Patents Assigned to Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 6837003
    Abstract: A wooden shutter. The wood shutter is installed on the wall around a window and includes an outer frame having a receiving open space and top and mounting portions at top and bottom ends of one side thereof. Louvers are arranged in parallel in the receiving open space within the outer frame. A first coupling unit and a second coupling unit are fixedly fastened to the wall around the window respectively. The first coupling unit has a fixed pivot pivoted to the bottom mounting portion of the outer frame. The second coupling unit has a movable pivot member detachably inserted through a through hole thereof for detachably pivoting to the top mounting portion of the outer frame for enabling the outer frame to be turned about the fixed pivot member and the movable pivot member in and out of the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming Nien
  • Publication number: 20040261956
    Abstract: A window blind control structure used in a window blind for controlling lifting and tilting of the blind slats is constructed to include a transmission mechanism mounted in a headrail of the window blind and coupled to blind slats of the window blind, a linking mechanism coupled to the transmission mechanism, and an operation device for operation by the user to bias the linking mechanism and to further drive the transmission mechanism to adjust the elevation and tilting angle of the blind slats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD
    Inventor: Ming Nien
  • Patent number: 6834702
    Abstract: The assembly includes a blind formed of a headrail, a bottom rail, slats, two ladder tapes, and shades detachably fastened to the ladder tapes to cover the gaps between the slats. Each shade has an elongated shade body and a support member inserted into a pocket at one side of the shade body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming Nien
  • Publication number: 20040221970
    Abstract: A headrail for a window covering is constructed to include a base panel having a coupling groove longitudinally extended along a front long side thereof, two end caps respectively fastened to two distal ends of the base panel, and an ornamental panel. The coupling groove has a narrow top open width smaller than an inside width thereof. The ornamental panel has a top coupling flange curved from a top side thereof and defining with the ornamental panel a contained angle, and a top bearing portion formed of a bar protruded from the top coupling flange and engaged into the coupling groove of the base panel. The top bearing portion of the ornamental panel has a transverse width slightly smaller than the top open width of the coupling groove of the base panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: Nien Made Enterprise Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming Nien
  • Publication number: 20040221969
    Abstract: A combination window covering is constructed to include a headrail, a bottom rail, front and rear ladder tapes respectively vertically connected between the headrail and the bottom rail at front and rear sides, fabric slats arranged in parallel between the headrail and the bottom rail, each slat having two opposite long sides respectively embedded with a rib, which is fastened to the front and rear ladder tapes, fabric light screening flaps respectively suspended from the slats and forming a light screening face at the front side of the slats, and a control unit for operation by the user to lift or lower the bottom rail so as to further receive or extend out the slats, and to move the front ladder tapes and rear ladder tapes of the ladder tapes vertically in reversed directions so as to further tilt the slats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Applicant: Nien, Made Enterprise Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming Nien
  • Patent number: 6814128
    Abstract: A vertical retractable blind. The blind includes a fixed headrail, a lifting rail vertically movable in the horizontal direction below the headrail, two positioning cords adapted to support the lifting rail at the desired elevation. The positioning cords each have a first end connected to the headrail and a second end respectively extended across the lifting rail and fixedly secured to a respective fixed point outside the lifting rail to provide a tension force to the lifting rail. A retractable blind body is connected between the headrail and the lifting rail and vertically extended out/received subject to vertical movement of the lifting rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming Nien
  • Patent number: 6805186
    Abstract: A control system for regulating light-shading status of a window blind assembly is disclosed to include a transmission mechanism and a driving device. The transmission mechanism includes a force receiving member having a receiving portion. The driving device has a force output member detachably connected to the receiving portion of the force receiving member. The receiving portion of the force receiving member is substantially a rod member having a coupling groove extended around a periphery near a bottom end thereof. The force output member has a receptacle connectable to the bottom end of the receiving portion of the force receiving member. The receptacle includes a spring arm having a protruding engagement portion for engaging the coupling groove of the receiving portion upon connection of the receptacle to the receiving portion of the force receiving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming Nien
