Patents by Inventor Wen-Chen Chang
Wen-Chen Chang 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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Publication number: 20250113513Abstract: A method for forming a semiconductor structure is provided. The method includes forming a fin structure over a substrate, forming an isolation structure surrounding a lower portion of the fin structure, forming a protection layer over the isolation structure, etching the fin structure, the protection layer and the isolation structure to form a first recess in the fin structure and a second recess in the isolation structure, forming a source/drain feature to fill the first recess, and forming an interlayer dielectric layer over the source/drain feature and filling the second recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2023Publication date: April 3, 2025Inventors: Chun-Wing YEUNG, Wen-Chiang HONG, Yu-Jen CHANG, Wei-Chen CHANG, Feng-Ming CHANG
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Publication number: 20250076993Abstract: An information handling system keyboard illuminates key values in each of plural keycaps with a backlight located below the plural keys and directed upward through the plural keys and having illumination that adjusts color temperature under management of a controller. A light sensor detects ambient light color temperature and communicates the ambient light color temperature to the controller, which executes instructions in non-transitory memory to adjust the backlight color illumination based on the detected ambient light color temperature to increase color contrast of backlight illumination relative to ambient light and thereby better highlight the key values on the keycap upper surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2023Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Wen-Pin Huang, Yao-Hsien Huang, Hsien-Tsan Chang, Yi-Chen Wang, Po-Chun Hou
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Patent number: 12242673Abstract: An information handling system keyboard illuminates key values in each of plural keycaps with a backlight located below the plural keys and directed upward through the plural keys and having illumination that adjusts color temperature under management of a controller. A light sensor detects ambient light color temperature and communicates the ambient light color temperature to the controller, which executes instructions in non-transitory memory to adjust the backlight color illumination based on the detected ambient light color temperature to increase color contrast of backlight illumination relative to ambient light and thereby better highlight the key values on the keycap upper surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2023Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Wen-Pin Huang, Yao-Hsien Huang, Hsien-Tsan Chang, Yi-Chen Wang, Po-Chun Hou
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Patent number: 12211930Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a channel layer, an insulating layer, source/drain contacts, a gate dielectric layer, and a gate electrode. The channel layer over the substrate and includes two dimensional (2D) material. The insulating layer is on the channel layer. The source/drain contacts are over the channel layer. The gate dielectric layer is over the insulating layer and the channel layer. The gate electrode is over the gate dielectric layer and between the source/drain contacts.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Tse-An Chen, Lain-Jong Li, Wen-Hao Chang, Chien-Chih Tseng
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Patent number: 10421317Abstract: A castor assembly includes a base, a wheel unit and a rotation shaft. The wheel unit is located under the base and includes a pivot member, an elastic member biased and exposed between the base and the pivot member, and two rollers mounted on the pivot member. The rotation shaft is mounted between the base and the wheel unit and extends through the elastic member. The rotation shaft has a periphery provided with an operation slot. A positioning pin extends through the pivot member and is slidable in the operation slot of the rotation shaft. Thus, the elastic member is exposed outward so that the user clearly sees the elastic member and knows the shock-absorbing function provided by the elastic member.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Inventor: Wen-Chen Chang
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Publication number: 20190077193Abstract: A castor assembly includes a base, a wheel unit and a rotation shaft. The wheel unit is located under the base and includes a pivot member, an elastic member biased and exposed between the base and the pivot member, and two rollers mounted on the pivot member. The rotation shaft is mounted between the base and the wheel unit and extends through the elastic member. The rotation shaft has a periphery provided with an operation slot. A positioning pin extends through the pivot member and is slidable in the operation slot of the rotation shaft. Thus, the elastic member is exposed outward so that the user clearly sees the elastic member and knows the shock-absorbing function provided by the elastic member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2017Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventor: Wen-Chen Chang
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Patent number: 9718308Abstract: A castor includes a wheel support and at least one roller mounted on the wheel support. The at least one roller has a peripheral portion provided with a hollow air chamber which is provided with a plurality of hollow air columns. One of the hollow air columns is provided with an air inlet. The at least one roller is made of soft material that is made by a blow molding operation. The soft material is initially made into a tubular blank by a blow molding machine. A gas is then filled into the soft material to blow and shape the soft material in a die at a high temperature to form the at least one roller. The at least one roller is then stripped from the die.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Inventor: Wen-Chen Chang
