Patents by Inventor Peter Tseng

Peter Tseng 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).

  • Flat panel display apparatus and tilt/swivel mechanism therein
    Patent number: 6587333
    Abstract: A flat panel display apparatus having a tilt/swivel mechanism therein allows a user to adjustably move the display panel in an up-and-down tilt direction and a right-and-left swivel direction along the connecting area. The flat panel display apparatus includes: a flat panel display, a computer, a swivel base, a yoke, a mounting base and a pair of elastic members. The yoke is pivotally secured to the connecting area of the flat panel display. The swivel base is pivotally secured to the flat panel display with the yoke. The swivel base has a first cylinder with two grooves parallel and opposite each other on the outer surface of the first cylinder. The mounting base is located in the computer. The mounting base has a second cylinder, the second cylinder having a cable hole formed at the center of the second cylinder to hold the swivel base and two mounting slots located in the cable hole opposite each other. Each elastic member has a projection to be held in the mounting slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Acer Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Tseng, Chu-Hsian Chian, Hsu Shih Chung, John Yeh, Sheng-Nan Lu
  • Flat panel display apparatus and tilt/swivel mechanism therein
    Publication number: 20020109962
    Abstract: A flat panel display apparatus having a tilt/swivel mechanism therein allows a user to adjustably move the display panel in an up-and-down tilt direction and a right-and-left swivel direction along the connecting area. The flat panel display apparatus includes: a flat panel display, a computer, a swivel base, a yoke, a mounting base and a pair of elastic members. The yoke is pivotally secured to the connecting area of the flat panel display. The swivel base is pivotally secured to the flat panel display with the yoke. The swivel base has a first cylinder with two grooves parallel and opposite each other on the outer surface of the first cylinder. The mounting base is located in the computer. The mounting base has a second cylinder, the second cylinder having a cable hole formed at the center of the second cylinder to hold the swivel base and two mounting slots located in the cable hole opposite each other. Each elastic member has a projection to be held in the mounting slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: Peter Tseng, Chu-Hsian Chian, Hsu Shih Chung, John Yeh, Sheng-nan Lu