Patents by Inventor Chung-Yuan Chen

Chung-Yuan Chen 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: 20160271769
    Abstract: A screw releasing device with a guiding function includes a first housing, a control mechanism, and a guiding hole, the first housing defines a first receiving groove, the control mechanism is received in the first receiving groove, and includes a first cam, a second cam, and a third cam, the third cam includes a serrated member, the guiding hole receives a number of screws, and defines a first opening, when the first cam is not driven, the serrated member extends to the guiding hole via the first opening, so that the serrated member is at a supporting location and supports a bottommost screw, when the first cam is driven, the first cam drives the third cam to be not limited by the second cam and rotate, thus the serrated member is rotated to release the bottommost screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: CHUN-XU JIN, ZHI-YU HU, GUO-JUN YANG, TING-HUI DENG, LONG-FONG CHEN, CHUNG-YUAN CHEN
  • Patent number: 9430049
    Abstract: An illuminated keyboard includes a key structure, a sensor board, a light source, a light guide plate, an adhesive layer, and a bottom plate. The sensor board includes a key wiring region for sensing a depressing action of the key structure and thereby generates a key signal. The light source is used for emitting a light beam to the light guide plate. The sensor board is made of a light-transmissible material. The sensor board is disposed over the light guide plate. At least one edge region of the sensor board is coated with a light-shading material or mixed with a light-shading material. Moreover, the at least one edge region of the sensor board is bent to enclose at least one edge of the light guide plate in order to prevent lateral light leakage of the illuminated keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventor: Chung-Yuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20160217945
    Abstract: A luminous keyboard includes a lateral-emitting type illumination element, a light guide panel, a sensing circuit pattern, a light-transmissible substrate, a supporting plate, and plural keys. When one of the keys is moved toward the sensing circuit pattern, the sensing circuit pattern generates a corresponding non-contact key signal. The lateral-emitting type illumination element is used for providing a light beam to the light guide panel. Consequently, the light beam can be diffused to the whole light guide panel. The light guide panel has plural light-guiding dots for collecting and scattering the light beam. The light-transmissible substrate is arranged between the light guide panel and the plural keys, and has plural light diffusion structures corresponding to the plural keys. The light beam scattered upwardly by each light-guiding dot is sequentially transmitted through the corresponding light diffusion structure and the supporting plate and directed to the corresponding key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventor: CHUNG-YUAN CHEN
  • Patent number: 9384918
    Abstract: An illuminated keyboard includes a key structure and a backlight membrane switch board. The backlight membrane switch board includes a light source, a light guide plate, a wiring plate, and a partition plate. The light guide plate includes a first circuit layer. The wiring plate includes a second circuit layer and a light source circuit layer. The electrical connection between the first circuit layer and the second circuit layer results in a key signal. The light source circuit layer is used for driving the light source. Since the first circuit layer is disposed on the light guide plate, less amount of substrates is required and the illuminated keyboard is slim. Moreover, since the second circuit layer and the light source circuit layer have a shared pin, the ease of assembling the backlight membrane switch board is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventor: Chung-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9331692
    Abstract: A luminous keyboard includes a lateral-emitting type illumination element, a light guide panel, a sensing circuit pattern, a light-transmissible substrate, a supporting plate, and plural keys. When one of the keys is moved toward the sensing circuit pattern, the sensing circuit pattern generates a corresponding non-contact key signal. The lateral-emitting type illumination element is used for providing a light beam to the light guide panel. Consequently, the light beam can be diffused to the whole light guide panel. The light guide panel has plural light-guiding dots for collecting and scattering the light beam. The light-transmissible substrate is arranged between the light guide panel and the plural keys, and has plural light diffusion structures corresponding to the plural keys. The light beam scattered upwardly by each light-guiding dot is sequentially transmitted through the corresponding light diffusion structure and the supporting plate and directed to the corresponding key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventor: Chung-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9299515
    Abstract: A luminous keyboard includes plural bottom-emitting type illumination elements, a sensing module, plural keys, and plural light-transmissible elastic elements. As a key is moved toward the sensing module, the sensing module generates a corresponding non-contact key signal. Each bottom-emitting type illumination element is aligned with a key, and disposed under the corresponding key. Each light-transmissible elastic element is aligned with a bottom-emitting type illumination element, and arranged between the corresponding bottom-emitting type illumination element and the corresponding key. After the light beam provided by each bottom-emitting type illumination element is transmitted through the corresponding light-transmissible elastic element, the light beam is projected to the corresponding key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventor: Chung-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9299516
