Patents by Inventor Yan-Yu Chen
Yan-Yu 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: 8302499Abstract: A transmission system with a lubrication device is disclosed. The lubrication device is defined with an accommodation trough and an oil hole. In the accommodation trough is disposed a guiding assembly. The guiding assembly cooperates with the accommodation trough to define an oil storage space for accommodation of lubricating grease. The oil storage space is in communication with the oil hole. A power module is connected to the guiding assembly to drive the guiding assembly at regular intervals to make the lubricating grease overflow to the linear transmission system through the oil hole to perform the lubrication.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2009Date of Patent: November 6, 2012Assignee: Hiwin Technologies Corp.Inventors: Yan-Yu Chen, Zong-Sian Jiang, Chia-Min Liu
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Patent number: 8267585Abstract: A motion transmission apparatus with a chain, wherein the chain comprises a plurality of spacers and links for connecting the spacers together, each of the spacers is provided at both sides thereof in an axial direction of an elongated shaft with a plurality of holding protrusions and inclined at an angle from a center of each of the spacers toward a peripheral edge thereof in such a manner that a distance between outer ends of two opposite holding surfaces on two neighboring spacers is smaller than a diameter of the rolling elements, the holding protrusions of the chain are annularly arranged in 120 degree intervals in such a manner that the holding protrusions on the same side of each spacer are alternatively arranged in a direction which is vertical to the links, and two of the holding protrusions are arranged in a line parallel to a direction of the links.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2010Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Hiwin Technologies Corp.Inventors: Yung-Tsai Chuo, Ming-Yao Lin, Chiung-Yao Wang, Yan-Yu Chen, Po-Chuan Hsu
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Patent number: 8253165Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a first well region of a first conductivity, a second well region of a second conductivity type, a source region of the second conductivity type within the first well region, and a drain region of the second conductivity type at least partially within the second well region. A well contact to the first well region is coupled to the source. A third doped region of the first conductivity type and a fourth doped region of the second conductivity type are located in the second well region. A first transistor includes the third doped region, the second well region, and the first well region. The first transistor is coupled to a switch device. A second transistor includes the second well region, the first well region, and the source region. The first and the second transistors are configured to provide a current path during an ESD event.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2009Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Macronix International Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shih-Yu Wang, Chia-Ling Lu, Yan-Yu Chen, Yu-Lien Liu, Tao-Cheng Lu
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Publication number: 20120192668Abstract: A deflector for use in a ball screw is composed of a main body and a junction member connected with the main body to form a channel having a first guide groove and two second guide grooves formed at two opposite sides of the first guide groove. Each of the second guide grooves has two walls extending outward from the first guide groove. Each two of the walls have a conjunction formed therebetween. The vertical section of the channel can define an extending axis passing through centers of the two conjunctions. At least one of the walls of each second guide groove is not parallel to the extending axis. In light of the above features, the roller chain can avoid wear and tear to prolong its service life thereof. Besides, the mold for forming the deflector can be designed to be structurally subject to mold release, such that the production efficiency can be increased.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2011Publication date: August 2, 2012Inventors: Po-Chuan Hsu, Yan-Yu Chen
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Publication number: 20120137808Abstract: A motion guide device includes a ball nut attached onto a shaft and having helical grooves for forming a ball guiding raceway between the ball nut and the elongated shaft and for receiving ball bearing elements, a circulating device attached to the ball nut and having a pathway communicative with the raceway for forming an endless ball guiding passage between the ball nut and the elongated shaft and the circulating device and for engaging with bearing elements, and a retaining device includes a shorter chain for engaging into the helical grooves or raceway of the screw shaft and the ball nut, and a longer chain for engaging into the pathway of the circulating device.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2010Publication date: June 7, 2012Inventors: Yan-Yu Chen, Wuteng Hsieh
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Patent number: 8132478Abstract: A motion guide device includes a ball nut attached onto a shaft and having helical grooves for receiving ball bearing elements, and a ball coupler including a flexible coupling member having a number of openings formed between spacers for receiving ball bearing elements, the ball bearing element is contacted with the ball nut at a contact point which is spaced from the inner peripheral surface of the ball nut for a spacing distance, and the ball bearing element is contacted with the screw shaft at a contact point which is spaced from the outer peripheral surface of the screw shaft for a spacing distance that is preferably smaller than the spacing distance between the contact point of the ball bearing element and the ball nut.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2009Date of Patent: March 13, 2012Assignee: Hiwin Technologies Corp.Inventor: Yan Yu Chen
