Patents by Inventor Shi Xu

Shi Xu 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: 20110234548
    Abstract: A stylus comprises a housing, a stylus body, a shell and a latching element. The housing has a receptacle and a sliding pin. The stylus body is accommodated in the housing, the stylus body has a track and engaging the sliding pin so the stylus body can slide relative to the housing, the stylus body further has a compartment. The shell is slidably accommodated in the compartment, the shell has a first stopping hole and a protrusion located adjacent to the first stopping hole, the first stopping hole is used for latching with the sliding pin to hold the stylus in a retracted state. The latching element is mounted in the receptacle and located near the stylus body, the latching element has a latching cantilever having a second stopping hole defined therethrough, the second stopping hole latches with the protrusion to hold the stylus in an extended state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: SHI-XU LIANG
  • Publication number: 20110232935
    Abstract: A grounding mechanism is used for an electronic device. The electronic device includes a housing and a battery cover. The grounding mechanism typically includes an elastic member including a main portion, a first bent portion, a second bent portion and a clamping portion. The main portion is attached to the housing. The first bent portion and the second bent portion respectively extend from two opposite ends of the main portion. The clamping portion extends from one side of the main portion, and includes two arms for clamping one part of the battery cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: SHI-XU LIANG
  • Publication number: 20110235300
    Abstract: A key button mechanism and a portable electronic device using same are provided. The key button mechanism includes a base body, a protective piece and a key button. The protective piece is assembled to the base body and includes two actuating portions. The key button is partially attached to the base body and aligns with the protective piece. The key button includes a key body and two resisting blocks formed on the key body. The two resisting blocks are configured to align with and abut against the corresponding two actuating portions of the protective piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: SHI-XU LIANG
  • Publication number: 20110234546
    Abstract: A stylus comprises a housing, a stylus body, a latching element and a shell. The housing has a receptacle defined therethrough. The stylus body is accommodated in the receptacle and located at one end of the housing. The stylus body has two opposite arms located at one end thereof, each arm has a protrusion protruding therefrom. The latching element is mounted in the receptacle and is located at another end of the housing opposite to the stylus body. The latching element has two opposite latching cantilever and each cantilever having a rib protruding therefrom. The shell is slidably accommodated in the receptacle and has two opposite latching slots defined therein. The latching slots latch with the protrusions to hold the stylus in a retracted state, and the latching slots latch with the ribs to hold the stylus in an extended state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: SHI-XU LIANG
  • Publication number: 20110229119
    Abstract: An exemplary portable electronic device includes a housing, a camera assembly, and a deformable protective member. The camera assembly includes a circuit board and a camera unit. The protective member defines a through cavity. The through cavity receives the camera unit. The housing resists against and deforms the protective member and the circuit board resists against the protective member, sealing the through cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: Shi-Xu LIANG
  • Publication number: 20110228493
    Abstract: A protective cover includes a cover body and a pressing body integrally mounted to the cover body. The cover body has an accommodating cavity recessed from a surface of the cover body and an accommodating hole defined through the base wall of the accommodating cavity. The pressing body is mounted to the cover body and includes a pressing portion and a resisting post. The pressing portion is configured for being received within the accommodating cavity and exposed from the accommodating hole. The resisting post protruding from a surface of the pressing portion away from the cover body corresponding to the switch. There also discloses a key assembly using the protective cover and a portable electronic device using the key assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: SHI-XU LIANG, JUN-LIN CHEN, YUNG-CHANG YEN
  • Publication number: 20110226537
    Abstract: A cap assembly for protecting a head of a stylus, the cap assembly comprise a hollow cap and a resisting element. The cap has chamber defined therein. The resisting element is mounted in the chamber, the resisting element includes a resisting portion that has a receiving space defined therein. The receiving space has a shape and profile conforming to the head; so when the head is received in the receiving space, the head resisting an inner surface of the receiving space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: SHI-XU LIANG
  • Publication number: 20110227880
    Abstract: A telescoping stylus includes a housing, a first stopper member, a second member, and a core member. The first stopper member is attached to one end of the housing. The second stopper member is attached to another end of the housing. The core member is slidably received in the housing. The core member selectively engages with the first stopper member or the second member to be positioned in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: SHI-XU LIANG, YUNG-CHANG YEN, JUN-LIN CHEN
  • Publication number: 20110221712
    Abstract: A telescoping stylus includes a housing, a nib portion, a stopper member, a first sleeve, a shank member and a second sleeve. The nib portion is attached to one end of the housing. The stopper member is attached to another end of the housing. The shank member is slidably received in the first sleeve. The second sleeve receives the first sleeve and the shank member, and the shank member is fixed to the second sleeve. The second sleeve is releasably positioned in the housing, and abuts the stopper member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: SHI-XU LIANG
  • Publication number: 20110221711
    Abstract: A stylus holding mechanism includes a housing, a positioning mechanism and a stylus. The housing defines a receiving space. The positioning mechanism includes a block and a spring. The block forms a projection, and the spring provides elastic force on the block. The stylus is received in the receiving space. The stylus defines a groove, and the projection is received in the groove for releasably locking the stylus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: SHI-XU LIANG
