Patents by Inventor An Szu Hsu
An Szu Hsu 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).
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Patent number: 10590685Abstract: A supporting device includes a dual-shaft hinge module and two buffering modules respectively arranged at two opposite sides of the dual-shaft hinge module. Each dual-shaft hinge module includes two shafts, a linking member clamped between the two shafts, and two side wing members respectively and slidably installed on the two shafts. The two buffering modules are respectively installed on the two shafts and are respectively cooperated with the two side wing members. Each buffering module includes an internal connecting member fixed on and synchronously rotatable with the corresponding shaft and an external connecting member slidably disposed on the internal connecting member and provided to be fixed on a carrying plate. Each side wing member has a limiting portion passing through the corresponding internal connecting member and the corresponding external connecting member.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2017Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventor: An-Szu Hsu
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Patent number: 10520988Abstract: A bendable display apparatus includes two supporting devices and a bendable display mounted on the two supporting devices. Each supporting device includes a dual-shaft driving module and two buffering modules respectively arranged at two opposite outer sides of the dual-shaft driving module. The dual-shaft driving module includes two shafts parallel to each other and a synchronizing member sandwiched between the two shafts. Each buffering module includes an internal connecting member fixed on the synchronizing member, an external connecting member slidably disposed on the internal connecting member, and a linkage mechanism configured to be driven by the synchronizing shaft for moving the external connecting member relative to the internal connecting member. When the dual-shaft driving modules are rotated, the bendable display is bent while a length of the bendable display remains constant, and each external connecting member is moved relative to the corresponding internal connecting member.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2018Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventor: An-Szu Hsu
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Patent number: 10480225Abstract: A flexible electronic device includes a flexible display, a support structure and two hinge mechanisms. Each hinge mechanism includes a cam and first and second arm units. With the hinge mechanism having first and second cam follower protrusions of the first and second arm units which are moved from respective cavities of the cam and slide on respective peripheral cam surface sections of the cam during the pivoting of the first and second movable arms from an unfolded position to a folded position, a leeway is provided between the first and second movable arms for the flexible display to be bendably received therein.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2019Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: An-Szu Hsu, Way-Han Dai, Shao-Chun Chao
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Patent number: 10386894Abstract: A rotatable coupling device applied to flexible display screen includes two folding sections, a hinge disposed between the two folding sections and at least one responsive structure, which is connected with the folding sections. When the folding sections are unfolded/folded around the hinge, the responsive structure is unfolded/folded along with the folding sections. The folding sections and the responsive structure are relatively displaceable so that during the unfolding/folding process, the transmission of the deformation amount on inner and outer faces caused by the bending of the hinge can be interrupted. Therefore, the deformation amount is prevented from being further transmitted from the responsive structure outward. When the flexible display screen is coupled with the responsive structure, the responsive structure is able to absorb the deformation amount so as to eliminate the pulling or compression effect on the flexible display screen due to the deformation amount.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: First Dome CorporationInventor: An Szu Hsu
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Patent number: 10352354Abstract: An angularly positionable flexible display device includes a flexible display, a first substrate, a second substrate, and a positionable hinge mechanism which is disposed in a mounting space defined between the first and second substrates. In response to application of a manual force upon at least one of the first and second substrates, the first substrate is angularly displaceable relative to the second substrate through the positionable hinge mechanism to permit the flexible display to be bent with the angular displacement of the first and second substrates. Once the manual force is release, the first substrate is angularly positioned relative to the second substrate through frictional force provided by the positionable hinge mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Fositek CorporationInventors: An-Szu Hsu, Way-Han Dai, Chun-Han Lin
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Publication number: 20190145457Abstract: A hinge module includes a joint assembly, a first pivot, and a second pivot. The joint assembly includes a first joint washer, a second joint washer separate from and coplanar with the first joint washer, an interlock member having two elongated limiting holes, and two pins. The first joint washer has a first pivot hole and a first pin hole. The second joint washer has a second pivot hole and a second pin hole. The pins are respectively inserted into the first and second pin holes and movably pass through the limiting holes. The first and second pivots respectively pass through the first and second pivot holes. When the first joint washer is rotated around the first pivot, the corresponding pin moves the interlock member in a direction perpendicular to each limiting hole, thereby moving the other pin to rotate the second joint washer around the second pivot.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventor: AN-SZU HSU
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Publication number: 20190146559Abstract: A torsion device is adjustable for providing a predetermined torsion curve, and includes two external connecting members and N numbers of torsion modules, in which 2?N. Each torsion module includes a plurality of stacked torsion washers, an interlocking unit, and two shafts passing through the torsion washers and the interlocking unit. The two shafts of each torsion module are rotatable relative to each other in an angle range so as to generate a torsion curve, the N numbers of the torsion modules generate M kinds of torsion curves different from each other, and 2?M?N. The predetermined torsion curve is formed by adding at least two of the M kinds of the torsion curves, and at least two of the N numbers of the torsion modules corresponding to the predetermined torsion curve are fixed to the two external connecting members.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: I-HUNG CHIANG, AN-SZU HSU
