Patents by Inventor Kai-Ming CHEN
Kai-Ming 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).
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Patent number: 10470253Abstract: A coaxially arranged smart susceptor conductor, comprising a smart susceptor core comprising an alloy having a first Curie temperature point and a first smart susceptor shell coaxially arranged around the smart susceptor core. The first smart susceptor shell comprising a second Curie temperature point that is different than the first Curie temperature point of the smart susceptor core. In one arrangement, the second Curie temperature point of the first smart susceptor shell is lower than the first Curie temperature point of the smart susceptor core. In another arrangement, the smart susceptor conductor further comprises a second smart susceptor shell disposed about the first smart susceptor shell. The second smart susceptor shell comprising a third Curie temperature point.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2014Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Robert James Miller, Marc Rollo Matsen, Cameron Kai-Ming Chen, Leah Gillian Glauber, James M. Kestner, Christopher John Hottes
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Publication number: 20180359818Abstract: A susceptor wire array. The array includes a first susceptor wire comprising an alloy having a first Curie temperature point and a second susceptor wire comprising an alloy having a second Curie temperature point, the second Curie temperature point is different than the first Curie temperature point of the first susceptor wire. In one susceptor wire arrangement, the second Curie temperature point of the second susceptor wire is lower than the first Curie temperature point of the first susceptor wire. In another susceptor wire arrangement, the array further comprises a third susceptor wire, the third susceptor wire comprising an alloy having a third Curie temperature point. The third Curie temperature point of the third susceptor wire may be different than the first Curie temperature point of the first susceptor wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: James M. Kestner, Robert James Miller, Marc Rollo Matsen, Cameron Kai-Ming Chen, Leah Gillian Glauber, Christopher John Hottes
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Patent number: 10129934Abstract: A susceptor wire array. The array includes a first susceptor wire comprising an alloy having a first Curie temperature point and a second susceptor wire comprising an alloy having a second Curie temperature point, the second Curie temperature point is different than the first Curie temperature point of the first susceptor wire. In one susceptor wire arrangement, the second Curie temperature point of the second susceptor wire is lower than the first Curie temperature point of the first susceptor wire. In another susceptor wire arrangement, the array further comprises a third susceptor wire, the third susceptor wire comprising an alloy having a third Curie temperature point. The third Curie temperature point of the third susceptor wire may be different than the first Curie temperature point of the first susceptor wire.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: James M. Kestner, Robert James Miller, Marc Rollo Matsen, Cameron Kai-Ming Chen, Leah Gillian Glauber, Christopher John Hottes
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Publication number: 20180281339Abstract: A honeycomb thermal insulation structure may comprise a first facesheet, a second facesheet, and a honeycomb core between the first facesheet and the second facesheet. The honeycomb core may include a plurality of honeycomb unit cells each composed of walls having a height and spaced by a distance. The walls of the honeycomb cells may have perforations. The honeycomb thermal insulation structure may further comprise a non-convective gas loaded in the honeycomb unit cells between the walls. A flow of the gas through the perforations may be substantially absent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2017Publication date: October 4, 2018Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: John R. Hull, Cameron Kai-Ming Chen, John Dalton Williams
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Patent number: 9986602Abstract: An enclosure for heating a three dimensional structure. The enclosure comprising a body defining a cavity therein. The cavity sized to receive a three dimensional structure. A plurality of heating blankets configured to heat the three dimensional structure to a substantially uniform temperature. At least one of the plurality of heating blankets comprises a conductor for receiving current and generating a magnetic field in response thereto, a first susceptor wire comprising an alloy having a first Curie temperature point and a second susceptor wire. The second susceptor wire comprising a second Curie temperature point that is different than the first Curie temperature point of the first susceptor wire.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Cameron Kai-Ming Chen, Robert James Miller, Marc Rollo Matsen, Leah Gillian Glauber, James M. Kestner, Christopher John Hottes, Wendi Lynn Pickett Otto
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Patent number: 9907121Abstract: A wire conductor for receiving alternating current and generating a magnetic field in response thereto. The wire conductor comprises a plurality of wire conductors in a parallel configured circuit extending between a first side of the wire conductor towards a second side of the wire conductor. A first layer of the plurality of wire conductors running in parallel from a first edge of the wire conductor to a second edge of the wire conductor. A second layer of parallel wire conductors residing above the first layer of the plurality of wire conductors, the second layer of parallel wire conductors running in parallel from the first edge of the wire conductor to the second edge of the wire conductor. The first layer of parallel wire conductors make a 180 degree turn along the first edge of the wire conductor. The first layer of parallel wire conductors make the 180 degree turn along the first edge of the wire conductor by first turning 90 degrees towards the second side of the parallel wire conductor.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2015Date of Patent: February 27, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Robert James Miller, Christopher John Hottes, Marc Rollo Matsen, James M. Kestner, Cameron Kai-Ming Chen, Leah Gillian Glauber
