Patents by Inventor Hsien-Chung Tuan-Mu

Hsien-Chung Tuan-Mu 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: 7231851
    Abstract: A ratcheting tool has a head and a handle attached to the head. The head rotatably receives a gear ring and receives a pawl that is in operative engagement with the gear ring. A housing disposed in the head receives a spring that is in operative engagement with the pawl so that rotation of a lever causes the pawl to move between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Easco Hand Tools, Inc.
    Inventor: Hsien-Chung Tuan-Mu
  • Publication number: 20070113711
    Abstract: A ratchet wrench with a quick-rotated element which has a blocking function, includes a shank and a ratchet wheel pivotally received in one end of the shank. The ratchet wheel includes a polygonal hole centrally and longitudinally defined therein. The polygonal hole extends through the ratchet wheel. An annular groove is laterally defined in an inner periphery of the polygonal hole. A disk is attached to a top of the ratchet wheel and has a through hole defined therein. The through hole has a diameter smaller than that of the polygonal hole. A retainer partially is received in the annular groove in the ratchet wheel, wherein the retainer is adapted to position a tool bit that is partially and longitudinally received in the polygonal hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventor: Hsien-Chung Tuan Mu
  • Publication number: 20070113712
    Abstract: A ratchet wrench with clamping and blocking functions includes a shank having an enlarged head formed on one end thereof. A through hole is defined in the enlarged head and a ratchet wheel is pivotally received in the through hole. A first annular groove is defined in an inner periphery of the through hole. The ratchet wheel has a polygonal hole longitudinally defined therein. The polygonal hole extends through the ratchet wheel. A second annular groove and a second annular groove are respectively defined in an inner periphery of the polygonal hole. A stopper is partially received in the second annular groove and adapted to prevent a tool bit overly extending through the ratchet wheel and a retainer is partially received in the third annular groove and adapted to position the tool bit in the ratchet wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2005
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Inventor: Hsien-Chung Tuan Mu
  • Publication number: 20070102382
    Abstract: A ratchet wrench display rack includes a main body, a mounting portion mounted on the main body to allow passage of the drive stud of the ratchet wrench and having a periphery wall provided with a plurality of locking portions urged on corners of the drive stud, and a holder mounted on the main body and urged on the neck portion. Thus, the locking portions are urged on the corners of the drive stud of the ratchet wrench to retain the drive stud in the retaining portions closely, so that the drive stud of the ratchet wrench is secured on the mounting portion of the ratchet wrench display rack rigidly and stably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventor: Hsien-Chung TUAN MU
  • Patent number: 7210578
    Abstract: A display unit for storing a tool assembly, comprising a base, a moving-rotating mechanism and a support plate. The base has a front end, a rear end opposite the front end and two opposite sides. The moving-rotating mechanism comprises at least one moving-rotating device. The support plate has a front end and two opposite sides for supporting the tool assembly. At least one of the two opposite sides of the base is coupled to at least one of the two opposite sides of the support plate by at least one moving-rotating device, and the front end of the support plate is moveable and rotatable from a first position at the front end of the base to a second position at the rear end of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2007
    Assignee: Lea Way Hand Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Hsien-Chung Tuan-Mu, Sammy Tsai
  • Patent number: 7137320
    Abstract: A ratcheting tool driver has a handle and a ratcheting body that includes a plurality of recesses for receiving a plurality of pawls having teeth formed thereon. A cover is axially secured to the ratcheting body and rotates relative to the body over a limited distance. The cover is formed so that it interacts with the plurality of pawls, which are operatively received in the body recesses so that they engage and disengage teeth formed on a socket ring. The socket ring contains a plurality of teeth on its outer circumference, is received in an axial bore formed in the ratcheting body, and operatively engages the pawl teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Easco Hand Tools, Inc.
