Patents by Inventor Ying-Lan Liu

Ying-Lan Liu 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: 11977250
    Abstract: A lighting keyboard includes a backlight module and at least one keyswitch. The backlight module includes a lighting substrate and a protruding structure. The lighting substrate includes two non-intersecting traces and a light emitting unit. The light emitting unit is connected between the two non-intersecting traces. A position of the protruding structure corresponds to a position of the light emitting unit and the protruding structure is located between the two non-intersecting traces. The at least one keyswitch is disposed on the backlight module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ying-Lan Liu, Hsin-Cheng Ho, Heng-Yi Huang
  • Patent number: 11881363
    Abstract: A backlight module is configured to illuminate at least one key cap. The backlight module includes a light emitting unit, a light guide plate and a lighting board. The light guide plate has a light guide hole for accommodating the light emitting unit. The lighting board has a pair of pads connected to the light emitting unit respectively. The lighting board includes a first reflective layer surrounding the light emitting unit and at least partially covering the pair of pads. Each of the pair of pads has a plurality of branches and at least one hollow area. The at least one hollow area overlaps with at least one part of the light emitting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ying-Lan Liu, Hsin-Cheng Ho, Heng-Yi Huang
  • Publication number: 20230420199
    Abstract: A backlight module is configured to illuminate at least one key cap. The backlight module includes a light emitting unit, a light guide plate and a lighting board. The light guide plate has a light guide hole for accommodating the light emitting unit. The lighting board has a pair of pads connected to the light emitting unit respectively. The lighting board includes a first reflective layer surrounding the light emitting unit and at least partially overlapping with the pair of pads. One of the pair of pads has a first branch and a first hollow area behind the first branch, the other one of the pair of pads has a second branch and a second hollow area behind the second branch, and the light emitting unit is disposed between the first hollow area and the second hollow area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ying-Lan Liu, Hsin-Cheng Ho, Heng-Yi Huang
  • Publication number: 20230377816
    Abstract: A lighting keyboard includes a backlight module and a keyswitch. The backlight module includes two lighting units, a light guide panel, a lighting board and a micro-structure layer. The light guide panel includes two panel holes to accommodate the two lighting units. The light guide panel further includes at least one slot located between the two lighting units. The lighting board is disposed in parallel to the light guide panel, and the lighting board includes at least one pair of non-parallel main traces in electrical connection with the two lighting units. The micro-structure layer is disposed in parallel to the light guide panel, and the micro-structure layer includes at least one micro-structure region. The at least one micro-structure region is disposed between the two lighting units, and meanwhile the at least one slot of the light guide panel is at least partially located within the at least one micro-structure region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ying-Lan Liu, Heng-Yi Huang
  • Publication number: 20230358944
    Abstract: A backlight module includes a lighting board, a light guide panel, a shielding sheet, and a protrusion structure. The lighting board includes two non-intersected traces, a plurality of microstructure regions and at least one illuminant unit. The illuminant unit is connected between the microstructure regions. The microstructure regions do not overlap with the two non-intersected traces. The light guide panel is disposed above the lighting board, and the shielding sheet is disposed above the light guide panel. The protrusion structure is formed on the shielding sheet, protrudes towards the lighting board, and is between the microstructure regions. The protrusion structure diffuses light of the illuminant unit at an early section of its light path to enter into the light guide panel for lateral transmission. The plural microstructure regions reflect and recycle the light at a following section of the light path to jointly enhance the uniformity of illuminating a keycap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ying-Lan Liu, Hsin-Cheng Ho, Heng-Yi Huang, Chao-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20230360869
    Abstract: A backlight module is configured to illuminate at least one keycap. The backlight module includes a shielding sheet, a lighting board and a protrusion structure. The lighting board includes an illuminant unit and a pair of footprints respectively connecting the illuminant unit. Each of the footprints includes at least one hollow area, and the at least one hollow area overlaps at least a portion of the illuminant unit. The protrusion structure is formed at the shielding sheet. The protrusion structure protrudes towards the light board and at least partially overlaps the pair of footprints, so that the backlight module diffuses light of the illuminant between the protrusion structure and the footprints.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ying-Lan Liu, Hsin-Cheng Ho, Heng-Yi Huang, Chao-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20230343525
    Abstract: A backlight module is configured to illuminate at least one key cap. The backlight module includes a light emitting unit, a light guide plate and a lighting board. The light guide plate has a light guide hole for accommodating the light emitting unit. The lighting board has a pair of pads connected to the light emitting unit respectively. The lighting board includes a first reflective layer surrounding the light emitting unit and at least partially covering the pair of pads. Each of the pair of pads has a plurality of branches and at least one hollow area. The at least one hollow area overlaps with at least one part of the light emitting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ying-Lan Liu, Hsin-Cheng Ho, Heng-Yi Huang
  • Publication number: 20230314691
    Abstract: A lighting keyboard includes a backlight module and at least one keyswitch. The backlight module includes a lighting substrate and a protruding structure. The lighting substrate includes two non-intersecting traces and a light emitting unit. The light emitting unit is connected between the two non-intersecting traces. A position of the protruding structure corresponds to a position of the light emitting unit and the protruding structure is located between the two non-intersecting traces. The at least one keyswitch is disposed on the backlight module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Ying-Lan Liu, Hsin-Cheng Ho, Heng-Yi Huang