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Publication number: 20190112852Abstract: A bendable display apparatus includes two supporting devices and a bendable display mounted on the two supporting devices. Each supporting device includes a dual-shaft driving module and two buffering modules respectively arranged at two opposite outer sides of the dual-shaft driving module. The dual-shaft driving module includes two shafts parallel to each other and a synchronizing member sandwiched between the two shafts. Each buffering module includes an internal connecting member fixed on the synchronizing member, an external connecting member slidably disposed on the internal connecting member, and a linkage mechanism configured to be driven by the synchronizing shaft for moving the external connecting member relative to the internal connecting member. When the dual-shaft driving modules are rotated, the bendable display is bent while a length of the bendable display remains constant, and each external connecting member is moved relative to the corresponding internal connecting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2018Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventor: AN-SZU HSU
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Patent number: 10241547Abstract: A rotary shaft link device has a simplified structure occupying less room and is easy to assemble and includes a transmission unit disposed on a first shaft, a reaction unit disposed on a second shaft and a link unit disposed between the transmission unit and the reaction unit. Two ends of the link unit are formed with driving sections engaged with the transmission unit and the reaction unit. The link unit is assembled in the rail of the restriction plate. When the first shaft is rotated, the link unit responsively moves from a first position to a second position to drive the reaction unit and the second shaft to synchronously rotate. According to the specification of the product, the number of the link devices can be easily adjusted to achieve the object of modularized assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: First Dome CorporationInventor: An Szu Hsu
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Patent number: 10244653Abstract: A multi-axis rotary shaft link device has a simplified structure occupying less room and is easy to assemble. The multi-axis rotary shaft link device includes a transmission unit disposed on a first shaft, a reaction unit disposed on a second shaft and a link unit disposed between the transmission unit and the reaction unit for making the first and second shafts synchronously rotate. The second shaft and a third shaft are assembled with a driven module for rotating the third shaft and a transmission unit disposed on the third shaft. A link unit is disposed between the third shaft and a fourth shaft, whereby the fourth shaft and a reaction unit disposed on the fourth shaft can synchronously rotate with the third shaft. The multi-axis rotary shaft link device can freely rotate around multiple rotational centers, which can be smoothly opened and closed.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: First Dome CorporationInventor: An Szu Hsu
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Patent number: 10216223Abstract: A hinge assembly includes first and second linkage rods pivoted to a base seat, a cam connected to the first and second linkage rods, and a kickstand support pivoted to the cam. A latch is disposed in the cam. When the first and second linkage rods, the kickstand support, and the cam are received inside the base seat, the latch is in a first locking position, where the latch locks rotational movement of the kickstand support relative to the cam. When the second linkage rod moves outward of the base seat and brings the first linkage rod to rotate relative to the cam, the latch is pushed by the kickstand support to move into a second locking position, where the first linkage rod is limited from rotating relative to the cam.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: First Dome CorporationInventors: An-Szu Hsu, Hsu-Hong Yao
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Patent number: 10209743Abstract: A flexible display device includes a base support of structurally flexible, a flexible display which is supported by and bendable with the base support, and at least one positioning mechanism disposed leftward or rightward of the base support. The positioning mechanism includes two mounts which are mounted to two support plates of the base support, a plurality of hinge bodies which are structurally flexible with a support rib unit of the base support, and a leaf spring unit extending through inside of the hinge bodies to terminate at a first spring end secured in one of the mounts, and a second spring end which is releasably and frictionally engaged inside the other one of the mounts by virtue of a sliding block and a spring-loaded unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: An-Szu Hsu, Way-Han Dai, Chun-Han Lin
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Publication number: 20190040904Abstract: A supporting device includes a dual-shaft hinge module and two buffering modules respectively arranged at two opposite sides of the dual-shaft hinge module. Each dual-shaft hinge module includes two shafts, a linking member clamped between the two shafts, and two side wing members respectively and slidably installed on the two shafts. The two buffering modules are respectively installed on the two shafts and are respectively cooperated with the two side wing members. Each buffering module includes an internal connecting member fixed on and synchronously rotatable with the corresponding shaft and an external connecting member slidably disposed on the internal connecting member and provided to be fixed on a carrying plate. Each side wing member has a limiting portion passing through the corresponding internal connecting member and the corresponding external connecting member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2017Publication date: February 7, 2019Inventor: AN-SZU HSU
