Patents Assigned to Tatung Co., Ltd.
  • Li battery for a webpad
    Publication number: 20050196669
    Abstract: An Li-battery is constructed to include two Li-polymer battery cells arranged in a stack, and a flat plastic housing containing the Li-polymer battery cells, the flat plastic housing having a top side, a bottom side, a plurality of openings symmetrically formed at the top and bottom side, and a plurality of thin-sheet metal face panels fixedly mounted in the openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Publication date: September 8, 2005
    Applicant: Tatung Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chia-Lung Lee, Lii-Hwang Chen
  • Portable computer standing support structure
    Patent number: 6940713
    Abstract: A portable computer standing support structure is disclosed to include a base member having a front locating device formed on the top face near the front edge and a rear locating device formed on the top face between the front edge and the rear edge, and a portable computer supported on a support arm at the base member and selectively positioned on the front locating device and rear locating device of the base member between an inclined position of low steepness for use with a touching pen and an inclined position of high steepness for use with a keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Tatung Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao-Ming Huang, Wen-Chieh Wang, Kao-Wen Chang, Ming-Hsun Yang
  • Portable computer and portable docking station arrangement
    Patent number: 6937468
    Abstract: A portable computer and portable docking station arrangement includes a portable docking station equipped with a keyboard, a swinging bracket pivoted to the portable docking station, and a portable computer insertable into the swinging bracket in one of two reversed directions for enabling the arrangement to be used as a notebook computer or a tablet PC. A spare battery pack is provided at the portable docking station, and chargeable by external power supply upon insertion of the portable computer into the swinging bracket. Data transmission between the portable docking station and the portable computer may be achieved by a wired transmission method or wireless transmission method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Tatung Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chin-Jen Lin, Kao-Wen Chang, Ming-Hsun Yang, Tzu-Wei Lai
  • Ornamental plate mounting structure
    Publication number: 20050186836
    Abstract: An ornamental plate mounting structure includes an electric apparatus, which has a mounting hole in the face panel thereof, an ornamental plate, which has one locating hole in the inner surface thereof, and a connector, which has a front mounting portion and a rear mounting portion respectively press-fitted into the locating hole of the ornamental plate and the mounting hole of the face panel of the electric apparatus to secure the ornamental plate to the face panel of the electric apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: Tatung Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Chun Hsu, Hsien-Pin Tsou, Bo-Shiun Luo
  • Rotating display mounting structure
    Publication number: 20050185367
    Abstract: A rotating display mounting structure includes a rotating display pivotally mounted in an open frame, and two locking mechanisms adapted to lock the rotating display to the open frame. Each locking mechanism includes a top link, a bottom link, a lever coupled between the links and pivoted with a middle part thereof to the cover shell of the rotating display, and an operating member connected to one end of the lever for operation by the user to rotate the lever and to further move the top link and the bottom link into or out of respective recessed locating holes in the top and bottom frames of the open frame and to further lock or unlock the rotating display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: Tatung Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chin-Ku Chuang, Wen-Chieh Wang, Kao-Wen Chang
  • Concealed type hook structure adapted to secure a portable computer to a base member
    Patent number: 6927972
    Abstract: A concealed type hook structure includes a base member, a portable computer, and a hook assembly mounted in a locating hole of the base member for locking the portable computer to the base member, the hook assembly having a hook holder, a swivel hook pivoted to the hook holder, a pressure plate for biasing the swivel hook to force the swivel hook into engagement with the portable computer upon pressing of the portable computer on the base member, and a return unit for moving by the user to return the pressure plate and to further disengage the swivel hook from the portable computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Tatung Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Chieh Wang, Chang-Ming Yan, Chao-Ming Huang
  • Method of brightness adjustment for a display device
    Publication number: 20050156949
    Abstract: A method of brightness adjustment for adjusting a display device is disclosed. The display device includes a light detector to generate a first brightness value and a second brightness value, and then a formula is performed to generate a brightness level value according to the first brightness value and the second brightness value. Therefore, a difference between the brightness level value and a predetermined level value is obtained. If the difference between the brightness level value and the predetermined level value is greater than the threshold value, then the predetermined level value is added by the adjustment value; if the difference between the brightness level value and the predetermined level value is smaller than the negative threshold value, then the predetermined level value is subtracted by the adjustment value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Publication date: July 21, 2005
