Patents by Inventor Chun-Chang Lai

Chun-Chang Lai 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: 9013880
    Abstract: A frame module is adapted to be disposed in a housing of a computer for fixing first and second electronic devices. The computer includes a motherboard unit with a socket connector. The frame module includes a frame body having top and bottom surfaces adapted to be connected respectively to the first and electronic devices. An adaptor board includes a board body connected transversely to a rear edge of the frame body and having an edge connector adapted to be inserted into the socket connector, and first and second electrical connectors for electrical connection with the first and second electronic devices, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Aopen Inc.
    Inventor: Chun-Chang Lai
  • Patent number: 8917514
    Abstract: A frame module is adapted to be disposed in a housing of a computer for fixing first and second electronic devices. The computer includes a motherboard unit with a socket connector. The frame module includes a frame body having top and bottom surfaces adapted to be connected respectively to the first and electronic devices. An adaptor board includes a board body connected transversely to a rear edge of the frame body and having an edge connector adapted to be inserted into the socket connector, and first and second electrical connectors for electrical connection with the first and second electronic devices, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Aopen Inc.
    Inventor: Chun-Chang Lai
  • Publication number: 20140337866
    Abstract: A frame module is adapted to be disposed in a housing of a computer for fixing first and second electronic devices. The computer includes a motherboard unit with a socket connector. The frame module includes a frame body having top and bottom surfaces adapted to be connected respectively to the first and electronic devices. An adaptor board includes a board body connected transversely to a rear edge of the frame body and having an edge connector adapted to be inserted into the socket connector, and first and second electrical connectors for electrical connection with the first and second electronic devices, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: AOPEN Inc.
    Inventor: Chun-Chang LAI
  • Publication number: 20120281349
    Abstract: A frame module is adapted to be disposed in a housing of a computer for fixing first and second electronic devices. The computer includes a motherboard unit with a socket connector. The frame module includes a frame body having top and bottom surfaces adapted to be connected respectively to the first and electronic devices. An adaptor board includes a board body connected transversely to a rear edge of the frame body and having an edge connector adapted to be inserted into the socket connector, and first and second electrical connectors for electrical connection with the first and second electronic devices, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: Aopen Inc.
    Inventor: Chun-Chang LAI
  • Patent number: 7894193
    Abstract: A mechanism for saving space in a desktop computer allows the number of groove holes of a back plate of a rack is less than the number of interface card slots of a motherboard to cause at least one of the interface card slots to be left unused so as to shorten the height of the back plate and further to shorten the height of the rack. Furthermore, a design allowing the rear end of a power support to be extended out of the back plate to the outside with a small distance by moving the back plate toward the front end of the rack further to shorten the length of the rack to allow a desktop computer to be lighter and handier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Aopen Inc.
    Inventors: Chun-Chang Lai, Chien-Ching Chang
  • Patent number: 7813126
    Abstract: A plate combination type computer housing comprises a bottom plate, a first plate, a second plate, a third plate, a fourth plate, a upper plate and four fixing rods. Whereby, the number of molds for manufacturing the housing can be reduced so as to save the production cost, and it is unnecessary to process screw locking to allow the four fixing rods to be respectively coupled to the first plate, the second plate, the third plate and the fourth plate such that the assembly is easier to reduce the assembly time substantially and hence, no screws and no fixing rods are exposed outside the computer housing to influence the modeling design of an outlook of the computer housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Aopen Inc.
    Inventors: Bao-Hung Chen, Chun-Chang Lai
  • Publication number: 20080316699
    Abstract: A plate combination type computer housing comprises a bottom plate, a first plate, a second plate, a third plate, a fourth plate, a upper plate and four fixing rods. Whereby, the number of molds for manufacturing the housing can be reduced so as to save the production cost, and it is unnecessary to process screw locking to allow the four fixing rods to be respectively coupled to the first plate, the second plate, the third plate and the fourth plate such that the assembly is easier to reduce the assembly time substantially and hence, no screws and no fixing rods are exposed outside the computer housing to influence the modeling design of an outlook of the computer housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventors: Bao-Hung Chen, Chun-Chang Lai
  • Patent number: 7440268
    Abstract: A computer case includes a primary frame body formed from a plurality of primary supports, a cover case mounted on the outside of the primary frame body, and a power supply coupled to the rear area of the primary frame body. The computer case preferably also includes a power supply support frame so that the power supply can be fixed, in a steady manner, onto the primary frame body. In addition, for the ornamental purposes, an ornamental case can be coupled to the outside of the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: AOPEN Inc.
    Inventors: Jui-Hu Lan, Cheng Tu, Chun-Chang Lai, Te-An Lin
  • Publication number: 20070195509
    Abstract: A mechanism for saving space in a desktop computer allows the number of groove holes of a back plate of a rack is less than the number of interface card slots of a motherboard to cause at least one of the interface card slots to be left unused so as to shorten the height of the back plate and further to shorten the height of the rack. Furthermore, a design allowing the rear end of a power support to be extended out of the back plate to the outside with a small distance by moving the back plate toward the front end of the rack further to shorten the length of the rack to allow a desktop computer to be lighter and handier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Chun-Chang Lai, Chien-Ching Chang
  • Publication number: 20070103858
    Abstract: A computer case includes a primary frame body formed from a plurality of primary supports, a cover case mounted on the outside of the primary frame body, and a power supply coupled to the rear area of the primary frame body. The computer case preferably also includes a power supply support frame so that the power supply can be fixed, in a steady manner, onto the primary frame body. In addition, for the ornamental purposes, an ornamental case can be coupled to the outside of the power supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: AOPEN INC.
    Inventors: Jui-Hu Lan, Cheng Tu, Chun-Chang Lai, Te-An Lin
  • Patent number: 6909598
    Abstract: In a computer device, a main housing has a mounting wall formed with a set of first mounting members. A base plate is formed with a set of second mounting members. A support unit includes a mounting plate formed with a set of third mounting members for engaging detachably and respectively one of the set of the first mounting members of the mounting wall of the main housing and the set of the second mounting members of the base plate, and a hinge device interconnecting the mounting plate and a supporting plate such that the supporting plate is pivotable relative to the mounting plate. A display unit is mounted detachably on the supporting plate of the support unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Aopen Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng-Hsiung Cheng, Cheng Tu, Pe-Hu Lan, Chun-Chang Lai, Chih-Hsiung Chen
  • Publication number: 20050083667
    Abstract: A computer system has a housing, a motherboard installed inside the housing, a cage installed on a region inside the housing and adjacent to a top surface of the motherboard, and at least an integrated drive electronics device installed inside the cage. The motherboard has the top surface, a bottom surface, and a central processing unit installed on the bottom surface for processing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Chun-Chang Lai, Chun-Lung Yu
  • Publication number: 20050068718
    Abstract: In a computer device, a main housing has a mounting wall formed with a set of first mounting members. A base plate is formed with a set of second mounting members. A support unit includes a mounting plate formed with a set of third mounting members for engaging detachably and respectively one of the set of the first mounting members of the mounting wall of the main housing and the set of the second mounting members of the base plate, and a hinge device interconnecting the mounting plate and a supporting plate such that the supporting plate is pivotable relative to the mounting plate. A display unit is mounted detachably on the supporting plate of the support unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Applicant: Aopen Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng-Hsiung Cheng, Cheng Tu, Pe-Hu Lan, Chun-Chang Lai, Chih-Hsiung Chen