Patents Represented by Attorney Clifford O. Chi
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Patent number: 8016609Abstract: An electrical device includes a housing having a receptacle defined therein, an USB connector received in the receptacle, two first retaining members and a second retaining member. The USB connector includes a front end for coupling with a coupling USB connector and a rear end retainably received in the receptacle. The first retaining members and the second retaining member each includes a V-shaped profile. The first retaining members respectively clamps opposite lateral sides of the USB connector. The second retaining member clamps the rear end.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2010Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: I-Thun Lin
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Patent number: 8011066Abstract: A hinge assembly includes a first connecting member, a second connecting member, and a pivot subassembly. The pivot subassembly connects the first connecting member to the second connecting member. The pivot subassembly includes a rotatable shaft, a sleeve, and a positioning ring. The rotatable shaft is non-rotatably connected to the first connecting member. The sleeve is sleeved on the rotatable shaft, and non-rotatably connected to the rotatable shaft. The positioning ring is non-rotatably connected to the second connecting member. The sleeve defines two positioning cutouts, and the positioning ring defines two positioning protrusions engaging with the positioning cutouts. When the rotatable shaft rotates, one of the sleeve and the positioning ring deforms, so that the at least one positioning protrusion disengages from the at least one positioning cutout.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2009Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Han-Zheng Zhang, Xiao-Bo Li, Jin-Xin Wang
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Patent number: 8007060Abstract: A slide assembly includes an outer slide, a blocking member mounted on the outer slide, an inner slide slidably attached to the outer slide, a sliding block slidably mounted on the inner slide, and a long bar slidably attached to an inner side of the inner slide. A groove is defined in the blocking member. The sliding block is inserted in the groove to fix the inner slide on the outer slide. A slanted protrusion extends from the long bar. When the long bar is pulled towards a first direction, the slanted protrusion pushes the sliding block. The sliding block moves towards a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction to disengage the inner slide from the outer slide.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2008Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhi-Ming Duan, Jun Liu, Xiu-Fang Hou
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Patent number: 7997748Abstract: A stereoscopic display device includes a substrate, a plurality of odd-line light source units, a plurality of even-line light source units, a lens array, and a circuit. The odd-line light source units and the even-line light source units are provided at a first side of the substrate and spaced from each other. Each of the odd-line light source units and the even-line light source units include a plurality of light source pixel units. The lens array is arranged on the substrate at the first side thereof and includes a plurality of cylindrical stripe-like lenses, the cylindrical stripe-like lenses extending substantially parallel to each other. The circuit is configured for alternately outputting a first time sequence display signal to the odd-line light source units and a second time sequence display signal to the even-line light source units.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2009Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, Inc.Inventors: Chih-Ming Lai, Chien-Liang Yeh, Tze-Ching Tung, Chun-Wei Wang
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Patent number: 7996958Abstract: A hinge assembly includes a resilient member and two rotary units. Each rotary unit includes a shaft, an outer tube, and an inner tube. The outer tubes are sleeved on the shafts correspondingly. The inner tubes are non-rotatably connected to the shafts and rotatably connected to the outer tubes. The resilient member is positioned between the rotary units, thus causing the inner tubes of the rotary units to resist the outer tubes.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2008Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Zi-Ming Tang
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Patent number: 7997841Abstract: An electronic device includes a panel, a main body, a button, and a fastener. The panel defines a hole. The main body defines a quadrate through hole. The button resists against the panel, opposite to the main body. The fastener includes an elastic head at a first end and a block at an opposite second end. The elastic head passes through the hole of the panel to be fixed to the button, the block passes through the quadrate through hole of the main body. A panel fixture for the electronic device is provided as well.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2008Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Foxnum Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Un-Chi Show, Chun-Hua Wang, Chih-Chien Tsai, Yu-Chieh Liao, Chau-Lin Chang