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Publication number: 20120057258Abstract: An electrostatic discharge protection device for protecting an inner circuit, which is operated in a source voltage, is provided and includes a protection unit and a control unit. The protection unit provides a discharge path for transmitting an electrostatic signal from a pad to a ground line. According to a voltage level at a control end, the protection unit adjusts a holding voltage and a triggering voltage determining whether to conduct the discharge path. When the source voltage is supplied, the control unit transmits the input voltage to the control end of the protection unit, so as to raise the holding and the triggering voltages of the discharge path. When the source voltage is not supplied, the control unit switches the control end of the protection unit to a floating condition by the electrostatic signal, so as to lower the holding and the triggering voltages of the discharge path.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2010Publication date: March 8, 2012Applicant: MACRONIX INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shih-Yu Wang, Yan-Yu Chen, Yu-Lien Liu
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Patent number: 8096203Abstract: A chain type transmission assembly doesn't have the problem that the chain interferes with the transmission assembly, the thickness of the links of the chain of the transmission assembly is precisely calculated by an equation, so that the chain can be prevented from interfering with the outer surface of the screw, thus substantially improving the efficiency and service life of the transmission assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2009Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: Hiwin Technologies Corp.Inventors: Yueh-Ling Chiu, Yan-Yu Chen
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Publication number: 20120000306Abstract: A ball screw with a buffering circulation member comprises: a screw, a nut, a circulation member, a plurality of rolling elements and a plurality of flexible members. The circulation member comprises a first structure and a second structure. The flexible members are disposed at the combining portion between the circulation member and the nut to allow the first and second structures to be assembled more closely in a seamless manner. The flexible members which support the circulation member can absorb or buffer the collision of the rolling elements, thus reducing the vibration of the rolling elements or the noise caused by the collision of the rolling elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Inventors: Yan-Yu CHEN, Michelle Wu
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Publication number: 20110303036Abstract: A ball screw device includes a screw engaged into a nut member for forming an endless ball guiding passage and for receiving a number of ball bearing members, a ball return device includes a U-shaped structure having a central carrying member and a protrusion extended out from each end for engaging into the nut member and for increasing the curvature of the ball return pathway of the ball return device, and a return device holder engaged with the protrusions of the ball return device for retaining the ball return device to the nut member and for preventing the ball return device from moving laterally relative to the nut member and for suitably guiding the ball bearing members to smoothly move through the endless ball guiding passages of the ball screw device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2011Publication date: December 15, 2011Inventors: Yan Yu Chen, Yu Pei Chang
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Publication number: 20110296940Abstract: A motion transmission apparatus with a chain, wherein the chain comprises a plurality of spacers and two links two links at both sides of the respective spacers for connecting spacers together. The spacers are equidistantly spaced from one another by a receiving space which is longitudinally asymmetrical and provided for holding rolling elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2011Publication date: December 8, 2011Inventors: PO-CHUAN HSU, Yan-Yu Chen
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Patent number: 8051736Abstract: A ball screw device includes a screw engaged into a nut member for forming an endless ball guiding passage between the nut member and the screw and for receiving a number of ball bearing members, the nut member includes two orifices aligned with the helical grooves of the nut member and an axial ball return channel communicating with the orifices of the nut member, a deflecting device includes two deflecting members engaged into the orifices of the nut member and each having a ball deflecting channel communicating with the helical grooves and the axial ball return channel of the nut member for increasing the strength and the working life of the deflecting device.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2009Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Hiwin Technologies Corp.Inventors: Yan-Yu Chen, Yu-Shan Lee
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Publication number: 20110262061Abstract: A motion transmission apparatus with a chain, wherein the chain comprises a plurality of spacers and links for connecting the spacers together, each of the spacers is provided at both sides thereof in an axial direction of an elongated shaft with a plurality of holding protrusions and inclined at an angle from a center of each of the spacers toward a peripheral edge thereof in such a manner that a distance between outer ends of two opposite holding surfaces on two neighboring spacers is smaller than a diameter of the rolling elements, the holding protrusions of the chain are annularly arranged in 120 degree intervals in such a manner that the holding protrusions on the same side of each spacer are alternatively arranged in a direction which is vertical to the links, and two of the holding protrusions are arranged in a line parallel to a direction of the links.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2010Publication date: October 27, 2011Inventors: Yung-Tsai CHUO, Ming-Yao Lin, Chiung-Yao Wang, Yan-Yu Chen, Po-Chuan Hsu
