Patents by Inventor Tao-Kuan Chen

Tao-Kuan 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: 20230341949
    Abstract: A keyboard device includes a frame and keys. The frame includes key guide grooves each including a first groove wall and a second groove wall. The keys are slidably assembled in the key guide grooves. The key includes a keycap and a guide member. A brim of the keycap includes a first side edge and a second side edge. The guide member includes a first side plate and a second side plate. The first side plate is in the key guide groove, integrally extends from the first side edge, and is arranged close to the first groove wall. The second side plate is in the key guide groove, integrally extends from the second side edge, and is arranged close to the second groove wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventor: Tao-Kuan Chen
  • Patent number: 11422640
    Abstract: A mouse structure includes a base, a wheel, a shaft, a first and a second plates. The first and the second plates are disposed on the base. The shaft penetrates through an opening defined by a first lower surface and two first upper surfaces of the first plate and an opening defined by two second upper surfaces of the second plate. A first and a second sections of the shaft respectively connect between the first and the second sub-shafts and between the first and the third sub-shafts of the shaft. The first sub-shaft penetrates through the wheel. A distance between the first lower surface and the axis diminishes away from the second plate. A distance between the second upper surfaces diminishes away from the first plate. Profiles of the first and the second sections respectively match with the first lower surface and the second upper surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tao-Kuan Chen, Huei-Chen Wong
  • Patent number: 11372485
    Abstract: A mouse, including a mouse body and a wheel module, is provided. The wheel module includes a first wheel, a second wheel and an axle connecting assembly. The first wheel has a first axle portion, the second wheel has a second axle portion, and the first wheel and the second wheel are respectively rotatably disposed on the mouse body along a same axis of rotation by the first axle portion and the second axle portion. The axle connecting assembly is connected to and in between the first axle portion and the second axle portion, and the first axle portion and the second axle portion rotate relative to each other by the axle connecting assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tao Kuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20220171473
    Abstract: A mouse, including a mouse body and a wheel module, is provided. The wheel module includes a first wheel, a second wheel and an axle connecting assembly. The first wheel has a first axle portion, the second wheel has a second axle portion, and the first wheel and the second wheel are respectively rotatably disposed on the mouse body along a same axis of rotation by the first axle portion and the second axle portion. The axle connecting assembly is connected to and in between the first axle portion and the second axle portion, and the first axle portion and the second axle portion rotate relative to each other by the axle connecting assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tao Kuan Chen
  • Publication number: 20220147164
    Abstract: A mouse structure includes a base, a wheel, a shaft, a first and a second plates. The first and the second plates are disposed on the base. The shaft penetrates through an opening defined by a first lower surface and two first upper surfaces of the first plate and an opening defined by two second upper surfaces of the second plate. A first and a second sections of the shaft respectively connect between the first and the second sub-shafts and between the first and the third sub-shafts of the shaft. The first sub-shaft penetrates through the wheel. A distance between the first lower surface and the axis diminishes away from the second plate. A distance between the second upper surfaces diminishes away from the first plate. Profiles of the first and the second sections respectively match with the first lower surface and the second upper surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Tao-Kuan CHEN, Huei-Chen WONG
  • Patent number: 11314342
    Abstract: A mouse device includes a casing, a button, and an elastic guiding structure. The casing includes a shell plate. The shell plate has a through hole, and the through hole has a hole edge. The button is disposed on the shell plate. The button includes a switch-triggering member, and the switch-triggering member is penetrated through the through hole. The elastic guiding member includes a first elastic bar and a second elastic bar. The first elastic bar is disposed at the hole edge and extends toward the switch-triggering member to have a first free end. The second elastic bar is disposed at the hole edge and extends toward the switch-triggering member to have a second free end. The switch-triggering member is sandwiched between the first free end and the second free end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao-Kuan Chen, Huei-Chen Wong
