Patents by Inventor Wen Zhou

Wen Zhou 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: 7423877
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a heat-absorbing member having two arched concave walls formed at opposite sides thereof, and a plurality of fins extending outwardly and slantwise from each of the two arched concave walls of the heat-absorbing member toward a middle between a front and a rear of the heat dissipation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shi-Wen Zhou, Peng Liu, Guo Chen
  • Patent number: 7414848
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a base and two heat sinks formed by aluminum extrusion and located on the base. Each heat sink includes a heat conducting portion. The two heat sinks include a plurality of first fins extending inwardly from first faces of the heat conducting portions and located between the heat conducting portions, and a plurality of second fins extending outwardly from second faces of the heat conducting portions. Two heat pipes connect the base and the two heat sinks. Each heat pipe includes a first section thermally engaged with the base, and two second sections extending from the base and thermally engaged with the heat conducting portion of a corresponding heat sink. The second sections are located outside a hub and below fan blades of an impeller of a fan mounted on the heat sinks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shi-Wen Zhou, Peng Liu, Chun-Chi Chen
  • Patent number: 7409751
    Abstract: A clip includes a body having a first end and a second end. A connecting member extends through the first end of the body. A hook plate is attached to a bottom of the connecting member and an actuating member is pivotally coupled to an upper end of the connecting member. The actuating member is pivotable relative to the hook plate in a first direction so that the actuating member is turnable relative to the hook plate between a locked position and an unlocked position. Furthermore, the actuating member is turnable about an axis of the connecting member in a second direction different from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Chi Chen, Shi-Wen Zhou, Zhan Wu
  • Publication number: 20080174964
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a base and two heat sinks formed by aluminum extrusion and located on the base. Each heat sink includes a heat conducting portion. The two heat sinks include a plurality of first fins extending inwardly from first faces of the heat conducting portions and located between the heat conducting portions, and a plurality of second fins extending outwardly from second faces of the heat conducting portions. Two heat pipes connect the base and the two heat sinks. Each heat pipe includes a first section thermally engaged with the base, and two second sections extending from the base and thermally engaged with the heat conducting portion of a corresponding heat sink. The second sections are located outside a hub and below fan blades of an impeller of a fan mounted on the heat sinks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shi-Wen Zhou, Peng Liu, Chun-Chi Chen
  • Patent number: 7397663
    Abstract: A clip includes a body, an actuating member, a first hook plate and a second hook plate. The body includes a supporting portion and a pair of spaced arms extending from opposite sides of the supporting portion. The actuating member includes a cam supported on the supporting portion. The first hook plate is detachably coupled to a distal end of the arms of the body. The second hook plate extends through the supporting portion and is pivotally coupled to the cam of the actuating member. The actuating member is turnable relative to the second hook plate between a locked position and an unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Chi Chen, Shi-Wen Zhou, Guo Chen, Zhan Wu
  • Patent number: 7391615
    Abstract: A clip includes a body with opposite first and second legs, a movable fastener, an actuating member and a sliding axle. The movable fastener has a retaining hole defined therein for engaging with a retention module and an elongated slot above the retaining hole. The actuating member includes a curving slot and is pivotally coupled to the movable fastener via a pivot. The sliding axle extends through the second leg of the body and the elongated slot of the movable fastener to couple them together, and the sliding axle has one portion inserted into the curving slot of the actuating member. When the actuating member is rotated about the pivot, the movable fastener is driven to move relative to the sliding axle between a relaxed position and a locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Meng Fu, Shi-Wen Zhou, Chun-Chi Chen
  • Publication number: 20080142194
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device comprises a radiator comprising a collar, a core received in the collar and a helical heat pipe embedded in a circumferential face of the core. The collar has a receiving hole and a plurality of fins extending radially and outwardly from an outer face of the collar. The core together with the heat pipe is received in the receiving hole of the radiator. The core has a flat bottom face and a top face opposite to the bottom face. The heat pipe is located between the radiator and the core and thermally contacts the collar of the radiator and the core. The heat pipe extends from the bottom face of the core to the top face of the core, and has a flattened bottom face coplanar with the bottom face of the core for contacting with an electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SHI-WEN ZHOU, GUO CHEN, PENG LIU, CHUN-CHI CHEN
