Patents by Inventor Way-Han Dai
Way-Han Dai 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).
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Patent number: 11720152Abstract: A hinge includes two rotatable axle units each having two hinge shafts, two synchronizing units each disposed to make synchronous rotations of the hinge shafts, two movable bracket units each having a turnable base plate, two rotary blocks non-rotatably sleeved on the hinge shafts, and two movable plates movable relative to the rotary blocks, and two guiding bracket units, each having male and female arms respectively connected with two movable plates, and a plurality of guiding connecting members interposed between the arms. Each guiding connecting member has a protrusion and a sliding groove, and is angularly movable with the rotations of the hinge shafts. Removal of the protrusion from the sliding groove of an adjacent guiding connecting member is prevented by means of engagement of an abutting portion of the protrusion with an abutted block in the groove.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: An-Szu Hsu, Way-Han Dai, Tzu-Hao Lin
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Patent number: 11720153Abstract: A hinge includes two rotatable axle units disposed on a base seat and each having two rotatable hinge shafts, two movable bracket units each including a base plate, two rotary blocks non-rotatably sleeved on the hinge shafts, and two movable plates movable relative to the rotary blocks, and two synchronizing units for making synchronous rotations of the hinge shafts. Each synchronizing unit includes a first gear member having two end surfaces in form of bevel gears, and two second gear members each meshing with the respective end surface and fitted to the respective rotary block. Rotations of the hinge shafts at one side of the base seat result in rotations of the rotary blocks and the second gear members, and bring in rotations of the second gear members, the rotary blocks and the hinge shafts at the other side to make the synchronous rotations.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: An-Szu Hsu, Way-Han Dai, Tzu-Hao Lin
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Publication number: 20220365569Abstract: A hinge includes two rotatable axle units each having two hinge shafts, two synchronizing units each disposed to make synchronous rotations of the hinge shafts, two movable bracket units each having a turnable base plate, two rotary blocks non-rotatably sleeved on the hinge shafts, and two movable plates movable relative to the rotary blocks, and two guiding bracket units, each having male and female arms respectively connected with two movable plates, and a plurality of guiding connecting members interposed between the arms. Each guiding connecting member has a protrusion and a sliding groove, and is angularly movable with the rotations of the hinge shafts. Removal of the protrusion from the sliding groove of an adjacent guiding connecting member is prevented by means of engagement of an abutting portion of the protrusion with an abutted block in the groove.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2021Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: An-Szu HSU, Way-Han DAI, Tzu-Hao LIN
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Publication number: 20220365570Abstract: A hinge includes two rotatable axle units disposed on a base seat and each having two rotatable hinge shafts, two movable bracket units each including a base plate, two rotary blocks non-rotatably sleeved on the hinge shafts, and two movable plates movable relative to the rotary blocks, and two synchronizing units for making synchronous rotations of the hinge shafts. Each synchronizing unit includes a first gear member having two end surfaces in form of bevel gears, and two second gear members each meshing with the respective end surface and fitted to the respective rotary block. Rotations of the hinge shafts at one side of the base seat result in rotations of the rotary blocks and the second gear members, and bring in rotations of the second gear members, the rotary blocks and the hinge shafts at the other side to make the synchronous rotations.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2021Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: An-Szu HSU, Way-Han DAI, Tzu-Hao LIN
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Patent number: 11416039Abstract: A complex moving/rotating pivot shaft device is applicable to a double-screen or flexible screen to minify the assembling/moving space of the components. The complex moving/rotating pivot shaft device includes an assembly of a fixing seat and a moving module. The moving module includes an operation arm, a guide section disposed on the operation arm and a bridge unit disposed between the operation arm and the fixing seat. The bridge unit has a shaft pillar, a reciprocally movable bolt and a guiding section in cooperation with the guide section, whereby the operation arm can move along the guiding section to reach a set position. Thereafter, the operation arm can rotate around the shaft pillar of the bridge unit to achieve opening/closing effect.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Fositek Corp.Inventors: An Szu Hsu, Way Han Dai, Chr Chi Liu
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Publication number: 20210381289Abstract: A complex moving/rotating pivot shaft device is applicable to a double-screen or flexible screen to minify the assembling/moving space of the components. The complex moving/rotating pivot shaft device includes an assembly of a fixing seat and a moving module. The moving module includes an operation arm, a guide section disposed on the operation arm and a bridge unit disposed between the operation arm and the fixing seat. The bridge unit has a shaft pillar, a reciprocally movable bolt and a guiding section in cooperation with the guide section, whereby the operation arm can move along the guiding section to reach a set position. Thereafter, the operation arm can rotate around the shaft pillar of the bridge unit to achieve opening/closing effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2020Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: AN SZU HSU, WAY HAN DAI, CHR CHI LIU
