Patents by Inventor Hou-Hsien Chang
Hou-Hsien Chang 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).
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Publication number: 20240039194Abstract: A connector consisting of a body, a first slot, a second slot, a first terminal, and a second terminal is disclosed. The first slot is provided on the body to receive a first printed circuit board (PCB). The second slot is provided on the body to receive a second PCB. The first slot and the second slot are separate and distinct slots. When the first PCB and the second PCB are received in the first slot and the second slot, respectively, the first terminal electrically connects the first PCB and the second PCB, and the second terminal connects to only the second PCB. Providing the first slot on the connector allows adding expansion cards, control cards, and the like to enhance functionality of computing systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventors: Chao-Jung CHEN, Hou-Hsien CHANG
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Patent number: 11824292Abstract: A connector consisting of a body, a first slot, a second slot, a first terminal, and a second terminal is disclosed. The first slot is provided on the body to receive a first printed circuit board (PCB). The second slot is provided on the body to receive a second PCB. The first slot and the second slot are separate and distinct slots. When the first PCB and the second PCB are received in the first slot and the second slot, respectively, the first terminal electrically connects the first PCB and the second PCB, and the second terminal connects to only the second PCB. Providing the first slot on the connector allows adding expansion cards, control cards, and the like to enhance functionality of computing systems.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chao-Jung Chen, Hou-Hsien Chang
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Patent number: 11700700Abstract: A latching apparatus has a first component and a second component. The first component is made of a first material and includes a distal end, a proximal end, and an indention between the distal end the proximal end. The distal end includes a mating tab, whereas the proximal end includes a flange member for fixing the first component to a lid of a housing. The second component is made of a second material and is coupled to the mating tab. The second component includes a receiving element for engaging with a securing element of the housing. The latching element includes a pressing region formed in one of the first component and the second component between the indention and the receiving element. The first material has a higher flexibility that the second material.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER, INC.Inventors: Chao-Jung Chen, Hou-Hsien Chang
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Patent number: 11619789Abstract: An optical transceiver for connection between an optical socket and an electrical socket is disclosed. The optical transceiver includes an electrical connector and an optical connector. The optical transceiver has an electronics housing holding the electrical and optical connectors in relative position to each other allowing the simultaneous connection to an electrical socket and an optical socket. The electrical and optical connectors may be moved between an extended position and a retracted position relative to the electronics housing when being engaged or disengaged with respective electrical and optical sockets.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chao-Jung Chen, Chih-Hsiang Lee, Hou-Hsien Chang, Rong-Teng Sie
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Patent number: 11596069Abstract: A connector assembly for connecting an upper circuit board to a lower circuit board is disclosed. The upper circuit board includes a series of fastener holes for a fastening device allowing attachment to the lower circuit board. The connector assembly has a support bracket with access holes aligned with the holes of the upper circuit board. The support bracket is configurable to be positioned over the upper circuit board. The connector assembly has a moveable cover bracket having a series of access holes. The cover bracket is suspended between the support bracket and the cover bracket. The cover bracket is moveable between an open position aligning the access holes with the access holes of the support bracket, and a closed position. In the closed position, the cover bracket blocks access between the access holes of the support bracket and the holes of the upper circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chao-Jung Chen, Chih-Hsiang Lee, Hou-Hsien Chang, Wei-Chih Hung
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Publication number: 20230034045Abstract: An optical transceiver for connection between an optical socket and an electrical socket is disclosed. The optical transceiver includes an electrical connector and an optical connector. The optical transceiver has an electronics housing holding the electrical and optical connectors in relative position to each other allowing the simultaneous connection to an electrical socket and an optical socket. The electrical and optical connectors may be moved between an extended position and a retracted position relative to the electronics housing when being engaged or disengaged with respective electrical and optical sockets.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2021Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Chao-Jung CHEN, Chih-Hsiang LEE, Hou-Hsien CHANG, Rong-Teng SIE
