Patents by Inventor Min Liao

Min Liao 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: 20060187681
    Abstract: A back light module is disclosed. The back light module comprises a frame, a reflective mask, a light guide plate, a linear light source and a baffle plate, wherein the reflective mask is installed in the frame. The linear light source is surrounded by the light guide plate and the reflective mask. The baffle plate is disposed between the linear light source and the light guide plate and the baffle plate is connected to the reflective mask and the frame. The baffle plate disposed between the linear light source and the light guide plate is adapted for absorbing impact force during the impact test and reducing the possibility of displacement of the light guide plate. Thus, the possibility of damage to the linear light source due to displacement of the light guide plate can be effectively reduced. Thus, the reliability of the notebook computer can be effectively promoted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Chih-Chun Hsiao, Cheng-Min Liao
  • Publication number: 20060187680
    Abstract: A system comprising a notebook computer, a back light module and a light guide plate. The notebook computer mainly comprises a host machine and a liquid crystal display hinged to that. The liquid crystal display further comprises a liquid crystal display panel and a back light module disposed underneath that. The back light module mainly comprises a plastic frame and a light guide plate. The plastic frame has a first contact surface and the light guide plate has at least a protruding ear with a second contact surface. The light guide plate is clamped within a plastic frame through the protruding ear. Because the contact between the first contact surface of the plastic frame and the second contact surface of the protruding ear is either a line contact or a point contact, the noise produced by friction between two when the liquid crystal display is lifted or shut is minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: An-Ching Yen, Cheng-Min Liao
  • Patent number: 7029159
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reflector configuration of a back-light module, and particularly to the coupling of a lamp reflector and a lamp cover of the back-light module. The lamp reflector in the present invention wraps a lamp around and is fastened on the light-guiding plate. A lamp cover is fastened onto the light-guiding plate, and contacts without wrapping around the lamp reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes,Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Tien Yu, Cheng-Min Liao
  • Publication number: 20060072340
    Abstract: A backlight module and a liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus using the same are disclosed. The backlight module includes a bottom plate and multiple lamps disposed separately over the bottom plate. The bottom plate has multiple lower-reflectivity areas underneath the lamps and multiple higher-reflectivity areas between neighboring lower-reflectivity areas. The LCD apparatus includes such a backlight module and a LCD panel disposed over the lamps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Cheng-Min Liao, Wen-Yu Lin
  • Publication number: 20060052746
    Abstract: A breast pump is disclosed to include a breast milk container, a teat cup attachable to a woman's breast, a motor, a pump driven by the motor to pump breast milk out of the teat of a woman's breast into the breast milk container through the teat cup, an electromagnetic valve installed in between the teat cup and the pump in air communication between the breast milk transferring passage and the atmosphere, and a programmable control IC chip board, which controls the electromagnetic valve to close/open the air passage between the atmosphere and the breast milk transferring passage intermittently so as to smoothen the breast milk pumping action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventor: Ji-Min Liao
  • Publication number: 20060018127
    Abstract: A method for improving backlight uniformity is disclosed in which the two outermost lamps near each of the two sides of the back plate are positioned higher than the other lamps. Hence, the outermost lamps are closer to the scattering plate, thus improving the brightness at the two sides of the LCD panel such that various illumination and the shadows generated in specific regions on the LCD panel are avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Applicant: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng-Min Liao, Wen-Yu Lin
  • Publication number: 20050282298
    Abstract: A semiconductor processing system utilizing transport speed monitoring of a wafer boat. The semiconductor processing comprises a process chamber, loading device, and transport speed monitoring device. The loading device transports a boat of wafers into and out of the process chamber where the wafers experience particular treatment. The transport speed monitoring device is responsible for detecting the movement of the wafer boat and asserting an abnormality signal when the transport speed of the wafer boat falls beyond a limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventor: Chi-Min Liao
  • Publication number: 20050278878
