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).

  • Patent number: 11018667
    Abstract: An optical keyswitch includes a keycap, a supporting mechanism having a protrusion disposed under the keycap to support the keycap to move downward or upward, and a switch module including a circuit board, an emitter, and a receiver. The emitter and the receiver are electrically connected to the circuit board. The emitter emits an optical signal to the receiver. When the keycap is not pressed, the receiver receives the optical signal of a first intensity. When the keycap is pressed, the protrusion moves along with the keycap, and the protrusion changes the optical signal received by the receiver to have a second intensity different from the first intensity, so the switch module is triggered to generate a triggering signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chen Yang, Yu-Chun Hsieh, Yung-Chih Wang, Chia-Hung Liu
  • Patent number: 10937610
    Abstract: A keyboard includes a plurality of keyswitch structures and an adjusting plate movably disposed under the keyswitch structures. Each of the keyswitch structures includes a tactile feedback member. The adjusting plate includes a plate body and a plurality of adjusting bars protruding from the plate body toward the keyswitch structures and respectively corresponding to the tactile feedback members of the keyswitch structures. When the adjusting plate moves relative to the keyswitch structures, the adjusting bars drive the tactile feedback members to change tactile feedback of the keyswitch structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yung-Chih Wang, Chia-Hung Liu, Yu-Chun Hsieh, Chen Yang, Chih-Yao Chi
  • Patent number: 10930451
    Abstract: A keyswitch structure includes a base having a positioning means, an cover combined with the base, a plunger with an cam portion movably coupling with the cover relative to the base, a restoring unit disposed between the base and the plunger to provide a restoring force to enable the plunger to move along a direction away from the base, a tactile feedback member having a positioning portion positioned by the positioning means and an extending arm extending across a moving path of the cam portion, and an adjusting unit being movable to drive the positioning portion to shift, so that the tactile feedback member has a first deformation or a second deformation, and a pressing force required for the cam portion to pass the extending arm when the plunger moves toward the base is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yung-Chih Wang, Chia-Hung Liu, Yu-Chun Hsieh, Chen Yang
  • Patent number: 10923809
    Abstract: A communication apparatus, an electronic apparatus and an antenna adjustment method thereof are provided. The communication apparatus includes an antenna system, a tuning portion and a switch circuit. The antenna system includes at least two antenna units. The tuning portion is disposed between the at least two antenna units and includes at least two branch units. The switch circuit is coupled to the tuning portion. The switch circuit switches a conduction from a first one of the branch units to a second one of the branch units according to a switching signal. The switching signal is related to performances of the antenna system. Accordingly, a dynamic and flexible adjustment mechanism can be provided to increase throughput and improve users' internet experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Liang-Che Chou, Li-Chun Lee, Yu-Chun Hsieh, Mau-Chi Sun, Jui-Hung Lai, Wen-Feng Tsai, Chih-Chien Liu
  • Patent number: 10866640
    Abstract: A keyswitch with adjustable tactile feedback is adjusted by an adjusting method. The keyswitch includes a baseplate, an upper housing, an upper bushing component, a lower bushing component, a keycap and a recovering component. The baseplate has an electrode module, the upper housing is disposed on the baseplate, the upper bushing component is movably disposed on the upper housing, the lower bushing component is movably located between the baseplate and the upper housing, and the keycap is connected to a connecting portion of the upper bushing component. The lower bushing component can rotate relative to the baseplate to switch between a first position and a second position. The lower bushing component has a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface with different shapes. The recovering component is disposed between the baseplate and the lower bushing component to upwardly push the lower bushing component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chen Yang, Chia-Hung Liu, Yung-Chih Wang, Yu-Chun Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10795447
    Abstract: A keyswitch with adjustable tactile feedback is adjusted by an adjusting method. The keyswitch includes a baseplate, an upper housing, an upper bushing component, a lower bushing component, a keycap and a recovering component. The baseplate has an electrode module, the upper housing is disposed on the baseplate, the upper bushing component is movably disposed on the upper housing, the lower bushing component is movably located between the baseplate and the upper housing, and the keycap is connected to a connecting portion of the upper bushing component. The lower bushing component can rotate relative to the baseplate to switch between a first position and a second position. The lower bushing component has a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface with different shapes. The recovering component is disposed between the baseplate and the lower bushing component to upwardly push the lower bushing component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chen Yang, Chia-Hung Liu, Yung-Chih Wang, Yu-Chun Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20200244261
    Abstract: A keyswitch includes a circuit board, a bottom board abutting against the circuit board, a cap, a light receiver and a light emitter disposed on the circuit board and opposite to each other, a base disposed on the circuit board, a cover disposed on the base, a first elastic member disposed through the cover and the base, a support device, and a second elastic member fixed to the base and having a flexible rod. The support device is movably connected to the cap and bottom board and has a sheet structure. When the cap is pressed, the sheet structure blocks light transmission between the light emitter and the light receiver to generate a triggering signal. When the cap is pressed to make the flexible rod deform downward with the sheet structure and then cross the sheet structure, the flexible rod is released to collide with the cover to make sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yu-Chun Hsieh, Chen Yang, Chia-Hung Liu
