Patents by Inventor Teng-Chou HSIAO

Teng-Chou HSIAO 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).

  • Coin/bill acceptor
    Patent number: 8556061
    Abstract: A coin/bill acceptor includes a face panel defining a bill insertion slot, a coin insertion slot and a coin return slot, a first housing fastened to the back side of the face panel and defining a bill passageway in communication with the bill insertion slot and accommodating therein a transmission unit for transferring the inserted bill from the bill insertion slot into the bill passageway and a bill validator module for sensing the authenticity and value of the inserted bill, a second housing hinged to the first housing at one lateral side, a spacer board being attached to the inner lateral side of the second housing and defining a coin passageway in communication with the coin insertion slot and a coin return passageway in communication with the coin return slot, a coin validator module being arranged in the for sensing the authenticity and value of the inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: International Currency Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Chia-Hung Hu, Chih-Sheng Cheng, Teng-Chou Hsiao
  • COIN/BILL ACCEPTOR
    Publication number: 20130032447
    Abstract: A coin/bill acceptor includes a face panel defining a bill insertion slot, a coin insertion slot and a coin return slot, a first housing fastened to the back side of the face panel and defining a bill passageway in communication with the bill insertion slot and accommodating therein a transmission unit for transferring the inserted bill from the bill insertion slot into the bill passageway and a bill validator module for sensing the authenticity and value of the inserted bill, a second housing hinged to the first housing at one lateral side, a spacer board being attached to the inner lateral side of the second housing and defining a coin passageway in communication with the coin insertion slot and a coin return passageway in communication with the coin return slot, a coin validator module being arranged in the for sensing the authenticity and value of the inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL CURRENCY TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chia-Hung HU, Chih-Sheng CHENG, Teng-Chou HSIAO