    Inventor: Hsien-Chung Tuan-Mu
  • Publication number: 20060230883
    Abstract: A reversible ratchet wrench includes a handle having a driving head defining a driving chamber, a receiving chamber defined in the handle, a retaining recess defined in the driving chamber and connecting to the receiving chamber, and a driving member secured in the driving chamber and provided with a plurality of tooth-shaped first retaining portions. A direction control device includes a direction control member rotatably mounted in the receiving chamber, a retaining member pivotally mounted in the retaining recess and having a first side provided with a plurality of tooth-shaped second retaining portions meshing with the tooth-shaped first retaining portions, a pressing member rotated by the direction control member and slidably rested on a second side of the retaining member for pivoting the retaining member, and an elastic member urging the pressing member on the second side of the retaining member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: David Ling, Hsien-Chung Tuan-Mu
  • Patent number: 7118406
    Abstract: A socket connecting structure includes a connecting portion disposed on a suspension element and a stub extending from the connecting portion, wherein the stub is connected to a socket. The stub has a resilient stick formed on one side thereof and a spring formed within the stub. The spring has one end connected to an inner periphery of the stub and abuts a back of the resilient stick to provide a thrust to the resilient stick for connecting the socket when the resilient stick is worn out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: Lea Way Hand Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Hsien-Chung Tuan Mu, Sammy Tsai
  • Publication number: 20060186069
    Abstract: A telescopic tool support comprises a seat having a first top wall and two opposite first sidewalls, a top cover at least partially enclosing the seat and having a second top wall and two opposite second sidewalls, and an adjustable locking device adapted to couple the top cover to the seat, wherein the adjustable locking device has at least one locking tab, at least one engagement-actuating device, and at least one coupling device. The at least one coupling device couples or decouples the seat and the top cover by at least one locking tab preferably resiliently connected to the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventors: Hsien-Chung Tuan-Mu, Sammy Tsai
  • Publication number: 20060091091
    Abstract: A tool display rack includes a main body, a mounting portion mounted on the main body to allow passage of the drive stud of a tool and having an inner edge closely urged on a peripheral wall of the drive stud of the tool to produce a contact friction therebetween, and a pressing member pivotally mounted on the main body and urged on the neck portion of the tool. Thus, the holding portions of the mounting portion are deformed and urged on the peripheral wall of the drive stud of the tool closely so as to clamp the drive stud of the tool, so that the drive stud of the tool is secured in the mounting portion rigidly and stably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventor: Hsien-Chung Tuan Mu
  • Publication number: 20060091090
    Abstract: A tool display rack includes a main body, a mounting portion mounted on the main body to allow passage of the drive stud of the tool and having a peripheral wall provided with a plurality of elastic locking portions urged on a peripheral wall of the drive stud, and a pressing member pivotally mounted on the main body and urged on the neck portion. Thus, the locking portions are urged on the peripheral wall of the drive stud of the tool to retain the drive stud of the tool in the retaining portions closely, so that the drive stud of the tool is secured on the mounting portion of the tool display rack rigidly and stably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2004
    Publication date: May 4, 2006
    Inventor: Hsien-Chung Tuan Mu
  • Patent number: 7036227
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing ratchet wheels including the steps of: forming a cylindrical forging billet by hot or cold forging, the forging billet having a thru hole of inter-communicating recesses which are pre-formed in a forging die; providing a broach having teeth formed thereon; machining the forging billet into a workpiece having a sidewall with two annular grooves on the sidewall; forming a semi-product having a driving recess which is complementary in shape to the teeth by operating the broach through the workpiece along the thru hole; and forming a finished product having a plurality of teeth on a sidewall thereof by milling the semi-product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Inventors: David Ling, Hsien Chung Tuan-Mu
  • Patent number: 7028590
    Abstract: A retractable open-end wrench has a handle defining a web at one end thereof. A stationary jaw projects from a first side of the web, and a first channel is formed at a second side of the web opposite the first side, the first channel being defined by a first arc. A moveable jaw is received by the first channel and moves linearly through the first channel, wherein the jaws form an open end therebetween. A second channel formed in the movable jaw is defined by a second arc, wherein a length of the first arc is greater than a length of the second arc. Moreover, a first radius of the first arc is smaller than a second radius of the second arc, and the first channel and the second channel form a receiving hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Easco Hand Tools, Inc.