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Publication number: 20230034074Abstract: A connector assembly for connecting an upper circuit board to a lower circuit board is disclosed. The upper circuit board includes a series of fastener holes for a fastening device allowing attachment to the lower circuit board. The connector assembly has a support bracket with access holes aligned with the holes of the upper circuit board. The support bracket is configurable to be positioned over the upper circuit board. The connector assembly has a moveable cover bracket having a series of access holes. The cover bracket is suspended between the support bracket and the cover bracket. The cover bracket is moveable between an open position aligning the access holes with the access holes of the support bracket, and a closed position. In the closed position, the cover bracket blocks access between the access holes of the support bracket and the holes of the upper circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2021Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Chao-Jung CHEN, Chih-Hsiang LEE, Hou-Hsien CHANG, Wei-Chih HUNG
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Patent number: 11558971Abstract: A lock mechanism within a slot of a computer chassis is disclosed. The lock mechanism includes a gear wheel, a gear rack body, a push rod latch, a push rod body, and a chassis latch. The gear wheel, the gear rack body, the push rod latch, the push rod body, and the chassis latch cooperate to restrict a flap in the slot from opening when the flap is in the closed position, and the chassis latch is engaged with a cutout on the push rod body.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chao-Jung Chen, Hou-Hsien Chang
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Patent number: 11550109Abstract: A network device comprising a chassis, a plurality of fiber optic adapters, a plurality of arrangements of interior fiber optic cables, and a plurality of stacked cable management trays. The chassis includes a front panel with a plurality of front fiber optic adapter openings. The chassis defines an interior space. The plurality of front fiber optic adapters is disposed in the front fiber optic adapter openings. The plurality of arrangements of interior fiber optic cables is disposed within the interior space. A first end of each interior fiber optic cable is directly connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of front fiber optic adapters. The plurality of stacked cable management trays each support one of the plurality of arrangements of interior fiber optic cables. The plurality of stacked cable management trays is configured to route a second end of each interior fiber optic cable to a corresponding side fiber optic adapter.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chao-Jung Chen, Hou-Hsien Chang
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Patent number: 11399443Abstract: A locking mechanism for a computing device controls movement of a removable module within a computer chassis. The locking mechanism comprises a lock pin, a head, and a spring stopper. The lock pin includes an elongated shaft and a head. The spring stopper is disposed on the elongated shaft. The spring is disposed about the elongated shaft such that the spring extends from the spring stopper toward an end of the elongated shaft. As the lock pin moves along a longitudinal axis of the elongated shaft from a first position to a second position, the spring is configured to compress between the spring stopper and a fixed bracket in the computer chassis. The opposite second end extends through a hole in the removable module, thereby preventing the removable module from being removed from the computer chassis.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chao-Jung Chen, Hou-Hsien Chang
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Patent number: 11395441Abstract: Systems and methods include a chassis having a slot configured to receive a module with a flap are disclosed. The flap is configured to be in at least a first position and a second position. The system further includes a push rod configured to translate within the slot. The push rod is configured in a first position to allow the flap to move to the first flap position, and in a second position to move the flap into the second flap position. The system further includes a latch configured to translate within the slot and engage the push rod to travel in a first direction with the push rod, from the first push rod position to the second push rod position. The latch is also configured to withdraw the push rod from the second push rod position in a second direction, opposite from the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chao-Jung Chen, Hou-Hsien Chang
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Publication number: 20220196954Abstract: A network device comprising a chassis, a plurality of fiber optic adapters, a plurality of arrangements of interior fiber optic cables, and a plurality of stacked cable management trays. The chassis includes a front panel with a plurality of front fiber optic adapter openings. The chassis defines an interior space. The plurality of front fiber optic adapters is disposed in the front fiber optic adapter openings. The plurality of arrangements of interior fiber optic cables is disposed within the interior space. A first end of each interior fiber optic cable is directly connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of front fiber optic adapters. The plurality of stacked cable management trays each support one of the plurality of arrangements of interior fiber optic cables. The plurality of stacked cable management trays is configured to route a second end of each interior fiber optic cable to a corresponding side fiber optic adapter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Chao-Jung CHEN, Hou-Hsien CHANG
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Publication number: 20220104372Abstract: A lock mechanism within a slot of a computer chassis is disclosed. The lock mechanism includes a gear wheel, a gear rack body, a push rod latch, a push rod body, and a chassis latch. The gear wheel, the gear rack body, the push rod latch, the push rod body, and the chassis latch cooperate to restrict a flap in the slot from opening when the flap is in the closed position, and the chassis latch is engaged with a cutout on the push rod body.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2020Publication date: March 31, 2022Inventors: Chao-Jung CHEN, Hou-Hsien CHANG