    Abstract: A luminous keyboard device includes a keypad module, a supporting plate, a light-mixing type light-emitting element, a first light guide plate, and a second light guide plate. The supporting plate has a partition part. By the partition part, a first color light beam and a second color light beam from the light-mixing type light-emitting element are not mixed with each other. The first color light beam is guided by the first light guide plate to a first light-outputting zone and a third light-outputting zone of the keypad module. The second color light beam is guided by the second light guide plate to a second light-outputting zone and the third light-outputting zone of the keypad module. The first color light beam and the second color light beam projected on the third light-outputting zone are mixed as a third color light beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Primax Electronics Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung-Yuan Chen, Hsuan-Wei Ho
  • Patent number: 9252033
    Abstract: An automatic installation device for automatic procuring and fixing an object to a product is mounted on a base. The automatic installation device comprises an elevating mechanism, a loading mechanism for procuring the object, and a flexing mechanism connected between the elevating mechanism and the loading mechanism. The flexing mechanism is capable of driving the loading mechanism moving between the object and the product for aligning the object with the product in a first orientation. The elevating mechanism is capable of driving the loading mechanism to move in a second orientation perpendicular to the first orientation to drive the loading mechanism moving adjacent to the product and fixing the object to the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ting-Hui Deng, Cai-Jie Li, Ji-Ping Wu, Long-Fong Chen, Chung-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9230753
    Abstract: An illuminated touch keyboard includes a light source, a key structure, and a non-contact sensor board. The non-contact sensor board is used for sensing a depressing action of the key structure. The non-contact sensor board includes a light-shading plate, a light guide plate, and a reflecting plate. The light-shading plate includes a first wiring layer. The reflecting plate includes a second wiring layer. Since the light-shading plate, the light guide plate and the reflecting plate are include in the non-contact sensor board, the fabricating cost of the illuminated touch keyboard is reduced, and the overall height of the illuminated touch keyboard is decreased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventor: Chung-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9214301
    Abstract: A luminous keyboard device includes a keypad module, a supporting plate, a flexible circuit board, a light-emitting element, a reflective layer, and a light guide plate. The supporting plate includes plural receiving parts. The flexible circuit board is contacted with the plural receiving parts to form plural bent structures. The light-emitting element and the reflective layer are disposed on the flexible circuit board. When a light beam is emitted by the light-emitting element, the portion of the light beam that is not directed to the light guide plate is reflected back to the light guide plate by the reflective layer on the plural bent structures. Consequently, the amount of light introduced into the light guide plate increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventor: Chung-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9213417
    Abstract: A keyboard device with a luminous key is provided. The keyboard device includes at least one luminous key, a top-view light-emitting element, and a light shade. The top-view light-emitting element is used for emitting a light beam. The light shade is used for shading the light beam. Moreover, the light beam is transmissible through a light-outputting part of the light shade to illuminate the luminous key. The at least one luminous key includes at least one keycap and at least one elastic element. The elastic element and the light shade are integrally formed with each other. Since the total area of the bottom surfaces of the elastic element and the light shade is increased, the light shade can be securely fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventor: Chung-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9213416
    Abstract: An illuminated keyboard includes a key, a light guide plate, a sensing circuit layer, and a light-transmissible elastic element. The light-transmissible elastic element is disposed under the key. The light-transmissible elastic element has a light-diffusing part. The light guide plate and the sensing circuit layer are disposed under the light-transmissible elastic element. The sensing circuit layer is used for generating a non-contact key signal. After the light beam transferred within the light guide plate is transmitted upwardly through the light guide plate, the light beam is transmitted through the light-transmissible elastic element. Moreover, since the optical path of the light beam is changed by the light-diffusing part, the light beam can be projected onto the whole keycap more uniformly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventor: Chung-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9214300
    Abstract: A keyboard device with a luminous key is provided. The keyboard device includes at least one luminous key, a light-emitting element, and a light shade, and a membrane switch circuit module. When the membrane switch circuit member is triggered by the at least one luminous key, the membrane switch circuit member generates at least one luminous key signal. The light-emitting element is used for emitting a light beam. The light shade is used for shading the light beam. Moreover, the light shade and the membrane switch circuit member are integrally formed with each other. Consequently, the light shade can be securely fixed on the membrane switch circuit module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventor: Chung-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9142370
