Patents by Inventor I-Cheng Chuang

I-Cheng Chuang 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: 9354738
    Abstract: A touch panel assembly includes a touch panel and a flexible circuit board. The touch panel includes a sensing array having sensing units, first connection lines, second connection lines, at least one input element, and pads. The first and second connection lines are outside the sensing array and electrically connected to the sensing units respectively. The input element is outside the sensing array and close to a side of the touch panel. The pads are in a bonding region of the touch panel and electrically connected to the first and second connection lines respectively. The bonding region is close to the side of the touch panel and is arranged along with the input element in parallel to the side of the touch panel. The flexible circuit board has a connecting portion extended and attached to the bonding region. Terminals of the connecting portion are electrically connected to the pads respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: I-Cheng Chuang, Shih-Po Chien, Yi-Ting Liu, Chia-Hsiung Peng, Chi-Jer Wang
  • Patent number: 9346198
    Abstract: A molded casing suitable for a handheld electronic device is provided. The handheld electronic device includes a body and the molded casing, and at least one part of the body is covered with the molded casing. The molded casing is in a uniform thickness and has a continuous mosaic surface. The mosaic surface is composed of a plurality of non-coplanar polygons, wherein an intersection line is formed between any two adjacent polygons. An end of any one of the intersection lines is connected to an end of another intersection line or an edge of the mosaic surface, and an equivalence radius of a vertex angle at each intersection line is less than or equal to 0.1 millimeter. A mold assembly and a forming method for fabricating the molded case are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Kai Hu, Yu-Jing Liao, I-Cheng Chuang
  • Patent number: 9335801
    Abstract: A frame to be assembled to a housing of an electronic device is provided. The frame includes a first material portion and a second material portion. The first material portion has a first thermal conductivity coefficient, and the second material portion has a second thermal conductivity coefficient. The first material portion is connected to the second material portion, and the first thermal conductivity coefficient is greater than the second thermal conductivity coefficient. A stiffness of the second material portion is greater than a stiffness of the first material portion. A heat generating element of the electronic device dissipates heat by the first material portion, and the heat generating element is disposed to be corresponding to the first material portion. An electronic device having said frame is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: I-Cheng Chuang, Yu-Jing Liao, Hsin-Chih Liu, Hung-Wen Lin
  • Patent number: 9313389
    Abstract: A camera assembly, including at least one holder, at least one camera module, and a buffer material, is provided. The holder includes at least one accommodating recess. The camera module is disposed in the accommodating recess, and a gap exists between the camera module and a sidewall of the accommodating recess. The buffer material is filled in the gap to position the camera module in the accommodating recess of the holder. Further, an electronic device including a housing and the camera assembly aforementioned is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: I-Cheng Chuang, Hung-Wen Lin
  • Patent number: 9299511
    Abstract: A key assembly and electronic device is provided. The key assembly is disposed at a housing of the electronic device. The key assembly includes a circuit board, a shaft, a limiting portion, a contact element and an elastic element. The circuit board disposed in the housing has a first contact and a second contact. The shaft penetrates through the housing and the circuit board and having a first end and a second end. The limiting portion is located at the second end of the shaft. The contact element is located between the housing and the circuit board. The elastic element is coupled between the shaft and the circuit board. When the shaft drives the contact element to move toward the circuit board for the contact element to contact the second contact, the second contact is electrically connected to the first contact through the contact element to generate an electrical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Han-Wen Yeh, I-Cheng Chuang
  • Publication number: 20160057899
    Abstract: A cover plate used for an electronic device is provided. The cover plate includes a plate and a conductive layer. The plate has two surfaces opposite to each other and a lateral surface connected between the two surfaces. The lateral surface of the plate is framed by the conductive layer which is electrically connected to a ground end of the electronic device. The disclosure further provides an electronic device including the cover plate and a main body. The main body is disposed within the electronic device and electrically connected to the conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Shih-Po Chien, Yi-Ting Liu, Yu-Jing Liao, I-Cheng Chuang, Chia-Huan Chang
  • Publication number: 20160057326
