Patents by Inventor Ming-Che Kuo

Ming-Che Kuo 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: 20240327915
    Abstract: The present invention provides a biomarker for the differential diagnosis of patients with Parkinson's disease. By using piRNAs as biomarkers, patients with Parkinson's disease with and without mild cognitive impairment, and Parkinson's disease with dementia can be classified early, thereby meeting the needs of improving treatment efficiency and improving the differential diagnosis of patients with atypical Parkinson's disease in the current medical field. Another aspect of the invention provides a kit of biomarkers, therapeutic targets, and a method of detecting whether an individual has Parkinson's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Shau-Ping LIN, Ruey-Meei WU, Pin-Jui KUNG, Ming-Che KUO, Yi-Tzang TSAI
  • Publication number: 20240331862
    Abstract: The present invention provides a data analytic scheme for screening biomarkers for differential diagnosis of the status of Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's disease with mild cognitive impairment, Parkinson's disease dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and/or multiple system atrophy, the methodology implementing the same and the results of the screening thereof. Biomedical Oriented Logistic Dantzig Selector (BOLD Selector) was developed to identify candidate microRNAs and extracellular vesicle proteins effective at discerning between any two of the above mentioned disease categories from profiling results. The prediction models are finalized by establishing logistic regression formula for each pair of patient group differentiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Shau-Ping LIN, Ruey-Meei WU, Frederick Kin Hing Phoa, Ming-Che KUO, Yi-Tzang TSAI, Jing-Wen HUANG, Yan-Han LIN, Hsiang-Hsuan LIN WANG, Chia-Lang HSU, Ya-Fang HSU, Pin-Jui KUNG
  • Patent number: 11471930
    Abstract: A molding die structure for forming oblique teeth on a rivet nut includes a mold seat, a first forging die, a second forging die, and a retaining member. The mold seat is provided with a mold cavity and a threaded portion. The first forging die is inserted into the mold cavity and provided with a die cavity and a nut cavity. The second forging die is inserted into the die cavity and has an inner face provided with an oblique toothed portion and a guide hole. The oblique toothed portion includes a plurality of oblique teeth. The retaining member is screwed into the threaded portion and limits the first forging die and the second forging die in the mold cavity. The second forging die and the die cavity of the first forging die form a low friction contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Wei In Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming-Che Kuo
  • Patent number: 11402011
    Abstract: A transmission mechanism with monitoring function includes a shaft, a moving part, a circulating device, a plurality of rollers and a monitoring module. The shaft has a roller groove. The moving part is movably disposed on the shaft. The moving part has a roller slot corresponding to the roller groove. The roller slot has an effective thread section and an ineffective thread section. The effective thread section and the roller groove together form a load path. The circulating device is disposed on the moving part. The circulating device has a return channel communicated with the load path. The return channel and the load path together form a circulating path. The plurality of rollers are disposed in the circulating path. The monitoring module includes a gathering body and a sensor. The sensor is for detecting a metal content of the lubricant in the gathering channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: HIWIN TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
    Inventors: Zong-Sian Jiang, Ming-Che Kuo
  • Publication number: 20220032360
    Abstract: A molding die structure for forming oblique teeth on a rivet nut includes a mold seat, a first forging die, a second forging die, and a retaining member. The mold seat is provided with a mold cavity and a threaded portion. The first forging die is inserted into the mold cavity and provided with a die cavity and a nut cavity. The second forging die is inserted into the die cavity and has an inner face provided with an oblique toothed portion and a guide hole. The oblique toothed portion includes a plurality of oblique teeth. The retaining member is screwed into the threaded portion and limits the first forging die and the second forging die in the mold cavity. The second forging die and the die cavity of the first forging die form a low friction contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventor: Ming-Che Kuo
  • Publication number: 20210215244
    Abstract: A transmission mechanism with monitoring function includes a shaft, a moving part, a circulating device, a plurality of rollers and a monitoring module. The shaft has a roller groove. The moving part is movably disposed on the shaft. The moving part has a roller slot corresponding to the roller groove. The roller slot has an effective thread section and an ineffective thread section. The effective thread section and the roller groove together form a load path. The circulating device is disposed on the moving part. The circulating device has a return channel communicated with the load path. The return channel and the load path together form a circulating path. The plurality of rollers are disposed in the circulating path. The monitoring module includes a gathering body and a sensor. The sensor is for detecting a metal content of the lubricant in the gathering channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Zong-Sian Jiang, Ming-Che Kuo
  • Patent number: 9657820
    Abstract: A ball screw with maintenance device includes a screw shaft including a helical rolling groove; a nut having an outer circumferential surface in which at least two mounting holes is formed; two recirculation elements, which are mounted to the nut and each having a through hole having an open end set in a spacing distance from the rolling groove; a fixing cover mounted to the outer circumferential surface of the nut and includes a concentration trough formed therein. The through hole has an end communicating with the concentration trough. The concentration trough is connectable to a suction tube or an oil/grease supply tube. The suction tube can remove contamination from the interior of the nut through the through hole, and the part that has been cleaned up with the suction tube can be replenished with fresh oil/grease with the oil/great supply tube to achieve complete maintenance of the ball screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: HIWIN TECHNOLOGIES CORP
