Patents by Inventor YUAN-KWEI TZENG

YUAN-KWEI 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).

  • Publication number: 20240342536
    Abstract: A rotary electromagnetically controlled resistance device not only installs a high-precision sensor module in the resistance device only, but also writes integrated 3-parameter actual measured data (speed, torque and current) into an EEPROM of the sensor module and installs the EEPROM in the resistance device. Software and hardware of a controller are installed externally, such that a signal cable of the sensor module can be passed through the rotary resistance device and connected to the external controller. Therefore, this invention can overcome the issue of setting the controller in the resistance device in the related art, and the resistance device can be developed independently and completely without being limited by the controller to greatly improve the flexibility in mass production and maintenance of the resistance device, while the high-precision 3-parameter real measured data can be moved and kept together with the resistance device to achieve a long-term high-precision effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventor: Yuan-Kwei Tzeng
  • Patent number: 11139708
    Abstract: A device for use in generating electric power and braking, a kit and a brake unit of the same are provided. A brake body in the brake unit includes a plurality of brake blocks. The brake unit has an electromagnetic air gap which is adjustable and controllable in high precision. Therefore, the tolerance of the electromagnetic air gap between the brake unit and the wheel is made small, even without increasing the machining precision and costs of the brake unit, thereby enhancing resistance precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Inventor: Yuan-Kwei Tzeng
  • Publication number: 20200403470
    Abstract: A device for use in generating electric power and braking, a kit and a brake unit of the same are provided. A brake body in the brake unit includes a plurality of brake blocks. The brake unit has an electromagnetic air gap which is adjustable and controllable in high precision. Therefore, the tolerance of the electromagnetic air gap between the brake unit and the wheel is made small, even without increasing the machining precision and costs of the brake unit, thereby enhancing resistance precision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventor: Yuan-Kwei Tzeng
  • Publication number: 20180066703
    Abstract: An electric power generation and brake device disposed on a shaft includes: a wheel, a stator unit and a brake unit; the wheel comprising: an outer ring disposed around an edge of the wheel, an inner ring on the wheel and configured between the outer ring and an axis of the wheel, and a plurality of permanent magnets configured on one surface of the outer ring; the stator unit, comprising: a stator body, a plurality of first serrated portions disposed around an outer peripheral surface of the stator body, and a plurality of electric generating coils; the brake unit, comprising: a brake body fixed on the shaft or the stator body and configured between the inner ring and the axis of the wheel, a plurality of second serrated portions, and a plurality of brake coils; with the arrangement to resist vibration and reduce noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventor: Yuan-Kwei Tzeng
  • Patent number: 9839810
    Abstract: A fitness machine with continuously variable magnetic-controlled damping force and combined with a manual emergency brake includes a fitness bike, a console, a magnetically controlled damping device and a resistance and brake control device. The fitness bike generates and supplies power to the console, magnetically controlled damping device and resistance and brake control device by a rotating flywheel. The magnetically controlled damping device produces continuously variable electromagnetic damping force to the flywheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Inventor: Yuan-Kwei Tzeng
  • Publication number: 20160218585
    Abstract: An electric power generation and brake device disposed on a shaft includes: a wheel installed to the shaft and including a magnet; a stator unit installed to the shaft and including a stator body, a serrated portion and a coil, such that when the wheel rotates, the magnet rotates with respect to the stator unit to generate an alternating current; a rectifier unit connected to the stator unit for converting the alternating current into a direct current; a control panel connected to the rectifier unit; a waveform generator unit connected to the control panel for generating an inverted torque input signal; and a brake unit for receiving the direct current and the inverted torque input signal, and including a brake body, a serrated portion and a coil, and the brake unit is provided for braking the wheel, so as to resist vibration and reduce noise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventor: Yuan-Kwei TZENG
  • Patent number: 9276455
    Abstract: A magnetic reluctance device includes a casing, an inner pipe, a lead screw, a magnet, at least a protruding unit, and at least a metallic element. The magnetic reluctance device is advantageously characterized in that, at least a protruding unit protrudingly disposed on the inner wall surface of an inner pipe moves along a thread of a lead screw, and thus the lead screw slides and drives the inner pipe to rotate, such that it is convenient for a magnet to produce a magnetic drag between the metallic element and the metallic pipe of the casing. The magnetic reluctance device further includes an adjustment unit for altering the distance between the metallic element and the magnet to thereby conveniently alter the strength of the magnetic drag produced between the magnet, the metallic element, and the metallic pipe of the casing while the magnet is rotating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Inventor: Yuan-Kwei Tzeng
  • Publication number: 20150288272
    Abstract: A magnetic reluctance device includes a casing, an inner pipe, a lead screw, a magnet, at least a protruding unit, and at least a metallic element. The magnetic reluctance device is advantageously characterized in that, at least a protruding unit protrudingly disposed on the inner wall surface of an inner pipe moves along a thread of a lead screw, and thus the lead screw slides and drives the inner pipe to rotate, such that it is convenient for a magnet to produce a magnetic drag between the metallic element and the metallic pipe of the casing. The magnetic reluctance device further includes an adjustment unit for altering the distance between the metallic element and the magnet to thereby conveniently alter the strength of the magnetic drag produced between the magnet, the metallic element, and the metallic pipe of the casing while the magnet is rotating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventor: YUAN-KWEI TZENG