Patents by Inventor Chong-Shien Tsai

Chong-Shien Tsai 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: 20030047854
    Abstract: A shock damper includes a damper body installed in the frame of a structure and adapted to absorb earthquake shocks, and braces adapted to support the damper body in the frame of the structure, the damper body having a horizontal top plate, a horizontal bottom plate, and a vertical connecting device connected between the horizontal top plate and the horizontal bottom plate, the connecting device being a shaft formed of any of a variety of cross sections, or a plurality of plates of any of a variety of profiles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2001
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Chong-Shien Tsai, Lap Lai Chung
  • Patent number: 5971347
    Abstract: A disturbance-proof device connected between two vertically spaced beams for absorbing shocks upon a disturbance, includes a flat top plate, a flat bottom plate, and a plurality of flat supporting plate connected in parallel between the flat top plate and the flat bottom plate, each flat supporting plate having a substantially V-shaped profile with its width gradually reducing from the flat top plate toward the flat bottom plate, a flat top flange welded to the flat top plate, and a round rod at its bottom side inserted in between two parallel locating blocks raised from the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Inventors: Chong-Shien Tsai, Lap Lai Chung