Patents by Inventor Sammy Tsai

Sammy Tsai 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20060254940
    Abstract: A collecting device for a handed tool includes a connecting portion having at least one cavity defined therein. At least one collecting portion is disposed on the connecting portion. The collecting portion includes an apron extending from the connecting portion and surrounding the cavity. The apron has an opening defined to correspond to the cavity. A buckle is securely mounted on the connecting portion and partially received in the cavity. The buckle has a resilient arm extending therefrom and corresponding to the opening of the apron. The resilient arm abuts an inner periphery of a connecting hole that is defined in the handed tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2005
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Hsien-Chung Mu, Sammy Tsai
  • 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: 20060178036
    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: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Inventors: Hsien-Chung Mu, Sammy Tsai
  • 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
  • Patent number: 5931630
    Abstract: A material feeding apparatus for supplying surface mounting elements for suction by a suction nozzle for surface mounting on PC boards, the apparatus including a first casing, a second casing connected in series to the first casing in an oblique position, first holder means which holds a delivery pipe on the first casing, second holder means which holds a stack of material pipes on the second casing, a material take-up unit mounted on the first casing and controlled to take out surface mounting elements from the delivery pipe for suction by the suction nozzle above, vibration motors controlled to vibrate the delivery pipe and the material pipes, enabling surface mounting elements to be shaken out of the material pipes into the delivery pipe in proper order and then shaken out of the delivery pipe to the material take-up unit, and an empty pipe return drive unit controlled to carry emptied material pipes away from the second casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: Harmony Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Sammy Tsai