    Applicant: Tatung Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ching-Mei Tsou
  • Cooling device
    Patent number: 6915844
    Abstract: A cooling device is constructed to include a heat sink attached to a heat generating device and adapted to absorb heat energy from the heat generating device, and at least one heat pipe mounted in the heat sink, each heat pipe having a condensing side formed at each end and disposed at a relatively lower temperature area at the heat sink and an evaporation side formed at the middle and disposed at a relatively higher temperature area at the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2005
    Assignee: Tatung Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ming De Chou
  • Method for automatically adjusting picture frames on a display device
    Publication number: 20050140698
    Abstract: A method for automatically adjusting pictures on a display device, by which a plurality of reference points and the corresponding slope values are stored in a memory of the display device. The reference points and the corresponding slope values, as well as the synchronous frequency and the image timing, set by a user are used by a microprocessor within the display to determine whether to adjust the picture frame and the display position of the pictures, so as to fit the preset display values by the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicant: Tatung Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih-Hua Tseng, Ray-Din Lee, Kuen-Long Lee
  • Detachable base of a display
    Publication number: 20050139745
    Abstract: A detachable base of a display includes: a connecting body mounted on a display body, a bottom face of the connecting body having at least one first sliding mechanism and a first retaining mechanism; and an undercarriage correspondingly mounted on the bottom face of the connecting body, the undercarriage having at least one second sliding mechanism and an operating section, wherein the at least one second sliding mechanism has an inlet end and a stop end, the operating section has an elastic region and an operating region, and the operating region located at a free end of the elastic region and another end of the elastic region fixed on the undercarriage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicant: Tatung Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Cheng Liao, Tsyr-Huey Liu
  • Safety detachable back panel
    Publication number: 20050141192
    Abstract: A safety detachable back panel mounted on the back surface of a server is disclosed, which comprises a panel body having two plain holes, retaining mechanisms adapted to secure the panel body to heat radiation vents in the back surface of the server, two second screw-mounting holes respectively aligned between the plain holes and two first screw-mounting holes in the back surface of the server, and a lock unit having a swivel sheet capable of being turned by a key, wherein the swivel hook blocks the passages between the plain holes and the second screw-mounting holes, so the screws mounted on the second screw-mounting holes cannot be unauthorizedly accessed by a tool. As a result, the safety detachable back panel can protect the internal storage data and the connectors of the external data transmission devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicant: Tatung Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yew-Min Song
  • Portable computer support structure
    Publication number: 20050139740
    Abstract: A portable computer support structure is constructed to include a base member, a support arm fastened pivotally with the base member, a back-stick plate pivoted to the base member and adapted to adjustably support the support arm above the base member in a standing position, a step-less pivoting device affixed to the top side of the support arm and holding a step-less shaft, and a support block fastened to the step-less shaft and adapted to support a portable computer for enabling the portable computer to be rotated with the step-less shaft relative to the support arm to adjust the view angle and to prevent the problem of reflection of light of the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Applicant: Tatung Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ching-Jou Chen, Chao-Ming Huang, Kao-Wen Chang
  • Portable computer and base member receiving arrangement
    Publication number: 20050135050
    Abstract: A portable computer and base member arrangement having a base member and a portable computer is disclosed. The base member has two stop flanges protruded upwardly from the top face in two rear corners and adapted to engage two recessed locating holes of the portable computer after attachment of the portable computer to the base member, and a swinging retainer plate fastened pivotally with the front side and provided with two retaining rods adapted to engage into corresponding retaining holes in the front peripheral side of the portable computer to lock the portable computer to the base member after engagement between the recessed locating holes with protruded retaining portions of the stop flanges of the base member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: Tatung Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Chieh Wang, Kao-Wen Chang, Ming-Hsun Yang
  • Portable computer standing support structure
    Publication number: 20050135049