  • Patent number: 11307679
    Abstract: A mouse device includes a housing, a switch, a button, and a biasing member. The housing has an accommodating space therein. The switch is disposed in the accommodating space. The button covers the housing and includes a pivotal portion and a trigger portion. The pivotal portion is pivotally connected to the housing. The trigger portion extends into the accommodating space. The biasing member is located between the pivotal portion and the trigger portion and forwardly exerts force to the button in a forward-backward axial direction of the mouse device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tao-Kuan Chen, Jung-Hsiu Lee
  • Publication number: 20210365129
    Abstract: A mouse device includes a casing, a button, and an elastic guiding structure. The casing includes a shell plate. The shell plate has a through hole, and the through hole has a hole edge. The button is disposed on the shell plate. The button includes a switch-triggering member, and the switch-triggering member is penetrated through the through hole. The elastic guiding member includes a first elastic bar and a second elastic bar. The first elastic bar is disposed at the hole edge and extends toward the switch-triggering member to have a first free end. The second elastic bar is disposed at the hole edge and extends toward the switch-triggering member to have a second free end. The switch-triggering member is sandwiched between the first free end and the second free end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Tao-Kuan CHEN, Huei-Chen WONG
  • Patent number: 11127546
    Abstract: A keyboard includes an elastic element disposed above a bottom case, a light emitter, a light receiver, a pressing element, and a keycap. When a force toward the bottom case is applied to a top surface of the elastic element, a relationship between a force to move the top surface and a distance from the top surface to the bottom case is in a negative correlation in a path of the top surface from a first position to a second position, and a relationship between a force to move the top surface and a distance from the top surface to the bottom case is in a positive correlation in a path of the top surface from the second position to a third position. The light emitter, the light receiver, and the pressing element are disposed above the elastic element. The keycap is disposed above the pressing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tao-Kuan Chen, Tzu-Chuan Liang, Yi-Feng Chang
  • Publication number: 20210132707
    Abstract: A mouse device includes a housing, a switch, a button, and a biasing member. The housing has an accommodating space therein. The switch is disposed in the accommodating space. The button covers the housing and includes a pivotal portion and a trigger portion. The pivotal portion is pivotally connected to the housing. The trigger portion extends into the accommodating space. The biasing member is located between the pivotal portion and the trigger portion and forwardly exerts force to the button in a forward-backward axial direction of the mouse device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Tao-Kuan CHEN, Jung-Hsiu LEE
  • Publication number: 20200365349
    Abstract: A keyboard includes an elastic element disposed above a bottom case, a light emitter, a light receiver, a pressing element, and a keycap. When a force toward the bottom case is applied to a top surface of the elastic element, a relationship between a force to move the top surface and a distance from the top surface to the bottom case is in a negative correlation in a path of the top surface from a first position to a second position, and a relationship between a force to move the top surface and a distance from the top surface to the bottom case is in a positive correlation in a path of the top surface from the second position to a third position. The light emitter, the light receiver, and the pressing element are disposed above the elastic element. The keycap is disposed above the pressing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Tao-Kuan CHEN, Tzu-Chuan LIANG, Yi-Feng CHANG
  • Patent number: 5803267
    Abstract: The subject invention relates to a type of structural improvement on keyboard packaging box, said keyboard packaging box comprising an integral cardboard that is cut, folded and assembled; including a bottom box and a top; the bottom box comprising of a bottom, front plate, rear plate and two sides; the side being composed of a first side plate, a second side plate and inner plates; the front plate being adjoined to a separating plate; said separating plate located in the middle part of the bottom box and gradually inclines upward; the keyboard and the armrest can be accommodated respectively below and above the separating plate; the connecting wire of the keyboard can be accommodated in the accommodating chamber formed by one side of the separating plate; by so design to achieve such effects as increased structural strength and better protection of the keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Pin Tu, Tao-Kuan Chen
  • Patent number: D428889
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tao Kuan Chen