Patents by Inventor SHIH-KAI CHEN

SHIH-KAI CHEN 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).

  • Publication number: 20250136774
    Abstract: A hot pressing membrane includes a carrier film, a decorative layer formed on the carrier film, and a transparent protective layer formed on the decorative layer. The decorative layer includes, in parts by weight, 4.0 to 6.0 parts by weight of a first thermoplastic polyurethane, 1.0 to 2.0 parts by weight of a pigment, and 12.0 to 15.0 parts by weight of a first solvent. The transparent protective layer includes, in parts by weight, 4.0 to 6.0 parts by weight of a second thermoplastic polyurethane, 0.6 to 2.0 parts by weight of a functional additive, and 11.0 to 14.0 parts by weight of a second solvent. The hot pressing membrane of the invention is via the carrier film bonded to an outer surface of an object by a hot pressing process. The hot pressing membrane of the invention has a scratch resistance equal to or greater than 50 times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Li-Sheng TENG, Shih-Kai CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230128037
    Abstract: A transparent keycap manufacturing method includes adhering an opaque base to a fixing film, performing a laser engraving process or an etching process on a bottom surface of the opaque base to generate a continuous hollow pattern region and a pattern component surrounded by the continuous hollow pattern region, coating transparent glue on the bottom surface of the opaque base to fill the continuous hollow pattern region with the transparent glue, adhering a transparent base to the bottom surface of the opaque base, and removing the fixing film from the opaque base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Shih-Kai Chen, Tsai-Jung Hu
  • Patent number: 9984834
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing keycaps, each keycap having a top and a skirt, includes: providing a first jig having a plurality of positioning units; arranging correspondingly a plurality of keycaps onto the plurality of positioning units; attaching a first film including an ink layer and a first release layer to the plurality of keycaps by using an out-mold transfer technique, such that the first film covers respective upper surfaces of the tops and respective side surfaces of the skirts of keycaps; removing the first release film; laser-engraving the ink layer; and forming a protection layer on the laser-engraved ink layer. A keycap manufactured by the method of the present invention is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Tsai-Jung Hu, Shih-Kai Chen
  • Patent number: 9691569
    Abstract: A light-transmissible keycap and the manufacturing method thereof are provided. The light-transmissible keycap has multiple light-transmissible symbol areas, and each light-transmissible symbol area has at least one character assigned with a color. Each light-transmissible symbol area is covered with only one light-transmissible color layer. Thus, when an external light is emitted from a light source beneath the keycap, the external light will only pass through one light-transmissible color layer covering that light-transmissible symbol area, and not pass through the light-transmissible color layer covering the other light-transmissible symbol area. Therefore, a bleeding problem due to multiple light-transmissible color layers overlapped and covering the same light-transmissible symbol area is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventor: Shih-Kai Chen
  • Publication number: 20160086746
    Abstract: A light-transmissible keycap and the manufacturing method thereof are provided. The light-transmissible keycap has multiple light-transmissible symbol areas, and each light-transmissible symbol area has at least one character assigned with a color. Each light-transmissible symbol area is covered with only one light-transmissible color layer. Thus, when an external light is emitted from a light source beneath the keycap, the external light will only pass through one light-transmissible color layer covering that light-transmissible symbol area, and not pass through the light-transmissible color layer covering the other light-transmissible symbol area. Therefore, a bleeding problem due to multiple light-transmissible color layers overlapped and covering the same light-transmissible symbol area is avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventor: Shih-Kai Chen
  • Publication number: 20150318125
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing keycaps, each keycap having a top and a skirt, includes: providing a first jig having a plurality of positioning units; arranging correspondingly a plurality of keycaps onto the plurality of positioning units; attaching a first film including an ink layer and a first release layer to the plurality of keycaps by using an out-mold transfer technique, such that the first film covers respective upper surfaces of the tops and respective side surfaces of the skirts of keycaps; removing the first release film; laser-engraving the ink layer; and forming a protection layer on the laser-engraved ink layer. A keycap manufactured by the method of the present invention is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: TSAI-JUNG HU, SHIH-KAI CHEN