Patents by Inventor Yu-Ming Liang

Yu-Ming Liang 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: 8920711
    Abstract: A lance for feeding an additive wire into a quantity of molten metal below the surface of the molten metal. The lance has an inlet end which receives additive wire and an outlet end which dispenses the additive wire. The lance has an exterior sleeve of cardboard which has an inner surface. A portion of the inner surface of the exterior sleeve contacts an interior sleeve made of a refractory material. At the inlet end of the lance is a cardboard inlet outer sleeve and a cardboard inlet inner sleeve inside of the outer sleeve. The lance can have a coupling for fitting to a wire feeding apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Specialty Minerals (Michigan) Inc.
    Inventors: Dominick M. Colavito, Gregory J. Kennedy, Yu-Ming Liang
  • Publication number: 20140021663
    Abstract: A lance for feeding an additive wire into a quantity of molten metal below the surface of the molten metal. The lance has an inlet end which receives additive wire and an outlet end which dispenses the additive wire. The lance has an exterior sleeve of cardboard which has an inner surface. A portion of the inner surface of the exterior sleeve contacts an interior sleeve made of a refractory material. At the inlet end of the lance is a cardboard inlet outer sleeve and a cardboard inlet inner sleeve inside of the outer sleeve. The lance can have a coupling for fitting to a wire feeding apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Specialty Minerals (Michigan) Inc.
    Inventors: Dominick M. Colavito, Gregory J. Kennedy, Yu-Ming Liang
  • Patent number: 7509721
    Abstract: The punching and riveting tool includes a pipe shaft, an energy storage spring, a weight control rod, a front cap, a collision head, a punching head, a rear cap, a pressing button, a binding spring and a lock nut. The pipe shaft is in the shape of a hollow pipe, and two ends of the energy storage spring are linked with the weight control rod and the collision head respectively. The collision head is configured with a collision part on the upper end, and a binding slot on the lower end, and the punching head is configured on the bottom end of the collision head. The pressing button is configured with a go-through part and a binding part, and the binding spring with the pressing button are configured in the counterbore of the rear cap. The lock nut is linked onto the tail end of the weight control rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Morn Sun Dev. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Ming Liang