Patents by Inventor Alex Horng

Alex Horng 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: 20240060725
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a partitioning board abutting inner faces of two boards, respectively. A chamber is defined between the partitioning board and one of the two boards. Another chamber is defined between the partitioning board and another of the two boards and intercommunicates with the chamber via an intercommunication port and a backflow port of the partitioning board. A pump drives a working fluid to circulate in the two chambers. Two welding channels are formed on outer faces of the two boards and surround the two chambers, respectively. The smallest distance between a channel bottom face of each annular welding channel and the inner face of a respective board having the annular welding channel is smaller than that between the inner and outer faces of the respective board. The two boards are coupled to the partitioning board along the annular welding channels by laser welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: ALEX HORNG, MING-TSUNG LI, CHI-TING YEH
  • Patent number: 11846470
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a partitioning board abutting inner faces of two boards, respectively. A chamber is defined between the partitioning board and one of the two boards. Another chamber is defined between the partitioning board and another of the two boards and intercommunicates with the chamber via an intercommunication port and a backflow port of the partitioning board. A pump drives a working fluid to circulate in the two chambers. Two welding channels are formed on outer faces of the two boards and surround the two chambers, respectively. The smallest distance between a channel bottom face of each annular welding channel and the inner face of a respective board having the annular welding channel is smaller than that between the inner and outer faces of the respective board. The two boards are coupled to the partitioning board along the annular welding channels by laser welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: SUNONWEALTH ELECTRIC MACHINE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Ming-Tsung Li, Chi-Ting Yeh
  • Patent number: 11800683
    Abstract: An immersion cooling system includes a sealed tank having a chamber. A circulating layer and a working layer are respectively formed by first and second working liquids filled in the chamber and are contiguous to each other. The boiling point of the second working liquid is higher than that of the first working liquid. The density of the second working liquid is lower than that of the first working liquid. The first and second working liquids do not dissolve in each other. A circulating cooling module includes a circulating pipeline having first and second ports located in the chamber. The circulating pipeline also has a heat absorbing section and a condensation section located between the first and second ports. The heat absorbing section is located in the working layer. The first working liquid flows into the circulating pipeline from the first port and circulates in the circulating pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Ming-Tsung Li
  • Patent number: 11767857
    Abstract: A cooling fan includes a fan frame and an impeller. The fan frame includes a substrate, a sidewall connected to the substrate, and a lid connected to the sidewall and opposite to the substrate. An air inlet is formed in the lid. The substrate, the sidewall, and the lid together define at least one air outlet. The impeller is rotatably mounted in the fan frame. A plurality of bulges protrudes from an inner face of the sidewall and/or an inner face of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mohammed Abdelkareem Mostafa Amer, Alex Horng
  • Publication number: 20230064320
    Abstract: A cooling fan includes a fan frame and an impeller. The fan frame includes a substrate, a sidewall connected to the substrate, and a lid connected to the sidewall and opposite to the substrate. An air inlet is formed in the lid. The substrate, the sidewall, and the lid together define at least one air outlet. The impeller is rotatably mounted in the fan frame. A plurality of bulges protrudes from an inner face of the sidewall and/or an inner face of the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Mohammed Abdelkareem Mostafa Amer, Alex HORNG
  • Patent number: 11525447
    Abstract: A slim pump according to the present invention includes a frame, a shaft-coupling portion, a stator, and an impeller. The frame includes an interior separated by a partitioning board into a first chamber and a second chamber. A flow inlet intercommunicates with the first chamber and a flow outlet intercommunicates with the second chamber. The first chamber is intercommunicated with the second chamber via a communication hole of the partitioning board. The shaft-coupling portion is located in the frame. The stator is disposed around the shaft-coupling portion and is located within an axial extent of the first chamber. The stator is axially aligned with the communication hole. The impeller includes a plurality of blades and an inlet opening located in the second chamber. The inlet opening faces and axially aligns with the communication hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Ming-Tsung Li
  • Patent number: 11527937
