Patents Examined by Mark T. Vogelbacker
  • Patent number: 7251860
    Abstract: A window operator handle securable to a casement window operating drive shaft is described. The handle is movable between an operating position to a folded position. The handle has a body housing that has a cavity which includes an operating mechanism. The operating mechanism has an assembly body secured to the housing, a pivotal member positioned in a first section of the assembly body and a sliding member positioned in at least a second portion of the assembly body. The pivotal member is adapted to pivot from a first position to a second position as the handle is moved from a first position to a second position. The pivotal member is held in one position and the other position by the sliding member. The sliding member is retained in contact with the pivotal member by a spring means in said assembly body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Inventors: Luke Liang, Toni Liang
  • Patent number: 7168134
    Abstract: An opening and closing device includes a fixed member, a movable member, a spring and a case. The fixed member is provided at a side with a fixed cam. The movable member is disposed so that it can rotate with respect to the fixed member, and provided at the side opposing to the fixed cam with a movable cam. The spring is for keeping the movable cam and the fixed cam in a state of elastic contact. The case has a substantially round cylindrical shape, and houses these items. There is a guiding mechanism formed between the case and the movable member for supporting the movable member so that it can move in the axis direction, which guiding mechanism is provided with a section of broader width at the end part facing to the fixed member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsuichi Minami, Koji Sakai, Toshio Ohie
  • Patent number: 7140072
    Abstract: A lockable hinge includes a first and second hinge member, a lock, and an actuator. The lockable hinge is coupled to a pair of ladder-leg sections and is arranged to allow the ladder-leg sections to move among closed-ladder, trestle-ladder, and straight-ladder positions. The lock is used to lock the hinge members to cause the ladder-leg sections to lock in the closed-ladder, trestle-ladder and straight-ladder positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventor: Lu Hao Leng
  • Patent number: 7140133
    Abstract: A luggage identifier, which is disposed on a luggage case or a luggage bag, includes a chassis and an identifying device, wherein the chassis includes a retaining space. The identifying device is disposed in the retaining space. The identifying device includes an identifying unit and a circuit board. The identifying unit is connected to the circuit board with a power switch connected therebetween. Accordingly, the user can easily and quickly identify his/her luggage case by recognizing the identifying device, thereby saving time on looking for the luggage case, and preventing himself/herself from claiming a luggage of other people.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Inventors: Chih-Chang Hu, Chung-Pei Hu
  • Patent number: 7137215
    Abstract: An animation frame including a front frame body, a back plate installed therein with a grating plate and frame brackets, a moveable plane plate stuck with pictures, a battery, an IC circuit board and coils etc. The grating plate is placed on the pictures on the plane plate and fixed on a main body of the back plate; the plane plate has two notches respectively on its upper and lower edges, a vertical plane perpendicular to the plane plate has thereon a magnet between the two coils of the main body. The main body has thereon a movable device connecting with a movable screw and being fixed or adjusted to slide left or right to adjust the angular position of the plane plate. The main body has therein two movable screws connectable with the main body to adjust the plane plate in up and down moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Trusty Industrial Inc.
