Patents by Inventor Hsiao-Min Yang

Hsiao-Min Yang 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).

  • Loading transfer device
    Patent number: 10485716
    Abstract: A loading transfer device includes: a carriage adapted for attachment to a lower surface of the rear compartment; a rack to hold the wheelchair or other object; and rotatable linkage means pivotally connecting the rack to the carriage, whereby, as the linkage means is rotated in a substantially continuous forward pivotal motion during a loading cycle, the rack and the wheelchair or other object held thereon are raised from a substantially vertically oriented loading position at the rear of the vehicle in which the rack is adjacent a ground surface rearward of the vehicle to facilitate placement of the wheelchair or other object thereonto, forwardly pivoted through approximately 90°, passing through a point of maximum elevation, and lowered and moving forward simultaneously to a substantially horizontal storage position in which the rack is adjacent and substantially parallel to the carriage in the compartment, the cycle being reversible for unloading; wherein when the rack and the chair or other object are in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: iMobilities Inc.
    Inventors: Hsiao-Min Yang, Yan-Zhang Chen
  • Loading Transfer Device
    Publication number: 20180325756
    Abstract: A loading transfer device includes: a carriage adapted for attachment to a lower surface of the rear compartment; a rack to hold the wheelchair or other object; and rotatable linkage means pivotally connecting the rack to the carriage, whereby, as the linkage means is rotated in a substantially continuous forward pivotal motion during a loading cycle, the rack and the wheelchair or other object held thereon are raised from a substantially vertically oriented loading position at the rear of the vehicle in which the rack is adjacent a ground surface rearward of the vehicle to facilitate placement of the wheelchair or other object thereonto, forwardly pivoted through approximately 90°, passing through a point of maximum elevation, and lowered and moving forward simultaneously to a substantially horizontal storage position in which the rack is adjacent and substantially parallel to the carriage in the compartment, the cycle being reversible for unloading; wherein when the rack and the chair or other object are in
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Hsiao-Min Yang, Yan-Zhang Chen
  • Leg orthosis
    Patent number: D801540
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Inventor: Hsiao-Min Yang