Patents by Inventor Nan-Hai LAI

Nan-Hai LAI 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: 12173541
    Abstract: A pivoting device, including a hinge assembly and at least two support plates. The hinge assembly includes a base, two movable members on the base, at least two fixed members connecting the movable members, and two driven levers on the base and driven by the fixed members; the base has at least two rails where the movable members are provided, the movable members enable a flexible display to be folded when moving in an arc-shaped path, and the fixed members each have an oblique slot allowing one driven lever to move therein. The support plates each have a sliding rail portion at an end thereof and allowing one driven lever to slide therein, and when the driven levers are slide along the sliding rail portion and the oblique slot simultaneously, the support plates are flipped up and tilt outwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: SINHER TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Feng Yu Chung, Chih Huang Peng, Nan Hai Lai
  • Publication number: 20240201751
    Abstract: The invention provides a double-shaft hinge implemented with a flexible display. The double-shaft hinge includes a first shaft, a second shaft parallel to the first shaft and a shaft mounting base. The first shaft is provided with a first wheel. A first notch is formed in a periphery of the first wheel. The second shaft is provided with a second wheel. A second notch is formed in a periphery of the second wheel. Two supporting blocks are arranged at one side of the shaft mounting base facing the first wheel and the second wheel. An equal armed lever is mounted on the two supporting blocks. The equal armed lever takes the two supporting blocks as moving fulcrums. The equal armed lever selectively falls into the first notch or the second notch to switch between rotating the first shaft and rotating the second shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Feng-Yu CHUNG, Chih-Huang PENG, Nan-Hai LAI
  • Patent number: 11834880
    Abstract: A thinned hinge includes a rotating part and a torsion supply part. The rotating part includes a base and two movable members arranged on the base, the base includes two tracks for the movable members to displace along arc-shaped trajectories to generate opening and closing actions, and ends of the two movable members where extend outward from the two tracks are provided with driving members. The torsion supply part supplies torsion required by the rotating part, the torsion supply part includes a support, two rotating shafts arranged in parallel on the support, and an idle gear arranged between the two rotating shafts, the two rotating shafts are provided with connecting pieces assembled with the driving members to enable the torsion supply part and the rotating part to simultaneously act and gears engaged with the idle gear, and the gears and the idle gear are crossed helical gear structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SINHER TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Huang Peng, Nan-Hai Lai
  • Publication number: 20230366248
    Abstract: A pivoting device, including a hinge assembly and at least two support plates. The hinge assembly includes a base, two movable members on the base, at least two fixed members connecting the movable members, and two driven levers on the base and driven by the fixed members; the base has at least two rails where the movable members are provided, the movable members enable a flexible display to be folded when moving in an arc-shaped path, and the fixed members each have an oblique slot allowing one driven lever to move therein. The support plates each have a sliding rail portion at an end thereof and allowing one driven lever to slide therein, and when the driven levers are slide along the sliding rail portion and the oblique slot simultaneously, the support plates are flipped up and tilt outwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Feng Yu CHUNG, Chih Huang PENG, Nan Hai LAI
  • Publication number: 20220412138
    Abstract: A thinned hinge includes a rotating part and a torsion supply part. The rotating part includes a base and two movable members arranged on the base, the base includes two tracks for the movable members to displace along arc-shaped trajectories to generate opening and closing actions, and ends of the two movable members where extend outward from the two tracks are provided with driving members. The torsion supply part supplies torsion required by the rotating part, the torsion supply part includes a support, two rotating shafts arranged in parallel on the support, and an idle gear arranged between the two rotating shafts, the two rotating shafts are provided with connecting pieces assembled with the driving members to enable the torsion supply part and the rotating part to simultaneously act and gears engaged with the idle gear, and the gears and the idle gear are crossed helical gear structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Chih-Huang PENG, Nan-Hai LAI