Patents by Inventor I-Thun Lin

I-Thun Lin 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).

  • OPTICAL CONNECTOR WITH REDUCED INSERTION LOSS
    Publication number: 20130330048
    Abstract: An optical connector includes a fastener, a first housing, and a second housing. The fastener includes a base plate, two engagement arms extending up from a side of the base plate and then bent toward a first direction, and two limiting arms extending from another side of the base plate toward the first direction and bent up and then bent toward a second direction reverse to the first direction. The first housing and the second housing are aligned and engaged with each other. The first housing is limited by the limiting arms. The second housing defines two engagement grooves with a depth thereof gradually decreasing from an end toward another end of the second housing. Each engagement arm slides into and along a corresponding engagement groove until each engagement arm is totally received in the engagement groove and presses the second housing toward the base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventor: I-THUN LIN
  • OPTICAL CONNECTOR WITH BENT LIGHT PATH
    Publication number: 20130330047
    Abstract: An optical connector includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a photoelectric conversion module including a photoelectric conversion chip electrically connected to the PCB. An optical fiber positioned above and substantially parallel with the PCB, and a path bending module including a light pipe, which is substantially a quarter-circle arc in shape and positioned to connect the photoelectric conversion chip and the optical fiber. The light pipe includes a core having two ends facing the photoelectric conversion chip and the optical fiber, respectively, and a cladding surrounding the core. A refractive index of the core is higher than that of the cladding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: I-THUN LIN
  • Optical fiber connector with shielding member
    Patent number: 8606059
    Abstract: An optical fiber connector includes a first transmission member, a second transmission member engaged with the first transmission member, and an elongated shielding member. The first transmission member includes a first body and two lenses. The first body includes an upper surface, a lower surface parallel to the upper surface, and a front surface connecting the upper surface to the lower surface. A recess is defined in the upper surface and exposed at the front surface. The first body includes a first light coupling surface and a sealing surface in the recess. The second transmission member includes a second body having a second light coupling surface facing the first light coupling surface. The shielding member is fixed on the upper surface above the recess. The shielding member cooperates with the two light receiving surfaces, and the sealing surface to form a sealed room for receiving the two lenses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: I-Thun Lin
  • Optical fiber connector
    Patent number: 8602660
    Abstract: An optical fiber connector including a main body and a block is illustrated. The main body includes a first side, an opposite second side, and a first top surface between the first side and the second side. The first side includes at least two protruding lenses. The first top surface defines a recess, and the recess includes an open end at the second side. The block is securely retained within the recess. The block defines at least two through holes respectively aligned with the at least two lenses. Each of the at least two through holes is securely retaining one optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: I-Thun Lin
  • Backlight module and light guide plate thereof
    Patent number: 8591090
    Abstract: A light guide plate for distributing light from a light source includes a light scattering surface, a light output surface opposite to the light scattering surface, and a number of side surfaces surrounding the light scattering surface and the light output surface. The light scattering surface includes a number of light scattering dots thereon. The light scattering dots are arranged into a number of rows arranged from a first side of the light scattering surface to an opposite side of the light scattering surface. A distance between every two adjacent rows of the light scattering dots gradually decreases from the first side to the second side, such that the light scattering dots at the second side of the light scattering surface have a greater density than the light scattering dots at the first side of the light scattering surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: I-Thun Lin
  • OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR WITH SHIELDING MEMBER
    Publication number: 20130308902
    Abstract: An optical fiber connector includes a first transmission member, a second transmission member engaged with the first transmission member, and an elongated shielding member. The first transmission member includes a first body and two lenses. The first body includes an upper surface, a lower surface parallel to the upper surface, and a front surface connecting the upper surface to the lower surface. A recess is defined in the upper surface and exposed at the front surface. The first body includes a first light coupling surface and a sealing surface in the recess. The second transmission member includes a second body having a second light coupling surface facing the first light coupling surface. The shielding member is fixed on the upper surface above the recess. The shielding member cooperates with the two light receiving surfaces, and the sealing surface to form a sealed room for receiving the two lenses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: I-THUN LIN
  • OPTICAL FIBER AND LIGHT COUPLING SYSTEM USING SAME
    Publication number: 20130308905
