Patents by Inventor Yi Ren

Yi Ren 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).

  • MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS DEVICE HAVING A MECHANICALLY ROBUST ANTI-STICTION/OUTGASSING STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20210024348
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device. The MEMS device includes a dielectric structure disposed over a first semiconductor substrate, where the dielectric structure at least partially defines a cavity. A second semiconductor substrate is disposed over the dielectric structure. The second semiconductor substrate includes a movable mass, where opposite sidewalls of the movable mass are disposed between opposite sidewall of the cavity. An anti-stiction structure is disposed between the movable mass and the dielectric structure, where the anti-stiction structure is a first silicon-based semiconductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Kuei-Sung Chang, Chun-Wen Cheng, Fei-Lung Lai, Shing-Chyang Pan, Yuan-Chih Hsieh, Yi-Ren Wang
  • Driveline bone anchors and methods of use
    Patent number: 10894114
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for securing a driveline to a bone are disclosed herein. The driveline can connect an external controller to an implantable blood pump. The bone anchor can include a driveline capture portion. The driveline capture portion can receive the driveline and fix a position of the driveline with respect to the driveline capture portion. The driveline capture portion includes: a driveline receiver that can receive the driveline; and a driveline anchor that can engage the driveline to fix the position of the driveline with respect to the driveline receiver. The bone anchor can include a bone capture portion. The bone capture portion can engage a bone and fix a position of the bone with respect to the bone capture portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Inventors: John Mark Di Paola, Eric Lee, John Duc Nguyen, Carine Hoarau, Yi-Ren Woo, Chris Eskildsen, Pete Cardamone, John J. Hagerty, Jr.
  • Illumination structure and light distributing method for the illumination structure
    Patent number: 10883691
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an illumination structure and a light distributing method. The illumination structure includes a substrate, a first light emitting element, a second light emitting element, a reflection housing and a hooding board. The reflection housing has a first focal point and a second focal point. The first light emitting element is disposed on the substrate and located at the first focal point of the reflection housing. The second focal point is positioned within the hooding board. Therefore, a portion of light emitted by the first light emitting element will be reflected by the reflection housing and pass through a hollow portion of the hooding board to generate low beam light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: ADI OPTICS
    Inventors: Tzu-Tse Huang, Yi Chen, Chuan-Kao Wei, Chih-Wei Tseng, Yi-Ren Lin
  • Process for the manufacture of SNAC (salcaprozate sodium)
    Patent number: 10875826
    Abstract: Disclosed are improved methods for the synthesis of N-(8-[2-hydroxybenzoyl]-amino) caprylic acid. Certain compounds have been found useful for preventing the formation of a colored impurity when included in an ester hydrolysis reaction. Conducting ester hydrolysis in anaerobic conditions has also been found to minimize the formation of the color impurity. Also disclosed are improved methods for synthesizing the sodium salt of N-(8-[2-hydroxybenzoyl]-amino) caprylic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Emisphere Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William Elliot Bay, Joseph Norman Bernadino, George Frederick Klein, Yi Ren, Pingsheng Zhang
  • Percutaneous Driveline Anchor Devices and Methods of Use
    Publication number: 20200397964
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for securing a driveline to a portion of skin are disclosed herein. The driveline can connect an external controller to an implantable blood pump. The skin anchor can include a driveline capture portion. The driveline capture portion can receive the driveline and fix a position of the driveline with respect to the driveline capture portion. The driveline capture portion includes: a driveline receiver that can receive the driveline; and a driveline anchor that can engage the driveline to fix the position of the driveline with respect to the driveline receiver. The skin anchor can include a force distribution portion. The force distribution portion can engage a portion of skin and fix a position of the portion of skin with respect to the force distribution portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicant: TC1 LLC
    Inventors: John Duc Nguyen, John Donald Hill, Fabian Franco, Chris Eskildsen, David Gary Eldridge, Carine Hoarau, Yi-Ren Woo, John J. Hagerty, JR., Pete Cardamone
  • ELECTRIC ASSEMBLY AND VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200403482
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electric assembly and a vehicle having the same. The electric assembly includes: a box assembly; a motor, disposed in the box assembly; a transmission, disposed in the box assembly, where the transmission is power-coupled to the motor; and a controller, disposed outside the box assembly, and fixedly connected to the box assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Hongbin LUO, Yi REN, Guangquan CHEN, Daqi CHEN, Shuanghong JING, Chunlei LIU
  • SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURE WITH RECESSED SPACER
    Publication number: 20200395253