    Inventor: Hsien-Chung Tuan Mu
  • Publication number: 20060070902
    Abstract: A display unit for storing a tool assembly, comprising a base, a moving-rotating mechanism and a support plate. The base has a front end, a rear end opposite the front end and two opposite sides. The moving-rotating mechanism comprises at least one moving-rotating device. The support plate has a front end and two opposite sides for supporting the tool assembly. At least one of the two opposite sides of the base is coupled to at least one of the two opposite sides of the support plate by at least one moving-rotating device, and the front end of the support plate is moveable and rotatable from a first position at the front end of the base to a second position at the rear end of the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Hsien-Chung Tuan-Mu, Sammy Tsai
  • Publication number: 20050145076
    Abstract: A ratcheting tool has a head and a handle attached to the head. The head rotatably receives a gear ring and receives a pawl that is in operative engagement with the gear ring. A housing disposed in the head receives a spring that is in operative engagement with the pawl so that rotation of a lever causes the pawl to move between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Publication date: July 7, 2005
    Inventor: Hsien-Chung Tuan-Mu
  • Patent number: 6907803
    Abstract: A single-direction operation type ratchet wrench structure includes an elongated handle, and an identification portion. The handle has one end provided with a socket end, and a ratchet wheel is mounted in the socket end and operated in one direction only. The identification portion is mounted on the handle, and mates with a rotation direction of the ratchet wheel for locking or unlocking a workpiece, so that when a user holds the handle of the single-direction operation type ratchet wrench structure, he may directly identify the correct rotation direction for locking or unlocking the workpiece by the location and the direction of the identification portion on the handle, thereby facilitating the user operating the single-direction operation type ratchet wrench structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Easco Hand Tools, Inc.
    Inventor: Hsien-Chung Tuan-Mu
  • Patent number: 6868759
    Abstract: A ratcheting tool has a head and a handle attached to the head. The head rotatably receives a gear ring and receives a pawl that is in operative engagement with the gear ring. A housing disposed in the head receives a spring that is in operative engagement with the pawl so that rotation of a lever causes the pawl to move between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Easco Hand Tools Inc.
    Inventor: Hsien-Chung Tuan-Mu
  • Publication number: 20050016335
    Abstract: A retractable open-end wrench has a handle defining a web at one end thereof. A stationary jaw projects from a first side of the web, and a first channel is formed at a second side of the web opposite the first side, the first channel being defined by a first arc. A moveable jaw is received by the first channel and moves linearly through the first channel, wherein the jaws form an open end therebetween. A second channel formed in the movable jaw is defined by a second arc, wherein a length of the first arc is greater than a length of the second arc. Moreover, a first radius of the first arc is smaller than a second radius of the second arc, and the first channel and the second channel form a receiving hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventor: Hsien-Chung Tuan Mu
  • Publication number: 20040231469
    Abstract: A spanner comprises a box end that has an inner periphery consisting of a number of wall faces to define a first polygonal receiving space. Each wall face includes a groove defined therein. The grooves of the wall faces together define a second polygonal receiving space. At least one of the grooves includes a closed first end and an open second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: David Ling, Hsien-Chung Tuan-Mu
  • Publication number: 20040154439
    Abstract: A ratcheting tool driver has a handle and a ratcheting body that includes a plurality of recesses for receiving a plurality of pawls having teeth formed thereon. A cover is axially secured to the ratcheting body and rotates relative to the body over a limited distance. The cover is formed so that it interacts with the plurality of pawls, which are operatively received in the body recesses so that they engage and disengage teeth formed on a socket ring. The socket ring contains a plurality of teeth on its outer circumference, is received in an axial bore formed in the ratcheting body, and operatively engages the pawl teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventor: Hsien-Chung Tuan-Mu