Patents by Inventor Chun-Yen Hsieh

Chun-Yen Hsieh 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: 20240245886
    Abstract: Provided is a multi-degree-of-freedom steerable catheter soft robotic system, including a steerable catheter; a control circuit connected to the steerable catheter through electrical connections and selectively applying power to control the steerable catheter; and a power supply unit connected to the control circuit. The system also includes a driving circuit for driving the steerable catheter and a shielding disposed around the steerable catheter and shielding for heat and electromagnetic (EM) radiations. The present disclosure includes self-sensing shape-shifting spring coil actuators and a shape-shifting memory polymer (SMP) actuator for steerable catheter applications. In addition, the present disclosure also provides an electroless silver plating process, a silver chemical plating process, a carbon nanotube (CNT) composite process and a pneumatic process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Wang, Fiona Marie Wang, Hsiao-Ya Chu, Yu Yang Hsu, Chun-Yen Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11051585
    Abstract: A mold stepped on by a foot includes a seat, a plurality of telescopic rods, an image capturing device and an insole material. The telescopic rods are parallel to each other and are disposed in the seat. The telescopic rods stepped on by the foot generate a plurality of restoring forces, respectively. The image capturing device is disposed on the seat. The telescopic rods are captured by the image capturing device to generate a plurality of three-dimensional data of the telescopic rods. The insole material is disposed below the telescopic rods for molding an insole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventor: Chun-Yen Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20190200702
    Abstract: A mold stepped on by a foot includes a seat, a plurality of telescopic rods, an image capturing device and an insole material. The telescopic rods are parallel to each other and are disposed in the seat. The telescopic rods stepped on by the foot generate a plurality of restoring forces, respectively. The image capturing device is disposed on the seat. The telescopic rods are captured by the image capturing device to generate a plurality of three-dimensional data of the telescopic rods. The insole material is disposed below the telescopic rods for molding an insole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventor: Chun-Yen HSIEH
  • Patent number: 10232577
    Abstract: A mold includes a seat, a plurality of guiding tracks, a plurality of positioning grooves, a plurality of telescopic rods, a plurality of elastic members, at least one sliding device and an insole material. The guiding tracks are disposed on the seat. The positioning grooves are disposed on the seat and are corresponding to the guiding tracks, respectively. The telescopic rods include a plurality of abutting portions, respectively. The elastic members are disposed in the seat for applying a plurality of restoring forces to the telescopic rods, respectively. The sliding member is movable along the track to press the abutting portions, and the abutting portions are connected tightly to each other so as to position the telescopic rods. The insole material is disposed below the telescopic rods for molding an insole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventor: Chun-Yen Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20170028661
    Abstract: A mold includes a seat, a plurality of guiding tracks, a plurality of positioning grooves, a plurality of telescopic rods, a plurality of elastic members, at least one sliding device and an insole material. The guiding tracks are disposed on the seat. The positioning grooves are disposed on the seat and are corresponding to the guiding tracks, respectively. The telescopic rods include a plurality of abutting portions, respectively. The elastic members are disposed in the seat for applying a plurality of restoring forces to the telescopic rods, respectively. The sliding member is movable along the track to press the abutting portions, and the abutting portions are connected tightly to each other so as to position the telescopic rods. The insole material is disposed below the telescopic rods for molding an insole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventor: Chun-Yen HSIEH
  • Publication number: 20140097658
    Abstract: A chair is provided with a seat, a chair back control unit, a chair back, and two armrest units. The chair back is pivotally coupled to the seat by sleeving the engaging portions of the seat onto the clamp members of the chair back. The assembling of the chair back onto the seat can be easily done by the actions of inserting and clamping, so that the assembly operation is quick and easy without using any screws, and therefore the assembly cost is reduced. Furthermore, the angle and height of the armrest units can be easily adjusted, and the chair back is foldable. With the abovementioned structural arrangements, the number of the parts of the chair is substantially reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Chiung-Kuang CHEN, Chun-Yen Hsieh, David Guy Valdiserri
  • Publication number: 20140001813
    Abstract: A chair with a hip-shaping seat is provided with a base, a seat and two elastic members. The seat is formed by two seat members, and on the top of each of the seat members is formed an arc-shaped surface. The two seat members are pivoted connected at one end, and are capable of opening and closing at another end, so that the width of the seat space can also be adjusted to fit different sized hips, through pivoting of the seat members. Hence, the chair of the present invention is capable of effectively holding the hip and preventing the hip from sagging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Chiung-Kuang Chen, Chun-Yen Hsieh, David Guy Valdiserri
  • Patent number: 8602493
    Abstract: A chair with a hip-shaping seat is provided with a base, a seat and two elastic members. The seat is formed by two seat members, and on the top of each of the seat members is formed an arc-shaped surface. The two seat members are pivoted connected at one end, and are capable of opening and closing at another end, so that the width of the seat space can also be adjusted to fit different sized hips, through pivoting of the seat members. Hence, the chair of the present invention is capable of effectively holding the hip and preventing the hip from sagging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Inventors: Chiung-Kuang Chen, Chun-Yen Hsieh, David Guy Valdiserri