Patents Assigned to FOSITEK CORPORATION
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Patent number: 12286825Abstract: A hinge includes a seat, a shaft, a swivel bracket and at least one limiting bar. The seat includes two support portions. An accommodation area is defined between the two support portions. The two support portions are respectively provided with a shaft hole. The two shaft holes are arranged coaxially and connected to the accommodation area. The shaft includes a coupling section and two pivoting sections. The coupling section is located between the two pivoting sections. The two pivoting sections are respectively provided in one of the two shaft holes in a rotatable manner, and the coupling section is in the accommodation area. The swivel bracket includes a mounting plate, a sleeve piece and at least one extension portion. The mounting plate includes an inner surface, an outer surface, and a bottom edge. The sleeve piece extends from the bottom edge of the mounting plate and is wound at a side corresponding to the inner surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2023Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: Kuan-Yu Lin, Hsiu-Fan Ho
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Patent number: 12274361Abstract: A three-section slide rail device includes an outer section, a middle section and an inner section. The middle section includes a middle rail and an inner middle block. The inner section includes an inner rail slidably disposed on the middle rail, and a removal operating assembly disposed on the inner rail. The removal operating assembly has a removal operating member, a removal connecting plate and a removal locking member pivotably mounted on the inner rail and having a removal guiding slot. The removal locking member has a locking portion and a protrusion. The removal operating member is operated to move the removal connecting plate and bring the protrusion to move along the removal guiding slot to result in pivoting of the removal locking member so as to disengage the locking portion from the inner middle block for permitting removal of the inner section from the middle section.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: Hsu-Hong Yao, Mo-Yu Zhang
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Patent number: 12270229Abstract: A rotation device includes a base seat, an axle unit and a lock unit. The axle unit extends into the base seat. The lock unit includes a lock plate that is sleeved on the axle unit, and a lock member that is disposed on the base seat. The lock plate is formed with a first lock groove. The lock member has a lock portion that is operable to move into the first lock groove. The lock plate is locked by the lock portion of the lock member when the lock portion moves into the first lock groove, so that the axle unit and the lock plate are not rotatable relative to the base seat.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: Chun-Han Lin, Yung-Chih Tseng
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Patent number: 12264524Abstract: A rotation device includes a base seat, an axle unit and a restoring unit. The axle unit includes an upper axle that extends into the base seat. The restoring unit permits the upper axle to extend therein. The restoring unit is for restoring the upper axle to its original position after the upper axle is rotated.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2023Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: Chun-Han Lin, Yung-Chih Tseng
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Publication number: 20250093916Abstract: A hinge connectable with two housing parts to allow opening and closing thereof includes a mounting seat, two rotary units and two lateral support plates. The mounting seat has two first arcuate slots at two sides of a central line. The rotary units are connected with the mounting seat at the two sides of the central line for mounting the housing parts, and shiftable between an unfolded state and a folded state. Each rotary unit includes a linking member, a rail sliding block, a rotating bracket and an interposed sliding member interposed between the rail sliding block and the rotating bracket. The sliding of the rail sliding block relative to the rotating bracket can be steady and firm without the need to elongate the inclined rails of the rail sliding block and the rotating bracket, which renders the hinge more compact and slim.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: An-Szu HSU, Yang-Zhong WU, An-Wei CHUNG
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Patent number: 12251016Abstract: A three-section slide rail device includes an outer section, a middle section and an inner section. The middle section includes a middle rail slidably disposed on the outer section, a ball sliding plate slidably disposed on the middle rail, and a leaf spring at one end of the middle rail. The ball sliding plate has a plate body, a synchronizing block and a positioning hole formed on the plate body. The inner section includes an inner rail and a synchronizing actuating member pivotably mounted to the inner rail. The synchronizing actuating member is in an abutting engagement with the synchronizing block during an extended movement of the inner section relative to the middle section to make synchronizing movement of the ball sliding plate with the inner section until the positioning hole of the ball sliding plate is engaged with the leaf spring.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2023Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: Hsu-Hong Yao, Mo-Yu Zhang
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Patent number: 12241303Abstract: A rotation device includes a base seat, an axle unit, a lower rotating module and an upper rotating module. The axle unit includes an upper axle and a lower axle. The lower rotating module includes a lock unit, and an outer barrel that is disposed in the base seat and that is penetrated by the lower axle. The lock unit includes a lock plate that is sleeved on the lower axle, and a lock member that is mounted to the base seat. The lock plate is formed with a first lock groove. The lock member has a lock portion that is operable to move into the first lock groove. The upper rotating module is disposed in the base seat and is co-rotatably sleeved on the upper axle. The upper rotating module is able to be driven by the upper axle to rotate relative to the lower rotating module.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2023Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: Chun-Han Lin, Yung-Chih Tseng
