Patents by Inventor Fang-Xiang Yu

Fang-Xiang Yu 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).

  • Patent number: 8585359
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan includes a casing and an impeller received in the casing. The casing defines an air outlet at one side thereof. An air channel is defined in the casing between a sidewall of the casing and outermost free ends of blades of the impeller. The air channel has an upstream end and a downstream end along a rotation direction of the impeller. A plurality of air guide plates is formed in the casing and disposed at a junction between the downstream end of the air channel and an area of the air outlet directly communicating with the downstream end of the air channel. The air guide plates are structured and arranged in a streamlined manner and pattern with respect to air flowing from the downstream end of the air channel towards the air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fang-Xiang Yu, Xian-Min Jin, Jer-Haur Kuo
  • Patent number: 8534998
    Abstract: An exemplary centrifugal fan includes a casing defining an air outlet, and an impeller in the casing. An air channel is defined in the casing between a sidewall of the casing and outermost free ends of the impeller. The sidewall includes a first curved section adjoining a second curved section. The first curved section is located at a more upstream portion of the sidewall than the second curved section along a rotation direction of the impeller. The first curved section extends along a part of an Archimedes spiral or a part of a logarithmic spiral. The second curved section is located farther away from the impeller than an imaginary extension line of the first curved section along the Archimedes spiral or the logarithmic spiral. An air guide plate is formed in the casing and extends from the air outlet to an inner region of the air channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: En-Ming Liang, Fang-Xiang Yu, Jer-Haur Kuo
  • Patent number: 8328533
    Abstract: A heat dissipation fan includes a base with a plurality of holes defined therein, a stator mounted on the base and being placed around the holes of the base, and an impeller rotatably attached to the base. The impeller includes a hub and a plurality of blades, the hub includes a top wall with a plurality of holes defined therein and an annular wall depending from the top wall. The blades are arranged around the annular wall of the hub. An axial air passage is defined in the stator. The holes of the base communicate with the holes of the top wall via the air passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fang-Xiang Yu, Jer-Haur Kuo
  • Patent number: 8122945
    Abstract: A securing device includes a securing member defining a securing hole therein, and a fastener extending through the securing hole. The fastener includes a spring, and a bolt having a main portion, a bottom fixing portion, and a top head portion. The securing hole includes a large portion, a small portion, and a concave around the small portion. A diameter of the small portion is greater than the main portion and smaller than the fixing portion. A diameter of the large portion is greater than the fixing portion and smaller than the spring. The main portion extends through the small portion with the fixing portion tightly abutting the securing member. The spring is mounted around the main portion and received in the concave. The spring is compressed between the head portion and a step of the securing member in the concave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jer-Haur Kuo, Xin-Xiang Zha, Ye-Fei Yu, Lin Yang, Fang-Xiang Yu
  • Publication number: 20110250065
    Abstract: An exemplary centrifugal fan includes a casing defining an air outlet, and an impeller in the casing. An air channel is defined in the casing between a sidewall of the casing and outermost free ends of the impeller. The sidewall includes a first curved section adjoining a second curved section. The first curved section is located at a more upstream portion of the sidewall than the second curved section along a rotation direction of the impeller. The first curved section extends along a part of an Archimedes spiral or a part of a logarithmic spiral. The second curved section is located farther away from the impeller than an imaginary extension line of the first curved section along the Archimedes spiral or the logarithmic spiral. An air guide plate is formed in the casing and extends from the air outlet to an inner region of the air channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicants: FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: EN-MING LIANG, FANG-XIANG YU, JER-HAUR KUO
  • Publication number: 20110247789
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan includes a casing and an impeller received in the casing. The casing defines an air outlet at one side thereof. An air channel is defined in the casing between a sidewall of the casing and outermost free ends of blades of the impeller. The air channel has an upstream end and a downstream end along a rotation direction of the impeller. A plurality of air guide plates is formed in the casing and disposed at a junction between the downstream end of the air channel and an area of the air outlet directly communicating with the downstream end of the air channel. The air guide plates are structured and arranged in a streamlined manner and pattern with respect to air flowing from the downstream end of the air channel towards the air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicants: FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: FANG-XIANG YU, XIAN-MIN JIN, JER-HAUR KUO
  • Publication number: 20110176916