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Publication number: 20170197463Abstract: A castor includes a wheel support and at least one roller mounted on the wheel support. The at least one roller has a peripheral portion provided with a hollow air chamber which is provided with a plurality of hollow air columns. One of the hollow air columns is provided with an air inlet. The at least one roller is made of soft material that is made by a blow molding operation. The soft material is initially made into a tubular blank by a blow molding machine. A gas is then filled into the soft material to blow and shape the soft material in a die at a high temperature to form the at least one roller. The at least one roller is then stripped from the die.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2016Publication date: July 13, 2017Inventor: Wen-Chen Chang
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Publication number: 20140291096Abstract: A suitcase includes a main body and a retractable handle assembly. The handle assembly includes a pair of outer handles and at least one pair of inner handles. Each of the inner handles and the outer handles is made of a plastic pipe which is formed by a primary material which is fused, extruded and molded to form the plastic pipe of each of the inner handles and the outer handles. The primary material includes polymethyl Methacrylate (PMMA), polycarbonate (PC) or polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Thus, the handle assembly has a better outer appearance and has a lighter weight. In addition, each of the inner handles and the outer handles has a better restoring function and can be rapidly restored to the original state when being deformed due to a collision.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2013Publication date: October 2, 2014Inventor: Wen-Chen Chang
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Patent number: 8841045Abstract: A method for fabricating a bi-polar plate of a fuel cell and the bi-polar plate thereof are presented. A graphite film is formed first. Next, a polymeric material added with electrically conductive powder is coated on a surface of a metal substrate. The graphite film is disposed on the polymeric material and the polymeric material is hardened to form an adhesive layer, such that the graphite film is attached on the surface of the metal substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2013Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Industrial Technology Reserach InstituteInventors: Wen-Lin Wang, Chun-Hsing Wu, Kan-Lin Hsueh, Huan-Ruei Shiu, Wen-Chen Chang, Fang-Hei Tsau, Lung-Yu Sung
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Patent number: 8828621Abstract: A fuel cell module may include a membrane electrode assembly, two gas diffusion layers, two current collectors, two sealing members, a fluid flow plate assembly. The fluid flow plate assembly may include a first manifold, a second manifold, and a fluid flow channel. The membrane electrode assembly may include at least one membrane for fuel cell reactions. The two gas diffusion layers may be respectively coupled with two opposite sides of the membrane electrode assembly. The two current collectors respectively coupled with the two gas diffusion layers, and the two sealing members respectively coupled with the two current collectors.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2010Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Chi-Chang Chen, Huan-Ruei Shiu, Chun-Hsing Wu, Fanghei Tsau, Wen-Chen Chang
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Patent number: 8691473Abstract: A fuel cell module may include a membrane electrode assembly two gas diffusion layers, two current collectors, two sealing members, and a fluid flow plate assembly. The membrane electrode assembly may include at least one membrane for fuel cell reactions, and the two gas diffusion layers may be respectively coupled with the two opposite sides of the membrane electrode assembly. The fluid flow plate assembly is coupled with the membrane electrode assembly at a first side of the two opposite sides of the membrane electrode assembly. At least one of the membrane electrode assembly, the two gas diffusion layers, the two current collectors, and the two sealing members has a non-planar surface prior to an assembly of the membrane electrode assembly, the two gas diffusion layers, the two current collectors, and the two sealing members, and the non-planar surface is at least partially flattened when the assembly occurs.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Chi-Chang Chen, Huan-Ruei Shiu, Wen-Chen Chang, Fanghei Tsau
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Patent number: 8691475Abstract: According to embodiments of the invention, a fuel cell fluid flow field plate is provided. The fuel cell fluid flow field plate includes a flexible substrate including a fluid distribution zone having at least one flow channel, a manifold penetrating the flexible substrate and next to the fluid distribution zone, an upward extending portion extending upward at a position near an interface between the manifold and the fluid distribution zone, wherein a bend angle is between the upward extending portion and the fluid distribution zone, and the upward extending portion has at least one through-hole penetrating through the flexible substrate to expose the manifold, and a cover extending portion linking with the upward extending portion and covering a portion of the fluid distribution zone.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2013Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Chi-Chang Chen, Huan-Ruei Shiu, Shiqah-Ping Jung, Fanghei Tsau, Wen-Chen Chang
