Patents by Inventor Ching Chih Kao

Ching Chih Kao 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: 7243394
    Abstract: A door closing hinge device includes two flaps for attaching to a door frame and a door panel, a seat and a housing attached to the flaps. A follower is slidably disposed in the housing, and includes an inclined surface for engaging with an inclined surface of the seat, and for moving the follower up and down relative to the housing when the follower and the housing are rotated relative to the seat. A guiding device may guide the follower to move up and down relative to the housing, and a forcing device may force the follower and the door panel to rotate relative to the door frame back to an original position where the inclined surfaces of the seat and the follower are engaged with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Inventor: Ching Chih Kao
  • Patent number: 7144026
    Abstract: A wheel chair includes a back support pivotally attached to a base frame and having a handle and a hand grip pivotally attached to the handle, a housing is secured to the base frame and includes a chamber to slidably receive a shank which has one end pivotally attached to the back support. An adjustably anchoring device may be used to adjustably anchor the shank to the housing, and to adjustably secure the back support to the base frame to selected angular position. One or more coil springs are engaged onto the shank, and have an inner diameter smaller than an outer diameter of the shank, to allow the springs to be engaged and clamped onto the shank, and to be expanded and released from the shank by a barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2006
    Inventor: Ching Chih Kao