    Abstract: A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a substrate. The semiconductor device structure includes a gate stack over the substrate, wherein the gate stack has a first portion and a second portion under the first portion, and the first portion is wider than the second portion. The semiconductor device structure includes a first spacer and a second spacer over opposite sides of the gate stack. The first spacer has a first upper portion and a first lower portion, the second spacer has a second upper portion and a second lower portion. The first spacer has a first recess, the first upper portion is between the first recess and the gate stack, the first lower portion is under the first recess, and the first recess has a first inner wall facing away from the gate stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Heng TSAI, Chun-Sheng LIANG, Pei-Lin WU, Yi-Ren CHEN, Shih-Hsun CHANG
  • High-K film apparatus and method
    Patent number: 10861954
    Abstract: A device may include: a high-k layer disposed on a substrate and over a channel region in the substrate. The high-k layer may include a high-k dielectric material having one or more impurities therein, and the one or more impurities may include at least one of C, Cl, or N. The one or more impurities may have a molecular concentration of less than about 50%. The device may further include a cap layer over the high-k layer over the channel region, the high-k layer separating the cap layer and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Che-Cheng Chang, Yi-Ren Chen, Chang-Yin Chen, Yi-Jen Chen, Ming Zhu, Yung-Jung Chang, Harry-Hak-Lay Chuang
  • Pixel array substrate and driving method thereof
    Patent number: 10852609
    Abstract: A pixel array substrate including a substrate, data lines, gate lines, pixels, and transfer lines is provided. The data lines are disposed on the substrate and arranged in a first direction. The gate lines are disposed on the substrate and arranged in a second direction interlaced with the first direction. The pixels are disposed on the substrate, each of which includes an active device electrically connected to one of the data lines and one of the gate lines and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the active device. The transfer lines are arranged in the first direction and electrically connected to the gate lines, respectively. The pixels include first pixels. In a top view of the pixel array substrate, at least one of the pixel electrodes of the first pixels is partially overlapped with one of the transfer lines. A driving method of a pixel array substrate is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Min-Tse Lee, Sheng-Yen Cheng, Yueh-Hung Chung, Kuang-Hsiang Liao, Yang-Chun Lee, Yan-Kai Wang, Ya-Ling Hsu, Yi-Ren Chen, Hung-Che Lin, Sheng-Ju Ho, Chien-Huang Liao, Chen-Hsien Liao
  • CLALS PROTEIN, ITS CODING GENE AND USE IN PREDICTING THE HERBICIDE RESISTANCE OF WATERMELON
    Publication number: 20200340007
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a CLALS protein, its coding gene and use in predicting the herbicide resistance of a watermelon. The herbicide resistance of a watermelon to be tested in which “the amino acid residue at position 190 from N-terminus of the CLALS protein is only a non-proline residue” or a watermelon to be tested in which “the amino acid residue at position 190 from N-terminus of the CLALS protein is a non-proline residue and a proline residue” is stronger than that of a watermelon to be tested in which “the amino acid residue at position 190 from N-terminus of the CLALS protein is only a proline residue”. Experiments have shown that the type of the amino acid residue at position 190 from the N-terminus of CLALS protein can be used as a detection target to predict the herbicide resistance of a watermelon to be tested. The invention has great application value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Yong XU, Shouwei TIAN, Linjian JIANG, Haiying ZHANG, Guoyi GONG, Shaogui GUO, Jie ZHANG, Yi REN, Honghe SUN, Maoying LI
  • Percutaneous driveline anchor devices and methods of use
    Patent number: 10792407
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices for securing a driveline to a portion of skin are disclosed herein. The driveline can connect an external controller to an implantable blood pump. The skin anchor can include a driveline capture portion. The driveline capture portion can receive the driveline and fix a position of the driveline with respect to the driveline capture portion. The driveline capture portion includes: a driveline receiver that can receive the driveline; and a driveline anchor that can engage the driveline to fix the position of the driveline with respect to the driveline receiver. The skin anchor can include a force distribution portion. The force distribution portion can engage a portion of skin and fix a position of the portion of skin with respect to the force distribution portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Inventors: John Duc Nguyen, John Donald Hill, Fabian Franco, Chris Eskildsen, David Gary Eldridge, Carine Hoarau, Yi-Ren Woo, John J. Hagerty, Pete Cardamone
  • METHOD TO PROTECT ELECTRODES FROM OXIDATION IN A MEMS DEVICE
    Publication number: 20200313073
    Abstract: In some embodiments, the present disclosure relates to a method for forming a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device, including depositing a first electrode layer over a first piezoelectric layer. A hard mask layer is then deposited over the first electrode layer. A photoresist mask is formed on the hard mask layer with a first-electrode pattern. Using the photoresist mask, a first etch is performed into the hard mask layer to transfer the first-electrode pattern to the hard mask layer. The photoresist mask is then removed. A second etch is performed using the hard mask layer to transfer the first-electrode pattern to the first electrode layer, and the hard mask layer is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Yi-Ren Wang, Hung-Hua Lin, Yuan-Chih Hsieh
  • Semiconductor device structure
    Patent number: 10763178
    Abstract: A semiconductor device structure is provided. The semiconductor device structure includes a substrate. The semiconductor device structure includes a gate stack over the substrate. The gate stack has a first upper portion and a first lower portion, and the first upper portion is wider than the first lower portion. The semiconductor device structure includes a spacer layer surrounding the gate stack. The spacer layer has a second upper portion and a second lower portion. The second upper portion is thinner than the second lower portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Heng Tsai, Chun-Sheng Liang, Pei-Lin Wu, Yi-Ren Chen, Shih-Hsun Chang
