Patents by Inventor Ming D. Chiou

Ming D. Chiou 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: 5567176
    Abstract: A power supply device including a circuit board securely mounted inside a housing, an AC receptacle securely securely fixed to one side of the housing for connecting city power supply to the circuit board, an electric connector and a socket securely fixed to the housing and electrically connected in parallel to the DC output terminal of the circuit board for connection to the battery chamber of a mobile computer directly or the external power input socket of a mobile computer by a cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Inventor: Ming D. Chiou
  • Patent number: 5564802
    Abstract: A diskdrive case including a top cover shell having two longitudinal sliding grooves and a rear opening, a bottom cover shell having two longitudinal sliding tracks and a rear opening, a first locating plate fastened to the rear opening of the top cover shell to hold a plurality of arched metal contact spring leaves, and a second locating plate fastened to the rear opening of the bottom cover shell to hold a plurality of curved metal contact spring leaves, wherein by engaging the longitudinal sliding tracks of one diskdrive case with the the longitudinal sliding grooves of another, a plurality of diskdrive cases can be connected in a stack; the arched contact metal spring leaves of one diskdrive case are respectively disposed in contact with the curved contact metal spring leaves of another when a plurality of diskdrive cases are connected in a stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Inventor: Ming D. Chiou
  • Patent number: 5544013
    Abstract: A CPU radiating flange mounting device including two hangers respectively made from a springy wire rod and pivotably connected to two opposite sides of a radiating flange for hanging on projecting rods on two opposite sides of a CPU holder to secure the radiating flange to the CPU holder above a CPU, which is mounted within the CPU holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1996
    Inventor: Ming D. Chiou
  • Patent number: 5523918
    Abstract: A CPU heat dissipating apparatus including a metal PC board, a heat sink welded to the metal PC board, and a fan installed in the metal PC board and disposed within a circular center opening on the heat sink wherein the metal PC board has a plurality of radial welding points, and a printed circuit, the printed circuit including a fail-safe circuit for the protection of the fan. The heat sink has a plurality of radial flanges radially and alternatively spaced around its circular center opening at two different elevations and welded to the welding points of the metal PC board, and a plurality of holes and notches on the radial flanges for passing the electronic components and conductors of the printed circuit to separate them from contact with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Inventor: Ming D. Chiou
  • Patent number: 5519575
    Abstract: A CPU cooling fan mounting structure including a motor-driven cooling fan, a heat-resisting plastic mount, and a heat sink fixed to the CPU. The heat sink having a mounting hole, which receives the heat-resisting plastic mount. The heat-resisting plastic mount fitting the mounting hole and being coupled to one end of the motor-driven cooling fan. The size of the heat-resisting plastic mount being slightly bigger than the mounting hole so that the heat-resisting plastic mount is firmly retained to the base plate of the heat sink when it is fitted into the mounting hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1996
    Inventor: Ming D. Chiou
  • Patent number: 5502618
    Abstract: A heat dissipating case for a DC power supplier. The case includes multiple integral heat sinks, and a receptacle filled with thermal silicon rubber for the transformer. A base of the case is formed from cast aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Inventor: Ming D. Chiou
  • Patent number: 5475564
    Abstract: A CPU heat sink holding-down device including a CPU holder, a CPU mounted on the CPU holder, and a heat sink fastened to the CPU holder to hold down the CPU, wherein the heat sink has a fixed loop-like hanger pivotably disposed at one vertical side thereof and hung on a first retainer rod at one vertical side of the CPU holder, two locating bar extended out of an opposite vertical side thereof, a screw rod connected between the locating bars, a movable loop-like hanger turned about said screw rod and hung on a second retainer rod at an opposite vertical side of the CPU holder, and a curved spring plate connected to the movable loop-like hanger for lifting the movable loop-like hanger from the second retainer rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 12, 1995
    Inventor: Ming D. Chiou
  • Patent number: 5423375
    Abstract: A CPU heat sink mounting structure including a CPU, a heat sink attached to one side of the CPU to hold an electric fan for dissipating heat from the CPU, and a plurality of clamps fastened to the heat sink to hold down the CPU, each clamp having a forked mounting portion fastened to a respective retaining hole on the heat sink and a clamping portion clamped on the CPU to hold down the CPU on the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Inventor: Ming D. Chiou
  • Patent number: 5260851
    Abstract: A housing consisted of a cover covered on a case to hold a computer power supply unit, wherein a storage space is defined between an upright front panel and an upright back panel on the case above a flat top wall of the cover for mounting a hard disk drive by an angle bar and screws.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1993
    Inventor: Ming D. Chiou