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Patent number: 12235688Abstract: A multi-link hinge assembly includes a link rod unit including a base rod, two supporting link rods, two synchronization link rods, two supporting rods, and a supporting plate unit. The base rod has a base rod body, two base connecting portions respectively connected to opposite ends of the base rod body, and two central connecting portions disposed between the base connecting portions. Each synchronization link rod has a first synchronization end portion pivotably connected to a respective one of the central connecting portions, and a second synchronization end portion opposite thereto. The supporting plate unit includes two supporting plates respectively connected to the supporting rods and each having inner and outer portions. The link rod unit is operable between an unfolded position and a folded position, where the second synchronization end portions are away from each other, and the inner portions define a relief space therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2023Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: Chun-Han Lin, Yung-Chih Tseng
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Patent number: 12222773Abstract: A wire-passable hinge is mounted between a first casing body and a second casing body. The first casing body and the second casing body are electrically connected to each other by a conductive wire. The wire-passable hinge includes a rotary rod that has a wire passageway to allow passage of the conductive wire, and a bushing that is sleeved rotatably on the rotary rod. A first hinge casing is connected to the first casing body. The rotary rod extends into the first hinge casing. The first hinge casing further allows the conductive wire to pass therethrough. A second hinge casing is connected to the second casing body. The bushing is disposed within the second hinge casing. The second hinge casing further allows the conductive wire to pass therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2023Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventor: Hsiu-Fan Ho
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Patent number: 12221998Abstract: A hinge is connectable with two housing shells for permitting relative opening and closing of the housing shells, and includes a fixed seat, at least two rotating units, two lateral support plates and a center support plate. The rotating units are disposed at two sides of a centerline of the fixed seat and are connectable with the housing shells. The rotating units are shiftable between an open state and a closed state. Each rotating unit includes a linking member arcuately slidable on the fixed seat. The lateral support plates are mounted on the linking members, and have central notches. The center support plate is movably disposed on the fixed seat and is moved with the rotating units. In the open state, the center support plate is disposed in the central notches. In the closed state, the center support plate abuts against the fixed seat.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2023Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: An-Szu Hsu, An-Wei Chung
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Publication number: 20240393840Abstract: A synchronizing hinge includes a rotating module and a bracket plate unit. The rotating module includes two support units pivotably mounted to a base seat. Each support unit has a first support piece, a second support piece pivotably connected with the first support piece, and a moving axle extending through the first support piece and an arcuate slot of the second support piece and movably received in a moving slot of the base seat. The bracket plate unit includes two first bracket plates securely connected with the first support piece, and two second bracket plates securely connected with the second support piece. The support units and the bracket plate unit are rotatable between an initial position where the first bracket plates are flush with the second bracket plates, and a terminal position where the first bracket plates are inclined relative to the second bracket plates by an inclined angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2023Publication date: November 28, 2024Applicant: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventor: Chun-Han LIN
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Publication number: 20240393839Abstract: A wire-passable hinge is mounted between a first casing body and a second casing body. The first casing body and the second casing body are electrically connected to each other by a conductive wire. The wire-passable hinge includes a rotary rod that has a wire passageway to allow passage of the conductive wire, and a bushing that is sleeved rotatably on the rotary rod. A first hinge casing is connected to the first casing body. The rotary rod extends into the first hinge casing. The first hinge casing further allows the conductive wire to pass therethrough. A second hinge casing is connected to the second casing body. The bushing is disposed within the second hinge casing. The second hinge casing further allows the conductive wire to pass therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2023Publication date: November 28, 2024Applicant: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventor: Hsiu-Fan HO
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Publication number: 20240324768Abstract: A three-section slide rail device includes an outer section, a middle section and an inner section. An outer rail of the outer section has a sliding surface and an anti-retraction block and a releasing block formed on the sliding surface. A middle rail of the middle section is slidably disposed on the outer rail. An anti-retraction member and a driven member are pivotably mounted on an end of the middle rail. An inner rail of the inner section is slidably disposed on the middle rail, and has an abutment plate and a driving plate formed on an inner surface of the inner rail. The abutment plate abuts upwardly against the anti-retraction member, and is moved to disengage from the anti-retraction member to permit abutment of the anti-retraction member against the anti-retraction block so as to prevent retraction movement of the middle section relative to the outer section.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2023Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: Hsu-Hong YAO, Mo-Yu ZHANG
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Publication number: 20240324769Abstract: A three-section slide rail device includes an outer section, a middle section and an inner section. The middle section includes a middle rail and an inner middle block. The inner section includes an inner rail slidably disposed on the middle rail, and a removal operating assembly disposed on the inner rail. The removal operating assembly has a removal operating member, a removal connecting plate and a removal locking member pivotably mounted on the inner rail and having a removal guiding slot. The removal locking member has a locking portion and a protrusion. The removal operating member is operated to move the removal connecting plate and bring the protrusion to move along the removal guiding slot to result in pivoting of the removal locking member so as to disengage the locking portion from the inner middle block for permitting removal of the inner section from the middle section.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2023Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: Fositek CorporationInventors: Hsu-Hong Yao, Mo-Yu Zhang
