Patents by Inventor Fu-Jen Yang

Fu-Jen Yang 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: 10126789
    Abstract: A transfer module adapted to an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a circuit board and a plurality of storage units. The transfer module includes a transfer plate and a supporting structure. The transfer plate has a plurality of plug portions, and the transfer plate is adapted to be connected to the circuit board. The supporting structure is connected to the transfer plate. The supporting structure is adapted to support the storage units, such that the storage units are plugged to the plug portions respectively and connected to the circuit board through the transfer plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Fu-Jen Yang
  • Publication number: 20180120909
    Abstract: A transfer module adapted to an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a circuit board and a plurality of storage units. The transfer module includes a transfer plate and a supporting structure. The transfer plate has a plurality of plug portions, and the transfer plate is adapted to be connected to the circuit board. The supporting structure is connected to the transfer plate. The supporting structure is adapted to support the storage units, such that the storage units are plugged to the plug portions respectively and connected to the circuit board through the transfer plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Fu-Jen Yang
  • Patent number: 9280186
    Abstract: A modularized server includes a main housing, a first block unit, a second block unit, and a removable module. The main housing has a first inserting groove and a second inserting groove, and the removable module has a guide channel. When the removable module is disposed in the first inserting groove along a sliding direction, the first block unit is located in the guide channel. Moreover, the second block unit blocks the removable module from being installed to the second inserting groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Wistron Corp.
    Inventors: Fu-Jen Yang, Chung-Ta Lin
  • Patent number: 8817460
    Abstract: A bracket is used for an electronic device into a frame. The frame includes two opposite wall surfaces and at least one pair of guiding rails disposed on the two wall surfaces. The bracket includes a main connection portion, two main elastic arms, and main engaging posts. The main elastic arms respectively extend from two ends of the main connection portion. The two main elastic arms extend towards the same direction with a clamping space defined between the two main elastic arms for accommodating the electronic device. The main engaging posts are respectively disposed on sides of the two main elastic arms facing each other, so that the main engaging posts extend towards the clamping space for engaging lateral surfaces of the electronic device. The two main elastic arms respectively slide along the two guiding rails, so as to fix the electronic device into the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Shu-Ming Yu, Fu-Jen Yang, Wei-Chen Liu
  • Patent number: 8472185
    Abstract: An assembly includes an article, and a computer housing including left and right sidewalls cooperatively defining an accommodating space and an opening for communicating the accommodating space with an external environment, and a positioning member provided on one of the sidewalls. Each sidewall includes a slide rail. A package is mounted removably in the accommodating space via the opening, is connected slidably to the slide rails of the sidewalls, and is positioned within the accommodating space through the positioning member. The package includes two interconnected cover parts cooperatively defining a receiving space for receiving the article and a communicating hole for communicating the receiving space with the external environment, and a handgrip to mount removably the package in the accommodating space. Each cover part includes a stop member abutting against the article to prevent escape of the article from the receiving space via the communicating hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Meng-Hsun Wu, Fu-Jen Yang, Yang-Chieh Ma
  • Publication number: 20130141851
    Abstract: A modularized server includes a main housing, a first block unit, a second block unit, and a removable module. The main housing has a first inserting groove and a second inserting groove, and the removable module has a guide channel. When the removable module is disposed in the first inserting groove along a sliding direction, the first block unit is located in the guide channel. Moreover, the second block unit blocks the removable module from being installed to the second inserting groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Fu-Jen Yang, Chung-Ta Lin
  • Publication number: 20130127310
    Abstract: A bracket is used for an electronic device into a frame. The frame includes two opposite wall surfaces and at least one pair of guiding rails disposed on the two wall surfaces. The bracket includes a main connection portion, two main elastic arms, and main engaging posts. The main elastic arms respectively extend from two ends of the main connection portion. The two main elastic arms extend towards the same direction with a clamping space defined between the two main elastic arms for accommodating the electronic device. The main engaging posts are respectively disposed on sides of the two main elastic arms facing each other, so that the main engaging posts extend towards the clamping space for engaging lateral surfaces of the electronic device. The two main elastic arms respectively slide along the two guiding rails, so as to fix the electronic device into the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: WISTRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shu-Ming YU, Fu-Jen Yang, Wei-chen Liu