    Abstract: A centrifugal fan includes a housing defining an inner space therein and an impeller rotatably received in the inner space of the housing. The impeller includes a hub, a blade ring surrounding the hub, a plurality of first blades extending from the hub to the blade ring, and a plurality of second blades extending from the blade ring. Each first blade includes an inner portion between the hub and the blade ring, and an outer portion extending from the blade ring. The second blades and the outer portions of the first blades are arranged in alternating fashion along a circumferential direction of the blade ring. In each pair of an outer portion and an adjacent second blade, the outer portion and the second blade are curved outwards away from each other toward substantially opposite directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicants: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: EN-MING LIANG, FANG-XIANG YU, CHIEN-LONG HONG
  • Patent number: 7916485
    Abstract: A heat sink includes two heat spreaders spaced from each other and a heat dissipation fin disposed and connected between the two heat spreaders. The heat dissipation fin includes a plurality of hollow tubular heat dissipation units arranged linearly from one of the heat spreaders to the other one of the heat spreaders. The heat dissipation units are connected together with their axes along length directions thereof being parallel to each other. Each of the heat dissipation units can resiliently deform to change a distance between the two heat spreaders. The present disclosure also discloses an electronic device incorporating such a heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fang-Xiang Yu, Jer-Haur Kuo
  • Publication number: 20110048682
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a heat pipe and a heat sink. The heat sink defines a through hole with a diameter slightly smaller then an outer diameter of the heat pipe. The heat pipe is fixedly engaging in the through hole of the heat sink via interference fit. The heat pipe includes a tube defining an interspace therein, a first wick formed on an inner surface of the tube, working fluid received in the interspace of the tube, and a retaining structure. The retaining structure is received in the interspace of the tube and abuts the first wick of the tube to enhance a rigidity of the tube. A second wick is formed on an outer surface of the retaining structure and connects with the first wick of the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: FANG-XIANG YU, JER-HAUR KUO
  • Publication number: 20110030930
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a heat sink, an axial fan and a fan cover. The heat sink includes a plurality of fins defining a plurality of longitudinal airflow channels therebetween. The axial fan is mounted on a top side of the heat sink. The axial fan defines an air inlet located adjacent to and communicating with the airflow channels of the heat sink. The fan cover is between the heat sink and the axial fan. The fan cover includes a side plate surrounding a top end of the heat sink to make the axial fan just draw cooling air into the heat sink from a position around a bottom end of the heat sink. The cooling air flows upwardly through the heat sink to the air inlet of the axial fan to thereby take heat away from the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: FANG-XIANG YU, ZHI-YA YANG, EN-MING LIANG, XIAN-MIN JIN, JER-HAUR KUO
  • Publication number: 20100319880
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a heat pipe, a base and a heat sink. The heat pipe includes an evaporating section and a condensing section. The evaporating section includes a flat outside surface at one side thereof. The base includes a top surface and an opposite bottom surface. The base defines a groove at the bottom surface thereof. The evaporating section is received in the groove with the flat outside surface spaced a distance from the bottom surface of the base. A solidified soldering layer is formed between the flat outside surface of the evaporating section and the bottom surface of the base. A bottom of the solidified soldering layer is coplanar to the bottom surface of the base. The heat sink is arranged on the top surface of the base with the condensing section of the heat pipe extending therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: FANG-XIANG YU, MING-KUN CAO
  • Patent number: 7845838
    Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) lamp includes a lampshade, a light guide pole and a plurality of LEDs. The light guide pole is of light permeable material and received in the lampshade. A plurality of irregular elements is formed on an outer surface of the light guide pole. A distribution density of the irregular elements decreases gradually from two ends of the light guide pole towards a middle of the light guide pole. The LEDs are mounted at the two ends of the light guide pole. Light emitted by the light emitting diodes falls incident into the light guide pole and exits the light guide pole from the outer surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jer-Haur Kuo, Shun-Yuan Jan, Fang-Xiang Yu, Xin-Xiang Zha
  • Publication number: 20100246136
    Abstract: A heat sink includes two heat spreaders spaced from each other and a plurality of heat dissipation fins disposed between the heat spreaders. The heat dissipation fin is curved from one of the heat spreaders to the other one of the heat spreaders. A curved air passage is formed between every two adjacent heat dissipation fins. The heat dissipation fin can resiliently deform to change a distance between the heat spreaders. The present disclosure also discloses an electronic device incorporating such a heat sink. The electronic device comprises a shell and an electronic component mounted in the shell. One of the heat spreaders is attached to the electronic component and the other one is attached to the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: FANG-XIANG YU, JER-HAUR KUO
