Patents by Inventor Yu-Chun Hsieh

Yu-Chun Hsieh 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).

  • Publication number: 20250132496
    Abstract: An antenna module includes an antenna structure, a grounding plane, and an electromagnetic shielding structure. The antenna structure includes a radiating portion and a feeding portion coupled to each other. The grounding plane is adjacent to the antenna structure in a width direction of the antenna module. The feeding portion is coupled between the radiating portion and the grounding plane. The electromagnetic shielding structure is integrally connected to the grounding plane. In addition, an electronic device including the antenna module is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Liang-Che Chou, Yu-Chun Hsieh, Zhe-Kai Yang, Hou-Lung Lin, Jui-Hung Lai
  • Patent number: 12272504
    Abstract: A keyswitch assembly includes a base, a pressable plate, a first magnetic acting member and a second magnetic acting member. An accommodating space is defined within the base, and an upper surface of the base is provided with a connecting portion. The pressable plate includes a pressing portion, an acting portion and a pivotal connection portion located between the pressing portion and the acting portion and pivotally connected to the connecting portion. The first magnetic acting member is disposed on the acting portion; the second magnetic acting member is disposed on the base corresponding to the first magnetic acting member. The keyswitch assembly is configured such that the first magnetic acting member and the second magnetic acting are attracted or repulsed each other by a magnetic force, so as to provide or change a pressing resistance of the pressing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chih-Yao Chi, Ling-Hsi Chao, Da-Shan Hsu, Shao-Lun Hsiao, Yu-Chun Hsieh
  • Patent number: 12216824
    Abstract: A mute-able input device with keystroke tactile feedback includes: a plurality of keys, each including a tactile structure and a sound-generating structure for respectively generating operational tactile feedback and operating sounds; a plurality of adjusting mechanisms, each including an adjusting portion corresponding to one of the keys; at least one switching unit including an operating portion and a switch member, the operating portion connecting the switch member and the adjusting mechanism, the switch member generating a switching signal involving a mode switching between different tactile modes or different sound modes for one or more keys. When the operating portion moves in response to a force, the switch member is triggered to achieve the mode switching; meanwhile, the adjusting portion moves to interfere with at least one of the tactile structure or the sound-generating structure along with the movement of the operating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yu-Chun Hsieh, Chen Yang, Shao-Lun Hsiao, Po-Yueh Chou
  • Patent number: 12160235
    Abstract: An optical keyswitch includes a keycap, a support mechanism, and a switch module. The support mechanism is disposed below the keycap and configured to support the keycap moving upward and downward, the support mechanism comprising a first frame and a second frame, the first frame having a sliding end. The switch module includes a circuit board, an emitter, and a receiver, the emitter and the receiver are electrically connected to the circuit board, and the emitter emitting an optical signal to the receiver. When the keycap is pressed, the first frame is driven by the keycap to slide substantially parallel to the circuit board and block the optical signal with the sliding end, so the switch module is triggered to generate a triggering signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chen Yang, Yu-Chun Hsieh, Li-Te Chang, Po-Yueh Chou
  • Publication number: 20240388290
    Abstract: A keyswitch assembly includes a keycap, a lifting mechanism, a shield, and a substrate. The lifting mechanism includes a keycap end coupled to the keycap and is capable of being driven by a force to move downward by a distance. The shield extends from the keycap end or the keycap and is movable along with the keycap end or the keycap. The substrate is disposed below the lifting mechanism and includes a sensing switch and a keyswitch circuit electrically connected to each other. The sensing switch has a signal channel and is configured to sense a change in sensed intensity caused by interference of the shield with the signal channel to cause the keyswitch circuit to generate at least one keyswitch signal. During movement of the shield with the keycap end or the keycap, the shield interferes with the signal channel as much as possible throughout the entire distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Chen YANG, Shao-Lun HSIAO, Yu-Chun HSIEH
  • Patent number: 12080492
    Abstract: A keyswitch structure includes a lift mechanism and a keycap. Two supports of the lift mechanism support the keycap. There can be a spring structure connecting the two supports for driving the two supports to lift the keycap. The lift mechanism defines a central space extending through the whole lift mechanism in a vertical direction. The spring structure does not enter the central space. The two supports abut against and constrain each other through corresponding structures, to mutually rotate with respect to a rotation axis. The keyswitch structure can include a switch. The switch includes an intermediate support, detachably abutting downward against the lift mechanism or the keycap, and a resilient part, detachably abutting downward against the intermediate support. In the process of pressing the keycap, the intermediate support is separated from the lift mechanism or the keycap, so that the contact force of the switch can be maintained constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chen Yang, Ling-Hsi Chao, Shao-Lun Hsiao, Yu-Chun Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20240283128
