Patents by Inventor Ying Chao Ruan

Ying Chao Ruan 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: 6150639
    Abstract: An automatic, dynamic window anti freezing system for the windshield and the rear window of a motor vehicles parked in cold weather, connected to a battery, comprises a temperature range control-switch unit, an optic frost-monitor, and a sweeping time (frequency)- control to drive a wiper system to work for preventing frost accumulating on the window glass. The temperature unit sets up a certain working range to turn on the system, covering the real freezing stage of the windows. The sweeping time control sets up predetermined sweeping timely manner for the wipers to sweep. The monitor emits light signals to monitor the frost accumulating on the window glass, and actuates the sweeping control to drive wipers to sweep it off when detecting it. The energy consumption is generally exceptional low due to that working is effectively controlled and easily done. Thus a related window is substantially able to avoid freezing on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Inventors: Ying Chao Ruan, Jing Qing Tang
  • Patent number: 6147612
    Abstract: A dual function sleep preventing system comprises a micro optic eyelid monitor, a micro optic tilting monitor, a signal combination circuits and an alarming unit. The eyelid monitor is placed in the vicinity of an eye by an appropriate mounting device when in use, using an emitter to transmit modulated appropriate light signals towards the eye, and using optic sensors to sense the influenced light by the eyelid, to detect the movement of eyelid. The tilting monitor comprises an optic tilt switch set on the side head of a user, using a micro optic monitor to detect a small ball's rolling in a closed tube system inside the switch when tilting. Both the monitors are connected to a signal combination circuits, which has an input signal filtering device, a switch part and a counter. The filtering device sets an appropriate time delay range to pick up dangerous long symptoms, base on signal length and the difference between a monitor signal's appearing time and another monitor's.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Inventors: Ying Chao Ruan, Jing Qing Tang
  • Patent number: 5660220
    Abstract: An automobile windshield shade includes a substantially opaque, pleated sheet having a bottom end, a top end, and a pair of opposite sides. The pleats of the sheet have generally equal widths and are oriented substantially parallel to the sides so that the pleats fold one on top of another when the sides are moved toward one another to collapse the sheet and unfold when the sides are spread apart to expand the sheet. The pleats are prevented from unfolding adjacent the bottom end of the sheet such that the sheet arcuately expands and collapses. The shade further includes a base assembly for placement on the dash of the automobile, wherein the assembly is configured to hold the bottom end of the sheet at substantially the same degree of curvature as the windshield so that the sheet generally follows the curvature of the windshield when expanded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Inventor: Ying Chao Ruan