Patents by Inventor Yi-Fang Chuang

Yi-Fang Chuang 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: 10938133
    Abstract: A high frequency optimized connector including a circuit board having a top surface and a bottom surface is disclosed. A first golden finger set is placed on the top surface. A second golden finger set is placed on the bottom surface. The first golden finger set includes multiple data golden fingers and multiple auxiliary golden fingers. One end of each data golden finger is placed on a front section of the top surface, while the other end is connected from the front section of the top surface to the bottom surface through multiple middle through holes. One end of each auxiliary golden finger is placed on the front section, while the other end is extended to a rear section of the top surface through multiple first extension lines and is connected from the rear section to the bottom surface through multiple terminal through holes on the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignees: NICECONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Fang Chuang, Nai-Chien Chang
  • Patent number: 10797449
    Abstract: A connector having a one-piece housing includes a metal sleeve and a circuit board. The metal sleeve is open at both ends thereof and the metal sleeve integrally extends along its circumferential direction. A part of the metal sleeve is narrow than other parts and a neck is formed thereon. A tongue is formed protruding from an edge of the circuit board and multiple terminals are printed on at least a surface of the tongue. A part of the circuit board is interference fit in the neck of the metal sleeve, and the tongue is accommodated in the metal sleeve. The tongue is surrounded by the metal sleeve and is spaced apart from an inner wall of the metal sleeve. The tongue is ensured to be separated from electromagnetic interferences by the metal sleeve to ensure efficiency and stability of the signal transmitted in the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignees: NICECONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Fang Chuang, Nai-Chien Chang
  • Publication number: 20200287335
    Abstract: A connector having a one-piece housing includes a metal sleeve and a circuit board. The metal sleeve is open at both ends thereof and the metal sleeve integrally extends along its circumferential direction. A part of the metal sleeve is narrow than other parts and a neck is formed thereon. A tongue is formed protruding from an edge of the circuit board and multiple terminals are printed on at least a surface of the tongue. A part of the circuit board is interference fit in the neck of the metal sleeve, and the tongue is accommodated in the metal sleeve. The tongue is surrounded by the metal sleeve and is spaced apart from an inner wall of the metal sleeve. The tongue is ensured to be separated from electromagnetic interferences by the metal sleeve to ensure efficiency and stability of the signal transmitted in the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Yi-Fang CHUANG, Nai-Chien CHANG
  • Publication number: 20190356069
    Abstract: A high frequency optimized connector including a circuit board having a top surface and a bottom surface is disclosed. A first golden finger set is placed on the top surface. A second golden finger set is placed on the bottom surface. The first golden finger set includes multiple data golden fingers and multiple auxiliary golden fingers. One end of each data golden finger is placed on a front section of the top surface, while the other end is connected from the front section of the top surface to the bottom surface through multiple middle through holes. One end of each auxiliary golden finger is placed on the front section, while the other end is extended to a rear section of the top surface through multiple first extension lines and is connected from the rear section to the bottom surface through multiple terminal through holes on the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Yi-Fang CHUANG, Nai-Chien CHANG
  • Patent number: 10361523
    Abstract: A USB connecting apparatus includes a board member, a plurality of first conductive connection portions, a metal housing and an assembly structure. The board member is a printed circuit board complying with the USB-Type C specification and includes a main body portion and a tongue portion. The tongue portion includes two surfaces facing toward each other. Each first conductive connection portion is electrically disposed on at least one surface of the tongue portion in order to form a tongue plate. The metal housing is arranged on the board member and surrounds the tongue plate correspondingly. The assembly structure is arranged on the plate member and/or the metal housing. The plate member and the metal housing are positioned relative to each other via the assembly structure. Accordingly, the USB connecting apparatus can be used on an existing electronic product circuit board and can be directly used as USB Type-C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignees: NICECONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Fang Chuang, Nai-Chien Chang
  • Patent number: 10361498
    Abstract: A board-to-board connector includes a first circuit board and a second circuit board. The first circuit board has at least one cut. The second circuit board includes a tongue assembly disposed corresponding to the cut, a plurality of connection portions disposed on two opposite surfaces of the tongue assembly, and a plurality of conductive portions electrically connected to the first circuit board. Therefore, the board-to-board connector can effectively reduce the distance between the first circuit board and the second circuit board, which is applicable to the increasingly lightweight and compact electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignees: NICECONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Fang Chuang, Nai-Chien Chang
  • Publication number: 20190081422
