Patents by Inventor Dian-Tai Chen

Dian-Tai Chen 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: 7467442
    Abstract: A hose clamp includes a binding belt, which has a recess and a protruding portion respectively disposed at front and back sides of one end thereof, a plurality of through holes disposed around the recess, and a plurality of retaining portions in communication with the through holes, and a screw holder, which holds a screw for joining the ends of the binding belt and, which has two mounting plates respectively stopped at two sides of the protruding portion and fastened to the through holes of the binding belt and a plurality of locating rods respectively extended from two sides of each mounting plate and respectively fastened to the retaining portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Inventor: Dian-Tai Chen
  • Patent number: 7464444
    Abstract: A hose clamp includes a binding belt, which has a flat head, a protruded portion disposed adjacent to the flat head and defining a locating hole, a through hole cut through the flat head, two bottom welding flanges at two sides of the through hole, two bottom stop blocks in front of the through hole, and two bottom retaining rods behind the through hole, and a screw holder, which is attached to the top surface of the flat head to hold a screw for joining the ends of the binding belt, having two mounting plates respectively clamped on the bottom surface of the flat head and stopped between the stop blocks and the protruded portion and respectively welded to the welding flanges by spot welding, the mounting plates each having a positioning rod respectively engaged into the locating hole in the protruded portion and a retaining hole respectively forced into engagement with the retaining rods of the binding belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Inventor: Dian-Tai Chen
  • Publication number: 20080244876
    Abstract: A hose clamp includes a binding belt, which has a recess and a protruding portion respectively disposed at front and back sides of one end thereof, a plurality of through holes disposed around the recess, and a plurality of retaining portions in communication with the through holes, and a screw holder, which holds a screw for joining the ends of the binding belt and, which has two mounting plates respectively stopped at two sides of the protruding portion and fastened to the through holes of the binding belt and a plurality of locating rods respectively extended from two sides of each mounting plate and respectively fastened to the retaining portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventor: Dian-Tai Chen
  • Publication number: 20080115336
    Abstract: A hose clamp includes a binding belt, which has a flat head, a protruded portion disposed adjacent to the flat head and defining a locating hole, a through hole cut through the flat head, two bottom welding flanges at two sides of the through hole, two bottom stop blocks in front of the through hole, and two bottom retaining rods behind the through hole, and a screw holder, which is attached to the top surface of the flat head to hold a screw for joining the ends of the binding belt, having two mounting plates respectively clamped on the bottom surface of the flat head and stopped between the stop blocks and the protruded portion and respectively welded to the welding flanges by spot welding, the mounting plates each having a positioning rod respectively engaged into the locating hole in the protruded portion and a retaining hole respectively forced into engagement with the retaining rods of the binding belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventor: Dian-Tai Chen
  • Publication number: 20070169588
    Abstract: A hose clamp includes a binding belt, a screw holder provided at a first end of the binding belt, a screw pivotally mounted in the screw holder for moving a second end of the binding belt relative to the first end, the screw having a triangular head and a chamfered edge at an outer side of each of the three equal peripheral walls, and a spanner, which has a socket defining a triangular hole for attaching to the triangular head of the screw for rotating the screw positively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2006
    Publication date: July 26, 2007
    Inventor: Dian-Tai Chen
  • Publication number: 20060064854
    Abstract: A hose clamp includes a binding belt, which has a flat head, a protruded portion adjacent to the flat head, a locating hole formed in the protruded portion, a through hole cut through the flat head, two bottom welding flanges at two sides of the through hole, and two bottom stop blocks in front of the through hole, and a screw holder attached to the top surface of the flat head to hold a screw for joining the ends of the binding belt and having two mounting plates respectively clamped on the bottom surface of the flat head and stopped between the stop blocks and the protruded portion and respectively welded to the welding flanges by spot welding, the mounting plates each having a positioning rod respectively engaged into the locating hole in the protruded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Publication date: March 30, 2006
    Inventor: Dian-Tai Chen
  • Publication number: 20040098843
    Abstract: A tube clamp for fastening a hose to a hard tube is constructed to include a binding strap having a lead end and a tail end, and a screw holder with two clamping plates for fastening to the binding strap to join the ends of the binding strap and fastening up the binding strap on the tubes to be connected, the binding strap having two vertical stop portions stopped at two sides of the clamping plates of the screw holder to prohibit the clamping plates from horizontal displacement, and two protruded portions respectively engaged into respective retaining holes in the clamping plates of the screw holder to stop the clamping plates from vertical displacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventor: Dian-Tai Chen
  • Publication number: 20030140463
    Abstract: A tube clamp is constructed to include a binding strap injection-molded from high strength plastics, the binding strap having two lugs at two ends, and a smoothly arched rib-reinforced extension bearing flange forwardly extended from the first leg and adapted for supporting the second lug and guide movement of the second lug toward the first lug, a screw bolt inserted through a through hole in the first lug and threaded into a screw hole in the second lug and screwed up with a nut to fix the tube clamp to the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventor: Dian-Tai Chen
  • Patent number: 6594869
    Abstract: A tube clamp is constructed to include a binding strap injection-molded from high strength plastics, the binding strap having two lugs at two ends, and a smoothly arched rib-reinforced extension bearing flange forwardly extended from the first leg and adapted for supporting the second lug and guide movement of the second lug toward the first lug, a screw bolt inserted through a through hole in the first lug and threaded into a screw hole in the second lug and screwed up with a nut to fix the tube clamp to the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Inventor: Dian-Tai Chen
  • Patent number: 5956817
    Abstract: A tube clamp includes a binding strap having a lead end reinforced with a reinforcing plate, a tail end, and a plurality of mounting holes at the lead end, a screw holder having a plurality of clamping plates respectively fastened to the mounting holes at the lead end of the binding strap for joining the lead end and tail end of the binding strap, and a screw mounted in the screw holder and turned to move the tail end of the binding strap relative to the lead end in tightening up the tube clamp, wherein the binding strap has plurality of transverse teeth raised from an outside wall thereof between its lead end and tail end for engagement with threads of the screw for permitting the lead end to be moved relative to the tail end upon rotation of the screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Inventor: Dian-Tai Chen
  • Patent number: 5787555
    Abstract: A tube clamp including a transversely grooved binding strap having a first end terminating in a head and a second end terminating in a tail, a screw holder having hinged clamping plates and being fastened to an opening of the head of the binding strap by its clamping plates and adapted for joining the head and tail of the binding strap, and a screw mounted in the screw holder and turned to move the tail of the binding strap relative to its head in tightening up the tube clamp, wherein the head of the binding strap has two longitudinal bridging elements longitudinally disposed at two opposite sides of its opening, four rounded convex portions disposed in four corners of the opening at a top side of the binding strap for supporting the tail of the binding strap, four rounded concave portions respectively disposed between two opposite ends of the bridging elements and the rounded convex portions at the top side of the binding strap and adapted for buffering the pressure of the hinged clamping plates of the screw
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Inventor: Dian-Tai Chen
  • Patent number: D546149
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Inventor: Dian-Tai Chen
  • Patent number: D558543
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Inventor: Dian-Tai Chen