  • Patent number: 10637470
    Abstract: An optical keyswitch includes a casing having a movable portion, a shaft movably disposed on the casing, a resilient member accommodated in the casing, and a switch module including a circuit board, an emitter, and a receiver. The emitter emits an optical signal along an optical path to the receiver. When the shaft is at a non-pressed position, the movable portion has a first spatial relation with the optical path, and the receiver receives the optical signal of a first intensity. When the shaft moves, in response to a pressing force, to a pressed position, the shaft compresses the resilient member and pushes the movable portion to move, so the movable portion no longer has the first spatial relation with the optical path, the optical signal received by the receiver has a second intensity different from the first intensity, and the switch module is triggered to generate a triggering signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yung-Chih Wang, Yu-Chun Hsieh, Chen Yang, Chia-Hung Liu
  • Publication number: 20200117277
    Abstract: A keyswitch with adjustable tactile feedback is adjusted by an adjusting method. The keyswitch includes a baseplate, an upper housing, an upper bushing component, a lower bushing component, a keycap and a recovering component. The baseplate has an electrode module, the upper housing is disposed on the baseplate, the upper bushing component is movably disposed on the upper housing, the lower bushing component is movably located between the baseplate and the upper housing, and the keycap is connected to a connecting portion of the upper bushing component. The lower bushing component can rotate relative to the baseplate to switch between a first position and a second position. The lower bushing component has a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface with different shapes. The recovering component is disposed between the baseplate and the lower bushing component to upwardly push the lower bushing component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Chen Yang, Chia-Hung Liu, Yung-Chih Wang, Yu-Chun Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10572018
    Abstract: A keyswitch with adjustable tactile feedback is adjusted by an adjusting method. The keyswitch includes a baseplate, an upper housing, an upper bushing component, a lower bushing component, a keycap and a recovering component. The baseplate has an electrode module, the upper housing is disposed on the baseplate, the upper bushing component is movably disposed on the upper housing, the lower bushing component is movably located between the baseplate and the upper housing, and the keycap is connected to a connecting portion of the upper bushing component. The lower bushing component can rotate relative to the baseplate to switch between a first position and a second position. The lower bushing component has a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface with different shapes. The recovering component is disposed between the baseplate and the lower bushing component to upwardly push the lower bushing component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Chen Yang, Chia-Hung Liu, Yung-Chih Wang, Yu-Chun Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10535477
    Abstract: A button switch includes a base having a pillar, a cover disposed on the base, a sleeve, an arm adjacent to the pillar and an elastic member having upward-force-applying, extending-rod, and flexible-rod portions. The sleeve jackets the pillar, passes through the cover, and has first and second ribs. The upward-force-applying portion jackets the pillar and abuts against the sleeve and the base to drive the sleeve to move away from the base. The extending-rod portion extends from the upward-force-applying portion to be connected to the flexible-rod portion located under the first rib. When the sleeve is located at a high position, the second rib biases the arm to deform. When the sleeve is located at a low position, the second rib is misaligned with the arm. The flexible-rod portion crosses the first rib to be released and then collides with the cover to make sound as the sleeve is pressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yu-Chun Hsieh, Yung-Chih Wang, Chen Yang, Chia-Hung Liu, Yen-Hsiao Lin
  • Publication number: 20190393003
    Abstract: A keyswitch structure includes a base having a positioning means, an cover combined with the base, a plunger with an cam portion movably coupling with the cover relative to the base, a restoring unit disposed between the base and the plunger to provide a restoring force to enable the plunger to move along a direction away from the base, a tactile feedback member having a positioning portion positioned by the positioning means and an extending arm extending across a moving path of the cam portion, and an adjusting unit being movable to drive the positioning portion to shift, so that the tactile feedback member has a first deformation or a second deformation, and a pressing force required for the cam portion to pass the extending arm when the plunger moves toward the base is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Yung-Chih WANG, Chia-Hung LIU, Yu-Chun HSIEH, Chen YANG
  • Publication number: 20190393004
    Abstract: A keyboard includes a plurality of keyswitch structures and an adjusting plate movably disposed under the keyswitch structures. Each of the keyswitch structures includes a tactile feedback member. The adjusting plate includes a plate body and a plurality of adjusting bars protruding from the plate body toward the keyswitch structures and respectively corresponding to the tactile feedback members of the keyswitch structures. When the adjusting plate moves relative to the keyswitch structures, the adjusting bars drive the tactile feedback members to change tactile feedback of the keyswitch structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Yung-Chih WANG, Chia-Hung LIU, Yu-Chun HSIEH, Chen YANG, Chih-Yao CHI
  • Publication number: 20190305414
