Patents by Inventor Tsung-Min Kung

Tsung-Min Kung 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: 20090094809
    Abstract: A buckle includes a female buckle member, which has a top-open receiving chamber, a front receiving portion, and a rear locating groove for the mounting of a fastening member to fasten the female buckle member to a product, a male buckle member, which has a base fitting a front side of the female buckle member, a rear mounting hole in the rear bottom side of the base for the mounting of a cord member, and a plug extending from the front side of the base and insertable through the front receiving portion into the top-open receiving chamber to lock the male buckle member to the female buckle member, and an operating member, which has a middle part pivoted to the female buckle member, a front press portion, a rear finger strip covered over the locating groove of the female buckle member for lifting by the user to turn the front press portion downwards and to further force the plug of the male buckle member away from the front receiving portion of the female buckle member, and two vertical bottom walls respective
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Applicant: NIFCO TAIWAN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsung-Min Kung
  • Publication number: 20090084012
    Abstract: A low profile name card carrier includes a housing, a sliding board, which has two guide rods respectively coupled to respective tracks in the housing to guide movement of the sliding board in and out of the housing, a label adhered to the sliding board, and a torsional spring, which has a compressible spring body suspending inside the housing and two end portions respectively fastened to a recessed hole at an inner end of the sliding board and a locating block inside the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: NIFCO TAIWAN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsung-Min Kung
  • Patent number: 7506419
    Abstract: A buckle includes a male buckle member having a locating bolt, and a slide cover type female buckle member, which has a buckle body, which has an insertion hole for the insertion of the locating bolt of the male buckle member and a notch for the positioning of the locating bolt, a slide cover slidably coupled to the buckle body and movable between a close position where a front notch of the slide cover is forced into engagement with a shank of the locating bolt of the male buckle member to secure the locating bolt firmly to the notch of the buckle body and an open position where the locating bolt is removable from the insertion hole, and two magnetic elements respectively affixed to the buckle body and the slide cover and attractable to each other by magnetic attraction when the slide cover is moved to the close position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Nifco Taiwan Corporation
    Inventor: Tsung-Min Kung
  • Publication number: 20070107169
    Abstract: A buckle includes a male buckle member having a locating bolt, and a slide cover type female buckle member, which has a buckle body, which has an insertion hole for the insertion of the locating bolt of the male buckle member and a notch for the positioning of the locating bolt, a slide cover slidably coupled to the buckle body and movable between a close position where a front notch of the slide cover is forced into engagement with a shank of the locating bolt of the male buckle member to secure the locating bolt firmly to the notch of the buckle body and an open position where the locating bolt is removable from the insertion hole, and two magnetic elements respectively affixed to the buckle body and the slide cover and attractable to each other by magnetic attraction when the slide cover is moved to the close position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: TAIWAN INDUSTRIAL FASTENER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsung-Min Kung
  • Publication number: 20030070267
    Abstract: A safety catch using a sliding sleeve to close/open the opening of the hook thereof and a spring to support the sliding sleeve in the close position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Inventor: Tsung-Min Kung
  • Patent number: 6438808
    Abstract: A fastener includes a male fastening member having a springy hook plate and a retaining block and a stop block, and a female fastening member having a hook hole and a retaining hole and a recessed bearing portion. The retaining block and the stop block are forced into engagement with the retaining hole and the recessed bearing portion when hooking the springy hook in the hook hole. Turning the male fastening member outwards from the female fastening member to disengage the retaining block from the retaining hole enables the male fastening member to be separated from the female fastening member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Taiwan Industrial Fastener Corporation
    Inventor: Tsung-Min Kung
  • Patent number: 6185797
    Abstract: A lift-control buckle, which includes a female buckle member and a male buckle member respectively fastened to two distal ends of a belt, and a locking plate pivoted to two upright blocks inside the female buckle for locking the male buckle member after insertion of the male buckle member into a receiving space defined within the male buckle member between the upright blocks, wherein the locking plate has two springy side arms respectively supported on a respective step inside the female buckle member and stopped against the upright blocks for automatically returning the locking plate to the locking position after each unlocking operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Taiwan Industrial Fastener Corporation
    Inventors: Chin-Kuo Lan, Tsung-Min Kung, Wen-Chin Lin, Hung-Te Hou
  • Patent number: D445724
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Taiwan Industrial Fastener Corp.
    Inventor: Tsung-Min Kung
  • Patent number: D446162
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: Taiwan Industrial Fastener Corporation
    Inventor: Tsung-Min Kung
  • Patent number: D447089
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Taiwan Industrial Fastener Corp.
    Inventor: Tsung-Min Kung
  • Patent number: D454056
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Taiwan Industrial Fastener Corporation
    Inventor: Tsung-Min Kung