Patents by Inventor Feng-Shen Hsiao

Feng-Shen Hsiao 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: 8157574
    Abstract: A power strip has a stationary base, at least one rotating base, at least one pintle and a power cable. The at least one rotating base is mounted rotatably on the stationary base. Each of the at least one rotating base has a top surface facing along a Z-axis and at least one socket mounted on the top surface and selectively covered by the stationary base by rotating each of the at least one rotating base to align with the stationary base. The at least one pintle faces along the Z-axis and rotatably connects the at least one rotating base to the stationary base. The power cable is mounted on the stationary base. The socket may be covered to prevent malfunction and shorting problems due to dust accumulation on the socket and prevent penetration by objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Rite-Tech Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Feng-Shen Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20110207351
    Abstract: A power strip has a stationary base, at least one rotating base, at least one pintle and a power cable. The at least one rotating base is mounted rotatably on the stationary base. Each of the at least one rotating base has a top surface facing along a Z-axis and at least one socket mounted on the top surface and selectively covered by the stationary base by rotating each of the at least one rotating base to align with the stationary base. The at least one pintle faces along the Z-axis and rotatably connects the at least one rotating base to the stationary base. The power cable is mounted on the stationary base. The socket may be covered to prevent malfunction and shorting problems due to dust accumulation on the socket and prevent penetration by objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventor: FENG-SHEN HSIAO
  • Patent number: 7771239
    Abstract: A power receptacle device has a stationary base and at least one rotating base. The at least one rotating base is mounted rotatably in the stationary base and has at least one socket. The at least one socket is covered when the rotating base is rotated to a position to prevent users from touching the at least one socket and getting electric shock. Further, because the at least one rotating base is rotatable, the at least one socket on the at least one rotating base is exposed and accessible when the at least one rotating base is turned out from the at least one rotating base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Rite-Tech Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Feng-Shen Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20050115731
    Abstract: An extension cord assembly has a housing composed of a front casing and a rear casing, and two bases respectively and rotatably provided at opposite sides of the housing, wherein each base has multiple sockets formed thereon. Since the bases are rotatable, the base is able to be turned to a desired position to allow any plug to be easily inserted into the sockets on the bases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Feng-Shen Hsiao
  • Patent number: 6897379
    Abstract: An extension cord assembly has a housing composed of a front casing and a rear casing, and two bases respectively and rotatably provided at opposite sides of the housing, wherein each base has multiple sockets formed thereon. Since the bases are rotatable, the base is able to be turned to a desired position to allow any plug to be easily inserted into the sockets on the bases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Inventor: Feng-Shen Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20050042915
    Abstract: A retractable extension cord housing with a low-profile plug holder retractably houses an extension cord in a hollow body and has an external surface. The plug holder comprises a plug recess, a cord groove and an optional retaining tab. The plug recess and cord groove are formed in the external surface to hold a low-profile plug and a section of the extension cord attached to the low-profile plug. Therefore, the entire retractable extension cord housing has an appearance that is neat and clean.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventor: Feng-Shen Hsiao
  • Patent number: 6848937
    Abstract: A retractable extension cord housing with a low-profile plug holder retractably houses an extension cord in a hollow body and has an external surface. The plug holder comprises a plug recess, a cord groove and an optional retaining tab. The plug recess and cord groove are formed in the external surface to hold a low-profile plug and a section of the extension cord attached to the low-profile plug. Therefore, the entire retractable extension cord housing has an appearance that is neat and clean.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Inventor: Feng-Shen Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20040223324
    Abstract: A board is made of translucent material and has two connecting plates formed on a side face of the board and a pattern formed on the board. A night light has five pairs of sockets adapted to connect to five plugs, two ears formed on opposite side faces of the night light to correspond to the connecting plates, a set of connecting pins formed on a rear side face of the night light to adapt for connecting to a wall outlet and a bulb received inside the night light. When the night light is connected to the wall outlet via the set of connecting pins, the bulb is lit to present the pattern of the board through the translucent board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventor: Feng-Shen Hsiao
