Patents by Inventor Pi Kuang Tsai
Pi Kuang Tsai 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).
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Publication number: 20190293220Abstract: A light-emitting hose assembly includes: a hose having a water passage extending therethrough. A first connector includes a connector seat, which has an end coupled to an end of the house and an opposite end formed with an internal thread, and a light-emitting device. The connector seat includes water flow channel extending therethrough. The water flow channel is in communication with the water passage of the hose. The light-emitting device is arranged in the water flow channel of the connector seat to receive water to flow therethrough to generate electricity and emit light that transmits out of the connector seat. A second connector is coupled to an opposite end of the hose.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2019Publication date: September 26, 2019Inventor: Pi Kuang Tsai
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Patent number: 10416029Abstract: A water temperature detection valve includes an external housing in which a rear water guide and a front water guide are arranged to respectively receive and retain a blade wheel and an electrical generator, which are movable in unison with each other, to arranged therein. A temperature detection unit includes a circuit board, a temperature sensor electrically connected to the circuit board, and an electrical output cable having an end electrically connected to the circuit board. The circuit board is electrically connected to the electrical generator. The electrical output cable extends outside the external housing. A water temperature display module includes a display device arranged inside a display holder that includes a light-transmitting window corresponding, in position, to the display device. An electrical input cable that is electrically connected to the display device has an end that is connectable, in a detachable manner, to the electrical output cable.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: AGREAT SHOWER & SANITARY (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.Inventor: Pi Kuang Tsai
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Patent number: 10267432Abstract: A display device is arranged in a faucet at a temperature detection zone to detect a temperature of water flowing therethrough and includes a sealing housing formed therein with an upper receiving space and a lower receiving space in communication with each other and having a bottom having a discharge hole extending therethrough; a circuit board arranged in the upper receiving space; a display module electrically connected with the circuit board; a temperature detection unit electrically connected with the circuit board and partly exposed outside the sealing housing; a hydraulic power generation module arranged in the lower receiving space and electrically connected with the circuit board, the display module, and the temperature detection unit; and a bottom cover fit to the bottom of the sealing housing in a manner of not covering the discharge hole and having a lower opening for entry of the mixture warm water.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2018Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: AGREAT SHOWER & SANITARY (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.Inventor: Pi Kuang Tsai
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Publication number: 20180340629Abstract: A display device is arranged in a faucet at a temperature detection zone to detect a temperature of water flowing therethrough and includes a sealing housing formed therein with an upper receiving space and a lower receiving space in communication with each other and having a bottom having a discharge hole extending therethrough; a circuit board arranged in the upper receiving space; a display module electrically connected with the circuit board; a temperature detection unit electrically connected with the circuit board and partly exposed outside the sealing housing; a hydraulic power generation module arranged in the lower receiving space and electrically connected with the circuit board, the display module, and the temperature detection unit; and a bottom cover fit to the bottom of the sealing housing in a manner of not covering the discharge hole and having a lower opening for entry of the mixture warm water.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventor: Pi Kuang Tsai
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Publication number: 20180340843Abstract: A water temperature detection valve includes an external housing in which a rear water guide and a front water guide are arranged to respectively receive and retain a blade wheel and an electrical generator, which are movable in unison with each other, to arranged therein. A temperature detection unit includes a circuit board, a temperature sensor electrically connected to the circuit board, and an electrical output cable having an end electrically connected to the circuit board. The circuit board is electrically connected to the electrical generator. The electrical output cable extends outside the external housing. A water temperature display module includes a display device arranged inside a display holder that includes a light-transmitting window corresponding, in position, to the display device. An electrical input cable that is electrically connected to the display device has an end that is connectable, in a detachable manner, to the electrical output cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2018Publication date: November 29, 2018Inventor: Pi Kuang Tsai
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Publication number: 20180298596Abstract: A shower system includes a receptacle connected to an inlet tube for receiving a fluid, a temperature detector engaged in the receptacle for detecting a temperature of the fluid, a showering device attached to the receptacle, a container is connected to the receptacle for receiving the fluid from the receptacle, and connected to the showering device, a showering head is connected to the container, and a control valve is engaged in the container for controlling the fluid to flow out through either the showering device or the showering head selectively. The temperature detector monitors the temperature of the fluid flowing out through either the showering device or the showering head.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2017Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventor: Pi Kuang TSAI