    Abstract: A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a camera device and a support ring. The camera device includes a substrate, an image sensor device on the substrate, and a holder for covering the image sensor device, wherein the holder includes a side portion placed around the image sensor device. The support ring is fixed to and laterally extends from the side portion of the holder, and is attached onto a wall portion of the chassis. A portable device with the camera module is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsin-Chih LIU, Yu-Jing LIAO, Ying-Yen CHENG, Yin-Chou CHEN, I-Cheng CHUANG, Chia-Huan CHANG
  • Patent number: 9268420
    Abstract: For a communication device having a touch module or a touch display module, a near field communicable NFC antenna pattern is disposed on a component above a touch sensor unit of the touch module or the touch display module, which places the NFC antenna pattern away from the shielding easily generated from the metallic frame or metallic housing of the communication device. The NFC antenna pattern may be printed on a bottom side, a top side, or in the interior of a cover lens of the touch module or the touch display module, or on a surface of a deco film outside the cover lens. A ferrite sheet may also be disposed between the NFC antenna pattern and the touch sensor unit for further preventing electromagnetic interference from the touch sensor unit or other internal components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Ting Liu, I-Cheng Chuang, Chih-Kai Hu, Shih-Po Chien, Wei-Yang Wu
  • Publication number: 20160018862
    Abstract: A frame to be assembled to a housing of an electronic device is provided. The frame includes a first material portion and a second material portion. The first material portion has a first thermal conductivity coefficient, and the second material portion has a second thermal conductivity coefficient. The first material portion is connected to the second material portion, and the first thermal conductivity coefficient is greater than the second thermal conductivity coefficient. A stiffness of the second material portion is greater than a stiffness of the first material portion. A heat generating element of the electronic device dissipates heat by the first material portion, and the heat generating element is disposed to be corresponding to the first material portion. An electronic device having said frame is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: I-Cheng Chuang, Yu-Jing Liao, Hsin-Chih Liu, Hung-Wen Lin
  • Publication number: 20160011696
    Abstract: A touch panel including a first transparent flexible substrate, a plurality of first connection lines, a plurality of second connection lines, a first sensing layer, and a second sensing layer is provided. The first transparent flexible substrate has a first side and a second side and includes a first carrying portion and a first leading portion. The first connection lines and the second connection lines are respectively disposed at the first side and the second side and are extended from the first carrying portion to the first leading portion. The first sensing layer and the second sensing layer have plural transparent electrode patterns and are respectively disposed at the first side and the second side of the first carrying portion. The transparent electrode patterns are respectively connected with the first connection lines and the second connection lines. A handheld electronic device with a touch input function is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: I-Cheng Chuang, Chih-Kai Hu, Chun-Lung Huang, Shih-Po Chien, Yi-Ting Liu
  • Publication number: 20150382486
    Abstract: A display unit, an electronic device and an assembling method are provided. The electronic device includes a case and a display unit. The case includes a holding compartment. The display unit is accommodated in the holding compartment, and includes a display module, a transparent cover layer and a transparent adhesive tape. The transparent adhesive tape is configured between the display module and the transparent adhesive tape, and the transparent adhesive tape is adhered to the transparent cover layer. The transparent adhesive tape includes a flange portion extending beyond the display module, and the flange portion can be bent to secure the display unit to the case. The second surface is leaned against a back plate. The back plate comprises at least one hole. The flange portion passes through the hole and is bent to attach to a surface of the display module that is farther away from the back plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Chih-Kai Hu, Hsien-Wei Juan, I-Cheng Chuang, Yi-Ting Liu, Shih-Po Chien, Yin-Chou Chen
  • Patent number: 9210311
    Abstract: A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a camera device and a support ring. The camera device includes a substrate, an image sensor device on the substrate, and a holder for covering the image sensor device, wherein the holder includes a side portion placed around the image sensor device. The support ring is fixed to and laterally extends from the side portion of the holder, and is attached onto a wall portion of the chassis. A portable device with the camera module is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsin-Chih Liu, Yu-Jing Liao, Ying-Yen Cheng, Yin-Chou Chen, I-Cheng Chuang, Chia-Huan Chang
  • Publication number: 20150348724
