Patents by Inventor Chong-Kuo Lai

Chong-Kuo Lai 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: 20140111925
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing and a connection member. The second housing is pivotally connected with the first housing and rotated relative to the first housing in a close position or in an open position. The connection member is interconnected between the first housing and the second housing, and the connection member includes a bendable portion. When the second housing is in the close position relative to the first housing, the connection member is in contact with the first housing and the second housing. When the second housing is in the open position relative to the first housing, the bendable portion of the connection member is bent to be apart from the first housing and the second housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Yuan CHANG, Chong-Kuo LAI, Mao-Wei LEE
  • Patent number: 8480137
    Abstract: A locking device disposed on a casing and suitable for buckling up with a detachable object is provided. The locking device includes a base, an actuating element, and a driven latch. The base has a body fixed at the casing and a first slide track passing through the body. The actuating element has a first sliding block passing through the body and moves between a first position and a second position along a first axis via the first sliding block slidingly connected to the first slide track. The driven latch is slidingly disposed at the base and slides between a third position and a fourth position along a second axis. The driven latch and the actuating element are located at two opposite sides of the base. The driven latch has a second slide track and a locking portion. The first sliding block is slidingly connected to the second slide track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hung-Chi Chen, Chia-Te Tsao, Chung-Cheng Hua, Chong-Kuo Lai
  • Publication number: 20130107477
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes an upper cover, a lower cover, a circuit board, and a bracket. The upper cover includes a first boss. The lower cover includes a second boss. The bracket includes a first fixing plate and a second fixing plate that are connected to each other. The first fixing plate is clamped between the first boss and the second boss. The second fixing plate tilts at an angle relative to the first fixing plate. The circuit board and the second fixing plate are fixed to each other in a parallel manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventors: Hung-Chi CHEN, Chia-Te Tsao, Chong-Kuo Lai
  • Patent number: 8027158
    Abstract: A snap relieving device includes a first movable part, a second movable part, an inclining guiding groove, a guiding piece, and a snap. The first movable part moves along a first direction. The second movable part moves along a second direction, wherein the first direction is substantially orthogonal to the second direction. The inclining guiding groove is disposed on the first movable part. The guiding piece is coupled with the inclining guiding groove and disposed on the second movable part. The snap is connected to the first movable part or the second movable part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hung-Chi Chen, Chia-Te Tsao, Chung-Cheng Hua, Chong-Kuo Lai, Chien-Yuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20100058571
    Abstract: A snap relieving device includes a first movable part, a second movable part, an inclining guiding groove, a guiding piece, and a snap. The first movable part moves along a first direction. The second movable part moves along a second direction, wherein the first direction is substantially orthogonal to the second direction. The inclining guiding groove is disposed on the first movable part. The guiding piece is coupled with the inclining guiding groove and disposed on the second movable part. The snap is connected to the first movable part or the second movable part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Hung-Chi Chen, Chia-Te Tsao, Chung-Cheng Hua, Chong-Kuo Lai, Chien-Yuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20090302618
    Abstract: A locking device disposed on a casing and suitable for buckling up with a detachable object is provided. The locking device includes a base, an actuating element, and a driven latch. The base has a body fixed at the casing and a first slide track passing through the body. The actuating element has a first sliding block passing through the body and moves between a first position and a second position along a first axis via the first sliding block slidingly connected to the first slide track. The driven latch is slidingly disposed at the base and slides between a third position and a fourth position along a second axis. The driven latch and the actuating element are located at two opposite sides of the base. The driven latch has a second slide track and a locking portion. The first sliding block is slidingly connected to the second slide track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2008
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Hung-Chi Chen, Chia-Te Tsao, Chung-Cheng Hua, Chong Kuo Lai
  • Publication number: 20090284986
    Abstract: A light guide plate has a light emitting surface, a bottom surface and a first and a second light incident surfaces connected to the light emitting surface and the bottom surface. The bottom surface approaches the light emitting surface gradually along a first direction away from the first light incident surface and along a second direction away from the second light incident surface, or is away from the light emitting surface gradually along the first direction and the second direction. The light guide plate includes a plurality of first and second hollow portions disposed on the light emitting surface. The first hollow portions are arranged on a first axis. The second hollow portions are arranged on a second axis. A plurality of orthogonal projections of the second hollow portions formed on the first axis and the first hollow portions are alternately arranged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Hung-Chi Chen, Chia-Te Tsao, Chung-Cheng Hua, Chong-Kuo Lai
  • Publication number: 20080304247
    Abstract: A boss structure including a boss and a metal layer is provided. The boss has a flat surface located on a top end of the boss and a chamfer connected to the flat surface. The metal layer wholly covers an exposed surface of the boss. Since the boss has the chamfer, a burr is located below the flat surface on the top end of the boss when the boss has the burr. Therefore, another element does not damage the burr of the boss when being locked to the boss structure, so as to keep the completeness of the metal layer of the boss structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: YU-TUNG HSU, CHONG-KUO LAI