Patents by Inventor Chiping Chen

Chiping 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).

  • Publication number: 20010008693
    Abstract: A multilayer dielectric film structure includes a pair or plurality of materials at least one being a polymer and the other of high index of refraction inorganic material (compared to the polymer) at the wavelengths of interest. The structure is fabricated by a combination of layering techniques, one of which is used to create a layer of the polymer, the other being used to deposit the inorganic component. The assembly process yields a structure of alternating polymer and inorganic layers of high index of refraction (compared to air). The structure preferably will reflect light within a certain frequency range of any polarization and at a continuum of angles of incidence ranging from normal to oblique. In a particular embodiment of the invention, the structure includes alternating layers of a polymer, e.g., polystyrene and Tellurium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 1999
    Publication date: July 19, 2001
    Inventors: YOEL FINK, EDWIN L. THOMAS, JOHN D. JOANNOPOULOS, CHIPING CHEN, JOSHUA N. WINN, SHANHUI FAN
  • Patent number: 6140752
    Abstract: Electrons are arranged so they circulate along a spiral path in a vacuum. The path has a hollow symmetrical shape which is defined by a surface of a toroid. The shape is controllable by a magnetic field and the electrons can be contained within the shape. A containing force can be created by external electromagnetic fields, ions within the vacuum, or by interactions between the orbiting electrons themselves. The contained electrons store energy for later retrieval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Electron Power Systems
    Inventors: D. Clint Seward, Chiping Chen, Richard J. Temkin