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Patent number: 8000743Abstract: An electronic device includes a first main body defining a SIM card seat, a SIM card disposed in the SIM card seat, and a SIM card retention assembly comprising a retaining member fixed to the first main body adjacent to the SIM card seat, a positioning member fixed to the retaining member, and a rotary member rotatably connected to the first main body between the retaining member and the SIM card seat. The rotary member can be rotated relative to the first main body in a substantially horizontal plane. The positioning member is configured for positioning the rotary member to make the rotary member fix the SIM card in the SIM card seat tightly.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2009Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Zi-Ming Tang
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Patent number: 8000833Abstract: A system for cutting a given portion of a surface of a core insert includes a piezoelectric actuator, a turning tool, a rotating member, a driving unit and a numerically-controlled unit. The controlling unit stores coordinates of the storing coordinates of each point on the given portion of the surface in a predetermined coordinate system, and compares the instant coordinates of the cutting portion of the turning tool with the stored coordinates of the given portion, thus controlling the piezoelectric actuator to drive the turning tool to cut the given portion of the surface if the coordinates of the cutting portion of the turning tool match with the stored coordinates of any point on the given portion of the surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2008Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wen-Ssu Chiu, Kun-Jung Tsai
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Patent number: 8000094Abstract: A rotation module includes a base and a rotation member rotatably positioned on the base. The base includes a resisting surface and a connecting surface opposite to the resisting surface. A cylindrical protrusion is formed on the resisting surface. A locking portion is formed at an end of the cylindrical protrusion. The cylindrical protrusion defines an opening through the locking portion. The rotation member includes a bottom surface and a supporting surface opposite to the bottom surface. The rotation member defines a circular through hole. The locking portion is deformable due to the opening so that the cylindrical protrusion is able to pass through the circular through hole. The locking portion releases after the locking portion passes through the circular through hole and resists the rotation member to prevent the rotation member from detaching from the base.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2009Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jin-Xin Wang, Fan Zhou, Guo-Qi Zhang
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Patent number: 8001408Abstract: A dual voltage switching circuit includes a first resistor and two transistors. Each transistor has a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal. The first terminals are connected to a control terminal of a computer. The second terminals are connected to a standby power supply of the computer. The third terminals are connected to a power-on terminal of the computer via the first resistor. When the first terminals receive a low level signal from the control terminal, the first and second transistors are on, and the power-on terminal receives a voltage form the standby power supply via the first resistor.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2008Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ke-You Hu
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Patent number: 7993004Abstract: A projecting device includes a light source, a filtering component, a reflecting mirror, a digital micro-mirror device, a projecting lens, and a panel. The filtering component changes lights emitted from the light source into substantially parallel polarized ultraviolet lights. The reflecting mirror reflects the substantially parallel polarized ultraviolet lights to the digital micro-mirror device. The digital micro-mirror device includes microscopic mirrors arranged in a rectangular array configured to be adjustable to reflect the substantially parallel polarized ultraviolet lights reflected by the reflecting mirror to the projecting lens. The projecting lens diverges the substantially parallel polarized ultraviolet lights. The panel includes a transparent substrate, a first fluorescence material layer, a second fluorescence material layer, and a third fluorescence material layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ga-Lane Chen
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Patent number: 7995295Abstract: A lens module fixing device for fixing lens module is disclosed. The lens module fixing device includes a fixing tray, a transparent and an air pumping device. The fixing tray includes a comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The fixing tray defines a plurality of first through holes passing through the first surface and the second surface. The diameter of the end of the first through hole at the first surface is less than that of the end of each first through hole at the second surface. The covering is covered on the second surface of the fixing tray and defining an inner space together with the fixing tray. The air pumping device is connected to one of the fixing tray and the cover and in communication with the inner space for evacuating air from the inner space.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2009Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hsiang-Hung Chen
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Patent number: 7993020Abstract: An optical plate includes a light output surface and a bottom surface opposite to the light output surface. The light output surface defines a plurality of triangular pyramidal depressions and a plurality of four-sided pyramidal depressions. Each four-sided pyramidal depression is surrounded by four triangular pyramidal depressions.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shao-Han Chang
