Patents by Inventor Tzong-Shi Liu

Tzong-Shi Liu 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: 20140049139
    Abstract: A winding method for pole changeable stator is provided by determining a plurality of classification conditions according to plural types of pole, a plural phases, and current characteristic of the winding coupled to each slot of the stator before and after the pole change, coupling the winding of each slot meeting each classification condition thereby obtaining a plurality of winding groups respectively corresponding to the plurality of classification conditions, and, finally, coupling the plurality of winding groups by a plurality of switching elements so as to form a pole changeable stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Ming-Tsan Peng, Tzong-Shi Liu, Kai-Ting Huang
  • Patent number: 6879469
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tuning mechanism for flying pickup heads in data storage devices. The pickup device includes a coil, a pivot, a suspension, and a piezoelectric bender. The piezoelectric bender made by a bi-layer or a multi-layer piezoelectric material is formed on one end of the suspension, and proper voltages applied to the piezoelectric bender via wires enable the piezoelectric bender to undergo both neutral axis displacement and bending deflection. A pickup head is attached to the free end of the piezoelectric bender opposite to the coil, and via the piezoelectric bender, focusing and tracking motion of the pickup head can be tuned at the same time. Furthermore, since the characteristic of the piezoelectric bender is similar to bimetallic elements, the bender can undergo large bending deflection to compensate large deformation of rotating optical disks, so that the flying height of the pickup head can be tuned to maintain a constant focusing distance in reading/writing data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: National Chiao Tung University
    Inventors: Tzong-Shi Liu, Po-Ching Liu, Hsing-Cheng Yu
  • Publication number: 20040202094
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tuning mechanism for flying pickup heads in data storage devices. The pickup device includes a coil, a pivot, a suspension, and a piezoelectric bender. The piezoelectric bender made by a bi-layer or a multi-layer piezoelectric material is formed on one end of the suspension, and proper voltages applied to the piezoelectric bender via wires enable the piezoelectric bender to undergo both neutral axis displacement and bending deflection. A pickup head is attached to the free end of the piezoelectric bender opposite to the coil, and via the piezoelectric bender, focusing and tracking motion of the pickup head can be tuned at the same time. Furthermore, since the characteristic of the piezoelectric bender is similar to bimetallic elements, the bender can undergo large bending deflection to compensate large deformation of rotating optical disks, so that the flying height of the pickup head can be tuned to maintain a constant focusing distance in reading/writing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: National Chiao Tung University
    Inventors: Tzong-Shi Liu, Po-Ching Liu, Hsing-Cheng Yu