Patents by Inventor Chin-Ying Chou

Chin-Ying 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).

  • Publication number: 20200156220
    Abstract: A socket includes a connection section and a driving section, and a through hole is defined through the connection section and the driving section. The through hole includes a connection portion, a transition portion and a driving portion. The connection portion is to be connected with a ratchet wrench. The driving portion is to be mounted to a head of a bolt or a nut. A first shoulder is formed between the connection portion and the transition portion, and a second shoulder is formed between the transition portion and the driving portion. When the threaded section is inserted into the socket from the driving portion of the through hole, the first shoulder contacts the distal end of the threaded section of the bolt, and the second shoulder contacts the nut, so that the nut can be rotated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventor: Chin-Ying Chou
  • Patent number: 10173306
    Abstract: A wrench includes a handle and a driving head and a ratchet ring with a receiving hole is received in the driving head. An adapter is detachably inserted into the receiving hole and has a neck, an engaging portion and a reception hole. The neck on first end of the engaging portion has a first groove. A second groove is defined in the second end of the engaging portion. Multiple holes are defined through the bottom of the second groove and communicate with the reception hole. 33 A clip is engaged with the second groove and partially protrudes beyond the holes and exposed in the reception. A securing unit is connected to the driving head to secure or release the adapter. The receiving hole is connected with larger bits or sockets, and the adapter is connected with smaller bits or sockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Powagrip Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chin-Ying Chou
  • Patent number: 10166659
    Abstract: A ratchet wrench may comprise a main body, a circular ratchet gear, a locating unit, a spring and at least an accessory tool. The main body has an operating rod and a head portion, and an operating hole penetrates through a central portion of the head portion. Also, the ratchet gear is installed inside the operating hole. The locating unit is configured to extend toward an interior of the operating hole through an engaging portion thereof, and a peripheral groove is located at an end of the accessory tool along an outer periphery thereof. By engaging the engaging portion of the locating unit with the peripheral groove of the accessory tool, the accessory tool inserted into the connecting hole is configured to be secured on the main body for operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Powagrip Industrial Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Chin-Ying Chou
  • Publication number: 20180126521
    Abstract: A wrench includes a handle and a driving head and a ratchet ring with a receiving hole is received in the driving head. An adapter is detachably inserted into the receiving hole and has a neck, an engaging portion and a reception hole. The neck on first end of the engaging portion has a first groove. A second groove is defined in the second end of the engaging portion. Multiple holes are defined through the bottom of the second groove and communicate with the reception hole. 33 A clip is engaged with the second groove and partially protrudes beyond the holes and exposed in the reception. A securing unit is connected to the driving head to secure or release the adapter. The receiving hole is connected with larger bits or sockets, and the adapter is connected with smaller bits or sockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventor: Chin-Ying Chou
  • Publication number: 20170182642
    Abstract: A ratchet wrench may comprise a main body, a circular ratchet gear, a locating unit, a spring and at least an accessory tool. The main body has an operating rod and a head portion, and an operating hole penetrates through a central portion of the head portion. Also, the ratchet gear is installed inside the operating hole. The locating unit is configured to extend toward an interior of the operating hole through an engaging portion thereof, and a peripheral groove is located at an end of the accessory tool along an outer periphery thereof. By engaging the engaging portion of the locating unit with the peripheral groove of the accessory tool, the accessory tool inserted into the connecting hole is configured to be secured on the main body for operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: POWAGRIP INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chin-Ying Chou
  • Publication number: 20170080551
    Abstract: A fastening device for a wrench is disclosed. The wrench body has a handle portion and a driving portion. A detenting assembly has a ratchet ring and a detenting teeth block. A covering hole is passing through a center of the ratchet ring. An allocating member is installed in the driving portion and has a turning plate and a controlling post. An elastic sleeving member is arranged between the controlling post and the detenting teeth block. The barrel or tool bit is quickly separated from the covering hole while the barrel or tool bit is pivoted to correspond to a concave arc hole by the allocating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventor: Chin-Ying Chou
  • Publication number: 20160167218
    Abstract: A hexagonal wrenches holder includes a main board with a thickness, and multiple first passages defined through the top and the bottom of the main board. The main board has a groove in one side thereof, and a window is defined through the main board and communicates with the groove and the first passages. Each of the first passages has a sleeve inserted therein and each sleeve has a first hole so that a hexagonal wrench is inserted into the first hole. The sleeves each have a first toothed ring mounted to the outside thereof. A slide is slidably engaged with the groove and has driving teeth which are engaged with the first toothed rings of the sleeves via the window. The hexagonal wrenches are rotated when moving the slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventor: Chin-Ying Chou
  • Patent number: D801769
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Powagrip Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chin-Ying Chou
  • Patent number: D825302
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: POWAGRIP INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD
    Inventor: Chin-Ying Chou
  • Patent number: D950332
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: ACT QUALITY INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chin-Ying Chou
  • Patent number: D1010407
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ACT QUALITY INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chin-Ying Chou