  • Publication number: 20080128111
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a base (10), a plurality of fins (20), first and second heat pipes (30), (40), a fan holder (50) and a fan (60) secured to the fan holder. The first heat pipe includes a heat-receiving section (32) and two heat-discharging sections (34). The second heat pipe includes an evaporating portion (42) and two condensing portions (44). The condensing portions of the second heat pipe extend into the fins and are disposed adjacent to opposite ends of each of the fins. One heat-discharging section extends in the fins and is disposed between the condensing portions, thus allowing heat absorbed from the base to be evenly distributed throughout the fins by the heat-discharging sections and the condensing portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shi-Wen Zhou, Chun-Chi Chen, Bao-Chun Chen
  • Publication number: 20080130228
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a heat sink (10) for contacting a heat-generating component and a fan (20) mounted to the heat sink. The fan includes a frame (22) and a motor (24) received in the frame. The fan has an intake. The frame has a top level and a bottom level. An airflow is generated by the fan and flows through the heat sink. An anti-backflow plate (30) is mounted between the top level and the bottom level of the fan. The anti-backflow plate extends outwardly and beyond an extremity of the heat sink to prevent the airflow flowing through the heat sink from entering the intake of the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shi-Wen Zhou, Guo Chen, Peng Liu, Chun-Chi Chen
  • Publication number: 20080130233
    Abstract: A heat sink assembly (10) compatible with an ATX motherboard (20) and a BTX motherboard (30), includes a heat sink and a plurality of fasteners (15) extending through the heat sink. The heat sink includes a base (12) defining a slot (1220) therein. The fastener is capable of sliding along the slot between a first position to a second position to make the heat sink assembly in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention to be adapted for use with the ATX motherboard or the BTX motherboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhao Jin, Jun Cao, Shi-Wen Zhou, Chun-Chi Chen
  • Patent number: 7382047
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device (1) includes a heat sink (10), a fan (20), and a cooling member (30). The heat sink includes a base, a plurality of fins extending from the base and at least one heat pipe thermally connecting the base and the fins. The cooling member is provided with a fin assembly thereon and includes a cold surface attached to one side of the fins and a condensing portion of the at least one heat pipe to make the one side of the fins and the condensing portion have a lower temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Chi Chen, Shi-Wen Zhou, Zhan Wu
  • Publication number: 20080121372
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a heat sink including a base for contacting with an electronic device, a fin set having a plurality of fins, and a heat pipe having a first section thermally attached to the base and a second section extending through the fin set. Each of the fins has an airflow guiding structure in a passage formed between two neighboring fins. A fan is attached to a front of the heat sink. An airflow provided by the fan flows into the passage and is then directed by the airflow guiding structure to joints of the second section of the heat pipe with the fins where more heat from the electronic device is accumulated. The guiding structure includes two guiding sidewalls extending in a diverging manner from the fan toward a rear of the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SHI-WEN ZHOU, CHUN-CHI CHEN, BAO-CHUN CHEN
  • Publication number: 20080121370
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a heat spreader (20), a heat sink (10) attached to the heat spreader (20), a sleeve (40) and a heat pipe (30). The heat spreader (20) is for contacting a heat-generating electronic device. The heat sink (10) includes a base (12) and a plurality of fins (14, 15) extending from the base (12). The sleeve (40) is inserted into a through hole (16) defined in the fins (14, 15). The heat pipe (30) includes an evaporating portion (31) sandwiched between the heat spreader (20) and the base (12), and a condensing portion (33) received in the sleeve (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Li Luo, Shi-Wen Zhou, Chun-Chi Chen
  • Publication number: 20080105409
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a base for absorbing heat from a heat generating device and a first fin set disposed on the base. Two second fin sets are located on two sides of the first fin set and extend beyond the base. At least a heat pipe includes a first section thermally sandwiched between the base and the first fin set and extending totally within and thermally contacting with the two second fin sets, and a second section extending away from the base and thermally contacting the first fin set and the second fin set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: WEN-LI LUO, SHI-WEN ZHOU, CHUN-CHI CHEN
  • Publication number: 20080105411
