Patents by Inventor Heng-Yi Huang

Heng-Yi Huang 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: 12293883
    Abstract: A backlight keyswitch includes a keyswitch body, a board connected to the keyswitch body, a backlight module and a membrane disposed between the keyswitch body and the board. The backlight module is disposed under the board and includes a backlight circuit board, a light-blocking sheet, a first reflecting ink layer, and a light guide plate disposed between the light-blocking sheet and the backlight circuit board. The first reflecting ink layer is formed on the light-blocking sheet and located above the backlight circuit board, for at least partially reflecting light emitted by the backlight circuit board back to an optical microstructure in the light guide plate to prevent center symbols of the keyswitch body from being too bright, such that light can be incident to the keyswitch body via scattering of the optical microstructure to increase brightness of side symbols of the keyswitch body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Heng-Yi Huang
  • Publication number: 20250130649
    Abstract: An illuminated touch key uses a chamfer structure of a light guide panel disposed on a sensing module or a light guide panel adjacent to a sensing module to guide light emitted by a light source to a hollow area of a keycap to emit light, thereby forming an illuminated pattern corresponding to the hollow area. Accordingly, a user can accurately find the location of the illuminated touch key according to the illuminated pattern. Since there is no need to add a light guide structure above the sensing module, the height of the illuminated touch key will not be increased, such that it is conductive to make the illuminated touch key thinner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Heng-Yi Huang, Chun-Tan Wu
  • Publication number: 20250116850
    Abstract: A touch pad, capable of exhibiting multiple mirror images, includes a circuit board, a touch sensing circuit layer formed on the circuit board, a reflective layer disposed on the touch sensing circuit layer, an enclosed spacer, a light-guiding plate where a pattern region is formed, a partially reflective layer bonded on an upper surface of the light-guiding plate, at least one light-emitting device, and transparent top cover. The light-guiding plate is disposed within the enclosed spacer and is bonded on the reflective layer. The at least one light-emitting device is driven to emit a light into the light-guiding plate from a light-incident face. The incident light is repeatedly reflected between the partially reflective layer and the reflective layer, and finally exits from the partially reflective layer such that a user watches the pattern region and the multiple mirror images associated with the pattern region outside the transparent top cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventor: Heng-Yi HUANG
  • Patent number: 12259112
    Abstract: An illuminating circuit structure includes a film sheet, an illuminant, a printed baseline layer, and a printed pad layer. The printed baseline layer includes a first baseline segment and a second baseline segment printed on the film sheet, while the printed pad layer includes a first bar pad and a second bar pad. For a first baseline head of the first baseline layer and a first pad head of the first bar pad, one of which extends along a first direction and the other of which extends along a second direction not parallel to the first direction. Therefore, the first baseline segment and the first bar pad achieve electrical connection despite of an existed print shifting. Similarly, a second baseline head of the second baseline layer and a second pad head of the second bar pad also can achieve electrical connection despite of an existed print shifting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hsin-Cheng Ho, Heng-Yi Huang, Yi-Tung Lo
  • Patent number: 12259574
    Abstract: A lighting keyboard includes a backlight module and at least one keyswitch. The backlight module includes a lighting unit, a light guide panel, and a lighting board for illuminating a keycap of the keyswitch. The light guide panel includes a panel hole to accommodate the lighting unit. The light guide panel further includes plural slots intervally surrounding the lighting unit. The lighting board includes a micro-structure region facing toward the light guide panel. Each of the slots of the light guide panel has a bulge portion protruding to the lighting unit. At two sides of the bulge portion, each of the slots forms two slots walls with an obtuse angle, thereby expanding the transmitting angle for the multi-color lights from the lighting unit and enhancing the light-mixing uniformity while illuminating the keycap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Yu Chen, Heng-Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 12253706
    Abstract: A backlight module is configured to illuminate at least one key cap. The backlight module includes a light emitting unit, a light guide plate and a lighting board. The light guide plate has a light guide plate hole for accommodating the light emitting unit. The lighting board has at least one pair of pads connected to the light emitting unit respectively. The lighting board includes a first reflective layer surrounding the light emitting unit and at least partially covering the at least one pair of pads. Each of the at least one pair of pads has a plurality of branches and at least one hollow area. The at least one hollow area overlaps with at least one part of the light emitting unit. At least one lighting area is located between the at least one pair of pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Tan Wu, Heng-Yi Huang
  • Publication number: 20250062082
    Abstract: An illuminated touchpad includes a panel, a light guide layer and a circuit board. The panel includes a first light transmitting region and a second light transmitting region. The light guide layer includes a first light guide region and a second light guide region. The circuit board includes a controller, a touch module, a first light source and a second light source. The controller controls the first light source to emit light, such that the first light guide region guides the light emitted by the first light source to the first light transmitting region. When the touch module senses that the first light transmitting region is touched, the controller controls the second light source to emit light, such that the second light guide region guides the light emitted by the second light source to the second light transmitting region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Heng-Yi Huang, Chao-Yu Chen, Hsin-Cheng Ho