    Abstract: A motor including a support unit, a first rotating part, a second rotating part, a rotor and a stator is disclosed. The support unit includes an axle and a bearing coupled with the axle. The first rotating part is fit around the axle and is coupled with the bearing. The second rotating part is coupled with the first rotating part. The rotor is coupled with the second rotating part. The stator is connected to the support unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Kun-Ta Yang, Chia-Wei Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20220272878
    Abstract: A cooling module includes a first casing, a second casing, and a cooling unit. The first casing includes a lower chamber filled with at least one working fluid. The first casing includes a heat source connecting face. The second casing includes an upper chamber. The cooling unit is located between the first and second casings. The cooling unit includes a plurality of tubes. Each of the plurality of tubes includes an end intercommunicating with the lower chamber and another end intercommunicating with the upper chamber, thereby the lower and upper chambers intercommunicate with each other. A plurality of cooling fin units is coupled to outer peripheries of the plurality of tubes. An angle between each of the plurality of tubes and the heat source connecting face is larger than 0° and smaller than 90°, or each of the plurality of tubes is parallel to the heat source connecting face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Alex HORNG, Tso-Kuo YIN, Ming-Tsung LI
  • Publication number: 20220264768
    Abstract: An immersion cooling system includes a sealed tank having a chamber. A circulating layer and a working layer are respectively formed by first and second working liquids filled in the chamber and are contiguous to each other. The boiling point of the second working liquid is higher than that of the first working liquid. The density of the second working liquid is lower than that of the first working liquid. The first and second working liquids do not dissolve in each other. A circulating cooling module includes a circulating pipeline having first and second ports located in the chamber. The circulating pipeline also has a heat absorbing section and a condensation section located between the first and second ports. The heat absorbing section is located in the working layer. The first working liquid flows into the circulating pipeline from the first port and circulates in the circulating pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Alex HORNG, Tso-Kuo YIN, Ming-Tsung LI
  • Patent number: 11401943
    Abstract: An impeller includes a hub, a plurality of blades coupled with the hub, and a plurality of ribs connected to the plurality of blades. Each of the plurality of ribs has a connecting end coupled with the hub. Each of the plurality of blades intersects with at least one of the plurality of ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: SUNON ELECTRONICS (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Chi-Min Wang
  • Patent number: 11387703
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a stator of a waterproof motor includes disposing a first assembly in a mold where the first assembly includes a coil unit wound around an iron core assembly, and filling the mold with a thermosetting plastic which forms a housing after curing. The housing houses the coil unit and the iron core assembly. A recess is formed at one end of the housing. The method further includes disposing a second assembly in the recess of the housing where the second assembly includes a circuit unit, and filling the recess of the housing with a waterproof glue which envelopes the circuit unit after curing. According to the above, the stator of the waterproof motor is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Guo-Hao Chen, Chi-Tsung Tsai
  • Publication number: 20220163269
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a partitioning board abutting inner faces of two boards, respectively. A chamber is defined between the partitioning board and one of the two boards. Another chamber is defined between the partitioning board and another of the two boards and intercommunicates with the chamber via an intercommunication port and a backflow port of the partitioning board. A pump drives a working fluid to circulate in the two chambers. Two welding channels are formed on outer faces of the two boards and surround the two chambers, respectively. The smallest distance between a channel bottom face of each annular welding channel and the inner face of a respective board having the annular welding channel is smaller than that between the inner and outer faces of the respective board. The two boards are coupled to the partitioning board along the annular welding channels by laser welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: ALEX HORNG, MING-TSUNG LI, CHI-TING YEH
  • Publication number: 20220146206
    Abstract: A cooling device includes at least one heat pipe and a fin unit. Each of the at least one heat pipe includes a condensing section between a first end and a second end of the heat pipe, a first vaporization section between the condensing section and the first end of the heat pipe, and a second vaporization section between the condensing section and the second end of the heat pipe. The condensing section intercommunicates with the first vaporization section and the second vaporization section. The fin unit is mounted to the condensing section of each of the at least one heat pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Chin-Chun Liao
  • Publication number: 20220151100
