Patents by Inventor Tsao-Yuan Fu

Tsao-Yuan Fu 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: 8395909
    Abstract: A display module includes a display panel, an external frame, and a pad structure. The external frame is disposed at a side of the display panel. The pad structure is disposed between the display panel and the external frame. A panel-absorbing portion is formed on a surface of the pad structure facing the display panel. The panel-absorbing portion is used for absorbing the display panel so as to fix the pad structure on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chin-Hsing Cho, Tsao-Yuan Fu
  • Patent number: 8337069
    Abstract: A lightbar device includes a plastic frame, a back plate, a lightbar, and at least one fixing pad. At least one positioning hole is formed on the back plate. The lightbar is slidably disposed between the back plate and the plastic frame. The fixing pad includes a base, a side board, and a first clamping portion. A recession is formed at the base. The recession is used for engaging with the positioning hole so as to fix the fixing pad onto the back plate. The side board is formed at a side of the base. The first clamping portion is formed at a position of the base opposite to the side board. The first clamping portion is used for clamping a first side of the lightbar cooperatively with the side board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chin-Hsing Cho, Tsao-Yuan Fu
  • Patent number: 8210700
    Abstract: A backlight module including a housing, a first reflector plate, a light guide plate, a second reflector plate and at least one light bar is provided. The first reflector plate is disposed on a bottom of the housing, and the light guide plate is disposed within the housing. The light guide plate includes a first optical surface, a second optical surface and a light emitting surface, and the first optical surface is adjacent to the first reflector plate. The second reflector plate is adjacent to the second optical surface of the light guide plate. The light bar is disposed between the first reflector plate and the light guide plate, and the light bar is opposite to the second optical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chin-Hsing Cho, Tsao-Yuan Fu
  • Patent number: 8186868
    Abstract: A wire fixing structure for fixing a wire includes a fixing portion, a first side wall, a first positioning portion, a first protruding portion, a second side wall and a blocking wall. The first side wall is connected to the fixing portion. The first protruding portion is connected to one end of the first positioning portion, and the second side wall is connected to another end of the first positioning portion. There is a first accommodating space between the second side wall and the first protruding portion. The blocking wall connects the first and second side walls. There is a second accommodating space between the blocking wall, the first side wall and the second side wall. The wire winds around the first protruding portion and passes through the first and second accommodating spaces, so as to be fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chin-Hsing Cho, Tsao-Yuan Fu
  • Publication number: 20120092893
    Abstract: A lightbar device includes a plastic frame, a back plate, a lightbar, and at least one fixing pad. At least one positioning hole is formed on the back plate. The lightbar is slidably disposed between the back plate and the plastic frame. The fixing pad includes a base, a side board, and a first clamping portion. A recession is formed at the base. The recession is used for engaging with the positioning hole so as to fix the fixing pad onto the back plate. The side board is formed at a side of the base. The first clamping portion is formed at a position of the base opposite to the side board. The first clamping portion is used for clamping a first side of the lightbar cooperatively with the side board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventors: Chin-Hsing Cho, Tsao-Yuan Fu
  • Patent number: 8149590
    Abstract: A circuit board fixing element is provided. The circuit board fixing element is used for fixing a circuit board on a sheet, and includes a fixing portion, a buckling portion, and a connecting portion. The buckling portion is made of a resilient material. The connecting portion is connected between the fixing portion and the buckling portion, and has two opposite ends and a side surface connected to the ends. The fixing portion and the buckling portion are respectively located on the ends and protrude from the side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chin-Hsing Cho, Simon Pan, Tsao-Yuan Fu
  • Patent number: 8118472
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fixing structure for printed circuit board of backlight module. It includes a protective cover having at least one first supporting portion and the first supporting portion having a first protrusion; a printed circuit board having at least one pierce hole; and a back plate having at least one second supporting portion and the second supporting portion having a second protrusion, wherein the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion oppositely support the printed circuit board, the first protrusion and the second protrusion oppositely wedge in the pierce hole, and two copper areas respectively surround two ends of the pierce hole and electrically connect with the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion. The present invention economizes the cost of using screws and eliminates the static electricity from the printed circuit board of the backlight module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung-Chih Hsieh, Hui-Ju Hsu, Tsao-Yuan Fu