    Abstract: A tooth brush includes a handle, a shank attached to the handle and having a housing, a casing disposed in the housing, and a paddle wheel rotatably received in the casing and having a shaft extended out of the casing. A rotary brush device is attached to the shaft of the paddle wheel, and includes a number of brush members for teeth brushing purposes. A water supplying device may be used to supply water into the casing, to drive and to rotate the paddle wheel relative to the casing, and to drive the brush members of the rotary brush device to brush teeth. The casing includes a cover having one or more orifices for allowing water to flow out through the orifices of the cover of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Li Wen Liao, Chung Min Liao, Brad Wang
  • Patent number: 6929503
    Abstract: A mounting structure for lamp wires of a back light module to mount at least two lamp wires extending from a plastic frame. The mounting structure includes a fixed bar portion and a tabling portion connected together by a connecting portion to form a lamp channel therebetween. The connecting portion has a wire-fixing hole to fix one of the lamp wires. The lamp wires are induced into the lamp wire channel. A retaining clamp portion is extended from the tabling portion and overhung the plastic frame. The retaining clamp portion and the tabling portion have a wire clip hole perpendicularly connected to the lamp channel and a clamp opening connected to the wire clip hole to fix the lamp wires in the wire clip hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Tien Yu, Cheng-Min Liao
  • Patent number: 6918861
    Abstract: An exerciser includes a foot support disposed on a base to support feet of users, a handle rotatably attached to the base with a shaft, a pulley secured to the handle, and a seat rotatably supported on the pulley to rotatably support the users. A cable may be coupled between the pulley and the foot support, to selectively couple the foot support to the handle via the pulley. The foot support includes a lever pivotally secured on the base, and the cable includes two ends coupled to the ends of the lever with brackets. Each of the brackets includes an end panel having a passage to receive a tube of a barrel which includes a passageway to receive the ends of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Inventors: Chung Min Liao, Wen Wan Tsai
  • Patent number: 6908203
    Abstract: A backlight module is employed to provide a light source for LCD panel. The backlight module has a wedge-shaped distributor, three light pipes and two reflective arcs. The distributor is modified from rectangular-shaped to wedge-shaped so as to reduce its weight. Three light pipes are divided into two groups. One group having only one light pipe is positioned at first edge of the wedge-shaped distributor while the other group having two pipes is positioned at an edge opposite the first edge. The two groups of light pipes are rounded up respectively by two reflective arcs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Tien Yu, Cheng-Min Liao
  • Patent number: 6893182
    Abstract: A soap device includes a sheet of flexible netting-like material having a number of perforations and an outer peripheral portion, and a soap material is engaged into the perforations of the sheet of flexible netting-like material, and engaged onto the outer peripheral portion of the sheet of flexible netting-like material to form the soap device. One or more further sheets of flexible netting-like material may further be engaged into the soap material and superposed with the other sheets of flexible netting-like material. The flexible netting-like sheets may be formed into different roughness or coarseness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Inventor: Chung Min Liao
  • Publication number: 20050042913
    Abstract: A mounting structure for lamp wires of a back light module to mount at least two lamp wires extending from a plastic frame. The mounting structure comprises a fixed bar portion and a tabling portion connected together by a connecting portion to form a lamp channel therebetween. The connecting portion has a wire-fixing hole to fix one of the lamp wires. The lamp wires are induced into the lamp wire channel. A retaining clamp portion is extended from the tabling portion and overhung the plastic frame. The retaining clamp portion and the tabling portion have a wire clip hole perpendicularly connected to the lamp channel and a clamp opening connected to the wire clip hole to fix the lamp wires in the wire clip hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Hong-Tien Yu, Cheng-Min Liao
  • Publication number: 20040264164
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with a reflector for a backlight module of a flat panel display fitted with at least one light source connected to at least one cable, and includes a reflecting shell having a groove for receiving the light source emitting a light to be reflected from the groove, and at least one cable holding member having a cross-sectional area in the shape of a “U” or an “L” integrated with the periphery of a lateral wall of the reflecting shell for receiving the cable connected to the light source; wherein the cable is separated from the light source by means of the lateral wall integrated with the cable holding member. Also, a method for assembling backlight module of flat panel displays is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng-Min Liao, An-Ching Yen