  • Publication number: 20130120927
    Abstract: An extractable storage apparatus for electronic devices and electronic equipment therewith are disclosed. The electronic equipment includes an equipment frame, a signal processing apparatus, a plurality of electronic devices, and the extractable storage apparatus. The signal processing apparatus and the extractable storage apparatus are disposed on the equipment frame. The extractable storage apparatus includes a casing, a bracket, and a power connection mechanism. The bracket is disposed in an accommodating space of the casing in an extractable way and includes a plurality of storage slots to accommodate the electronic devices. The power connection mechanism is disposed in the casing and is electrically connected to the electronic devices to supply power to the electronic devices. When the bracket is extracted out the casing, the power connection mechanism keeps powering the electronic devices, which is convenient for a user to perform a hot-plug operation on one of the electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Hsuan-Ying Wen, Fu-Jen Yang
  • Patent number: 8223491
    Abstract: A fastener for securing computer storage devices is revealed. The fastener is arranged at a storage device of computers. The fastener for securing computer storage devices consists of a first fix member, a second fix member and a connection part. The first fix member and the second fix member respectively are disposed on two sides of the storage device. The first fix member as well as the second fix member respectively has at least one first groove and at least one second groove. A first mount member and a second mount member of a housing respectively are mounted into the first groove and the second groove. The storage device is fixed by the first fix member and the second fix member. The storage device is mounted in the housing of computers more stably by the assembling of the first mount member and the second mount member with the first groove and the second groove respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Fu-Jen Yang
  • Patent number: 8218308
    Abstract: A fastening mechanism includes a main body passing through an opening on a casing rotatably, and a fastening part connected to the main body. A slot is formed on the fastening part for fastening a board of an interface card when the main body rotates to a fastening position relative to the casing. The fastening mechanism further includes a fixing part connected to the main body for engaging with the casing when the main body rotates to the fastening position relative to the casing so as to fix the fastening part and the interface card, and an elastic cantilever connected to the fixing part for providing elastic force to the fixing part so as to engage the fixing part with the casing and for driving the fixing part so as to release engagement between the fixing part and the casing when being pressed downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Fu-Jen Yang
  • Patent number: 8087040
    Abstract: A disk drive includes a chassis having a spindle motor for rotating a disk and a read/write head for reading or writing data on the disk, a slide block disposed at one side of the chassis and slidable reciprocally along an entrance-and-exit route defined by the disk, and a support member mounted on the slide member so as to be movable together therewith. The support member supports the disk from below during inserting the disk into the disk drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Lite-On It Corporation
    Inventors: Tai-Kuo Wang, Fu-Jen Yang, Chieh-Li Chen
  • Publication number: 20110255241
    Abstract: An assembly includes an article, and a computer housing including left and right sidewalls cooperatively defining an accommodating space and an opening for communicating the accommodating space with an external environment, and a positioning member provided on one of the sidewalls. Each sidewall includes a slide rail. A package is mounted removably in the accommodating space via the opening, is connected slidably to the slide rails of the sidewalls, and is positioned within the accommodating space through the positioning member. The package includes two interconnected cover parts cooperatively defining a receiving space for receiving the article and a communicating hole for communicating the receiving space with the external environment, and a handgrip to mount removably the package in the accommodating space. Each cover part includes a stop member abutting against the article to prevent escape of the article from the receiving space via the communicating hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Meng-Hsun Wu, Fu-Jen Yang, Yang-Chieh Ma
  • Publication number: 20110157820
    Abstract: A fastening mechanism includes a main body passing through an opening on a casing rotatably, and a fastening part connected to the main body. A slot is formed on the fastening part for fastening a board of an interface card when the main body rotates to a fastening position relative to the casing. The fastening mechanism further includes a fixing part connected to the main body for engaging with the casing when the main body rotates to the fastening position relative to the casing so as to fix the fastening part and the interface card, and an elastic cantilever connected to the fixing part for providing elastic force to the fixing part so as to engage the fixing part with the casing and for driving the fixing part so as to release engagement between the fixing part and the casing when being pressed downward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventor: Fu-Jen Yang
  • Patent number: 7969729
