Patents by Inventor Zhi-Yun Shen

Zhi-Yun Shen 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: 8362377
    Abstract: A control key assembly for an electronic device includes a housing and a control key. The housing forms a receiving portion defining an opening having two spaced-apart arms. The control key is received in the receiving portion. The control key includes a first hook and a second hook. The first hook and the second hook are slidably engaged in the opening, and alternatively latch with the two arms when the control key is slid between first and second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Xiao-Liang Wei, Zhi-Yun Shen
  • Patent number: 8251409
    Abstract: A cover latching mechanism for an electronic device includes a housing and a cover slidably mounted with the housing. The housing has a latching member and at least one limiting member. The cover has a cover body and a guiding rail formed on the cover body. The guiding rail is slidably mounted with the latching member. The limiting member is for preventing the guiding rail sliding apart from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Chih-Chiang Chang, Zhi Li, Zhi-Yun Shen
  • Patent number: 8248808
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a housing, a printed circuit board, a flexible printed circuit board, and a clip. The printed circuit board is attached to one side of the housing. The flexible printed circuit board is attached to another side of the housing. The clip is attached to the housing. The clip includes at least one arcuate portion, and the arcuate portion elastically presses the flexible printed circuit board to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Xiao-Liang Wei, Zhi-Yun Shen
  • Patent number: 8240721
    Abstract: A cover latching mechanism is provided including a base member, a cover member, and a button assembly. The base member includes an elastic hook. The cover member is detachable assembled to the base member. The button assembly is fixed to the cover member and movable relative to the cover member to latch to or release from the elastic hook. The button assembly includes a button member having a positioning arm and a sleeve portion and further defining a elastic hooking hole. The elastic hook engages into the elastic hooking hole so that the elastic hook latches the button assembly with the base member. The positioning arm secures the button assembly to the cover member. The restoring member can be deformed when the button assembly pressed, so that the elastic hook releases out of the elastic hooking hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Chih-Chiang Chang, Zhi Li, Zhi-Yun Shen
  • Patent number: 8027157
    Abstract: A battery cover latch mechanism (10) used in portable electronic device (100) is described including a cover member (11), a housing member (12), a latch assembly (13), and a return member (14). The latch assembly slides from a released position to a latched position to latch the cover member to the housing member. The return member is secured to the cover member including an elastic sheet (141) secured to the latch assembly. The elastic sheet is used to return the latch assembly from the latched position to the released position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Zhi-Yun Shen, Zhi Li, Zheng Shi, Chih-Chiang Chang
  • Patent number: 8023264
    Abstract: A battery cover latch mechanism (10) used in portable electronic device (100) is described including a cover member (113), a housing member (111), a latch member (1137), a pressing member (15), and a releasing member (17). The latch member is used to latch the cover member to the housing member. The releasing member can be elastic deformed such that the pressing member moves and deforms the releasing member to release the cover member from the housing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Zhi-Yun Shen, Si-Quan Chen, Zheng Shi, Chih-Chiang Chang
  • Patent number: 7991445
    Abstract: A battery cover latching mechanism for a portable electronic device is described. The latching mechanism includes a latching member having a latching portion. The latching portion is resilient and can engage into a latching hole as the latching member is deformed from its original state to it deformed state and securely latched in the latching hole as the latching member is restored to its original state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Mu-Wen Yang, Chih-Chiang Chang, Zheng Shi, Zhi-Yun Shen
  • Patent number: 7916477
    Abstract: A battery cover latch mechanism (10) used in portable electronic device (100) is described including a cover member (11), a housing member (12), a latching assembly (13), and a return member (16). The latching assembly slides between a released position and a latched position. The return member is secured to the cover member including two elastic sheets (136) elastically resisting a same side of the latching assembly. The elastic sheets connect with each other. The elastic sheet is used to return the latching assembly towards the latched position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Zhi-Yun Shen, Chih-Chiang Chang
  • Publication number: 20110042193
    Abstract: A control key assembly for an electronic device includes a housing and a control key. The housing forms a receiving portion defining an opening having two spaced-apart arms. The control key is received in the receiving portion. The control key includes a first hook and a second hook. The first hook and the second hook are slidably engaged in the opening, and alternatively latch with the two arms when the control key is slid between first and second positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: XIAO-LIANG WEI, ZHI-YUN SHEN
  • Publication number: 20110044013
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a housing, a printed circuit board, a flexible printed circuit board, and a clip. The printed circuit board is attached to one side of the housing. The flexible printed circuit board is attached to another side of the housing. The clip is attached to the housing. The clip includes at least one arcuate portion, and the arcuate portion elastically presses the flexible printed circuit board to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: XIAO-LIANG WEI, ZHI-YUN SHEN
