Patents by Inventor Vincent Lai

Vincent Lai 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: 20130051025
    Abstract: A table lamp having a lamp shade that can displace transversally and rotate by 360 degrees is assembled by a bottom seat, a slide base, a connecting rod, a rotation mechanism and a lamp shade. An interior of the slide base on the bottom seat is installed with a sliding mechanism, enabling the slide base to displace on the bottom seat. A top end of the connecting rod above the slide base is installed with the rotation mechanism and the lamp shade is installed at an upper end of the connecting rod. When the connecting rod tilts, the slide base shifts naturally on the bottom seat using a center of gravity, enabling the lamp shade to displace opposite to a direction at which the slide base shifts. The lamp shade displaces transversally on the connecting rod or rotates by 360 degrees on the connecting rod by the rotation mechanism, so as to change a location of the lamp shade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Inventor: Vincent Lai
  • Patent number: 7548417
    Abstract: An antivibration guide rail for a computer disk drive, in which soft elastic antivibration pads are additionally located at appropriate positions on a hard plastic guide rail, and the guide rail is fitted to two sides of a disk drive. Accordingly, the antivibration pads are able to absorb vibration produced when the disk drive is running, thereby improving read accuracy of the disk drive, and reducing noise produced by vibration when the disk drive is running.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: In Win Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent Lai
  • Publication number: 20080315732
    Abstract: The present invention is an electrically operated lifting cover device for a host computer, in which a contact switch is installed at a side of a power switch of a case of a host computer. The contact switch is connected to a gear box located on an inner side of the case, and a user touching the contact switch actuates a first connecting rod of a lifting cover by electrical means, which connectively upwardly turns a second connecting rod, thereby enabling raising the lifting cover to the top position of the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Inventor: Vincent Lai
  • Publication number: 20080288971
    Abstract: An antivibration guide rail for a computer disk drive, in which soft elastic antivibration pads are additionally located at appropriate positions on a hard plastic guide rail, and the guide rail is fitted to two sides of a disk drive. Accordingly, the antivibration pads are able to absorb vibration produced when the disk drive is running, thereby improving read accuracy of the disk drive, and reducing noise produced by vibration when the disk drive is running.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Publication date: November 20, 2008
    Inventor: Vincent Lai
  • Patent number: 7431408
    Abstract: A movable cover-plate of a computer host is installed on a front panel of the computer host to cover a slot of hard disk driver and a slot of CD-ROM disk driver of the front panel in normal times, and to be opened by being pressed down, when being used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: In Win Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent Lai
  • Patent number: 7290842
    Abstract: A computer back panel which can be quickly assembled or disassembled is installed at a rear side of a computer casing by extending inverted hooks of the back panel into hook holes of the casing, and pushing up the back panel, which enables a locking slot at a top end of the back panel to be locked and positioned by a locking hook from a slope of the locking hook of a push member. On the other hand, when disassembling the back panel, a user only needs to press the push member to release the locking hook from the locking slot of back panel, and then the inverted hooks of back panel will be released downward from the hook holes of casing to uninstall the back panel. Therefore, the back panel is provided with a function of easy and quick assembling or disassembling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: In Win Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent Lai
  • Publication number: 20070241646
    Abstract: A computer back panel which can be quickly assembled or disassembled is installed at a rear side of a computer casing by extending inverted hooks of the back panel into hook holes of the casing, and pushing up the back panel, which enables a locking slot at a top end of the back panel to be locked and positioned by a locking hook from a slope of the locking hook of a push member. On the other hand, when disassembling the back panel, a user only needs to press the push member to release the locking hook from the locking slot of back panel, and then the inverted hooks of back panel will be released downward from the hook holes of casing to uninstall the back panel. Therefore, the back panel is provided with a function of easy and quick assembling or disassembling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Vincent Lai
  • Publication number: 20070243815
