Patents by Inventor Bolling Chen

Bolling Chen 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).

  • Magnetic card reader
    Patent number: 9971915
    Abstract: A magnetic stripe reader including a base element defining a first spring seat, a magnetic module support element arranged for limited pivotable motion relative to the base element and defining a second spring seat, a generally truncated conical spring having a first, relatively large diameter end seated in the first spring seat and a second, relatively small diameter end seated in the second spring seat and a magnetic module fixedly mounted onto the magnetic module support element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: VeriFone, Inc.
    Inventors: Bolling Chen, Steve Hsu
  • MAGNETIC CARD READER
    Publication number: 20170262666
    Abstract: A magnetic stripe reader including a base element defining a first spring seat, a magnetic module support element arranged for limited pivotable motion relative to the base element and defining a second spring seat, a generally truncated conical spring having a first, relatively large diameter end seated in the first spring seat and a second, relatively small diameter end seated in the second spring seat and a magnetic module fixedly mounted onto the magnetic module support element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: Bolling CHEN, Steve HSU
  • MAGNETIC CARD READER
    Publication number: 20170220826
    Abstract: A magnetic stripe reader including a base element defining a first spring seat, a magnetic module support element arranged for limited pivotable motion relative to the base element and defining a second spring seat, a generally truncated conical spring having a first, relatively large diameter end seated in the first spring seat and a second, relatively small diameter end seated in the second spring seat and a magnetic module fixedly mounted onto the magnetic module support element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicant: VERIFONE, INC.
    Inventors: Bolling CHEN, Steve HSU
  • Magnetic card reader
    Patent number: 9721124
    Abstract: A magnetic stripe reader including a base element defining a first spring seat, a magnetic module support element arranged for limited pivotable motion relative to the base element and defining a second spring seat, a generally truncated conical spring having a first, relatively large diameter end seated in the first spring seat and a second, relatively small diameter end seated in the second spring seat and a magnetic module fixedly mounted onto the magnetic module support element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: VERIFONE, INC.
    Inventors: Bolling Chen, Steve Hsu