Patents by Inventor Richard Wu

Richard Wu 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: 7261685
    Abstract: An on-genital erection device for inducing and maintaining the human sexuality are proposed. The on-genital erection device includes an essentially cylindrical elastomeric sleeve surrounding the pre-erection penis. The elastomeric sleeve includes self-sealing air-ports for engaging with an air pump thus forming an expandable and suctioning air tight enclosure of the penis causing its erection. The elastomeric wall can be made of a laminate of at least two layers Li, i=1, 2, . . , M. Each Li includes a surface relief pattern forming a surface relief pattern set that in turn defines a plurality of air paths PTj wherein at least one air path PTk is communicatively connected with the penis surface. Thus, after the plurality of air paths PTj get engaged through their respective air-ports with an external multi-port air pumping device, the desired expandable and suctioning enclosure is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Inventor: Chang Jy Richard Wu
  • Publication number: 20060234055
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method that involves (a) removing graphite from at least one surface of a metal graphite composite material; (b) chemically cleaning or plasma etching the surface of the metal graphite composite material; (c) applying a metal-containing material to the surface of the chemically cleaned or plasma etched metal graphite composite material, and thereby forming an intermediate layer; (d) applying a metal coating on the intermediate layer, and thereby forming a composite material. The invention also relates to a composite material comprising (a) a metal graphite composite substrate having at least one surface that is substantially free of graphite; (b) a metal-containing intermediate layer located on a surface of the substrate; and (c) a metal coating on the intermediate layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2004
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Richard Wu, James Cornie, Stephen Cornie, Hank Breit, Larry Ballard, Richard Malen, Prabhat Kumar, John Shields, Robert Desberg
  • Patent number: 7091846
    Abstract: A system, method, apparatus, means, and computer program code that may help reduce and possibly minimizes the burden on a network, components of the network, etc. when one or more alarms are created involving the network or one or more of its components. A state driven architecture guiding communication between a first device or application, such as a network management system (NMS), and a second device or application, such as a serving mobile location center (SMLC), may be used to handle communications or information regarding one or more alarms that may be generated by the second device or application as a result of problems involving the network or one or more of its components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Deh-Min Richard Wu
  • Publication number: 20060165572
    Abstract: The invention relates to high purity MoO2 powder by reduction of ammonium molybdate or molybdenum trioxide using hydrogen as the reducing agent in a rotary or boat furnace. Consolidation of the powder by press/sintering, hot pressing, and/or HIP is used to make discs, slabs, or plates, which are used as sputtering targets. The MoO2 disc, slab, or plate form is sputtered on a substrate using a suitable sputtering method or other physical means to provide a thin film having a desired film thickness. The thin films have properties such as electrical, optical, surface roughness, and uniformity comparable or superior to those of indium-tin oxide (ITO) and zinc-doped ITO in terms of transparency, conductivity, work function, uniformity, and surface roughness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2006
    Publication date: July 27, 2006
    Inventors: Lawrence McHugh, Prabhat Kumar, David Meendering, Richard Wu, Gerhard Wotting, Richard Nicholson
  • Publication number: 20050227839
    Abstract: A compact stance guide is disclosed to help the user achieve and hold a number of stances so that the holding of each stance provides a corresponding health benefit. The compact stance guide includes a foot engaging device, a body engaging device and a framing structure connected to the foot engaging device and the body engaging device. At least part of the foot engaging device, the body engaging device or the framing structure are objects in pre-existence and made for another purpose hence the thus formed stance guide becomes lower in cost and perceptually more compact in size. In a specific embodiment, the compact stance guide includes a separate feet board, two elbow-engaging members and an extensible balancing bar. The extensible balancing bar has two ends for engaging two opposing vertical surfaces of a preexisting object for support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2004
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Chang JY Richard Wu, Howard Wu
  • Publication number: 20050197418
    Abstract: A polymer composition which is crosslinked and insoluble in radiation curable monomers, prepolymers, oligomers, and mixtures thereof, is suitable for formulation into radiation curable compositions, for example, as binders for formulation in radiation curable ink jet ink compositions. Such crosslinked, insoluble polymer compositions impart improved application and curing characteristics to ink jet ink compositions without loss of acceptable jettability characteristics. The polymer composition may be blended with radiation curable monomers, prepolymers, oligomers, or mixtures thereof, to form a radiation curable binder blend for formulation into a radiation curable ink jet ink composition. A radiation curable ink jet ink composition including at least one crosslinked, insoluble polymer binder composition, a liquid medium and a colorant is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Louis Graziano, Richard Wu
  • Publication number: 20050197419
    Abstract: A polymer composition which is crosslinked and insoluble in radiation curable monomers, prepolymers, oligomers, and mixtures thereof, is suitable for formulation into radiation curable compositions, for example, as binders for formulation in radiation curable ink jet ink compositions. Such crosslinked, insoluble polymer compositions impart improved application and curing characteristics to ink jet ink compositions without loss of acceptable jettability characteristics. The polymer composition may be blended with radiation curable monomers, prepolymers, oligomers, or mixtures thereof, to form a radiation curable binder blend for formulation into a radiation curable ink jet ink composition. A radiation curable ink jet ink composition including at least one crosslinked, insoluble polymer binder composition, a liquid medium and a colorant is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Inventors: Louis Graziano, Richard Wu, George Lein
  • Publication number: 20030174162
    Abstract: A system, method, apparatus, means, and computer program code that may help reduce and possibly minimizes the burden on a network, components of the network, etc. when one or more alarms are created involving the network or one or more of its components. A state driven architecture guiding communication between a first device or application, such as a network management system (NMS), and a second device or application, such as a serving mobile location center (SMLC), may be used to handle communications or information regarding one or more alarms that may be generated by the second device or application as a result of problems involving the network or one or more of its components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventor: Deh-Min Richard Wu