    Abstract: A liquid cooling module includes a housing having first and second chambers filled with a working fluid and intercommunicating with each other via an intercommunicating port and a backflow port. A pump is received in the housing and is aligned with the intercommunicating port. The pump includes a stator driving an impeller to rotate, driving the working fluid to flow from the first chamber through the intercommunicating port, the stator, and the impeller. The working fluid flows through the second chamber back into the first chamber via the backflow port. An electronic device includes a casing, an electric module received in the casing and including a heat generating area, and the liquid cooling module. The liquid cooling module is disposed in the casing and is in thermal connection with the heat generating area via a heat absorbing zone of the housing aligned with the first chamber or the second chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Ming-Tsung Li
  • Patent number: 11286947
    Abstract: An impeller includes a hub, a plurality of blades provided around an outer periphery of the hub, and at least two connecting rings connected to the plurality of blades. Each of the plurality of blades has a top edge and a bottom edge opposite to the top edge. One or more of the at least two connecting rings is disposed between but not connected to the top edges and the bottom edges of the plurality of blades. A cooling fan including the impeller is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Chien-Yuan Tseng, Chi-Min Wang
  • Patent number: 11181142
    Abstract: A bearing system includes a first bearing, a second bearing, and a rotating member. The first bearing is hollow and has a first inner face. The second bearing is located in the first bearing. The second bearing includes a second inner face axially aligned with the first inner face. A partitioning space is formed between the first inner face and the second inner face. The rotating member has a shaft and a protruding portion coupled to the shaft. The protruding portion is located in the partitioning space. A dynamic pressure gap is formed between the protruding portion and the first inner face during rotation. Another dynamic pressure gap is formed between the protruding portion and the second inner face during rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Ko-Chien Wang
  • Patent number: 11174867
    Abstract: A fan frame includes a housing, a shaft tube, a circuit board and a plurality of light-emitting elements. The housing includes a base and a plurality of connection members located between the base and a peripheral wall of the housing. The shaft tube is mounted on the base. The circuit board is mounted in the housing and includes a body having a through-hole. The circuit board is fit around the shaft tube via the through-hole and is integrally formed with a plurality of protruding ribs and at least one outer rib. Each protruding rib is aligned with a respective connection member. Each outer rib is located between two adjacent protruding ribs. The light-emitting elements are mounted on the protruding ribs and the outer rib. A fan including the fan frame is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Chia-Ching Tsai, Hung-Cheng Zhou
  • Publication number: 20210301826
    Abstract: A slim pump according to the present invention includes a frame, a shaft-coupling portion, a stator, and an impeller. The frame includes an interior separated by a partitioning board into a first chamber and a second chamber. A flow inlet intercommunicates with the first chamber and a flow outlet intercommunicates with the second chamber. The first chamber is intercommunicated with the second chamber via a communication hole of the partitioning board. The shaft-coupling portion is located in the frame. The stator is disposed around the shaft-coupling portion and is located within an axial extent of the first chamber. The stator is axially aligned with the communication hole. The impeller includes a plurality of blades and an inlet opening located in the second chamber. The inlet opening faces and axially aligns with the communication hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Ming-Tsung Li
  • Patent number: 11125241
    Abstract: A ceiling fan includes a support unit, a stator, a rotor and a lamp. The support unit includes an axle and a magnetic disc fit around the axle. The stator is fit around the axle. The rotor has a plurality of blades rotatably mounted to the axle. The lamp includes a housing and a light emitting portion below a magnetic top face of the housing. The magnetic top face of the housing is attracted to the magnetic disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Chung-Hao Tsai
  • Patent number: 11081926
    Abstract: An inner-rotor motor including a housing, a stator and a rotor avoids damage to the coil unit which often occurs during assembly of the conventional inner-rotor motor. The housing has an inner periphery provided with a plurality of protrusions. The iron core has an outer periphery provided with a plurality of notches. The insulating sleeve includes a plurality of positioning members. In radial directions perpendicular to the shaft, each of the plurality of notches is spaced from a center of a shaft at a minimal distance, and each of the plurality of positioning members is spaced from the center of the shaft at a maximal distance. The maximal distance is smaller than the minimal distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Duo-Nian Shan