Patents by Inventor Hong-Che Yen

Hong-Che Yen 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: 20070211029
    Abstract: A wireless mouse includes a lower housing, a carrier, a battery cover, an elastic element, a first conductive piece and a second conductive piece. The lower housing receives therein a circuit board. The carrier is disposed above the circuit board and has a receptacle for accommodating a battery therein. The battery cover is used for sheltering a portion of the carrier and is pivotal relative to the carrier. The elastic element is disposed on the carrier for providing an upward elastic force on the battery cover. The first conductive piece is fixed on the battery cover and has a first connecting part. The second conductive piece is connected to the circuit board and includes a second connecting part and a button part, wherein the first conductive piece is in contact with the second connecting part of the second conductive piece when the battery cover is closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Inventors: Hsiao-Lung Chiang, Ming-Hsun Lu, Hong-Che Yen
  • Publication number: 20070159462
    Abstract: A tiltable scroll wheel module for use in an input device is provided. Two confining members with complementary shapes are arranged inside the tiltable scroll wheel module. When the scroll wheel is pressed down, these two confining members are engaged with each other. Under this circumstance, the carrier member is confined in position without largely swinging the carrier member toward the left or right side thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: Primax Electronics Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Che Yen, Hsiao-Lung Chiang, Bing-Jhang Tu
  • Publication number: 20070131500
    Abstract: A rotary damper for use in a device having a lid-uplifting design includes a spring, a rotary member, a casing and a rubber ring. The spring is arranged between the rotary member and the casing. The rubber ring is sheathed around the rotary member. The rotary damper is capable of slowly opening a lid because the rubber ring is useful to provide the rotational resistance and the torsion or elastic relaxation of the spring results in a rotary motion of the rotary member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Hong-Che Yen, Yu-Chih Cheng
  • Publication number: 20070095462
    Abstract: An image-transfer medium includes a transparent substrate and a transferable material formed on a first surface of the substrate. A selected portion of the transferable material can be transferred in an arbitrary shape to an article to form a personalized image by a cold transfer-printing operation. Moreover, the remaining hollowed portion after the removal of the selected portion, including the transparent substrate, can be adhered to the same or another article having a light-transmitting surface to exhibit special lightening effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2006
    Publication date: May 3, 2007
    Inventors: Chih-Lung Chang, Yu-Chih Cheng, Hong-Che Yen, Yen-Feng Lin
  • Patent number: 7118644
    Abstract: An image-transfer medium includes a transparent substrate and a transferable material formed on a first surface of the substrate. A selected portion of the transferable material can be transferred in an arbitrary shape to an article to form a personalized image by a cold transfer-printing operation. Moreover, the remaining hollowed portion after the removal of the selected portion, including the transparent substrate, can be adhered to the same or another article having a light-transmitting surface to exhibit special lightening effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Inventors: Chih-Lung Chang, Yu-Chih Cheng, Hong-Che Yen, Yen-Feng Lin
  • Publication number: 20040123943
    Abstract: An image-transfer medium includes a transparent substrate and a transferable material formed on a first surface of the substrate. A selected portion of the transferable material can be transferred in an arbitrary shape to an article to form a personalized image by a cold transfer-printing operation. Moreover, the remaining hollowed portion after the removal of the selected portion, including the transparent substrate, can be adhered to the same or another article having a light-transmitting surface to exhibit special lightening effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Chih-Lung Chang, Yu-Chih Cheng, Hong-Che Yen
  • Patent number: 6573464
    Abstract: An input device, that includes a casing having at least an opening, a supporting base set on the casing, a base plate set within the casing, at least one pressure sensor set on the base plate, and an actuator movably set on the supporting base. Wherein the actuator is at least a touching point set within the opening and above the pressure sensor, so when a user presses the actuator and moves the touching point downwards, the touching point touches the pressure sensor to enable the pressure sensor to produce a corresponding sensing signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Primax Electronics Ltd.
    Inventor: Hong-Che Yen
  • Publication number: 20020066653
    Abstract: An input device, that includes a casing having at least an opening, a supporting base set on the casing, a base plate set within the casing, at least one pressure sensor set on the base plate, and an actuator movably set on the supporting base. Wherein the actuator is at least a touching point set within the opening and above the pressure sensor, so when a user presses the actuator and moves the touching point downwards, the touching point touches the pressure sensor to enable the pressure sensor to produce a corresponding sensing signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2001
    Publication date: June 6, 2002
    Inventor: Hong-Che Yen
  • Patent number: 6204838
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a pointing device for scrolling a screen image. The pointing device comprises a chassis, a housing having an opening on its top mounted on the chassis, a vertical sensor installed on the chassis below the opening, a plurality of horizontal sensors installed on the chassis beside the vertical sensor, and a control stick vertically installed inside the opening of the housing comprising a top end and a bottom end. The bottom end of the control stick is in contact with the vertical sensor whereas the top end of the control stick protrudes from the opening of the housing and can be horizontally moved within a predetermined angle with respect to the bottom end of the control stick serving as its center. The pointing device further comprises a plate horizontally installed at the bottom end of the control stick with its bottom side positioned above the horizontal sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Primax Electronics Ltd.
    Inventors: Han Che Wang, Shu-Ming Liu, Hong-Che Yen, Chen-Ming Chang