  • Publication number: 20120019483
    Abstract: An optical touch-controlled module including a frame, a plurality of optical transceivers, and three reflective sticks is provided. The frame can be combined with a display module and includes a plurality of bars. The bars are connected with each other and surround a frame opening. The optical transceivers are disposed on the frame and located separately on the two opposite ends of one of the bars. Each of the reflective strips is disposed on one of the bars, and one of the reflective strips is located between the other two reflective strips. The reflective strips surround the frame opening and reflect the light emitted from each of the optical transceivers. Moreover, an optical touch-controlled display device including the optical touch-controlled module is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Inventors: Cheng-Sheng Chiang, Po-Fu Kuo, Tsao-Yuan Fu, Hui-Ju Hsu
  • Patent number: 7959318
    Abstract: A backlight module including a first side frame, a plurality of first elastic holding elements, a second side frame, a plurality of second elastic holding elements, and a plurality of lamps is provided. The first side frame has a plurality of first containing grooves, and the first elastic holding elements are disposed in the first containing grooves respectively. In addition, the second side frame has a plurality of second containing grooves, and the second elastic holding elements are disposed in the second containing grooves respectively. The lamps are connected between the first side frame and the second side frame. Two ends of the lamps are fixed through the first elastic holding elements and the second elastic holding elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chin-Hsing Cho, Tsao-Yuan Fu, Sheng-Chieh Chao
  • Publication number: 20110128720
    Abstract: A wire fixing structure for fixing a wire includes a fixing portion, a first side wall, a first positioning portion, a first protruding portion, a second side wall and a blocking wall. The first side wall is connected to the fixing portion. The first protruding portion is connected to one end of the first positioning portion, and the second side wall is connected to another end of the first positioning portion. There is a first accommodating space between the second side wall and the first protruding portion. The blocking wall connects the first and second side walls. There is a second accommodating space between the blocking wall, the first side wall and the second side wall. The wire winds around the first protruding portion and passes through the first and second accommodating spaces, so as to be fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventors: Chin-Hsing Cho, Tsao-Yuan Fu
  • Publication number: 20110110069
    Abstract: A display module includes a display panel, an external frame, and a pad structure. The external frame is disposed at a side of the display panel. The pad structure is disposed between the display panel and the external frame. A panel-absorbing portion is formed on a surface of the pad structure facing the display panel. The panel-absorbing portion is used for absorbing the display panel so as to fix the pad structure on the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2010
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Inventors: Chin-Hsing Cho, Tsao-Yuan Fu
  • Publication number: 20110075329
    Abstract: A circuit board fixing element is provided. The circuit board fixing element is used for fixing a circuit board on a sheet, and includes a fixing portion, a buckling portion, and a connecting portion. The buckling portion is made of a resilient material. The connecting portion is connected between the fixing portion and the buckling portion, and has two opposite ends and a side surface connected to the ends. The fixing portion and the buckling portion are respectively located on the ends and protrude from the side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Chin-Hsing CHO, Simon PAN, Tsao-Yuan FU
  • Patent number: 7854526
    Abstract: A lamp holder applied in a backlight module includes a base and at least one clamp element. The base has a high reflectivity, while the clamp element is of a transparent and fluorescent characteristic. In addition, the clamp element has a clamp part to hold the lamp. When light radiates from the lamp, the light of the lamp can penetrate through the clamp element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chin-Hsing Cho, Sheng-Chieh Chao, Tsao-Yuan Fu
  • Publication number: 20100226147
    Abstract: A lightweight light guide plate and a backlight module thereof are provided. The backlight module includes a light guide plate whose thickness gradually reduces from four edges to a center point of a light guide plate body to form a concave, an optical film group disposed on a plane of the light guide plate body, net points disposed on the concave, in which a unit area density of the net points gradually increases from the four edges to the center point of the light guide plate body respectively, LEDs respectively disposed at the four edges of the light guide plate body, a reflector corresponding to the concave of the light guide plate body, and a back frame having the reflector disposed thereon. The weight of the light guide plate body and backlight module thereof can be reduced, and the cost of materials for the light guide plate can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Sheng Chiang, Po-Fu Kuo, Tsao-Yuan Fu, Hui-Ju Hsu
