Patents by Inventor Li-Min Lien

Li-Min Lien 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: 9606943
    Abstract: An external storage device includes a memory, a controller, a first interface, a second interface, a first switching module, and a second switching module. The controller is coupled to the memory. The first interface is used to connect to a first electronic device. The second interface used to connect to a second electronic device. The first switching module is coupled to the controller, the first interface, and the second interface. The second switching module is coupled to the controller, the first interface, the second interface, and the first switching module. When the first interface is electrically connected to a first electronic device and the second interface is electrically connected to the second electronic device, the first electronic device charges the controller and the second electronic device through the first switching module, and the first electronic device accesses the memory through the second switching module and the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Transcend Information, Inc.
    Inventors: Li-Min Lien, Ren-Wei Chen
  • Publication number: 20150363341
    Abstract: An external storage device includes a memory, a controller, a first interface, a second interface, a first switching module, and a second switching module. The controller is coupled to the memory. The first interface is used to connect to a first electronic device. The second interface used to connect to a second electronic device. The first switching module is coupled to the controller, the first interface, and the second interface. The second switching module is coupled to the controller, the first interface, the second interface, and the first switching module. When the first interface is electrically connected to a first electronic device and the second interface is electrically connected to the second electronic device, the first electronic device charges the controller and the second electronic device through the first switching module, and the first electronic device accesses the memory through the second switching module and the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Li-Min Lien, Ren-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 8267704
    Abstract: A connector module is disclosed in the present invention. The connector module includes a housing defining an interior chamber, and a substrate installed inside the interior chamber of the housing. A first set of metal contacts and a second set of metal contacts are disposed on the substrate. The connector module further includes a sliding component slidably relative to a side of the substrate, and at least one conductive resilient component installed on the sliding component. The conductive resilient component is hidden inside the housing when the sliding component slides into the interior chamber of the housing, and the conductive resilient component is exposed outside the housing to electrically contact the second set of metal contacts when the sliding component slides out of the interior chamber of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Transcend Information, Inc.
    Inventors: Shian-Luen Cheng, Li-Min Lien, Wen-Jeng Fang
  • Publication number: 20120196460
    Abstract: A connector module is disclosed in the present invention. The connector module includes a housing defining an interior chamber, and a substrate installed inside the interior chamber of the housing. A first set of metal contacts and a second set of metal contacts are disposed on the substrate. The connector module further includes a sliding component slidably relative to a side of the substrate, and at least one conductive resilient component installed on the sliding component. The conductive resilient component is hidden inside the housing when the sliding component slides into the interior chamber of the housing, and the conductive resilient component is exposed outside the housing to electrically contact the second set of metal contacts when the sliding component slides out of the interior chamber of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Shian-Luen Cheng, Li-Min Lien, Wen-Jeng Fang
  • Publication number: 20120030765
    Abstract: An operation method of an anti-virus storage device having a storage disk and a read-only memory includes connecting the storage device to a host and displaying a single disk name on an interface of an operating system of the host, executing an anti-virus application program corresponding to the operating system, wherein the anti-virus application program is stored in the read-only memory, generating a hidden partition in the storage disk, wherein the hidden partition comprises an anti-virus engine and a virus pattern, and starting up the anti-virus engine, enabling a main storage partition and only displaying a disk name of the main storage partition on the interface of the operating system. If the anti-virus application program has no an execution file corresponding to the operating system, a user using the anti-virus storage device decides whether enables and displays the main storage partition without executing the anti-virus application program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Shian-Luen Cheng, Li-Min Lien, Tsang-Yi Chen, Chih-Heng Chiu, Chung-Won Shu