Patents by Inventor Chin S. Lu

Chin S. Lu 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: 4929025
    Abstract: A spring-loaded seat assembly includes an upper seat and a lower seat connected by a plurality of spring members. A recess is formed on a respective outer surface of the upper and the lower seats. A number of hooks are provided on a respective inner surface of each seat for engaging both ends of the spring members so that the seats are resiliently connected together. A damping mechanism is provided between the upper and the lower seats so as to reduce the elasticity coefficient of the spring members. Therefore, the users may feel more comfortable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1990
    Inventor: Chin S. Lu
  • Patent number: 4638131
    Abstract: A steering wheel pad keyboard switch assembly is mounted on a steering wheel. The preassembled switch assembly comprises a base, a printed circuit board which has an array of open contact grids, an elastomeric switch member which has an array of movable contacts, a guide plate and a push button sub-assembly. The guide plate has a plurality of guide bosses and guide holes disposed in the same predetermined array for guiding the stem pieces of the push buttons into operative contact with the movable contacts of the switch member and a pad portion for supporting a horn switch. The push button sub-assembly comprises a frame member which is attached to the base to provide the unit handle switch assembly, a plurality of push buttons which are slideably retained in respective slide chambers of the frame and a soft decorative cover which includes a depressible horn switch pad to operate the horn switch and cut-outs to provide access to the push buttons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1987
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Richard L. Kidd, Jerry A. Graf, Philip J. Engler, Song-Chin S. Lu