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Publication number: 20170132097Abstract: A power supply apparatus with reverse current protection includes a digital signal processor, a secondary side rectifying circuit, a voltage detection unit and a current detection unit. A plurality of the power supply apparatuses are connected in parallel and applied to a server system. When the voltage detection unit detects that a bus voltage is greater than a predetermined voltage and the current detection unit detects that an output current is less than a predetermined current, the voltage detection unit and the current detection unit inform the digital signal processor that the bus voltage is greater than the predetermined voltage and the output current is less than the predetermined current respectively, so that the digital signal processor turns off the secondary side rectifying circuit to stop outputting power.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2015Publication date: May 11, 2017Inventors: Chun-Hsiung WANG, Kai-Ming CHEN, Shing-Feng YANG
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Publication number: 20160344152Abstract: Methods and systems for the uniform induction heating of forming dies, where the forming die may be heated by an induction coil in conjunction with a pair of electromagnetic (EM) field stabilizers, each EM field stabilizer configured to be adjacent one end of the forming die while the forming die is within the induction heating coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2015Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Cameron Kai-Ming Chen, Marc R. Matsen, Robert James Miller, Scott David Billings
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Publication number: 20160257034Abstract: An enclosure for heating a three dimensional structure. The enclosure comprising a body defining a cavity therein. The cavity sized to receive a three dimensional structure. A plurality of heating blankets configured to heat the three dimensional structure to a substantially uniform temperature. At least one of the plurality of heating blankets comprises a conductor for receiving current and generating a magnetic field in response thereto, a first susceptor wire comprising an alloy having a first Curie temperature point and a second susceptor wire. The second susceptor wire comprising a second Curie temperature point that is different than the first Curie temperature point of the first susceptor wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Cameron Kai-Ming Chen, Robert James Miller, Marc Rollo Matsen, Leah Gillian Glauber, James M. Kestner, Christopher John Hottes, Wendi Lynn Pickett Otto
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Publication number: 20160262215Abstract: A wire conductor for receiving alternating current and generating a magnetic field in response thereto. The wire conductor comprises a plurality of wire conductors in a parallel configured circuit extending between a first side of the wire conductor towards a second side of the wire conductor. A first layer of the plurality of wire conductors running in parallel from a first edge of the wire conductor to a second edge of the wire conductor. A second layer of parallel wire conductors residing above the first layer of the plurality of wire conductors, the second layer of parallel wire conductors running in parallel from the first edge of the wire conductor to the second edge of the wire conductor. The first layer of parallel wire conductors make a 180 degree turn along the first edge of the wire conductor. The first layer of parallel wire conductors make the 180 degree turn along the first edge of the wire conductor by first turning 90 degrees towards the second side of the parallel wire conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: Robert James Miller, Christopher John Hottes, Marc Rollo Matsen, James M. Kestner, Cameron Kai-Ming Chen, Leah Gillian Glauber
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Publication number: 20160262216Abstract: A susceptor wire array. The array includes a first susceptor wire comprising an alloy having a first Curie temperature point and a second susceptor wire comprising an alloy having a second Curie temperature point, the second Curie temperature point is different than the first Curie temperature point of the first susceptor wire. In one susceptor wire arrangement, the second Curie temperature point of the second susceptor wire is lower than the first Curie temperature point of the first susceptor wire. In another susceptor wire arrangement, the array further comprises a third susceptor wire, the third susceptor wire comprising an alloy having a third Curie temperature point. The third Curie temperature point of the third susceptor wire may be different than the first Curie temperature point of the first susceptor wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2015Publication date: September 8, 2016Inventors: James M. Kestner, Robert James Miller, Marc Rollo Matsen, Cameron Kai-Ming Chen, Leah Gillian Glauber, Christopher John Hottes
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Publication number: 20160143092Abstract: A coaxially arranged smart susceptor conductor, comprising a smart susceptor core comprising an alloy having a first Curie temperature point and a first smart susceptor shell coaxially arranged around the smart susceptor core. The first smart susceptor shell comprising a second Curie temperature point that is different than the first Curie temperature point of the smart susceptor core. In one arrangement, the second Curie temperature point of the first smart susceptor shell is lower than the first Curie temperature point of the smart susceptor core. In another arrangement, the smart susceptor conductor further comprises a second smart susceptor shell disposed about the first smart susceptor shell. The second smart susceptor shell comprising a third Curie temperature point.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2014Publication date: May 19, 2016Inventors: Robert James Miller, Marc Rollo Matsen, Cameron Kai-Ming Chen, Leah Gillian Glauber, James M. Kestner, Christopher John Hottes