accordance with position of those assemblies and the prying resisting member sensed by the sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Inventor: Chih-Min Lien
  • Publication number: 20190139343
    Abstract: An electronic lock system includes a server unit and an electronic lock device including a control module and a transmission module. The control module outputs a wakeup signal upon receipt of an input signal. The transmission module is to be awaken to an awaken state from a sleep state upon receipt of the wakeup signal, and outputs a confirm signal based on the input signal. The server unit receives a remote signal containing an unlock condition associated with the confirm signal, and outputs an unlock signal to the control module to cause the electronic lock device to operate in an unlock state upon receipt of the unlock signal when the unlock condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Applicant: WFE TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventor: Chih-Min LIEN
  • Publication number: 20190119962
    Abstract: A reversible electric door lock includes a clutch unit, a dead bolt unit and a handle unit. The clutch unit has an external driving member, two driving plates mounted at two sides of the external driving member, an internal driving member rotatably mounted in the external driving member, and a clutch pin movably disposed in the external driving member between an engaging position to allow synchronous rotation of the external and internal driving members, and a disengaged position to allow idle rotation of the internal driving member. The external driving member is rotated to actuate the dead bolt unit to switch to an unlatched position. The handle unit includes an internal operating handle coupled with one of the driving plates, and an external operating handle coupled with the internal driving member. The reversible electric door lock can be applied to left-hand and right-hand doors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: Chih-Min LIEN
  • Patent number: 6584817
    Abstract: An electronic anti-theft lock mainly internally includes an electromagnetic valve having a vertically movable rod; a locating mechanism that includes a turning plate adapted to shift the whole mechanism inward or outward in multiple steps, a restoring plate adapted to mechanically depress the rod of the electromagnetic valve at an upward extended position, and a stopper adapted to engage with the extended rod of the electromagnetic valve to stop the locating mechanism from moving inward further; and a control circuit adapted to detect a correct IC code of an inserted chip-contained key, and to excite the electromagnetic valve to extend the rod to stop a locking bolt of the locating mechanism from moving inward to open the lock only when an incorrect IC code is detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: WFE Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Chih Min Lien