    Abstract: A board-to-board connector includes a first circuit board and a second circuit board. The first circuit board has at least one cut. The second circuit board includes a tongue assembly disposed corresponding to the cut, a plurality of connection portions disposed on two opposite surfaces of the tongue assembly, and a plurality of conductive portions electrically connected to the first circuit board. Therefore, the board-to-board connector can effectively reduce the distance between the first circuit board and the second circuit board, which is applicable to the increasingly lightweight and compact electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Yi-Fang CHUANG, Nai-Chien CHANG
  • Publication number: 20180138646
    Abstract: A USB connecting apparatus includes a board member, a plurality of first conductive connection portions, a metal housing and an assembly structure. The board member is a printed circuit board complying with the USB-Type C specification and includes a main body portion and a tongue portion. The tongue portion includes two surfaces facing toward each other. Each first conductive connection portion is electrically disposed on at least one surface of the tongue portion in order to form a tongue plate. The metal housing is arranged on the board member and surrounds the tongue plate correspondingly. The assembly structure is arranged on the plate member and/or the metal housing. The plate member and the metal housing are positioned relative to each other via the assembly structure. Accordingly, the USB connecting apparatus can be used on an existing electronic product circuit board and can be directly used as USB Type-C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Yi-Fang CHUANG, Nai-Chien CHANG
  • Patent number: 9929492
    Abstract: A composite electronic connector comprising an insulating housing, a USB Type-C connector and a USB Type-A connector which are arranged in the insulating housing is disclosed. The USB Type-C connector comprises a circuit board, a connecting line and a plurality of transferring terminals. One side of the circuit board is arranged with twenty-four golden fingers, other side of the circuit board is connected with the plurality of transferring terminals. The connecting line is used to integrate signal transmitted through the twenty-four golden fingers of the USB Type-C connector into USB Type-A standard adopted outputting signal, and outputs the outputting signal through the plurality of transferring terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: NICECONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Fang Chuang, Nai-Chien Chang
  • Publication number: 20170179658
    Abstract: A composite electronic connector comprising an insulating housing, a USB Type-C connector and a USB Type-A connector which are arranged in the insulating housing is disclosed. The USB Type-C connector comprises a circuit board, a connecting line and a plurality of transferring terminals. One side of the circuit board is arranged with twenty-four golden fingers, other side of the circuit board is connected with the plurality of transferring terminals. The connecting line is used to integrate signal transmitted through the twenty-four golden fingers of the USB Type-C connector into USB Type-A standard adopted outputting signal, and outputs the outputting signal through the plurality of transferring terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Yi-Fang CHUANG, Nai-Chien CHANG
  • Patent number: 9673581
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprising an insulating housing, a USB Type-C connector arranged in the insulating housing, a circuit board and a plurality of transferring terminals is disclosed. One side of the circuit board is connected with twenty-four connection terminals of the USB Type-C connector, other side of the circuit board is connected with the plurality of transferring terminals which are corresponding to USB Type-A standard. The circuit board is arranged with a connecting line, which is used to integrate signal transmitted through the twenty-four connection terminals of the USB Type-C connector into USB Type-A standard adopted outputting signal, and outputs the outputting signal through the plurality of transferring terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignees: NICECONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Fang Chuang, Nai-Chien Chang
  • Publication number: 20170149184
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprising an insulating housing, a USB Type-C connector arranged in the insulating housing, a circuit board and a plurality of transferring terminals is disclosed. One side of the circuit board is connected with twenty-four connection terminals of the USB Type-C connector, other side of the circuit board is connected with the plurality of transferring terminals which are corresponding to USB Type-A standard. The circuit board is arranged with a connecting line, which is used to integrate signal transmitted through the twenty-four connection terminals of the USB Type-C connector into USB Type-A standard adopted outputting signal, and outputs the outputting signal through the plurality of transferring terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Yi-Fang CHUANG, Nai-Chien CHANG
  • Publication number: 20140342613
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing, an insulative base, a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals. The housing includes a pair of first positioning pins and a pair of second positioning pins thereon, and a connecting line among the first positioning pins and the second positioning pins circumferences into a rectangular shape. The insulative base is received inside the housing and includes a soldering surface exposed out of the housing and within the rectangular shape. The first terminals are embedded inside the insulative base and protruded out of the soldering surface to form a column of first soldering pins. The second terminals are embedded inside the insulative base and protruded out of the soldering surface to form a column of second soldering pins. The first and second soldering pins are arranged parallel to each other in columns with a column distance between 1.3 mm to 1.5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Yi-Fang Chuang
