Patents by Inventor Yih-Wei Tzeng

Yih-Wei Tzeng 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).

  • Patent number: 11873835
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an axial air moving device. A model of the axial air moving device includes a hub and blades. The axial projection of blades is partially overlapped in the axial direction of the hub. The model of the axial air moving device is parted in the axis direction of the hub. The blades are divided into multiple parting models non-overlapped in the axial projection. A mold manufacture using axial demolding and an injection molding are performed and the parting models are connected. Therefore, the axial air moving device with overlapped blades and better fluid performance is achieved through the axial demolding method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: STOKES TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LTD.
    Inventor: Yih-Wei Tzeng
  • Publication number: 20230184261
    Abstract: A rotor-stator axial air moving device includes a housing, a rotor, and a stator. The rotor and the stator are disposed in the housing. The rotor includes a rotor hub and multiple rotor blades. The stator includes a stator hub and multiple stator blades. Each stator blade includes a blade root and a blade tip. The pitch angle is defined between the nose-tail line of wing section and a rotation direction of the axial air moving device. The pitch angles from the blade root to the blade tip of the wing section of each stator blade are configured in a manner of gradually increasing and then gradually decreasing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventor: Yih-Wei TZENG
  • Patent number: 11536279
    Abstract: This disclosure is related to a thin type counter-rotating axial air moving device. The ratio of the front hub diameter to the front blade diameter is about 0.3 to about 0.85. The front average pitch angle of the front blades is greater than about 46 degrees. The ratio of the rear hub diameter to the rear blade diameter is about 0.3 to about 0.85. The rear average pitch angle of the rear blades is less than about 38 degrees. The ratio of the total thickness to the greater one between the front blade diameter and the rear blade diameter is less than or equal to about 0.75.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: STOKES TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LTD.
    Inventor: Yih-Wei Tzeng
  • Patent number: 11512704
    Abstract: A counter-rotating axial air moving device includes a front rotor and a rear rotor. The front rotor includes a front hub and a plurality of front blades, and the number of the front blades is equal to or greater than 7 and equal to or less than 11. The rear rotor is disposed on the downstream side of the front rotor. The rear rotor includes a rear hub and a plurality of rear blades, and the number of the rear blades is equal to or greater than 6 and equal to or less than 10. The front rotor and the rear rotor are stacked with each other with a total thickness and a diameter. The ratio of the total thickness to the diameter is equal to or more than 0.91 and equal to or less than 1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: STOKES TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LTD.
    Inventor: Yih-Wei Tzeng
  • Patent number: 11486402
    Abstract: A counter rotating axial air moving device structure is disclosed. The rear rotor includes a rear hub and rear blades, and a pitch angle of each of the rear blades increases gradually in a direction away from the rear hub. The front rotor, the rear rotor and the stator component are stacked with each other. The ratio of the thickness to the diameter is equal to or greater than about 0.25 and equal to or less than about 0.8. Therefore, a better performance curve is obtained, and the vibration and noise are avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: STOKES TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LTD.
