Patents by Inventor Henry C. Chu

Henry C. Chu 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: 20250137450
    Abstract: A functional test machine for a variable displacement compressor includes a chuck device supported on a stand for grasping a variable displacement compressor, a crankcase pressure (Pc) gauge, a discharge pressure (Pd) gauge, and a suction pressure (Ps) gauge supported on a control panel of a table and connected to the compressor, and a control valve device includes a passage formed in a tubular member and coupled to the discharge pressure (Pd) gauge, and a valve member disposed in the tubular member for controlling an air flowing through the passage of the tubular member. The chuck device includes three claws for holding the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventor: Henry C. CHU
  • Publication number: 20240138510
    Abstract: A shoe cover includes a shoe cover upper and a shoe cover sole formed by a fabric, a shoe cover opening is formed at a top of the shoe cover upper, the shoe cover opening is engaged with an elastic cord, the shoe cover sole includes a center line L, the shoe cover include two elastic cords engaged in the shoe cover sole to create a folding shape and a wrinkle area and to increase a slip resistance, and the two elastic cords are engaged and located at two sides of the center line L to keep the shoe cover in place at the bottom of the wearer's shoes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Henry C. CHU
  • Publication number: 20240138509
    Abstract: A shoe cover includes a shoe cover upper and a shoe cover sole formed by a fabric, a shoe cover opening is formed at a top of the shoe cover upper, the shoe cover opening is engaged with an elastic cord, the shoe cover sole includes a center line L, the shoe cover include two elastic cords engaged in the shoe cover sole to create a folding shape and a wrinkle area and to increase a slip resistance, and the two elastic cords are engaged and located at two sides of the center line L.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Henry C. CHU
  • Patent number: 11002320
    Abstract: A compressor includes a housing, a drive shaft rotatably engaged in the housing, a stator attached to the housing, a pulley rotatably attached to the housing and rotatable relative to the housing, a front plate attached to the drive shaft and rotated in concert with the drive shaft, and a lock device includes a lock member attached to the drive shaft and rotated in concert with the drive shaft, and the lock member is secured to the front plate for anchoring and securing the front plate and the lock member and the drive shaft together. The drive shaft includes a non-circular section, and the lock member includes a non-circular bore engaged with the drive shaft for preventing the lock member from being rotated relative to the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Inventor: Henry C. Chu
  • Publication number: 20200400258
    Abstract: A hose connector repairing device includes two hose members, a vehicle part having two connecting segments, two hose connector repairing element each having one section and having a chamber for engaging with the connecting segment of the vehicle part, and the hose connector repairing elements each include another section for engaging with the hose members, and a tubular member is engaged into the other section of the hose connector repairing element for reinforcing the other section of the hose connector repairing elements and for allowing the hose connector repairing elements to be solidly and stably secured in the hose members and for preventing the hose connector repairing elements and the hose members from being squeezed and collapsed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Henry C. Chu
  • Publication number: 20200224731
    Abstract: A compressor includes a housing, a drive shaft rotatably engaged in the housing, a stator attached to the housing, a pulley rotatably attached to the housing and rotatable relative to the housing, a front plate attached to the drive shaft and rotated in concert with the drive shaft, and a lock device includes a lock member attached to the drive shaft and rotated in concert with the drive shaft, and the lock member is secured to the front plate for anchoring and securing the front plate and the lock member and the drive shaft together. The drive shaft includes a non-circular section, and the lock member includes a non-circular bore engaged with the drive shaft for preventing the lock member from being rotated relative to the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventor: Henry C. CHU
  • Patent number: 10605238
    Abstract: A compressor includes a cylinder housing having a number of pistons, a control chamber communicating with piston casings, a suction chamber and a discharge chamber communicating with the piston casings, a control valve includes a receptacle engaged in the cylinder housing, a valve member engaged in the receptacle for controlling the pressurized air to flow from the discharge chamber into the control chamber of the cylinder housing, and a valve element for controlling a bypass of the pressurized air through the receptacle. A bellow device is connected to actuate the sliding member internally, and a sliding member is slidably engaged in the control space of the receptacle, and to operate the valve element externally with a solenoid device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Inventor: Henry C. Chu
  • Publication number: 20190120220
    Abstract: A compressor includes a cylinder housing having a number of pistons, a control chamber communicating with piston casings, a suction chamber and a discharge chamber communicating with the piston casings, a control valve includes a receptacle engaged in the cylinder housing, a valve member engaged in the receptacle for controlling the pressurized air to flow from the discharge chamber into the control chamber of the cylinder housing, and a valve element for controlling a bypass of the pressurized air through the receptacle. A bellow device is connected to actuate the sliding member internally, and a sliding member is slidably engaged in the control space of the receptacle, and to operate the valve element externally with a solenoid device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventor: Henry C. CHU
  • Publication number: 20190055933
    Abstract: A swash plate type compressor includes a number of cylinders engaged in a receptacle, a number of pistons slidably engaged in the cylinders and movable relative to the cylinders in a reciprocating action, a spindle rotatably engaged in the receptacle, the receptacle includes a bore for partially receiving the spindle, a spring biasing member is engaged with the spindle, a holder is engaged onto the spindle, a swash plate is attached to the holder and coupled to the pistons for moving the pistons in the reciprocating action in the cylinders, and a control valve plate device is engaged with the cylinders for guiding the air to flow from the inlet chamber of the receptacle into the cylinders and from the cylinders into the discharge chamber of the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Henry C. Chu, Xiao Feng
  • Patent number: D819702
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Inventor: Henry C. Chu
  • Patent number: D890217
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Inventor: Henry C. Chu
  • Patent number: D913337
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventor: Henry C. Chu
  • Patent number: D917577
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Inventor: Henry C. Chu
  • Patent number: D917578
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Inventor: Henry C. Chu
  • Patent number: D918271
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventor: Henry C. Chu
  • Patent number: D921051
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: Henry C. Chu
  • Patent number: D924275
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventor: Henry C. Chu
  • Patent number: D924276
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventor: Henry C. Chu
  • Patent number: D925610
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventor: Henry C. Chu
  • Patent number: D958843
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Inventor: Henry C. Chu