Patents by Inventor Wai Lai

Wai 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).

  • Patent number: 8608205
    Abstract: A fluid pipe connection device includes a plug sleeve fixedly fastened and mounted on a pipe joint used for mounting an internal tooth snap ring and a push tooth ring in the pipe joint and the plug sleeve. The internal tooth snap ring clamps the pipe wall after the pipe passes through the plug sleeve, the push tooth ring and the internal tooth snap ring. The push tooth ring pushes away internal teeth along the pipe insertion direction so as to lead the internal tooth snap ring to release the pipe wall before disassembling a pipe. A top end of the push tooth ring is basically flush with an exposed element or contracted in the exposed element under the pipe connection state. The exposed element is the more prominent one of the plug sleeve and the pipe joint. Also provided is a pipe disassembly tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Inventor: Lin Wai Lai
  • Patent number: 8553412
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a case, a latch, and a detachable member. The case has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The latch is movably configured on the first surface back and forth. The latch has a first pushing portion and a second pushing portion. The first and second pushing portions are located at two moving axes parallel to a moving direction of the latch. The detachable member is assembled to the case from the second surface, and a portion of the detachable member protrudes from the first surface and is locked to the latch. When the latch moves back and forth relatively to the case, the first and second pushing portions sequentially push the detachable member, so as to drive the detachable member to move relatively to the case and be disassembled from the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventor: Yiu-Wai Lai
  • Publication number: 20120243150
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a case, a latch, and a detachable member. The case has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The latch is movably configured on the first surface back and forth. The latch has a first pushing portion and a second pushing portion. The first and second pushing portions are located at two moving axes parallel to a moving direction of the latch. The detachable member is assembled to the case from the second surface, and a portion of the detachable member protrudes from the first surface and is locked to the latch. When the latch moves back and forth relatively to the case, the first and second pushing portions sequentially push the detachable member, so as to drive the detachable member to move relatively to the case and be disassembled from the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yiu-Wai Lai
  • Publication number: 20110101685
    Abstract: A fluid pipe connection device includes a plug sleeve fixedly fastened and mounted on a pipe joint used for mounting an internal tooth snap ring and a push tooth ring in the pipe joint and the plug sleeve. The internal tooth snap ring clamps the pipe wall after the pipe passes through the plug sleeve, the push tooth ring and the internal tooth snap ring. The push tooth ring pushes away internal teeth along the pipe insertion direction so as to lead the internal tooth snap ring to release the pipe wall before disassembling a pipe. A top end of the push tooth ring is basically flush with an exposed element or contracted in the exposed element under the pipe connection state. The exposed element is the more prominent one of the plug sleeve and the pipe joint. The invention also relates to a pipe disassembly tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventor: Lin Wai Lai
  • Patent number: 7611113
    Abstract: A portable electronic device including a secondary body having a touch screen and a primary body having a keyboard is provided. The secondary body slides and rotates relative to the primary body, such that the secondary body selectively makes the touch screen is back towards the primary body and cover the keyboard, so as to provide a first operation mode for operating the touch screen; or the secondary body is inclined relative to the primary body at a certain angle to show the keyboard on the primary body, so as to provide a second operation mode for operating the keyboard. Thus, various operation and accommodation aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventor: Yiu-Wai Lai
  • Publication number: 20080180892
    Abstract: A portable electronic device including a secondary body having a touch screen and a primary body having a keyboard is provided. The secondary body slides and rotates relative to the primary body, such that the secondary body selectively makes the touch screen is back towards the primary body and cover the keyboard, so as to provide a first operation mode for operating the touch screen; or the secondary body is inclined relative to the primary body at a certain angle to show the keyboard on the primary body, so as to provide a second operation mode for operating the keyboard. Thus, various operation and accommodation aspects are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventor: Yiu-Wai Lai
  • Publication number: 20050269355
    Abstract: A device for discharging at least one substance therefrom, comprising a container having a body member with substantially a vertical wall and a closure member, the body member is provided with an upper opening via which the substance is received and a lower opening closable by the closure member, wherein the body member and said closure member together define a cavity for containing the substance and wherein the body member and the closure member is movable relative to each other for discharging the substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2004
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Applicant: EASTERN SOURCES HOUSEWARES (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Wai Lai, Wing Lau
  • Publication number: 20050170672
    Abstract: An electrical accessory has releasably engageable first and second body members. The first body member includes a receiving portion adapted to be releasably engageable with a plug member of an electric cord of an electric appliance. The second body member has a first plug member that is electrically connectable with an electricity mains supply, a second plug member adapted to be releasably engageable with the first body member and an electric cord electrically connecting the first and second plug members. A securing device secures the first body member to a surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: Eastern Sources Housewares (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Wai Lai, Wing Lau
  • Publication number: 20050170698
    Abstract: An electrical accessory in the form of an electrical adapter (100) is disclosed as including releasably engageable first body part (102) and second body part (104), the first body part (102) being releasably engageable with a plug (14) of an electric cord (10), the second body part (104) being electrically connectable with an electricity mains supply, and the second body part (104) includes a body (115) engageable with the first body part (102) and a plate (122) with electrically conductive pins (124a, 124b, 124c) electrically connectable with the electricity mains supply, and the body (115) and the plate (122) with electrically conductive pins (124a, 124b, 124c) are swivellable relative to each other. The electrical accessory may also be a wall socket (200).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Applicant: Eastern Sources Housewares (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Wai Lai, Wing Joseph Lau
  • Publication number: 20050089318
    Abstract: An electric grill 10 is disclosed as including a body 12 supporting a grill plate 26 for cooking food, a container 34 for contain smoking element 36, and a heat source 18 for heating up the smoking element 36 in the container 34 for producing smoke for smoking the food cooked by the grill plate 26.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: Eastern Sources Housewares (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Wai Lai, Wing Chung Lau
  • Patent number: 5807742
    Abstract: A method for producing high level expression of neuropeptide receptors and stable cell lines useful therein. This method involves culturing a cell line containing amplified copies of a cDNA sequence encoding a neuropeptide receptor containing an expression control sequence taken from the .beta.-actin transcriptional control element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Merrell Pharmaceuticals Inc.
    Inventors: Josephine Yuen-Wai Lai, Alden Keith Henderson, Stephen Henderson Buck, William R. Roeske, Henry J. Yamamura, Shigetada Nakanishi
  • Patent number: D686863
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Electrical & Electronics Ltd
    Inventors: Andrew Yuen Chin Chen, Amy Decem Cheng, Dick Tak Fung Leung, Paul Cheuk Wai Lai, Raymond Wai Ming Wong