Patents by Inventor Shean-Juinn Chiou

Shean-Juinn Chiou 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: 7083019
    Abstract: An electrical wheelchair includes a vertical rotating shaft connected fixedly to a seat member and journalled on a frame of a chair body, and a worm unit for transferring rotation of a motor shaft to the rotating shaft. A wheel-controlling switch is disposed on the seat member, and is operable to rotate a driving wheel unit. A rotation-controlling switch is also disposed on the seat member, and is operable to rotate the rotating shaft and the seat member by any desired angle smaller than and equal to 360°. When the seat member rotates from a frontward position by 180°, the rotational direction of the driving wheel unit is reversed under automatic control. As such, forward and rearward movement of the wheelchair can be conducted with ease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignees: National Chung-Hsing University, Chung Shan Medical University
    Inventors: Shean-Juinn Chiou, Jau-Liang Chen, Jong-Fang Ho
  • Publication number: 20050279539
    Abstract: An electrical wheelchair includes a vertical rotating shaft connected fixedly to a seat member and journalled on a frame of a chair body, and a worm unit for transferring rotation of a motor shaft to the rotating shaft. A wheel-controlling switch is disposed on the seat member, and is operable to rotate a driving wheel unit. A rotation-controlling switch is also disposed on the seat member, and is operable to rotate the rotating shaft and the seat member by any desired angle smaller than and equal to 360°. When the seat member rotates from a frontward position by 180°, the rotational direction of the driving wheel unit is reversed under automatic control. As such, forward and rearward movement of the wheelchair can be conducted with ease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Shean-Juinn Chiou, Jau-Liang Chen, Jong-Fang Ho
  • Publication number: 20050051369
    Abstract: An electrical wheelchair includes a driving motor with a horizontal motor shaft, and a seat-moving unit that includes a vertical threaded rod journalled on a frame, and a driven tube having an upper end that is connected fixedly to a seat member. A speed reduction unit transfers rotation of the motor shaft to the threaded rod. The threaded rod engages threadably a lower end of the driven tube such that rotation of the threaded rod can be converted into vertical movement of the driven tube and the seat member. As such, the driving motor can be actuated to adjust the height of the seat member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Publication date: March 10, 2005
    Inventors: Shean-Juinn Chiou, Jau-Liang Chen, Jong-Fang Ho