Patents by Inventor Cheng-Hsiang Chuang

Cheng-Hsiang Chuang 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).

  • Publication number: 20080179894
    Abstract: A hidden fastening structure applied to an electronic device is provided, which comprises a actuator and a fastener controlled by the actuator, wherein the fastener is rotatably disposed on the electronic device. When the actuator is pushed by external forces in the horizontal direction, the fastener is driven to rotate about the electronic device, thereby providing a hidden position accommodated within the electronic device or a fastening position outside the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Cheng-Hsiang Chuang
  • Patent number: 7405929
    Abstract: A docking station suitable for being detachably installed to a portable computer is provided. The docking station includes a body, an electrical connector, a lever, a fixing sleeve, a sliding sleeve, and a latch. The electrical connector is fixed on the body and electrically connected to the portable computer. The lever has a connecting portion, a first ejection portion, and a second ejection portion. The connecting portion is pivotally connected to the body. The first ejection portion is disposed between the connecting portion and the second ejection portion. The fixing sleeve is fixed in the body and has a receiving aperture. The sliding sleeve passes through the receiving aperture and has an assembling aperture. The second ejection portion contacts the sliding sleeve. The latch is disposed in the assembling aperture and pivotally connected to the fixing sleeve. The first ejection portion contacts the bottom of the latch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Hsiang Chuang, Cheng-Yu Wu
  • Publication number: 20080137285
    Abstract: A height-adjustable docking station including a main frame, a hook structure, and a lever is provided. The hook structure and the lever are pivoted on the main frame. The hook structure has a plurality of positioning grooves at different levels. One end of the lever has an adjusting rod, and the other end of the lever has a tenon for being wedged into one of the positioning grooves. When a user adjusts the adjusting rod, the tenon comes off the original positioning groove and is wedged into other positioning groove, thus changing the horizontal level of the docking station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: Inventec Corporation
    Inventor: Cheng-Hsiang Chuang
  • Patent number: 7385807
    Abstract: A height-adjustable docking station including a main frame, a hook structure, and a lever is provided. The hook structure and the lever are pivoted on the main frame. The hook structure has a plurality of positioning grooves at different levels. One end of the lever has an adjusting rod, and the other end of the lever has a tenon for being wedged into one of the positioning grooves. When a user adjusts the adjusting rod, the tenon comes off the original positioning groove and is wedged into other positioning groove, thus changing the horizontal level of the docking station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventor: Cheng-Hsiang Chuang
  • Patent number: 7381079
    Abstract: A locking link rod structure for a docking station that includes a main body, a switch link rod installed in the main body, two holes disposed separately and proximate to an end of the switch link rod, a lock hole disposed on the main body and corresponding to the two holes for locking an external lock such as a cable lock, and thus the lock link rod structure is capable of locking a notebook computer with the docking station, so as to prevent the notebook computer and/or the docking station from being taken away or stolen by other people.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventor: Cheng-Hsiang Chuang
  • Publication number: 20070070598
    Abstract: A locking link rod structure for a docking station that includes a main body, a switch link rod installed in the main body, two holes disposed separately and proximate to an end of the switch link rod, a lock hole disposed on the main body and corresponding to the two holes for locking an external lock such as a cable lock, and thus the lock link rod structure is capable of locking a notebook computer with the docking station, so as to prevent the notebook computer and/or the docking station from being taken away or stolen by other people.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2005
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Cheng-Hsiang Chuang
  • Publication number: 20060081709
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an image capture device comprising two pivotal shafts being mounted respectively on two distal ends thereof for pivotally connecting with pivotal holes on a top end of a screen of a notebook computer, an electromagnetic switch being mounted on an inner circuit thereof, and a magnet being mounted on the top end of the screen of the notebook computer at a position corresponding to a rotation path of the electromagnetic switch. Thus, when the backside of the image capture device is rotated to face a user, the electromagnetic switch is in ON state while the magnet is exactly on a position corresponding to the electromagnetic switch, enabling the circuit thereof to convert a reverse image being captured into an erect image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2004
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Cheng-Hsiang Chuang