Patents by Inventor Cheng-Ting Lai

Cheng-Ting Lai 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: 6015110
    Abstract: A wire receiving device includes a base member having a wire entrance and an aperture, a C-shaped member, a wire receiving member rotatably received in the C-shaped member and the base member, a cap co-rotatably connected to the wire receiving member and engaged with the base member, and a control member movably extending radially into the base member. The control member has a pawl engaged with the annular teeth defined in the bottom of the wire receiving member. A wire is hooked by the wire receiving member and wrapped around the shaft of the wire receiving member by rotating the cap. The engagement of the pawl and the annular teeth is released by pushing the control member so that the cap and the wire receiving member can be rotated reversely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Inventor: Cheng-Ting Lai
  • Patent number: 5853136
    Abstract: A wire receiving device includes a main body having a board with a first and a second peripheral wall respectively extending from the board, the first peripheral wall having a cut-away and a recess respectively defined therein, a C-shaped ring rotatably mounted to the first peripheral wall and having an opening defined therethrough and a second recess defined in a lower edge thereof, a top cap rotatably mounted to the ring and having a shaft extending therefrom which extends through the board and a bottom by a bolt disk, a disk extending radially and outwardly from the shaft and having a notch defined therein, and a block movably received in the recess and the second recess so that a wire is hooked by a periphery defining the notch and wrapped around the shaft by rotating the top cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1998
    Inventor: Cheng-Ting Lai