    Abstract: A communication apparatus, an electronic apparatus and an antenna adjustment method thereof are provided. The communication apparatus includes an antenna system, a tuning portion and a switch circuit. The antenna system includes at least two antenna units. The tuning portion is disposed between the at least two antenna units and includes at least two branch units. The switch circuit is coupled to the tuning portion. The switch circuit switches a conduction from a first one of the branch units to a second one of the branch units according to a switching signal. The switching signal is related to performances of the antenna system. Accordingly, a dynamic and flexible adjustment mechanism can be provided to increase throughput and improve users' internet experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Liang-Che Chou, Li-Chun Lee, Yu-Chun Hsieh, Mau-Chi Sun, Jui-Hung Lai, Wen-Feng Tsai, Chih-Chien Liu
  • Patent number: 10431402
    Abstract: A button switch connected to a cap and includes a base having a pillar, a flexible acoustic member having fixing and flexible rods, a sleeve, an upward-force-applying member abutting against the sleeve and the base, a resilient arm, and a cover disposed on the base. The sleeve rotatably jackets the pillar, passes through the cover to be connected to the cap, and has first and second convex portions, first and second concave portions, and a protruding edge located between the second convex portion and the second concave portion. The resilient arm selectively abuts against a first or second position on the first convex portion. When the resilient arm abuts against the first position and the protruding edge is located above the flexible rod, the flexible rod crosses the protruding edge and then collides with the cover to make a sound when the sleeve receives an external force to move downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Yu-Chun Hsieh, Chia-Hung Liu, Yung-Chih Wang, Chen Yang
  • Publication number: 20190244770
    Abstract: A button switch includes a base having a pillar, a cover disposed on the base, a sleeve, an arm adjacent to the pillar and an elastic member having upward-force-applying, extending-rod, and flexible-rod portions. The sleeve jackets the pillar, passes through the cover, and has first and second ribs. The upward-force-applying portion jackets the pillar and abuts against the sleeve and the base to drive the sleeve to move away from the base. The extending-rod portion extends from the upward-force-applying portion to be connected to the flexible-rod portion located under the first rib. When the sleeve is located at a high position, the second rib biases the arm to deform. When the sleeve is located at a low position, the second rib is misaligned with the arm. The flexible-rod portion crosses the first rib to be released and then collides with the cover to make sound as the sleeve is pressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Yu-Chun Hsieh, Yung-Chih Wang, Chen Yang, Chia-Hung Liu, Yen-Hsiao Lin
  • Publication number: 20190238131
    Abstract: An optical keyswitch includes a keycap, a supporting mechanism having a protrusion disposed under the keycap to support the keycap to move downward or upward, and a switch module including a circuit board, an emitter, and a receiver. The emitter and the receiver are electrically connected to the circuit board. The emitter emits an optical signal to the receiver. When the keycap is not pressed, the receiver receives the optical signal of a first intensity. When the keycap is pressed, the protrusion moves along with the keycap, and the protrusion changes the optical signal received by the receiver to have a second intensity different from the first intensity, so the switch module is triggered to generate a triggering signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Chen Yang, Yu-Chun Hsieh, Yung-Chih Wang, JIA-HUNG LIU, Ching-Yu Wang, LI-TE CHANG
  • Publication number: 20190214987
    Abstract: An optical keyswitch includes a casing having a movable portion, a shaft movably disposed on the casing, a resilient member accommodated in the casing, and a switch module including a circuit board, an emitter, and a receiver. The emitter emits an optical signal along an optical path to the receiver. When the shaft is at a non-pressed position, the movable portion has a first spatial relation with the optical path, and the receiver receives the optical signal of a first intensity. When the shaft moves, in response to a pressing force, to a pressed position, the shaft compresses the resilient member and pushes the movable portion to move, so the movable portion no longer has the first spatial relation with the optical path, the optical signal received by the receiver has a second intensity different from the first intensity, and the switch module is triggered to generate a triggering signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Yung-Chih WANG, Yu-Chun Hsieh, Chen Yang, Chia-Hung LIU
  • Publication number: 20190214988
    Abstract: An optical keyswitch includes a keycap, a supporting mechanism having a protrusion disposed under the keycap to support the keycap to move downward or upward, and a switch module including a circuit board, an emitter, and a receiver. The emitter and the receiver are electrically connected to the circuit board. The emitter emits an optical signal to the receiver. When the keycap is not pressed, the receiver receives the optical signal of a first intensity. When the keycap is pressed, the protrusion moves along with the keycap, and the protrusion changes the optical signal received by the receiver to have a second intensity different from the first intensity, so the switch module is triggered to generate a triggering signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Chen Yang, Yu-Chun Hsieh, Yung-Chih Wang, Chia-Hung LIU
  • Publication number: 20190172661
    Abstract: A button switch connected to a cap and includes a base having a pillar, a flexible acoustic member having fixing and flexible rods, a sleeve, an upward-force-applying member abutting against the sleeve and the base, a resilient arm, and a cover disposed on the base. The sleeve rotatably jackets the pillar, passes through the cover to be connected to the cap, and has first and second convex portions, first and second concave portions, and a protruding edge located between the second convex portion and the second concave portion. The resilient arm selectively abuts against a first or second position on the first convex portion. When the resilient arm abuts against the first position and the protruding edge is located above the flexible rod, the flexible rod crosses the protruding edge and then collides with the cover to make a sound when the sleeve receives an external force to move downward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Yu-Chun Hsieh, Chia-Hung Liu, Yung-Chih Wang, Chen Yang