Patents by Inventor Yen-Hsing Lin

Yen-Hsing Lin 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).

  • Optical disk drive
    Patent number: 8042124
    Abstract: An optical disk drive includes a body, a tray, a first fastening structure, and a second fastening structure. The body has an opening. The tray is coupled to the body and movable at the opening. The first fastening structure is disposed at the body, and the second fastening structure is disposed at the tray. When the tray is situated in the body, the first fastening structure and second fastening structure are correspondingly fastened to each other to restrict the displacement of the tray along the vertical direction in the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Asustek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Shi-Wei Liu, Chin-Cheng Lin, Ya-Lun Yang, Yen-Hsing Lin
  • Optical disc drive with latching mechanism that facilitates driving mechanism replacement
    Patent number: 7958521
    Abstract: There is provided an optical disc drive designed for reading data stored in an optical disc. The optical disc drive includes a body, a driving module, a body wrapping unit, and an access module designed for reading data stored in the optical disc. The driving module and the access module are both disposed in the body. The driving module has a circuit board and a driving element disposed on the circuit board, and the body has a plurality of latching structures. The driving mechanism is secured to the body with the use of the latching structures, and the driving mechanism is secured at one side of the latching structures. Moreover, the body wrapping unit used to cover the body has at least a limiting portion which is positioned at another side of a portion of the latching structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Yen-Hsing Lin, Chin-Cheng Lin, Ya-Lun Yang
  • Optical disk drive
    Publication number: 20080141292
    Abstract: An optical disk drive includes a body, a tray, a first fastening structure, and a second fastening structure. The body has an opening. The tray is coupled to the body and movable at the opening. The first fastening structure is disposed at the body, and the second fastening structure is disposed at the tray. When the tray is situated in the body, the first fastening structure and second fastening structure are correspondingly fastened to each other to restrict the displacement of the tray along the vertical direction in the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: ASUSTek COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Shi-Wei Liu, Chin-Cheng Lin, Ya-Lun Yang, Yen-Hsing Lin
  • OPTICAL DISC DRIVE
    Publication number: 20080059983
    Abstract: There is provided an optical disc drive designed for reading data stored in an optical disc. The optical disc drive includes a body, a driving module, a body wrapping unit, and an access module designed for reading data stored in the optical disc. The driving module and the access module are both disposed in the body. The driving module has a circuit board and a driving element disposed on the circuit board, and the body has a plurality of latching structures. The driving mechanism is secured to the body with the use of the latching structures, and the driving mechanism is secured at one side of the latching structures. Moreover, the body wrapping unit used to cover the body has at least a limiting portion which is positioned at another side of a portion of the latching structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Publication date: March 6, 2008
    Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yen-Hsing Lin, Chin-Cheng Lin, Ya-Lun Yang