Patents by Inventor I-Fang CHENG

I-Fang CHENG 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: 20230279962
    Abstract: In the present disclosure, a cold waterway, a hot waterway and a mixing waterway and a main body are formed integrally in a valve structure, and a faucet structure has the valve structure, a valve core and a handle cover. The cold waterway, the hot waterway and the mixing waterway are formed in the main body by drilling the main body, such that the above three waterways and the main body are formed integrally. Then, an outlet is disposed to be connected to an annular waterway surrounding the main body, and the annular waterway outputs water to the outlet. Thus, it effectively solves the problems of water seepage caused by the tolerance between components or the long-term use of the valve core, and achieves the main advantages of effectively saving water by avoiding water seepage, and eliminating the need for gaskets to avoid poor sealing after aging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: HSIU-TE YAO, I-FANG CHENG
  • Patent number: 11143585
    Abstract: A photoelectrical device for detection of bacterial cell density includes a substrate, a driving electrode layer, an AC power source and a photoelectric conversion layer. The driving electrode layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a central electrode and a peripheral electrode pattern surrounding the central electrode. A fluid sample is disposed on the driving electrode layer. The AC power source is electrically connected to the driving electrode layer, and used to produce a non-uniform alternating electric field in the fluid sample on the driving electrode layer for driving the target bioparticles to gather up on the central electrode to form a particle cluster. The photoelectric conversion layer is used for receiving a light detecting beam after passing through the particle cluster and outputting an electric current based on the optical density of light detecting beam. The electric current changes as a concentration of the target bioparticles changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: National Applied Research Laboratories
    Inventors: I-Fang Cheng, Tzu-Ying Chen, Yi-Ling Chen
  • Publication number: 20200209135
    Abstract: A photoelectrical device for detection of bacterial cell density includes a substrate, a driving electrode layer, an AC power source and a photoelectric conversion layer. The driving electrode layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a central electrode and a peripheral electrode pattern surrounding the central electrode. A fluid sample is disposed on the driving electrode layer. The AC power source is electrically connected to the driving electrode layer, and used to produce a non-uniform alternating electric field in the fluid sample on the driving electrode layer for driving the target bioparticles to gather up on the central electrode to form a particle cluster. The photoelectric conversion layer is used for receiving a light detecting beam after passing through the particle cluster and outputting an electric current based on the optical density of light detecting beam. The electric current changes as a concentration of the target bioparticles changes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: I-Fang Cheng, Tzu-Ying Chen, Yi-Ling Chen
  • Patent number: 9498784
    Abstract: A bio-chip adapted for separating and concentrating particles in a solution includes a chip body defining a receiving space therein for receiving the solution, an inner electrode disposed in the receiving space, an outer electrode unit disposed in the receiving space of the chip body and including a first outer electrode that is spaced apart from and surrounds the inner electrode, and a second outer electrode that is spaced apart from and surrounds the first outer electrode, and a power source electrically connected to the inner electrode, the first outer electrode, and the second outer electrode. A method for using the bio-chip to separating and concentrating the particles in the solution is also disclosed in the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES
    Inventors: I-Fang Cheng, Fu-Liang Yang, Hsien-Chang Chang, Tzu-Ying Chen
  • Patent number: 8911605
    Abstract: A method of antibiotic susceptibility testing is disclosed, and includes the following steps: (A) providing a sample to be tested wherein the sample contains a microbe; (B) adding an antibiotic into the sample, wherein the antibiotic serves to inhibit cell wall synthesis; (C) checking the sample by dielectrophoresis and observing a shape change of the microbe; and (D) determining whether the microbe is susceptible to the antibiotic according to the shape change thereof. The present invention also discloses a method for determining a minimum inhibitory concentration of the antibiotic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Cheng-Che Chung, I-Fang Cheng, Wen-Horng Yang, Hsien-Chang Chang
  • Patent number: 8808518
    Abstract: A method of microbial identification is disclosed. The method includes the steps of assembling dielectrophoretic particles modified with specific DNA probes on a surface thereof in a continuous fluid at a predetermined location in a microchannel to form a particle assembly by a negative dielectrophoretic force and a hydrodynamic force provided by the continuous fluid, narrowing gaps between the dielectrophoretic particles of the particle assembly to enhance the electric field in the gaps between the dielectrophoretic particles, injecting a fluid containing target DNAs of a target microbe into the microchannel at a predetermined flow rate to move the target DNAs toward the particle assembly and generating a positive dielectrophoretic force by the enhanced electric field to attract the target DNAs toward the dielectrophoretic particles of the particle assembly for hybridization with the DNA probes. The present invention also discloses a method of manipulation of nanoscale biomolecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: I-Fang Cheng, Hsien-Chang Chang, Cheng-Che Chung
  • Publication number: 20140083855
    Abstract: A bio-chip adapted for separating and concentrating particles in a solution includes a chip body defining a receiving space therein for receiving the solution, an inner electrode disposed in the receiving space, an outer electrode unit disposed in the receiving space of the chip body and including a first outer electrode that is spaced apart from and surrounds the inner electrode, and a second outer electrode that is spaced apart from and surrounds the first outer electrode, and a power source electrically connected to the inner electrode, the first outer electrode, and the second outer electrode. A method for using the bio-chip to separating and concentrating the particles in the solution is also disclosed in the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES
    Inventors: I-Fang Cheng, Fu-Liang Yang, Hsien-Chang Chang, Tzu-Ying Chen
  • Publication number: 20130008793
    Abstract: A method of antibiotic susceptibility testing is disclosed, and includes the following steps: (A) providing a sample to be tested wherein the sample contains a microbe; (B) adding an antibiotic into the sample, wherein the antibiotic serves to inhibit cell wall synthesis; (C) checking the sample by dielectrophoresis and observing a shape change of the microbe; and (D) determining whether the microbe is susceptible to the antibiotic according to the shape change thereof. The present invention also discloses a method for determining a minimum inhibitory concentration of the antibiotic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventors: Cheng-Che CHUNG, I-Fang CHENG, Wen-Horng YANG, Hsien-Chang CHANG
  • Publication number: 20120292184
    Abstract: A method of microbial identification is disclosed. The method includes the steps of assembling dielectrophoretic particles modified with specific DNA probes on a surface thereof in a continuous fluid at a predetermined location in a microchannel to form a particle assembly by a negative dielectrophoretic force and a hydrodynamic force provided by the continuous fluid, narrowing gaps between the dielectrophoretic particles of the particle assembly to enhance the electric field in the gaps between the dielectrophoretic particles, injecting a fluid containing target DNAs of a target microbe into the microchannel at a predetermined flow rate to move the target DNAs toward the particle assembly and generating a positive dielectrophoretic force by the enhanced electric field to attract the target DNAs toward the dielectrophoretic particles of the particle assembly for hybridization with the DNA probes. The present invention also discloses a method of manipulation of nanoscale biomolecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: I-Fang CHENG, Hsien-Chang Chang, Cheng-Che Chung