    Abstract: A portable computer standing support structure is disclosed to include a base member having a front locating device formed on the top face near the front edge and a rear locating device formed on the top face between the front edge and the rear edge, and a portable computer supported on a support arm at the base member and selectively positioned on the front locating device and rear locating device of the base member between an inclined position of low steepness for use with a touching pen and an inclined position of high steepness for use with a keyboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: Tatung Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao-Ming Huang, Wen-Chieh Wang, Kao-Wen Chang, Ming-Hsun Yang
  • Display frame structure mounting arrangement
    Publication number: 20050134758
    Abstract: A display frame structure mounting arrangement includes a base frame accommodating a display panel and a front cover fastened to the base frame to hold the display panel in position, the front cover having a plurality of locating devices each having at least two upright arms protruded from the back surface of the front cover and a transverse block joining the upright arms and spaced from the back surface of the front cover by a gap, the base frame having a top flange stopped below the transverse block of each locating device, a plurality of top lugs respectively engaged into the gap between the back surface of the front cover and the transverse block of each locating device, and a plurality of bottom mounting devices fastened to the respective bottom mounting devices of the front cover by screws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: Tatung Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsyr-Huey Liu
  • Rotatable display mounting arrangement
    Publication number: 20050128690
    Abstract: A rotatable display mounting arrangement is disclosed to include a base having a first pivot structure, an open frame, the open frame having a second pivot structure pivotally coupled to the first pivot structure of the base and a second pivoting means symmetrically disposed at top and bottom frame bars thereof, and a display horizontally rotatably mounted within the open frame, the display having a first pivoting means symmetrically disposed at the top and bottom sides and respectively pivoted to the second pivoting means of the open frame, the first pivoting means having wire holes for the passing of the electric circuit wire of an antenna embedded in the top frame bar of the open frame and the electric circuit wire of the base to the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: Tatung Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chin-Ku Chuang, Wen-Chieh Wang, Chao-Ming Huang
  • Method and system of color-real adjustment for adjusting a display device
    Publication number: 20050128214
    Abstract: A method of color-real adjustment and system for adjusting a display device is disclosed, the system includes a server for outputting an image triggering signal and inputting an image extraction signal, performing a color-real process on the image extraction signal to obtain color data, transforming the color data into a color-real parameter and outputting the color-real parameter; an pattern generator for outputting an image pattern according to the image triggering signal; the display device for displaying an image corresponding according to the image pattern; an digital camera for detecting colors of the displayed image to output the image extraction signal; and a burner for storing the color-real parameter into a memory of the display device, wherein the color-real parameter matches a format of extended display identification data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: Tatung Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shih-Hua Tseng
  • Computer case having pull bar structure for removing front panel
    Patent number: 6906927
    Abstract: A computer case having a pull bar structure for removing a front panel has a pull bar slidably mounted on the bottom wall of the case. The front wall of the case is provided with a front panel. To remove or to mount the front panel, only one side panel has to be taken off first. The pull bar is then pulled so as to decouple a bulged fixing dot on a pressing end thereof with a fixing hole on a fixing member of the front panel. A computer case having a pull bar structure therefore simplifies the process of removing the front panel and saves a significant amount of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Tatung Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chih-Min Su
  • Method for updating firmware
    Publication number: 20050125649
    Abstract: A method for updating firmware in a microprocessor in a computer system is disclosed. The microprocessor has an application memory, a load memory and a cache, and a firmware updating program and a firmware testing program are stored in the load memory. Every time the computer system is turned on, the firmware testing program checks whether the firmware is correct; if the firmware is not correct, a user interface can be used to inform the user and the firmware updating process is repeated until the firmware is updated. As a result, the firmware updating process is ensured to be complete and correct to avoid halting of the computer system due to faulty firmware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Applicant: Tatung Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Yih Lu, Huang-Lung Tzeng
  • Tablet PC expansion base
    Patent number: D507794
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Tatung Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong-Tien Wang, Sheng-Yu Tsai