    Abstract: A light coupling system includes a laser light source and an optical fiber. The optical fiber includes a fiber core having a central optical axis, and a cladding layer surrounding the fiber core. The optical fiber has a distal end surface covering a distal end of the fiber core and a distal end of the cladding layer. The distal end surface includes an inner conical surface centered on the central optical axis, and an outer frustoconical surface centered on the central optical axis and surrounding and adjoining the inner conical surface. A cone angle of the inner conical surface is greater than a cone angle of the outer frustoconical surface. The distal end surface of the optical fiber faces toward the laser light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Inventor: I-THUN LIN
  • MALE OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND FEMALE OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND RELATED OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20130308907
    Abstract: A male optical connector includes a connector body, a hollow pusher, a number of lenses, and two elastic shielding plates. The connector body defines a receiving hole with an opening and includes a connection surface in the receiving hole. The connection surface faces the opening. The pusher extends from the connector body and surrounds the receiving hole. The lenses are received in the receiving hole. The two elastic shielding plates have two fixed ends fixed to opposite sides of the pusher, and opposite free ends overlappable to cover the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: I-THUN LIN
  • MOLD HAVING MOVABLE PLATE-SHAPED CORE
    Publication number: 20130280358
    Abstract: A mold for fabricating an optical fiber connector is disclosed. The optical fiber connector includes a blind hole for accommodating an optical fiber and an aspherical lens portion for being optically coaxial with the optical fiber. The mold includes a rod-shaped core for forming the blind hole and a plate-shaped core. The plate-shaped core includes an aspherical recess for forming the lens portion. The aspherical recess faces the rod-shaped core and is adjustably movable relative to the rod-shaped core to achieve alignment between the aspherical recess and the rod-shaped core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: I-THUN LIN
  • Display device comprising rotating projectors with multiple mirrors and panels
    Patent number: 8562151
    Abstract: A display device includes a projector assembly, an actuator, a panel element, and a number of mirrors. The projector assembly projects lights of an image. The actuator rotates the projector assembly about a rotating axis. The panel element includes a number of panel surfaces. The panel surfaces adjoin one another in sequence along the rotating axis. The mirrors are arranged in sequence along the rotating axis. The mirrors are oriented toward the respective panel surfaces for adjusting transmission directions of the lights to project the image onto the respective panel surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: I-Thun Lin
  • LENS TESTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130258322
    Abstract: A lens testing device includes a light source assembly, a pattern plate, and an imaging sensor. The light source assembly includes a transparent base plate, a light guide plate, and a number of illuminants. The light source assembly uses the light guide plate to uniformize light coming from the illuminants and emit the light onto the pattern plate. The imaging sensor is placed beneath the transparent base plate to sense the light passing through the pattern plate and focused by a lens under test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: I-THUN LIN
  • Optical fiber connector
    Patent number: 8545107
    Abstract: An optical fiber connector includes a number of optical fibers, a body, a number of supports and a cover. The body includes a number of lens portions at a first end thereof, a number of through holes at an opposite second end, and a recess located between the lens portions and the through holes. The through holes are in communication with the recess. The optical fibers extend through the respective through holes and terminate at the respective lens portions. The supports are formed in the recess. Each support supports and retains a portion of the corresponding optical fiber exposed in the recess. The cover is received in the recess. The cover has a number of slanted faces spatially corresponding to the respective supports. The slanted faces and the supports cooperatively securely sandwich the exposed portions of the optical fibers in the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tai-Cherng Yu, Kun-Chan Wu, Chia-Ling Hsu, I-Thun Lin
  • Mold having movable plate-shaped cores
    Patent number: 8545204
    Abstract: A mold for fabricating an optical fiber connector is disclosed. The optical fiber connector includes a blind hole for accommodating an optical fiber and an aspherical lens portion for optically coaxial with the optical fiber. The mold includes a rod-shaped core for forming the blind hole and a plate-shaped core. The plate-shaped core includes an aspherical recess for forming the lens portion. The aspherical recess faces the rod-shaped core, and is adjustably movable relative to the first core so as to achieve alignment between the aspherical recess and the rod-shaped core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: I-Thun Lin
  • OPTICAL PLUG AND RELATED OPTICAL SIGNAL COUPLING ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20130251311