  • Publication number: 20110221710
    Abstract: An exemplary stylus includes a barrel, two slide mechanisms, two housings and a head. The two housings are slidably coupled to the barrel by the two slide mechanisms. The head is attached to an outer end of one of the housings, and configured to contact a touch screen of an electronic device. The two housings cooperatively surround the barrel when the stylus is in a retracted position, and are slidable along two opposite directions to elongate the stylus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: SHI-XU LIANG
  • Publication number: 20110210948
    Abstract: A stylus comprises a stylus barrel, a connecting element and a stylus body. The stylus barrel has a receptacle defined therethrough. The connecting element is fixed to one end of the stylus barrel. The stylus body is retractably and slidably coupled to the stylus barrel. The stylus body is configured to be optionally supported by the connecting element in an extended state or locked to the opposite end of the stylus barrel in a retracted state with the stylus body received within the receptacle of the stylus barrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: SHI-XU LIANG
  • Publication number: 20110193826
    Abstract: A stylus comprises a housing, a stylus body and a shaft. The housing has a receptacle defined therethrough. The stylus body assembly is slidably and non-rotatably accommodated in the receptacle of the housing, the stylus body assembly includes a threaded hole defined therethrough. The shaft rotatably passes through the housing, the shaft includes a threaded portion engaging with the threaded hole such that rotation of the shaft relative to the housing causes the stylus body assembly to slide relative to the housing to extend out or retract into the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: SHI-XU LIANG
  • Publication number: 20110193827
    Abstract: A stylus comprises a housing has a receptacle defined therethrough, a tip body slidably accommodated in the receptacle, a slide enabling member and a cap assembly. The tip body includes a body. The slide enabling member includes the body of the tip body and a guiding hole slidably engaging with the body, the guiding hole is defined in the housing, when the tip body is accommodated in the receptacle, the body passes through the guiding hole. The cap assembly is releasably latched to the tip body and the housing. The latching force between the tip body and the cap assembly is larger than a latching force between the cap assembly and the housing, so when an external force is exerted on the cap assembly to remove the cap assembly away from the tip body, the cap assembly is separated from the housing but the cap assembly is firmly latched on the tip body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: SHI-XU LIANG
  • Publication number: 20110181554
    Abstract: A stylus comprises a housing, a stylus body and a sliding enabling member. The slide enabling member slideably coupling the stylus body to the housing so the stylus body can slide relative to the housing from a retracted configuration to an extending configuration. The slide enabling member includes a sliding pin and two tracks engaging the sliding pin, the sliding pin is positioned on a sliding element located in the receptacle of the housing, and the tracks are two guiding grooves defined in a guiding element located in the chamber of the stylus body, the sliding pin slides in the tracks when the stylus body slides relative to the housing between the retracted configuration and the extended configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: SHI-XU LIANG
  • Publication number: 20110181555
    Abstract: A stylus comprises a housing, a stylus body and a retaining structure. The housing has a receptacle defined therethrough. The retaining structure is configured to provide a mechanism for the stylus body to latch in the receptacle of the housing. The retaining structure includes a set of retaining members and a set of retaining slots that engage the retaining members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: SHI-XU LIANG
  • Publication number: 20110159337
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a housing, a battery cover, a positioning element, and a latching element. The housing defines a battery compartment. The battery cover is attached to the housing and covers the battery compartment. The positioning element attaches to the housing. The latching element attaches to the battery cover and latches with the positioning element. The latching element includes a latching portion. The positioning element and the housing cooperatively form a receiving space in which the latching portion is received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: SHI-XU LIANG
  • Publication number: 20110155480
    Abstract: A stylus comprises a housing, a tip body, a slide enabling member and a cap assembly. The housing has a receptacle defined therethrough. The tip body is slidably accommodated in the receptacle of the housing. The slide enabling member slidably couples the tip body to the housing so the tip body can slide relative to the housing from a retracted position to an extended position. The cap assembly is releasably latched to the tip body. The tip body includes a tapered surface formed thereon; the cap assembly includes a resisting portion which is complemented in shape and size to resist the tapered surface of the tip body; when an external force is exerted on the cap assembly toward the housing, the resisting portion push the tapered surface so the tip body slides relative to the housing from the extended position to the retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: SHI-XU LIANG
  • Publication number: 20110159330
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a base, a battery cover and a resisting element. The base has a resisting portion. The battery cover attaches to the base. The resisting element elastically resists and is retained by the resisting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: SHI-XU LIANG
  • Publication number: 20110139518
    Abstract: A stylus comprises a shell, a stylus body, and a slide enabling member. The shell has a chamber defined therethrough. The stylus body is slidably accommodated in the chamber of the shell. The slide enabling member is slidably coupling the stylus body to the shell so the stylus body can slide relative to the shell from a retracted position to an extended position. The slide enabling member includes a sliding pin located at one of the stylus body and the shell, and a track defined at another one of the stylus body and the shell and slidably engaging with the sliding pin so the stylus body slides relative to the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicants: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: SHI-XU LIANG