Patents by Inventor Tung-Yuo Liao

Tung-Yuo Liao 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).

  • ORTHODONTIC SELF-LIGATING BRACKETS
    Publication number: 20150265377
    Abstract: Disclosed is a self-ligating orthodontic bracket having a mounting base with a concavely contoured surface for attachment to a tooth, a main archwire slot formed upon the base, the mounting base being supported by a bracket body, and the slot being sized for receiving an orthodontic rectangular or round archwire, a ligating slide selectively slideable between an open position permitting access to the archwire slot and a closed position covering the archwire slot. The self-ligating orthodontic bracket also includes a resilient retention feature designed for holding the ligating slide in the open or the closed positions for retreating or retaining the orthodontic archwire within an archwire slot, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: MEM DENTAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chou Bing Wu, Tsung Che Wei, Chih Chang Tsai, Tung Yuo Liao
  • Orthodontic self-ligating brackets
    Patent number: 8992214
    Abstract: Disclosed is a self-ligating orthodontic bracket having a mounting base with a concavely contoured surface for attachment to a tooth, a main archwire slot formed upon the base, the mounting base being supported by a bracket body, and the slot being sized for receiving an orthodontic rectangular or round archwire, a ligating slide selectively slideable between an open position permitting access to the archwire slot and a closed position covering the archwire slot. The self-ligating orthodontic bracket also includes a resilient retention feature designed for holding the ligating slide in the open or the closed positions for retreating or retaining the orthodontic archwire within an archwire slot, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: MEM Dental Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chou Bing Wu, Tsung Che Wei, Chih Chang Tsai, Tung Yuo Liao
  • Orthodontic Self-Ligating Brackets
    Publication number: 20140134562
    Abstract: Disclosed is a self-ligating orthodontic bracket having a mounting base with a concavely contoured surface for attachment to a tooth, a main archwire slot formed upon the base, the mounting base being supported by a bracket body, and the slot being sized for receiving an orthodontic rectangular or round archwire, a ligating slide selectively slideable between an open position permitting access to the archwire slot and a closed position covering the archwire slot. The self-ligating orthodontic bracket also includes a resilient retention feature designed for holding the ligating slide in the open or the closed positions for retreating or retaining the orthodontic archwire within an archwire slot, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: MEM DENTAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chou Bing Wu, Tsung Che Wei, Chih Chang Tsai, Tung Yuo Liao
  • System for securing a component within a cage
    Patent number: 7031149
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for securing a component to a computer chassis comprises a cage couplable to the computer chassis and operable to hold the component and a clamp couplable to the cage and operable to secure the component to the cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ronald P. Dean, James R. Bullington, Tung-Yuo Liao
  • System for securing a component within a cage
    Publication number: 20050063151
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for securing a component to a computer chassis comprises a cage couplable to the computer chassis and operable to hold the component and a clamp couplable to the cage and operable to secure the component to the cage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Publication date: March 24, 2005
    Inventors: Ronald Dean, James Bullington, Tung-Yuo Liao