Patents by Inventor Chao-Chin Yao

Chao-Chin Yao 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: 11761454
    Abstract: A ceiling fan blade fastening structure includes a base and a fan blade. The base is fixed to a rotor of a motor of a ceiling fan. The base has a bottom wall and a peripheral wall. The peripheral wall has a slot. The bottom wall is provided with a guide rail portion adjacent to the slot. The bottom wall is provided with a bracket and a positioning block behind the guide rail portion. The fan blade has a tongue portion to be inserted into the slot and pressed against the positioning block, so as to position the fan blade. The tongue portion is provided with a stop block to be against the rear of the bracket, so that the fan blade is unable to be disengaged from the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventor: Chao Chin Yao
  • Publication number: 20230235749
    Abstract: A ceiling fan blade fastening structure includes a base and a fan blade. The base is fixed to a rotor of a motor of a ceiling fan. The base has a bottom wall and a peripheral wall. The peripheral wall has a slot. The bottom wall is provided with a guide rail portion adjacent to the slot. The bottom wall is provided with a bracket and a positioning block behind the guide rail portion. The fan blade has a tongue portion to be inserted into the slot and pressed against the positioning block, so as to position the fan blade. The tongue portion is provided with a stop block to be against the rear of the bracket, so that the fan blade is unable to be disengaged from the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventor: Chao Chin Yao
  • Patent number: 11686322
    Abstract: A quick buckle structure of a fan blade of a ceiling fan comprises a base fixed on a rotor of a ceiling fan motor, wherein the base is provided with a bottom wall and a front wall, the front wall is provided with an insertion opening, the bottom wall is provided with a guide rail part adjacent to the insertion opening, and the bottom wall is provided with a fixing frame located above the guide rail part. The fan blade is inserted into the insertion opening with a tongue part, wherein the tongue part extends along the guide rail part. The tongue part is provided with a base area located behind the fixing frame, a stop block is integrally erected on the base area, and the stop block abuts against the fixing frame so that the fan blade cannot exit from the insertion port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventor: Chao Chin Yao
  • Patent number: 11635082
    Abstract: A ceiling fan controller fixing structure includes an intermediate member located between a down rod and a motor. A top end of the intermediate member has a first connecting portion for connecting the down rod. A bottom end of the intermediate member has a second connecting portion for connecting the motor. The intermediate member further has a third connecting portion for connecting a controller module. The controller module has an integrated output cable connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventor: Chao Chin Yao
  • Patent number: 11555501
    Abstract: A ceiling fan structure includes a mounting bracket, a hanging plate, a coupling, and a motor. The mounting bracket is fixed to a ceiling. The hanging plate has a top fixed to the mounting bracket. The top is formed with a recessed accommodating groove for accommodating a first electronic component. The coupling is connected to a bottom of the accommodating groove and extends downward. The coupling is connected with a support plate extending horizontally. The support plate is configured to support a second electronic component. The internal space of the ceiling fan structure is properly planned so that the components of the ceiling fan structure can be reasonably configured, so as to improve the efficiency of assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventor: Chao Chin Yao
  • Publication number: 20220145895
    Abstract: A ceiling fan structure includes a mounting bracket, a hanging plate, a coupling, and a motor. The mounting bracket is fixed to a ceiling. The hanging plate has a top fixed to the mounting bracket. The top is formed with a recessed accommodating groove for accommodating a first electronic component. The coupling is connected to a bottom of the accommodating groove and extends downward. The coupling is connected with a support plate extending horizontally. The support plate is configured to support a second electronic component. The internal space of the ceiling fan structure is properly planned so that the components of the ceiling fan structure can be reasonably configured, so as to improve the efficiency of assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventor: Chao Chin Yao
  • Patent number: 10344964
    Abstract: A lighting structure for a ceiling fan includes a substrate. The substrate has a top surface and a bottom surface. At least a lamp is disposed on the bottom surface. A plurality of fins and an upright wall are disposed on the top surface. The upright wall extends upward and extends around an enclosure to form therein a receiving chamber for receiving a ceiling fan control device. A first connection portion is disposed near the top end of the upright wall and connected to the ceiling fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Inventor: Chao Chin Yao
  • Patent number: 9853517
    Abstract: A ceiling fan motor structure includes a housing, a magnetic ring, and a cover. The housing has an annular wall and a shielding plate which jointly define a receiving room. The open side of the annular wall forms an opening. The housing has an annular edge around the opening. The annular wall has a plurality of projections projecting from the inner wall surface of the receiving room. The magnetic ring has a plurality of recesses on its outer periphery and is placed into the receiving room of the housing in a way in which the recesses are respectively aligned with the projections and in which each projection is placed in the corresponding recess to prevent relative rotation between the magnetic ring and the housing. The cover closes the opening and is fixedly connected to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Inventor: Chao Chin Yao
  • Publication number: 20170321878
    Abstract: A lighting structure for a ceiling fan includes a substrate. The substrate has a top surface and a bottom surface. At least a lamp is disposed on the bottom surface. A plurality of fins and an upright wall are disposed on the top surface. The upright wall extends upward and extends around an enclosure to form therein a receiving chamber for receiving a ceiling fan control device. A first connection portion is disposed near the top end of the upright wall and connected to the ceiling fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventor: Chao Chin Yao
  • Publication number: 20170198702
    Abstract: A ceiling fan having switch module is disclosed. The ceiling fan includes a mounting member, a motor and a fan. The motor is pivotally connected with the mounting member, and the fan is connected with the motor to be driven to rotate. A cover is disposed on the mounting member to cover the motor, and a controlling device is disposed inside the cover and electrically connected with the controlling device. The controlling device includes a switch module having a switch, and the switch has a wire connecter to connect with an electric wire. Therefore, the ceiling fan of the present invention can facilitate operation of connecting the electric wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventor: Chao Chin YAO
