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: 9841029
    Abstract: A motor of a ceiling fan includes a shaft, a bearing sleeve, a limiting member, a stator and a rotor. The shaft has a first shoulder and a second shoulder. The bearing sleeve receives a first bearing and a second bearing for supporting the shaft and has an inner flange, with the inner flange and the first shoulder jointly clamping and positioning the first bearing. The limiting member and the second shoulder jointly clamp and position the second bearing. The stator is arranged around the shaft. The rotor couples with the bearing sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Tso-Kuo Yin, Duo-Nian Shan
  • Publication number: 20170211591
    Abstract: An impeller having a solidified ultraviolet-curing adhesive, a fan having the impeller, and an impeller weight-balancing method are provided to solve the problems of the conventional impeller weight-balancing method as the conventional method can only be used with the impeller having high production complexity and manufacturing cost and has a low operational efficiency and a low weight-balancing precision. In addition to the solidified ultraviolet-curing adhesive, the impeller further includes a shaft, a hub and an air-driving unit. The hub is coupled with the shaft. The air-driving unit is coupled with the hub. The solidified ultraviolet-curing adhesive is coupled with a surface of the air-driving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Wei-Chieh Chao
  • Publication number: 20170204869
    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: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Duo-Nian Shan
  • Patent number: 9712015
    Abstract: A motor of a ceiling fan includes: a shaft having two shoulder surfaces facing in opposite axial directions of the shaft, with the shaft coupling with a stator; and a bearing sleeve receiving two bearings for supporting the shaft, with an annular flange formed at an end of the bearing sleeve. The annular flange and one of the shoulder surfaces of the shaft clamp and position one of the bearings. A rotor has a housing coupling with the bearing sleeve, with the housing having a connecting portion. The connecting portion and the other one of the shoulder surfaces of the shaft clamp and position the other one of the bearings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tso-Kuo Yin, Duo-Nian Shan, Bo-Wei Chiou, Yu-Yuan Lu
  • Patent number: 9712003
    Abstract: A motor of a ceiling fan includes a stator, a shaft, a linking seat, and a rotor. The stator has a core with an assembly hole. The linking seat couples with the core and has an axial hole in alignment with the assembly hole in an axial direction of the shaft firmly resting in the axial hole. The rotor is rotatably arranged around the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tso-Kuo Yin, Duo-Nian Shan
  • Publication number: 20170074503
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an illuminating ventilator including 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: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Duo-Nian Shan
  • Publication number: 20170074272
    Abstract: A motor structure of an unmanned aerial vehicle includes a shaft seat, a stator and an external rotor. The stator is mounted around the shaft seat. The stator has a plurality of winding slots. The external rotor includes a shaft, a hollow body and a guiding cover. The shaft is pivotally disposed on the shaft seat. The guiding cover is disposed on one end of the hollow body, and the guiding cover has a central supporting seat, a plurality of blades and a plurality of air flow openings. The blades are connected to the central supporting seat. Each of the air flow openings is located between two adjacent blades. A number of the blades is greater than or equal to a number of the winding slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: ALEX HORNG, TSO-KUO YIN, CHI-MIN WANG
  • Publication number: 20160348894
    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: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin
  • Patent number: 9509201
    Abstract: An easy-to-start motor includes a base, a stator and a rotor. The base has a plastic member and a metallic induction member wrapped with the plastic member. The metallic induction member includes at least one magnetic attraction portion. Each magnetic attraction portion is in the form of a protrusion. The stator is coupled with the base. The rotor has a shaft and a permanent magnet. The shaft is capable of being coupled with the base. The at least one magnetic attraction portion is magnetically attracted by the permanent magnet, to prevent the rotor from stopping at a dead location where it is difficult to start the motor. A base of the easy-to-start motor is adapted to be coupled with a rotor, including a plastic member and a metallic induction member wrapped with the plastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tso-Kuo Yin, Duo-Nian Shan, Tian-Xuan Wang, Shit-Chin Wu
  • Publication number: 20160329771
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inner-rotor motor including 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: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Duo-Nian Shan
  • Publication number: 20160248294
