Patents by Inventor An C. Chou

An C. Chou has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4958417
    Abstract: An overlapped end of a strap is secured to a member such as a hook by an attachment device comprising a substantially U-shaped clamp made of deformable material such as metal plate and having a flat bottom formed with a plurality of openings, a securing member including a plate body formed with a plurality of openings and rivets. Said overlapped end of strap extends between the securing member and flat bottom of the clamp for connection by press to flatten side walls of the clamp and plunge the rivets into corresponding openings in the securing member and clamp member by piercing the overlapped end of the strap with bottom ends of the rivet being hammered flat under the flat bottom of the clamp member to prevent slipping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1990
    Inventor: An C. Chou
  • Patent number: 4740872
    Abstract: An illuminating apparatus comprising a lamp case, a battery socket at one side wall of the lamp case, the battery socket being provided a conducting plate at the innermost end thereof, a plug storage at the same side where the battery socket is provided, the plug storage being provided a plug socket conductively connected with the conducting plate of the battery socket, an incandescent lamp socket rigidly mounted on the bottom portion of the lamp case, a flash lamp socket rigidly mounted side by side with the incandescent lamp socket on the bottom portion of the lamp case, an incandescent lamp screwed within the incandescent lamp socket, a flash lamp screwed within the flash lamp socket, a wire collecting pulley loosely mounted on either of the incandescent lamp socket or the flash lamp socket, a wire check at the side wall of the lamp case in vicinity of the outermost end of the plug socket, a wire passage at the side wall where the wire check is provided, a multi-switch at the side wall where the wire check
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Inventor: An C. Chou