    Abstract: An optical plug includes a connector body. The connector body defines a receiving hole with a opening, a hollow pusher extends from the connector body and surrounding the receiving hole; and a number of lenses are arranged in the receiving hole. The connector body includes a first side surface and a second side surface, the first side surface defines a reflecting groove and the reflecting groove includes a reflecting surface, an included angle between the reflecting groove surface and the first side surface is 135 degrees. A number of lenses arrange on the second side surface to receive signal reflecting by the reflecting surface; and two elastic shielding plates have fixed ends fixed to opposite sides of the pusher, and opposite free ends overlappable to cover the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: TAI-CHERNG YU, I-THUN LIN
  • OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR AND PHOTOELECTRIC TRANSMITTING MODULE INCLUDING SAME
    Publication number: 20130251312
    Abstract: A photoelectric transmitting module includes an optical fiber connector and a reflector optically coupled to each other. The optical fiber connector includes a main body, an optical fiber, and an adhesive. The main body includes a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a third surface connected between the first and second surfaces. The main body defines a fixing groove in the third surface. The fixing groove includes a first inner surface, two second inner surfaces, and a third inner surface. The first inner surface is adjacent to the first surface. The two second inner surfaces extend from the first inner surface to the second surface. The third inner surface is opposite to the third surface. An included angle between each second inner surface and the third inner surface is less than 90 degrees. The adhesive is applied in the fixing groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: I-THUN LIN
  • Optical fiber connector
    Patent number: 8534929
    Abstract: An optical fiber connector includes an optical fiber cable including two optical fibers; and a connector plug connected to opposite ends of the optical fiber cable for electrical connection to an electronic device. The connector plug includes a shell, a photodiode, a laser diode; and an electrical connector for electrical connection to an electronic device. The photodiode, the laser diode and the electrical connector are housed in the metallic shell, the photodiode is optically coupled to a distal end of one corresponding optical fiber and electrically coupled to the electrical connector, the laser diode optically is coupled to a distal end of the other optical fiber and electrically coupled to the electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yi-Zhong Sheu, Tai-Cherng Yu, I-Thun Lin, Shih-Min Wang
  • Optical fiber hub
    Patent number: 8538266
    Abstract: An optical fiber hub includes an upstream port for receiving a light signal from a upstream host, a light splitting element, N downstream ports, and a light converging element. The light splitting element is configured for splitting the light signal into N light beams. The N downstream ports are optically communicated with the light splitting element, and each of the downstream ports is used for receiving a corresponding one of the light beams and transmitting the corresponding light beam to a corresponding downstream peripheral, and receiving a light signal from the corresponding downstream peripheral, wherein N is an integer which is equal to or greater than 2. The light converging element is used for converging light signals from the N downstream ports and transmitting the converged light signals to the upstream port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: I-Thun Lin
  • Optical fiber connector
    Patent number: 8498508
    Abstract: An optical fiber connector is disclosed. The optical fiber connector includes a housing, a coupler and an resilient member received in the housing. The coupler received in the housing and couples optical signals between optical fibers. The coupler includes a main portion and a flat positioning portion integrally connected to the main portion. The resilient member includes a first arm and a second arm forming a subtantially V-shaped profile, an inner surface of the resilient member is flat. The positioning portion is inserted between the V-shaped profile resilient member, and the distal end of the positioning portion is in contact to the resilient member. The resilient member is configured to apply a spring force on the coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: I-Thun Lin
  • OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20130168539
    Abstract: An optical fiber connector includes a photoelectric conversion module and two optical fibers. The photoelectric conversion module includes a PCB, a light emitting unit, and a light receiving unit. The light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are positioned on the PCB and apart from each other. The light emitting unit and the light receiving unit are electrically connected to the PCB. The optical fibers with distal portions thereof are aligned with and optically coupled with the light emitting unit and the light receiving unit. The longitudinal direction of the distal portions of the optical fibers is perpendicular to the PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: I-THUN LIN
  • OPTICAL FIBER COUPLER
    Publication number: 20130163926
    Abstract: An optical fiber coupler includes a main body and a cover detachably coupled with the main body. The main body includes a coupling member, at least two lenses, at least two optical fibers and a connecting post. The lenses and the optical fibers are mounted on the coupling member. The optical fibers couples with corresponding lenses. The lenses protrudes from the coupling member. The connecting post protrudes from the main body adjacent to the lenses. The cover defines a fixing hole and a covering groove corresponding to the lenses. The fixing hole engages with the connecting post, for positioning the coupling member to the cover. The cover covering the lenses via allowing the at least two lenses to be received in the covering groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: I-THUN LIN