    Inventor: Tony Chuang
  • Patent number: 7117562
    Abstract: A hinge assembly (10) for joining a cover section (012) to a body section (014) of a foldable electronic device (01) includes: a button (1); a locking element (2); a main shaft (4); a driving spring (3); a cam (5) including a latching cam surface (54) on one end thereof, and two reverse rotating grooves (56) on another end thereof; a barrel (6) including two latching posts (62) engaging in the grooves; an end shaft (8); and a torsion spring (7) including two end portions attached to the barrel and the end shaft. The button, the locking element and the driving spring are located around one end of the main shaft, and the cam and the barrel are located around another end of the main shaft. When the button is pushed, the hinge assembly fully opens the cover section from body section. This provides a user with convenient one-handed operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignees: Shenzhen FuTaiHong Precision Industrial Co., Ltd., Sutech Trading Limited
    Inventors: Zhou-Quan Zuo, Chia-Hua Chen
  • Patent number: 7117563
    Abstract: A hinge assembly includes a body drive member (1), a cover drive member (2), and a locating member (3). The body drive member has an outer screw thread (16) on an outer periphery thereof. The cover drive member has a central cavity (212, 224), and a projection (223) and an inner screw thread (216) formed in the cavity. The locating member has a projection (31) formed on an outer periphery thereof, and a central hole (33). The body drive member extends through the cavity and the hole, thereby integrating the hinge assembly into a complete unit, with the thread of the body drive member engaging with the thread of the cover drive member, and the projection of the cover drive member movably engaging with the projection of the locating member. The hinge assembly exerts reduced force on a foldable electronic device when the foldable electronic device is opened or closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignees: Shenzhen FuTaiHong Precision Industrial Co., Ltd., Sutech Trading Limited
    Inventors: Rui-Hao Chen, Chao Duan, Jiang-Yuan He, Chia-Hua Chen
  • Patent number: 7117565
    Abstract: Support for fixing an accessory (3) to a flexible arm (1), characterized in that this support (2) comprises at least one leg (11) fixed with one far end (13) to one of the far ends (6–7) of adjoining hinge-mounted parts (4–5) of the flexible arm (1) which are connected to each other in a hinged manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: BRUSTOR, naamloze vennootschap
    Inventor: Louis Brutsaert
  • Patent number: 7114218
    Abstract: A hinge device for a flat panel display which is able to be adjusted and retained at any desired angle, comprises a fixed unit and a pivotal unit, wherein the fixed unit has a base, a pair of supports, a pair spindles and a pair of bushings mounted around the spindle, the pivotal unit includes a mounting part integrated with two pivotal bearing parts, two pair of bearing blocks respectively mounted around the bushings and a connecting member, a plurality of annular grooves being defined around an aperture defined in a center of the bearing blocks corresponding to the plurality of the annular ribs formed around the external surface of the bushing, thereby the pivotal unit is able to be retained at any desired angle by the friction between the contacting surfaces of the bearing blocks and the bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2006
    Assignee: Jiin Ming Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuan Li Lin
  • Patent number: 7111361
    Abstract: A hinge assembly for joining a cover to a main body of a folding phone, includes a housing (1), a cam (2), a cam follower (3), a spring (4), and an end cover (5). The cam and the cam follower are received in the housing with a connector (21) of the cam extending through a rear end (11) of the housing. The cam follower has a cylindrical main body (30) with a protrusion (31) extending from each opposite end thereof. The cylindrical main body can move along a cam surface (20) of the cam for being received in valleys (22) of the cam surface while the protrusions sliding in the housing. The end cover is inserted into the housing for locking the hinge components in the housing. The spring is compressively coupled between the cam follower and the end cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Co., Ltd., Fih Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Zhi Li, Chia-Hua Chen
  • Patent number: 7107651
    Abstract: A handle applied in bathroom and fixed on the wall. The handle is composed of a handhold pipe, a garnering rack, several supporting rods and covers, a middle positioning body and two side positioning bodies. The handle pipe is a hollow tube and holes sit at the middle and both ends respectively to match with middle positioning body, end positioning bodies and supporting rack tube holes separately. All holes will be bolted and be positioned; the other end will be bound to the positioning piece fixed on the wall and covered by cover which located on the supporting rack. Both ends of the garnering rack will be inserted into the hollow tubes of the end positioning bodies to be positioned and assembled. Hence, the whole assembling processes provide an easy, convenient, quick and time-saving effect and complete the purpose of fastness and safety to prevent loosen and fallen off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Lin Kun Ta Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ching-Yi Lin
  • Patent number: 7103938
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle door hinge comprised of a first hinge part (2), a second hinge part (3), a shaft section (4), which joins a hinge eye (10) of the first hinge part (2) and a hinge eye (17) of the second hinge part (17) to one another in an articulated manner, and of a door arrester unit (25), which produces a holding force that is to be surmounted by tensioning a spring unit (32). Preferred holding angles of the door arrester unit (25) are stipulated by detent markings. The aim of the invention is to create a motor vehicle door hinge that can be economically produced and mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Edscha AG