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Patent number: 9073071Abstract: A horseshoe-shaped shower outlet assembly includes a main outlet body, a positioning valve, an adapter member, a changeover valve, two interlinking valves and a horseshoe-shaped shower head. The main outlet body in which there is a changeover space developed includes an inlet, a first outlet, a second outlet and a third positioning port; the positioning valve has one end securely connected to the third positioning port; the adapter member has one end coupled with the second outlet; the changeover valve is pivoted to and held in both the positioning valve and the third positioning port; the interlinking valves are situated at external ends of the positioning valve and the adapter member wherein one of the interlinking valves is actuated with the changeover valve synchronously; turned between predetermined angles under effect of external force, and taken as an interface by which a user can switch and control water flows.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2013Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: AGREAT SHOWER & SANITARY (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.Inventor: Pi-Kuang Tsai
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Publication number: 20150138754Abstract: A hydrostatic and spotlighting water flow generator comprising an outer cashing, a luminous module and a base depends on water flow introduced into a stepped jet stream trough and drives a vane wheel to spin and transfer kinetic energy to electricity and activate an illuminating part for radiation; moreover, water flow through the underneath structure of the hydrostatic and spotlighting water flow generator and fine meshes on the first filter mesh is compulsively decelerated to permeate into coarse meshes on the base and run out as a straight water column for soft tranquil effect. As such, a light source of the illuminating part projects light rays along a straight water column and induces a reflective light source at the water column's end for soft, tranquil and aesthetic spotlighting effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2014Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventor: PI-KUANG TSAI
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Patent number: 8911100Abstract: The present invention of a self-generating lighting shower head comprises a top hood, an upper holder, an inlet header, a revolving part, a lower holder, an electric module, a shade unit, and a shower head disc unit: the upper holder is held in the top hood; the inlet header is installed in the water bearing space; the revolving part with a number of rotary vanes is placed in the inlet header and rotates under rush of water flows via water inlets; the lower holder has a watertight cavity at bottom to accommodate the electric module; the electric module comprises a spindle pivoted to and driven by the revolving part for generation of electric energy transformed from dynamic energy and luminescence excited by a number of luminous components on a printed circuit board. As such, the present invention is capable of generating electricity supplied to luminous components for illumination during a shower.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: Agreat Shower & Sanitary (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Pi-Kuang Tsai
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Publication number: 20140209708Abstract: A horseshoe-shaped shower outlet assembly includes a main outlet body, a positioning valve, an adapter member, a changeover valve, two interlinking valves and a horseshoe-shaped shower head. The main outlet body in which there is a changeover space developed includes an inlet, a first outlet, a second outlet and a third positioning port; the positioning valve has one end securely connected to the third positioning port; the adapter member has one end coupled with the second outlet; the changeover valve is pivoted to and held in both the positioning valve and the third positioning port; the interlinking valves are situated at external ends of the positioning valve and the adapter member wherein one of the interlinking valves is actuated with the changeover valve synchronously; turned between predetermined angles under effect of external force, and taken as an interface by which a user can switch and control water flows.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: AGREAT SHOWER & SANITARY (XIAMEN) CO.,LTD.Inventor: PI-KUANG TSAI
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Patent number: 8686586Abstract: A lighting micro hydraulic power generator includes a leaving water shell, a coil module, a lighting module, a fan, and an entering water cover. The leaving water shell has a container, a plurality of leaving water holes, and a screw thread. The coil module is set within the container of the leaving water shell, which is able to receiving external force for power generation and outputting power. The lighting module is set on the bottom of the leaving water shell, wherein the lighting module is electrically connected to the coil module, and is powered by the coil module to emit light. The fan is connected to the coil module, when the fan is driven by the external force to rotate, it is able to drive the coil module to generate and output power.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Agreat Shower & Sanitary (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Pi-Kuang Tsai
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Publication number: 20130269793Abstract: A holder device for attaching to a supporting surface includes two attachment devices each having a housing, two suction members each having an outer peripheral portion engaged with the housing, and a shank attached to the suction member for moving the central portion of the suction member toward and away from a supporting surface, two carriers each has a cam member connected to the shank with a pivot shaft for selectively moving the shank and securing the housing to the supporting surface when the carrier is rotated relative to the housing to a working position where the carrier is in line with the shank, the shank and the suction member are released when the carrier is rotated relative to the housing to a folding position where the carrier is tilted relative to the shank.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2012Publication date: October 17, 2013Inventor: Pi Kuang TSAI
