Patents by Inventor Tso-Kuo Yin

Tso-Kuo Yin 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: 10429060
    Abstract: A ceiling fan motor with a reduced axial height includes a stator, a rotor and a light-emitting module. The stator includes an iron core and a shaft. The iron core forms an assembly opening at a central portion thereof. The rotor is rotatably coupled with an outer periphery of the shaft and includes a housing. The light-emitting module is at least partially arranged between the iron core and the shaft, or is arranged between the iron core and the housing of the rotor, along a radial direction perpendicular to the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin
  • Patent number: 10415575
    Abstract: A ceiling fan, a hanger assembly of the ceiling fan, and a mounting bracket of the hanger assembly are designed with a lower failure rate. The hanger assembly of the ceiling fan includes a coupling rod and a fan rod. The mounting bracket has two lateral walls opposing to each other. Each of the two lateral walls includes a mounting end, a hanger end and a receiving portion. The coupling rod has two ends respectively received in the receiving portions of the two lateral walls. The fan rod has a first end coupled with the coupling rod, as well as a second end coupled with a stator of a motor of the ceiling fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Duo-Nian Shan
  • Publication number: 20190267873
    Abstract: A ceiling fan motor with a reduced height includes a stator, a rotor and a circuit unit. The stator includes an iron core and a shaft. The iron core has an assembly hole. The shaft is non-rotatable and extends through the assembly hole in an extending direction. The rotor is rotatably coupled with an outer periphery of the shaft and has a housing. The rotor rotates about the shaft. The circuit unit is arranged between the iron core and the housing of the rotor in a radial direction of the shaft perpendicular to the extending direction of the shaft. The housing delimits a compartment where the stator and the circuit unit are received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Tso-Kuo YIN, Duo-Nian SHAN
  • Publication number: 20190252867
    Abstract: A sleeve unit for a motor of a ceiling fan includes a tubular member and a wire isolation member. The tubular member has a lateral slot extending through the tubular member from an inner periphery to an outer periphery of the tubular member. The lateral slot extends from a first axial end face towards a second axial end face of the tubular member along an axis of the tubular member. The wire isolation member includes an isolation plate unit delimiting a wire channel. The wire channel is located in the lateral slot. The isolation plate unit includes a stopper plate which is located in the lateral slot but does not come into a space delimited by the inner periphery of the tubular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Kun-Ta Yang
  • Publication number: 20190211840
    Abstract: A ceiling fan includes an axle, a hub, a plurality of blades, a plurality of connecting members, and a plurality of protective sleeves. The hub is rotatably coupled with the axle. The plurality of blades is coupled with the hub. Each of the plurality of blades has a first end and a second end. The first end is coupled with the hub. Each of the plurality of blades has a channel intercommunicating the first end with the second end. The plurality of connecting members is respectively received in the channels of the plurality of blades. Each of the plurality of connecting members has an end coupled with the hub, as well as another end coupled with the second end of the each of the plurality of blades. The plurality of protective sleeves respectively envelopes the plurality of connecting members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Kun-Ta Yang
  • Patent number: 10348167
    Abstract: A ceiling fan motor with a reduced height includes a stator, a rotor and a circuit unit. The stator includes an iron core and a shaft. The iron core has an assembly hole, and the shaft extends through the assembly hole in an extending direction. The rotor is rotatably coupled with an outer periphery of the shaft. The circuit unit is arranged between the iron core and the shaft in a radial direction of the shaft perpendicular to the extending direction of the shaft, or is arranged between the iron core and the housing of the rotor in the radial direction of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tso-Kuo Yin, Duo-Nian Shan
  • Publication number: 20190120238
    Abstract: A slim fan includes a housing, an impeller, and a stator unit. The housing includes a bottom board. The bottom board includes an inner face and an outer face. The bottom board includes at least one receiving space located between the inner face and the outer face. An impeller is rotatably mounted in the housing. A stator unit is mounted in the housing. The stator unit includes a circuit board, a coil unit, and at least one electronic element. The coil unit and the at least one electronic element are mounted on the circuit board. The at least one electronic element extends into the at least one receiving space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin
  • Publication number: 20190072107
    Abstract: A flow guiding device includes a flow-guiding member and a blade. The flow-guiding member includes a flow-guiding portion, a neck portion and a first coupling portion. The flow-guiding portion is connected to a first end of the neck portion. The first coupling portion is located at a second end of the neck portion. The flow-guiding portion, the neck portion and the first coupling portion are connected in series in a radial direction. The blade includes a second coupling portion at a free end of the blade. The second coupling portion is coupled with the first coupling portion. The flow-guiding portion has a cross-sectional area smaller than or equal to a cross-sectional area of the blade. A cross-sectional area of the neck portion viewed from the radial direction at the first end is smaller than a cross-sectional area of the neck portion viewed from the radial direction at the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Cheng-Wei Lin
  • Publication number: 20190072097
    Abstract: A ceiling fan includes a motor and a heat-dissipating device. The heat-dissipating device includes a plurality of blades and a plurality of end plates. The motor includes a shaft and a hub. The hub includes a plurality of vents and a plurality of first coupling portions. Each blade is coupled with at least one first coupling portion and includes a first end and a second end. Each blade forms a second coupling portion at the first end thereof. The second coupling portion is coupled with the at least one first coupling portion. Each blade includes a first air channel extending in a radial direction. The first air channel includes first and second ends. The first end of the first air channel is relatively adjacent to the vents than the second end is. Each end plate includes at least one third coupling portion coupled with the second end of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Cheng-Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 10205356
    Abstract: An external rotor motor includes: a shaft, an insulator and a core. The insulator is coupled with an outer peripheral surface of the shaft, the core is arranged on an outer periphery of the insulator, and the insulator is formed between the shaft and the core, so that no electrically conductive route can be formed between the core and the shaft. A rotor has a housing rotatably coupling with the shaft, with an inner peripheral wall of the housing having a permanent magnet module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Duo-Nian Shan, Bo-Wei Chiou
  • Publication number: 20180347573
    Abstract: A motor of a ceiling fan includes a support unit, a rotor unit, a first bearing, a supporting bearing and a stator unit. The support unit has a shaft. The rotor unit has a rotational connecting member. The rotational connecting member includes a central hole through which the shaft extends, as well as an inner flange extending inwardly of the central hole. The first bearing includes an inner race fit around the shaft and an outer race connected to an inner periphery of the rotational connecting member. The inner and outer races are spaced from each other in a radial direction perpendicular to the shaft. The supporting bearing includes a fixed race fit around the shaft and a rotational race abutting with the inner flange. The fixed race and the rotational race are spaced from each other in an axial direction. The stator unit is connected to the support unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Kun-Ta Yang
  • Patent number: 10122225
    Abstract: An inner-rotor motor includes a separating member, a stator and a rotor. The separating member is made of an insulating material and includes a first separating part and a second separating part. The separating member includes at least one engaging portion extending along an axial direction of the inner-rotor motor. The stator includes an iron core received in a space jointly defined by the first and second separating parts. The iron core includes at least one engaging groove arranged on an outer surface thereof and extending along the axial direction of the inner-rotor motor. The at least one engaging portion is received in the at least one engaging groove. The rotor is rotatably coupled to the separating member. As such, a convenient assembly and reduced volume of the inner-rotor motor are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Duo-Nian Shan
  • Publication number: 20180274546
    Abstract: A ceiling fan motor includes a sleeve, a stator unit fixed around the sleeve, a rotor unit rotatably mounted around the sleeve, and an axle detachably mounted to the sleeve. The axle can include an extending section and a suspension section. The extending section extends through and is coupled to the sleeve. The suspension section is exposed outside of the sleeve. The extending section can be contiguous to the suspension section. An outer diameter of the axle at the extending section can be smaller than an outer diameter at the suspension section to form a shoulder. An end of the sleeve can abut the shoulder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Kun-Ta Yang