    Inventors: Chin-Wen Hsieh, Shang-Hua Tsai, Ren-Yuan Chen, Ming-Che Kuo, Zong-Sian Jiang
  • Patent number: 9091336
    Abstract: A circulating element for ball screw includes a first surface defining a circulating passage that extends from one lateral side of the first surface to the other lateral side of the first surface and has a coupling mouth located on each of the two opposite ends thereof, and a second surface defining a coupling groove between the two coupling mouths of the circulating passage and two guide blocks respectively protruding out of the coupling mouths of the circulating passage. Thus, the circulating element has the advantages of low processing cost, ease of installation, high alignment accuracy, and excellent running smoothness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: HIWIN TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
    Inventors: Ming-Yao Lin, Ming-Che Kuo
  • Publication number: 20140182407
    Abstract: A circulating element for ball screw includes a first surface defining a circulating passage that extends from one lateral side of the first surface to the other lateral side of the first surface and has a coupling mouth located on each of the two opposite ends thereof, and a second surface defining a coupling groove between the two coupling mouths of the circulating passage and two guide blocks respectively protruding out of the coupling mouths of the circulating passage. Thus, the circulating element has the advantages of low processing cost, ease of installation, high alignment accuracy, and excellent running smoothness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Ming-Yao LIN, Ming-Che KUO
  • Patent number: 8519428
    Abstract: A vertical stacked light emitting structure includes a substrate unit, a stacked type light emitting module, and a flip-chip type light emitting module. The substrate unit includes a substrate body. The stacked type light emitting module includes a first light emitting unit and a light guiding unit. The first light emitting unit includes at least one first LED bare chip disposed on and electrically connected to the substrate body, and the light guiding unit includes at least one light guiding body disposed on the first LED bare chip. The flip-chip type light emitting module includes a second light emitting unit. The second light emitting unit includes at least one second LED bare chip disposed on the light guiding body and electrically connected to the substrate body. Hence, the first LED bare chip, the light guiding body, and the second LED bare chip are stacked on top of one another sequentially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Azurewave Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Chi-Hsing Hsu, Chun-Yu Lu, Ming-Che Kuo
  • Patent number: 8476651
    Abstract: A vertical stacked light emitting structure includes a substrate unit, a first light emitting unit, a light guiding unit, and a second light emitting unit. The substrate unit includes at least one substrate body. The first light emitting unit includes at least one first LED bare chip disposed on the substrate body and electrically connected to the substrate body. The light guiding unit includes at least one light guiding body disposed on the first LED bare chip. The second light emitting unit includes at least one second LED bare chip disposed on the light guiding body and electrically connected to the substrate body. Therefore, the first LED bare chip, the light guiding body, and the second LED bare chip are stacked on top of one another sequentially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Azurewave Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Chi-Hsing Hsu, Chun-Yu Lu, Ming-Che Kuo
  • Publication number: 20130009174
    Abstract: A vertical stacked light emitting structure includes a substrate unit, a first light emitting unit, a light guiding unit, and a second light emitting unit. The substrate unit includes at least one substrate body. The first light emitting unit includes at least one first LED bare chip disposed on the substrate body and electrically connected to the substrate body. The light guiding unit includes at least one light guiding body disposed on the first LED bare chip. The second light emitting unit includes at least one second LED bare chip disposed on the light guiding body and electrically connected to the substrate body. Therefore, the first LED bare chip, the light guiding body, and the second LED bare chip are stacked on top of one another sequentially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: AZUREWAVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: CHI-HSING HSU, CHUN-YU LU, MING-CHE KUO
  • Publication number: 20130009175
    Abstract: A vertical stacked light emitting structure includes a substrate unit, a stacked type light emitting module, and a flip-chip type light emitting module. The substrate unit includes a substrate body. The stacked type light emitting module includes a first light emitting unit and a light guiding unit. The first light emitting unit includes at least one first LED bare chip disposed on and electrically connected to the substrate body, and the light guiding unit includes at least one light guiding body disposed on the first LED bare chip. The flip-chip type light emitting module includes a second light emitting unit. The second light emitting unit includes at least one second LED bare chip disposed on the light guiding body and electrically connected to the substrate body. Hence, the first LED bare chip, the light guiding body, and the second LED bare chip are stacked on top of one another sequentially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: AZUREWAVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: CHI-HSING HSU, CHUN-YU LU, MING-CHE KUO
  • Publication number: 20120170141
