Patents by Inventor Mei-Wen H. Hou

Mei-Wen H. Hou 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).

  • Auxiliary mirror angle changing device for a main and auxiliary rearview mirror
    Patent number: 5007724
    Abstract: An auxiliary mirror angle changing device comprising an auxiliary mirror frame sidewise extensible from the inside to the outside of a main mirror frame and a control electric circuit and a digital motor controlled by said circuit to rotate clockwise or counterclockwise actuated by a switch to incline the auxiliary mirror frame to an angle wanted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Inventor: Mei-Wen H. Hou
  • Telescopic exterior rear view mirror
    Patent number: 4998812
    Abstract: A telescopic exterior rear-view mirror for motor vehicles which includes a first side mirror device having an inner chamber and a second side mirror adapted to move laterally outwardly from a retracted position in the chamber of the first side mirror device into an extended position in a telescopic fashion, a spring disposed between adjacent side walls of the first side mirror device and the second side mirror device for expelling the second side mirror device from the collapsed position into the extended position and a lock and release means for locking the second side mirror device in the collapsed position and operating to release the second side mirror device therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1991
    Inventor: Mei-Wen H. Hou
  • Telescopic side mirror
    Patent number: 4921337
    Abstract: Telescopic side mirrors for a car which can be operated to extend laterally as the car towing a home mobile or the like and to restore as the car disconnecting the home mobile in telescopic fashion which comprises a first side mirror of usual in shape, a second side mirror adapted to move with respect to the first side mirror in a telescopic fashion, a driving mechanism engaging the second side mirror and a control mechanism for automatically stopping the second side mirror as the second side mirror reaching its passage terminations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Inventor: Mei-Wen H. Hou
  • Telescopic exterior rear view mirror
    Patent number: 4907871
    Abstract: A telescopic exterior rear-view mirror for motor vehicles which comprises a first side mirror device having an inner chamber and a second side mirror adapted to move laterally outwardly from a retracted position in the chamber of the first side mirror device into an extended position in a telescopic fashion, a spring disposed between adjacent side walls of the first side mirror device and the second side mirror device for expelling the second side mirror device from the retracted position into the extended position and a lock and release means for locking the second side mirror device in the retracted position and operating to release the second side mirror device therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1990
    Inventor: Mei-Wen H. Hou