    Inventor: Yih-Wei Tzeng
  • Publication number: 20220333604
    Abstract: A counter rotating axial air moving device structure is disclosed. The rear rotor includes a rear hub and rear blades, and a pitch angle of each of the rear blades increases gradually in a direction away from the rear hub. The front rotor, the rear rotor and the stator component are stacked with each other. The ratio of the thickness to the diameter is equal to or greater than about 0.25 and equal to or less than about 0.8. Therefore, a better performance curve is obtained, and the vibration and noise are avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventor: Yih-Wei TZENG
  • Publication number: 20220333611
    Abstract: A counter-rotating axial air moving device is disclosed. A front rotor includes a front hub, front first blades, a front annular sheet, front second blades, a front first radial zone and a front second radial zone. A rear rotor is disposed on a rear side of the front rotor and includes a rear hub, rear first blades, a rear annular sheet, rear second blades, a rear first radial zone and a rear second radial zone. A better performance is achieved by optimal matching designs of each radial partition, and the deterioration of vibration and noise is avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventor: Yih-Wei TZENG
  • Publication number: 20220325717
    Abstract: A counter-rotating axial air moving device includes a front rotor and a rear rotor. The front rotor includes a front hub and a plurality of front blades, and the number of the front blades is equal to or greater than 7 and equal to or less than 11. The rear rotor is disposed on the downstream side of the front rotor. The rear rotor includes a rear hub and a plurality of rear blades, and the number of the rear blades is equal to or greater than 6 and equal to or less than 10. The front rotor and the rear rotor are stacked with each other with a total thickness and a diameter. The ratio of the total thickness to the diameter is equal to or more than 0.91 and equal to or less than 1.5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventor: Yih-Wei TZENG
  • Publication number: 20220316494
    Abstract: A manufacturing method of an axial air moving device. A model of the axial air moving device includes a hub and blades. The axial projection of blades is partially overlapped in the axial direction of the hub. The model of the axial air moving device is parted in the axis direction of the hub. The blades are divided into multiple parting models non-overlapped in the axial projection. A mold manufacture using axial demolding and an injection molding are performed and the parting models are connected. Therefore, the axial air moving device with overlapped blades and better fluid performance is achieved through the axial demolding method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventor: Yih-Wei TZENG
  • Patent number: 11359641
    Abstract: This disclosure provides an air moving device with blade tip of variable curvature. The axial air moving device includes a hub and a plurality of blades. The blades are connected with the hub, and each blade is configured by stacking multiple wing sections continuously. Each blade includes a blade root and a blade tip. The span position of the blade at the blade root is defined as 0, and at the blade tip is defined as 1. The blade angle is defined by the nose-tail line of the wing section and the rotation direction of the axial air moving device. The blade angle of the wing section at the blade tip of the blade is at least 10 degrees less than the blade angle of the wing section at the span position of 0.8 of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: STOKES TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LTD.
    Inventor: Yih-Wei Tzeng
  • Patent number: 11333172
    Abstract: The air moving device includes a rotor and a stator. The quantity of the rotor blades is not less than 5 and not greater than 12. The average blade angle of rotor blades is not less than 45 degrees and is not greater than 64 degrees. The ratio of the hub diameter to the rotor diameter is not less than 0.4 and not greater than 0.79. The quantity of the stator blades is not less than 6 and not greater than 23. The average blade angle of stator blades is not less than 45 degrees and not greater than 70 degrees. The ratio of the total thickness of the air moving device to the rotor diameter is not less than 0.76 and not greater than 1.7. The ratio of the stator axial thickness to the rotor axial thickness is not less than 0.28 and not greater than 0.65.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: STOKES TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LTD.
    Inventor: Yih-Wei Tzeng
  • Publication number: 20150152879
    Abstract: A blade structure of an axial fan is disclosed. The blade structure includes a hub and a plural of fan blades. The fan blades are disposed equidistantly on a periphery of the hub along a rotating direction of the hub. Each fan blade includes a first blade and a second blade. The first blade has a first leading edge and a first trailing edge, and the second blade having a second leading edge and a second trailing edge. A line connecting the first leading edge and the first trailing edge of each fan blade is a first chord line. The second leading edge is located at a line extended along the first chord line, and the separation between the first blade and the second blade is smaller than a distance of adjacent fan blades on the periphery of the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: Applied Thermal/Fluid Analysis Center Limited Liability Company
    Inventor: Yih-Wei Tzeng
  • Publication number: 20150037157
