Patents by Inventor Wei-Dar Chen
Wei-Dar Chen 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).
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Patent number: 12612798Abstract: A steel panel damper is provided for reinforcing a building structure. The steel panel damper is disposed between a first member and an opposite second member arranged in the building structure. The steel panel damper comprises a first elastic segment, a second elastic segment, an energy dissipation segment, a first end plate, and a second end plate. In terms of the cross-sectional area perpendicular to the first direction, the first elastic segment and the second elastic segment are greater than the energy dissipation segment.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2023Date of Patent: April 28, 2026Assignee: NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIESInventors: Keh-Chyuan Tsai, Wei-Dar Chen, An-Chien Wu
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Publication number: 20240125138Abstract: A steel panel damper is provided for reinforcing a building structure. The steel panel damper is disposed between a first member and an opposite second member arranged in the building structure. The steel panel damper comprises a first elastic segment, a second elastic segment, an energy dissipation segment, a first end plate, and a second end plate. In terms of the cross-sectional area perpendicular to the first direction, the first elastic segment and the second elastic segment are greater than the energy dissipation segment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Keh-Chyuan TSAI, Wei-Dar CHEN, An-Chien WU
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Patent number: 9312745Abstract: A universal power supply system allows each board mounted DC power module or each AC/DC power supply device therein having identical dimensions and appearance to further have a specification setting circuit. When the board mounted DC power module or the AC/DC power supply device is plugged in a backboard module, the specification setting terminal outputs a specification identification signal to a monitoring circuit of the backboard module. As built in with a specification mapping table, the monitoring circuit can compare the specification identification signal to find a model number corresponding to the signal, and automatically sets a critical current value or critical power value of each board mounted DC power module for over-current protection or over-power protection. Accordingly, the universal power supply system can be adapted to different board mounted DC power modules or AC/DC power supply devices without redesigning the backboard module.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2012Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: ACBEL POLYTECH INC.Inventors: Wei-Dar Chen, Chung-Wei Yang
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Patent number: 9160160Abstract: The present invention relates to a power supply with output protection and a control method of the power supply. The invention mainly provides a pre-protection value lower than a default over-current protection value. When a present output current of the power supply is higher than or equal to the pre-protection value and is lower than the over-current protection value, the method firstly determines whether the power supply has abnormal conditions. When the power supply has abnormal conditions, the method can automatically provide or stop providing a working voltage to a load. When the present output current is further higher than or equal to the over-current protection value, the method takes an over-current protection action. By multi-level monitoring of the current values, the invention properly provides an over-current protection.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: ACBEL POLYTECH INC.Inventor: Wei-Dar Chen
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Publication number: 20140159497Abstract: A universal power supply system allows each board mounted DC power module or each AC/DC power supply device therein having identical dimensions and appearance to further have a specification setting circuit. When the board mounted DC power module or the AC/DC power supply device is plugged in a backboard module, the specification setting terminal outputs a specification identification signal to a monitoring circuit of the backboard module. As built in with a specification mapping table, the monitoring circuit can compare the specification identification signal to find a model number corresponding to the signal, and automatically sets a critical current value or critical power value of each board mounted DC power module for over-current protection or over-power protection. Accordingly, the universal power supply system can be adapted to different board mounted DC power modules or AC/DC power supply devices without redesigning the backboard module.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2012Publication date: June 12, 2014Applicant: ACBEL POLYTECH INC.Inventors: Wei-Dar Chen, Chung-Wei Yang
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Publication number: 20140112036Abstract: The present invention relates to a power supply with output protection and a control method of the power supply. The invention mainly provides a pre-protection value lower than a default over-current protection value. When a present output current of the power supply is higher than or equal to the pre-protection value and is lower than the over-current protection value, the method firstly determines whether the power supply has abnormal conditions. When the power supply has abnormal conditions, the method can automatically provide or stop providing a working voltage to a load. When the present output current is further higher than or equal to the over-current protection value, the method takes an over-current protection action. By multi-level monitoring of the current values, the invention properly provides an over-current protection.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: ACBEL POLYTECH INC.Inventor: Wei-Dar CHEN
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Patent number: 8513585Abstract: The present invention relates an optical three-dimensional coordinate sensor system and method thereof. A plurality of light-emitting modules produce a plurality of light signals, and then a plurality of reflected light signals reflected by an object are received by a plurality of photodetectors. After receiving the reflected light signals, the photodetectors generate a plurality of photocurrents. A plurality of active pixel circuits receive the photocurrents and transform the photocurrents to a plurality of reflective optical voltages. A plurality of differential amplifier circuits (DAC) compare the reflective optical voltages and the background voltages, and then output a plurality of DAC output voltages of the reflected light signals. Afterward, a processing module detects the DAC output voltages and uses an algorithm to calculate the top three of the DAC output voltages to determine the three-dimensional coordinate of the object.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2010Date of Patent: August 20, 2013Assignee: National Chiao Tung UniversityInventors: Paul C. P. Chao, Tzu-Yang Lin, Wei-Dar Chen
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Publication number: 20120013486Abstract: The present invention relates an optical three-dimensional coordinate sensor system and method thereof. A plurality of light-emitting modules produce a plurality of light signals, and then a plurality of reflected light signals reflected by an object are received by a plurality of photodetectors. After receiving the reflected light signals, the photodetectors generate a plurality of photocurrents. A plurality of active pixel circuits receive the photocurrents and transform the photocurrents to a plurality of reflective optical voltages. A plurality of differential amplifier circuits (DAC) compare the reflective optical voltages and the background voltages, and then output a plurality of DAC output voltages of the reflected light signals. Afterward, a processing module detects the DAC output voltages and uses an algorithm to calculate the top three of the DAC output voltages to determine the three-dimensional coordinate of the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2010Publication date: January 19, 2012Applicant: NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITYInventors: Paul C.P. Chao, Tzu-Yang Lin, Wei-Dar Chen