Patents Assigned to Chicony Electronic Co. Ltd.
  • Patent number: 11980338
    Abstract: An endoscope device includes a hollow tube, a thermal-conductive member, an image-capturing module, and a heat-dissipation tube. The hollow tube includes an insertion end. The thermal-conductive member is in the hollow tube and adjacent to the insertion end. The thermal-conductive member includes a first end, a second end, and a receiving groove. The first end is near to the insertion end as compared with the second end, and the receiving groove is between the first end and the second end. The image-capturing module includes a camera module and a circuit board in the receiving groove. The camera module is at the insertion end and electrically connected to the circuit board. The first end contacts the camera module. The heat-dissipation tube is in the hollow tube. One end of the heat-dissipation tube contacts the thermal conductive member, and the other end of the heat-dissipation tube extends away from the insertion end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hsin-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 11982301
    Abstract: A connecting assembly is applied to connect a first housing and a second housing. The connecting assembly includes a general connecting member, a connecting base, and a clamping member. The general connecting member connects to the first housing. The general connecting member includes an accommodating portion and at least one opening. The accommodating portion is located inside the general connecting member. The opening is disposed on a side wall of the general connecting member and communicates with the accommodating portion. The connecting base is disposed on the second housing. The connecting base includes a main body disposed in the accommodating portion. The clamping member includes a flat portion and at least one clamping portion. The clamping portion extends from one end of the flat portion toward the connecting base, and the clamping portion passes through the opening and presses against the main body of the connecting base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chia-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 11972063
    Abstract: A keyboard device includes a frame and keys. The frame includes key guide grooves each including a first groove wall and a second groove wall. The keys are slidably assembled in the key guide grooves. The key includes a keycap and a guide member. A brim of the keycap includes a first side edge and a second side edge. The guide member includes a first side plate and a second side plate. The first side plate is in the key guide groove, integrally extends from the first side edge, and is arranged close to the first groove wall. The second side plate is in the key guide groove, integrally extends from the second side edge, and is arranged close to the second groove wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tao-Kuan Chen
  • Patent number: 11956891
    Abstract: An electronic module is provided, including a circuit board, at least one electronic component, a covering layer, and an adhesive. The at least one electronic component is disposed on the circuit board. The covering layer has multiple holes, and the covering layer is disposed on the circuit board and covers the at least one electronic component. The adhesive is combined to the covering layer, and the adhesive fills the holes and encapsulates the at least one electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sheng-Sung Chou
  • Patent number: 11955297
    Abstract: A keyboard includes a base plate and a backlight module. The base plate has a short axis direction and a long axis direction, and the base plate includes at least one long slit. The long slit is disposed on the base plate along the short axis direction. The backlight module is disposed on the base plate. The backlight module includes a shielding sheet, a light guide plate and a reflecting sheet. An upper surface of the shielding sheet faces toward the base plate. The light guide plate is disposed on a lower surface of the shielding sheet. The reflecting sheet is disposed below the light guide plate. The reflecting sheet includes a plurality of first slits. When the length of the base plate is adjusted along the long axis direction, the reflective sheet is adjusted and moved along with the base plate by expansion of the first slits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Horiuchi, Chia-Hsin Chen, Ping-Ju Kuo
  • Patent number: 11947155
    Abstract: An electronic device with light emitting function includes a casing, a circuit board, a light-shielding member, a first light-guiding member, and a second light-guiding member. The casing has a light-guiding cover plate having a first partial block and a second partial block. The circuit board has a light-emitting element adjacent to the first partial block. The light-shielding member is blocked between the light-emitting element and the first partial block. The first light-guiding member has a first reflective inclination surface at a light-emitting direction of the light-emitting element and configured to reflect a light emitted by the light-emitting element to be a first reflected light which is transmitted toward a direction away from the first partial block. The second light-guiding member has a second reflective inclination surface configured to reflect the first reflected light to be a second reflected light which is irradiated to the second partial block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Yueh Chen, Yu-Hsuan Lin
  • Patent number: 11923155