    Abstract: A composite propeller blade structure includes at least a rotation shaft and a rotation surface on which plural blades are formed, and characterized in that: each of the blades is composed of plural blade units; and in the equivalent radius cross section of each of the blades, the installed location of a front edge of the blade unit at the downstream is defined as following: in the rotation axial direction, which is located behind a rear edge of the adjacent blade unit at the upstream, and the maximum distance thereof is not greater than 25% of the radius of the adjacent blade unit at the upstream; and in the circumferential direction, located at the pressure surface side defined on the nose-trail line of the adjacent blade unit at the upstream, and the maximum range thereof is not greater than (360°/2N), wherein N is the quantity of the blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: ESDA Research and Development Incorporated
    Inventor: Yih-Wei Tzeng
  • Publication number: 20130259693
    Abstract: A ship propeller includes a hub having an outer periphery, a first blade set including a plurality of first blades each having a span-chord ratio substantially in a range of 3 to 8 and a second blade set including a plurality of second blades each having a span-chord ratio substantially in a range of 3 to 8. The first blade set and the second blade set are situated in different planes of rotation and working at the same rotation direction and the same rotation speed. Furthermore, the distance between the first blade set and the second blade set is 30 percent less than the mean blade radius. Specifically, the ship propeller has a total expanded area ratio substantially no less than 0.7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventor: Yih-Wei Tzeng
  • Publication number: 20130202443
    Abstract: An axial flow device includes a hub having an outer periphery and a plurality of blades each having a root portion, a tip portion and a body portion between the root portion and the tip portion and projecting outward from the outer periphery of the hub. Furthermore, the root portion has a first angle of attack, the tip portion has a second angle of attack, and the second angle of attack is greater than the first angle of attack. Specifically, each blade is integrally formed based on a continuous angle of attack variation from the root portion through the body portion to the tip portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: APPLIED THERMALFLUID ANALYSIS CENTER, LTD.
    Inventor: Yih-Wei Tzeng
  • Publication number: 20080093055
    Abstract: This present invention provides a heat-dissipating element for dissipating heat generated by a heat source in an electronic apparatus. The heat-dissipating element includes a contacting portion, an extending portion having one end connected with the contacting portion, and a chamber connected with the contacting portion and the extending portion. The chamber is filled with a working fluid and comprises a plurality of capillary structures to which the working fluid is adhered, and one end of the contacting portion contacts with the heat source to absorb the heat generated from operation while the extending portion extends in a direction away from the heat source, such that heat generated from the heat source can be conducted into the extending portion and away from the heat source, thereby facilitating heat convection with the ambient cool air and enhancing heat-dissipation efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Yih-Wei Tzeng, Win-Haw Chen, Chen Yueh Chang
  • Patent number: 6799942
    Abstract: A composite fan consists of a first fan and a second fan located on the air outlet side of the first fan. The first fan has a plurality of first rotary vanes and a plurality of first guide vanes located on the air outlet side of the first rotary vanes. The second fan has a plurality of second rotary vanes and a plurality of second guide vanes located on the air inlet side of the second rotary vanes. Each of the second guide vanes corresponds to and is coupled with each of the first guide vanes to form a continuous curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Yih-Wei Tzeng, Win-Haw Chen
  • Patent number: 6777955
    Abstract: A kind of noise value evaluation method for cooling module, which is to confirm if the noise value of cooling module meets the specification at early design stage, determining whether to continue the next stage of engineering or to redesign to avoid modification of design at the later design stage which results in the delay of production process and the increase of cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventor: Yih-Wei Tzeng
  • Patent number: 6755616
    Abstract: A method of noise value control by controlling the rotation rate of a fan utilizes a set temperature control plot to estimate the noise value of fans and temperature changes of CPUs corresponding to the fans to optimize thermal energy absorption, achieve a suitable noise value, and take less manpower and time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventor: Yih-Wei Tzeng
  • Patent number: 6752587
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a modular fan assembly mounted in an electronic device comprising a frame having a defined opening for air circulation; at least two spaced apart fans disposed within the frame, each fan having a stator and a plurality of blades attached to the stator; and a divider disposed between the fans for partial separation wherein an outer end of the divider is smaller than a depth of the frame, thereby leaving a distance between the outer end of the divider and an outer surface of the frame so that an area of the opening for an escape of air from the fans is increased for effectively reducing a resistance of air flow and obtaining a maximum draft by means of the divider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Shu-Ju Lin, Yih-Wei Tzeng