Patents Assigned to First Dome Corporation
  • Patent number: 9860999
    Abstract: A supporting device includes a hinge module and two buffering modules respectively installed on two opposite sides of the hinge module. Each buffering module includes an external linking member fixed on the hinge module, an internal linking member movably disposed on the external linking member, a driving member installed on the hinge module and movably disposed on the external linking member, and a transmitting member installed on the external linking member and driven by the driving member to move the internal linking member. The hinge module is bendable between an unfolded position and an inwardly folded position. When the hinge module is bent from the unfolded position toward the inwardly folded position, the driving member of each buffering module moves the corresponding internal linking member away from the pivots by using the transmitting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: FIRST DOME CORPORATION
    Inventor: An-Szu Hsu
  • Patent number: 9841050
    Abstract: A connection device applicable to flexible display screen includes a joint assembly composed of main joints and subsidiary joints. Each main joint has a base section and a first arm and a second arm. The base section and the first and second arms define a first chamber, a first opening and a second chamber and a second opening. Each subsidiary joint has a connection section assembled with the flexible display screen and a first hand section and a second hand section extending from two ends of the connection section. The first and second hand sections respectively extend into the first and second chambers of two adjacent main joints and latch therewith. When an operator operates and opens/closes the display screen, the subsidiary joints relatively move within the first and second chambers of the main joints to drive the main joints to move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: First Dome Corporation
    Inventor: An Szu Hsu
  • Patent number: 9834965
    Abstract: A multi-link hinge assembly includes first and second link levers, first and second sliding rods, first and second bases, a central shaft, and first and second torque shafts. The first link lever is connected to the second base by the second torque shaft and is slidable along with the first sliding rod within the first base. The second link lever is connected to the first base by the first torque shaft and is slidable along with the second sliding rod within the second base. The central shaft extends through the first and second link levers. When the second base is rotated relative to the first torque shaft, the first and second sliding rods move toward the central shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: First Dome Corporation
    Inventors: Hsu-Hong Yao, Kuei-Shen Chen
  • Patent number: 9822567
    Abstract: A hinge assembly includes a guiding unit connected between and slidable relative to first and second hinge units along arcuate lines. The second hinge unit has a pivot shaft extending through first and second rings, and a resilient washer. The second ring is rotatable on the pivot shaft relative to the first ring and has a radial extension member telescopically connected to a pivotal arm of the first hinge unit. The resilient washer pushes the second ring against the first ring. A protrusion of the first ring slides along a contact surface of the second ring having a groove so that a variable friction toque is created against relative movement of the first and second hinge units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: First Dome Corporation
    Inventor: Yuan-Ming Lin
  • Patent number: 9791895
    Abstract: A convertible axle structure includes a first shaft, a second shaft parallel to the first shaft, and a switch member disposed between the first shaft and the second shaft. The outer wall of the first shaft has a slide groove composed of a front radial slide groove portion, an axial slide groove portion, and a rear radial slide groove portion. The outer wall of the second shaft has a guide groove composed of a radial guide groove portion, a front inclined guide groove portion, and a rear inclined guide groove portion. The switch member has a first protrusion slidable in the slide groove and a symmetrical second protrusion slidable in the guide groove to guide the first shaft and the second shaft to carry out an asynchronous convertible turning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: First Dome Corporation
    Inventor: An Szu Hsu
  • Patent number: 9678541
    Abstract: A pivot shaft transmission device provides a security system and is easy to assemble. The pivot shaft transmission device includes at least one rotary shaft, a drive section movable with the rotation of the rotary shaft, a driver (transversely) movable along a rail between a first position and a second position, a turning unit having a first end connected with the driver and a second end, and a transmission unit assembled with the second end of the turning unit. The transmission unit includes a first section, a second section and at least one elastic body assembled with each other. When the turning unit is swung, the transmission unit is driven to (longitudinally) move to drive a connection section and a carrier body for lifting or lowering a substrate body or a frame in accordance with the operation mode of an electronic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: First Dome Corporation
    Inventors: An Szu Hsu, Wang Jui Lee, Chung Yi Lin, Ya Ching Lin
  • Patent number: 9624704
    Abstract: A pivot pin device provides a protection system. In operation/rotation, the pivot pin device achieves a height/position change effect. The pivot pin device includes a first component, a fixing shaft disposed on the first component and a second component assembled with the fixing shaft. The second component is formed with a slot for assembling with the fixing shaft. The fixing shaft is assembled with a rocking arm. A first head end of the rocking arm is pivotally connected with an eccentric shaft. A second head end of the rocking arm is pivotally connected with a subsidiary shaft assembled on the second component. When the slot of the second component is rotated around the fixing shaft to an opened position, the subsidiary shaft drives the rocking arm to swing with the eccentric shaft as a fulcrum, whereby a height/position change is achieved between the first and second components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: First Dome Corporation