  • Patent number: 6816359
    Abstract: A power supply casing includes a top casing having a recessed area defined in a mediate portion of the top casing and multiple cutouts defined in a slanted front portion of the top casing. A bottom casing has multiple sets of conducting plates formed on a rear portion of the bottom casing to correspond to multiple sockets in the top casing. Switches are electrically connected to the multiple sets of conducting plates and buttons are respectively arranged in the cutouts of the top casing. Each button corresponds to one of the switches such that each button is able to control initiation of one switch, which activates power supply from one specific socket to a specific computer peripheral device and a total space occupied by the power supply casing is small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Inventor: Feng-Shen Hsiao
  • Patent number: 6811281
    Abstract: A board is made of translucent material and has two connecting plates formed on a side face of the board and a pattern formed on the board. A night light has five pairs of sockets adapted to connect to five plugs, two ears formed on opposite side faces of the night light to correspond to the connecting plates, a set of connecting pins formed on a rear side face of the night light to adapt for connecting to a wall outlet and a bulb received inside the night light. When the night light is connected to the wall outlet via the set of connecting pins, the bulb is lit to present the pattern of the board through the translucent board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventor: Feng-Shen Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20040108832
    Abstract: A compact wall outlet assembly has a housing composed of a front casing and a rear casing. Inside the housing, at least one circuit board is disposed and electrically connected with several battery charging conductors. A top edge of the housing is configured as a multi-step shape and has a pair of contact plates, which is connected to the circuit arranged thereon for electrically contacting two opposite electrodes of a battery to be measured for electricity stored in it. The front casing is further defined with multiple through windows to correspond to the battery charging conductors, whereby the battery charging conductors are able to be exposed through the front casing to retain batteries to be charged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2002
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventor: Feng-Shen Hsiao
  • Patent number: 6642450
    Abstract: A wall outlet assembly has a housing composed of a front casing and a rear casing, and two bases respectively and rotatably provided at opposite sides of the housing, wherein each base has multiple sockets formed thereon. Since the bases are rotatable, the base is able to be turned to a desired position to allow any plug to be easily inserted into the sockets on the bases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Inventor: Feng-Shen Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20030186581
    Abstract: An enclosure for a socket having plugs electrically connected to the socket and each plug having a wire extending out from the plug, includes a neck adapted to be integrally extending out from a bottom of the socket, and a skirt detachably connected to a distal end of the neck. The skirt is deformable so as to define a receiving space and a hole communicating with the receiving space. The neck is provided for having the wires wound therearound so as to enhance the connection between the plugs and the socket. The deformation of the skirt conceals a portion of the wires inside the receiving space and then the wires extend out from the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: Rite-Tech Industrial Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Feng-Shen Hsiao
  • Patent number: 6619980
    Abstract: An enclosure for a socket having plugs electrically connected to the socket and each plug having a wire extending out from the plug, includes a neck adapted to be integrally extending out from a bottom of the socket, and a skirt detachably connected to a distal end of the neck. The skirt is deformable so as to define a receiving space and a hole communicating with the receiving space. The neck is provided for having the wires wound therearound so as to enhance the connection between the plugs and the socket. The deformation of the skirt conceals a portion of the wires inside the receiving space and then the wires extend out from the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Rite-Tech Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Feng-Shen Hsiao
  • Patent number: 6619992
    Abstract: A wall outlet has two trenches respectively defined in two opposite sides in the housing of the wall outlet to corresponding to the grounding blade of a plug so that the wall outlet is compact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2003
    Assignee: Rite-Tech Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Feng-Shen Hsiao
  • Patent number: D549656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Inventor: Feng-Shen Hsiao
  • Patent number: D487724
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Inventor: Feng-Shen Hsiao
  • Patent number: D488130
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Inventor: Feng-Shen Hsiao
  • Patent number: D490775
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Inventor: Feng-Shen Hsiao
  • Patent number: D490776
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Inventor: Feng Shen Hsiao