    Abstract: A key assembly and electronic device is provided. The key assembly is disposed at a housing of the electronic device. The key assembly includes a circuit board, a shaft, a limiting portion, a contact element and an elastic element. The circuit board disposed in the housing has a first contact and a second contact. The shaft penetrates through the housing and the circuit board and having a first end and a second end. The limiting portion is located at the second end of the shaft. The contact element is located between the housing and the circuit board. The elastic element is coupled between the shaft and the circuit board. When the shaft drives the contact element to move toward the circuit board for the contact element to contact the second contact, the second contact is electrically connected to the first contact through the contact element to generate an electrical signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Han-Wen Yeh, I-Cheng Chuang
  • Publication number: 20150327413
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus including a housing, a motherboard, a battery and a display module is provided. The housing has at least an opening and an accommodating space. The motherboard is disposed in the accommodating space. The battery is disposed in the accommodating space and stacked over the motherboard. The motherboard is located between the housing and the battery. The display module is disposed in the accommodating space and stacked over the battery. The battery is located between the motherboard and the display module. At least one edge of the battery in a width direction of the battery is closer to a corresponding side of the housing than a corresponding edge of the motherboard in a width direction of the motherboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: I-Cheng Chuang, Yu-Jing Liao, Ying-Yen Cheng, Yin-Chou Chen
  • Patent number: 9184521
    Abstract: A connector assembly adapted to be disposed in a casing of an electronic device is provided. The connector assembly includes a connector and a locking member. The locking member includes a supporting portion and a holding portion connected to the supporting portion. The connector is disposed on the supporting portion. The locking member is adapted to clamp at an end of a substrate disposed in the casing, and the supporting portion and the holding portion lean against an upper side and a lower side of the end of the substrate respectively. An electronic device including the connector assembly aforementioned is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: I-Cheng Chuang, Yu-Jing Liao, Ying-Yen Cheng, Chih-Wei Tu
  • Patent number: 9164548
    Abstract: A touch panel including a first transparent flexible substrate, a plurality of first connection lines, a plurality of second connection lines, a first sensing layer, and a second sensing layer is provided. The first transparent flexible substrate has a first side and a second side and includes a first carrying portion and a first leading portion. The first connection lines and the second connection lines are respectively disposed at the first side and the second side and are extended from the first carrying portion to the first leading portion. The first sensing layer and the second sensing layer have plural transparent electrode patterns and are respectively disposed at the first side and the second side of the first carrying portion. The transparent electrode patterns are respectively connected with the first connection lines and the second connection lines. A handheld electronic device with a touch input function is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: I-Cheng Chuang, Chih-Kai Hu, Chun-Lung Huang, Shih-Po Chien, Yi-Ting Liu
  • Patent number: 9158142
    Abstract: A display unit and an electronic device and an assembling method are provided, wherein the electronic device includes a case and a display unit. The case includes a holding compartment. The display unit is accommodated in the holding compartment, and includes a display module, a transparent cover layer and a transparent adhesive tape. The transparent adhesive tape is configured between the display module and the transparent adhesive tape, and the transparent adhesive tape is adhered to the transparent cover layer. The transparent adhesive tape includes a flange portion extending beyond the display module, and the flange portion can be bent to secure the display unit to the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Kai Hu, Hsien-Wei Juan, I-Cheng Chuang, Yi-Ting Liu, Shih-Po Chien, Yin-Chou Chen
  • Patent number: 9137918
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus including a housing, a motherboard, a battery module and a display module is provided. The housing has at least an opening and an accommodating space. The motherboard is disposed in the accommodating space. The battery module is disposed in the accommodating space and stacked over the motherboard. The motherboard is located between the housing and the battery module. The display module is disposed in the accommodating space and stacked over the battery module. The battery module is located between the motherboard and the display module. At least one edge of the battery module in a width direction of the battery module is closer to a corresponding side of the housing than a corresponding edge of the motherboard in a width direction of the motherboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: I-Cheng Chuang, Yu-Jing Liao, Ying-Yen Cheng, Yin-Chou Chen
  • Patent number: D735176
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Ting Liu, I-Cheng Chuang
  • Patent number: D743894
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Tu, I-Cheng Chuang