Patents by Inventor Qin Chen TAN

Qin Chen TAN 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).

  • Publication number: 20230158673
    Abstract: A safety switch device including a device main body and a movable portion capable of moving in a predetermined moving direction. The device main body is provided with a back surface supporting portion having a supporting surface which supports a back surface of a mobile terminal, and a main-body-side holding portion which pushes one side of the mobile terminal, and the movable portion is provided with a movable-portion-side holding portion which pushes the other side of the mobile terminal, and each of the main-body-side holding portion and the movable-portion-side holding portion is provided with an inclined surface which comes into close contact with the mobile terminal, and each of the inclined surfaces inclines in a direction where the inclined surfaces get close to each other in the moving direction as being distant from the supporting surface in the direction orthogonal to the supporting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Qin Chen TAN
  • Publication number: 20230114531
    Abstract: A safety switch device including a device main body, a movable portion movable in a moving direction with respect to the device main body, and a holding portion configured to hold the movable portion at a position in the moving direction. The device main body includes a main-body-side holding portion, the movable portion includes a movable-portion-side holding portion provided so as to be opposite to the main-body-side holding portion in the moving direction, the holding portion includes a rack gear provided in one of the device main body and the movable portion, an engaging tooth member provided in the other of the device main body and the movable portion so as to be movable in a direction intersecting the moving direction, and an springy member that urges the engaging tooth member in a direction in which the engaging tooth member meshes with the rack gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Qin Chen TAN