    Inventor: An Szu Hsu
  • Patent number: 9524000
    Abstract: A pivot mechanism of the synchronous hinge device is applied to a foldable electronic apparatus. The pivot mechanism can be stably rotated and the distance between two shafts of the dual-shaft hinge is shortened, whereby the electronic device can be smoothly rotated and have a miniaturized and lightweight structure. The pivot mechanism includes a driver disposed on a first shaft and a reactor disposed on a second shaft and a link unit. Spur gears and conical (bevel) gears are respectively disposed at two ends of the link unit and the driver and the reactor. The Spur gears and conical (bevel) gears are engaged with each other to transmit power, whereby the first shaft with the driver and the second shaft with the reactor can be stably synchronously rotated in reverse directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: First Dome Corporation
    Inventors: An Szu Hsu, Wang Jui Lee, Chung Yi Lin, Ya Ching Lin
  • Patent number: 9523384
    Abstract: A pivot transmission device is compact and can be assembled easily and conveniently, and includes a pivot, a base frame having a guide hole, an actuator disposed on the pivot and movable in response to turning of the base frame, and a transmission arm connected with the actuator and the base frame. When the actuator is turned and displaced, the transmission arm drives the guide hole of the base frame to move relative to the pivot for the base frame to depart from (or approach) the actuator, conforming to the operation mode of an electronic apparatus and lowering the obstruction of heat dissipation for the electronic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: First Dome Corporation
    Inventor: An Szu Hsu
  • Patent number: 9458652
    Abstract: A dual-shaft synchronous movement device and an assembling method thereof. The dual-shaft synchronous movement device includes a first shaft and a second shaft, which are assembled with each other and synchronously rotatable. The invention includes providing an assembling device and arranging on the assembling device a first rotor and a second rotor (or a third rotor and a fourth rotor) between which a drive section is wound; winding the drive section onto the first and second rotors (or the third and fourth rotors) in a tensioned state; and pushing the first and second rotors (or the third and fourth rotors) onto the first and second shafts. Through the first and second rotors (or the third and fourth rotors) and the drive section, when the first shaft is rotated, the second shaft is synchronously rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: First Dome Corporation
    Inventor: An Szu Hsu
  • Patent number: 9462713
    Abstract: A transmission device applied to a pivot shaft mechanism provides a security system and is easy to assemble. The transmission device includes at least one rotary shaft, a drive section movable with the rotation of the rotary shaft, a driver (transversely) reciprocally movable and a turning unit having a first end connected with the driver and a second end assembled with a carrier body. The driver includes an arm section provided with an elastic body and a hand section connected with the arm section. When the driver is transversely moved, the turning unit is swung, whereby the second end of the turning unit drives the carrier body for lifting or lowering a substrate body or a frame in accordance with the operation mode of an electronic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: First Dome Corporation
    Inventors: An Szu Hsu, Wang Jui Lee, Chung Yi Lin, Ya Ching Lin
  • Patent number: 9441714
    Abstract: A jacking device is provided to push an object for rotation and upward or downward movement. The jacking device includes a combination of a slave arm and a link arm. The slave arm includes a first end capable of producing rotation and linear movement and a second end pivoted to the link arm. The link arm includes a fixation end disposed on a base and a free end. When the first end of the slave arm is received with an action force, the second end of the slave arm is forced to push the link arm for rotation, and the free end of the link arm is forced to motion between a first position and a second position so as to push an object for rotation and upward or downward movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: First Dome Corporation
    Inventors: An Szu Hsu, Chien Cheng Mai, Way Han Dai
  • Patent number: 9439311
    Abstract: A parallelism stabilization structure of dual-shaft hinge is installable on a pivotally openable/closable electronic apparatus. The parallelism stabilization structure includes a first rotary shaft and a second rotary shaft, which are parallel to each other and a link unit disposed between the two rotary shafts. A fixing unit is disposed between the two rotary shafts. The fixing unit includes two fixing members connected with each other. Two ends of each fixing member are respectively formed with a connection section and an enclosure section in which the first and second rotary shafts are pivotally disposed. The connection sections of the fixing members can be inserted and mated and connected with each other. The first and second rotary shafts can be easily assembled and located at lower cost. In operation, the deflection of the two rotary shafts is minimized to keep the parallelism of the two rotary shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: First Dome Corporation
    Inventor: An Szu Hsu
  • Patent number: 9388614