  • Patent number: 12204135
    Abstract: A backlit-module-embedded illuminated keyswitch structure includes a baseplate, a mask film disposed below the baseplate and having a first coating configured to substantially reflect a light, a light guide sheet disposed at one side of the mask film and having a light source hole, a reflective layer disposed at one side of the light guide sheet opposite to the mask film and having an opening communicating with the light source hole, a top glue configured to connect the mask film and the light guide sheet around the light source hole, and a bottom glue configured to connect the light guide sheet and the reflective layer around the light source hole. The first coating covers the light source hole. In a stacked direction of the mask film, the light guide sheet, and the reflective layer, at least one of the top glue and the bottom glue overlaps the first coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Heng-Yi Huang, Hsin-Cheng Ho, Po-Yueh Chou
  • Patent number: 12198877
    Abstract: A backlight module configured to illuminate at least one key cap of a lighting keyboard. The backlight module includes a lighting board, a light emitting unit and a light guide plate. The lighting board has a first reflective layer, a lighting circuit and two aligned micro-structure regions, all three at least partially being layered in parallel with each other. The two micro-structure regions reflect lights and are separated by the lighting circuit. The light emitting unit includes plural color dies connecting electrically with the lighting circuit. The light guide plate has a light guide hole for accommodating the light emitting unit. The color dies of the light emitting unit are aligned linearly, while the two micro-structure regions of the lighting board are aligned in perpendicular to the linearly-aligned color dies, with the micro-structure regions disposed at opposite sides the light emitting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Heng-Yi Huang, Hsin-Cheng Ho
  • Publication number: 20240361509
    Abstract: A backlight module is configured to illuminate at least one key cap. The backlight module includes a light emitting unit, a light guide plate and a lighting board. The light guide plate has a light guide plate hole for accommodating the light emitting unit. The lighting board has at least one pair of pads connected to the light emitting unit respectively. The lighting board includes a first reflective layer surrounding the light emitting unit and at least partially covering the at least one pair of pads. Each of the at least one pair of pads has a plurality of branches and at least one hollow area. The at least one hollow area overlaps with at least one part of the light emitting unit. At least one lighting area is located between the at least one pair of pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Tan Wu, Heng-Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 12061353
    Abstract: A backlit module for a backlit keyboard is provided. The backlit module includes a lighting board. The lighting board includes a substrate and an electronic device layer. The electronic device layer is disposed on the substrate. The electronic device layer includes a plurality of key circuit groups. Each of the key circuit groups corresponds to a key group of the backlit keyboard, and includes one or more light sources and a resistor. When the key circuit group includes a plurality of light sources, the light sources are arranged in parallel. The one or more light sources correspond to one or more key of the key group. The resistor is arranged in series with the one or more light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Hsin-Cheng Ho, Heng-Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 12062506
    Abstract: An illuminated keyswitch structure and an illuminating module thereof are provided. A base plate has an opening. The illuminating module includes a drive circuit board, having a face reflector and at least one dot reflector disposed thereon, a spacer adhered on the drive circuit board and having a through hole and an adhesive-less clearance fringe at least partially surrounding the through hole, a light-emitting part disposed on the drive circuit board and proximate to the face reflector and the dot reflector, and a translucent covering structure covering above the light-emitting part and including a reflective layer. The reflective layer reflects off light from the light-emitting part, and the face reflector and/or the at least one dot reflector reflect light to pass through the through hole of the spacer and then illuminate upward through the translucent covering structure and further through the opening of the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Heng-Yi Huang, Hsin-Cheng Ho
  • Publication number: 20240230982
    Abstract: A lighting keyboard includes a backlight module and at least one keyswitch. The backlight module includes a lighting unit, a light guide panel, and a lighting board for illuminating a keycap of the keyswitch. The light guide panel includes a panel hole to accommodate the lighting unit. The light guide panel further includes plural slots intervally surrounding the lighting unit. The lighting board includes a micro-structure region facing toward the light guide panel. Each of the slots of the light guide panel has a bulge portion protruding to the lighting unit. At two sides of the bulge portion, each of the slots forms two slots walls with an obtuse angle, thereby expanding the transmitting angle for the multi-color lights from the lighting unit and enhancing the light-mixing uniformity while illuminating the keycap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Yu Chen, Heng-Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 12026321
