Patents by Inventor Wei-Chuan Chao

Wei-Chuan Chao 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: 12386443
    Abstract: An electrode structure includes a substrate and a silver nanowire electrode disposed on the substrate. The electrode structure can be changed from an expanded state to a bent state with a bending radius of about 2-4 mm. The electrode structure includes a bending region and a first non-bending region and a second non-bending region respectively adjacent to the bending region in the bent state. The silver nanowire electrode has a change rate of a resistance value between the bent state and the expanded state of less than 10% in an electrode section of the bending region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Jian Zhang, Si Qiang Xu, Mei Fen Bai, Wei Chuan Chao, Jun Hua Huang, Song Xin Wang, Feng Ming Xue, Long Yun Zhan, Jin Shou Huang
  • Publication number: 20240370109
    Abstract: An electrode structure includes a substrate and a silver nanowire electrode disposed on the substrate. The electrode structure can be changed from an expanded state to a bent state with a bending radius of about 2-4 mm. The electrode structure includes a bending region and a first non-bending region and a second non-bending region respectively adjacent to the bending region in the bent state. The silver nanowire electrode has a change rate of a resistance value between the bent state and the expanded state of less than 10% in an electrode section of the bending region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Jian Zhang, Si Qiang Xu, Mei Fen Bai, Wei Chuan Chao, Jun Hua Huang, Song Xin Wang, Feng Ming Xue, Long Yun Zhan, Jin Shou Huang
  • Publication number: 20240231515
    Abstract: An electrode structure includes a substrate and a silver nanowire electrode disposed on the substrate. The electrode structure can be changed from an expanded state to a bent state with a bending radius of about 2-4 mm. The electrode structure includes a bending region and a first non-bending region and a second non-bending region respectively adjacent to the bending region in the bent state. The silver nanowire electrode has a change rate of a resistance value between the bent state and the expanded state of less than 10% in an electrode section of the bending region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jian Zhang, Si Qiang Xu, Mei Fen Bai, Wei Chuan Chao, Jun Hua Huang, Song Xin Wang, Feng Ming Xue, Long Yun Zhan, Jin Shou Huang
  • Patent number: 11762498
    Abstract: A touch sensor having a visible area and a peripheral area includes a substrate, a metal nanowire layer, a transitional insulating portion, and a silver layer. The metal nanowire layer is disposed on the substrate and defines a plurality of electrode portions corresponding to the visible area and a plurality of wiring portions corresponding to the peripheral area, in which the adjacent wiring portions are spaced apart by a spaced region. The transitional insulating portion is disposed in the spaced region and adjacent and connected to a sidewall of each of the wiring portions, and a gap is between two of the transitional insulating portions that are respectively connected to the adjacent wiring portions. The silver layer is disposed on an upper surface of the wiring portions, and the silver layer and the wiring portions together constitute a plurality of peripheral traces of the touch sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Shao Jie Liu, Chia Jui Lin, Wei Chuan Chao, Jian Zhang, Longyun Zhan, Jun Hua Huang
  • Patent number: 11652051
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a contact structure and an electronic device having the same. The contact structure includes: a substrate; a copper layer disposed on the substrate; an adhesion promotion layer disposed on the copper layer, wherein the adhesion promotion layer forms a monomolecular adsorption layer on the surface of the copper layer; and a silver nanowire layer disposed on the adhesion promotion layer, and the adhesive force between the copper layer and the silver nanowire layer is 3B or more. In the present disclosure, by disposing the adhesion promotion layer on the copper layer, in the stacked structure of the copper layer and the silver nanowire layer, the adhesive force between the copper layer and the silver nanowire layer is increased, so as to prevent a peeling phenomenon of the copper layer occurring in the subsequent yellow-light process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Min Jiang, Xi-Zhao Wang, Li-Wei Mu, Shan-Yu Wu, Chih-Min Chen, Chao-Hui Kuo, Wei-Chuan Chao, Chia Jui Lin
  • Publication number: 20220238749
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a contact structure and an electronic device having the same. The contact structure includes: a substrate; a copper layer disposed on the substrate; an adhesion promotion layer disposed on the copper layer, wherein the adhesion promotion layer forms a monomolecular adsorption layer on the surface of the copper layer; and a silver nanowire layer disposed on the adhesion promotion layer, and the adhesive force between the copper layer and the silver nanowire layer is 3B or more. In the present disclosure, by disposing the adhesion promotion layer on the copper layer, in the stacked structure of the copper layer and the silver nanowire layer, the adhesive force between the copper layer and the silver nanowire layer is increased, so as to prevent a peeling phenomenon of the copper layer occurring in the subsequent yellow-light process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Yi-Min Jiang, Xi-Zhao Wang, Li-Wei Mu, Shan-Yu Wu, Chih-Min Chen, Chao-Hui Kuo, Wei-Chuan Chao, Chia Jui Lin
  • Patent number: 11340747
    Abstract: A touch sensor having a visible area and a peripheral area on at least one side of the visible area includes a substrate and a first touch electrode layer. The substrate has a hole area corresponding to the visible area, and the hole area has a first edge. The first touch electrode layer is disposed on the substrate and corresponding to the visible area. The first touch electrode layer includes a first electrode line extending along a first direction, and the first electrode line has a first portion close to the hole area and a second portion far from the hole area along the first direction. The first portion of the first electrode line is connected to the second portion of the first electrode line, and the first portion of the first electrode line is disposed adjacent to the first edge along a contour of the hole area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: TPK Advanced Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Jui Lin, Wei-Chuan Chao, Shao-Jie Liu, Si-Qiang Xu