    Inventors: Lothar Brückner, Wolfgang Garbe, Nils Magnus
  • Patent number: 7100240
    Abstract: In order to facilitate the assembling of a hinge device, hinge-arm angle is temporarily allowed for free setting. Here, between an annular portion of hinge arm and a fixed cam, a stopper is provided which is to prevent against a fitting of between a recess of annular portion and a protrusion of fixed cam. During assembling of the hinge device to a display and main body, setting is made to prevent against a fitting. After assembled, the same is slid to allow for fitting of between them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Masayuki Amano
  • Patent number: 7100239
    Abstract: A hinge assembly includes a body drive member (10) having an outer screw thread (12) on an outer periphery thereof, a cover drive member (20) having a first end surface (28) formed one end thereof, a follower (30) having a second end surface (34) formed on one end thereof, and an elastic element (40) abutting the follower. The cover drive member has an inner screw thread (26) formed in a cavity (22) of the cover drive member. The follower has a central hole (32). The body drive member extends through the cover drive member, the follower and the elastic element, thereby integrating the hinge assembly into a complete unit. The outer screw thread of the body drive member engages with the inner screw thread of the cover drive member, and the first end surface of the cover drive member engaging with the second end surface of the body drive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: FIH Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao Duan, Rui-Hao Chen, Chia-Hua Chen
  • Patent number: 7100243
    Abstract: This is a device, which will allow a gate to be closed or open or set in a position to provide a means of ingress and egress to a particular facility. This would include warehouses, maintenance yards, farms and any sort of delivery facilities and other industrial sites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Inventor: Mason F. Platzke
  • Patent number: 7096537
    Abstract: An adjustable hinge device is provided for a foldable apparatus in accordance with the present invention. The foldable apparatus, such as a portable mobile phone, comprises a cover and a body connected by the hinge so as to make the cover rotatable relative to the body between a fully opened position and a fully closed position. When the cover rotates to the fully opened position, a maximum opening angle is defined. According to the relative movement between a rotatable portion and a fixed portion of the adjustable hinge, the maximum opening angle can be adjusted to fit different requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Benq Corporation
    Inventor: Hsin-Liang Chen
  • Patent number: 7093324
    Abstract: There is a gripping section with first and second open ends, a ductile member, such as a strap, forming first and second hoops extending from the first and second open ends. The hoops and wrap and tighten around the object. Ends of the ductile member protrude through a hole in the handle. A fastener receives the ends of the ductile member to allow a user to tighten the hoops. There may be a plurality of ductile members. There may be a slot in the gripping section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: HandiSolutions, Inc.
    Inventor: David B. Udy
  • Patent number: 7089628
    Abstract: A new hinge design is used to connect a base unit and its display panel of a notebook computer. The new hinge design consists of a hinge bracket and a hinge shaft. The hinge bracket consists of a horizontal band, a vertical band, a barrel part and a bent band. The horizontal band and the vertical band are both mounted inside the base unit via holes thereon. The bent band bends from the vertical to the desired direction so as to shift a position of the hinge shaft. Owing to the position shift of the hinge shaft, the center of gravity of a notebook computer will also shift. The hinge shaft includes an attachment plate for mounting on the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Quanta Computer, Inc.
    Inventors: Ming-Te Lin, Chih-Feng Jian, Yung-Lu Wu
  • Patent number: 7089629
    Abstract: A mounting structure of an inner handle for a vehicle having an inner handle serving as an emergency hammer to break or smash the windows of a vehicle in the event of the emergency. The mounting structure of the inner handle includes an inner handle having a grabbing part and connecting parts perpendicularly extending from both ends of the grabbing part. A hammer head made of a high-strength material, the hammer head installed to the end of the connecting part. A locking means rotatably mounted around the circumference of the hammer head and the connecting part and a stopping means preventing unintentional rotation of the locking means. The vehicle pillar trim being configured to receive the inner handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Bo Seung Moon
  • Patent number: 7080426
    Abstract: A bracket for retaining a stair rod includes a first bracket portion defining a first bracket plane for affixing the first bracket portion to a stair and a second bracket portion rotatably coupled to the first bracket portion for rotation between bracket open and bracket closed positions and defining a second bracket plane wherein the first and second bracket planes are coplanar only when the bracket is in the bracket closed position. Friction between a surface of the first bracket portion and a surface of the second bracket portion can provides a friction fit between the first and second bracket portions and maintain the bracket in the bracket closed position. An axis is defined by an intersection of the first and second bracket planes wherein the friction fit is provided by friction between the surfaces of the first and second bracket portions in the vicinity of the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2006
    Assignee: Brass Elegans, Inc.
    Inventor: Ron Roychowdhury