  • Patent number: 10084356
    Abstract: A motor includes a housing, a stator and a rotor. The stator is received in the housing. The rotor includes a shaft and a permanent magnet. The shaft is rotatably coupled to the housing, and one end of the shaft extends out of the housing through a shaft hole. A gap is formed between the shaft and the shaft hole. The permanent magnet is coupled with the shaft and spaced from the stator. A sealing member is arranged on the housing and surrounds the shaft hole. The sealing member includes a blocking portion abutting with a predetermined part of the rotor outside the housing. The blocking portion seals the gap. As such, dustproof and damp-proof functions of the motor are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Sunon Electronics (Foshan) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Sheng-Chieh Liang
  • Patent number: 9935516
    Abstract: An inner-rotor motor for preventing the formation of an electrical conducting path between an iron core and a housing of the motor includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes the housing, an insulating layer and the iron core. The insulating layer is arranged between the housing and the iron core and prevents the electrical conducting path from forming between the housing and the iron core. The rotor includes a shaft rotatably coupled with the housing, and a permanent magnet unit is arranged around the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Chi-Min Wang
  • Publication number: 20180091020
    Abstract: An outer-rotor motor and a stator assembly of the motor are provided to solve the problems which exist in a conventional outer-rotor motor during the insertion of the bearings into the shaft tubes. The stator assembly of the outer-rotor motor includes a lower bearing seat, an iron core and an upper bearing seat. The lower bearing seat has a shaft tube. The iron core has an engagement channel and is coupled with the lower bearing seat. The upper bearing seat has a fixing portion and abuts against the iron core. The shaft tube extends into the engagement channel via a first end of the engagement channel, and the fixing portion extends into the engagement channel via a second end of the engagement channel. Thus, the iron core is coupled with each of the lower and upper bearing seats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Chi-Min Wang
  • Publication number: 20180062473
    Abstract: An inner-rotor motor including a housing, a stator and a rotor is provided to avoid the damage to the coil unit which often occurs during the 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: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Duo-Nian Shan
  • Patent number: 9885472
    Abstract: An illuminating ventilator includes a case, a lamp and a power supply module. A first air opening and a second air opening are respectively formed on two sides of the case. The case includes an air channel having two ends respectively communicating with the first air opening and the second air opening. The fan is disposed in the case and is arranged in the air channel. The lamp is detachably attached to the case. The power supply module includes an AC input terminal, a first DC output terminal and a second DC output terminal. The first DC output terminal is electrically connected with the fan, and the second DC output terminal is electrically connected with the lamp. As such, the illuminating ventilator is provided with improved installation convenience, reduced production cost and reduced difficulty of maintaining and repairing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Duo-Nian Shan
  • Patent number: 9859773
    Abstract: A ceiling fan motor includes a stator assembly and a rotor. The stator assembly includes an iron core. The rotor is rotatably coupled with the stator assembly and includes a housing, a first positioning member and at least one permanent magnet. The housing includes a lateral wall. The lateral wall is enclosed to form an inner space adapted to receive the iron core. The first positioning member is coupled with the lateral wall. The at least one permanent magnet is positioned by the first positioning member. The first positioning member includes a plurality of air-guiding blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tso-Kuo Yin, Duo-Nian Shan, Bo-Wei Chiou, Yu-Yuan Lu
  • Publication number: 20170370367
    Abstract: A ceiling fan is designed with enhanced structural strength and prolonged service life. The ceiling fan includes a stator, a loading plate, a rotor and a plurality of blades is disclosed. The stator includes a shaft. The loading plate includes a sleeve and a radial extending portion. The radial extending portion radially extends outwards in radial directions of the shaft. The sleeve receives a bearing coupled with an outer periphery of the shaft. The rotor includes a hub coupled with the loading plate. The plurality of blades is coupled with the radial extending portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Bo-Wei Chiou