Patents by Inventor Cheng-Haw Chou

Cheng-Haw 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: 6154759
    Abstract: A visiting card-sized computer includes a wallet-like carrying case, a computer body, and a keyboard. The computer body and keyboard are on different foldable sections of the case, connection of the keyboard to the computer is by a ribbon cable extending between the foldable sections, and an input/output port for a second cable connecting the visiting card computer with another computer is situated on the keyboard. The second cable may include an RS-232 connector, a converter, and a DB25 connector. In addition, connection between the ribbon cable and the computer body is via a PCMCIA interface connector, permitting the computer body to be plugged directly into a notebook computer upon removal from the carrying case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Inventor: Cheng-Haw Chou