    Abstract: A keyboard includes a base plate, a plurality of keys and a backlight module. The base plate has a short-axis direction and a long-axis direction. The keys are disposed on the base plate. The backlight module is disposed on the base plate and includes a shielding sheet, a light guide plate and a reflecting sheet. The light guide plate is disposed on a lower surface of the shielding sheet. The light guide plate includes a plurality of light guide structures corresponding to the keys respectively. Each of the light guide structures includes a ring portion and at least one bend line portion. The bend line portion connects to the ring portion, and the ring portion is formed by a plurality of bending portions. The reflecting sheet is disposed below the light guide plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Horiuchi, Chia-Hsin Chen, Ping-Ju Kuo
  • Patent number: 11917747
    Abstract: A circuit board module includes a circuit board, a metal core printed circuit board, and a heating element. The circuit board includes a substrate, and a surface of the substrate has an assembling region. The metal core printed circuit board is on the assembling region and includes a first circuit layer and a second circuit layer. The first circuit layer and the second circuit layer are electrically connected to each other. The second circuit layer is electrically connected to the circuit board. The thermal conductivity of the metal core printed circuit board is greater than the thermal conductivity of the substrate. The heating element is on the metal core printed circuit board and is electrically connected to the first circuit layer. An electronic device having the circuit board module is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chien-Yueh Chen
  • Publication number: 20240024764
    Abstract: An expansion device includes a device body, which includes two carrying structures and a first elastic component, and a clamping structure. The two carrying structures are slidably disposed on each other, each carrying structure has a carrying portion and a clamping portion, and the carrying portion carries an electronic device. The first elastic component is connected to the two carrying structures and causes the two carrying structures to slide from a first state to a second state with variation of an elastic potential energy thereof, and the two clamping portions clamp the electronic device between the first state and the second state. The clamping structure includes a clamping component and a second elastic component. The clamping component is movably disposed on the carrying structure. The second elastic component causes the clamping component to move form a first position to a second position with variation of an elastic potential energy thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kai-Yu Cheng
  • Publication number: 20240023245
    Abstract: A circuit board module, including a circuit board body, two camera elements, two board-to-board connectors, and an external circuit board, is provided. The circuit board body includes a surface and at least one groove recessed in the surface. The two camera elements are disposed in the at least one groove and electrically connected to the circuit board body. The two board-to-board connectors are disposed on the circuit board body. The external circuit board includes two connection ports pluggably connected to the two board-to-board connectors, so that the external circuit board is electrically connected to the circuit board body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsueh Hua Wang, Peng Yi Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11859760
    Abstract: A hanging device includes a wall fixing plate, a wall hanging element, and a spiral spring. The wall fixing plate includes a fixing portion, an abutting portion, and a first fitting portion. The wall hanging element includes a housing and a fixing member. The housing has a back surface, and the back surface has a second fitting portion and a spring installation region. The spiral spring is disposed in the spring installation region and includes an inner arc section, an outer arc section, and an arc connecting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chang-Yi Lin
  • Patent number: 11849706
    Abstract: A feeding apparatus includes a storage chamber, an ejection channel and a discharging adjustment structure. The storage chamber has a discharging hole. The ejection channel communicates with the storage chamber through the discharging hole. The discharging adjustment structure is disposed in the storage chamber and includes a fixing member and a baffle. The fixing member is disposed on a side wall of the storage chamber and is adjacent to the discharging hole. The baffle is movably disposed on the fixing member, and one end of the baffle is adjacent to the discharging hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Pei-Sheng Tsai
  • Patent number: 11798759
    Abstract: A keyboard device includes a substrate, a keycap, and a link member. The keycap is disposed on the substrate and provided with a limiting member including a top wall, a bottom wall, and a slide groove. In the slide groove, the top wall has a first guide bevel and the bottom wall has a second guide bevel. The link member is disposed between the substrate and the keycap and includes a slide connection portion and a pivot connection portion. The slide connection portion is slidably disposed in the slide groove, and the pivot connection portion is pivotally connected to the substrate. When the keycap is pressed to move downwardly toward the substrate, the pivot connection portion of the link member is rotated with respect to the substrate, and the slide connection portion slides along the first guide bevel and the second guide bevel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Chieh Chan, Chao-Chin Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11800236
