Patents by Inventor Wen-Fan Chang

Wen-Fan 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).

  • Publication number: 20240079887
    Abstract: The present invention provides a protection circuit applied to a battery module, which includes a self-control protector, a switch element and a voltage clamping loop; the self-control protector includes a fuse unit and a heater; when the switch element receives a control signal, the switch element will be turned on; when the switch element is turned on, the voltage clamping loop provides a clamp voltage to clamp a working current passing through the self-control protector within a current range where the fuse unit can be blown; and as such, the fuse unit of the self-control protector will be blown by the working current heating the heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Wen-Fan Chang, Chun-Chieh Li, Jung-Nan Chien
  • Publication number: 20240053406
    Abstract: The invention presents a method for estimating a direct current internal resistance of a battery, which defines a depth of discharge detection interval including a first threshold and a second threshold. When the battery is discharging, a currently battery voltage are periodically measured, a currently depth of discharge is calculated, and an open-circuit voltage is queried. The currently battery voltage is subtracted from the open-circuit voltage to obtain a voltage difference. The voltage difference is continuously accumulated to obtain a currently accumulated voltage difference. The currently depth of discharge reaches the first threshold or the second threshold, the currently accumulated voltage difference is a first accumulated voltage difference or a second accumulated voltage difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Shih Fa Hung, Chong-Yong Wu, Wen-Fan Chang
  • Publication number: 20230420958
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a protection circuit of a battery module. The protection circuit includes a master microcontroller, a slave microcontroller, a charging path switch, a discharging path switch, and a switch controller. When the master microcontroller is operating in a normal state, the master microcontroller periodically sends a pulse signal to the slave microcontroller, and enables the switch controller, and then the switch controller enabled may be used to control the turning on or off of the charge path switch or the discharge path switch. When the master microcontroller is operating in an abnormal state, the slave microcontroller does not receive the pulse signal from the master microcontroller, the slave microcontroller disables the switch controller so that the switch controller disabled will be unable to control the turning on or off of the charge path switch or the discharge path switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Wen-Fan Chang, Chun-Chieh Li
  • Publication number: 20230411972
    Abstract: A driving circuit applied to a protection switch of a battery module is disclosed. The driving circuit includes a reverse switch, a non-reverse switch, a capacitor, and a storing energy component. The reverse switch or the non-reverse switch is turned on or off by a PWM signal. When the PWM signal is at a high level, the reverse switch is turned off, the non-reverse switch is turned on, and the capacitor is charged via a battery total voltage to form a storage voltage on the capacitor. When the PWM signal is at a low level, the reverse switch is turned on, the non-reverse switch is turned off, a reference voltage is connected to the capacitor via the reverse switch to form a boosted voltage superimposed by the reference voltage and the storage voltage. Afterwards, the boosted voltage can be used to drive the protection switch to be turned on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Wen-Fan Chang, Chun-Chieh Li, Chun-Wei Ma, Chia-Chang Chen
  • Publication number: 20230143440
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a battery management system. The battery management system comprises a buck converter, a discharge loop, and a microprocessor. The microprocessor comprises a battery status monitoring circuit, a timer, and a controller. When the status of the battery is in a static state, the timer starts counting a time. If the time counted by the timer is greater than or equal to a time threshold, the controller controls that the buck converter executes a bucking to an output voltage of the battery, and then controls that the discharge loop executes a discharging to the battery. Accordingly, when the status of the battery is in a static state, the battery capacity can be discharged to a safe value moderately, so that the safety of the long-storage of the battery can be ensured, and the life of the battery can be prolonged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Wen-Fan Chang, Chun-Chieh Li, Jung-Nan Chien, Chun-Wei Ma
  • Patent number: 10883212
    Abstract: A position indicating circuit includes: first and second input terminals for respectively receiving first and second voltages; an output terminal; a first resistor; and a second resistor having a first terminal coupled to the first input terminal through the first resistor, a second terminal coupled to the second input terminal, and a third terminal coupled to the output terminal. The second resistor is used to be actuated by a pedal of a foot controller of a sewing machine such that a voltage at the output terminal has a magnitude related to a position of the pedal. A detecting system that uses the position indicating circuit and that can determine whether the foot controller is coupled to a main body of the sewing machine is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: ZENG HSING INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Fan Chang, Chia-Hui Yu
  • Publication number: 20200248349
    Abstract: A position indicating circuit includes: first and second input terminals for respectively receiving first and second voltages; an output terminal; a first resistor; and a second resistor having a first terminal coupled to the first input terminal through the first resistor, a second terminal coupled to the second input terminal, and a third terminal coupled to the output terminal. The second resistor is used to be actuated by a pedal of a foot controller of a sewing machine such that a voltage at the output terminal has a magnitude related to a position of the pedal. A detecting system that uses the position indicating circuit and that can determine whether the foot controller is coupled to a main body of the sewing machine is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Wen-Fan Chang, Chia-Hui Yu
  • Publication number: 20190062972
    Abstract: A sewing apparatus includes a sewing machine, an electronic paper and a processor. The processor is disposed in the sewing machine, is electrically connected to the electronic paper and the sewing machine, and stores one set of program codes. The processor controls the sewing machine to perform a sewing procedure upon executing the set of program codes when the sewing machine is in an activated state, and controls the electronic paper to display default content related to an operation manual of the sewing machine when the sewing machine is in an inactivated state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Yu-Sheng Hou, Han-Hsi Chang, Ping-Jui Shen, Kai-Yao Hu, Szu-Jung Chen, Chi-Liang Liu, Chao-Chuan Wei, Yi-Hsin Lin, Wen-Fan Chang
  • Patent number: 9619743
    Abstract: The present invention provides a radio frequency identification device comprising an antenna module and a substrate module. The antenna module has a flexible substrate having an antenna circuit forming thereon. A first surface of the flexible substrate further has a first and a second electrical connecting pads coupled to the antenna circuit, wherein the antenna circuit does not pass through a space between the first and second electrical connecting pads. The substrate module comprises a RFID chip and at least one passive element electrically coupled to a substrate having a pair of third electrical connecting pads. A conductive adhesive formed between the first and second electrical connecting pads and the third electrical connecting pads is utilized to couple the antenna module with the substrate module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: SECURITAG ASSEMBLY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tian-Lin Yan, Cheng-Hung Chang, Way-Yu Chen, Wen-Fan Chang