Patents by Inventor Kuan-Ting Wu

Kuan-Ting Wu 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).

  • Electroplating and Electrophoretic Deposition over Surfaces of Metal Substrate
    Publication number: 20180305822
    Abstract: Various examples described herein provide for a substrate, or a method for preparing a substrate, including a first electroplated layer disposed over a metal substrate, a second electroplated layer disposed under the metal substrate, and an electrophoretic deposition layer disposed over the first electroplated layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: CHALAM KASHYAP, KUAN-TING WU, TONY C. KANG
  • Water-Borne Coating Compositions
    Publication number: 20180304307
    Abstract: Provided in one examole hod of manufacturing. The method includes disposing over at least a portion of a substrate a first layer, the substrate comprising a metal material and the first layer comprising a water-borne primer. The method includes disposing over at least a portion of the first layer a second layer, the second layer comprising a water-borne basecoat material. The method includes disposing over at least a portion of the second layer a third layer, the third layer comprising a water-bome topcoat material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Ya-Ting YEH, KUAN-TING WU, YICHIEH CHANG
  • Anodized Layer and Aluminum Layer over Substrate
    Publication number: 20180298499
    Abstract: Various examples described herein provide for a substrate, or a method for preparing a substrate, including an aluminum layer and an anodized layer over a substrate. For instance, the substrate may comprise a substrate, a continuous aluminum layer formed over the substrate, and an anodized layer formed over the continuous aluminum layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: CHI HAO CHANG, CHALAM KASHYAP, KUAN-TING WU
  • Methods of Polishing
    Publication number: 20180297173
    Abstract: One example provides a method. The method includes forming a substrate comprising a metal alloy comprising at least one of aluminium, magnesium, lithium, zinc, titanium, niobium, and copper. The method includes polishing a surface of the substrate using particles comprising chromium metal. The polished surface is electrically conductive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: KUAN-TING WU, CHI HAO CHANG, YU-CHUAN KANG
  • Anti-slip substrates
    Patent number: 10104792
    Abstract: A method is provided for modifying a layer of a plastics material containing conductive fibers. The method includes electrophoretically depositing a bead of a polymer material at locations of a surface of the layer where the conductive fibers are exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Yu-Chuan (Tony) Kang, Kuan-Ting Wu
  • METHOD OF APPLYING A TRANSFER FILM TO METAL SURFACES
    Publication number: 20180267572
    Abstract: A method is provided for applying a transfer film to a metal surface. The method comprises electrochemically treating the metal to form an oxide layer, on to which a transfer film is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Chung-Hung Huang, Yu-Chuan Kang, JR., Chien-Ting Lin, Kuan-Ting Wu
  • Hinge for a foldable display unit
    Patent number: 10073496
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein provide a hinge for a foldable display unit. One example hinge includes a plurality of brackets. A bracket from the plurality of brackets is to operably couple to an adjacent bracket from the plurality of brackets, to be folded into an arcuate shape. The hinge further includes a plurality of links to operably couple the plurality of brackets to each other. A first end of a first link from the plurality of links is rotatably connected to an end of a second link from the plurality of links according to a first frictional value. A second end of the first link is rotatably connected to an end of a third link from the plurality of links according to a second frictional value less than the first frictional value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Wei-Chung Chen, Kuan-Ting Wu, Wen-Hua (Jerry) Ni
  • FORMING METAL COMPOSITES
    Publication number: 20180250915
    Abstract: Examples of forming metal composites are described herein. In an example, a metal sheet is formed into a predetermined shape using superplastic thermal forming technique. Further, a carbon fiber-reinforced polymer sheet is shaped into the predetermined shape by thermal forming. The metal sheet and the carbon fiber-reinforced polymer sheet are coupled by applying an adhesive between the metal sheet and the carbon fiber-reinforced polymer sheet, to form a metal composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: KUAN-TING WU, CHIEN-LUNG YANG, CHENG-FENG LIAO
  • SOL-GEL HYBRID COATING COMPOSITION, COATING PROCESS AND COMPOSITE COATING LAYERS
    Publication number: 20180244949
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a sol-gel hybrid coating composition, comprising a sol-gel precursor, a polymer and a solvent, wherein the sol-gel precursor comprises tetraethyl orthosilicate and the polymer comprises polyurethane and polyacrylic. This disclosure also provides a coating process, comprising: subjecting a light metal to micro-arc oxidation treatment to form a first protection layer on the light metal, and coating the sol-gel hybrid coating composition onto the first protection layer to form a second protection layer. This disclosure further provides composite coating layers, comprising: a first layer obtained by micro-arc oxidation treatment, and a second layer obtained by dip coating with the sol-gel hybrid coating composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: KUAN-TING WU, YU-CHUAN KANG, CHI-HAO CHANG
  • ALUMINUM DEPOSITION AND ANODIZATION ON A METAL SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20180245232
    Abstract: A method is provided, in which an aluminum layer is deposited on a metal substrate, wherein, in the depositing process, aluminum powders are added into an aqueous polymer medium to form a suspension, the metal substrate and a counter electrode are immersed in the suspension, and a pulsed current is applied between the metal substrate and the counter electrode; and, the aluminum layer deposited on the metal substrate is anodized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: KUAN-TING WU, CHI-HAO CHANG, CHIEN-TING LIN