  • Publication number: 20100226076
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an element fixing structure. The element fixing structure includes a first fixing element, a second fixing element, a plurality of locking elements and at least two third fixing elements. The second fixing element has a locking structure, which has an inner thread. The locking element includes a screw. The third fixing element has at least one second passing slots. The first fixing element has at least two protrusion structures, wherein the protrusion structure has a first passing slot. The first fixing element, the second fixing element and at least two third fixing elements are locked with the locking structure by the locking element. Hence, the element fixing structure is used to reduce the numbers of the locking elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Sheng Chiang, Po-Fu Kuo, Tsao-Yuan Fu, Hui-Ju Hsu
  • Publication number: 20100226146
    Abstract: A backlight module including a housing, a first reflector plate, a light guide plate, a second reflector plate and at least one light bar is provided. The first reflector plate is disposed on a bottom of the housing, and the light guide plate is disposed within the housing. The light guide plate includes a first optical surface, a second optical surface and a light emitting surface, and the first optical surface is adjacent to the first reflector plate. The second reflector plate is adjacent to the second optical surface of the light guide plate. The light bar is disposed between the first reflector plate and the light guide plate, and the light bar is opposite to the second optical surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
    Inventors: Chin-Hsing Cho, Tsao-Yuan Fu
  • Publication number: 20100165642
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fixing structure for printed circuit board of backlight module. It includes a protective cover having at least one first supporting portion and the first supporting portion having a first protrusion; a printed circuit board having at least one pierce hole; and a back plate having at least one second supporting portion and the second supporting portion having a second protrusion, wherein the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion oppositely support the printed circuit board, the first protrusion and the second protrusion oppositely wedge in the pierce hole, and two copper areas respectively surround two ends of the pierce hole and electrically connect with the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion. The present invention economizes the cost of using screws and eliminates the static electricity from the printed circuit board of the backlight module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Chung-Chih Hsieh, Hui-Ju Hsu, Tsao-Yuan Fu
  • Publication number: 20100124042
    Abstract: A lamp holder applied in a backlight module includes a base and at least one clamp element. The base has a high reflectivity, while the clamp element is of a transparent and fluorescent characteristic. In addition, the clamp element has a clamp part to hold the lamp. When light radiates from the lamp, the light of the lamp can penetrate through the clamp element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventors: Chin-Hsing Cho, Sheng-Chieh Chao, Tsao-Yuan Fu
  • Publication number: 20090323312
    Abstract: A backlight module including a first side frame, a plurality of first elastic holding elements, a second side frame, a plurality of second elastic holding elements, and a plurality of lamps is provided. The first side frame has a plurality of first containing grooves, and the first elastic holding elements are disposed in the first containing grooves respectively. In addition, the second side frame has a plurality of second containing grooves, and the second elastic holding elements are disposed in the second containing grooves respectively. The lamps are connected between the first side frame and the second side frame. Two ends of the lamps are fixed through the first elastic holding elements and the second elastic holding elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
    Inventors: Chin-Hsing Cho, Tsao-Yuan Fu, Sheng-Chieh Chao
  • Publication number: 20080089061
    Abstract: A direct type backlight module including a frame, a plurality of light sources, an optical plate and an upper frame is provided. The frame includes a bottom frame and a side frame extending upward from the edge of the bottom frame. The light sources are disposed on the bottom frame, and the optical plate is disposed on the side frame above the light sources. The frame and the upper frame are assembled, wherein the optical plate is located between the upper frame and the frame. The upper frame has at lease one protrusion located above the optical plate and protruding to the optical plate. Therefore, the deformation of the optical plate can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Applicant: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
    Inventors: Chung-Chih Hsieh, Tsao-Yuan Fu, Chi-Sheng Lin, Wen-Yu Lin