Patents Represented by Attorney Jeffrey T. Knapp

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  • Solar air conditioning device
    Patent number: 7832392
    Abstract: A solar air conditioning device (100) includes a solar collector assembly (30), an inlet assembly (10) at an entrance of the solar collector assembly, and an outlet assembly (50) at an exit of the solar collector assembly. The solar collector assembly includes a heat-absorbing set (31) and a transparent panel (38) being assembled to a top of the heat-absorbing set. The heat-absorbing set comprises a plurality of heat-absorbing units (32) engaged with each other. Each of the heat-absorbing units includes two adjacent supporting members (33) and a heat-absorbing plate (35) sandwiched between and buckled with the two supporting members. The heat-absorbing set defines an air channel (314) with the transparent panel and a heat-absorbing channel (315) below the air channel. The inlet and outlet assemblies are in fluidic communication with the heat-absorbing channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tay-Jian Liu, Xin-Jian Xiao
  • Heat dissipation device for a display projector lamp module
    Patent number: 7828445
    Abstract: A display projector lamp module includes a lamp, a mounting member supporting the lamp, a metal cover and a heat pipe. The mounting member and the metal cover cooperates to defines a room, and the lamp is received in the room. A plurality of first and second fins is mounted on opposite sidewalls of the cover to dissipate heat generated by the lamp. The heat pipe is mounted around a periphery of the cover and thermally contacts with the first and second fins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming-Chih Sun
  • Anti-fake identification device and method for making the same
    Patent number: 7823788
    Abstract: An anti-fake identification (14) includes a light-emitting layer (144) and a pattern layer (142). The light-emitting layer includes ultraviolet radiation photo initiator. The pattern layer has some through holes defined therein so as to form a pattern. Under ultraviolet radiation, the light-emitting layer emits light and the light passes through the pattern layer so as to show a pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Wei Li, Zhang-Geng Huang, Wan-Chun Zhao
  • Outdoor lighting system with controlled luminance
    Patent number: 7825602
    Abstract: An outdoor lighting system comprises an outdoor light source, a luminance control device, a detection apparatus, a communication network and a main controlling system. The detection apparatus is configured for detecting a luminance of the light source and generating a corresponding detecting signal associated with the luminance of the light source. The main controlling system receives the detecting signal from the detection apparatus via the communication network, and generates a luminance control signal in responsive to the detecting signal; the luminance control device is configured for receiving the luminance control signal via the communication network and regulating the luminance of the light source according to the luminance control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Foxisemicon Integrated Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Sheng-Kai Hu, Wen-Jang Jiang
  • Low-emissivity glass
    Patent number: 7826704
    Abstract: A Low-E glass includes a glass substrate and a multilayer Low-E film formed on at least one surface of the glass substrate. The multilayer Low-E film includes a number of high refractive index layers and a number of low refractive index layers stacked on one another. An innermost layer contacting with the glass substrate is the high refractive index layer. A total number of layers of the multilayer Low-E film is in a range from 30 to 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ga-Lane Chen
  • Projector and light source assembly employed in same
    Patent number: 7824040
    Abstract: A light source assembly employed in a projector includes a light source, a power device, a light energy storage device, and a selection switch. The light source is configured for providing light beams for the projector. The selection switch is electrically connected to the light source, the light energy storage device and the power device and is configured for selecting one of the light energy storage device and the power device to provide power for the light source. The light energy storage device can absorb heat from the light source and convert the heat into electricity. Therefore, energy is saved and heat produced by the light source is reduced via the light energy storage device compared to the conventional light source assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kai Huang
  • Method of synthesizing silicon wires
    Patent number: 7825036
    Abstract: A method of synthesizing silicon wires generally includes the steps of: providing a substrate; forming a copper catalyst particle layer on a top surface of the substrate; heating the reactive device at a temperature of above 450° C. in a flowing protective gas; and introducing a mixture of a protective gas and a silicon-based reactive gas at a temperature of above 450° C. at a pressure of below 700 Torr, thereby forming the silicon wires on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuan Yao, Li-Guo Xu, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Backlight module having a plurality of groups of concentric microstructures on reflective surface thereof
    Patent number: 7824092
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a light source and a light guide plate. The light source includes a light-emitting surface and at least two mean points. The light guide plate includes an incident surface, an emitting surface adjacent to the incident surface, a reflecting surface opposite to the emitting surface, and at least two groups of microstructures formed on the reflecting surface. Each group of microstructures is arranged concentric relative to a respective mean point of the light-emitting surface of the light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Yang, Guo-Fan Jin