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Patent number: 10802551Abstract: A hinge mechanism includes a plurality of linkage units, each including a base bar and two rotating assemblies pivotally connected with two carrying sections of the base bar. Each rotating assembly has a synchronous rotation bar, a friction plate and a torsion plate. The friction plate has a first major plate body and a friction increasing portion inclined outwardly from the major plate body. The rotating assemblies are turnable relative to the base bar between unfolded and folded positions. During the turning, the friction increasing portion is gradually overlapped upon and in frictional contact with the torsion plate so as to increase a friction force for providing a stable turning.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: Chun-Han Lin, Way-Han Dai, Yu-Chieh Li, Seita Horikoshi
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Patent number: 10761574Abstract: A flexible electronic device includes a flexible display, a support mechanism for carrying the flexible display thereon, and two hinge mechanisms. Each of the hinge mechanisms is disposed between first and second substrate units and interconnects inboard end edges of the first and second substrate units of the support mechanism, and includes first and second linking units pivotable relative to a mounting assembly. With a first height between first outer and inner pivot axes of the first linking unit and a second height between second outer and inner pivot axes of the second linking unit, substrate seats can be moved away from inner support plates, and the inner support plates are movable downwardly to provide a leeway space for a bending part of the flexible display to be bendably received therein.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: An-Szu Hsu, Way-Han Dai, Shao-Chun Chao
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Patent number: 10701822Abstract: An electronic device includes a base cover, a cover plate which is slidable relative to the base cover among a closed position, an open position, and a transition position, and a slide positioning mechanism which is configured for positioning the cover plate relative to the base cover, and which has first and second magnetically attractive units. When the cover plate is in a selected one of the closed and open positions, a magnetically attractive force is generated to position the cover plate in the selected one of the closed and open positions. When the cover plate is in the transition position, a magnetically repulsive force is generated to facilitate movement of the cover plate away from the transition position.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: An-Szu Hsu, Way-Han Dai, Chun-Han Lin
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Patent number: 10664021Abstract: A hinge mechanism connectable with two housing shells for a flexible display to be attached thereto includes a base seat, a torque transmitting unit and two rotary members. The base seat defines therein a rail region and two mounting regions. Each mounting region is defined by an arcuate bottom wall and first and second ribs. The torque transmitting unit includes two transmitting shafts and a synchronously driving member. The rotary members are disposed at the mounting regions to be pivoted about the transmitting shafts so as to bring the housing shells into unfolded and folded states.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2019Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: An-Szu Hsu, Way-Han Dai, Shao-Chun Chao
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Publication number: 20200090846Abstract: An electronic device includes a base cover, a cover plate which is slidable relative to the base cover among a closed position, an open position, and a transition position, and a slide positioning mechanism which is configured for positioning the cover plate relative to the base cover, and which has first and second magnetically attractive units. When the cover plate is in a selected one of the closed and open positions, a magnetically attractive force is generated to position the cover plate in the selected one of the closed and open positions. When the cover plate is in the transition position, a magnetically repulsive force is generated to facilitate movement of the cover plate away from the transition position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2018Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: An-Szu HSU, Way-Han DAI, Chun-Han LIN
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Patent number: 10591959Abstract: A bendable displaying apparatus of the present disclosure includes two housings, a supporting device, and a bendable display. The supporting device is fastened to the two housings and is arranged between the two housings. The supporting device includes a retainer, two supporting units, a first supporting plate, and two second supporting plates. The bendable display is disposed on the two housings, the first supporting plate, and the two second supporting plates. When the two housings are moved to stack with each other, the two housings drive the two supporting units to move the two second supporting plates along a direction away from each other and drives the retainer to downwardly move the first supporting plate, so that the two second supporting plates and the first supporting plate jointly form a space that provides the bendable display to deform therein.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 17, 2020Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: An-Szu Hsu, Way-Han Dai, Shao-Chun Chao, Chun-Han Lin
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Patent number: 10480225Abstract: A flexible electronic device includes a flexible display, a support structure and two hinge mechanisms. Each hinge mechanism includes a cam and first and second arm units. With the hinge mechanism having first and second cam follower protrusions of the first and second arm units which are moved from respective cavities of the cam and slide on respective peripheral cam surface sections of the cam during the pivoting of the first and second movable arms from an unfolded position to a folded position, a leeway is provided between the first and second movable arms for the flexible display to be bendably received therein.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2019Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: An-Szu Hsu, Way-Han Dai, Shao-Chun Chao
