Patents by Inventor Kuo-Jung Chuang

Kuo-Jung Chuang 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: 7549257
    Abstract: An earthquake shock damper has two connectors, two shaft assemblies, multiple energy absorbers, multiple spacers and multiple energy distribution assemblies. The connectors are connected to structural members of a building. The shaft assemblies are coaxially attached respectively to the connectors. The energy absorbers are mounted around the shaft assemblies, and each energy absorber has a central body and multiple extensions extending out from the central body. The spacers are mounted around the shaft assemblies, and each spacer is mounted between the central bodies of adjacent energy absorbers to define the interval between the energy absorbers. The energy distribution assemblies are attached to the extensions of the energy absorbers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Inventor: Kuo-Jung Chuang
  • Patent number: 7530555
    Abstract: A damping assembly includes a supporting base, a stainless steel layer having an arcuate slippery top face mating to the arcuate top face of the supporting base, a polytetrafluoroethylene layer movably seated on top of the arcuate slippery top face of the stainless steel layer, a supporting stainless steel layer placed on top of the polytetrafluoroethylene layer to force the polytetrafluoroethylene layer, a rubber pad provided on top of the supporting stainless steel layer providing necessary resilience, a confinement to confine the rubber pad when experiencing a load on the rubber pad and a top supporting plate for firm attachment to a bottom face of a main construction such that movement of the polytetrafluoroethylene layer offsets a shaking force and the rubber pad provides balance to the top supporting plate and absorbs vertical vibration force to protect the main construction from damage of an earthquake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Inventor: Kuo-Jung Chuang
  • Publication number: 20070241488
    Abstract: A damping assembly includes a supporting base, a stainless steel layer having an arcuate slippery top face mating to the arcuate top face of the supporting base, a Teflon® layer movably seated on top of the arcuate slippery top face of the stainless steel layer, a supporting stainless steel layer placed on top of the Teflon® layer to force the Teflon® layer, a rubber pad provided on top of the supporting stainless steel layer providing necessary resilience, a confinement to confine the rubber pad when experiencing a load on the rubber pad and a top supporting plate for firm attachment to a bottom face of a main construction such that movement of the Teflon® layer offsets a shaking force and the rubber pad provides balance to the top supporting plate and absorbs vertical vibration force to protect the main construction from damage of an earthquake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Kuo-Jung Chuang
  • Publication number: 20070006538
    Abstract: An earthquake shock damper has two connectors, two shaft assemblies, multiple energy absorbers, multiple spacers and multiple energy distribution assemblies. The connectors are connected to structural members of a building. The shaft assemblies are coaxially attached respectively to the connectors. The energy absorbers are mounted around the shaft assemblies, and each energy absorber has a central body and multiple extensions extending out from the central body. The spacers are mounted around the shaft assemblies, and each spacer is mounted between the central bodies of adjacent energy absorbers to define the interval between the energy absorbers. The energy distribution assemblies are attached to the extensions of the energy absorbers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventor: Kuo-Jung Chuang
  • Patent number: 6799400
    Abstract: An earthquake shock damper includes two positioning plates, two fixing plates and multiple energy absorbing plates securely sandwiched between the two positioning plates and having the two fixing plates extending out in different directions. Each energy absorbing plate has a mediate portion with a width smaller than that of two distal ends of the energy absorbing plate so that deformation of the energy absorbing plate is able to smoothly absorb energy from the earthquake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Inventor: Kuo-Jung Chuang
  • Publication number: 20040135056
    Abstract: An earthquake shock damper includes two positioning plates, two fixing plates and multiple energy absorbing plates securely sandwiched between the two positioning plates and having the two fixing plates extending out in different directions. Each energy absorbing plate has a mediate portion with a width smaller than that of two distal ends of the energy absorbing plate so that deformation of the energy absorbing plate is able to smoothly absorb energy from the earthquake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventor: Kuo-Jung Chuang