  • Laser system and method for patterning mold inserts
    Patent number: 7825349
    Abstract: A laser system (99) for patterning a mold insert includes a laser source module (10), a feedback module (20), and a controlling module (30). The laser source module includes a laser source (11) for emitting laser beams, and a lens module (10) with a changeable focal length configured for focusing the laser beams on the surface of the mold insert. The feedback module (20) is configured for receiving the laser beams reflected from the surface of the mold insert and generating a corresponding feedback signal according to the received laser beams. The controlling module is configured for receiving the feedback signal from the feedback module thereby controlling the laser source according to the feedback signal. A method for manufacturing the mold insert is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ga-Lane Chen
  • Battery cover assembly for portable electronic device
    Patent number: 7824793
    Abstract: A portable electronic device (101) includes a battery cover (200), a latch (200) and a housing (300). The battery cover has a resisting portion (114). One end of the latch has a limiting portion (207), another end of the latch having an engaging portion (208). The housing has a positioning portion. The latch moveably engages with the housing, and the resisting portion of the cover locks with the engaging portion for releasably locking the battery cover. The limiting portion engages with the positioning portion so as to limit the cover to open relative to the housing. This release provides a user with convenient and easy to use disassembly mechanism for the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Zhou-Quan Zuo, Chia-Hua Chen
  • Apparatus and method for synthesizing a single-wall carbon nanotube array
    Patent number: 7824649
    Abstract: This apparatus and method facilitate the synthesis of a single-wall carbon nanotube array. The apparatus includes a reactor, a local heating device, a gaseous carbon supplier, and a reactant gas supplier. The reactor is configured for receiving a catalyst in a reaction zone thereof. The local heating device is configured for selectively heating the reaction zone and/or the catalyst received thereat. The gaseous carbon supplier is configured for introducing gaseous carbon into the reactor from an upstream position of the reaction zone. The reactant gas supplier is configured for introducing a reactant gas containing a carbon source gas into the reactor. A densely aligned, single-wall carbon nanotube array can be achieved due to the proximity to the catalyst of the heating device and due to the gaseous carbon supplier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kai-Li Jiang, Zhuo Chen, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Electrochemical capacitor with carbon nanotubes
    Patent number: 7826199
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a first electrode, a second electrode opposite to the first electrode, a separator sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode, a cell accommodating the first electrode, the second electrode and the separator, and an electrolytic solution filled into the inner space of the cell, with the first electrode, the second electrode and the separator immersed into the electrolytic solution. The first electrode and second electrode are in a CNT film structure, wherein the CNT film includes a number of CNTs packed closely, substantially parallel to a surface of the CNT film, and isotropically arranged along a fixed direction or along random directions. The electrolytic capacitor is a high-performance capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang-Hong Liu, Shou-Shan Fan
  • System for setting shutdown voltage of electronic device
    Patent number: 7825767
    Abstract: A system for setting a shutdown voltage for an electronic device having a power source with an internal resistor includes a temperature sensing module and a processing module. The temperature sensing module is configured for measuring a temperature of the power source, and the temperature sensing module includes a reference resistor with invariable resistance, and generates a reference voltage across the reference resistor based on the temperature of the power source. The processing module is configured for generating a voltage across the internal resistor of the power source based on the temperature of the power source, and setting the shutdown voltage of the electronic device according to the reference voltage and the voltage across the internal resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jen-Sheng Tsai
  • Electrochemical capacitor with carbon nanotubes
    Patent number: 7826198
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a first electrode, a second electrode opposite to the first electrode, a separator sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode, a cell accommodating the first electrode, the second electrode and the separator, and an electrolytic solution filled into the inner space of the cell, with the first electrode, the second electrode and the separator immersed into the electrolytic solution. The first electrode and second electrode are in a CNT film structure, and the CNT film structure includes a number of CNT films stacked and packed closely by van der Waals attractive force. Each CNT film includes a number of aligned CNTs, and an angle between the aligned directions of CNTs of any two adjacent CNT film is in an approximate range from 0 to 90 degrees. The electrolytic capacitor is a high-performance capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kai-Li Jiang, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Projector with lamp cover lock