  • Patent number: 7790260
    Abstract: A window for use in an electronic device is provided. The window includes a display section and a strengthening layer. The display section is made of polyethylene terephthalate and overlaps with the strengthening layer. The strengthening layer is made of polymethyl methacrylate. The window is adhered to the electronic device with a transparent cyanoacrylate adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Zhi-Yun Shen, Chih-Chiang Chang, Zhi Li, Tao Su
  • Patent number: 7789439
    Abstract: A battery cover latching mechanism used in portable electronic device (10) is described including a cover member (11), a housing member (12), a latch base (14), a latch member (13), and a return member (15). The latch base can be securely attached to the housing member. The latch member is mounted on the latch base and movable relative to the latch base to latch the cover member to the housing member. The return member is compressed when the cover member is latched to the housing member. The cover can be detached from the housing either by a movement of the latch member driven by the return member or by another movement further compressing the return member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Xiang-Guo Zhao, Chih-Chiang Chang, Zhi Li, Si-Quan Chen, Zhi-Yun Shen
  • Publication number: 20100103593
    Abstract: A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a body member, a shaft mounted to the body member and a cover member pivotally connected to the body member by the shaft to close or expose an opening defined in the body member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: CHIH-CHIANG CHANG, ZHI LI, ZHI-YUN SHEN
  • Publication number: 20100095488
    Abstract: A cover latching mechanism is provided including a base member, a cover member, and a button assembly. The cover member includes a latching hook. The button assembly includes a latching jaw and two elastic resisting arms. The latching hook and the latching jaw interlatch with each other when the cover member latches to the housing member. The elastic resisting arms are secured to the housing member and restore the button assembly back to its original position when releasing the latching of the latching hook and the latching jaw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: CHIH-CHIANG CHANG, ZHI LI, ZHI-YUN SHEN
  • Publication number: 20100088861
    Abstract: A cover latching mechanism is provided including a base member, a cover member, and a button assembly. The base member includes an elastic hook. The cover member is detachable assembled to the base member. The button assembly is fixed to the cover member and movable relative to the cover member to latch to or release from the elastic hook. The button assembly includes a button member having a positioning arm and a sleeve portion and further defining a elastic hooking hole. The elastic hook engages into the elastic hooking hole so that the elastic hook latches the button assembly with the base member. The positioning arm secures the button assembly to the cover member. The restoring member can be deformed when the button assembly pressed, so that the elastic hook releases out of the elastic hooking hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: CHIH-CHIANG CHANG, ZHI LI, ZHI-YUN SHEN
  • Publication number: 20100034416
    Abstract: A receiving structure for a speaker includes a housing having a receiving cavity defining a sound slot at the bottom thereof, a filter defining a sound aperture without through out the filter, and an engaging board fixed with a speaker; the filter is received in the receiving cavity and the sound slot is shielded by filter, the sound aperture aligns with the sound slot, the engaging board engages the housing and covers the receiving cavity, and the speaker aligns with the sound aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: CHIH-CHIANG CHANG, ZHI LI, ZHI-YUN SHEN
  • Publication number: 20100033911
    Abstract: A portable electronic device incorporating a strap for hanging a pendent, comprises a first housing and a second housing. The first housing has a slot defined therein, the slot is used to receive the strap therein. The second housing is secured to the first housing to cover the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: CHIH-CHIANG CHANG, ZHI LI, ZHI-YUN SHEN
  • Publication number: 20100035666
    Abstract: A portable electronic device comprises a main body and a battery cover. The main body defines two slots defined therein, the slots is spaced from each other, and the slots is configured to receive a strap therein. The battery cover is configured to cover and secure the strap within the slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: CHIH-CHIANG CHANG, ZHI LI, ZHI-YUN SHEN
  • Publication number: 20090322191
    Abstract: A cover latching mechanism for an electronic device includes a housing and a cover slidably mounted with the housing. The housing has a latching member and at least one limiting member. The cover has a cover body and a guiding rail formed on the cover body. The guiding rail is slidably mounted with the latching member. The limiting member is for preventing the guiding rail sliding apart from the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) Limited
    Inventors: CHIH-CHIANG CHANG, ZHI LI, ZHI-YUN SHEN
  • Publication number: 20090317646
    Abstract: A window (30) for use in a electronic device (10) is provided. The window (30) includes a soft layer (12) and a strengthening layer (14). The soft layer (12) is made of polyethylene terephthalate and overlaps with the strengthening layer (14). The strengthening layer (14) is made of polymethyl methacrylate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: ZHI-YUN SHEN, CHIH-CHIANG CHANG, ZHI LI, TAO SU