    Abstract: A portable computer device includes a computer body, a keyboard, a backlight circuit board and a metal layer. The computer body has a wireless transceiver and a system ground terminal. The keyboard is mounted on the computer body. The backlight circuit board is disposed under the keyboard and is electrically connected to the computer body. The backlight circuit board has a plurality of light sources and a circuit trace. The circuit trace is electrically connected to the plurality of light sources. The wireless transceiver is located at a side of the backlight circuit board. The metal layer is formed on a position of the backlight circuit board where there is no circuit trace and is adjacent to the wireless transceiver. The metal layer is electrically connected to the system ground terminal for suppressing electromagnetic interference of the backlight circuit board to the wireless transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Heng-Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 12019261
    Abstract: A back light module is applied to a lighting keyboard with a plurality of keyswitches and includes a lighting unit, a light guide plate, a light penetrating membrane, a light calibration layer and an adhering component. The light guide plate has an opening used to accommodate the lighting unit. The light penetrating membrane is located on the light guide plate. The light penetrating membrane is located on the light penetrating membrane and has a second contour. The adhering component is located between the light guide plate and the light penetrating membrane, and has a first contour greater than the second contour. The adhering component includes a front region, a rear region and a hollow region. The front region is covered by the light calibration layer. The rear region is partly covered or not covered by the light calibration layer. The hollow region corresponds to and is larger than the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Yu Chen, Heng-Yi Huang, Hsin-Cheng Ho
  • Publication number: 20240201430
    Abstract: A backlit-module-embedded illuminated keyswitch structure includes a baseplate, a mask film disposed below the baseplate and having a first coating configured to substantially reflect a light, a light guide sheet disposed at one side of the mask film and having a light source hole, a reflective layer disposed at one side of the light guide sheet opposite to the mask film and having an opening communicating with the light source hole, a top glue configured to connect the mask film and the light guide sheet around the light source hole, and a bottom glue configured to connect the light guide sheet and the reflective layer around the light source hole. The first coating covers the light source hole. In a stacked direction of the mask film, the light guide sheet, and the reflective layer, at least one of the top glue and the bottom glue overlaps the first coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2024
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: HENG-YI HUANG, HSIN-CHENG HO, PO-YUEH CHOU
  • Publication number: 20240186080
    Abstract: An illuminated keyswitch structure and an illuminating module thereof are provided. The illuminating module includes a drive circuit board having a reflector layer disposed thereon, a light-emitting part disposed on the drive circuit board and proximate to the reflector layer, a covering structure having an island-shaped covering portion, and a spacer adhered between the covering structure and the drive circuit board and having a through hole and an adhesive-less clearance fringe at least partially surrounding the through hole, wherein the island-shaped covering portion covers above the light-emitting part and the through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Heng-Yi HUANG, Yen-Chang CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240177950
    Abstract: A lighting keyboard is provided with at least one keyswitch, a support plate and a backlight module. The keyswitch has a keycap and a switch under the keycap. The support plate connects beneath the keycap by a support mechanism. The backlight module has a lighting board configured underneath the support plate and corresponding to the keycap. The lighting board includes a board, a first reflective layer and a circuit layer. The circuit layer is disposed on the board and includes a concave-convex structure and circuit traces. The circuit traces electrically connects with a light emitting unit. The first reflective layer covers the concave-convex structure to form microstructure regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Heng-Yi Huang, Hsin-Cheng Ho, Po-Yueh Chou
  • Patent number: 11977250
    Abstract: A lighting keyboard includes a backlight module and at least one keyswitch. The backlight module includes a lighting substrate and a protruding structure. The lighting substrate includes two non-intersecting traces and a light emitting unit. The light emitting unit is connected between the two non-intersecting traces. A position of the protruding structure corresponds to a position of the light emitting unit and the protruding structure is located between the two non-intersecting traces. The at least one keyswitch is disposed on the backlight module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ying-Lan Liu, Hsin-Cheng Ho, Heng-Yi Huang
  • Publication number: 20240134112
    Abstract: A lighting keyboard includes a backlight module and at least one keyswitch. The backlight module includes a lighting unit, a light guide panel, and a lighting board for illuminating a keycap of the keyswitch. The light guide panel includes a panel hole to accommodate the lighting unit. The light guide panel further includes plural slots intervally surrounding the lighting unit. The lighting board includes a micro-structure region facing toward the light guide panel. Each of the slots of the light guide panel has a bulge portion protruding to the lighting unit. At two sides of the bulge portion, each of the slots forms two slots walls with an obtuse angle, thereby expanding the transmitting angle for the multi-color lights from the lighting unit and enhancing the light-mixing uniformity while illuminating the keycap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chao-Yu Chen, Heng-Yi Huang