Patents by Inventor Hao Chen

Hao 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: 9941069
    Abstract: An improved switch-type key structure includes a support plate, a microswitch, a connection element, and a key cap. The microswitch is fixed onto the support plate and is electrically connected thereto. The connection element is movably disposed on the support plate. The connection element includes a balance portion and a support portion extending downward from the balance portion. The key cap is disposed on the balance portion. The connection element is disposed between the support plate and the key cap through the microswitch, a hook hole corresponding to the support portion is disposed on the support plate, a hook is disposed at a distal end of the support portion, and the hook passes through the hook hole to engage the connection element with the support plate. Accordingly, the key cap is stressed evenly, returns instantly after being depressed, and is prevented from vibrations/wobbles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih-Hao Chen
  • Publication number: 20180097432
    Abstract: A power generator includes a supporting frame mechanism, a magnetic plate unit, a wire tray unit and a transmission mechanism. The transmission mechanism includes two axial member units extending along an axis, rotatably mounted to the supporting frame mechanism, and coaxial with each other, and a plurality of transmission shafts extending through the magnetic plate unit and the wire tray unit, angularly spaced apart from each other, rotatably disposed about the axis, and driven by the axial member units to drive relative rotation between the wire tray unit and the magnetic plate unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventor: Chiung-Hao CHEN
  • Publication number: 20180097388
    Abstract: An electric generating system includes an electric generator, a driver, an electric power supply, an electric power storage device, a discharging switch, a charging switch and an electric power switch unit. The electric power supply supplies electric power to the driver to operate the electric generator to generate electric power. The electric power switch unit switches between a first mode, where the electric power switch unit charges the electric power storage device and controls the discharging switch to transmit electric power to the electric power supply, and a second mode, where operation of the discharging switch is stopped, and the electric power switch unit simultaneously charges the electric power supply and the charging switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventor: Chiung-Hao CHEN
  • Patent number: 9935057
    Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) structure includes a plurality of driver pins at a driver pin level and oriented in a driver pin direction. Each layer of a plurality of layers of metal segment arrays includes two parallel metal segments oriented in a layer direction. The layer direction of a lowermost layer is perpendicular to the driver pin direction, and the layer direction of each additional layer is perpendicular to the layer direction of a layer immediately below the additional layer. The IC structure also includes a plurality of via arrays, each via array including two vias positioned at locations where one or more metal segments of a corresponding overlying layer overlap one or more of the two metal segments of a layer immediately below the via array or the plurality of driver pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Yeh Yu, Wen-Hao Chen, Yuan-Te Hou
  • Patent number: 9926259
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for fixed bed aniline rectification residue recycling and preparation method thereof. Based on the total weight of the catalyst, the catalyst comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 5-40% of an active component, 2-30% of a first cocatalyst component, 10-30% of a second cocatalyst component and the balance of carrier, wherein the active component is NiO; the first cocatalyst component is one or more of Fe, Mo, Cr or Co oxide; and the second cocatalyst component is one or more of La, Zr, Y or Ce oxide. The catalyst is prepared through co-precipitation. The catalyst shows high activity and stability in the waste liquid treatment process, and can still maintain high rectification residue cracking rate after reaction of 200 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hua Mei, Hao Chen, Dewei Yu, Congying Zhang, Hui Wang, Yuan Li, Zhongying Chen, Zilin Ni, Qingmei Jiang, Shanjian Cao, Zaigang Yang, Jun Qu, Jinhong Song, Bingbo Hu
  • Patent number: 9929254
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a semiconductor fin, a gate stack, and an epitaxy structure. The semiconductor fin is disposed in the substrate. A portion of the semiconductor fin is protruded from the substrate. The gate stack is disposed over the portion of the semiconductor fin protruded from the substrate. The epitaxy structure is disposed on the substrate and adjacent to the gate stack. The epitaxy structure has a top surface facing away the substrate, and the top surface has at least one curved portion having a radius of curvature ranging from about 5 nm to about 20 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei-Yang Lo, Shih-Hao Chen, Mu-Tsang Lin, Tung-Wen Cheng
  • Publication number: 20180084593
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) for selecting a cell using a synchronization signal (SS) in a wireless communication network. The UE comprises determining subcarrier spacing based on an operating frequency band, receiving, from a base station (BS), a signal block comprising a primary synchronization signal (PSS), a secondary synchronization signal (SSS), and a broadcasting signal conveyed on a physical broadcasting channel (PBCH), decoding a block index from the signal block, and determining OFDM symbol indices corresponding to the block index, wherein the OFDM symbol indices are determined by a mapping pattern based corresponding to the subcarrier spacing, and wherein the mapping pattern comprises a plurality of bursts each of which includes a set of consecutive OFDM symbols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventors: Hao Chen, Li Guo, Young-Han Nam, Aris Papasakellariou
