Patents by Inventor JIAHN-HORNG CHEN

JIAHN-HORNG 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: 10355557
    Abstract: The invention discloses an ocean current power generator disposed in the ocean. The ocean current power generator includes two power generators, a foil floating member and a control unit. Each of the power generators includes an impeller, and the ocean current drives the impellers to rotate to generate electricity. The foil floating member is connected to the two power generators, and the foil floating member includes a front body and a rear body. The control unit is configured to control the amount of sea water in the front body or the rear body, so as to adjust the center of gravity of the foil floating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Forng-Chen Chiu, Jen-Hwa Guo, Jing-Fa Tsai, Jen-Shiang Kouh, Jiahn-Horng Chen, Ching-Yeh Hsin
  • Publication number: 20180291864
    Abstract: The invention discloses an ocean current power generator disposed in the ocean. The ocean current power generator includes two power generators, a foil floating member and a control unit. Each of the power generators includes an impeller, and the ocean current drives the impellers to rotate to generate electricity. The foil floating member is connected to the two power generators, and the foil floating member includes a front body and a rear body. The control unit is configured to control the amount of sea water in the front body or the rear body, so as to adjust the center of gravity of the foil floating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Forng-Chen CHIU, Jen-Hwa GUO, Jing-Fa TSAI, Jen-Shiang KOUH, Jiahn-Horng CHEN, Ching-Yeh HSIN
  • Patent number: 9133823
    Abstract: A vertical axis wind turbine includes a support axis and a wind wheel. The wind wheel includes a rotation base, plural rotation stand sets, plural deflection structures, plural blades, and plural deflection-limiting structures corresponding to the plural blades. The rotation base is rotatably disposed on the support axis. The plural rotation stand sets may define a rotation plane. A first end of each rotation stand set is fixedly disposed on the rotation base. Each blade is pivotally coupled to a second end of the corresponding rotation stand set through the corresponding deflection structure. Consequently, an angle of attack of the blade in an airflow is correspondingly adjusted. When one of the plural blades is deflected, the corresponding deflection-limiting structure generates a first rotational torque in a first rotating direction or a second rotational torque in a second rotating direction so as to rotate the rotation base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: NATIONAL TIAWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shenq-Yuh Jaw, Jiahn-Horng Chen, Ching-Yeh Hsin
  • Publication number: 20150001850
    Abstract: A vertical axis wind turbine includes a support axis and a wind wheel. The wind wheel includes a rotation base, plural rotation stand sets, plural deflection structures, plural blades, and plural deflection-limiting structures corresponding to the plural blades. The rotation base is rotatably disposed on the support axis. The plural rotation stand sets may define a rotation plane. A first end of each rotation stand set is fixedly disposed on the rotation base. Each blade is pivotally coupled to a second end of the corresponding rotation stand set through the corresponding deflection structure. Consequently, an angle of attack of the blade in an airflow is correspondingly adjusted. When one of the plural blades is deflected, the corresponding deflection-limiting structure generates a first rotational torque in a first rotating direction or a second rotational torque in a second rotating direction so as to rotate the rotation base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: SHENQ-YUH JAW, JIAHN-HORNG CHEN, CHING-YEH HSIN
  • Publication number: 20150002658
    Abstract: A liquid level measuring device includes a container and a digital electronic device. The container is located at a detection region. The container has an opening, so that a liquid is permitted to flow into the container through the opening. The digital electronic device is combined with the container. The digital electronic device includes a lens, and an optical axis of the lens is directed to and perpendicular to a detection plane. A light source illuminates the detection plane. The lens is operated in a fixed-focus mode to shoot the detection plane to acquire an image stream. Each image frame of the image stream contains a corresponding liquid surface image. After an image analyzing operation is performed on the corresponding liquid surface image to calculate the corresponding liquid surface image, a liquid level of the liquid is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: SHENQ-YUH JAW, JIAHN-HORNG CHEN, TAI-WEN HSU, KEH-CHIA YEH, SHENG-HSUEH YANG