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Publication number: 20180355961Abstract: A dual-shaft driving module includes two shafts and a synchronizing block sandwiched between the two shafts. The two shafts are substantially parallel to each other and are substantially in a mirror symmetrical arrangement. Each shaft has two spiral grooves recessed on an outer surface thereof, and each spiral groove has a spiral angle within a range of 40 degrees to 60 degrees. The synchronizing block includes two concave surfaces arranged on two opposite sides thereof and four driving portions respectively protruding from the two concave surfaces. The two concave surfaces respectively face the two shafts, and each concave surface accommodates a part of the corresponding shaft. The four driving portions are respectively inserted into the four spiral grooves. When one of the two shafts is spun to transmit a force to the synchronizing block, the synchronizing block rotates the other shaft at the same time by the force.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2017Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: AN-SZU HSU, HSU-HUNG YAO, YI-CHENG LIAO
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Patent number: 10070546Abstract: A bendable display apparatus includes a carrying plate, two supporting devices disposed on an inner side of the carrying plate, and a bendable display mounted on an outer side of the carrying plate. Each supporting device includes a hinge module and two buffering modules respectively arranged on two opposite sides of the hinge module. Each buffering module includes an internal connecting member fixed on the hinge module, an external connecting member fixed on the carrying plate and slidably disposed on the internal connecting member, a driving member driven by a spiral track of the hinge module, and a transmitting member driven by the driving member for moving the external connecting member. When the hinge modules are bent, each supporting device is a curved structure and arranged inside of the bendable display, and each external connecting member slides relative to the corresponding internal connecting member toward the hinge module.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: FIRST DOME CORPORATIONInventor: An-Szu Hsu
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Patent number: 10019039Abstract: A clamshell-type electronic device includes a dual-axis hinge module, a first electronic module, and a second electronic module, the latter two of which are electrically connected to each other. The dual-axis hinge module includes a fixing shaft, a moving shaft parallel to and engaged with the fixing shaft, a moving frame fastened to the fixing shaft and the moving shaft, a torsion structure fixed on the moving shaft, and a fixing frame. No torsion structure is disposed on the fixing shaft. The moving frame is fixed on the first electronic module. The fixing frame has a connecting portion fixed on the fixing shaft and a mounting portion fixed on the second electronic module. The moving shaft can be rotated along the fixing shaft and can be synchronously spun, so that a distance between the moving shaft and the mounting portion can be changed.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: FIRST DOME CORPORATIONInventors: An-Szu Hsu, Zhu-Ping Hong, Yu-Jiao Ming
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Patent number: 10021795Abstract: A supporting device includes a modular joint assembly, two fixing members respectively installed on two opposite ends of the modular joint assembly, and a resilient sheet fixed on the outer surface of the modular joint assembly and the fixing members. The modular joint assembly includes a plurality of joints buckled in sequence. Each joint has an arced track groove recessed on a side surface thereof and a buckling portion extended from an opposite side surface thereof. An imaginary datum line is defined by connecting a center of circle of each track groove and is located at one side of the resilient sheet away from the modular joint assembly. When any two buckled joints are rotated with respect to each other, the resilient sheet is compressed and a length of the imaginary datum line is unchanged.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2017Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: FIRST DOME CORPORATIONInventor: An-Szu Hsu
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Publication number: 20180150103Abstract: A hinge assembly includes first and second linkage rods pivoted to a base seat, a cam connected to the first and second linkage rods, and a kickstand support pivoted to the cam. A latch is disposed in the cam. When the first and second linkage rods, the kickstand support, and the cam are received inside the base seat, the latch is in a first locking position, where the latch locks rotational movement of the kickstand support relative to the cam. When the second linkage rod moves outward of the base seat and brings the first linkage rod to rotate relative to the cam, the latch is pushed by the kickstand support to move into a second locking position, where the first linkage rod is limited from rotating relative to the cam.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2017Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: An-Szu HSU, Hsu-Hong YAO
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Publication number: 20180092223Abstract: A supporting device includes a modular joint assembly, two fixing members respectively installed on two opposite ends of the modular joint assembly, and a resilient sheet fixed on the outer surface of the modular joint assembly and the fixing members. The modular joint assembly includes a plurality of joints buckled in sequence. Each joint has an arced track groove recessed on a side surface thereof and a buckling portion extended from an opposite side surface thereof. An imaginary datum line is defined by connecting a center of circle of each track groove and is located at one side of the resilient sheet away from the modular joint assembly. When any two buckled joints are rotated with respect to each other, the resilient sheet is compressed and a length of the imaginary datum line is unchanged.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventor: AN-SZU HSU
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Patent number: 9915981Abstract: A hinge device applicable to soft display module includes a joint unit assembly. The joint unit assembly has a main section, a first side, a second side and a top section. The joint unit assembly has multiple shaft guide sections and shaft fixing sections positioned on the main section and respectively assembled with the motional shafts. A rotary shaft and a socket are formed on the first and second sides of the joint unit assembly along the top section. A (soft) display module is disposed on the top section of the joint unit assembly. The shaft guide section of the joint unit assembly is defined with a first position and a second position. When operating and opening/closing the display module, the rotary shafts serve as rotational fulcrums, whereby the motional shafts are relatively rotatable between the first and second positions of the shaft guide section.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2015Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: First Dome CorporationInventors: An Szu Hsu, Yang Zhong Wu