Patents by Inventor Tony Du

Tony Du 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: 20110290701
    Abstract: A workpiece carrier for supporting a plurality of workpieces, the workpiece carrier comprising: a plurality of support elements, each for supporting a workpiece; and a plurality of positioning elements, each associated with a respective one of the support elements and being operative to position a workpiece at a predetermined position in the respective support element, wherein the positioning elements each comprise a plurality of biasing elements which are disposed in opposed relation and configured laterally to bias the workpiece and position the workpiece at the predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventors: Ricky P. Bennett, Richard J. Lieske, Tony Du
  • Patent number: 5812371
    Abstract: An orientation-adjustable infrared transceiver used in a notebook type computer. The infrared transceiver is installed in a container on a housing of the computer. A bottom of one end of the container is formed with a pivot socket and a lateral upper corner of the housing is formed with another pivot socket corresponding to the pivot socket of the container, whereby a pivot assembly is disposed in the pivot sockets to pivotally connect the container and the housing, permitting the container to be optionally rotated and located at one of multiple angles relative to the housing. Therefore, a user can adjust the orientation of the transceiving windows of the container according to the position of the object of the transceived infrared ray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Mason Chen, Wei Wu, Tony Du, Mao-Shun Lee