Patents by Inventor Zhong-hui Mao

Zhong-hui Mao 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: 20150315811
    Abstract: A handle module adapted to a chassis is provided. The chassis includes a main body and a cover. The handle module includes a base, a handle, a sliding component and a linking rod. The base is disposed on the cover. The handle is pivoted to the base. The sliding component is connected to the main body and is slidably disposed on the base. Two ends of the linking rod are pivoted to the handle and the sliding component respectively. When the handle closed to the base is rotated relative to the base to be expanded from the base, the handle pulls the sliding component to slide relative to the base along a first axis by the linking rod, so as to drive the cover to move from a first position to a second position relative to the main body along the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Zhong-Hui Mao, Shan-Gen Du, Zhi-Peng Zou
  • Patent number: 9164553
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a bezel, a door and a resilient component. The bezel includes an accommodating portion and a fixing portion. The accommodating portion has a lateral wall whereon a pivot hole is formed. The fixing portion is disposed on the lateral wall. The door is rotatably disposed on the bezel. The door includes a supporting arm, a pivoting portion and at least one engaging portion. The supporting arm is detachably disposed on the accommodating portion. The pivoting portion passes through the pivot hole. The engaging portion is disposed on the pivoting portion. The resilient component is disposed on the bezel by the fixing portion and presses the pivoting portion. The supporting arm rotates relative to the accommodating portion via the pivoting portion to engage the resilient component with the engaging portion, so as to constrain a relatively rotary angle between the door and the bezel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Zhong-hui Mao
  • Patent number: 9167727
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a rapidly assembling/disassembling device including a fixing frame, partitions, pushing brackets, and a fastening member. The fixing frame includes a first side plate and a second side plate. Fan modules are sequentially arranged between the first and second side plates. The second side plate abuts against a second side of the adjacent fan module. Each of the partitions abuts against the second side of the corresponding fan module. Each of the pushing brackets is pivotally connected in the fixing frame. Each of the pushing brackets includes a pushing arm. The fastening member is disposed on the first side plate. When the fastening member pushes the adjacent pushing bracket to abut against a first side of the adjacent fan module, each of the other pushing brackets is pushed by the corresponding pushing arm to abut against the first side of the corresponding fan module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventor: Zhong-Hui Mao
  • Publication number: 20150189776
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an apparatus casing, using a cover mechanism, and a device unit, disposed inside the apparatus casing. The apparatus casing includes a casing body, a pivotal device, a pivot locking mechanism, and a door. The casing body structurally constrains the door to move in a direction at a side of the casing body. After sliding, the door is engaged with the pivotal device and drives the pivot locking mechanism to unlock the pivotal device so that the door can rotate to another side of the casing body by the pivotal device relative to the casing body. A manipulation area of the casing body is therefore exposed. Thereby, a user can manipulate the device unit through the manipulation area; the inner surface of the door keeps facing toward the casing body so that the apparatus casing can keep its aesthetic appearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Zhong-hui Mao, Dong-Ying Chen
  • Publication number: 20150181730
    Abstract: An electronic device including a main body, a cover and an assembling structure is provided. The main body has two first positioning structures. The assembling structure includes two sliding components, two second positioning components and two elastic components. Each sliding component is slidably disposed on the cover and has a pressing portion. The second positioning structures are connected to the sliding components respectively and aligned to the first positioning components respectively. The elastic components are connected to the cover and connected to the sliding components respectively. Each second positioning component is positioned at the corresponding first positioning component by elastic force of the corresponding elastic component, so as to stop the cover separating from the main body. When the pressing portions receive forces at the same time to drive the second positioning structures to move away from the first positioning structures respectively, the cover is separated from the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Zhong-Hui Mao
  • Publication number: 20150173217
    Abstract: A latch mechanism is provided, including a rack having a restricting structure and a linkage assembly connected to an electronic device in the rack. The linkage assembly includes a fixed frame, connected to the electronic device; a sliding frame, movable along a first direction relative to the fixed frame; a handle, connected to the sliding frame; a trigger, movably disposed between the handle and the sliding frame; and a latch member, connected to the fixed frame and the restricting structure to restrict the electronic device in the rack. When an external force is exerted on the trigger and the handle to move the sliding frame along the first direction relative the fixed frame, the trigger pushes the latch member to separate from the restricting structure along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, such that the electronic device can be drawn out of the rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Wistron Corp.