  • Publication number: 20040200583
    Abstract: A window blind assembly control crank gear includes a top rod, an intermediate rod and a bottom rod pivoted to the intermediate rod. The top rod has a coupling block with a transverse pivot hole. The intermediate rod has a coupling lug including two upright sidewalls and two pivot holes respectively formed in the upright sidewalls and axially aligned. A fastener is passed through the pivot hole of the coupling block and the pivot holes of the coupling lug to pivotally secure the coupling block to the coupling lug between the upright sidewalls and to impart a pressure to the upright sidewalls against the coupling block for enabling the intermediate rod to be turned relative to the top rod and quickly positioned in an adjusted angular position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming Nien
  • Publication number: 20040200582
    Abstract: A control system for regulating light-shading status of a window blind assembly is disclosed to include a transmission mechanism and a driving device. The transmission mechanism includes a force receiving member having a receiving portion. The driving device has a force output member detachably connected to the receiving portion of the force receiving member. The receiving portion of the force receiving member is substantially a rod member having a coupling groove extended around a periphery near a bottom end thereof. The force output member has a receptacle connectable to the bottom end of the receiving portion of the force receiving member. The receptacle includes a spring arm having a protruding engagement portion for engaging the coupling groove of the receiving portion upon connection of the receptacle to the receiving portion of the force receiving member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming Nien
  • Publication number: 20040194897
    Abstract: A friction transmission mechanism for a motor-driven blind is constructed to include a driving unit, and at least one cord roll-up unit controlled to the driving unit to lift/lower or tilt the slats of the motor-driven Venetian blind. Each cord roll-up unit includes an amplitude modulation wheel controlled by the driving unit to lift/lower the slats and bottom rail of the Venetian blind, a frequency modulation wheel for rotation with the amplitude modulation set to tilt the slats of the Venetian blind, spring means, which forces the frequency modulation wheel into friction-engagement with the amplitude modulation wheel, and a support supporting the amplitude modulation wheel, the support having a shoulder adapted to act with a protruding block of the frequency modulation wheel and to further limit angle of rotation of the frequency modulation wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicants: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Che Wen, Song-He Lui, Ya-Wei Hsu
  • Publication number: 20040194898
    Abstract: A safety window blind assembly formed of a headrail, a bottom rail, a plurality of slats, a blind supporting system, two lift cords, and a lift lock is disclosed to further include two cord stoppers respectively coupled to the lift cords and adapted to limit the moving distance of the lift cords relative to the lift lock and to further prevent a sudden dropping of the bottom rail upon failure of the lift lock. Each cord stopper has a center wire hole adapted to receive a part of one lift cord and two retaining grooves formed in the periphery thereof for retaining the part of the lift cord been inserted through the center wire hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD., Taichung, Taiwan
    Inventor: Ming Nien
  • Publication number: 20040188038
    Abstract: A laborsaving Venetian blind includes a headrail fixedly fastened to a top side of a window, a bottom rail spaced below the headrail, a set of slats, ladder tapes holding the slats in parallel between the headrail and the bottom rail, two laborsaving guides mounted in the bottom rail, each laborsaving guide having two rollers corresponding to front and rear sides of the slats, and two lift cords. Each lift cord has first end fixedly fastened to the headrail and a second end extending downwards from the headrail toward a front side of the bottom rail and then extending through the rollers of one laborsaving guide to a back side of the bottom rail and then extending upwards to the headrail for operation by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming Nien
  • Publication number: 20040182524
    Abstract: A Venetian blind is constructed to include a headrail, a bottom rail, a plurality of slats, a blind supporting system suspendedly and spacedly supporting the slats horizontally between the headrail and the bottom rail, two lift cords each having a first end fastened to the bottom rail and a second end extending upwardly through the slats into the headrail and then downwardly through a gate of a lift lock mounted in the headrail and terminating in an operation segment suspended below the headrail at a distance, and a knot constructed in each lift cord and having a dimension greater than the gate of the lift lock. Therefore, the knot limits the moving distance of the respective lift cord relative to the lift lock and, prevents a sudden dropping of the bottom rail upon failure of the lift lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming Nien
