Patents by Inventor Chih-Min Chang

Chih-Min Chang 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: 20110232424
    Abstract: A wrench for different-sized nuts includes a handle having an opening at a first end thereof and a slot communicated with the opening, an adjustment screw threadedly inserted into the handle and passing through the slot for adjusting a gap of the slot, a first working head rotatably connected with the first end of the handle in such a way that one of first and second mounting portions of the first working head is selectively positionable in the opening of the first end of the handle, and different-sized first and second ratchet sockets rotatably and respectively mounted with the first and second mounting portions. By means of the adjustment screw, the rotationability of the first working head relative to the first end of the handle can be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Chih-Min Chang
  • Publication number: 20110072940
    Abstract: A wrench includes a handle having an end surface defining a socket and an outer periphery defining a hole in communication with the socket, a wrench head having a body portion inserted in the socket of the handle, and a recess aligned with the hole of the handle, and a fastener detachably fastened to the hole of the handle and having a distal end inserted in the recess of the wrench head. Accordingly, as long as the fastener is removed from the hole of the handle, the wrench head can be drawn out from the socket of the handle for maintenance or replacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventor: Chih-Min Chang
  • Publication number: 20100242685
    Abstract: A ratchet wrench includes a wrench body having a through hole, a driving member rotatably mounted in the through hole and having a center hole for engagement with a nut, and a block ring capped on the driving member and having a stop flange to retain the nut in the center hole such that the nut is unable to drop out of the center hole of the driving member when the nut is tightened or loosened by the ratchet wrench.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventor: Chih-Min Chang
  • Patent number: 7743685
    Abstract: A ratchet wrench includes a handle having two spaced pivoting walls, two through holes respectively formed through the pivoting walls, and an inner threaded section provided at one of the through holes with a length shorter than the total length of the through hole. A ratchet head has a pivoting portion disposed between the pivoting walls of the handle and a pivoting hole through two opposite sides of the pivoting portion. A screw runs through the through holes of the handle and the pivoting hole of the ratchet head and is threaded with the inner threaded section of the handle. An urging member is disposed in an accommodation chamber of the ratchet head and sleeved onto the screw with two ends thereof stopped against a periphery wall of the accommodation chamber of the ratchet head and the pivoting wall of the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Inventor: Chih-Min Chang
  • Publication number: 20090049957
    Abstract: A ratchet wrench includes a handle having two spaced pivoting walls, two through holes respectively formed through the pivoting walls, and an inner threaded section provided at one of the through holes with a length shorter than the total length of the through hole. A ratchet head has a pivoting portion disposed between the pivoting walls of the handle and a pivoting hole through two opposite sides of the pivoting portion. A screw runs through the through holes of the handle and the pivoting hole of the ratchet head and is threaded with the inner threaded section of the handle. An urging member is disposed in an accommodation chamber of the ratchet head and sleeved onto the screw with two ends thereof stopped against a periphery wall of the accommodation chamber of the ratchet head and the pivoting wall of the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: Chih-Min CHANG
    Inventor: Chih-Min CHANG
  • Patent number: 7420515
    Abstract: This invention provides a foldable and portable communication apparatus including a lower case, an upper case, and a connector. The connector is used to connect the lower case and the upper case in a foldable way. The lower case has a lower inner face. The upper case has an upper inner face and an upper outer face. The upper inner face is installed with a speaker to output an audio signal. The upper outer face is installed with an antenna. The antenna and the upper outer face form a predetermined tilt angle, and the predetermined tilt angle is less than 180 degree to reduce electromagnetic absorption by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: QISDA Corporation
    Inventors: Chin-Chuan Tai, Chih-Min Chang
  • Patent number: 7250913
    Abstract: An antenna assembly includes a base board having upper and lower surfaces, each of which defines a grounding domain and a dielectric domain, a first metal layer disposed on the grounding domain of the lower surface and a second metal layer disposed on the grounding domain of the upper surface, an antenna unit fabricated on the dielectric domain of the upper surface of the base board, and having an antenna body; and a plurality of conductive through holes formed through the base board for connecting electrically the first and second metal layers, thereby permitting coupled current flow generated in the second metal layer to flow into the first metal layer. A slot of predetermined length is formed through the first metal layer for enhancing effective coupled current flowing into the first metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: BENQ Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Min Chang, Tzang-Chih Chiou
  • Patent number: 7146882
    Abstract: A ratchet wrench includes a handle, which has a head and a bearing portion abutted to the head. The head has a through hole and a receiving portion inside the through hole. A driving member is rotatably mounted inside the through hole of the head by a mounting ring having an outside annular groove and a retainer. A pawl is disposed in the receiving portion and meshed with the driving member. A slider is mounted on the pawl and attached to the bearing portion of the handle and inserted into the outside annular groove of the mounting ring for allowing the slider to move along the outside annular groove of the mounting ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Inventor: Chih-Min Chang
  • Publication number: 20060132367
    Abstract: An antenna assembly includes a base board having upper and lower surfaces, each of which defines a grounding domain and a dielectric domain, a first metal layer disposed on the grounding domain of the lower surface and a second metal layer disposed on the grounding domain of the upper surface, an antenna unit fabricated on the dielectric domain of the upper surface of the base board, and having an antenna body; and a plurality of conductive through holes formed through the base board for connecting electrically the first and second metal layers, thereby permitting coupled current flow generated in the second metal layer to flow into the first metal layer. A slot of predetermined length is formed through the first metal layer for enhancing effective coupled current flowing into the first metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Chih-Min Chang, Tzeng-Chih Chiou