    Inventor: Zhong-Hui MAO
  • Publication number: 20150136436
    Abstract: A securing mechanism includes a first securing unit fixedly disposed on a first component of an electronic device case, and a second securing unit fixedly disposed on a second component for securing the second component to the first component in a first direction. The first securing unit includes a fixture board, a limiting structure and a biasing structure. When the second securing unit extends in the first direction through an engaging through hole in the fixture board, the biasing structure biases the second securing unit in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and the second securing unit engages the limiting structure. As a result, movement of the second securing unit in a direction toward the engaging through hole is limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: WISTRON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Zhong-Hui Mao
  • Publication number: 20150114051
    Abstract: A lock mechanism includes a driving arm having an arm portion and a fixing portion and a lock rod having first and second ends and a pivot portion. The pivot portion is pivoted to one of a cover and a casing. The fixing portion is disposed on the one of the cover and the casing so as to make a free end of the arm portion interfere with an interference portion of the lock rod. The arm portion swings to a first position or a second position when receiving force. When the first end or the second end is pressed, the interference portion drives the free end to make the arm portion swing to the first or second position, so as to make the lock rod move to a locking position for fixing the cover on the casing or a releasing position for releasing the cover from the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Zhong-hui Mao
  • Patent number: 9018543
    Abstract: A rotary mechanism includes an accommodating slot structure, a supporting arm, a pivoting portion and a resilient component. The accommodating slot structure is disposed on the bezel. The accommodating slot structure includes a pivot hole structure and an opening structure, respectively formed on the lateral surface and a bottom of the accommodating slot structure. The supporting arm is disposed on the door. The pivoting portion is disposed on the surface of the supporting arm. The pivoting portion is disposed inside the pivot hole structure, so that the supporting arm is rotatably disposed inside the accommodating slot structure. The resilient component is movably accommodated inside the opening structure. A first end of the resilient component is resiliently connected to the lateral surface of the accommodating slot structure. A second end of the resilient component points the surface of the supporting arm, to prevent the pivoting portion from separation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Zhong-hui Mao, Ru-Feng Wu
  • Publication number: 20150109724
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a bezel, a door and a resilient component. The bezel includes an accommodating portion and a fixing portion. The accommodating portion has a lateral wall whereon a pivot hole is formed. The fixing portion is disposed on the lateral wall. The door is rotatably disposed on the bezel. The door includes a supporting arm, a pivoting portion and at least one engaging portion. The supporting arm is detachably disposed on the accommodating portion. The pivoting portion passes through the pivot hole. The engaging portion is disposed on the pivoting portion. The resilient component is disposed on the bezel by the fixing portion and presses the pivoting portion. The supporting arm rotates relative to the accommodating portion via the pivoting portion to engage the resilient component with the engaging portion, so as to constrain a relatively rotary angle between the door and the bezel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Zhong-hui Mao
  • Patent number: 9011093
    Abstract: A fan holder for holding a fan is disclosed. The fan holder includes a frame for containing the fan, at least one hook for hooking the fan when the fan is contained inside the frame, at least one resilient arm connected to the frame for resiliently contacting the fan base when the frame is installed inside a fan base, and at least one resilient clip connected to at least one lateral side of the frame for wedging inside a slot formed between the fan base and a casing when the frame is installed inside the fan base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Zhong-hui Mao, Te-Hsiung Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8997402
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a door device including a panel, a pivoting arm module, and a door. The pivoting arm module includes a holder and a panel-pivoting arm. The holder is located in a doorway of the panel and fixed to the panel. The holder has an entrance and an accommodating trough. The panel-pivoting arm is slidably accommodated in the accommodating trough and can present a received status or an ejected status relative to the holder. The door is pivotally connected to the panel-pivoting arm. When the panel-pivoting arm presents the received status, the door abuts against the panel and closes the doorway, and the appearance surface of the door is flush with that of the panel. When the panel-pivoting arm presents the ejected status, the door leaves the panel and can rotate relative to the panel-pivoting arm to open the doorway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Wistron Corp.