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a first base plate (10), a fin group (30) arranged on the first base plate, a first heat pipe (50) attached on the first base plate and the fin group and a second heat pipe (60) attached on the first base plate and extending across the fin group. Each of the first and second heat pipes includes an absorbing section and a dissipating section. The absorbing sections of the first and second heat pipes are L-shaped and oriented in opposite directions and dissipating sections of the first and second heat pipes are oriented perpendicular to each other, whereby heat from the first base plate attached with an electronic component can take more different dissipating-paths from the first base plate to the fin group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Cao, Zhan Wu, Shi-Wen Zhou
  • Patent number: 7365978
    Abstract: A heat dissipating device includes a heat sink (60), a radiator (70) and heat-transfer pipes (80). The heat sink includes a chassis (62), a plate (64) separate from the chassis and a plurality of fins (66) extending between the chassis and the plate. The radiator includes a base (72) parallel to the fins. Each heat-transfer pipe includes a heat-absorbing portion (82) thermally positioned to the chassis, a heat-releasing portion (84) thermally positioned to the plate and a heat-transfer portion (86) disposed between the heat-absorbing portion and the heat-releasing portion. The heat-transfer portion is thermally received in the base of the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Foxcomm Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Chi Chen, Shi-Wen Zhou, Meng Fu, Chi Liang
  • Publication number: 20080093052
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device is used for removing heat from an electronic device. The heat dissipation device includes a base adapted for thermally engaging with the electronic device, the base having a top face and defining two juxtaposed, sinuous grooves in the same side as the top face, two flat heat pipes fittingly received in the grooves of the base, and a plurality of fins arranged on the top surface of the base and the flat heat pipes, wherein each of the grooves encloses a first U-shaped region and a second U-shaped region which is smaller than the first U-shaped region. The first and second U-shaped regions have opposite orientations, and the second U-shaped region of one of the grooves is located in the first U-shaped region of another one of the grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Applicant: FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: PING-AN YANG, SHI-WEN ZHOU, CHUN-CHI CHEN
  • Publication number: 20080084670
    Abstract: A clip includes a body with opposite first and second legs, a movable fastener, an actuating member and a sliding axle. The movable fastener has a retaining hole defined therein for engaging with a retention module and an elongated slot above the retaining hole. The actuating member includes a curving slot and is pivotally coupled to the movable fastener via a pivot. The sliding axle extends through the second leg of the body and the elongated slot of the movable fastener to couple them together, and the sliding axle has one portion inserted into the curving slot of the actuating member. When the actuating member is rotated about the pivot, the movable fastener is driven to move relative to the sliding axle between a relaxed position and a locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Meng Fu, Shi-Wen Zhou, Chun-Chi Chen
  • Publication number: 20080083528
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device (100) includes a heat sink (10) having a plurality of fins (14) and a plurality of mounting brackets (20) buckled with the fins of the heat sink. Each of the mounting brackets includes a mounting plate (22) mounted on a top of the heat sink and a baffle plate (26) extending from one side of the mounting plate to a bottom of the heat sink. The baffle plate terminates with a retaining plate (28). A plurality of fasteners (50) extends through the retaining plates to mount the heat dissipation device onto a printed circuit board. Self-tapping screws (40) are used to extend through the fan and the mounting plates of the mounting brackets and threadedly engage with the fins thereby mounting the fan on the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Applicant: FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHUN-CHI CHEN, SHI-WEN ZHOU, GUO CHEN, LI HE, PENG LIU
  • Patent number: 7345879
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device includes a primary heat sink (10) contacting a central processing unit and a secondary heat sink (20) attached on heat-generating electronic components adjacent the central processing unit. The primary heat sink includes a base (12) and a heat-dissipation portion (14) disposed on a middle of the base. The secondary heat sink includes a substrate (22) and a plurality of fin assemblies (24) arranged on the substrate. The base is laid on the substrate with the fin assemblies arranged around the heat-dissipation portion. The primary heat sink is partly superposed on the secondary heat sink with a compact structure. The heat-dissipation portion can simultaneously dissipate heat from the central processing unit and its adjacent heat-generating electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Chi Chen, Shi-Wen Zhou, Meng Fu, Dong-Bo Zheng