    Abstract: A motor and a sealing member thereof are provided in the present invention. The 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: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-kuo Yin, Sheng-Chieh Liang
  • Publication number: 20160211728
    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: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Tso-Kuo Yin, Duo-Nian Shan
  • Patent number: 9356481
    Abstract: A rotor structure for a motor includes a shaft, a single magnet and two fixing seats. The single magnet has two opposite end faces. An axial hole has a maximum extent equal to a maximum extent between the two opposite end faces. At least one of the two opposite end faces has a first engaging member. The magnet and each opposite end face have a maximum radial extent. Each fixing seat includes an abutting face having a maximum radial extent the same as the maximum radial extent of the single magnet and of the opposite end faces. One of the abutting faces has a second engaging member. The first engaging member is located at the maximum radial extent at the outer edge of the at least one of the two opposite end faces, or located at the inner edge of the at least one of the two opposite end faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin
  • Patent number: 9332672
    Abstract: An electronic product including a heat dissipating device is disclosed. The electronic product includes a casing, a heat conducting board, at least one fan unit and a plurality of electronic elements. The casing includes a compartment. The heat conducting board divides the compartment into first and second chambers. The first chamber includes a plurality of openings. The fan unit(s) includes an air inlet aligned with an opening of the openings, as well as an air outlet aligned with another opening of the openings. The first chamber defines at least one air channel each being in the form of a single air channel including two ends respectively in communication with the opening and the other opening. In one embodiment, the at least one fan unit includes first and second fan units. In another embodiment, the at least one air channel includes first and second air channels in communication with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin
  • Publication number: 20160105066
    Abstract: An inner-rotor motor for preventing the formation of an electrical conducting path between an iron core and a housing of the motor is disclosed in the present invention. The inner-rotor motor includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a housing, an insulating layer and an 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 arranged around the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Chi-Min Wang
  • Publication number: 20160065009
    Abstract: An external rotor motor includes: a shaft, an insulator and a core, wherein 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; and a rotor having a housing rotatably coupling with the shaft, with an inner peripheral wall of the housing having a permanent magnet module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin, Duo-Nian Shan, Bo-Wei Chiou
  • Publication number: 20150340930
    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: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Tso-Kuo Yin, Duo-Nian Shan, Bo-Wei Chiou, Yu-Yuan Lu
  • Publication number: 20150333592
    Abstract: A motor of a ceiling fan includes: a shaft having two shoulder surfaces facing in opposite axial directions of the shaft, with the shaft coupling with a stator; a bearing sleeve receiving two bearings for supporting the shaft, with an annular flange formed at an end of the bearing sleeve, wherein the annular flange and one of the shoulder surfaces of the shaft clamp and position one of the bearings; and a rotor having a housing coupling with the bearing sleeve, with the housing having a connecting portion, wherein the connecting portion and the other one of the shoulder surfaces of the shaft clamp and position the other one of the bearings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Tso-Kuo Yin, Duo-Nian SHAN, Bo-Wei CHIOU, Yu-Yuan LU
  • Publication number: 20150176588
    Abstract: A motor of a ceiling fan, which includes a shaft, a bearing sleeve, a limiting member, a stator and a rotor, is proposed. The shaft has a first shoulder and a second shoulder. The bearing sleeve receives a first bearing and a second bearing for supporting the shaft and has an inner flange, with the inner flange and the first shoulder jointly clamping and positioning the first bearing. The limiting member and the second shoulder jointly clamp and position the second bearing. The stator is arranged around the shaft. The rotor couples with the bearing sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Tso-Kuo Yin, Duo-Nian Shan
  • Publication number: 20150180290
    Abstract: A motor of a ceiling fan, which includes a stator, a shaft, a linking seat, and a rotor, is proposed. The stator has a core with an assembly hole. The linking seat couples with the core and has an axial hole in alignment with the assembly hole in an axial direction of the shaft firmly resting in the axial hole. The rotor is rotatably arranged around the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Tso-Kuo Yin, Duo-Nian Shan