  • PIXEL ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20200272010
    Abstract: A pixel array substrate including a substrate, data lines, gate lines, pixels, and transfer lines is provided. The data lines are disposed on the substrate and arranged in a first direction. The gate lines are disposed on the substrate and arranged in a second direction interlaced with the first direction. The pixels are disposed on the substrate, each of which includes an active device electrically connected to one of the data lines and one of the gate lines and a pixel electrode electrically connected to the active device. The transfer lines are arranged in the first direction and electrically connected to the gate lines, respectively. The pixels include first pixels. In a top view of the pixel array substrate, at least one of the pixel electrodes of the first pixels is partially overlapped with one of the transfer lines. A driving method of a pixel array substrate is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Min-Tse Lee, Sheng-Yen Cheng, Yueh-Hung Chung, Kuang-Hsiang Liao, Yang-Chun Lee, Yan-Kai Wang, Ya-Ling Hsu, Yi-Ren Chen, Hung-Che Lin, Sheng-Ju Ho, Chien-Huang Liao, Chen-Hsien Liao
  • Pump and method for mixed flow blood pumping
    Patent number: 10724534
    Abstract: A blood pump includes a housing and a rotor within the housing configured to rotate along an axis. The rotor may include a hub, the hub having regions with blades and regions without blades. The regions without blades may have a constant outer diameter and may extend along at least one fourth the length of the hub. The regions with blades may have an increasing outer diameter. Blades may be disposed on a downstream end region of the hub and extend downstream of the hub. Blades may begin approximately halfway along the axial length of a motor stator located about a hub and extend downstream of the motor stator. Blades may have portions that produce axial fluid flow and radial fluid flow with improved flow characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: TC1 LLC
    Inventors: Yi-Ren Woo, Onur Dur, Steven H. Reichenbach
  • METHOD FOR FORMING LEAD-CARBON COMPOUND INTERFACE LAYER ON LEAD-BASED SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20200227720
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for forming a lead-carbon compound interface layer on a lead-based substrate, wherein the lead-based substrate has a surface, and the method includes steps of: causing an acidic solution to contact with a carbon material and a lead-containing material to form a carbon-containing plumbate precursor having an ionic lead; and reducing the ionic lead in the carbon-containing plumbate precursor to form the lead-carbon compound interface layer on the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Applicant: National Formosa University
    Inventors: Shu-Huei Hsieh, Kai-Yi Song, Yi-Ren Tzeng, Ya-Wun Jan, Jing-Xiu Lin, Bo-Shun Wang, Jyun-Neng Chen
  • Adsorbent material
    Patent number: 10710005
    Abstract: An adsorbent material is provided. The adsorbent material comprises a porous, non-particulate substrate comprising pores having a size in the range of about 1 ?m to about 1 mm, and a conformal coating film deposited on the porous, non-particulate substrate, wherein the conformal coating film comprises topographical features having a feature size in the range of about 1 nm to about 1 ?m. A method of preparing the adsorbent material and an adsorbent device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Yi Ren, Sing Yang Chiam, Lai Mun Wong
  • Method of preparing hybrid membrane
    Patent number: 10710029
    Abstract: A method of preparing a hybrid membrane, the method including: evenly mixing a granular material and a dispersant, to yield a dispersion solution; evenly mixing a polymer and an organic solvent, to yield a matrix solution; adding the matrix solution to the dispersion solution to yield a mixed solution; heating the mixed solution to remove the dispersant, to yield a casting solution; and coating the casting solution on a substrate, followed by removal of the organic solvent, to yield a hybrid membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Weiming Zhang, Yi Ren, Bingcai Pan, Ming Hua, Lu Lv
  • Quick access panel for displaying a web page on a mobile device
    Patent number: 10706217
    Abstract: Embodiments of displaying a web page on a mobile device are provided. An aspect includes acquiring user interface elements that have a quick access attribute in the web page. Another aspect includes generating a quick access panel of the user interface elements having the quick access attributes, wherein a visible transparency of the generated quick access panel is not below a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng Huang, Yu Liu, Jian Jun Wang, Yi Ren Yuan
  • Ventricular assist devices having a hollow rotor and methods of use
    Patent number: 10702641
    Abstract: Blood pumps for ventricular assist devices employ a hollow rotor to impel blood through the blood pump. A blood pump includes a housing having a housing inlet, a housing outlet, and a housing blood flow channel through which the housing inlet and the housing outlet are in fluid communication. A motor stator is disposed around the housing blood flow channel and operable to generate a rotating magnetic field. A hollow rotor is disposed within the housing blood flow channel and rotated via the rotating magnetic field. The hollow rotor has a rotor circumferential wall enclosing a rotor blood flow channel. The hollow rotor has at least one rotor blade extending inwardly from the rotor circumferential wall. The at least one rotor blade is configured to impel blood through the rotor blood flow channel when the hollow rotor is rotated via the rotating magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: TC1 LLC
    Inventors: Eric T. Lee, William V. Hodges, Yi-Ren Woo