  • Patent number: 6820992
    Abstract: A backlight module for a flat panel display includes a light guide plate having at least one projecting lug on the peripheral edge of at least one side thereof, the projecting lug being connected to a linear peripheral edge of the light guide plate with a top front portion thereof and connected to the other linear peripheral edge on the same side of the light guide plate with a bottom end portion thereof; and a frame which surrounds at least a part of the peripheral edge of the light guide plate and includes an opening to closely receive the projecting lug of the light guide plate; wherein the linear peripheral edges respectively conducted to the top front portion and the bottom end portion of the projecting lug on the same side of the light guide plate are disposed in a non-collinear manner among themselves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Tien Yu, Cheng-Min Liao, Yao Tung Wang
  • Publication number: 20040207994
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reflector configuration of a back-light module, and particularly to the coupling of a lamp reflector and a lamp cover of the back-light module. The lamp reflector in the present invention wraps a lamp around and is fastened on the light-guiding plate. A lamp cover is fastened onto the light-guiding plate, and contacts without wrapping around the lamp reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Hong-Tien Yu, Cheng-Min Liao
  • Publication number: 20040201976
    Abstract: A backlight module is employed to provide a light source for LCD panel. The backlight module has a wedge-shaped distributor, three light pipes and two reflective arcs. The distributor is modified from rectangular-shaped to wedge-shaped so as to reduce its weight. Three light pipes are divided into two groups. One group having only one light pipe is positioned at first edge of the wedge-shaped distributor while the other group having two pipes is positioned at an edge opposite the first edge. The two groups of light pipes are rounded up respectively by two reflective arcs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Hong-Tien Yu, Cheng-Min Liao
  • Publication number: 20030149877
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a security system for a software. The security system for a software includes an IC card interface electrically connected to the input/output interface of the computer, and an IC card storing therein a computer authentication signal of the software for reading a user authentication signal sent by the software via the IC card interface, checking if the user authentication signal is consistent with the computer authentication signal, and sending a confirmation signal to initiate the software when the user authentication signal is consistent with the computer authentication signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Applicant: Winbond Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Che-Min Liao, Hsi-Jung Tsai
  • Publication number: 20030126483
    Abstract: A starter for starting a computer system is provided. The starter includes: an IC card interface for generating an enable signal when an IC card is inserted; a register set for storing a command provided to the IC card and a computer secure check signal and detecting whether a user secure check signal matches the computer secure check signal or not; a state machine for reading the user secure check signal from the IC card interface to proceed a secure check process, generating a verification signal when the user secure check signal matches the computer secure check signal, and generating a reset signal to reset the IC card and proceed the computer secure check process again when the user secure check signal matches the computer secure check signal; and a power control circuit for generating a Power On signal to a power supply of the computer system in response to the check signal and starting the computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Applicant: Winbond Electronics Corp.
    Inventors: Chao-Hsiang Huang, Yi-Chuan Lu, Che-Min Liao
  • Publication number: 20020187885
    Abstract: This invention is about a multi-functional exercise apparatus, whose main structure is comprised of one internal bar, two pulling components, two rollers and two handlebars. Pairs of spring buttons are positioned at the center and two ends of the internal bar, which helps to connect the internal bar with pulling components and handlebars with simplicity. While two rollers are attached to the internal bar, they are sandwiched by the pulling components and the handlebar. In addition, the extension of the bar sleeve of the pulling component includes an elastic rope that has foot strap at the other end and is used to secure feet to the apparatus. It is important to point out that the rollers can be removed at will, and the positions of the handlebar and the pulling components can be exchanged with each other to some extent for maximum benefit. Besides, the internal bar can be attached with a clamp for securing onto the door panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventor: Chung-Min Liao