Patents by Inventor Ching-Kong Chao

Ching-Kong Chao 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: 20180040801
    Abstract: A piezoelectric material member includes a piezoelectric body, an upper electrode and a lower electrode. The upper electrode and the lower electrode are disposed on different sides of the piezoelectric body. The upper electrode has a first upper electrode section and a second upper electrode section separated from the first upper electrode section. The lower electrode has a first lower electrode section and a second lower electrode section separated from the first lower electrode section. The first lower electrode section is coupled to the first upper electrode section, so that the piezoelectric body generates a first frequency via the first lower electrode section and the first upper electrode section. The second lower electrode section is coupled to the second upper electrode section, so that the piezoelectric body generates a second frequency via the second lower electrode section and the second upper electrode section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Yu-Hsi Huang, Ching-Kong Chao, Li-Wen Wu, Ching-Min Hsu
  • Patent number: 8142484
    Abstract: A vertebral fixation plate assembly for insertion into the resection site between two vertebrae of a patients vertebral column and fixation to front or lateral side of the two adjacent vertebral bodies above and below the resection site by means of surgical implantation is disclosed to include a fixation plate that has a plurality of round holes and elongated holes and an opening on the middle, a plurality of bone screws respectively inserted through the round holes and elongated holes for fastening the fixation plate to the patient's vertebral column, and a cage affixed to the opening on the fixation plate and holding holes cut through the periphery for bone fusion and grow. The cage is linked to a vertebral spacer for artificial vertebrae by means of bone fusion to prevent vertebral sinking or slipping of the vertebral spacer and to improve bone fusion efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Ching-Kong Chao, Wen-Hsien Hsu, Ching-Chi Hsu, Hsi-Ching Hsu, Yu-Hsiang Tsai
  • Publication number: 20090210009
    Abstract: A vertebral fixation plate assembly for insertion into the resection site between two vertebrae of a patients vertebral column and fixation to front or lateral side of the two adjacent vertebral bodies above and below the resection site by means of surgical implantation is disclosed to include a fixation plate that has a plurality of round holes and elongated holes and an opening on the middle, a plurality of bone screws respectively inserted through the round holes and elongated holes for fastening the fixation plate to the patient's vertebral column, and a cage affixed to the opening on the fixation plate and holding holes cut through the periphery for bone fusion and grow. The cage is linked to a vertebral spacer for artificial vertebrae by means of bone fusion to prevent vertebral sinking or slipping of the vertebral spacer and to improve bone fusion efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Ching-Kong Chao, Wen-Hsien Hsu, Ching-Chi Hsu, Hsi-Ching Hsu, Yu-Hsiang Tsai