    Abstract: An air duct which can be moved vertically and horizontally is the air duct installed on ventholes defined in a side panel of a computer case, and is provided with characteristics that an end of a duct base connected to the air duct is provided with a movable plate which can be extended into slide grooves of a seat frame, that the air duct can be displaced vertically on the seat frame with toothed grooves at two sides of the movable plate and can be also displaced horizontally in slide grooves of an inner frame with toothed grooves at an upper and lower ends of the seat frame, and that the movable air duct device is applicable for use on CPUs disposed at different positions. Moreover, the air duct can be lengthened and shortened on an annular tube of the duct base to accommodate a CPU cooling device of different height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Publication date: October 18, 2007
    Inventor: Vincent Lai
  • Publication number: 20070215756
    Abstract: A movable cover-plate of a computer host is installed on a front panel of the computer host to cover a slot of hard disk driver and a slot of CD-ROM disk driver of the front panel in normal times, and to be opened by being pressed down, when being used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Inventor: Vincent Lai
  • Publication number: 20070159785
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positioning clamp for CD-ROM drives and diskette drives, characterized in that no tools are required, but only clamps located at the periphery of a frame are needed to easily and rapidly position the CD-ROM drive and the diskette drive inside a CD-ROM slot and a diskette drive slot formed between a computer case and a computer frame
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventor: Vincent Lai
  • Patent number: 7233490
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a positioning clamp for CD-ROM drives and diskette drives, characterized in that no tools are required, but only clamps located at the periphery of a frame are needed to easily and rapidly position the CD-ROM drive and the diskette drive inside a CD-ROM slot and a diskette drive slot formed between a computer case and a computer frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: In Win Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent Lai
  • Patent number: 7232319
    Abstract: A computer side plate which can be quickly assembled or disassembled is provided with inverted hooks and hook seats on the side plate of computer, which are locked on a movable plate at a top end of computer casing and on a bottom edge of computer casing, respectively. When the side plate is to be removed, a push knob on a rack at an inner side of a back panel of computer is pressed, and then a push block of a board lump inside the push knob can drive a push rod inward to carry the moveable plate to be displaced, thereby enabling hook holes on the movable plate to be released from the inverted hooks of side plate, such that the side plate can be easily and quickly disassembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: In Win Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent Lai
  • Publication number: 20070084163
    Abstract: A movable air duct device having an air duct installed on ventholes defined in a side panel of a computer case, wherein the air duct is connected to a duct base, and the duct base is used to insert within slide grooves of an inner frame to secure position thereof. The air duct can be displaced on the ventholes; thus, the movable air duct device is applicable for use on CPUs disposed at different positions. Moreover, the air duct can be lengthened and shortened on an annular tube of the duct base to accommodate CPUs of different height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2005
    Publication date: April 19, 2007
    Inventor: Vincent Lai
  • Publication number: 20070010220
    Abstract: A mobile FM emitter with wireless remote controlling functions and decoding functions for MP3/WMA files includes a wireless remote controller and a built-in USB connecter. The power is supplied by a 12V cigarette lighter plug. Through wireless remote controlling, the users can select songs of an externally connected MP3 portable storage device/player and control the volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventor: Vincent Lai
  • Publication number: 20070008706
    Abstract: A casing structure for an uninterrupted power supply including a casing structured from left and right side panels, front and rear cover panels. Arc-shaped hook slots are respectively defined on upper and lower edges of rear sides of the left and right side panels, which mutually hook together to assemble the left and right side panels using a pivot-type method. Two sides of the front cover panel are respectively provided with catch slots, and front edges of the left and right side panels are respectively provided with catch strips, and the catch slots are used to slot onto the catch strips of the front cover panel, thereby completing assembly of the casing structure. Moreover, simply removing the front cover panel facilitates replacement of the battery in the casing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2005
    Publication date: January 11, 2007
    Inventor: Vincent Lai
  • Patent number: D544478
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: In Win Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent Lai
  • Patent number: D546826
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2007
    Assignee: In Win Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent Lai
  • Patent number: D552091
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: In Win Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent Lai
  • Patent number: D578118
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: In Win Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent Lai
  • Patent number: D592662
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: In Win Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent Lai