Patents by Inventor Dar-Zen Chen

Dar-Zen 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: 8701518
    Abstract: A sustaining manipulator arm capable of being set on a ground includes a first linkage set. The first linkage set includes a first link, a second link, a first ball joint, a second ball joint, a third link, and a first elastic element. A first end of the first link is connected to a first revolution element, and the first revolution element has a first revolution direction. A first end of the second link is connected to a second revolution element. The second revolution element has a second revolution direction. The first revolution direction and the second revolution direction are the same direction, and the first revolution element and the second revolution element are on a first plane. The first ball joint is set in the first link. The second ball joint is set in the second link. A first end of the third link is connected to the first ball joint. A second end of the third link is connected to the second ball joint, and the third link is parallel to the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Dar-Zen Chen, Po-Yang Lin, Wen-Bin Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8574137
    Abstract: An upper limb training device includes a first rod, a second rod, a third rod, a first resilient element, and a second resilient element. The second rod is pivoted to the first rod by a first revolution element. The third rod is pivoted to the second rod by a second revolution element. Two ends of the first resilient element respectively connect with the first rod and the third rod for providing resistance when the first rod and the second rod rotate relative to the third rod. Two ends of the second resilient element respectively connect with the first rod and the third rod for providing resistance when the first rod rotates relative to the second rod. The first revolution element is disposed between two connecting points at which the first resilient element and the second resilient element connect with the first rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: National Taiwan University
    Inventors: Dar-Zen Chen, Shu-Yi Wang, Tzong-Ming Wu
  • Publication number: 20120040807
    Abstract: An upper limb training device is disclosed. It includes a first rod, a second rod, a third rod, a first resilient element, and a second resilient element. The second rod is pivoted to the first rod by means of a first revolution element. The third rod is pivoted to the second rod by means of a second revolution element. Two ends of the first resilient element respectively connect with the first rod and the third rod for providing resistance when the first rod and the second rod rotate relative to the third rod. Two ends of the second resilient element respectively connect with the first rod and the third rod for providing resistance when the first rod rotates relative to the second rod. The first revolution element is disposed between two connecting points at which the first resilient element and the second resilient element connect with the first rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Dar-Zen Chen, Shu-Yi Wang, Tzong-Ming Wu
  • Publication number: 20110308347
    Abstract: A sustaining manipulator arm capable of being set on a ground comprises a first linkage set. The first linkage set comprises a first link, a second link, a first ball joint, a second ball joint, a third link, and a first elastic element. A first end of the first link is connected to a first revolution element, and the first revolution element has a first revolution direction. A first end of the second link is connected to a second revolution element. The second revolution element has a second revolution direction. The first revolution direction and the second revolution direction being the same direction, and the first revolution element and the second revolution element are on a first plane. The first ball joint is set in the first link. The second ball joint is set in the second link. A first end of the third link is connected to the first ball joint. A second end of the third link is connected to the second ball joint, and the third link is parallel to the first plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Dar-Zen Chen, Po-Yang Lin, Wen-Bin Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20110309639
    Abstract: A latching mechanism for an airtight container includes a door body; a rotation element pivoting the door body, the rotation element rotating in a first rotation direction or a second rotation direction; a moving element moving outward or inward; a first push mechanism, wherein when the rotation element rotates in the first rotation direction, the first push mechanism makes the moving element move outward, and the first push mechanism includes a first guide slot situated at the rotation element; and a first guide block situated at the moving element, the first guide block sliding within the first guide slot; a pressing element situated at the door body; and a second push mechanism, wherein when the rotation element rotates in the first rotation direction, the second push mechanism pushes the pressing element such that the pressing element pushes the moving element upward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Dar-Zen Chen, Fredrick Sun, Tzong-Ming Wu, Wen-Bin Shieh
  • Patent number: 7032758
    Abstract: A workpiece holder is provided inside a clean container such that when covering a housing of the clean container on a base of the clean container, the vertical slide of the workpiece holder is stopped at the base, and a locating member is continuously lowered with the housing, thereby causing the vertical slide to slide upwardly along the locating member and to turn a link, and then causing a holder member to be driven by the link to force a thrust face against workpieces, and therefore the workpieces are pushed into position in a cassette on the base. Because the vertical slide does not displace relative to the base when covering the housing on the base, neither friction nor particles are produced, and workpieces are well protected against contamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Wei-Ming Pai, Dar-Zen Chen, Jyh-Jone Lee, Tzong-Ming Wu, Hui-Chih Lin
  • Patent number: 6902063
    Abstract: A wafer container having a latching mechanism utilized to lock the door of the wafer container in an airtight status. The latching mechanism comprises a cam rotated to move a link and a locking plate pivoted to one end of the link, and a guide block adapted to guide the locking plate sliding into an insertion hole in the container body of the wafer container by using a straight guide means and a curved guide means of the guide block and then to turn the locking plate about pivot rods at the link, causing the locking plate to withstand against part of the container body and to hold down the door toward the inside of the container body and to lock the door in an airtight status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Wei-Ming Pai, Dar-Zen Chen, Tzong-Ming Wu, Jyh-Jone Lee, Ching-Ko Lin
  • Publication number: 20050087476
    Abstract: A workpiece holder is provided inside a clean container such that when covering a housing of the clean container on a base of the clean container, the vertical slide of the workpiece holder is stopped at the base, and a locating member is continuously lowered with the housing, thereby causing the vertical slide to slide upwardly along the locating member and to turn a link, and then causing a holder member to be driven by the link to force a thrust face against workpieces, and therefore the workpieces are pushed into position in a cassette on the base. Because the vertical slide does not displace relative to the base when covering the housing on the base, neither friction nor particles are produced, and workpieces are well protected against contamination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Wei-Ming Pai, Dar-Zen Chen, Jyh-Jone Lee, Tzong-Ming Wu, Hui-Chih Lin
  • Publication number: 20040040884
    Abstract: A wafer container having a latching mechanism utilized to lock the door of the wafer container in an airtight status. The latching mechanism comprises a cam rotated to move a link and a locking plate pivoted to one end of the link, and a guide block adapted to guide the locking plate sliding into an insertion hole in the container body of the wafer container by using a straight guide means and a curved guide means of the guide block and then to turn the locking plate about pivot rods at the link, causing the locking plate to withstand against part of the container body and to hold down the door toward the inside of the container body and to lock the door in an airtight status.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Wei-Ming Pai, Dar-Zen Chen, Tzong-Ming Wu, Jyh-Jone Lee, Ching-Ko Lin