Patents by Inventor Gary Shieh

Gary Shieh 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: 6460864
    Abstract: A shoe device. The device includes a shoe body such as a sports shoe and a coupling plate removably mounted on the shoe body. The coupling plate has a lower side mounted with a sporting device suitably used for various sports, such as a skate, an in-line skate, a roller skate or the like. The shoe body has a coupling hole and an engaging groove formed on a base portion of the shoe body, whereas the coupling plate has an upper side formed with a coupling protrusion and an engaging groove. The shoe body and the coupling plate are strongly coupled by engaging the coupling protrusion of the coupling plate with the coupling hole of the shoe body, and by inserting a fixing member between the engaging groove of the shoe body and the engaging groove of the coupling plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Inventor: Gary Shieh
  • Patent number: 5410898
    Abstract: A lock device includes a lock body with a lock shell, a key plug received in the lock shell, and an anti-dusting cover assembly secured on a front end of the lock shell. The key plug has a front end which is formed with a recess that has an end wall which is formed with a keyhole. The cover assembly includes a cover plate with a key slot that is aligned with the keyhole, and an anti-dusting plate mounted pivotally to a rear wall surface of the cover plate. A magnet is mounted on a rear wall surface of the anti-dusting plate. A magnetic conductor is provided on the front end of the key plug in a pivoting direction of the anti-dusting plate. A magnetic reed switch is provided on the lock shell and is normally disposed adjacent to the magnetic conductor. The magnetic reed switch is activated by the magnet via the magnetic conductor when the anti-dusting plate pivots rearwardly to locate the magnet adjacent to the magnetic conductor due to insertion of an article into the keyhole of the key plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1995
    Inventor: Gary Shieh
  • Patent number: 5198618
    Abstract: A safety cover plate for covering an electric socket includes an external plate member with an opening aligned with the receptacle. The sliding plates are slidably mounted to the inside of the external plate member to shield the opening of the external plate member. A biasing member is provided to urge the sliding plates to engage and shield the opening. The sliding plates are mounted between two rails. A notch misaligned with the slots of the receptacle is formed on one of the sliding plates so that a user can separate the two sliding plates from each other and insert a plug into the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Inventor: Gary Shieh
  • Patent number: 4991415
    Abstract: A lock includes a hollow lock body with a plurality of aligned first transverse holes, a cylindrical key plug rotatably disposed inside the lock body and having a plurality of second transverse holes aligned with the first transverse holes, and a plurality of tumbler pins extending into each set of aligned first and second transverse holes. The lock further includes a first control switch actuated by inserting a key into the key plug, a second control switch actuated by rotating the key plug relative to the lock body, and an electrical control circuitry including a first timer circuit connected to the second control switch, a second timer circuit connected to the first control switch, a warning device and an electromagnetic control unit both actuated by the second timer circuit. The first timer circuit disables the second timer circuit for a predetermined time period when the first timer circuit is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Inventor: Gary Shieh