Patents by Inventor Wen-Hsiang Chen

Wen-Hsiang 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).

  • Patent number: 6883206
    Abstract: A swivel hinge with angular fixing structure is employed to connect a mainframe and a display means of a notebook computer. The swivel hinge has a fixture part, a fixture friction ring, a rotation part, a rotation friction ring, and an elastic ring. The fixture part mounted on the mainframe has a through hole in the center thereof. The fixture friction ring mounted on the fixture part has at least one holder on the surface. The rotation friction ring mounted on the rotation part has at least one slot in the surface thereof. The elastic ring is located between the fixture part and the fixture friction ring. If the slot and the holder on the friction ring fit into each other, the desired angular fixing function is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Chang Yang, Jung-Wen Chang, Wen-Hsiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20040227724
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display with optical disk drive control functions is described. The liquid crystal display is utilized in a notebook/tablet dual-purpose computer. The liquid crystal display has a liquid crystal display panel, a plurality of control buttons, and an option determining device. The control buttons can directly control the optical disk drive to play an optical disk content on the liquid crystal display panel after the control functions of the control buttons are set by the option determining device. The option determining device is capable of switching within predetermined working functions of the liquid crystal display. The computer is capable of playing the optical disk content as a central processing unit thereof shuts down. The option determining device further includes an option controller and an option inductor to switch the liquid crystal display to a handwriting input panel and set the functions of the control buttons.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventors: Jung-Wen Chang, Wen-Hsiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20040194256
    Abstract: A two-sided POP UP structure is employed to pop up a LCD screen of notebook/tablet PC while releasing. A display panel of a notebook/tablet PC is connected to a mainframe of the notebook/tablet PC via a hinge. The two-sided POP UP structure has a male part and female part. One end of the male part is fixed to the hinge, and the other end is a cylinder with a holding rib. One end of the female part is fixed to the display panel, and the other end is an elastic metal shaped around the cylinder of the male part. The elastic metal is cut to form a rotation slot for the holding rib. When the holding rib interferes with the elastic metal, the elastic metal deforms to allow the LCD screen to pop up more easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Wen-Hsiang Chen, Kuo-Chang Yang, Chung-Yu Lee
  • Publication number: 20040189017
    Abstract: A magnetic locking device is described. The magnetic locking device is utilized for locking an electric device upper cover especially for locking both sides of the display cover of a notebook/tablet dual-purpose personal computer. The magnetic locking device has a lock module and a hook module. The lock module installed in the upper cover has a lock module base, a release button, a magnet, a first bezel and a second bezel. The hook module installed in the electric device base has a hook module base, a spring device, and a hook. The spring device pulls the hook to hide in the electric device base when the hook is not working to improve the electric device appearance and to eliminate interference during operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Inventors: Wen-Hsiang Chen, Kuo-Chang Yang, Jung-Wen Chang
  • Patent number: 6771497
    Abstract: A heat dissipation apparatus for a notebook computer with a desktop central processing unit is described. The heat dissipation apparatus has a heat pipe, a first heat exchanger, a first fan, a second heat exchanger, and a second fan. The heat pipe couples with the desktop central processing unit to absorb heat therefrom. The first heat exchanger couples with the heat pipe directly above the desktop central processing unit. The first fan blows on the first heat exchanger to remove internal heat. The second heat exchanger couples with the heat pipe to absorb the residual heat from the heat pipe and the second fan blows on the second heat exchanger to remove the residual heat. The second fan starts working when the internal temperature of the notebook computer is too high. Both the first fan and second fan comprise two inlets respectively, and therefore the cold air is from both inside and outside of the notebook computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Quanta Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Wen-Hsiang Chen, Jung-Wen Chang
  • Publication number: 20040141284
