Patents by Inventor Neng LIAO
Neng LIAO 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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Patent number: 11719252Abstract: A fan adapted for being disposed in an electronic device is provided. The fan includes a hub and a plurality of metal blades respectively extending from the hub. Each of the metal blades has a root portion connected to the hub and an end portion away from the hub, and a mass of the end portion is greater than a mass of the root portion, such that the metal blade is elongated while the fan is rotated.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Yu-Ming Lin, Wen-Neng Liao, Cheng-Wen Hsieh, Chun-Chieh Wang, Han-Liang Huang, Sheng-Yan Chen, Tsung-Ting Chen
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Publication number: 20230194186Abstract: A heat dissipation module used for an electronic device is provided. The electronic device has a heat source. The heat dissipation module includes an evaporator, a pipe, and a working fluid. The evaporator has a recess at an exterior surface thereof, and is thermally contacted with the heat source to absorb heat generated from the heat source. The pipe is connected to an inner space of the evaporator and forms a loop. The working fluid is filled in the loop, wherein the working fluid in liquid passes through the evaporator, absorbs heat, and is transformed into vapor to flow out of the evaporator.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Yung-Chih Wang, Jau-Han Ke, Wen-Neng Liao, Cheng-Wen Hsieh
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Publication number: 20230171914Abstract: A graphic card assembly includes a bracket, a graphic card module, a first fin set, a centrifugal fan, a second fin set, a heat pipe set and an axial flow fan. The graphic card module is assembled to the bracket and has at least one heat source. The first fin set and the second fin set are assembled to the bracket and the first fin set thermally contacts the heat source. The centrifugal fan is disposed beside the first fin set to generate a first flow dissipating heat from the first fin set. The heat pipe set contacts the heat source. The axial flow fan is disposed on the second fin set to generate a second flow dissipating heat from the second fin set. The first flow and the second flow are separated from each other, and the second flow passes through the bracket and the graphic card module.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Yu-Ming Lin, Wen-Neng Liao, Cheng-Wen Hsieh, Shu-Hao Kuo, Tsung-Ting Chen
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Patent number: 11629725Abstract: A centrifugal heat dissipation fan including a housing and an impeller is provided. The housing has at least one flow inlet. The impeller assembled in the housing and rotating about an axial direction includes a hub and a plurality blades disposed around the hub. The flow inlet is located in the axial direction and faces the hub. Each of the blades has a wing tab next to the flow inlet, and the wing tab extends from a main surface of the blade to another blade. The wing tab has an inclined surface facing toward a periphery of the flow inlet along a radial direction of the impeller.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Tsung-Ting Chen, Wen-Neng Liao, Cheng-Wen Hsieh, Yu-Ming Lin, Jau-Han Ke, Kuang-Hua Lin
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Patent number: 11609048Abstract: A heat dissipation module used for an electronic device is provided. The electronic device has a heat source. The heat dissipation module includes an evaporator, a pipe, and a working fluid. The evaporator has a recess at an exterior surface of the evaporator, and the heat source is thermally contacted with the recess to transfer a heat generated from the heat source to the recess of the evaporator. The pipe is connected to an inner space of the evaporator and forms a loop. The working fluid is filled in the loop, wherein the working fluid in liquid passing through a portion of the inner space of the evaporator corresponding to the recess absorbs the heat and is transformed into vapor.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Yung-Chih Wang, Jau-Han Ke, Wen-Neng Liao, Cheng-Wen Hsieh
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Patent number: 11530707Abstract: A fan including a hub and a plurality metal blades is provided. Each of the blades extends from the hub and is inclined relative to a radial direction of the hub. Each blade has a distal edge away from the hub, and has a pair of wingtips at the distal edge.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Kuang-Hua Lin, Cheng-Wen Hsieh, Wen-Neng Liao
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Publication number: 20220400582Abstract: Provided is a heat dissipation structure, including a conductive member disposed on and thermally coupled to a heat source, a heat pipe including evaporating and condensing parts, a fan disposed in correspondence to the condensing part, and a heat storage component disposed on a circuit board. The evaporating part is disposed on and thermally coupled to the conductive member. The heat source is located between the conductive member and the circuit board. The conductive member is located between the heat pipe and the heat source. The circuit board is located between the heat source and the heat storage component, and is thermally coupled to the heat source. The heat storage component is thermally coupled to the circuit board and is filled with a working medium absorbing heat conducted from the heat source to the circuit board by latent heat of absorption during phase change. An electronic device is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Kuang-Hua Lin, Wen-Neng Liao, Cheng-Wen Hsieh, Tsung-Ting Chen