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a substrate and an antenna structure. The antenna structure is disposed on the substrate and includes a radiating portion, a feeding portion, a ground plane, and an impedance adjustment portion. The feeding portion is coupled to the radiating portion and the ground plane. The impedance adjustment portion has a connection end portion and a ground end portion opposite to each other. The connection end portion is connected to the radiating portion. The impedance adjustment portion is bent relative to the radiating portion to extend from the connection end portion toward the feeding portion along an extending direction. The ground end portion is connected to the ground plane and near the feeding portion. In addition, an electronic device including the antenna module is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Liang-Che Chou, Wei-Sen Teng, Yu-Chun Hsieh, Guan-Ruei Wu, Jui-Hung Lai
  • Patent number: 12026019
    Abstract: A portable information handling system having a portable housing with first and second housing portions rotationally coupled by a hinge having an adjustable torque and a sensor disposed at a front corner of a housing portion reduces torque provided by the hinge when in a closed position and an indication is sensed of an end user opening the housing portions. Reducing torque of the hinge that resists housing rotation from the closed position aids an end user in a single handed rotation of the housing to an open position by allowing the weight of the housing to be sufficient to hold the housing in place on a support surface while the housing rotates open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Kuan-Hua Chiou, Chunpo Chen, Wen-Hsing Lin, Chia-Ting Hu, Yu-Chun Hsieh, Bo-Wei Chu, Jou-Yen Lu
  • Patent number: 12020873
    Abstract: A sensing keyswitch including a key body, a key-sensing switch and an enabling switch is provided. The key body includes a key top, and a key driver and an enabler which can move with the key top in the same keystroke cycle. The key-sensing switch electrically connected to a key circuit is in a disabled mode to save power and cannot sense the change of the sensing intensity caused by the movement of the driver. The enabling switch is electrically connected to an enabling circuit, wherein when the enabling switch is triggered by the enabler, the enabling switch outputs an enabling signal through the enabling circuit for enabling the key-sensing switch to enter an enabled mode, so that the key-sensing switch can sense the change of the sensing intensity caused by the movement of the key driver to trigger a key signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Darfon Electronics Corp.
    Inventors: Yu Chun Hsieh, Chen Yang, Chia Hung Liu, Shao Lun Hsiao
  • Patent number: 12009161
    Abstract: A key structure includes a base and a linkage mechanism. The linkage mechanism includes a plurality of linking members movably connected to each other. The plurality of linking members includes at least two linking members rotatably positioned on the base, respectively. When a pressing force is applied to the linkage mechanism, the plurality of linking members move associated with each other to restrict a rotation range of the plurality of linking members with respect to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yu-Chun Hsieh, Ling-Hsi Chao, Shao-Lun Hsiao, Chen Yang
  • Patent number: 11990295
    Abstract: An illuminated keyswitch includes a keycap, a pair of frames adapted to support the keycap in an up-down movement, the pair of frames disposed corresponding to each other and substantially rotatably coupled to each other to define an inner space under the keycap, a pair of elastic members connecting the pair of frames to be located at two opposite sides of the inner space, respectively, and an illumination light source disposed between the pair of elastic members in the inner space and adapted to provide an illumination light. During the up-down movement of the keycap, a vertical projection of the pair of frames surrounds the inner space without interfering therewith, so the illumination light passes the inner space to illuminate the keycap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chen Yang, Ling-Hsi Chao, Shao-Lun Hsiao, Yu-Chun Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11978598
    Abstract: A keyswitch structure includes a base, a keycap, a lift mechanism and a light-emitting part. The lift mechanism includes a first support, a second support, and a spring structure. The first support and the second support are connected to and between the base and the keycap, so that the keycap can move relative to the base in a vertical direction. The spring structure is a single structural part and is connected to the first support and the second support and drives the first support and the second support to lift the keycap in the vertical direction. The lift mechanism as a whole defines a central space that extends through the whole lift mechanism in the vertical direction. The spring structure does not enter the central space. The light-emitting part is disposed on the base corresponding to the central zone, and emits light to illuminate the keycap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chen Yang, Ling-Hsi Chao, Shao-Lun Hsiao, Yu-Chun Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20240105401
    Abstract: A keyswitch structure includes a casing, a first support, a second support, and a pressing stem. The casing forms an accommodating space and an opening communicating with the accommodating space. The first and second supports are disposed in the accommodating space and are directly and rotatably connected with the casing; the supports are also pivotally connected with each other. The pressing stem extends into the accommodating space to be rotatably connected with the first and second supports and protrudes from the casing through the opening. The pressing stem is movable parallel to a vertical direction relative to the casing through the first and second supports. A motion of the pressing stem in the vertical direction has a top dead center and a bottom dead center. When the pressing stem is at the top dead center and the bottom dead center, it does not touch the casing in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yu-Chun Hsieh, Ling-Hsi Chao, Shao-Lun Hsiao, Chen Yang