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Publication number: 20110216454Abstract: An RC delay circuit for providing electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection is described. The circuit employs an NMOS transistor and a PMOS transistor to produce a large effective resistance using a relatively small circuit layout area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2010Publication date: September 8, 2011Inventors: Shih-Yu Wang, Chia-Ling Lu, Yu-Lien Liu, Yan-Yu Chen, Che-Shih Lin, Tao-Cheng Lu
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Publication number: 20110204447Abstract: An electrostatic discharge tolerant device includes a semiconductor body having a first conductivity type, and a pad. A surrounding well having a second conductivity type is laid out in a ring to surround an area for an electrostatic discharge circuit in the semiconductor body. The surrounding well is relatively deep, and in addition to defining the area for the electrostatic discharge circuit, provides the first terminal of a diode formed with the semiconductor body. Within the area surrounded by the surrounding well, a diode coupled to the pad and a transistor coupled to the voltage reference are connected in series and form a parasitic device in the semiconductor body.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2010Publication date: August 25, 2011Applicant: Macronix International Co., Ltd.Inventors: SHIH-YU WANG, Chia-Ling Lu, Yan-Yu Chen, Yu-Lien Liu, Tao-Cheng Lu
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Publication number: 20110154927Abstract: A motion guide device includes a ball nut attached onto a shaft and having helical grooves for receiving ball bearing elements, a ball circulating member is engaged with the ball nut and includes a ball circulating channel communicative with the helical groove of the ball nut, and includes an intermediate segment and two end segments, a ball coupler includes two flexible coupling members for engaging with the ball bearing elements, and the ball circulating member includes two opposite guide pathways for receiving the flexible coupling members of the ball coupler, and curved relative to the ball circulating member for an angle ranged between 160-220 or 175-185 degrees, such as 180 degrees for smoothly guiding the flexible coupling members to move through the ball circulating member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2009Publication date: June 30, 2011Inventors: Yan Yu Chen, Wuteng Hsieh
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Publication number: 20110146430Abstract: A transmission system with a lubrication device is disclosed. The lubrication device is defined with an accommodation trough and an oil hole. In the accommodation trough is disposed a guiding assembly. The guiding assembly cooperates with the accommodation trough to define an oil storage space for accommodation of lubricating grease. The oil storage space is in communication with the oil hole. A power module is connected to the guiding assembly to drive the guiding assembly at regular intervals to make the lubricating grease overflow to the linear transmission system through the oil hole to perform the lubrication.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventors: Yan-Yu Chen, Zong-Sian Jiang, Chia-Min Liu
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Publication number: 20110138950Abstract: A motion guide device includes a ball nut attached onto a shaft and having helical grooves for receiving ball bearing elements, and a ball coupler including a flexible coupling member having a number of openings formed between spacers for receiving ball bearing elements, the ball bearing element is contacted with the ball nut at a contact point which is spaced from the inner peripheral surface of the ball nut for a spacing distance, and the ball bearing element is contacted with the screw shaft at a contact point which is spaced from the outer peripheral surface of the screw shaft for a spacing distance that is preferably smaller than the spacing distance between the contact point of the ball bearing element and the ball nut.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Inventor: Yan Yu Chen
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Publication number: 20110120248Abstract: A chain type ball screw has a chain received in a circulation path of the ball screw, and the chain comprises a plurality of partition portions and a connecting portion for connecting the partition portions, a plurality of rolling elements are retained in the chain in such a manner that between each two neighboring partition portions is arranged a rolling element, each of the rolling elements is partially in contact with the return passage of each of the return assemblies to define receiving spaces in the return passage for accommodation of the connecting portion, so that the chain can be moved more smoothly in the return passage, and the manufacturing cost of the return assembly is reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2009Publication date: May 26, 2011Inventor: Yan-Yu CHEN
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Patent number: 7934438Abstract: A ball screw device includes a screw shaft rotatably engaged with a ball nut, and a number of bearing members received between the ball nut and the screw shaft, and a circulating device for circulating the bearing members, the circulating device includes an elongate member having two end blocks for engaging into the ball nut and having a passage for receiving the bearing members, and includes a housing member and a casing member each having a portion of the passage of the elongate member for allowing the passage of the elongate member to be opened and exposed and for allowing the housing member and the casing member to be formed with molding procedures.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Hiwin Technologies Corp.Inventors: Yan Yu Chen, Yueh Ling Chiu