  • Publication number: 20060090609
    Abstract: A ratchet wrench includes a handle having a head portion provided with a through hole, an inside chamber laterally recessed from a surrounding wall of the through hole, and a top notch formed in a top side of the handle in communication with the inside chamber, a driving member with toothed portion rotatably mounted in the through hole of the head portion, a pawl mounted in the inside chamber of the handle and provided with a toothed portion for detachably engaging the toothed portion of the driving member, a switching member fixedly connected to the pawl for moving the pawl along the top notch of the handle, and a positioning device mounted in the inside chamber of the handle for forcing the pawl into engagement with the toothed portion of the driving member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventor: Chih-Min Chang
  • Publication number: 20060049997
    Abstract: This invention provides a foldable and portable communication apparatus including a lower case, an upper case, and a connector. The connector is used to connect the lower case and the upper case in a foldable way. The lower case has a lower inner face. The upper case has an upper inner face and an upper outer face. The upper inner face is installed with a speaker to output an audio signal. The upper outer face is installed with an antenna. The antenna and the upper outer face form a predetermined tilt angle, and the predetermined tilt angle is less than 180 degree to reduce electromagnetic absorption by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Inventors: Chin-Chuan Tai, Chih-Min Chang
  • Publication number: 20050120834
    Abstract: A ratchet wrench includes a handle having a hole for accommodating a ratchet wheel and a pawl therein. The ratchet has a first teeth portion detachably meshed with a second teeth portion of the pawl. The ratchet wheel is rotatably mounted in the hole of the handle and has two engagement portions oppositely protruded out of the hole of the handle. Two annular members each have an outer diameter greater than a diameter of the hole of the handle and a hole firmly fitted onto the engagement portions of the ratchet wheel respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventor: Chih-Min Chang
  • Publication number: 20050120833
    Abstract: A ratchet wrench has a wrench body having a hole at an end thereof and a chamber communicated with the hole. A ratchet wheel has an annular teeth portion at an outer surface thereof. The ratchet wheel is rotatably mounted in the hole of the wrench body. A pawl for meshing the teeth portion of the ratchet wheel and a spring having an end stopped at the pawl are mounted in the chamber of the wrench body. A ring member is mounted in the hole of the wrench body and has a predetermined color that is different from a color of the wrench body and visible from outside of the ratchet wrench for indicating the turning orientation of loosing and/or tightening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventor: Chih-Min Chang
  • Publication number: 20040255468
    Abstract: A pair of shears includes a pair of cutting members, a connection assembly, and a pair of handles. Each of the cutting members includes a blade at a cutting end thereof. Each of the blades has two sloped cutting edges, a cutting fore end connecting the two sloped cutting edges and touchable by the other cutting fore end, and two cutting corners formed on the junctions of the two cutting edges and the cutting fore end. The connection assembly is mounted to the two cutting members for connecting and positioning the two cutting members. At least one cutting member includes a plurality of ditches arranged parallel to one another on at least one cutting edge thereof. Each of the ditches extends to the cutting fore end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventor: Chih-Min Chang
  • Patent number: 6591718
    Abstract: A ratchet wrench comprises a wrench handle having a receiving portion at an end thereof, in which has a chamber at a side thereof and a slot in the chamber. A pawl is installed in the chamber having a teeth portion at a side thereof. A spring is installed in the chamber having an end thereof rested against the pawl and the other end thereof rested in the slot in the chamber. A driving member is rotatably received in the receiving portion and has an annular teeth portion at outer surface thereof to mesh with the teeth portion of the pawl and two engaging portions at opposite sides of the teeth portion respectively, and two covering members, each of which has a tube, an opening at central of the tube and an annular flange at an end of the tube. The covering members have the tubes inserted into the spaces between the receiving portion of the wrench handle and the engaging portions of the driving member respectively in an interference fit with the engaging portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Inventor: Chih-Min Chang
  • Publication number: 20030115993
    Abstract: A ratchet wrench comprises a wrench handle having a receiving portion at an end thereof, in which has a chamber at a side thereof and a slot in the chamber. A pawl is installed in the chamber having a teeth portion at a side thereof. A spring is installed in the chamber having an end thereof rested against the pawl and the other end thereof rested in the slot in the chamber. A driving member is rotatably received in the receiving portion and has an annular teeth portion at outer surface thereof to mesh with the teeth portion of the pawl and two engaging portions at opposite sides of the teeth portion respectively, and two covering members, each of which has a tube, an opening at central of the tube and an annular flange at an end of the tube. The covering members have the tubes inserted into the spaces between the receiving portion of the wrench handle and the engaging portions of the driving member respectively in an interference fit with the engaging portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventor: Chih-Min Chang
  • Patent number: 6382051
    Abstract: A ratchet wrench includes a ratchet wheel rotatably mounted in a receiving portion at one end of a wrench body, a stop block mounted in an open chamber inside the wrench body and adapted to engage the ratchet wheel and to limit the direction of rotation of the ratchet wheel, and a spring mounted in the open chamber of the wrench body to support the stop block and to force the stop block into engagement with the ratchet wheel, the spring member having a midsection stopped between one sidewall of the open chamber of the wrench body and a peripheral wall of the stop block, two coupling portions respectively extended outwardly from the midsection of the spring member and respectively positioned in a blind hole in one sidewall of the open chamber of the wrench body and a blind hole in one sidewall of the stop block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2002
    Inventor: Chih-Min Chang
  • Patent number: D567603
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2008
    Inventor: Chih-Min Chang
  • Patent number: D584932
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Inventor: Chih-Min Chang
  • Patent number: D639625
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Inventor: Chih-Min Chang