  • Patent number: 9923286
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a tongue portion with opposite upper and lower surfaces, a plurality of upper terminals and a plurality of lower terminals with contacting sections exposed upon the corresponding upper surface and lower surface, respectively. A metallic shielding plate located between upper terminals and the lower terminals. The tongue portion forms a first type hole in which the upper power terminal mechanically and electrically connects to the lower power terminal, and a second type hole in which either the upper grounding terminal mechanically and electrically connects to an upper face of the shielding plate or the lower grounding terminal mechanically and electrically connects to the lower face of the shielding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chih-Pi Cheng, Wen He, Quan Wang, Ke-Hao Chen, Xiao-Qin Zheng, Ke-Hua Wu
  • Patent number: 9923496
    Abstract: A fault-tolerant control method for a position sensor of a switched reluctance motor, if the position sensor of the switched reluctance motor runs without a fault, detecting, in real time, four equal-interval or equal-angle continuous edge pulses of an output signal of the position sensor, the fourth edge pulse being the current edge pulse, and detecting time intervals (T1, T2, T3) between each two adjacent edge pulses sequentially, thereby calculating a time interval (T4) between the current edge pulse and a next edge pulse following the current edge pulse. If the position sensor of the switched reluctance motor fails, and the next edge pulse following the current edge pulse is lost, reconstructing the next edge pulse after the interval time (T4) of the current edge pulse of the output signal of the position sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: China University of Mining and Technology
    Inventors: Hao Chen, Guoqiang Han, He Cheng, Qianlong Wang, Qing Wang, Xing Wang
  • Patent number: 9920145
    Abstract: The present invention relates to tackifier compounds and methods of using the same. In various embodiments, the present invention provides a tackifier compound including independently substituted or unsubstituted fused rings A and B each independently chosen from (C5-C10)cycloalkyl and (C2-C10)heterocyclyl. Fused ring A is substituted with (R1)1-8 and fused ring B is substituted with —(OC(O)R?C(O)R2)1-8. At each occurrence R? is independently chosen from (C2-C10)alkanylene, (C2-C10)alkenylene, (C2-C10)alkynylene, C5-C20(arylene), and (C1-C20)heteroarylene, wherein R? is unsubstituted or substituted. At each occurrence R1 is independently selected from —OH, —OR3, and —OC(O)R?C(O)R2. At each occurrence R2 is independently chosen from —OH, —OR3, —NH2, —NHR3, and —NR32. At each occurrence R3 is independently chosen from (C1-C10)alkanyl, (C2-C10)alkenyl, (C2-C10)alkynyl, C5-C20(aryl), and (C1-C20)heteroaryl, wherein R3 is unsubstituted or substituted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Shih-Hao Chen, Michael Richard Kessler, Michael Dennis Zenner
  • Patent number: 9921889
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for managing an electronic device are provided. The method comprises: determining a state of the electronic device; monitoring whether an instruction for invoking a notification component in the electronic device has been generated when the state of the electronic device satisfies a predetermined condition; and intercepting the instruction for invoking the notification component to prevent a notification event associated with the instruction from being executed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignees: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd., Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Hongliang Gu, Hao Chen, Qian Zhao
  • Publication number: 20180076889
    Abstract: A measurement method and apparatus for a residual direct-current component and a system where the measurement method for a residual direct-current component includes: selecting a section of data of a first predetermined length from a received signal; performing fast Fourier transform on the selected data to obtain a frequency-domain signal of the data; calculating a power spectrum of the frequency-domain signal of the transformed data; and finding out a maximum peak value of the power spectrum in a frequency offset range, and taking power of the maximum peak value as power of the residual direct-current component. With the embodiments of this disclosure, a residual direct-current component of an optical transmitter may be measured at a receiver end of a coherent optical communication system, thereby avoiding a diagnosis error of a communication network, and improving performance of the communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hao CHEN, Zhenning TAO
  • Publication number: 20180076888
    Abstract: A measurement method and apparatus for residual direct-current components and a system where the measurement method includes: selecting a section of data of a first predetermined length respectively from received signals in two polarization states; performing a coordinate transform on the two selected sections of data to obtain a group of vectors of Strokes space; and determining a difference between power of the residual direct-current components according to the group of vectors of Strokes space. With the embodiments of this disclosure, residual direct-current components of an optical transmitter may be measured at a receiver end of a coherent optical communication system, thereby avoiding diagnosis errors of a communication network, and improving performance of the communication system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Hao CHEN, Zhenning TAO
  • Publication number: 20180075986
