Patents by Inventor Piao-Chin Li

Piao-Chin Li 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: 8069632
    Abstract: An integrally assembled changeable framework connector used for a spatial structure includes a framework, a predetermined quantity of protruded connecting bases and a specific quantity of positioning element. The framework is a predetermined shaped axial rod, which acts as a main body of the whole connector. The protruded connecting base has a specific quantity of protruding bodies extended in different positions and directions and disposed on a predetermined shaped base body and along the peripheral surface of the framework, and fixed onto the framework by a positioning element to form a connector used for connecting various different spatial structures in any direction and position. An axial pipe and a lateral connecting element are used for connecting the connectors to form the spatial structure. The shapes of the framework, the protruded connecting base and the positioning element can be changed to fit the shape and the connection of the spatial structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Inventor: Piao-Chin Li
  • Patent number: 7857552
    Abstract: A tenon joint type space lattice structure having a plurality of lattice units and combining pillar is provided. The lattice unit includes a convex tenon and a concave tenon groove disposed at ends of the lattice to form a tenon-and-groove structure. The tenon of one lattice unit may be embedded within an adjacent tenon groove for connecting the lattice units in series to form a continuously extended layer of lattice units. The continuous structure of lattice units forms a plane layer of a space lattice structure. The combining pillar may be passed perpendicularly through a hollow portion of a lattice unit for connecting plane layers of lattice units stacked one over the other to form a three-dimensional space lattice structure. A heavy filling material may fill the hollow portion of the structure to form a gravity structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Inventor: Piao-Chin Li
  • Publication number: 20090313938
    Abstract: An integrally assembled changeable framework connector used for a spatial structure includes a framework, a predetermined quantity of protruded connecting bases and a specific quantity of positioning element. The framework is a predetermined shaped axial rod, which acts as a main body of the whole connector. The protruded connecting base has a specific quantity of protruding bodies extended in different positions and directions and disposed on a predetermined shaped base body and along the peripheral surface of the framework, and fixed onto the framework by a positioning element to form a connector used for connecting various different spatial structures in any direction and position. An axial pipe and a lateral connecting element are used for connecting the connectors to form the spatial structure. The shapes of the framework, the protruded connecting base and the positioning element can be changed to fit the shape and the connection of the spatial structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventor: Piao-Chin Li
  • Patent number: 7555862
    Abstract: A method for conserving soil and water comprises a botanical net body and a soft framework system for supporting the net body, and the net body is mainly made of straws, fabrics, and meshed materials similar to a net woven with flat and curve surfaces, combined with a frame, or directly coupled to the interior of the framework for filling soil into its hollow portion. The framework includes anchoring elements, multidirectional connecting rings and connecting elements between the rings, and the net body is connected to the framework by connecting the net body with a preassembled soft framework and anchoring the two together for filling soils and growing plants or solely anchoring the framework with the net body. After the net body is filled with soils and grown with plants, the net body is moved to the place of the framework and connected to the framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Inventor: Piao-Chin Li
  • Publication number: 20090145072
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a tenon joint type space lattice structure consisted of a predetermined quantity of lattice units and combining pillar. The lattice unit includes a convex tenon and a concave tenon groove disposed at an end of the lattice and connected with each other through two or more pre-molded components to form a tenon-and-groove structure, such that the protruded tenon between the components can be embedded into a tenon joint assembly in an adjacent tenon groove for connecting the components in series to form a continuously extended lattice unit. The continuous structure of lattice units forms a plane layer of a space lattice structure. The combining pillar is passed perpendicularly through the hollow portion of the component for connecting the plane layers of the lattice units along the direction of the height of the structure to form a three-dimensional space lattice structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventor: Piao-Chin Li
  • Patent number: 7448827
    Abstract: A trussed embankment dam and wall structure includes a cantilever structure group and a rod member group, and each cantilever structure of the cantilever structure group includes an anchor supporting pillar and a multidirectional connecting board. The lower portion of the anchor supporting pillar is built at a stratum or foundation to support the cantilever structure, and the upper portion of the anchor supporting pillar installs a multidirectional connecting board to a trussed joint structure. After a force is exerted to a rod member of the invention, the force is acted onto the joints of the cantilever structure and transmitted by other rod members. Therefore, each cantilever structure maximizes the supporting effect and provides a dispersive supporting type structure. Unlike the centralized supporting type truss structure, the invention uses the hollow portion of the structure and the malleability of components to create landscapes, fill soil and plant vegetation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Inventor: Piao-Chin Li
  • Publication number: 20060257209
    Abstract: A trussed embankment dam and wall structure includes a cantilever structure group and a rod member group, and each cantilever structure of the cantilever structure group includes an anchor supporting pillar and a multidirectional connecting board. The lower portion of the anchor supporting pillar is built at a stratum or foundation to support the cantilever structure, and the upper portion of the anchor supporting pillar installs a multidirectional connecting board to a trussed joint structure. After a force is exerted to a rod member of the invention, the force is acted onto the joints of the cantilever structure and transmitted by other rod members. Therefore, each cantilever structure maximizes the supporting effect and provides a dispersive supporting type structure. Unlike the centralized supporting type truss structure, the invention uses the hollow portion of the structure and the malleability of components to create landscapes, fill soil and plant vegetation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventor: Piao-Chin Li
  • Publication number: 20060233611
    Abstract: A method for conserving soil and water comprises a botanical net body and a soft framework system for supporting the net body, and the net body is mainly made of straws, fabrics, and meshed materials similar to a net woven with flat and curve surfaces, combined with a frame, or directly coupled to the interior of the framework for filling soil into its hollow portion. The framework includes anchoring elements, multidirectional connecting rings and connecting elements between the rings, and the net body is connected to the framework by connecting the net body with a preassembled soft framework and anchoring the two together for filling soils and growing plants or solely anchoring the framework with the net body. After the net body is filled with soils and grown with plants, the net body is moved to the place of the framework and connected to the framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2006
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventor: Piao-Chin Li