    Abstract: An illuminated keyboard includes a keycap, a keycap guiding frame, a light guide plate and a sensing circuit layer, which are sequentially arranged from top to bottom. The keycap guiding frame is used for fixing the keycap and guiding movement of the keycap. The light guide plate is used for fixing the keycap guiding frame and transferring the light beam from a light-emitting element. As the keycap is depressed by the user, the approaching keycap is sensed by the sensing circuit layer, and thus the sensing circuit layer generates a corresponding non-contact key signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventor: Chung-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9116061
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of a testing device for testing a pulling force includes a shell having a test platform, a load sensor mechanism, a control system, a drive and transmission mechanism and a material clamping mechanism. Two portions of a test object are clasped by the load sensor mechanism and the clamp. When the load sensor mechanism is driven to move further away from the clamp via the drive and transmission mechanism, a pulling force perpendicular to the test platform is generated between the two portions of the test object. The load sensor mechanism detects the pulling force and feeds back the detection to the control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shi-Bin Li, Long-Fong Chen, Chung-Yuan Chen, Cai-Jie Li, Ching-Feng Chen, Guo-Jun Yang, Ke Chen, Lin-Hui Cheng
  • Patent number: 9040856
    Abstract: A luminous keyboard device includes plural keys, a supporting plate, a light-emitting element, a membrane switch circuit module, and a light guide plate. The light guide plate is thicker than the light guide plate. The supporting plate has an opening corresponding to the light-emitting element. The light-emitting element is inserted into the opening. The light-emitting element is used for emitting plural light beams. A portion of the plural light beams are traveled along the path under the supporting plate and introduced into the light guide plate. Consequently, the portion of the plural light beams will be directed to the plural keys to illuminate the plural keys. Another portion of the plural light beams are traveled along the path over the supporting plate and introduced into the membrane switch circuit module. Consequently, the luminous efficiency of the slim-type luminous keyboard device is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: PRIMAX ELECTRONICS LTD.
    Inventors: Chung-Yuan Chen, Hsuan-Wei Ho
  • Patent number: 9030831
    Abstract: A locking mechanism includes a first locking member positioned on the first object and a second locking member positioned on the second object. The second locking member can be moved to engage with or disengage from the first locking member. The second object defines at least one through hole for allowing insertion of the disassembly tool to push the second locking member, which disengages the second locking member from the first locking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng-Yi Chao, Chih-Chieh Huang, Zuo-Dong Li, Shi-Yong Huang, Chung-Yuan Chen, Xiao-Hui Qin, Huan Ren, Xue-Deng Pan, Zhen-Cun Lu, Yong-Hua Wang, Zheng-Wei Liu, Jian-Feng Fan
  • Patent number: 9022590
    Abstract: A luminous keyboard device includes plural keys, a light-emitting element, and a light guide plate. By the light guide plate, a light beam emitted by the light-emitting element is guided to the plural keys. The light guide plate includes plural elongated slots and a light-absorbing part. The plural elongated slots are located near a lateral edge of the light guide plate. After the light beam transferred within the light guide plate is transmitted through the elongated slots and departed from the light guide plate, the fraction of the light beam introduced into the lateral edge of the light guide plate is reduced. The light-absorbing part is located at the lateral edge of the light guide plate for absorbing the portion of the light beam which is introduced into the lateral edge of the light guide plate. Consequently, the lateral light leakage of the light guide plate can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Primax Electronics Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung-Yuan Chen, Hsuan-Wei Ho
  • Publication number: 20150116221
    Abstract: A touch mouse and a touch control circuit board of the touch mouse are provided. The touch mouse includes a mouse body, a light-emitting element, and the touch control circuit board. The mouse body includes a light-transmissible operation surface. The light-emitting element is disposed within the mouse body and emits a light beam. The touch control circuit board is disposed within the mouse body. The touch control circuit board includes plural conductive blocks and plural micro apertures. The plural micro apertures are formed in the plural conductive blocks. When the light-emitting element emits a light beam, the light beam from the light-emitting element passes through the plural micro apertures and then passes through the operation surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Primax Electronics Ltd.
    Inventor: CHUNG-YUAN CHEN
  • Publication number: 20150109757
    Abstract: A luminous keyboard device includes a keypad module, a supporting plate, a flexible circuit board, a light-emitting element, a reflective layer, and a light guide plate. The supporting plate includes plural receiving parts. The flexible circuit board is contacted with the plural receiving parts to form plural bent structures. The light-emitting element and the reflective layer are disposed on the flexible circuit board. When a light beam is emitted by the light-emitting element, the portion of the light beam that is not directed to the light guide plate is reflected back to the light guide plate by the reflective layer on the plural bent structures. Consequently, the amount of light introduced into the light guide plate increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Primax Electronics Ltd.
    Inventor: CHUNG-YUAN CHEN