    Abstract: An improved switch-type key structure includes a support plate, a microswitch, a connection element, and a key cap. The microswitch is fixed onto the support plate and is electrically connected thereto. The connection element is movably disposed on the support plate. The connection element includes a balance portion and a support portion extending downward from the balance portion. The key cap is disposed on the balance portion. The connection element is disposed between the support plate and the key cap through the microswitch, a hook hole corresponding to the support portion is disposed on the support plate, a hook is disposed at a distal end of the support portion, and the hook passes through the hook hole to engage the connection element with the support plate. Accordingly, the key cap is stressed evenly, returns instantly after being depressed, and is prevented from vibrations/wobbles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventor: Chih-Hao CHEN
  • Patent number: 9915617
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a portable electronic assay device, a portable assay device and a kit thereof. The portable electronic assay device is used for determining a result of an assay performed using a test strip comprises a casing, an optical module, a light detector, and a processor. The casing comprises a transmissive part. The optical module emits a detecting light signal and display light signal. The detecting light signal is illuminated to the test strip and the display light signal is illuminated to the transmissive part. The light detector detects light from the test strip so as to obtain a detecting signal. The processor receives the detecting signal compared with a default value so as to obtain an assay result. The assay result is displayed on the transmissive part. Therefore, it provides simple structure of the assay device for displaying the assay result rapidly and correctly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: TAIDOC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia-Chi Wu, Tien-Jung Tsai, Chih-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 9915699
    Abstract: A method of probe testing dies, the method includes loading a wafer having a first die and a second die into a prober and bringing probes of the prober into contact with first contact pads of the first die according to first probe parameters. A first probe contact test of first values of the contact between the probes and the first contact pads is performed, and a die test of the first die is performed after performing the probe contact test. Results of the die test and results of the probe contact test are saved and second probe parameters are automatically generated based on at least the results of the first probe contact test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mill-Jer Wang, Ching-Nen Peng, Hung-Chih Lin, Hao Chen, Mincent Lee, Chen-Hung Tien, Chang Chia How
  • Patent number: 9917710
    Abstract: An adaptive equalizer, an adaptive equalization method and receiver are disclosed where the adaptive equalizer is used for performing adaptive equalization processing on a frequency-domain signal, a channel used by the frequency-domain signal containing multiple subcarriers, the adaptive equalizer comprises: an equalizer coefficient generating unit configured to, for each subcarrier, generate an equalizer coefficient to which the subcarrier corresponds according to channel information and a step length of the subcarrier; where different subcarriers correspond to different step lengths and an equalization processing unit configured to, for each subcarrier, perform equalization processing on a signal in the subcarrier by using the equalizer coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignees: FUJITSU LIMITED, SOCIONEXT INC.
    Inventors: Bo Liu, Weizhen Yan, Lei Li, Hao Chen, Andrzej Radecki
  • Publication number: 20180065916
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst for fixed bed aniline rectification residue recycling and preparation method thereof. Based on the total weight of the catalyst, the catalyst comprises the following components in percentage by weight: 5-40% of an active component, 2-30% of a first cocatalyst component, 10-30% of a second cocatalyst component and the balance of carrier, wherein the active component is NiO; the first cocatalyst component is one or more of Fe, Mo, Cr or Co oxide; and the second cocatalyst component is one or more of La, Zr, Y or Ce oxide. The catalyst is prepared through co-precipitation. The catalyst shows high activity and stability in the waste liquid treatment process, and can still maintain high rectification residue cracking rate after reaction of 200 hours.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Hua Mei, Hao Chen, Dewei Yu, Congying Zhang, Hui Wang, Yuan Li, Zhongying Chen, Zilin Ni, Qingmei Jiang, Shanjian Cao, Zaigang Yang, Jun Qu, Jinhong Song, Bingbo Hu
  • Patent number: 9908074
    Abstract: A method for controlling purification of air, includes: acquiring a target quality of air to be purified; determining a current quality of the air to be purified, and determining a workload for an air purifier according to the target quality and the current quality; calculating a purification duration for the air purifier to complete the workload according to a purification efficiency of the air purifier; and starting the air purifier, and displaying in real time a remaining time to complete the workload according to the purification duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Xiaomi Inc.
    Inventors: Bin Zhang, Jun Su, Yongfeng Xia, Yunlin Hu, Yang Wang, Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 9910463
    Abstract: Aspects described herein generally relate to an actuated locking device. The actuated locking device includes a locking mechanism moveable between a first position and a second position, an actuator connected to the locking mechanism that actuates the locking mechanism for moving between the first position and the second position, and a hardstop switch that limits movement of the locking mechanism to at least one of the first position or the second position, in contact with the hardstop switch. The hardstop switch comprises a body including an electrically conductive surface defining a switch that completes an electrical circuit when the locking mechanism contacts the body of the hardstop switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Douglas Bowers, Yazan Aldehayyat, James Hao-An Chen Lin