  • CERAMIC HOUSING
    Publication number: 20180232012
    Abstract: According to one example, a ceramic housing for an electronic device includes a surface and an elastomer, where the elastomer covers from ten percent to eighty-five percent of a total surface area of the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: KUAN-TING WU, CHI-HAO CHANG, CHENG-FENG LIAO
  • DISPLAY CONTROL IN DISPLAY DEVICES
    Publication number: 20180224693
    Abstract: The present subject matter relates to display devices. In an example implementation, a display device comprises a display unit having color pixels and tracks of a black matrix covering spaces between the color pixels. The display device also comprises a display control layer over the display unit. The display control layer has longitudinal channels separated by transparent substrates and overlapping the tracks of the black matrix in one direction. The longitudinal channels comprise a first set of channels filled with undoped bi-stable liquid crystals to control a view angle of a display from the display unit, and a second set of channels filled with doped bi-stable liquid crystals to control absorption of blue/ultraviolet (UV) light from the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ting Wu, Wei-Kuang Chu, Cheng-Hua Yu
  • MULTI-LAYERED SHEET COMPRISING GRAPHENE-BASED BARRIER COATING
    Publication number: 20180221916
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-layered sheet comprising Mg-based alloy substrate, micro-arc oxidized layers formed on two opposite surfaces of the Mg-based alloy substrate and graphene-based barrier coating on either one or both of the micro-arc oxidized layers, wherein said graphene-based barrier coating comprises 20-70 wt % of graphene based on the total weight of the graphene-based barrier coating, a process for preparing the multi-layered sheet and the use of the multi-layered sheet as a housing in laptop, tablet PC, desktop computer, smart phone and 3C electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: KUAN-TING WU, CHI-HAO CHANG, WEI-CHUNG CHEN
  • KICKSTANDS
    Publication number: 20180217633
    Abstract: In one example, a kickstand for a mobile computing device is described. The kickstand having a first end and a second end opposite the first end to rotatably couple to a first side and a second side of a housing of the mobile computing device, respectively, proximate the middle of the first side and the second side of the housing such that the U shaped kickstand provides the space for disposing the components in the housing without significantly affecting form factors and/or aesthetic aspects of the mobile computing device in typing, inking and retracted modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: CHUNG-HUA KU, WEI-CHUNG CHEN, WEN-HUA NI, KUAN-TING WU
  • LIGHT METAL BASED MULTI-LAYER SUBSTRATES
    Publication number: 20180216247
    Abstract: Substrates comprising a light metal layer, an oxidized layer formed on the light metal layer, and a polymer hybrid layer formed on the oxidized layer; and methods for forming the substrates are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: CHI HAO CHANG, KUAN-TING WU, CHIEN-TING LIN
  • MAKING A HYDROPHOBIC SURFACE FOR AN OBJECT
    Publication number: 20180213659
    Abstract: Various examples provide a method of making a hydrophobic surface for an object. According to the method, a hydrophobic coating may be applied to an original surface of the object. A microstructure may be formed on the original surface of the object. The hydrophobic surface of the object may be obtained with the microstructure submerged by the hydrophobic coating. The microstructure may be a rough structure including micro-sired portions, and may have greater hardness than the hydrophobic coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: KUAN-TING WU, KEVIN VOSS, YA-TING YEH
  • ELECTROPHORETIC PRIVACY DEVICES
    Publication number: 20180173073
    Abstract: An electrophoretic privacy device may include an electrophoretic cell coupled between a first electrode and a second electrode. The electrophoretic cell may comprise a plurality of semi-transparent positively-charged particles and a plurality of semi-transparent negatively-charged particles. The particles may be dispersed in a dielectric fluid in the electrophoretic cell. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode may be transparent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: KUAN-TING WU, WEI KUANG CHU, KEVIN VOSS
  • Magnesium Alloy Substrate
    Publication number: 20180155846
    Abstract: According to one example, forming a deposition layer on a magnesium alloy substrate and forming a cured coating on the deposition layer, where the cured coating is cured by ultra-violet radiation, heat at a cure temperature in a range from 60° C. to 140° C., or combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: CHI HAO CHANG, KUAN-TING WU, CHEN-TING LIN
  • Method of applying a transfer film to metal surfaces
    Patent number: 9983622
    Abstract: A method is provided for applying a transfer film to a metal surface. The method comprises electrochemically treating the metal to form an oxide layer, on to which a transfer film is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Chung-Hung Huang, Yu-Chuan Kang, Chien-Ting Lin, Kuan-Ting Wu
  • Fan module
    Patent number: 9976558
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to a fan module. The fan module may include an outer impeller having a first plurality of radial blades arranged between an inner circumference of the outer impeller and an outer circumference of the outer impeller. The outer impeller may be rotatable about a first axis of rotation. The fan module may include an inner impeller having a second plurality of radial blades, the inner impeller disposed within the inner circumference of the outer impeller and rotatable about a second axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Chienlung Yang, Kuan-Ting Wu