  • Publication number: 20140063711
    Abstract: A signal conversion electrical connector that electrically connects with the electronic device and has: an insulated base, which has a body thereon, the front end of the body has a retaining wall, the retaining wall outwardly extends to form a tongue member; a pin set, which is formed by a plurality of conductive pins, each of the conductive pins goes through the retaining wall to connect with the tongue member; and a PCB (printed circuit board), which electrically connects with the pin set and has a signal conversion unit and a plurality of conductive terminals; wherein the signal conversion unit transforms DisplayPort signals from the electronic device to HDMI signals for outputting
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventor: Yi-Fang CHUANG
  • Patent number: 8369101
    Abstract: A PCI-E module includes a circuit board, an insulated housing and a plurality of connection terminals. Each connection terminal has a connection end and a welding end away from the connection end. The connection terminals are alternately and parallelly arranged in the housing to form a structure of the PCI-E module. The circuit board has a plurality of gold fingers on both sides of one end thereof, and each connection end of the connection terminals is electronically connected to the gold fingers. Each welding end of the connection terminals is bent down through and extends out of the housing. Therefore, the PCI-E module can be welded directly on a main board of a computer through the welding ends of the connection terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Inventor: Yi-Fang Chuang
  • Publication number: 20120026709
    Abstract: A PCI-E module includes a circuit board, an insulated housing and a plurality of connection terminals. Each connection terminal has a connection end and a welding end away from the connection end. The connection terminals are alternately and parallelly arranged in the housing to form a structure of the PCI-E module. The circuit board has a plurality of gold fingers on both sides of one end thereof, and each connection end of the connection terminals is electronically connected to the gold fingers. Each welding end of the connection terminals is bent down through and extends out of the housing. Therefore, the PCI-E module can be welded directly on a main board of a computer through the welding ends of the connection terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventor: Yi-Fang CHUANG
  • Patent number: 8092027
    Abstract: A portable electronic device with micro-projecting module includes a shell body, a micro-projecting module, a heat-conducting plate and a supporting stand. The shell body has a front lateral plate and a bottom lateral plate adjoining the front lateral plate. The front lateral plate has a front through hole, while the bottom lateral plate has a bottom through hole. The micro-projecting module is arranged in the shell body and has a lens exposing to an outside of the shell body from the front through hole. The heat-conducting plate is arranged in the shell body and is positioned between the micro-projecting module and the bottom through hole. In the meantime, the heat-conducting plate has a heat-absorbing face contacting the micro-projecting module and a heat-dissipating face abutted against the bottom through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Inventor: Yi-Fang Chuang
  • Patent number: 8047869
    Abstract: A multi-port connector of different standards is electrically connected on a circuit board of an electronic device and includes a base, a High Definition Multimedia (HDMI) connector and a SPDIF connector. The base has a first mounting space and a second mounting space. The HDMI connector is mounted in the first mounting space. The HDMI connector is provided with conductive pins extending to the outside of the base. The SPDIF connector has a housing that is mounted in the second mounting space. The interior of the housing has a light receiver. The pins of the light receiver extend to the outside of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Inventor: Yi-Fang Chuang
  • Patent number: 7813113
    Abstract: An expansion interface module having protection circuit disposed on a front-side case panel and electrically connected to a main board. The expansion interface module includes a circuit board, a plurality of connectors, a protective element, and a connecting port. The connectors, protective element and the connecting port are electrically connected to the circuit board. The protective element is a semiconductor element. The protective element and the circuit board form a protection integrated circuit. One side of the main board is connected to a bus line. The bus line is inserted in the connecting port to provide electrical connection between the circuit board and the main board. Through this configuration, when an external device experiences abnormal operations, the protective element of the expansion interface module shields the resulting over current and signal spikes from entering and damaging the main board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Inventor: Yi-Fang Chuang
  • Patent number: 7771234
    Abstract: A (universal serial bus) USB electric connector for transferring data between computers includes an outer shell, a seat body, a terminal set, a bridge circuit board and a lid body. The outer shell has a hollow main body, in which a seat body is provided, on which a terminal set is disposed, one side of which is electrically connected to the bridge circuit board. The lid body is connected by sealing the bottom of the seat body. The electrically conductive legs on the bridge circuit board pass through the lid body and are electrically connected to the motherboard of an electronic device. By applying a USB electric connector for connecting two computers via a traditional USB transmission line, it is possible to inter-transfer data between two computers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Inventor: Yi-Fang Chuang