Patents by Inventor Chih-Ming Wu

Chih-Ming Wu 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: 6176117
    Abstract: A calibration instrument for micro-positively-sensed force, including: a platform support stand having a base with a vise thereon for clamping an elastically deformable strain measuring device to be calibrated, a micro-distance meter at an upper portion of the platform support, a probe connected to and positioned beneath the micro-distance meter, displacement of the probe in vertical direction being adjustable through the micro-distance meter, the probe having a load cell. The load cell and elastically deformable strain measuring device to be calibrated are each connected to a signal transmitting device which outputs the signals thererof to a signal amplifying device so as to display the signals being measured. And, a method for calibrating a calibration instrument for micro-positively-sensed force that uses the calibration instrument to calibrate a precision measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Li-Sen Chen, Hung-Ju Yen, Chih-Ming Wu, Wei-Tai Jao
  • Patent number: 6136002
    Abstract: An anterior spinal fixation system comprises a pair of equal upper and lower vertebral plate systems and at least two rods arranged in parallel. The upper and lower vertebral plate systems each includes a staple vertebral plate and a universal cover plate which are jointed firmly with each other to retain the ends of the rods. Furthermore, the anterior spinal fixation system of the present invention may also comprise at least one connector plate system retain in the middle of the rods so as to enhance supporting strength and effect of anti-twist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Chi-Ming Shih, Tze-Hong Wong, Chen-Dao Shaio, Cheng-Kung Cheng, Chih-Ming Wu, Wei-Tai Jao
  • Patent number: 5725823
    Abstract: A method of forming a shoe sole having a co-molded anti-skid insert is provided. Raw unvulcanized rubber sheet material for the insert, and raw unvulcanized rubber sheet material for the main portion of the sole are placed in a mold and heated to fuse them together, to vulcanize the rubber, and to produce an anti-skid pattern on the insert. The material of the insert is preferably substantially the same as that of the main portion of the sole, except for its color; however, it has the appearance and texture of a separate insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1998
    Assignee: AmAsia International Ltd.
    Inventors: Norman H. Finn, Chih-Ming Wu
  • Patent number: 5456724
    Abstract: A load sensor inserted between two bones for sensing a stress exerted on the load sensor includes a body, and a load transducer mounted in the body for transducing a strain thereof resulting from the stress into an electronic signal. Such load sensor can detect a stress exerted on a bone graft bone and/or the interaction of the bone graft and spine implant to improve curative effects and increase the successful rate of a bone graft operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hung-Ju Yen, Chih-Ming Wu, Wei-Tai Jao, Chen-Dao Shiao, Chi-Ming Shih, Cheng-Kung Cheng, Tze-Hong Wong, Kou-Shung Sheh