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Patent number: 10401917Abstract: A multi-linkage hinge includes a base bar, two friction bars, two synchronous rotation bars and two torsion plates. The base bar extends longitudinally to have two connecting ends and two middle pivot portions . Each friction bar has two link ends respectively coupled to the connecting end of the base bar and a middle portion of the respective torsion plate. The synchronous rotation bars are interposed between the friction bars, and each has two pivot ends respectively coupled to the middle pivot portion of the base bar and a driven end of the respective torsion plate. The torsion plates are turnable synchronously relative to the base bar between unfolded and folded positions. In the unfolded position, a bending space is formed between the torsion plates for receiving a bending portion of the display sheet.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: Way-Han Dai, Chun-Han Lin
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Patent number: 10352354Abstract: An angularly positionable flexible display device includes a flexible display, a first substrate, a second substrate, and a positionable hinge mechanism which is disposed in a mounting space defined between the first and second substrates. In response to application of a manual force upon at least one of the first and second substrates, the first substrate is angularly displaceable relative to the second substrate through the positionable hinge mechanism to permit the flexible display to be bent with the angular displacement of the first and second substrates. Once the manual force is release, the first substrate is angularly positioned relative to the second substrate through frictional force provided by the positionable hinge mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Fositek CorporationInventors: An-Szu Hsu, Way-Han Dai, Chun-Han Lin
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Patent number: 10209743Abstract: A flexible display device includes a base support of structurally flexible, a flexible display which is supported by and bendable with the base support, and at least one positioning mechanism disposed leftward or rightward of the base support. The positioning mechanism includes two mounts which are mounted to two support plates of the base support, a plurality of hinge bodies which are structurally flexible with a support rib unit of the base support, and a leaf spring unit extending through inside of the hinge bodies to terminate at a first spring end secured in one of the mounts, and a second spring end which is releasably and frictionally engaged inside the other one of the mounts by virtue of a sliding block and a spring-loaded unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2018Date of Patent: February 19, 2019Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATIONInventors: An-Szu Hsu, Way-Han Dai, Chun-Han Lin
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Patent number: 9441714Abstract: A jacking device is provided to push an object for rotation and upward or downward movement. The jacking device includes a combination of a slave arm and a link arm. The slave arm includes a first end capable of producing rotation and linear movement and a second end pivoted to the link arm. The link arm includes a fixation end disposed on a base and a free end. When the first end of the slave arm is received with an action force, the second end of the slave arm is forced to push the link arm for rotation, and the free end of the link arm is forced to motion between a first position and a second position so as to push an object for rotation and upward or downward movement.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2012Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: First Dome CorporationInventors: An Szu Hsu, Chien Cheng Mai, Way Han Dai
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Publication number: 20160090763Abstract: A multi-joint turning axle structure includes a driving joint assembly, a torsion joint assembly each including two opposing joint plates and at least one link unit connected therebetween. A driven joint assembly is disposed between the two opposing joint plates of one of the driving joint assembly and the torsion joint assembly, and includes two driven plates. The two driven plates have synchronous actuating portions at opposing ends thereof to form a synchronous motion. The inner ends of the joint plates of the driving joint assembly and the torsion joint assembly are respectively aligned with the outer ends of the driven plates. The outer ends of the link unit are aligned with the inner ends of the driven plates. Under a torsion function, the opposing joint plates of the driving joint assembly and the torsion joint assembly can be turned smoothly through multiple turning centers.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2014Publication date: March 31, 2016Inventors: AN SZU HSU, WAY HAN DAI, CHUN HAN LIN
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Patent number: 9069528Abstract: A jacking device for assisting an electric apparatus with movement is operated in a labor-saving way, thereby simplifying complicated operational conditions occurred in conventional skills. The electric apparatus includes a machine body module, a motion module, and a support arm disposed between the motion module and the machine body module. The support arm includes a pivot end and a push end utilized to transmit power to the jacking device. The jacking device includes a slave portion receiving the power transmitted from the push end of the support arm and a link portion pivoted to the slave portion. The link portion includes a free end motioned between a first position and a second position to drive the motion module for rotation and upward or downward movement when the slave portion is motioned in response to the power transmitted from the push end of the support arm.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2012Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: First Dome CorporationInventors: An Szu Hsu, Chien Cheng Mai, Way Han Dai
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Patent number: 8978495Abstract: A synchronous movement-aid device for slide module includes at least one aid device. The aid device includes a first arm, a second arm connected with the first arm and a rotational wheel connected with the second arm and rotatable with the movement of the second arm. The first arm has a pivoted end mounted on a rail. When an external force is applied to the first arm, the pivoted end can freely move along the rail relative to the second arm. The second arm has a fixed end connected to the rotational wheel. When the first arm moves along the rail, the rotational wheel is driven to rotate so as to achieve better synchronous movement effect than the conventional slide mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: First Dome CorporationInventors: An Szu Hsu, Way Han Dai, Hsiu Fan Ho