  • Patent number: 6543275
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for testing permeability of a clean room garment material are described. The apparatus is constructed by a flow regulator, a flow meter, a sample holder and a quantitative tube that is equipped with a fluid reservoir for generating a bubble through the tube. The components of the apparatus can be readily obtained and the apparatus can be constructed at low cost. The method for testing air permeability can be conducted easily by utilizing the present invention novel apparatus in a factory environment without elaborate and expensive equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Richard Wu, Shih-Jen Chang
  • Publication number: 20030000287
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for testing permeability of a clean room garment material are described. The apparatus is constructed by a flow regulator, a flow meter, a sample holder and a quantitative tube that is equipped with a fluid reservoir for generating a bubble through the tube. The components of the apparatus can be readily obtained and the apparatus can be constructed at low cost. The method for testing air permeability can be conducted easily by utilizing the present invention novel apparatus in a factory environment without elaborate and expensive equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Richard Wu, Shih-Jen Chang
  • Patent number: 6479197
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a two-color filter. The method includes forming a first metallic layer over a substrate and then forming a second metallic layer over the first metallic layer. A patterned photoresist layer is formed over the second metallic layer. A portion of the first metallic layer and the second metallic layer in region not covered by the photoresist layer are removed by etching to form a third metallic layer and a fourth metallic layer over the substrate respectively. An optical film is formed over the photoresist layer and the substrate such that the optical film is able to cover only a portion of the sidewalls of the fourth metallic layer or a portion of the third metallic layer. The extent of coverage by the optical film on the sidewalls can be controlled through careful adjustment of the thickness of the first and the second metallic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Richard Wu, Jau-Jiu Ju
  • Publication number: 20020093883
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a structure of pick-up head and its method for accessing signals, which operates in coordination with a disk made by ferroelectric material. An electric field is generated around the ends of two conductive wires by exerting a voltage on the wires. When the ends of the two wires are being close to the disk, the electric field polarizes the data-storing surface, which is formed by the ferroelectric material, so as to reach the function of writing. And as reading is needed, the two wires are also utilized of being induced by the electric lines of polarized area on the ferroelectric material to solve the data signals stored on the disk. Because the structure of pick-up head is simple and it is able to generate a smaller effective electric field, it is advantaged for the trend of miniaturization of pick-up head and capable of increasing the density of data on the disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Hung-Lu Chang, Jau-Jiu Ju, Der-Ray Huang, Yuh-Fwu Chou, Richard Wu
  • Patent number: 6315282
    Abstract: An apparatus capable of performing pick operations on multiple sizes in a printing device is disclosed. This apparatus separates a media sheet from a stack and drives it along a media path. The apparatus also corrects any pick skew of the media sheet caused during the pick operation before the media sheet is transferred to the drive roller. By ensuring that the traversing media sheet has a leveled leading edge, the pick skew of the media sheet is substantially eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Ching Yong Chua, Ah Chong Johnny Tee, Seng Lim Richard Wu, Pui Wen Huang
  • Publication number: 20010002077
    Abstract: An apparatus capable of performing pick operations on multiple sizes in a printing device is disclosed. This apparatus separates a media sheet from a stack and drives it along a media path. The apparatus also corrects any pick skew of the media sheet caused during the pick operation before the media sheet is transferred to the drive roller. By ensuring that the traversing media sheet has a leveled leading edge, the pick skew of the media sheet is substantially eliminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 1998
    Publication date: May 31, 2001
    Inventors: CHING YONG CHUA, AH CHONG JOHNNY TEE, SENG LIM RICHARD WU, PUI WEN HUANG
  • Patent number: 6139011
    Abstract: A printer having a facility for manually directing a printing medium along a printing medium path. The printer includes an external housing, a drive roller arranged about an axis of rotation for feeding a printing medium through a processing zone of the printer, a control member arranged about an axis of rotation, and movable between a first axial position in which the control member protrudes from said external housing so as to be manually actuable, and a second axial position in which the control member is retracted relative to the first axial position, and a coupling mechanism selectively coupling the control member and the feed roller to translate rotational movement of the control member into rotational movement of the feed roller, said coupling mechanism being engaged when the control member is in the first axial position and disengaged when the control member is in the second axial position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: Pui Wen Huang, Kok Sam Yip, Ching Yong Chua, Seng Lim Richard Wu
  • Patent number: 5499008
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for providing artificial sounds in the vicinity of a toilet. It includes a housing attachable in the vicinity of a toilet and an electronic sound system which is contained within the housing and is activatable by a user of the toilet so as to block out the noise of eliminating. The sound system includes a speech processing microprocessor for providing an electronic signal representing a desired sound. A memory storage device is connected to the speech processing microprocessor for electronically storing a digital representation of the desired sound to be processed by the speech processing microprocessor. A counter is connected to the memory storage device. The counter has a clock for generating an address for the speech processing microprocessor. A variable resister is attached to the speech processing microprocessor for controlling a rate of the clock, and thereby controlling the quality of the desired sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Assignee: Evelyn Rosenkrantz
    Inventors: Evelyn Rosenkrantz, Richard Wu
  • Patent number: D319829
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: Kingtel Telecommunications Corp.
    Inventor: Richard Wu
  • Patent number: D322785
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Assignee: Kingtel Telecommunication Corp.
    Inventor: Richard Wu
  • Patent number: D322786
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Assignee: Kingtel Telecommunication Corp.
    Inventor: Richard Wu
  • Patent number: D328071
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Assignee: Kingtel Telecommunication Corp.
    Inventor: Richard Wu