Patents by Inventor Richard Chang

Richard Chang 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: 20130269964
    Abstract: A main shaft structure of a tool machine includes a base, a worktable, a motor fixing seat, a cutter seat, and a cutter wheel unit. The worktable is mounted on the base. The motor fixing seat is connected to one side of the base, and another side is connected with the cutter seat. Two ends of the cutter seat respectively have bearing recesses and first positioning portions close to the bearing recesses. The cutter wheel unit is coupled to the cutter seat. Two ends of the cutter wheel unit are provided with bearing seats which are placed into the bearing recesses. The bearing seats have second positioning portions to connect with the first positioning portions, so that the cutter wheel unit can be detached from the cutter seat quickly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2012
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Inventor: Richard CHANG
  • Patent number: 8287335
    Abstract: An abrasive apparatus of a sander is provided. The abrasive apparatus is disposed above a worktable of the sander and includes a base and a lift unit. At least one abrasive wheel is provided in the base. The base has a top formed with at least one slot. The lift unit is disposed on the abrasive wheel to bring the abrasive wheel to move up so that an abrasive surface of the abrasive wheel passes through the slot of the base and protrudes from the base for the top of the base to sand the side of a workpiece. The cutting width of the sander can be extended to enhance the use of the sander, so the manufacturing process can be shortened to increase the production efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Kingsand Machinery Ltd.
    Inventor: Richard Chang
  • Publication number: 20110307432
    Abstract: Improved search result relevance is provided for name segment searches performed by a general web search engine. Entity-related information is mined from web documents and search engine query logs, and metadata is indexed in a search system index. The metadata may include information identifying entity homepages, entity web pages at high quality top sites, other entity-related web pages, entity equivalent data, and/or entity misspellings data. The indexed metadata is employed to provide improved search results relevance for search queries that include an entity's name by improving the ranking of search results corresponding with entity-relevant web pages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: QI YAO, VINCENT LI, JUNBIAO TANG, RICHARD CHANG
  • Publication number: 20110256816
    Abstract: An abrasive apparatus of a sander is provided. The abrasive apparatus is disposed above a worktable of the sander and includes a base and a lift unit. At least one abrasive wheel is provided in the base. The base has a top formed with at least one slot. The lift unit is disposed on the abrasive wheel to bring the abrasive wheel to move up so that an abrasive surface of the abrasive wheel passes through the slot of the base and protrudes from the base for the top of the base to sand the side of a workpiece. The cutting width of the sander can be extended to enhance the use of the sander, so the manufacturing process can be shortened to increase the production efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventor: Richard CHANG
  • Publication number: 20110253260
    Abstract: A fine adjustment device is provided on a cutting wheel of a wood cutting machine. The fine adjustment device includes two lift units and a driving rod. The two lift units are disposed at two ends of the cutting wheel. The driving rod is axially disposed at one side of the cutting wheel and connected to the two lift units for driving the lift units to simultaneously move the two ends of the cutting wheel up or down, decreasing the height error of the two ends of the cutting wheel and enhancing the processing accuracy and grind quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventor: Richard Chang
  • Patent number: 7939783
    Abstract: A hand-held electric sealer with a detachable sealing module includes a casing, a sealing module, and a press bar. The casing includes, among others, a front contact holder which is provided with an engagement hole. The sealing module includes, among others, a lower cover from underside of which extended an engagement piece. The engagement piece of the sealing module can be engaged with the engagement hole of the casing, such that the sealing module can be conveniently attached to, or detached from, the casing, and that replacement of a damaged sealing module can be readily achieved. In addition, for the sealing module dual heating wires may also be employed so as to obtain a desirable sealing effect to plastic bags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Inventor: Richard Chang
  • Patent number: 7810540
    Abstract: A hand-held electric sealer with dual heads includes a seat, a sealing module, a press cover, a supporting casing, and a battery cover. The seat has a central engaging rod and a first replacement element. The sealing module can be attached to, or detached from, the seat. The press cover includes a central engaging piece, a heat insulation block, and a second replacement element. Through engagement of the central engaging piece with the central engaging rod, the press cover can be selectively swung to press the heat insulation block against the sealing module, or to press the second replacement element against the first replacement element. The first replacement element and the second replacement element can be substituted with an appropriate module element upon demand on various functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Inventor: Richard Chang
  • Patent number: 7700897
    Abstract: A hand-held electric sealer having a detachable sealing module, comprises a casing having a module chamber located at the front end of the casing and a battery chamber beside the module chamber, a sealing module unitarily attached to or detached from the module chamber, and a press bar pivotally fixed at the rear end of the casing. Also disclosed is a detachable sealing module for use with the hand-held electric sealer, comprising a module cover plate and a module seat plate which form an accommodating space for receiving a heating mechanism, where the top portion of the heating mechanism protrudes from the module cover plate upon being biased by a spring secured in the module seat plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Welcome Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ammy Chou, Richard Chang
  • Patent number: 7529105
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is provided for a power converter system. The method includes: automatically configuring the power converter system to operate with burst mode functionality if a control module of the power converter system is coupled in a first arrangement; and automatically configuring the power converter system to operate without burst mode functionality if the control module of the power converter system is coupled in a second arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Ho Choi, Richard Chang-Wei Chung, Kevin Parmenter
  • Publication number: 20090026190