    Abstract: A rotatable display fixing module is described. The rotatable display fixing module has a first rotational device, a second rotational device, a fixing switch and an auxiliary fixing stud. The first rotational device rotatably connects with a display and the second rotational device. The fixing switch and the auxiliary fixing stud rebound up to fix the second rotational device at predetermined angles and the auxiliary fixing stud passes through a fixing hole on a rotational element of the second rotational device. The display can therefore rotate on the first rotational device only. When the fixing switch and the auxiliary fixing stud are pressed, the display can rotate on the first rotational device and the second rotational device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Wen-Hsiang Chen, Kuo-Chang Yang, Jung-Wen Chang
  • Publication number: 20040139578
    Abstract: A swivel hinge with angular fixing structure is employed to connect a mainframe and a display means of a notebook computer. The swivel hinge has a fixture part, a fixture friction ring, a rotation part, a rotation friction ring, and an elastic ring. The fixture part mounted on the mainframe has a through hole in the center thereof. The fixture friction ring mounted on the fixture part has at least one holder on the surface. The rotation friction ring mounted on the rotation part has at least one slot in the surface thereof. The elastic ring is located between the fixture part and the fixture friction ring. If the slot and the holder on the friction ring fit into each other, the desired angular fixing function is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: July 22, 2004
    Inventors: Kuo-Chang Yang, Jung-Wen Chang, Wen-Hsiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20040057205
    Abstract: A heat dissipation apparatus for a notebook computer with a desktop central processing unit is described. The heat dissipation apparatus has a heat pipe, a first heat exchanger, a first fan, a second heat exchanger, and a second fan. The heat pipe couples with the desktop central processing unit to absorb heat therefrom. The first heat exchanger couples with the heat pipe directly above the desktop central processing unit. The first fan blows on the first heat exchanger to remove internal heat. The second heat exchanger couples with the heat pipe to absorb the residual heat from the heat pipe and the second fan blows on the second heat exchanger to remove the residual heat. The second fan starts working when the internal temperature of the notebook computer is too high. Both the first fan and second fan comprise two inlets respectively, and therefore the cold air is from both inside and outside of the notebook computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2002
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Wen-Hsiang Chen, Jung-Wen Chang
  • Publication number: 20030162608
    Abstract: An improved structure of a golf club head is disclosed. The golf club head comprises a bottom housing made from a metallic material, a housing cap made from a complex material. The top section and the impact face are made from complex material and a metallic material is adhered onto the impact face (with increasing hardness) such that there is elasticity, when the club head impacts a ball, to better control the ball. The bottom or the lateral side of the club head is provided with an air inlet for fixing a heavy block so as to adjust the weigh center of the club head to improve performance of impacting a golf ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventor: Wen-Hsiang Chen
  • Patent number: 6453486
    Abstract: A detachable bracket. The bracket includes a body having an elongate slot open to the internal end and the surface, an engagement member inserted into the slot, the engagement member having a concave surface facing the slot, a threaded member releasably secured onto the slot, and a pivot member at the outer end of the body. The pivot member includes a longitudinal groove perpendicular to the slot. In assembly, mount a sliding post to body from the internal end of the slot, insert the engagement member into the slot to engage the concave surface with the post, secure the threaded member onto the slot, and hand a shower head on the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Moon Signal MFGS Association
    Inventor: Wen-Hsiang Chen
  • Patent number: 6139670
    Abstract: A method of making golf clubs of thermoplastic composite material is disclosed. The present method is characterized in that the composite material wound around a mandrel is consolidated by using a metal sheet. This method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a tapered mandrel, and wrapping the mandrel with at least a sheet of thermoplastic prepreg to form a laminated outer shell; (b) heating the thermoplastic prepreg to a molten state; (c) enclosing the laminated outer shell with at least a metal sheet, and heating the metal sheet and the laminated outer shell while constricting said metal sheet to thereby consolidate the molten prepreg to form a tubular body; and (d) releasing the metal sheet and withdrawing the mandrel from the tubular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Jen-Loong Hwang, Wen-Hsiang Chen, Yio Don Wu
  • Patent number: D487891
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Kuo-Chang Yang, Shih-Hwa Lan, Wen-Hsiang Chen, Chang-Yu Shieh