Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
248123110 | Counterbalanced | 31 |
20080223996 | Adjustable article support - An adjustable support for holding an article such as a notebook computer. The support has a base; an article holding platform; and a single, adjustable, articulated, link connected at one end to the base and at its other end to the platform. The link has two spaced-apart lockable pivots, the pivots dividing the link into a base link member connected to the base, an intermediate link member, and a platform link member connected to the platform. The pivots are of the type having a locking member movable toward the pivot to unlock the pivot. The pivots are normally locked to hold the platform is a desired working position for a user of the notebook. The support has an unlocking mechanism, operable by one hand, for unlocking the pivots simultaneously. While the pivots are unlocked, the platform can be manipulating by the one hand on the unlocking mechanism to adjust the platform to a new working position and then locked in the new position. | 09-18-2008 |
20080308688 | Urological Instrument Mounting Device - A medical instrument mounting and positioning device is disclosed, comprising a platform with bilateral clamps to hold a camera or other instrument, said platform being movable via a swivel ball-and-socket joint and connected to a spring-tensioned articulated arm having a flexible coil and three longitudinal members connected by pivot screw joints. Another swivel ball joint is located at the non-instrument end of the articulated arm, to connect the arm to a support member that is anchorable to a surgical table or other surface. | 12-18-2008 |
20090212175 | Support having a transmission mechanism using a thin connecting piece - A support having a transmission mechanism using a thin connecting piece includes a support base body, a transmission plate, a supporting plate and at least one thin connecting piece. The support base body has a base and brackets extending upwardly from the base. The distal end of the bracket is provided with a fixing sleeve. One end of the transmission plate is pivotally connected to the bracket. The supporting plate connected to the other end of the transmission plate. The supporting plate is provided with pivoting sleeves. The thin connecting piece is disposed on the transmission plate. Via this arrangement, the supporting plate can be kept vertical in synchronization with the swinging of the transmission plate. Thereby saving the space greatly and reducing the whole volume occupied by the support and peripheral elements. In this way, the assembling process is simplified, the productivity is increased, and the cost is reduced. | 08-27-2009 |
20100108828 | SUPPORTING STRUCTURE AND FLAT PANEL DISPLAY ASSEMBLY USING SAME - An exemplary supporting structure is provided for supporting a flat panel display. The supporting structure includes a brace and a base. The brace includes a chassis and a number of arms movably connected to the chassis. The chassis includes a supporting portion surface, an opposite grasp portion surface, and a side surface connecting the supporting portion surface and the grasp portion surface. The supporting portion surface is positioned against the back surface of the flat panel display. The chassis defines a number of side openings on the side surface from the grasp portion surface and along a direction parallel to the axis of the chassis. The base includes a casing sleeved on the chassis therein. The casing defines a number of cutouts corresponding to the side openings and cooperates with the side openings to define a number of sliding grooves for the arms sliding therein respectively. | 05-06-2010 |
20100176254 | LIFT MECHANISM SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The invention includes a display positioning assembly comprising a support, a display supported by the support, and a balance mechanism carried by the display and operatively connected to the support. The invention also includes an article for selectively exposing a display comprising a generally planar support surface having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. A balance mechanism operatively connected to a display may be positionable between a storage position proximate the first side of the generally planar support surface and an exposed position proximate the second side of the generally planar support surface. The invention also includes an assembly for arresting the free fall of an object. The assembly may comprise an outer slide in sliding or rolling engagement with an inner slide, and a brake comprising at least one pivot member may be coupled to the inner slide. | 07-15-2010 |
20110233350 | WORK STATION WITH HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT LOCK - A workstation comprises a support and a carriage mounted on the support and movable relative to the support. The carriage supports a work platform. A counter-balance supports the carriage and the work platform. A lock mechanism locks the carriage relative to the support in a desired position. The workstation may comprise a swing arm attached to the support at a vertical pivot such that the support may pivot relative to the swing arm. A method of operating the work station is also provided comprising moving an actuator to retract the pin from the rack. The weight of the support is supported by the counter-balance. The carriage is repositioned and the actuator is released to allow the pin to move to the extended position where it engages the rack. | 09-29-2011 |
