Patents by Inventor Alex Horng
Alex Horng 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).
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Patent number: 8952586Abstract: A component positioning structure for components received in a motor's shaft tube includes a base and a stator unit. The base has a shaft tube, and shaft tube has an opening end having a deformable portion. The stator unit is fitted to an outer circumferential wall of the shaft tube and has a pressing portion. The pressing portion abuts against the deformable portion and causes deformation of the deformable portion, allowing the deformable portion to reduce an inner diameter of the opening end.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2011Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Alex Horng
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Publication number: 20150035401Abstract: A motor includes a base, a stator unit and a rotor. The base includes a shaft tube receiving a sleeve bearing and a positioning member. The positioning member positions the sleeve bearing and includes a hole having a minimal diameter. The stator unit is arranged on the base. The rotor includes a shaft and a permanent magnet. The shaft extends through the hole of the positioning member and rotatably couples with the sleeve bearing. An air gap is formed between the permanent magnet and the stator unit. The shaft has a maximal diameter, and the minimal diameter of the hole of the positioning member is larger than 1.05 times of the maximal diameter of the shaft but is smaller than or equal to two times of the maximal diameter of the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2014Publication date: February 5, 2015Inventor: Alex Horng
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Patent number: 8946961Abstract: A motor with power-generating coil set including a base, a rotor, a driving circuit and a power-storing unit is disclosed. The base has a shaft coupling portion and a supporting surface, wherein the supporting surface surrounds the shaft coupling portion, and a driving coil set and a power-generating coil set are disposed above the supporting surface. The rotor has a carrier, a shaft and a magnetic member, wherein the carrier has a coupling surface, the shaft rotatably couples with the shaft coupling portion of the base, and the magnetic member is mounted on the coupling surface and has a magnetic face facing the driving coil set and the power-generating coil set. The driving circuit electrically connects with and sends a driving signal to the driving coil set. The power-storing unit electrically connects with and stores electric power generated by the power-generating coil set.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2012Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Alex Horng
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Patent number: 8926132Abstract: A lamp includes a housing having a solid peripheral wall between an opening and an electrical connector respectively at two ends of the housing, maintaining the appearance integrity of the lamp. A cooling module is fixed in the housing. At least one wind channel is defined between the cooling module and the opening of the housing. A light-emitting element is coupled to the cooling module. A circuit board is fixed in the housing and electrically connected to the electrical connector and the light-emitting element. An air cleaner includes a generator body and at least one emitter. An air passage is defined between an inner face of the solid peripheral wall of the housing, the cooling module and the circuit board. The at least one emitter of the air cleaner is mounted in the air passage, providing enhanced air cleaning effect.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2013Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Alex Horng, Yu-Yuan Lu
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Patent number: 8920000Abstract: The invention discloses a lamp including a lampshade, a cooling module, a light-emitting element and a circuit board. The lampshade includes an opening and a base. The lampshade forms a chamber. The lampshade is completely closed between the opening and the base. The cooling module includes a cooling fan fixed in the chamber while at least one air-guiding gap is formed between the cooling module and the lampshade. The light-emitting element is coupled with the cooling module. The circuit board has a layout surface mounted with a plurality of electronic components. The inner surface of the lampshade forms an air-guiding face. The layout surface, the air-guiding face and the cooling fan jointly constructs an air channel. The layout surface and the electronic components of the circuit board face the opening of the lampshade. At least one of the electronic components is located in the air channel.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2012Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Alex Horng
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Publication number: 20140377093Abstract: A cooling fan includes a fan frame, a stator unit and an impeller. The fan frame includes a balancing member having a shaft-coupling portion. A lateral wall portion is formed on the balancing member and includes an air inlet and an air outlet. The stator unit has a base plate and a coil unit. The impeller has a permanent magnet and a shaft rotatably coupled with the shaft-coupling portion. An air gap is formed between the permanent magnet and the coil unit. A first annular reference plane extends through the outer annular face of the permanent magnet, and a second annular reference plane extends through the inner annular face of the permanent magnet. A magnetic attraction range is formed between the balancing member, the permanent magnet and the first and second annular reference planes. The balancing member is at least partially shaded from the permanent magnet by the base plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2014Publication date: December 25, 2014Applicant: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Alex Horng, Wen-Kuan Chen