    Abstract: An assembly mechanism includes a case and a fastening structure disposed at a side of the case. The case includes a lower board, a connecting port, a fixing board, and a lateral board. The connecting port and the fixing board are connected to two ends of the lower board respectively. The lateral board is connected to the lower board, the connecting port, and the fixing board. The lateral board is used for containing an electronic device cooperatively with the lower board, the connecting port, and the fixing board. The fastening structure includes a base board and an elastic fixing part. The base board is connected to the connecting port in a rotatable manner. The elastic fixing part is connected to an end of the base board for inserting into a hole of the fixing board when the base board rotates to a first position relative to the connecting port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Fu-Jen Yang
  • Patent number: 7966627
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an optical disc drive including a pickup head for reading data from a disc; a spindle motor for supporting and rotating the disc; a loading/ejecting apparatus for loading or ejecting the disc; and an emergency ejecting apparatus. The emergency ejecting apparatus includes a slider for connecting the loading/ejecting apparatus, a rack, an elastic component for connecting the slider and the rack and a rotator rotated with the movement of the slider. When a user drives the rotator and the elastic component is elastically deformed, the slider is moved in the optical disc drive to drive the loading/ejecting apparatus to eject the disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Lite-On It Corporation
    Inventors: Fu-Jen Yang, Chun-Hung Chen, Ming-Chao Li, Li-Feng Chen
  • Publication number: 20110110034
    Abstract: A fastener for securing computer storage devices is revealed. The fastener is arranged at a storage device of computers. The fastener for securing computer storage devices consists of a first fix member, a second fix member and a connection part. The first fix member and the second fix member respectively are disposed on two sides of the storage device. The first fix member as well as the second fix member respectively has at least one first groove and at least one second groove. A first mount member and a second mount member of a housing respectively are mounted into the first groove and the second groove. The storage device is fixed by the first fix member and the second fix member. The storage device is mounted in the housing of computers more stably by the assembling of the first mount member and the second mount member with the first groove and the second groove respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: WISTRON CORPORATION
    Inventor: FU-JEN YANG
  • Patent number: 7908612
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an optical disc drive including a pickup head for reading data from a disc; a spindle motor for supporting and rotating the disc; a loading/ejecting apparatus for loading or ejecting the disc; and an emergency ejecting apparatus. The emergency ejecting apparatus includes a slider for connecting the loading/ejecting apparatus, a rack, and an elastic component for connecting the slider and the rack. When a user drives the slider and the elastic component is elastically deformed, the slider is moved in the optical disc drive to drive the loading/ejecting apparatus to eject the disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Lite-On IT Corporation
    Inventors: Fu-Jen Yang, Chun-Hung Chen, Ming-Chao Li, Li-Feng Chen
  • Publication number: 20110035762
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an optical disc drive including a pickup head for reading data from a disc; a spindle motor for supporting and rotating the disc; a loading/ejecting apparatus for loading or ejecting the disc; and an emergency ejecting apparatus. The emergency ejecting apparatus includes a slider for connecting the loading/ejecting apparatus, a rack, an elastic component for connecting the slider and the rack and a rotator rotated with the movement of the slider. When a user drives the rotator and the elastic component is elastically deformed, the slider is moved in the optical disc drive to drive the loading/ejecting apparatus to eject the disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fu-Jen Yang, Chun-Hung Chen, Ming-Chao Li, Li-Feng Chen
  • Publication number: 20100039782
    Abstract: An assembly mechanism includes a case and a fastening structure disposed at a side of the case. The case includes a lower board, a connecting port, a fixing board, and a lateral board. The connecting port and the fixing board are connected to two ends of the lower board respectively. The lateral board is connected to the lower board, the connecting port, and the fixing board. The lateral board is used for containing an electronic device cooperatively with the lower board, the connecting port, and the fixing board. The fastening structure includes a base board and an elastic fixing part. The base board is connected to the connecting port in a rotatable manner. The elastic fixing part is connected to an end of the base board for inserting into a hole of the fixing board when the base board rotates to a first position relative to the connecting port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventor: Fu-Jen Yang
  • Publication number: 20090044213
    Abstract: A disk drive includes a chassis having a spindle motor for rotating a disk and a read/write head for reading or writing data on the disk, a slide block disposed at one side of the chassis and slidable reciprocally along an entrance-and-exit route defined by the disk, and a support member mounted on the slide member so as to be movable together therewith. The support member supports the disk from below during inserting the disk into the disk drive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Applicant: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tai-Kuo Wang, Fu-Jen Yang, Chieh-Li Chen