Patents by Inventor Yu-Chien Cho

Yu-Chien Cho 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: 7348685
    Abstract: A method and apparatus includes supplying fresh water and generating electricity from collected rainwater. The method includes providing hollow buoyant members under the reservoir as support. The method also includes providing steel ropes, driving piles into the ground and securing the piles to the steel ropes. The method also includes forming gates, building hydroelectric generators, building a waterworks, and providing tubes connected from the gates to the waterworks through the hydroelectric generators. Rainwater collected and stored in the reservoir is transferred to the hydroelectric generators. Further, the waterworks is adapted to receive water from the hydroelectric generators. Moreover, sprinklers, drive devices, and oblique plates for directing rainwater and decreasing evaporation may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Kun Shan University
    Inventors: Jwo-Hwu Yi, Yu-Chien Cho, Chien-Ting Lin
  • Publication number: 20070057518
    Abstract: A method of collecting water and generating electricity by a reservoir in the air or on the water is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing hollow buoyant members under the reservoir as support; providing steel ropes; driving piles into the ground and securing same to the steel ropes; forming gate; building hydroelectric generators; building a waterworks; and providing tubes connected from the gates to the waterworks through the hydroelectric generators. Rain collected and stored in the reservoir is transferred to the hydroelectric generators. Further, the waterworks is adapted to receive water from the hydroelectric generators. Moreover, sprinklers, drive devices, and oblique plates for directing rain and decreasing evaporation may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Jwo-Hwu Yi, Yu-Chien Cho, Chien-Ting Lin