    Abstract: An image capturing device includes an image capturing module, a plurality of light emitting elements, and a processing module. The image capturing module captures an image of a field of view. The light emitting elements emit light that irradiates to the field of view, and form a plurality of speckle regions in the field of view, and the speckle regions are consecutively arranged in the field of view. The processing module is electrically connected to the image capturing module and the light emitting elements. The processing module receives the image of the field of view from the image capturing module. The processing module obtains a target position according to a target image, and adjusts brightness of the light emitting elements according to the target position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Yueh Chen, Jin-Kae Jang
  • Patent number: 11791545
    Abstract: A keyboard module includes a housing, an antenna circuit board, a supporting bracket, an antenna, and a plurality of key caps. The housing includes a bottom wall and a side wall. The antenna circuit board is disposed above the bottom wall. The supporting bracket is disposed above the antenna circuit board, and a gap is formed between an edge of the supporting bracket and the side wall. The supporting bracket includes a notch recessed into the edge, and the notch faces the side wall. The antenna is disposed in the gap, extends into the notch, and is connected to the antenna circuit board. These key caps are disposed above the supporting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chin-Chan Su, Yen-Ching Lee
  • Patent number: 11785917
    Abstract: A feeder includes a housing, an ejection structure, and a driving module. The housing includes a discharge channel. The discharge channel has an accommodating space and a discharge port communicated with each other. The ejection structure includes an ejection blade. The ejection blade is rotatably disposed in the accommodating space. The driving module is configured to rotate the ejection structure, so that the ejection blade ejects the feed located in the accommodating space away from the discharge port. The driving module includes a position-returning member configured to maintain the ejection structure in a first rotational orientation relative to the housing. The driving module is further configured to rotate the ejection structure relative to the housing to exceed a second rotational orientation and then release the ejection structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pei-Sheng Tsai, Wen-Lung Chen
  • Patent number: 11764650
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a feeding apparatus, which includes a motor, a driving unit, and a noise reduction module. The noise reduction module includes an audio receiving unit and a control unit. The audio receiving unit receives the sound generated by the feeding apparatus when the motor is running. The control unit is electronically connected to the driving unit and the audio receiving unit. The control unit sequentially supplies a plurality of motor drive data to the driving unit to drive the motor to run. The control unit sequentially receives a plurality of sound signals corresponding to those motor drive data from the audio receiving unit. The control unit analyzes the sound signals and selects one of the sound signals as an optimized sound signal. The control unit stores the motor drive data corresponding to the optimized sound signal as a setting motor drive data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shang-Yuan Yuan, Tung-Hsin Huang
  • Publication number: 20230292041
    Abstract: A sound receiving device and a control method of the sound receiving device are provided. The sound receiving device includes a microphone apparatus, an object detection apparatus, and a processor. The microphone apparatus provides an audio signal. The object detection apparatus detects position information of at least one object. The processor is coupled to the microphone apparatus and the object detection apparatus. The processor determines position information of a sound source according to the audio signal and the position information of the at least one object, and adjusts each microphone gain in the microphone apparatus to receive sound from the sound source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shang-Yuan Yuan, Hung-Bin Huang
  • Patent number: 11744226
    Abstract: A pet feeding apparatus includes a feed tank, a discharge tank, and an ejection assembly. The feed tank includes an accommodation chamber and a discharge outlet communicating with the accommodation chamber. The discharge tank includes an ejection outlet, an inlet, and an ejection chamber located between the ejection outlet and the inlet. The inlet communicates with the discharge outlet of the feed tank. The ejection assembly includes a rotation blade and a driving member. The rotation blade is received in the ejection chamber, and the rotation blade includes a rotation shaft and a blade extending from the rotation shaft. The driving member is connected to the rotation shaft and is capable of driving the rotation shaft to rotate with respect to the ejection chamber, so that the driving member drives the blade to swing from the inlet toward the ejection outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pei-Sheng Tsai, Wen-Lung Chen
  • Patent number: 11747546
    Abstract: A keyboard includes a base plate, a plurality of keys and a backlight module. The base plate has a short axis direction and a long axis direction. The keys are disposed on the base plate along the long axis direction, and the keys are arranged to form a plurality of rows. The backlight module is disposed on the base plate and includes a shielding sheet, a light guide plate and a reflecting sheet. The light guide plate is disposed on a lower surface of the shielding sheet. The light guide plate includes a plurality of long openings, and each of the long openings has at least one long side. The long side is parallel to the long axis direction, and each of the long openings has a central axis. The central axis is located between two adjacent rows on which the keys are disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Horiuchi, Chia-Hsin Chen, Ping-Ju Kuo