  • Publication number: 20040182525
    Abstract: A cord stopper for use in slidably and detachably connecting a lift cord of a window blind assembly includes a first cover shell having an insertion hole for insertion of the lift cord, a second cover shell openably closed to the first cover shell to form a receiving chamber therebetween, and a plurality of holding down members disposed in the receiving chamber for pressing the lift cord that is inserted through the insertion hole of the first cover shell to hold the cord stopper on the lift cord.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming Nien
  • Publication number: 20040182527
    Abstract: A cord stopper for use in slidably and detachably connecting a lift cord of a window blind assembly includes a first portion provided with a cord hole, a second portion having a free end close to the first portion, and a cord-holding portion connected between the first portion and the second portion. The lift cord is folded up and inserted through the cord hole of the cord stopper to form a loop which is hung on the cord-holding portion of the cord stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Applicant: NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming Nien
  • Patent number: 6789598
    Abstract: A lift lock for a blind is disclosed to include a casing holding a guide wheel, balls respectively received in respective sliding grooves around one side of the guide wheel, a shaft inserted through the casing and coupled to a lift rod of the blind, and a spring member sleeved onto the shaft for forcing an engagement portion of the shaft into engagement with a positioning opening of the casing. When the torque inputted into the lift rod surpassed the friction resistance between the casing and the shaft, the balls force the shaft to disengage the engagement portion from the positioning opening of the casing for enabling the lift rod to be freely rotated. When the input torque of the lift rod dropped, the spring member returns the shaft into engagement with the positioning opening of the casing to stop the lift rod in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Nien Made Enterprise Co., LTD
    Inventor: Ming Nien
  • Patent number: 6789597
    Abstract: An electromagnetic clutch-controlled electric blind is constructed to include a blind body formed of a headrail defining a receiving chamber, a set of slats, and a bottom rail, a power drive, the power drive including a reversible motor and electromagnetic clutch apparatus connectable to the motor, an amplitude modulation set coupled to the motor for rotation with the motor to lift/lower the slats to the desired elevation, a frequency modulation set coupled to the motor through the electromagnetic clutch apparatus and adapted for controlling tilting angle of the slats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignees: Industrial Technology Research Institute, Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Che Wen, Song-He Lui, Ya-Wei Hsu
  • Patent number: 6786270
    Abstract: A lift lock for blind is disclosed to include a shaft pivoted to a headrail of a blind for synchronous rotation with a lift rod of the blind. The shaft has a constraint device. A switching mechanism is mounted inside the headrail of the blind and has a sliding member movable between a locking position and an unlocking position. The sliding member has an engagement device, which engages the constraint device to stop the shaft from rotary motion when the sliding member moved to the locking position, or is disengaged from the constraint device for enabling the shaft to be rotated with the lift rod when the sliding member moved to the unlocking position. And, a control mechanism has a pull rod for pulling by the user to switch the switching mechanism between the locking position and the unlocking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignees: Industrial Technology Research Institute, Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Che Wen, Yuh-Jia Ju
  • Publication number: 20040144500
    Abstract: A modularized power mechanism of blind is disclosed to include a main body, a winding unit, a transmission member and a resilient element. The main body has a first shaft hole and a second shaft hole substantially perpendicular to the first shaft hole. The winding unit is inserted into the first shaft hole of the main body and has a driving portion and a mounting hole for accommodating a reel of a blind therein. The transmission member is inserted into the second shaft hole of said main body and has a driven portion engaged with the driving portion of the winding unit for rotating synchronously. The resilient element has an end fixed to the main body and the other end fixed to the transmission member for providing a resilient force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Applicant: NIEN MADE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming Nien
  • Patent number: D497506
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Nien Made Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming Nien