    Patent number: 7824042
    Abstract: A projector has a disassembling lock for preventing the lamp cover from being disassembled when the projector is secured to a ceiling. The disassembling lock includes a sleeve, a latching rod, a stop block, and a coil spring. The sleeve is secured in the projector and has a first sleeve portion and a second sleeve portion. The latching rod has a first rod portion, a second rod portion, and a flange formed between the first rod portion and the second rod portion, the flange is slidable inside the first sleeve portion. The stop block is fixed in a distal end of the first sleeve portion away from the second sleeve portion, the stop block defines a hole for the first rod portion sliding to the lamp cover. The coil spring is coiled around the first rod portion and held between the flange and the stop block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng-Hung Chou
  • Method of synthesizing single-wall carbon nanotubes
    Patent number: 7820245
    Abstract: A method for synthesizing single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) generally includes the steps of: providing a substrate having an upper portion comprised of indium tin oxide; forming an aluminum layer on the upper portion of the substrate; forming a catalyst layer on the aluminum layer to obtain a treated substrate; annealing the treated substrate so as to transform the catalyst layer into a plurality of oxidized catalyst particles on the substrate; and growing a plurality of single-wall carbon nanotubes on the treated substrate using a chemical vapor deposition process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhi Zheng, Yuan Yao, Liang Liu, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Projecting system with color temperature adjusting function
    Patent number: 7819529
    Abstract: A projecting system includes a light source for emitting light, a color temperature detecting device for detecting a color temperature value of the light emitted from the light source, a control device for storing a plurality of selectable pre-determined color temperature values therein for a user to select a pre-determined color temperature value, an adjusting device, and a light-modulating device. The adjusting device is disposed in a light path associated with the light source. The control device is configured for controlling the adjusting device to adjust transmittance of the light transmitted therethrough so as to adjust the color temperature value of the light to the selected pre-determined color temperature value. The light-modulating device modulates the light to create an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chien-Wen Hsu, Chia-Hung Kao
  • Sputter ion pump
    Patent number: 7819633
    Abstract: A sputter ion pump includes one vacuum chamber, two parallel anode poles and one cold cathode electron emitter. The vacuum chamber includes at least one aperture located in an outer wall thereof. The two parallel anode poles are positioned in the vacuum chamber and arranged in a symmetrical configuration about a center axis of the vacuum chamber. The cold cathode electron emission device is located on or proximate the outer wall of the vacuum chamber and faces a corresponding aperture. The cold cathode electron emission device is thus configured for injecting electrons through the corresponding aperture and into the vacuum chamber. The sputter ion pump produces a saddle-shaped electrostatic field and is free of a magnetic field. The sputter ion pump has a simplified structure and a low power consumption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li Qian, Jie Tang, Liang Liu, Jing Qi, Pi-Jin Chen, Zhao-Fu Hu, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Imaging module package
    Patent number: 7821565
    Abstract: An exemplary imaging module package includes a lens module and an imaging sensor module. The lens module includes a housing having a hollow top portion and a hollow bottom portion coaxially aligned with the hollow top portion. The imaging sensor module is received in the hollow bottom portion. The imaging sensor module includes an imaging sensor connected to the substrate and secured to the bottom portion, a substrate spaced from the bottom portion and defining at least one recess therein, and a plurality of passive components received in the at least one recess and wholly disposed below the imaging sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ying-Cheng Wu, Pang-Jung Liu, Chien-Cheng Yao, Shih-Min Lo
  • Laser engraving mechanism and engraving method of using the same
    Patent number: 7820940
    Abstract: A laser engraving mechanism (100) for engraving a workpiece (16) includes an image receiver (12), an image processor (13), an engraving controller (14), and a laser emitting member (15). The image receiver screens the workpiece to form an image of the workpiece and transforms the image of the workpiece into electronic image signals. The image processor is connected to the image receiver. The image processor saves a group of datum coordinates, forms a group of engraving coordinates according to the electronic image signals, and compares the engraving coordinates with the datum coordinates. The engraving controller is connected to the image processor. The laser emitting member is connected to the engraving controller, and the engraving controller instructs the laser emitting member to engrave the workpiece based on a comparison of results between the engraving coordinates and the datum coordinates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Fong) Limited
    Inventors: Chih-Pen Lin, Hung-Chang Lee, Yu-Chuan Chen, Chuang Liu, Kai Yin