  • Patent number: 11923159
    Abstract: A keyswitch structure includes a keycap support mechanism and a keycap that is supported by the keycap support mechanism in a vertical direction. The keycap support mechanism includes a base and two supports. The base has two sliding slots. Each sliding slot has an opening in a horizontal direction and an obstruction block at the opening. The horizontal direction is perpendicular to the vertical direction. Each support has a sliding portion and a linkage portion. The sliding portions slide parallel to the horizontal direction in the sliding slots correspondingly. The obstruction block prevents the corresponding sliding portion from disengaging from the corresponding sliding slot. The two linkage portions push against each other in line contact, so that the two supports are mutually driven through the two linkage portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chen Yang, Ling-Hsi Chao, Shao-Lun Hsiao, Yu-Chun Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11855624
    Abstract: An optical keyswitch includes a keycap, a support mechanism, and a switch module. The support mechanism is disposed below the keycap and configured to support the keycap moving upward and downward, the support mechanism comprising a first frame and a second frame, the first frame having a sliding end. The switch module includes a circuit board, an emitter, and a receiver, the emitter and the receiver are electrically connected to the circuit board, and the emitter emitting an optical signal to the receiver. When the keycap is pressed, the first frame is driven by the keycap to slide substantially parallel to the circuit board and block the optical signal with the sliding end, so the switch module is triggered to generate a triggering signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chen Yang, Yu-Chun Hsieh, Li-Te Chang, Po-Yueh Chou
  • Patent number: 11817278
    Abstract: A magnetic type keyswitch includes an actuating member and a switch unit. The actuating member is movable in response to a pressing force. The switch unit includes a circuit board, a Hall sensor electrically connected to the circuit board, and a magnet spaced apart from the Hall sensor by a fixed distance. When the pressing force is not applied, the magnet enables the Hall sensor to output a first voltage, and when the pressing force is applied, the actuating member moves relative to the magnet and the Hall sensor in response to the pressing force, so that the Hall sensor outputs a second voltage different from the first voltage, and the magnetic type keyswitch generates a triggering signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Da-Shan Hsu, Shao-Lun Hsiao, Chen Yang, Yu-Chun Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20230353149
    Abstract: An optical keyswitch includes a keycap, a support mechanism, and a switch module. The support mechanism is disposed below the keycap and configured to support the keycap moving upward and downward, the support mechanism comprising a first frame and a second frame, the first frame having a sliding end. The switch module includes a circuit board, an emitter, and a receiver, the emitter and the receiver are electrically connected to the circuit board, and the emitter emitting an optical signal to the receiver. When the keycap is pressed, the first frame is driven by the keycap to slide substantially parallel to the circuit board and block the optical signal with the sliding end, so the switch module is triggered to generate a triggering signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Chen Yang, Yu-Chun HSIEH, Li-Te CHANG, Po-Yueh CHOU
  • Patent number: 11770123
    Abstract: An optical keyswitch includes a keycap, a support mechanism, and a switch module. The support mechanism is disposed below the keycap and configured to support the keycap moving upward and downward, the support mechanism comprising a first frame and a second frame, the first frame having a sliding end. The switch module includes a circuit board, an emitter, and a receiver, the emitter and the receiver are electrically connected to the circuit board, and the emitter emitting an optical signal to the receiver. When the keycap is pressed, the first frame is driven by the keycap to slide substantially parallel to the circuit board and block the optical signal with the sliding end, so the switch module is triggered to generate a triggering signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chen Yang, Yu-Chun Hsieh, Li-Te Chang, Po-Yueh Chou
  • Publication number: 20230273648
    Abstract: A portable information handling system having a portable housing with first and second housing portions rotationally coupled by a hinge having an adjustable torque and a sensor disposed at a front corner of a housing portion reduces torque provided by the hinge when in a closed position and an indication is sensed of an end user opening the housing portions. Reducing torque of the hinge that resists housing rotation from the closed position aids an end user in a single handed rotation of the housing to an open position by allowing the weight of the housing to be sufficient to hold the housing in place on a support surface while the housing rotates open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Kuan-Hua Chiou, Chunpo Chen, Wen-Hsing Lin, Chia-Ting Hu, Yu-Chun Hsieh, Bo-Wei Chu, Jou-Yen Lu
  • Patent number: 11735380
    Abstract: A keyswitch structure includes a base, a cap disposed corresponding to the base, a restoring member disposed between the base and the cap, and a tactile adjustment unit. The cap has a cam portion movable relative to the base. The restoring member is configured to provide a restoring force to enable the cam portion to move away from the base. The tactile adjustment unit is disposed corresponding to the cam portion and includes a holder and a tactile feedback member mounted on the holder. The holder is movable relative to the base to change a position of the tactile feedback member relative to the cam portion, so as to change a pressing force required for the cam portion to move toward the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chen Yang, Chia-Hung Liu, Yu-Chun Hsieh