    Abstract: A hand-held electric sealer with a detachable sealing module includes a casing, a sealing module, and a press bar. The casing includes, among others, a front contact holder which is provided with an engagement hole. The sealing module includes, among others, a lower cover from underside of which extended an engagement piece. The engagement piece of the sealing module can be engaged with the engagement hole of the casing, such that the sealing module can be conveniently attached to, or detached from, the casing, and that replacement of a damaged sealing module can be readily achieved. In addition, for the sealing module dual heating wires may also be employed so as to obtain a desirable sealing effect to plastic bags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventor: Richard Chang
  • Publication number: 20090020230
    Abstract: A hand-held electric sealer with dual heads includes a seat, a sealing module, a press cover, a supporting casing, and a battery cover. The seat has a central engaging rod and a first replacement element. The sealing module can be attached to, or detached from, the seat. The press cover includes a central engaging piece, a heat insulation block, and a second replacement element. Through engagement of the central engaging piece with the central engaging rod, the press cover can be selectively swung to press the heat insulation block against the sealing module, or to press the second replacement element against the first replacement element. The first replacement element and the second replacement element can be substituted with an appropriate module element upon demand on various functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: Richard CHANG
    Inventor: Richard Chang
  • Publication number: 20080314888
    Abstract: An improved sealing mechanism includes a heat insulation base, a heating portion, and a compression spring, where the heat insulation base has a left side part, a middle part, and a right side part. The heating portion includes at least two heating wires equidistantly spaced from each other a certain distance, a left locating plate and a right locating plate, where the heating wires are, at both ends, electrically connected with the left locating plate and the right locating plate, respectively. The left locating plate and the right locating plate of the heating portion are engaged with the left side part and the right side part of the heat insulation base, respectively, such that the heating wires are positioned at the middle part of the heat insulation base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventor: Richard Chang
  • Publication number: 20080202346
    Abstract: A tea maker, having a receptacle supported by a base, the receptacle being suitable for receiving water from a user and suitable for containing tea leaves, an actuatable valve having open and closed positions flowably connected to said receptacle; and a timer mechanism which sets the acuatable valve into the open position after a predetermined period set by the user, thereby allowing brewed tea to flow from the receptacle into a tea vessel. The invention further comprises a tea maker which has an agitation assembly which enhances the flavor and health benefits of the tea.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Mario Bernardo Accumanno, Michael William Crowley, Richard Chang, Juan Fernandez
  • Publication number: 20080199580
    Abstract: A tea maker, having a receptacle supported by a base, the receptacle being suitable for receiving water from a user and suitable for containing tea leaves, an actuatable valve having open and closed positions flowably connected to said receptacle; and a timer mechanism which sets the acuatable valve into the open position after a predetermined period set by the user, thereby allowing brewed tea to flow from the receptacle into a tea vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2007
    Publication date: August 21, 2008
    Inventors: Mario Bernardo Accumanno, Michael William Crowley, Richard Chang, Juan Fernandez
  • Publication number: 20080082968
    Abstract: A system and method for analyzing a computer program includes performing a static analysis on a program to determine property correctness. Test cases are generated and conducted to provide test output data. Hypotheses about aspects of execution of the program are produced to classify paths for test cases to determine whether the test cases have been encountered or otherwise. In accordance with the hypothesis, new test cases are generated to cause the program to exercise behavior which is outside of the encountered test cases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Chang, Sriram Sankaranarayanan, Guofei Jiang, Franjo Ivancic
  • Publication number: 20080060496
    Abstract: A transmission device for a band saw includes mainly a transmission, which, connected axially with a motor, consists of a driving gear set, a driven gear set, an output gear set and a gear rod. The gear rod is connected with a gearing jaw engaged with the output gear set inside the transmission and having a pushing device able to push the output gear set forward or backward to engage with the driven gear set to rotate in different speeds. And, combined with a driving mechanism, various speeds can therefore be selected for the sawing band to work, depending on the properties of the material to be sawed, upgrading sawing quality and efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventor: Richard Chang
  • Patent number: 7315010
    Abstract: An electric heat sealer for sealing workpieces such as plastic bags or the like includes a casing defining a battery chamber, a press bar pivotally connected to the casing, a sealing mechanism supported on a compression spring in a spring holder inside the casing, and a safety device. The sealing mechanism is electrically connected to produce heat for sealing the workpiece being put thereon when the press bar pressed against the sealing mechanism. The safety device breaks the electrical circuit when the apparatus is not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: WELCOME Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu Hui Chou, Richard Chang
  • Patent number: 7312421
    Abstract: A detachable heat sealing apparatus includes a size-adjustable unitary externally-attached electric heating device and a power supplier, wherein the electric heating device is coupled to the external front side of a power supplier holding casing by means of a detachable coupling arrangement such that the electric heating device or the power supplier can be replaced when damaged or, a different model of electric heating device can be fastened to the casing to substitute the original electric heating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Inventors: Ammy Chou, Richard Chang
  • Patent number: 7291810
    Abstract: A hand-held electric sealer used for sealing a plastic bag or the like, including a casing, a sealing mechanism, a press bar, and a safety device. The sealing mechanism has a heating wire, which produces heat for sealing the plastic bag or the like when turned on. The safety device controls the heating of the sealing mechanism, and stops the sealing mechanism from being triggered accidentally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Welcome Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard Chang, Ammy Chou
  • Patent number: D579034
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Inventor: Richard Chang