Patents by Inventor Tim Dze-How Chuang

Tim Dze-How Chuang 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: 10875652
    Abstract: A passenger tray table includes at least two hingedly connected table sections, and is operable to move between at least three positions: 1) a stowed mounting position against a fore positioned monument, where the tray table stows at an angle relative to vertical, and a top portion of the tray table is closer to the passenger than a lower portion of the passenger tray table in the stowed position, 2) a first operative position, where a front table section of the tray table lowers into a horizontal position, while the rear table section remains in the angled stowed position, and 3) a second operative position, where the front table section is disposed closer to the passenger while the rear table section of the passenger tray table is lowered to a horizontal position, in line with the front table section to provide a contiguous table surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Tim Dze-How Chuang, Ross Leslie Carmichael, Martti Johannes Lampela
  • Publication number: 20180281966
    Abstract: A passenger tray table includes at least two hingedly connected table sections, and is operable to move between at least three positions: 1) a stowed mounting position against a fore positioned monument, where the tray table stows at an angle relative to vertical, and a top portion of the tray table is closer to the passenger than a lower portion of the passenger tray table in the stowed position, 2) a first operative position, where a front table section of the tray table lowers into a horizontal position, while the rear table section remains in the angled stowed position, and 3) a second operative position, where the front table section is disposed closer to the passenger while the rear table section of the passenger tray table is lowered to a horizontal position, in line with the front table section to provide a contiguous table surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Tim Dze-How Chuang, Ross Leslie Carmichael, Martti Johannes Lampela