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Publication number: 20220400581Abstract: A portable electronic device including a first body, a second body, a heat source, a first heat pipe, a second heat pipe, and a heat conducting element is provided. The second body is pivotally connected to the first body. The heat source is disposed in the first body and thermally coupled to the heat source. The second heat pipe is disposed in the first body and thermally coupled to the first heat pipe. The heat conducting element is connected to and thermally coupled to the second body, and the heat conducting element slidably contacts the second heat pipe and is thermally coupled to the second heat pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Chun-Chieh Wang, Wen-Neng Liao, Cheng-Wen Hsieh, Tsung-Ting Chen
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Publication number: 20220342455Abstract: A portable electronic device including a first body, a second body, a pivot element, a heat source, a first flexible heat conductive element, and a flip cover is provided. The pivot element is connected to the second body, and the second body is pivotally connected to the first body through the pivot element. The heat source is disposed in the first body. The first flexible heat conductive element is thermally coupled to the heat source and extends toward the pivot element from the heat source. The first flexible heat conductive element passes through the pivot element and extends into the inside of the second body and is thus thermally coupled to the second body. The flip cover is pivotally connected to the first body and located on a moving path of the pivot element.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Chun-Chieh Wang, Wen-Neng Liao, Cheng-Wen Hsieh, Chuan-Hua Wang, Yi-Ta Huang
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Publication number: 20220325962Abstract: A multi-loop cycling heat dissipation module including a first tank, a first pipe, a second tank, and a second pipe is provided. The first pipe is connected to the first tank to form a first loop, a first working fluid fills the first loop to transfer heat via phase transformation, and a first high-temperature section and a first low-temperature section are formed on the first pipe. The second pipe is connected to the second tank to form a second loop, a second working fluid fills the second loop to transfer heat via phase transformation, and a second high-temperature section and a second low-temperature section are formed on the second pipe. The first high-temperature section is in thermal contact with the second low-temperature section, and the first low-temperature section is in thermal contact with the second high-temperature section.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Yu-Ming Lin, Wen-Neng Liao, Cheng-Wen Hsieh, Chun-Chieh Wang, Tsung-Ting Chen, Chi-Tai Ho, Kuan-Lin Chen, Jau-Han Ke
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Publication number: 20220316493Abstract: A cooling fan includes a hub, a plurality of blades, and a plurality of flow disturbing elements. The blades are arranged on a peripheral surface of the hub; each of the blades has a leading edge and a trailing edge opposite to the leading edge, and each of the blades has at least one flow disturbing element arranged at the trailing edge. Each of the flow disturbing elements includes an engaging part and an extending part opposite to the engaging part; the engaging part of each of the flow disturbing elements is connected to the trailing edge of the corresponding blade, and the extending part of each of the flow disturbing elements extends outwardly toward a direction away from the trailing edge of the corresponding blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Cheng-Wen Hsieh, Wen-Neng Liao, Kuang-Hua Lin, Wei-Chin Chen
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Patent number: 11458449Abstract: This invention disclosure reported here a supported metal hydroxide adsorbent and a method for its preparation as well as a method for its oxidative regeneration. The supported metal hydroxide adsorbent comprises metal hydroxide and support with a mass ratio of 5-30:100. The adsorbent disclosed in present invention exhibited outstanding adsorption capacity and high selectivity to sulfur impurity in gasoline. The method of oxidative regeneration provides an efficient way for the recovery of the saturated adsorbent.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignees: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, DEEP PURE TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN), LTD.Inventors: Jing Xiao, Cuiting Yang, Lei Dong, Neng Liao, Guang Miao, Zhong Li