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Publication number: 20140080028Abstract: A fuel cell module may include a membrane electrode assembly two gas diffusion layers, two current collectors, two sealing members, and a fluid flow plate assembly. The membrane electrode assembly may include at least one membrane for fuel cell reactions, and the two gas diffusion layers may be respectively coupled with the two opposite sides of the membrane electrode assembly. The fluid flow plate assembly is coupled with the membrane electrode assembly at a first side of the two opposite sides of the membrane electrode assembly. At least one of the membrane electrode assembly, the two gas diffusion layers, the two current collectors, and the two sealing members has a non-planar surface prior to an assembly of the membrane electrode assembly, the two gas diffusion layers, the two current collectors, and the two sealing members, and the non-planar surface is at least partially flattened when the assembly occurs.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2013Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Chi-Chang Chen, Huan-Ruei Shiu, Wen-Chen Chang, Fanghei Tsau
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Patent number: 8652708Abstract: A fluid flow plate of a fuel cell includes a main body and a supporting frame. The main body includes a plurality of fluid channels and an opening, wherein the fluid channels converge at the opening. The supporting frame, mounted on the periphery of the opening, is annular shaped and frames the fluid channels. The supporting frame includes a pair of supporting walls respectively disposed on two sides of the fluid channels.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2010Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Huan-Ruei Shiu, Chi-Chang Chen, Shiqah-Ping Jung, Wen-Chen Chang, Fanghei Tsau
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Publication number: 20140000783Abstract: A method for fabricating a bi-polar plate of a fuel cell and the bi-polar plate thereof are presented. A graphite film is formed first. Next, a polymeric material added with electrically conductive powder is coated on a surface of a metal substrate. The graphite film is disposed on the polymeric material and the polymeric material is hardened to form an adhesive layer, such that the graphite film is attached on the surface of the metal substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Wen-Lin Wang, Chun-Hsing Wu, Kan-Lin Hsueh, Huan-Ruei Shiu, Wen-Chen Chang, Fang-Hei Tsau, Lung-Yu Sung
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Publication number: 20130295493Abstract: According to embodiments of the invention, a fuel cell fluid flow field plate is provided. The fuel cell fluid flow field plate includes a flexible substrate including a fluid distribution zone having at least one flow channel, a manifold penetrating the flexible substrate and next to the fluid distribution zone, an upward extending portion extending upward at a position near an interface between the manifold and the fluid distribution zone, wherein a bend angle is between the upward extending portion and the fluid distribution zone, and the upward extending portion has at least one through-hole penetrating through the flexible substrate to expose the manifold, and a cover extending portion linking with the upward extending portion and covering a portion of the fluid distribution zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2013Publication date: November 7, 2013Inventors: Chi-Chang Chen, Huan-Ruei Shiu, Shiqah-Ping Jung, Fanghei Tsau, Wen-Chen Chang
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Patent number: 8557482Abstract: According to embodiments of the invention, a fuel cell fluid flow field plate is provided. The fuel cell fluid flow field plate includes a flexible substrate including a fluid distribution zone having at least one flow channel, a manifold penetrating the flexible substrate and next to the fluid distribution zone, an upward extending portion extending upward at a position near an interface between the manifold and the fluid distribution zone, wherein a bend angle is between the upward extending portion and the fluid distribution zone, and the upward extending portion has at least one through-hole penetrating through the flexible substrate to expose the manifold, and a cover extending portion linking with the upward extending portion and covering a portion of the fluid distribution zone.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2010Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Chi-Chang Chen, Huan-Ruei Shiu, Shiqah-Ping Jung, Fanghei Tsau, Wen-Chen Chang
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Patent number: 8557477Abstract: A fuel cell stack including a first end plate, a second end plate, at least a fuel cell, a first current collector and a second current collector is provided. The first end plate includes a first end plate structure component, which is combined with a first end plate manifold component. The second end plate includes a second end plate structure component, which is combined with a second end plate manifold component. The first and the second end plate manifold components are placed between the first and the second end plate structure components, while the fuel cell is disposed between the first and the second end plate manifold components. The first current collector is disposed between the first end plate manifold component and the fuel cell. The second current collector is disposed between the second end plate manifold component and the fuel cell.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2009Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Chi-Chang Chen, Huan-Ruei Shiu, Kuei-Han Chen, FangHei Tsau, Wen-Chen Chang
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Patent number: 8546046Abstract: A method for fabricating a bi-polar plate of a fuel cell and the bi-polar plate thereof are presented. A graphite film is formed first. Next, a polymeric material added with electrically conductive powder is coated on a surface of a metal substrate. The graphite film is disposed on the polymeric material and the polymeric material is hardened to form an adhesive layer, such that the graphite film is attached on the surface of the metal substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2010Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Wen-Lin Wang, Chun-Hsing Wu, Kan-Lin Hsueh, Huan-Ruei Shiu, Wen-Chen Chang, Fang-Hei Tsau, Lung-Yu Sung