    Abstract: A parallelism fixing device applied to dual-shaft system for fixing the parallelism of the rotary shafts and facilitating the assembling process. The parallelism fixing device includes a first rotary shaft, a second rotary shaft and a fixing unit, which are assembled with each other. Each of the first and second rotary shafts has a fixed section mounted on an electronic apparatus, a pivoted section assembled with a torque module and a middle section positioned between the fixed section and the pivoted section. The fixing unit is assembled with the middle sections. The fixing unit has a substantially 8-shaped cross section and includes a first chamber, a second chamber and a belly section in connection with the first and second chambers. The middle sections of the first and second rotary shafts are respectively fixedly assembled in the first and second chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: First Dome Corporation
    Inventor: An Szu Hsu
  • Patent number: 9360090
    Abstract: A rotary shaft transmission structure, which is designed with a simplified structure to provide a smooth and stable transmission of a rotary shaft and to reduce the occurrence of rotational torsion variation of the rotary shaft, includes a combination of at least one rotor and a traction portion. The rotor includes a shaft hole and a bolt bore, in which the shaft hole is utilized to pivot the rotary shaft so that the rotor can be rotated by the rotary shaft, the shaft hole transversely passed through by at least a plan area is utilized to retain the traction portion, and the rotary shaft is utilized to press the traction portion via the plan area, thereby forming a fixation function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: First Dome Corporation
    Inventor: An Szu Hsu
  • Patent number: 9310850
    Abstract: A synchronous movement device applied to dual-shaft system includes a first shaft and a second shaft, which are assembled with each other and synchronously rotatable. The synchronous movement device further includes a driver disposed on the first shaft and a reactor disposed on the second shaft and a link unit connected between the driver and the reactor. When the first shaft drives the driver to rotate, the driver pushes the link unit to move along the first and second shafts to forcedly push the reactor to rotate in a direction reverse to the moving direction of the driver. Accordingly, the first and second shafts are synchronously rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: First Dome Corporation
    Inventor: An Szu Hsu
  • Patent number: 9309705
    Abstract: A dual-shaft synchronous transmission fixing device has a simplified structure and minified volume. The gap between the rotary shafts can be changed or adjusted according to the transmission specification so that the electronic device can be thinned and lightweight. The fixing device includes a driver and a reactor respectively disposed on a first shaft and a second shaft and a link unit engaged with the driver and the reactor, whereby the first and second shafts can be synchronously rotated. The fixing device further includes a main fixing plate and a subsidiary fixing plate having identical structures. The main fixing plate and the subsidiary fixing plate are disposed on the first and second shafts. Each of the main fixing plate and the subsidiary fixing plate has a base section for together pivotally connecting with the link unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: First Dome Corporation
    Inventors: An Szu Hsu, Wang Jui Lee, Chung Yi Lin, Ya Ching Lin
  • Patent number: 9310849
    Abstract: A dual-shaft synchronous transmission device is applied to an electronic apparatus. The distance between the two shafts of the dual-shaft synchronous transmission device is shortened so that the electronic device can be thinned and lightweight. The dual-shaft synchronous transmission device includes a driver and a reactor respectively disposed on a first shaft and a second shaft and a link unit. Spur gear structures or crown gear structures are respectively disposed on the driver and the reactor. Crown gear structures or spur gear structures are respectively disposed at two ends of the link unit correspondingly engaged with the spur gear structures or crown gear structures of the driver and the reactor. When the first shaft and the driver are rotated, the driver rotates the link unit to drive the reactor and the second shaft to synchronously rotate in a direction reverse to the rotational direction of the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: First Dome Corporation
    Inventors: An Szu Hsu, Wang Jui Lee, Chung Yi Lin, Ya Ching Lin
  • Patent number: 9268372
    Abstract: A multi-joint synchronous rotary axle structure includes a middle shaft and two parallel side shafts at two sides of the middle shaft. A first synchronous actuating assembly and a second synchronous actuating assembly are provided at two opposite positions of the middle shaft and the side shafts, which are connected in a reverse link relationship. The two side shafts can be rotated about the middle shaft to generate a synchronous reverse turning. A two-way shaft plate is provided between the middle shaft and each of the side shafts to provide the torsion of tuning so as to form a compact multi-joint synchronous rotary axle structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: First Dome Corporation
    Inventor: An Szu Hsu
  • Patent number: 9265166
    Abstract: A parallelism control device applied to dual-shaft system for fixing the parallelism of the rotary shafts and facilitating the assembling process. The device includes an assembly of a first and a second rotary shafts and a fixing unit capable of providing torque effect. Each of the first and second rotary shafts has a fixed section and a pivoted section mounted on an electronic apparatus. The fixing unit has a substantially C-shaped cross section and includes a first and a second sections, a connection section in connection with the first and second sections and a split between the first and second sections. The first and second sections and the connection section are fixedly assembled with the pivoted sections of the first and second rotary shafts so as to avoid deflection of the first and second rotary shafts and fix the parallelism thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: First Dome Corporation
    Inventor: An Szu Hsu