Patents by Inventor Ming-Chao Li

Ming-Chao Li 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).

  • Emergency ejecting apparatus for optical disc drive
    Patent number: 7966627
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an optical disc drive including a pickup head for reading data from a disc; a spindle motor for supporting and rotating the disc; a loading/ejecting apparatus for loading or ejecting the disc; and an emergency ejecting apparatus. The emergency ejecting apparatus includes a slider for connecting the loading/ejecting apparatus, a rack, an elastic component for connecting the slider and the rack and a rotator rotated with the movement of the slider. When a user drives the rotator and the elastic component is elastically deformed, the slider is moved in the optical disc drive to drive the loading/ejecting apparatus to eject the disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Lite-On It Corporation
    Inventors: Fu-Jen Yang, Chun-Hung Chen, Ming-Chao Li, Li-Feng Chen
  • Emergency ejecting apparatus for optical disc drive
    Patent number: 7908612
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an optical disc drive including a pickup head for reading data from a disc; a spindle motor for supporting and rotating the disc; a loading/ejecting apparatus for loading or ejecting the disc; and an emergency ejecting apparatus. The emergency ejecting apparatus includes a slider for connecting the loading/ejecting apparatus, a rack, and an elastic component for connecting the slider and the rack. When a user drives the slider and the elastic component is elastically deformed, the slider is moved in the optical disc drive to drive the loading/ejecting apparatus to eject the disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Lite-On IT Corporation
    Inventors: Fu-Jen Yang, Chun-Hung Chen, Ming-Chao Li, Li-Feng Chen
  • Emergency Ejecting Apparatus for Optical Disc Drive
    Publication number: 20110035762
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an optical disc drive including a pickup head for reading data from a disc; a spindle motor for supporting and rotating the disc; a loading/ejecting apparatus for loading or ejecting the disc; and an emergency ejecting apparatus. The emergency ejecting apparatus includes a slider for connecting the loading/ejecting apparatus, a rack, an elastic component for connecting the slider and the rack and a rotator rotated with the movement of the slider. When a user drives the rotator and the elastic component is elastically deformed, the slider is moved in the optical disc drive to drive the loading/ejecting apparatus to eject the disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fu-Jen Yang, Chun-Hung Chen, Ming-Chao Li, Li-Feng Chen
  • Optical Disc Drive
    Publication number: 20080148304
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an optical disc drive including a pickup head for reading data from a disc; a spindle motor for supporting and rotating the disc; a loading/ejecting apparatus for loading or ejecting the disc; and an emergency ejecting apparatus. The emergency ejecting apparatus includes a slider for connecting the loading/ejecting apparatus, a rack, and an elastic component for connecting the slider and the rack. When a user drives the slider and the elastic component is elastically deformed, the slider is moved in the optical disc drive to drive the loading/ejecting apparatus to eject the disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: LITE-ON IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fu-Jen Yang, Chun-Hung Chen, Ming-Chao Li, Li-Feng Chen
  • Automobile light
    Patent number: D490177
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: TYC Brother Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming-Chao Li