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Patent number: 8191185Abstract: A holder device may be attached to a water outlet tube which is extended from a wall, without drilling holes in the wall, and includes a housing having an inlet attached to the water outlet tube, and two or more outlet ports for coupling to a shower head and a sprayer nozzle, a base having a spring-biased latch for clamping the pipe to the base, a seat slidably attached onto the pipe for adjustably and removeably supporting the sprayer nozzle. The housing includes a casing having a chamber for receiving a valve stem, and a spring-biased valve member received in the valve stem to control the water to flow out through the outlet ports of the housing, and a knob secured to the valve stem to rotate the valve stem relative to the casing and the housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2008Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Inventor: Pi Kuang Tsai
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Publication number: 20110259454Abstract: A holder device is attached to a water outlet tube without drilling holes in the wall and includes a housing having a casing communicative with an inlet of the housing and having two outlet ports, a valve stem engaged in the casing and having a valve member to control the water to flow out through the outlet ports of the housing, a motor disposed in the inlet of the housing and having a fan blade for being rotated by the water to generate an electricity, a control device coupled to the motor and having a light member for generating an indicating or warning signal when the water is over-heated, and a temperature sensor disposed in the housing for sensing the water temperature and for supplying the detected water temperature to the control device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2010Publication date: October 27, 2011Inventor: Pi Kuang Tsai
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Patent number: 7657948Abstract: A shower device includes a hollow frame having a coupler for engaging with a wall-mounted shower supply pipe and having two tubes attached to two end portions, a housing having a chamber formed by an outer peripheral wall and having two openings for rotatably receiving the tubes, a cover engaged with the housing and having two protrusions engaged with the openings of the housing and for anchoring the cover to the housing, a casing disposed in the housing and having two ports, and two distributors each having a pipe rotatably engaged into the tube and a mouth engaged with the port of the casing for supplying the water from the tubes into the chamber of the casing and then flowing out through the cover.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2007Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Inventor: Pi Kuang Tsai
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Publication number: 20090323761Abstract: A water temperature indicating device includes a tube having a port which includes a compartment formed by a bottom wall, a housing attached to the coupler, a circuit board disposed in the housing and has a light element, a processor device is attached to the circuit board for actuating the light element, a sensing device attached to the bottom wall of the coupler for detecting a water temperature and for sending the detected water temperature to the processor device and to operate the light element, and a water operated switching device is used for actuating the processor device to operate the light element with the water flowing through the chamber of the tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2008Publication date: December 31, 2009Inventor: Pi Kuang Tsai
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Publication number: 20090265848Abstract: A holder device may be attached to a water outlet tube which is extended from a wall, without drilling holes in the wall, and includes a housing having an inlet attached to the water outlet tube, and two or more outlet ports for coupling to a shower head and a sprayer nozzle, a base having a spring-biased latch for clamping the pipe to the base, a seat slidably attached onto the pipe for adjustably and removeably supporting the sprayer nozzle. The housing includes a casing having a chamber for receiving a valve stem, and a spring-biased valve member received in the valve stem to control the water to flow out through the outlet ports of the housing, and a knob secured to the valve stem to rotate the valve stem relative to the casing and the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2008Publication date: October 29, 2009Inventor: Pi Kuang Tsai
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Publication number: 20090266913Abstract: A holder device may be attached to a water outlet tube which is extended from a wall, without drilling holes in the wall, and includes a housing having an inlet attached to the water outlet tube, and two or more outlet ports for coupling to a shower head and a sprayer nozzle. a base having a spring-biased latch for clamping the pipe to the base, a seat slidably attached onto the pipe for adjustably and removeably supporting the sprayer nozzle. The housing includes a casing having a chamber for receiving a valve stem, and a spring-biased valve member received in the valve stem to control the water to flow out through the outlet ports of the housing, and a knob secured to the valve stem to rotate the valve stem relative to the casing and the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2008Publication date: October 29, 2009Inventor: Pi Kuang Tsai
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Publication number: 20080295242Abstract: A shower device includes a hollow frame having a coupler for engaging with a wall-mounted shower supply pipe and having two tubes attached to two end portions, a housing having a chamber formed by an outer peripheral wall and having two openings for rotatably receiving the tubes, a cover engaged with the housing and having two protrusions engaged with the openings of the housing and for anchoring the cover to the housing, a casing disposed in the housing and having two ports, and two distributors each having a pipe rotatably engaged into the tube and a mouth engaged with the port of the casing for supplying the water from the tubes into the chamber of the casing and then flowing out through the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2007Publication date: December 4, 2008Inventor: Pi Kuang Tsai
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Patent number: D698896Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2013Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Agreat Shower & Sanitary (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Pi-Kuang Tsai