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Publication number: 20220030732Abstract: A locking mechanism for a computing device controls movement of a removable module within a computer chassis. The locking mechanism comprises a lock pin, a head, and a spring stopper. The lock pin includes an elongated shaft and a head. The spring stopper is disposed on the elongated shaft. The spring is disposed about the elongated shaft such that the spring extends from the spring stopper toward an end of the elongated shaft. As the lock pin moves along a longitudinal axis of the elongated shaft from a first position to a second position, the spring is configured to compress between the spring stopper and a fixed bracket in the computer chassis. The opposite second end extends through a hole in the removable module, thereby preventing the removable module from being removed from the computer chassis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2020Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Chao-Jung CHEN, Hou-Hsien CHANG
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Publication number: 20210384660Abstract: A connector consisting of a body, a first slot, a second slot, a first terminal, and a second terminal is disclosed. The first slot is provided on the body to receive a first printed circuit board (PCB). The second slot is provided on the body to receive a second PCB. The first slot and the second slot are separate and distinct slots. When the first PCB and the second PCB are received in the first slot and the second slot, respectively, the first terminal electrically connects the first PCB and the second PCB, and the second terminal connects to only the second PCB. Providing the first slot on the connector allows adding expansion cards, control cards, and the like to enhance functionality of computing systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2020Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Chao-Jung CHEN, Hou-Hsien CHANG
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Patent number: 11197388Abstract: A protective cover is provided in which connectors on a distal end of a motherboard are protected with the protective cover in a closed configuration. Sliding the motherboard into position within a chassis with the protective cover in the closed configuration automatically causes the protective cover to assume an open configuration, thereby exposing the connectors. Withdrawing the motherboard from the chassis results in automatically closing the protective cover through the operation of biasing elements (e.g., springs) that bias the protective cover into a normally closed configuration.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chao-Jung Chen, Hou-Hsien Chang
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Patent number: 11191176Abstract: A computer chassis for accepting a front module and a rear module without a midplane board is disclosed. A middle bracket positioned within the chassis facilitates alignment of connectors of the front module and rear module, which can be directly connected together by applying sufficient force. The rear module can be inserted into the chassis and can automatically lock in place, thereby allowing force applied from the front module to be used to connect the connectors of the front module and rear module together, rather than pressing the rear module out of the chassis. The rear module can further include elements to improve safety and structure. In some cases, supplemental locking mechanisms can be used to ensure the rear module cannot be removed until certain sub-modules (e.g., a power supply unit) has been removed.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chao-Jung Chen, Hou-Hsien Chang
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Publication number: 20210298205Abstract: Systems and methods include a chassis having a slot configured to receive a module with a flap are disclosed. The flap is configured to be in at least a first position and a second position. The system further includes a push rod configured to translate within the slot. The push rod is configured in a first position to allow the flap to move to the first flap position, and in a second position to move the flap into the second flap position. The system further includes a latch configured to translate within the slot and engage the push rod to travel in a first direction with the push rod, from the first push rod position to the second push rod position. The latch is also configured to withdraw the push rod from the second push rod position in a second direction, opposite from the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2020Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: Chao-Jung CHEN, Hou-Hsien CHANG
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Patent number: 10995771Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus for a cooling fan in a computer system. The apparatus comprises a plurality of bars, a plurality of slats, a knob, and at least one pin. Each slat of the plurality of slats pivotably couples to at least one bar in the plurality of bars. The knob is located at an option on each of bar of a plurality of bars. Rotating movements of the knob adjust the apparatus between a plurality of positions. The at least one pin can be received at an opening in the cooling fan.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chao-Jung Chen, Hou-Hsien Chang
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Publication number: 20210037670Abstract: A protective cover is provided in which connectors on a distal end of a motherboard are protected with the protective cover in a closed configuration. Sliding the motherboard into position within a chassis with the protective cover in the closed configuration automatically causes the protective cover to assume an open configuration, thereby exposing the connectors. Withdrawing the motherboard from the chassis results in automatically closing the protective cover through the operation of biasing elements (e.g., springs) that bias the protective cover into a normally closed configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2020Publication date: February 4, 2021Inventors: Chao-Jung CHEN, Hou-Hsien CHANG