Patents by Inventor Tien-Hui Lin

Tien-Hui Lin 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: 20020137387
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an adjustable plug comprising a pair of corresponding casings forming a concave groove at an end with a plugging member, said plugging member further comprising two electric ends and a ground end. An axial rod passes through said plugging member and one of the two electric ends inside said plugging member deposed at an axial hole each on both sides and a screw hole deposed on said plugging member for facilitating the screwing or disassembling an end having a grounding end with the thread of a screw. Such arrangement makes the adjustable plug of the present invention adjustable up and down in a vertical position and arbitrarily switched between a two-hole socket and a three-hole socket. Such adjustable plug can adopt sockets in different angles or with different number of holes for convenience and practicability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventor: Tien-Hui Lin
  • Patent number: 6267627
    Abstract: A power plug having a housing, a bus fuse, two power prongs, one ground prong, and a cover. The bus fuse is held in mounting appendages at the two sides of a chamber cover such that the bus fuse enters an internal chamber when the chamber cover is placed on the housing. A notch formed on each of the two ends of the chamber cover facilitates removal. The chamber has a downward oriented opening and four insertion holes and a post formed along the center and two sides provide for the insertion of two power prongs and one ground prong, which in conjunction with the bus fuse forms a protective circuit. The cover of the housing has a hand hold on the side to facilitate removal from mains outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Inventor: Tien-Hui Lin