    Abstract: A reading optical lens module, along an optical axis, comprising: two lens elements of meniscus shape, an aperture stop and an image sensor, wherein the first lens element with its convex surface on the object side having bi-aspherical surfaces and the second lens element with its convex surface on the image side having bi-aspherical surfaces, the aperture stop aligning between the first element and the second lens element and the image sensor disposing on the image plane for converting the objective image to electrical signal. Additionally, the reading optical lens module satisfies conditions related to reduction of total length, expansion of field of view angle and increase of resolution for use in the compact bar-code reader machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Che Kuo, San-Woei Shyu
  • Publication number: 20110242540
    Abstract: A rain sensor mounted on a windshield of a vehicle comprises: a housing having an opening, at least an emitter disposed in the housing and used for emitting light beams, a coupler, and an optical detector. The coupler connecting and covering the opening of the housing, comprises: at least a collimator receiving and collimating the light beams into collimated light beams; and at least a groove having a deflection surface to reflect the collimated light beams that passes through the collimator and is incident to the deflection surface at an incident angle ? to the windshield. The optical detector disposed in the housing is used for receiving the collimated light beams reflected by the windshield and generating electrical signals. The present invention characterized in that the incident angle ? satisfies the following condition: 1.27<n*sin ?<1.52, wherein n is refractive index of the coupler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: San-Woei SHYU, Ming-Che KUO, Bo-Yuan SHIH
  • Patent number: 8023203
    Abstract: An miniature three-piece optical imaging lens with short back focal length, along an optical axis from the object side to the image side including: a first lens of positive refractive power that is a meniscus aspherical lens having a convex surface on the object side, an aperture stop, a second lens of negative refractive power that is a meniscus aspherical lens having a convex surface on the image side, a third lens of negative refractive power that is an aspherical lens whose center is on the optical axis, while on the lens center the convex surface is on the object side and the concave surface is on the image side. Moreover, from the center of the third lens element toward the edge, the refractive power changes from negative power, through an inflection point, to positive power. Furthermore, the optical imaging lens further satisfies conditions: 0.25 ? bf TL ? 0.4 wherein bf is back focal length, TL is total distance on the optical axis from the object side of the first lens to the image plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: E-Pin Optical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: San-Woei Shyu, Bo-Yuan Shih, Ming-Che Kuo
  • Patent number: 8009368
    Abstract: An aspherical fiber coupling lens applied to a photoelectric coupling module is disclosed. The spherical fiber coupling lens is a bi-convex lens with positive refraction power and having a first optical surface and a second optical surface, both are aspherical surfaces while optical features of the lens satisfy the following conditions: 0.5 < d 2 f < 1.5 ; 1.0 < R 1 - R 2 R 1 + R 2 < 2.0 ; 1.2 < ( 1 R 1 - 1 R 2 ) · f < 2.2 wherein f is the effective focal length of the lens, d2 is thickness of the lens on optical axis, Nd is refraction index of the lens, R1, R2 respectively are curvature radiuses of the first optical surface and the second optical surface of the lens. Thereby the lens has features of small focus, compact volume and high coupling efficiency so that applications of the photoelectric coupling module are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: E-Pin Optical Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming-Che Kuo
  • Publication number: 20110128635
    Abstract: An aspherical fiber coupling lens applied to a photoelectric coupling module is disclosed. The spherical fiber coupling lens is a bi-convex lens with positive refraction power and having a first optical surface and a second optical surface, both are aspherical surfaces while optical features of the lens satisfy the following conditions: 0.5 < d 2 f < 1.5 ; 1.0 < R 1 - R 2 R 1 + R 2 < 2.0 ; 1.2 < ( 1 R 1 - 1 R 2 ) · f < 2.2 wherein f is the effective focal length of the lens, d2 is thickness of the lens on optical axis, Nd is refraction index of the lens, R1, R2 respectively are curvature radiuses of the first optical surface and the second optical surface of the lens. Thereby the lens has features of small focus, compact volume and high coupling efficiency so that applications of the photoelectric coupling module are improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventor: Ming-Che KUO
  • Publication number: 20100321795
    Abstract: An miniature three-piece optical imaging lens with short back focal length, along an optical axis from the object side to the image side including: a first lens of positive refractive power that is a meniscus aspherical lens having a convex surface on the object side, an aperture stop, a second lens of negative refractive power that is a meniscus aspherical lens having a convex surface on the image side, a third lens of negative refractive power that is an aspherical lens whose center is on the optical axis, while on the lens center the convex surface is on the object side and the concave surface is on the image side. Moreover, from the center of the third lens element toward the edge, the refractive power changes from negative power, through an inflection point, to positive power. Furthermore, the optical imaging lens further satisfies conditions: 0.25 ? bf TL ? 0.4 wherein bf is back focal length, TL is total distance on the optical axis from the object side of the first lens to the image plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: San-Woei Shyu, Bo-Yuan Shih, Ming-Che Kuo
  • Patent number: D1051710
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Wei In Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming-Che Kuo