Patents by Inventor Wen-Chung Chen

Wen-Chung 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).

  • Publication number: 20030020793
    Abstract: An air pressure regulating device for ink cartridges that is not affected or interfered with by magnetic fields. In accordance with the invention a ventilating vent is settled inside the ink cartridge so that the inside region of the ink cartridge is open to the ambient air and at the same time this ventilating vent is also directed to a fixed seat. In the fixed seat a gas vent is settled to direct to the ink cartridge. On the outside region of the gas vent settled in the fixed seat a layer of elastic gastight material is covered such that it can be utilized to seal the gas vent to keep the ink cartridge sealed under ordinary conditions. When the pressure difference between the outside and inside regions of the ink cartridge reaches a critical value, the layer of the elastic gastight material is slightly pushed away so that a small quantity of air can flow into the ink cartridge to return the pressure to within a normal operating range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Chi-Chung Hsu, Wen-Chung Chen
  • Publication number: 20030020794
    Abstract: An inkjet pen including an ink reservoir for storing ink and providing ink for jetting. A port, located on top of the ink reservoir, fluid-communicated with the ambient air, is used for adjusting the air pressure inside the reservoir. A valve, operated by a spring or a resilient element, normally seals the port, while occasionally opening the port to introduce air into the reservoir when the ink level is low and the underpressure rises. In other embodiments, an elastic bag is included in the reservoir that has an opening communicated with the ambient air through a second port formed on top of the reservoir. The elastic bag expands in response to the increasing underpressure generated in the reservoir when ink is being used. The bag expansion actuates the opening of the valve so as to regulate the underpressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Inventors: Ching-Yu Chou, Wen-Chung Chen, Chien-Ming Lin, Chuang-Hsien Chiu
  • Patent number: 6436709
    Abstract: A gene gun is described wherein the contour design of the spray nozzle of the gene gun modifies the operation of the gene gun. A low pressure gas is used to accelerate the micro-particles that are coated with nucleic acid of a foreign gene into cytoplasma or nuclei of an animal or plant cell to express the special protein and to generate the new biological function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Bioware Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao-Jan Lin, Ker-Jer Huang, Horng-Tsann Yang, Wen-Chung Chen
  • Patent number: 4685577
    Abstract: An improved nursing bottle has two opened ends, equipped with an air-penetrating board, a discharge regulating element in funnel shape, and a pair of lower and upper caps. The air-penetrating board, secured to the bottom of the bottle by a removably attached cap, is fabricated with a number of air-inlet apertures thereon, which permit air to flow in therethrough as long as the nipple is sucked by the infant using the bottle, producing an unbalanced air pressure therein so as to get the closed aperture open for allowing air to flow in so to make the fluid discharge in a more steady manner. Also, air bubbles, which often cause infants using nursing bottles to cough, can not form therein, and the problem of swallowing a lot of air in feeding by the infant can also be prevented. Furthermore, this kind of bottle can be cleaned with much ease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1987
    Inventor: Wen Chung Chen