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Patent number: 11454249Abstract: A heat dissipation fan including a housing, a hub, and a plurality of blades is provided. The hub is rotatably disposed in the housing. The blades are disposed at a surrounding edge of the hub to be rotated with the hub. When the heat dissipation fan is operated, at least one flow path is formed by two adjacent blades, and the flow path has a reduction section away from the hub.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Tsung-Ting Chen, Wei-Chin Chen, Cheng-Wen Hsieh, Wen-Neng Liao
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Publication number: 20220290684Abstract: A fan adapted for being disposed in an electronic device is provided. The fan includes a hub and a plurality of metal blades respectively extending from the hub. Each of the metal blades has a root portion connected to the hub and an end portion away from the hub, and a mass of the end portion is greater than a mass of the root portion, such that the metal blade is elongated while the fan is rotated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Yu-Ming Lin, Wen-Neng Liao, Cheng-Wen Hsieh, Chun-Chieh Wang, Han-Liang Huang, Sheng-Yan Chen, Tsung-Ting Chen
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Publication number: 20220243992Abstract: A heat transfer element, a method for manufacturing the same and a semiconductor structure including the same are provided. The heat transfer element includes a housing, a chamber, a dendritic layer and a working fluid. The chamber is defined by the housing. The dendritic layer is disposed on an inner surface of the housing. The working fluid is located within the chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Applicant: Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.Inventors: Hung-Hsien HUANG, Shin-Luh TARNG, Ian HU, Chien-Neng LIAO, Jui-Cheng YU, Po-Cheng HUANG
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Patent number: 11402157Abstract: An evaporator suitable for a thermal dissipation module. The thermal dissipation module includes a tube or pipe and fluid. The evaporator includes a housing, a first heat dissipation structure and a second heat dissipation structure disposed in a sealed chamber of the housing. The chamber is configured to communicate with the pipe, and the fluid is configured to flow in the pipe and the chamber. The first heat dissipation structure and a second heat dissipation structure provide a plurality of fluid flow passages through which the fluid flows and evaporates. A manufacturing method of the evaporator is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: ACER INCORPORATEDInventors: Yung-Chih Wang, Cheng-Wen Hsieh, Wen-Neng Liao, Jau-Han Ke
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Publication number: 20220229477Abstract: A heat dissipation system of a portable electronic device is provided. The heat dissipation system includes a body and at least one fan. A heat source of the portable electronic device is disposed in the body. The fan is a centrifugal fan disposed in the body. The fan has at least one flow inlet, at least one flow outlet, and at least one spacing portion. The flow outlet faces toward the heat source, and the spacing portion surrounds the flow inlet and abuts against the body, so as to isolate the flow inlet and the heat source in two spaces independent of each other in the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Tsung-Ting Chen, Wen-Neng Liao, Cheng-Wen Hsieh, Yu-Ming Lin, Wei-Chin Chen, Kuang-Hua Lin, Chun-Chieh Wang, Shu-Hao Kuo
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Patent number: 11379021Abstract: A heat dissipation module suitable for an electronic device is provided. The electronic device has a heat source. The heat dissipation module includes an evaporator and a pipe assembly. An internal space of the evaporator is divided into a first space and a second space, and the heat source is thermally contacted with the second space. The pipe assembly is connected to the evaporator to form a loop. A working fluid is filled in the loop. The working fluid in liquid receiving heat from the heat source is transformed into vapor and flows to the pipe assembly. Then, the working fluid in vapor is transformed into liquid by dissipating heat in the pipe assembly and flows to the first space of the evaporator. The working fluid in liquid is stored in the first space and is used for supplying to the second space.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Yung-Chih Wang, Cheng-Wen Hsieh, Wen-Neng Liao
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Patent number: 11353041Abstract: A fan blade includes an arc-shaped body and a connecting portion. The arc-shaped body has a main portion and an end portion connected to the main portion, wherein a width of the end portion is gradually decreased in a direction away from the main portion. The connecting portion is connected to the main portion, and the end portion and the connecting portion are respectively located at two opposite sides of the main portion. A fan structure is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Yu-Ming Lin, Wen-Neng Liao, Cheng-Wen Hsieh, Jau-Han Ke, Shun-Ta Yu
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Patent number: D962879Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Shu-Hao Kuo, Wen-Neng Liao, Cheng-Wen Hsieh