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Publication number: 20240329695Abstract: A multi-link hinge assembly includes a link rod unit including a base rod, two supporting link rods, two synchronization link rods, two supporting rods, and a supporting plate unit. The base rod has a base rod body, two base connecting portions respectively connected to opposite ends of the base rod body, and two central connecting portions disposed between the base connecting portions. Each synchronization link rod has a first synchronization end portion pivotably connected to a respective one of the central connecting portions, and a second synchronization end portion opposite thereto. The supporting plate unit includes two supporting plates respectively connected to the supporting rods and each having inner and outer portions. The link rod unit is operable between an unfolded position and a folded position, where the second synchronization end portions are away from each other, and the inner portions define a relief space therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2023Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: Chun-Han Lin, Yung-Chih Tseng
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Publication number: 20240324770Abstract: A three-section slide rail device includes an outer section, a middle section and an inner section. The middle section includes a middle rail slidably disposed on the outer section, a ball sliding plate slidably disposed on the middle rail, and a leaf spring at one end of the middle rail. The ball sliding plate has a plate body, a synchronizing block and a positioning hole formed on the plate body. The inner section includes an inner rail and a synchronizing actuating member pivotably mounted to the inner rail. The synchronizing actuating member is in an abutting engagement with the synchronizing block during an extended movement of the inner section relative to the middle section to make synchronizing movement of the ball sliding plate with the inner section until the positioning hole of the ball sliding plate is engaged with the leaf spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2023Publication date: October 3, 2024Applicant: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: Hsu-Hong YAO, Mo-Yu ZHANG
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Patent number: 12079047Abstract: A hinge includes a stationary seat and two rotating units. Each rotating unit includes a linkage module that has an extension body that has a arcuate slide rail, a rotating bracket module that is rotatable and that has a fixing pin, and a sliding module that includes a connecting frame, a positioning pin, and a linkage member. The connecting frame has a curved groove that engages the arcuate slide rail such that movement of the rotating units between an opened and a closed state results in movement between the arcuate slide rail and the curved groove. The linkage member has a through hole, and an elongated slot which the fixing pin passes through to connect the rotating bracket module such that movement of the rotating units between the opened and closed states results in movement between the fixing pin and the elongated slot.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2023Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: An-Szu Hsu, An-Wei Chung
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Patent number: 12055178Abstract: A hinge device includes a fixed shaft, a rotating sleeve, a fixed connection member, a torsion spring, a rotating connection member and a friction resistance assembly. The rotating sleeve is rotatably mounted on the fixed shaft and is located between a fixed end and a free end. One end of the fixed connection member is fixedly connected to the free end, and the other end is provided with a first slot. Two ends of the torsion spring are respectively equipped with a first snap-in pin and a second snap-in pin. The first snap-in pin inserts into the first slot. An extension part protrudes from a fixed part of the of the rotating connection member and is provided with a second slot. The second snap-in pin inserts into the second slot. The friction resistance assembly is disposed on the fixed shaft to provide torsional resistance to the rotating sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: Chin-Yu Hsiao, Huan-Yu Huang
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Patent number: 12037826Abstract: A hinge includes a first fixing bracket, a shaft and a swivel bracket. The first fixing bracket includes two first support pieces and a first connection piece. The two first support pieces are arranged in parallel to each other, and the first connection piece is connected to the two second support pieces. The two first support pieces are respectively provided with a shaft hole and the shaft holes are arranged coaxially along a central axis. At least one of the first support pieces is provided with one limiting extension portion extending in a direction in parallel to the central axis at an upper front end of the first support piece and extending towards the other first support piece. The shaft is inserted into the shaft hole.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2023Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: Kuan-Yu Lin, Hsiu-Fan Ho
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Publication number: 20240237250Abstract: An FPC/FFC tension keeping device is adapted to be mounted to an electronic apparatus, and includes a tension keeping unit that includes a base seat module and a sliding module. The base seat module includes a base seat and two guide members. The base seat has two guiding slots. The guide members are respectively inserted in the guiding slots and fixedly connected to the base seat. The sliding module includes a sliding member and two resilient members. The sliding member is slidably connected to the guide members. The resilient members are respectively disposed in the two guiding slots and are respectively sleeved on the guide members. The resilient members are configured to maintain, during movement of the sliding member, contact between the sliding member and an FPC/FFC board of the electronic apparatus that wraps around the sliding member, and to conserve tension of the FPC/FFC board.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2022Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventor: Wen-Yen LIN