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Patent number: 8876499Abstract: A fan module includes a housing and at least one impeller. The housing includes first and second air channels. The housing further includes an axial air inlet in communication with the first air channel and a radial air inlet in communication with the second air channel. The housing further includes at least one radial air outlet in communication with the first and second air channels. The at least one impeller draws external air into the housing via the axial air inlet or the radial air inlet and expels air out of the housing via the at last one radial air outlet. By such an arrangement, external air can be guided into the fan module via different directions, providing an enhanced cooling effect.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2011Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Alex Horng, Wen-Kuan Chen
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Publication number: 20140309965Abstract: A cooling fan having a motor is disclosed. The cooling fan includes a stator assembly and an impeller. The stator assembly includes a shaft-coupling portion and a coil unit. The impeller includes a hub and a magnetic element. An axial air gap is formed between the magnetic element and the coil unit. A height between a bottom face of the shaft-coupling portion and a top face of the hub is from 1.5 mm to 3.5 mm. The coil unit has a first maximum width, and the hub has a second maximum width. A ratio of the first maximum width to the second maximum width is from 0.7 to 1.3. A method for determining the dimensional proportion of the motor includes selecting a ratio of a first maximum width to a second maximum width as 0.7 to 1.3, and determining the values of the first and second maximum widths.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: SUNONWEALTH ELECTRIC MACHINE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Alex Horng, TIAN-XUAN WANG
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Publication number: 20140294620Abstract: A cooling fan having a radial-air-gap motor is disclosed. The cooling fan includes a fan frame, an impeller and a stator assembly. The fan frame has a shaft-coupling portion. The impeller has a hub, a shaft and a plurality of blades. The blades are arranged on an outer periphery of the hub. At least one magnetic element is arranged on an inner periphery of the hub. There is a height between a bottom face of the shaft-coupling portion and a top face of the hub. There is a maximum thickness between the bottommost and uppermost faces of the magnetic plate unit. A ratio of the maximum thickness to the height is between 0.1 and 0.6. A method for determining the dimensional proportion of the motor is also disclosed. The method selects a ratio of a maximum thickness to a height as 0.1 to 0.6.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2014Publication date: October 2, 2014Applicant: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Alex Horng, Ming-Tsung Li, Shih-Hang Lin
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Publication number: 20140254095Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: SUNONWEALTH ELECTRIC MACHINE INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin
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Patent number: 8821227Abstract: A heat dissipating system includes a housing having a compartment divided into first and second air channels by a partitioning board. The partitioning board includes an opening through which the first air channel is in communication with the second air channel. A driving unit is mounted in the first air channel. The driving unit includes a rotating shaft extending through the opening into the second air channel. A first impeller is mounted in the first air channel, coupled to the rotating shaft, and aligned with the opening. A second impeller is mounted in the second air channel, coupled to the rotating shaft, and aligned with the opening. The first and second impellers mounted in the first and second air channels are driven by the driving unit to simultaneously dissipate heat generated by electronic elements in the first and second air channels while having a simplified structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2009Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Alex Horng, Ming-Tsung Li, Chao-Hsun Lee
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Patent number: 8820692Abstract: A motor casing includes a frame assembly and a motor base. The frame assembly includes a frame having an inner face defining an air channel, and a plurality of connection members disposed in the air channel. Each connection member has first and second ends. The first ends of the connection members are coupled to the inner face of the frame. The motor base includes a supporting member and a covering member. The supporting member has an inner surface defining a through-hole, and an outer surface coupled with the second ends of the connection members. An opening portion and a coupling portion are formed at two sides of the through-hole. The covering member is coupled to the opening portion of the supporting member and has first and second surfaces. The first surface faces the through-hole of the supporting member. The covering member includes at least one vent.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Alex Horng, Chia-Chin Wu, Shou-Chien Chang, Hung-Jen Chuan
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Publication number: 20140233183Abstract: A hand-held electronic device includes a casing having a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. The casing includes an interior intermediate the first face and the second face of the casing. A first cover includes a thickness forming an annular periphery and abuts the first face of the casing. A joining area between the annular periphery of the first cover and the first face of the casing includes a junction section having at least one vent in communication with the interior of the casing. An electronic component is mounted in the interior of the casing. A cooling fan is mounted in the interior of the casing. The cooling fan guides air currents via the at least one vent to cool the electronic component.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Alex Horng