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Patent number: 7993181Abstract: An artificial eye includes a supporter, a first clipping member, a second clipping member and an electroactive pupil. The second clipping member is positioned on the supporter. A peripheral portion of the second clipping member is positioned on a peripheral portion of the first clipping member. A gap is defined between the first and second clipping members. The electroactive pupil is positioned in the gap and contacts the first and second clipping members.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2009Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chun-Yu Lee, Tsung-Yu Lin
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Patent number: 7994515Abstract: An exemplary solid-state light emitting device includes a substrate, a light emitting structure, a first electrode and a second electrode have opposite polarities with each other. The light emitting structure includes a first-type semiconductor layer, a second-type semiconductor layer and an active layer between the first-type semiconductor layer and the second-type semiconductor layer. The first electrode electrically is connected with the first-type semiconductor layer. The first electrode includes a first contact pad and a current induced electrode spaced apart and insulated from each other. The second electrode has an opposite polarity with respect to the first electrode. The second electrode includes a transparent conductive layer formed on and electrically connected with the second-type semiconductor layer and a metallic conductive layer formed on the transparent conductive layer and in electrical contact therewith.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, Inc.Inventors: Chih-Peng Hsu, Chih-Pang Ma, Wen-Jang Jiang
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Patent number: 7993180Abstract: A method for manufacturing a field emission element, the method includes providing one supporting member and wrapping a carbon nanotube (CNT) film around an outer surface of the supporting member at least once. The CNT film includes a plurality of bundles of carbon nanotubes connected in series.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2009Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Liang Liu, Kai-Li Jiang, Shou-Shan Fan, Caesar Chen, Hsi-Fu Lee, Ga-Lane Chen
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Patent number: 7987559Abstract: An exemplary hinge assembly includes a mounting bracket, a rotatable bracket, a swivel mechanism, and two pivot mechanisms. The rotatable bracket defines a sliding groove. The swivel mechanism connects the mounting bracket to the rotatable bracket. The rotating subassembly has a rotating shaft, a first restricting member, and a second restricting member. The first restricting member is rotatably connected to the rotating shaft, and the second restricting member is non-rotatably connected to the rotating shaft. The first restricting member has a restricting portion and a first resisting portion. The restricting portion is movably received in the sliding groove. The second restricting member includes a restricting protrusion. The restricting protrusion is capable of driving the first resisting portion together with the first restricting member to rotate in the sliding groove until the restricting portion reaches an end of the sliding groove.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2008Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yu-Cheng Chou
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Patent number: 7990703Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing and two supporting mechanisms. The housing includes a base plate and two sloping slide portions. The sloping slide portions are formed at two adjacent corners of the base plate. Each sloping slide portion has a sloping plate being oblique to the base plate. Each supporting mechanism includes a support leg. Each of the support legs is slidably connected to the sloping plate. An altitude of each of the support legs relative to the base plate is capable of being changed when the support leg moves relative to the sloping plate.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2008Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Zi-Ming Tang
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Patent number: 7988112Abstract: A multi-screen display device includes a display device and a folding bracket. The display device includes a first display frame and a second display frame. The folding bracket includes an inner rotating portion pivotally connected to the first display frame, and an outer rotating portion pivotally connected to the inner rotating portion and pivotally connected to the second display frame.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2008Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Weng-Tiang Tang
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Patent number: 7988334Abstract: An illuminating device includes a housing, a light source module, and a plurality of replaceable optical elements. The light source module is positioned in the housing for emitting light having an initial illumination range. The optical elements are configured for respectively converting the initial illumination range into different outputting illumination ranges, each of the optical elements is selectively detachably mountable to the housing for achieving a desired illumination range.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2008Date of Patent: August 2, 2011Assignee: Foxsemicon Integrated Technology, Inc.Inventors: Yi-Kai Cheng, Jyh-Long Chern, Chih-Ming Lai