Patents Assigned to THORENS GMBH
  • Publication number: 20210201939
    Abstract: An automatic tonearm lifter for use in a turntable that includes a main body and a tonearm rotatably mounted on the main body. The tonearm lifter includes a casing adapted to be fixedly mounted to the main body of the turntable, a lifting unit adapted to be mounted to the main body, adapted for supporting the tonearm, movable relative to the casing along a vertical axis, and non-rotatable about the axis relative to the casing, and a rotating unit including a threaded seat that is rotatable about the axis and that is threadably engaging the lifting unit, and a driving module that is connected to the threaded seat and that is operable to drive rotation thereof, thereby moving the lifting unit along the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicants: YA HORNG ELECTRONIC CO., LTD., THORENS GMBH
    Inventors: Jin-Yi HUANG, Gunter Kuerten
  • Patent number: 11031030
    Abstract: An automatic tonearm lifter for use in a turntable that includes a main body and a tonearm rotatably mounted on the main body. The tonearm lifter includes a casing adapted to be fixedly mounted to the main body of the turntable, a lifting unit adapted to be mounted to the main body, adapted for supporting the tonearm, movable relative to the casing along a vertical axis, and non-rotatable about the axis relative to the casing, and a rotating unit including a threaded seat that is rotatable about the axis and that is threadably engaging the lifting unit, and a driving module that is connected to the threaded seat and that is operable to drive rotation thereof, thereby moving the lifting unit along the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignees: YA HORNG ELECTRONIC CO., LTD., THORENS GMBH
    Inventors: Jin-Yi Huang, Gunter Kuerten