    Inventor: Zhong-Hui Mao
  • Publication number: 20150070843
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a rapidly assembling/disassembling device including a fixing frame, partitions, pushing brackets, and a fastening member. The fixing frame includes a first side plate and a second side plate. Fan modules are sequentially arranged between the first and second side plates. The second side plate abuts against a second side of the adjacent fan module. Each of the partitions abuts against the second side of the corresponding fan module. Each of the pushing brackets is pivotally connected in the fixing frame. Each of the pushing brackets includes a pushing arm. The fastening member is disposed on the first side plate. When the fastening member pushes the adjacent pushing bracket to abut against a first side of the adjacent fan module, each of the other pushing brackets is pushed by the corresponding pushing arm to abut against the first side of the corresponding fan module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventor: Zhong-Hui MAO
  • Publication number: 20150061481
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a door device including a panel, a pivoting arm module, and a door. The pivoting arm module includes a holder and a panel-pivoting arm. The holder is located in a doorway of the panel and fixed to the panel. The holder has an entrance and an accommodating trough. The panel-pivoting arm is slidably accommodated in the accommodating trough and can present a received status or an ejected status relative to the holder. The door is pivotally connected to the panel-pivoting arm. When the panel-pivoting arm presents the received status, the door abuts against the panel and closes the doorway, and the appearance surface of the door is flush with that of the panel. When the panel-pivoting arm presents the ejected status, the door leaves the panel and can rotate relative to the panel-pivoting arm to open the doorway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventor: Zhong-Hui MAO
  • Patent number: 8899702
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a shell base, a shell cover and a latch mechanism including an operating component, a pivot axle and a driving axle. The operating component has an access portion and two support portions extending through the shell cover. The pivot axle extends through the support portions, and has two end parts disposed at opposite lateral sides of the support portions and coupled rotatably to the shell cover. The driving axle extends through the support portions and is received in a limit groove of the shell base. The access portion is pivotable about the pivot axle from a closed position to an open position while the driving axle is positioned in the slide direction, thereby moving the pivot axle and the shell cover relative to the shell base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Zhong-Hui Mao, Dong-Ying Chen, Zhang-Rong Jin, Hung-Ming Chang
  • Publication number: 20140293575
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a cover module and a host having a lighting unit. The cover module has a light permeable cover, a system signal indicator, and a transmission unit. The cover has an outer surface, an opposite inner surface, and a fixing structure extended from the inner surface. The system signal indicator has a transparent portion having a plurality of indicating icons and an opaque portion. The transmission unit is fixed on the fixing structure, and the system signal indicator is sandwiched between the transmission unit and the inner surface. The cover module is installed on the host, and the transmission unit is aligned with the lighting unit. Thus, the transmission unit is used for transmitting light, emitted from the lighting unit, to the outer surface via the system signal indicator and the inner surface in turn, for showing the indicating icons on the outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: ZHONG-HUI MAO, DONG-YING CHEN
  • Patent number: 8794984
    Abstract: A protective structure includes a covering body, a protective component, a fixing component and a fastening portion. The covering body is for covering the connector. The protective component is connected to the covering body and for plugging into the connector. The fixing component is connected to a side of the covering body and for plugging into an installation hole on a case of the electronic device. The fixing component includes a shaft for pivoting relative to the case so as to drive the covering body to a position where the covering body does not cover the connector when the protective component does not plug into the connector. The fastening portion is installed on the fixing component and is for contacting against the installation hole after the fixing component is plugged into the installation hole so as to prevent the fixing component from separating from the installation hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Dong-Ying Chen, Zhong-hui Mao
  • Publication number: 20140167584
    Abstract: A rotary mechanism includes an accommodating slot structure, a supporting arm, a pivoting portion and a resilient component. The accommodating slot structure is disposed on the bezel. The accommodating slot structure includes a pivot hole structure and an opening structure, respectively formed on the lateral surface and a bottom of the accommodating slot structure. The supporting arm is disposed on the door. The pivoting portion is disposed on the surface of the supporting arm. The pivoting portion is disposed inside the pivot hole structure, so that the supporting arm is rotatably disposed inside the accommodating slot structure. The resilient component is movably accommodated inside the opening structure. A first end of the resilient component is resiliently connected to the lateral surface of the accommodating slot structure. A second end of the resilient component points the surface of the supporting arm, to prevent the pivoting portion from separation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Zhong-hui Mao, Ru-Feng Wu
  • Publication number: 20140168912
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a metallic housing having a front wall with a mounting hole communicating with an interior thereof, and a front cover spaced apart from the front wall and having an access slot corresponding in position to the mounting hole. A circuit module includes a circuit board disposed within the metallic housing and having an extension protruding out of the front wall via the mounting hole, and an electrical connector disposed on the extension. A conductive ground element is disposed pivotally within the metallic housing in proximity to the mounting hole, and abuts against the electrical connector to conduct static electricity of the electrical connector to the metallic housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Zhong-Hui MAO, Te-Hsiung Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20140153166
    Abstract: A detachable assembly for an electronic apparatus includes a main frame, a tray and at least one button unit. The tray for mounting a storage device is combined detachably with the main frame and includes two lateral boards. Each lateral board extends outward to form an actuation part included a hook part. Each button unit includes a button combined movably with the main frame, and the button includes a protruding part corresponding to the hook part. When the tray is combined with the main body, the tray is locked by the protruding part fixing each hook part. When each button is forced to move toward the main frame along an axis, each protruding part is released from each hook part, and the tray is pushed by each button to move along a plane substantially perpendicular to the axis. Then the tray is detached from the main frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: ZHONG-HUI MAO, DONG-YING CHEN