  • Publication number: 20100232931
    Abstract: A heat dissipation fan includes a base with a plurality of holes defined therein, a stator mounted on the base and being placed around the holes of the base, and an impeller rotatably attached to the base. The impeller includes a hub and a plurality of blades, the hub includes a top wall with a plurality of holes defined therein and an annular wall depending from the top wall. The blades are arranged around the annular wall of the hub. An axial air passage is defined in the stator. The holes of the base communicate with the holes of the top wall via the air passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: FANG-XIANG YU, JER-HAUR KUO
  • LED
    Patent number: 7789537
    Abstract: An LED (10) includes a chip with a light-emitting surface (140) and an encapsulation on the chip. The encapsulation has a light output surface (110) facing the light-emitting surface of the chip and has a convex surface (112) surrounding a concave surface (114). A portion of light (30) emitted by the light-emitting surface is refracted divergently via the concave surface to a predetermined area above and around the concave surface, and another portion of light (40) emitted by the light-emitting surface is refracted convergently via the convex surface to the predetermined area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fang-Xiang Yu, Shun-Yuan Jan
  • Patent number: 7758212
    Abstract: A light emitting diode device includes a substrate, a plurality of light emitting diode chips mounted on the substrate and arranged in a plurality of lines and a frame located on the substrate. The frame includes a plurality of first plates each extending along a first direction of the substrate, a plurality of second plates each extending along a second direction of the substrate and a plurality of reflecting plates. The first plates and the second plates cooperatively form a plurality of receiving rooms for receiving the light emitting diode chips therein. Each reflecting plate is located above a corresponding line of light emitting diode chips and inclined with respect to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun-Yuan Jan, Fang-Xiang Yu
  • Patent number: 7746646
    Abstract: A securing device (30) is used for securing a heat sink (10) to a printed circuit board (40) with a heat-generating electronic component (41) mounted thereon. The securing device includes a V-shaped elongated main body (31), a first locking leg (34), a second locking leg (332) and a resilient member (32). The first locking leg and second locking leg are connected to two opposite ends of the main body respectively for engaging with a retention frame (20) on the printed circuit board. The resilient member includes a planar-shaped supporting plate (321) engaging with a bottom portion of the main body and at least one resilient foot (322) extending downwardly from the supporting plate. The resilient foot deforms to exert a resilient force on the heat sink when the heat sink is assembled to the electronic component by the securing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jer-Haur Kuo, Xin-Xiang Zha, Ye-Fei Yu, Lin Yang, Fang-Xiang Yu
  • Publication number: 20100157540
    Abstract: A heat sink includes two heat spreaders spaced from each other and a plurality of heat dissipation fins connected between the two heat spreaders. The heat dissipation fin is wave-shaped from one of the heat spreaders to the other one of the heat spreaders. The heat dissipation fins are spaced from each other. When a force is applied to two heat spreaders of the heat sink, the heat dissipation fin is resiliently deformed to change a distance between the two heat spreaders. The present disclosure also discloses an electronic device incorporating the heat sink and the heat dissipation fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: FANG-XIANG YU, JER-HAUR KUO
  • Publication number: 20100157537
    Abstract: A heat sink includes two heat spreaders spaced from each other and a heat dissipation fin disposed and connected between the two heat spreaders. The heat dissipation fin includes a plurality of hollow tubular heat dissipation units arranged linearly from one of the heat spreaders to the other one of the heat spreaders. The heat dissipation units are connected together with their axes along length directions thereof being parallel to each other. Each of the heat dissipation units can resiliently deform to change a distance between the two heat spreaders. The present disclosure also discloses an electronic device incorporating such a heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: FANG-XIANG YU, JER-HAUR KUO
  • Publication number: 20100139888
    Abstract: A heat dissipation fan includes a fan frame, a bearing assembly, a stator and a rotor. The fan frame includes a base and a central tube. The central tube includes an open top end and an open bottom end. The base defines a receiving concave at a bottom surface thereof. The receiving concave communicates with the central hole. A top wall is formed by the base over the concave. A sidewall is formed between the top wall and the bottom surface of the base and surrounds the concave. A plurality of first locking units extend from the top wall into the receiving concave. The bearing assembly includes an oil sealing cover for sealing the open bottom end of the central tube. The oil sealing cover includes a plurality of second locking units which are detachably interlocked with the first locking units to mount the oil sealing cover to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: XIAN-MIN JIN, FANG-XIANG YU, SHUN-YUAN JAN, JER-HAUR KUO