Patents by Inventor Ching-I Chen

Ching-I Chen 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: 9243746
    Abstract: A hook for hanging an object using cantilever force is disclosed, and the hook includes a main body and a hook body. The hook body extends from the main body and includes a hook portion and a free end portion. The hook portion has an inner curved surface facing and close to the main body, and the free end portion is connected to the hook portion and has a blocking segment. A largest distance between the inner curved surface and the main body is configured to accommodate an object to be hung on the hook body, and the hook body is horizontally configured with respect to the ground when the main body is attached to a fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Inventor: Ching-I Chen
  • Publication number: 20150379444
    Abstract: A method for evaluating manpower cost of an employee using an information system is disclosed. By establishing a work dictionary for the employee himself/herself during a time period based on the job breakdown structure, assigning an attribute for each main operation and considering influences of the internal operation, the data of a percentage of the hour for the sub-item of the SOP operation to the hour for the SOP operation, the data for the overhead hour for the sub-item, and the data for the manpower cost for the sub-item are calculated and stored in a statistical database, and the cost to execute the sub-item is the manpower cost. The method of the present invention can be installed on a computer-readable recording medium and/or a computer program product, and can be executed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventor: CHING-I CHEN
  • Publication number: 20150308614
    Abstract: A hook for hanging an object using cantilever force is disclosed, and the hook includes a main body and a hook body. The hook body extends from the main body and includes a hook portion and a free end portion. The hook portion has an inner curved surface facing and close to the main body, and the free end portion is connected to the hook portion and has a blocking segment. A largest distance between the inner curved surface and the main body is configured to accommodate an object to be hung on the hook body, and the hook body is horizontally configured with respect to the ground when the main body is attached to a fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventor: CHING-I CHEN
  • Patent number: 6166655
    Abstract: A device and a method for identifying magnetic induction coordinate comprise a movable member which is provided with a magnetic matter and is moved to pass a plurality of sensors arranged in sequence on a fixed member. As the magnetic matter moves through various positions of a moving track, the sensors detect and measure the magnetic flux values at various positions. The data are recorded point by point by an electronic circuit and are then stored in a memory. The magnetic flux values measured by the sensors at any time are compared with the data stored in the memory for identifying the position of the magnetic matter. As the position of the magnetic matter in relation to the fixed member is identified, an output signal of the position is generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Inventors: Hung-Chou Chen, Tsang-Yuan Lee, Ching-I Chen
  • Patent number: 5753122
    Abstract: An in situ thermally enhanced microbial remediation strategy and a method for the biodegradation of toxic petroleum fuel hydrocarbon and halogenated organic solvent contaminants. The method utilizes nonpathogenic, thermophilic bacteria for the thermal biodegradation of toxic and carcinogenic contaminants, such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes, from fuel leaks and the chlorinated ethenes, such as trichloroethylene, chlorinated ethanes, such as 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and chlorinated methanes, such as chloroform, from past solvent cleaning practices. The method relies on and takes advantage of the pre-existing heated conditions and the array of delivery/recovery wells that are created and in place following primary subsurface contaminant volatilization efforts via thermal approaches, such as dynamic underground steam-electrical heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1998
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Robert T. Taylor, Kenneth J. Jackson, Alfred G. Duba, Ching-I Chen