Patents by Inventor Min-Lun Chen

Min-Lun 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: 7381495
    Abstract: A do-it-yourself (DIY) thin film battery provides battery assembling components suitable for separate storage and easy fabrication. With through hole plating or sidewall plating, the current collectors of the anode and cathode, extend from one side of the substrates to the other to facilitate electric coupling with the electronic product outside. Through either soldering or direct contact with conductive tapes, the battery components mount with each other. Thus, the battery components can be combined to have batteries of various voltages and capacities via series or parallel connection means without extra circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Wen-Jin Li, Kuan-Liang Chen, Min-Lun Chen, Shinn-Horng Yeh
  • Patent number: 7014943
    Abstract: This specification discloses a thin-film gas diffusion electrode (GDE) and the method for making the same. The thin-film GDE is formed in a unitary way. A dual-nature porous thin film is used as the substrate. A surface processing is performed to make one surface of the thing film hydrophlic while the other surface hydrophobic. The hydrophlic area serves as the active layer for electrochemical reactions after chemical processing. The hydrophobic area is kept dry to form a smooth gas channel, functioning as a gas diffusion layer. In this method, the thin-film GDE is free from the use of binders and high-temperature high-pressure manufacturing processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Wen-Chin Li, Shu-Chin Chou, Shinn-Horng Yeh, Kuan-Liang Chen, Kun-Lung Hsien, Min-Lun Chen
  • Publication number: 20050130036
    Abstract: A do-it-yourself (DIY) thin film battery provides battery assembling components suitable for separate storage and easy fabrication. With through hole plating or sidewall plating, the current collectors of the anode and cathode, extend from one side of the substrates to the other to facilitate electric coupling with the electronic product outside. Through either soldering or direct contact with conductive tapes, the battery components mount with each other. Thus, the battery components can be combined to have batteries of various voltages and capacities via series or parallel connection means without extra circuits.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Wen-Jin Li, Kuan-Liang Chen, Min-Lun Chen, Shinn-Horng Yeh
  • Publication number: 20040045833
    Abstract: This specification discloses a thin-film gas diffusion electrode (GDE) and the method for making the same. The thin-film GDE is formed in a unitary way. A dual-nature porous thin film is used as the substrate. A surface processing is performed to make one surface of the thing film hydrophlic while the other surface hydrophobic. The hydrophlic area serves as the active layer for electrochemical reactions after chemical processing. The hydrophobic area is kept dry to form a smooth gas channel, functioning as a gas diffusion layer. In this method, the thin-film GDE is free from the use of binders and high-temperature high-pressure manufacturing processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Inventors: Wen-Chin Li, Shu-Chin Chou, Shinn-Horng Yeh, Kuan-Liang Chen, Kun-Lung Hsien, Min-Lun Chen