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Publication number: 20140219789Abstract: A centrifugal fan includes a fan frame, a stator assembly and an impeller. The fan frame has a base plate portion, a cover plate portion and a lateral wall portion. The cover plate portion has an air inlet, and the lateral wall portion has an air outlet. The impeller includes a rotating member, a plurality of blades and a connection ring. The rotating member is coupled with the stator assembly. Each blade has a windward edge and a lateral edge. The windward edge faces the air inlet, the lateral edge faces the lateral wall portion, and the connection ring is arranged on the windward edges of the blades. The windward edge has a first coupling edge, and the connection ring has a second coupling edge. A part of the windward edge between the first coupling edge and the lateral edge extends downwards in a curved manner, forming a truncating portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Alex Horng
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Publication number: 20140210347Abstract: An AC LED lamp includes first and second AC power ends, a lighting module and a DC power output circuit. The lighting module has first and second ends and an LED unit. The first end is connected to the first AC power end. The LED unit has one or more LEDs. The DC power output circuit has first and second ends. The second end of the DC power output circuit is coupled to the second AC power end. The first end of the DC power output circuit is coupled to the second end of the lighting module. The DC power output circuit has a DC output side and is not directly connected to the first AC power end. The DC power output circuit has a rectifying unit and a voltage limiting and filtering unit. The rectifying unit and the voltage limiting and filtering unit are coupled to the lighting module.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: SUNONWEALTH ELECTRIC MACHINE INDUSTRY CO., LTDInventors: Alex HORNG, Chung-Ken CHENG, Chi-Hung KUO, Kuan-Yin HOU
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Patent number: 8791643Abstract: An alternating current (AC) light-emitting diode (LED) lamp includes a first AC power end, a second AC power end, a lighting module and a direct current (DC) power output circuit. The lighting module has a first end, a second end and at least one LED unit, wherein the first end is electrically coupled to the first AC power end. The at least one LED unit has one or more LEDs connected in series. The DC power output circuit has a first end and a second end, wherein the second end of the DC power output circuit is electrically coupled to the second AC power end, while the first end of the DC power output circuit is electrically coupled to the second end of the lighting module. The DC power output circuit has a DC output side.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., LtdInventors: Alex Horng, Chung-Ken Cheng, Chi-Hung Kuo, Kuan-Yin Hou
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Publication number: 20140175929Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2014Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: SUNONWEALTH ELECTRIC MACHINE INDUSTRY CO., LTDInventors: Alex Horng, Tso-Kuo Yin
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Publication number: 20140140063Abstract: A lamp includes a housing having a solid peripheral wall between an opening and an electrical connector respectively at two ends of the housing, maintaining the appearance integrity of the lamp. A cooling module is fixed in the housing. At least one wind channel is defined between the cooling module and the opening of the housing. A light-emitting element is coupled to the cooling module. A circuit board is fixed in the housing and electrically connected to the electrical connector and the light-emitting element. An air cleaner includes a generator body and at least one emitter. An air passage is defined between an inner face of the solid peripheral wall of the housing, the cooling module and the circuit board. The at least one emitter of the air cleaner is mounted in the air passage, providing enhanced air cleaning effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Alex Horng, Yu-Yuan Lu
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Patent number: 8710709Abstract: A motor with power-generating coil module includes: a base that has a shaft tube, a supporting surface surrounding the shaft tube, a first coil module mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the shaft tube, and a second coil module disposed above the supporting surface; a rotor that has a carrier extending a lateral wall toward the base, a shaft rotatably coupling with the shaft tube, and a magnetic member mounted on the lateral wall and having an axial extension and a radial extension, with a first magnetic face on the axial extension and facing the first coil module and a second magnetic face on the radial extension and facing the second coil module; a driving circuit electrically connecting with one of the first and second coil modules; and a power-storing unit electrically connecting with the other one of the first and second coil modules.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Alex Horng
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Patent number: 8702401Abstract: A cooling fan includes a sidewall coupled to a base of a housing and defining a compartment. The housing includes an air inlet, an air outlet, and a dust channel. The air inlet, the air outlet, and the dust channel are in communication with the compartment. An impeller is rotatably coupled to a stator coupled to the base. A control element includes a driving circuit electrically connected to the stator and a rotating direction control circuit electrically connected to the driving circuit. The air outlet and the dust channel separate an inner periphery of the sidewall into first and second guiding wall sections. The first guiding wall section has a guiding portion contiguous to the dust channel. A first spacing between the guiding portion and a center of the impeller is not larger than a second spacing between the second guiding wall section and the center of the impeller.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2011Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Sunonwealth Electric Machine Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Alex Horng