  • Publication number: 20170141639
    Abstract: A ceiling fan motor structure includes a housing, a magnetic ring, and a cover. The housing has an annular wall and a shielding plate which jointly define a receiving room. The open side of the annular wall forms an opening. The housing has an annular edge around the opening. The annular wall has a plurality of projections projecting from the inner wall surface of the receiving room. The magnetic ring has a plurality of recesses on its outer periphery and is placed into the receiving room of the housing in a way in which the recesses are respectively aligned with the projections and in which each projection is placed in the corresponding recess to prevent relative rotation between the magnetic ring and the housing. The cover closes the opening and is fixedly connected to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventor: CHAO CHIN YAO
  • Patent number: 9200798
    Abstract: A lamp structure for a ceiling fan has a connecting part at the top of its lamp base to connect to a ceiling fan. An installing part has at least two slant surfaces facing obliquely downward when the lamp base is connected to the ceiling fan. The slant surfaces are symmetric with respect to the lamp base. Each of the slant surfaces has a light-emitting diode whose light-emitting direction is also obliquely downward as the corresponding slant surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Inventor: Chao-Chin Yao
  • Publication number: 20150330410
    Abstract: A ceiling fan structure with detachable DC controller includes a canopy having a mounting bracket assembled therein, a filter device assembled in the canopy, a downrod fixed to the mounting bracket at a top end thereof, a bottom end of the downrod passing through the canopy and vertically downward extending, a motor assembled to the bottom end of the downrod, the motor having a shaft, a suspending case enclosing the motor, a DC controller assembled on the suspending case and having a switching circuit and signal wires, each signal wire passing though the suspending case and electrically connected to the motor, the filter device having power wires, each power wire passing through the downrod and electrically connected to the switching circuit of the DC controller, blades fixed around the shaft and the blades rotated by the rotation of the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventor: CHAO-CHIN YAO
  • Patent number: 9121553
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) lamp structure fixed to a mount and capable of emitting light for illumination includes a substrate, a light emitting element, a lamp cup and a joint member, and the light emitting element is installed on the substrate and has an LED lamp, and the lamp cup is mounted on the substrate and covered onto the light emitting element, and both joint member and mount have a joint portion, and one of the joint portions is concave and the other one is convex, and the concave joint portion has a diameter difference to define a large end and small end, and the convex portion is plugged from the large end of the concave joint portion, rotated with the joint member to move to the small end, and then fixed to the mount of the joint member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Inventor: Chao-Chin Yao
  • Publication number: 20150192136
    Abstract: A ceiling fan structure has a motor, a decorative cover, and several blade components. The decorative cover covers on the outer side of the motor and is installed on the motor. Each blade component includes a support and a blade. Each blade is installed on a corresponding support. Each support is installed on the decorative cover. The motor drives the decorative cover to rotate, thereby rotating the blade components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventor: Chao-Chin Yao
  • Publication number: 20150167903
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) lamp structure fixed to a mount and capable of emitting light for illumination includes a substrate, a light emitting element, a lamp cup and a joint member, and the light emitting element is installed on the substrate and has an LED lamp, and the lamp cup is mounted on the substrate and covered onto the light emitting element, and both joint member and mount have a joint portion, and one of the joint portions is concave and the other one is convex, and the concave joint portion has a diameter difference to define a large end and small end, and the convex portion is plugged from the large end of the concave joint portion, rotated with the joint member to move to the small end, and then fixed to the mount of the joint member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventor: CHAO-CHIN YAO
  • Publication number: 20150167958
    Abstract: A lamp structure for a ceiling fan has a connecting part at the top of its lamp base to connect to a ceiling fan An installing part has at least two slant surfaces facing obliquely downward when the lamp base is connected to the ceiling fan. The slant surfaces are symmetric with respect to the lamp base. Each of the slant surfaces has a light-emitting diode whose light-emitting direction is also obliquely downward as the corresponding slant surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventor: CHAO-CHIN YAO
  • Patent number: 8529213
    Abstract: A structure of the decorating shell for a ceiling fan includes an outer shell and a decorating cover. The bottom of the outer shell has a connecting hole. The surrounding surface at the bottom of the outer shell has at least two opposite grooves. The decorating cover has an annular shape and is correspondingly disposed at the bottom of the outer shell. The outer rim of the decorating cover is protruded upward with hook parts to engage with the grooves. At least one elastic body is interposed between the inner rim and the outer rim of the decorating cover. When the decorating cover is mounted onto the bottom of the outer shell, the elastic body is squeezed by the outer shell and the decorating cover to urge against the surrounding surface at the bottom of the outer shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Inventor: Chao-chin Yao
  • Patent number: 8496442
    Abstract: A combining structure for the decorating shell of a ceiling fan includes an outer shell and a decorating cover. The bottom of the outer shell has a connecting hole. The rim of the connecting hole is formed upward with at least two opposite notches. Each of the notches is bent downward with a blocking rim that gradually converges. The decorating cover has an annular shape, and is mounted on the bottom of the outer shell. The inner rim of the decorating cover is protruded upward with an inner rim wall that goes through the connecting hole of the outer shell. The outer surface of the inner rim wall is protruded outward with a protruding part for each of the notches on the outer shell. The protruding parts go through the notches and urge and position on the blocking rim at the bottom of the outer shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Inventor: Chao-chin Yao
  • Patent number: D958962
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Inventor: Chao Chin Yao