20110290960 | STAND FOR A SURGICAL MICROSCOPE WITH A PARALLELOGRAM SUPPORT AND A DISPLACEMENT SCREW - A stand for a surgical microscope is suggested that is provided with vertical and horizontal supports, articulation units and a displacer for displacing the optics carrier in an X direction extending horizontally and transversely to an oblique pivot axis. The displacer has a pivot support provided with a pivotable parallelogram support and a holding arm that is attached to the pivotable parallelogram support and is configured such that it simultaneously serves as a displacer for displacing the optics carrier in the X direction. The pivot support is provided with an additional displacement unit that determines the position of the parallelogram support with reference to the second articulation unit and the additional displacement unit contains a displacement screw that protrudes through the parallelogram support and is connected in an articulated fashion at one of its ends to a displacement element mounted to the parallelogram support. | 12-01-2011 |
20120187256 | Cam Balance Mechanism Systems and Methods - Embodiments include a balance mechanism having a first cam and a second cam configured to convert a variable force exerted by the energy storage member into a substantially constant force applied to a mounting portion. The balance mechanism may be useful for balancing forces such that a user can set the height of an electronic display and/or other equipment attached to the balance mechanism at a number of heights within the range of travel allowed by the mechanism. Lift mechanisms, display positioning apparatuses, and height adjustable desks incorporating a multi-cam balance mechanism are also provided. A method of positioning a display is also provided. | 07-26-2012 |
20130140411 | Stand - The invention relates to a stand, in particular to a stand for a surgical microscope, having a pivotable carrier arm ( | 06-06-2013 |
20140084117 | Retractable Dumbbell Support - A dumbbell support system is provided and includes a support structure, a biasing article and a system support, wherein the system support is securely associated with the support structure. The system support includes a barbell support having a barbell support shaft and a dumbbell support shaft guide. The system support also includes a dumbbell support having a dumbbell support shaft and a dumbbell support tray, wherein the dumbbell support shaft is connected to the biasing article and movably associated with the barbell support shaft to be configurable between a first configuration and a second configuration via the biasing article. | 03-27-2014 |
20140252180 | SCREEN SUPPORTING DEVICE - A screen supporting device includes a shaft, a bracket, and a torsion adjusting structure. The bracket and the torsion adjusting structure are pivotally on the shaft. The torsion adjusting structure has a limited washer and a torsion spring. The shaft passes through the limited washer and the torsion spring, and two ends of the torsion spring are respectively inserted into the bracket and the limited washer. Thus, when the bracket pivots by being forced, the shaft and the limited washer maintains the position thereof to cause that the relative position of the ends of the torsional spring, which respectively inserted into the bracket and the limited washer, is changed to provide the bracket with an additional torsion. Therefore, the instant disclosure provides the supporting device capable of the torsion variable function. | 09-11-2014 |
20150053829 | Load Supporting Apparatus - A load-supporting apparatus includes four levers each including first and second ends, a pushing element, a hanging element and an extending device. The first end of the second lever is connected to the second end of the first lever. The first end of the third lever is connected to the second end of the second lever. The first end of the fourth lever is connected to the second end of the third lever. The second end of the fourth lever is connected to the first end of the first lever. A first end of the pushing element is connected to the first lever. A first end of the hanging element is connected to a second end of the pushing element. A first end of the extending device is connected to the first end of the hanging element. The second end of the extending device is placed against the second lever. | 02-26-2015 |
20150053830 | DISPLAY LIFTING DEVICE - A display lifting device includes: a body; an adjusting unit having big and small wheels coaxially disposed on the body, a shaft fixed to the body, and a rock arm pivotally fixed to the shaft and having first and second arms; a spring having one end fixed to the body; a first rope member wound on the small wheel and having two ends connected to the first arm and the other end of the spring, respectively; and a second rope member wound on the small and big wheels and having one end connected to the second arm, and a sliding unit for carrying a display such that the display is movable between a first position and a second position. Since the sum of torques produced on the first and second arms is kept equal to zero, the display can stop at any position between the first and second positions. | 02-26-2015 |
20150076294 | ARM ROTATING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - The elastic force of a spring | 03-19-2015 |
20150097092 | BI-DIRECTIONAL TILT MECHANISMS AND METHODS - A tilt mechanism for an electronic display including a torsion spring, the torsion spring providing a spring torque to balance a monitor torque due to weight of the monitor. The tilt mechanism allowing an electronic display to be positioned at a variety of tilt angles within a range of tilt angles. Such a tilt mechanism allowing an electronic display to be positioned at positive and negative tilt angles within the range of tilt angles. Methods of using a tilt mechanism. | 04-09-2015 |
20150342692 | STAND FOR A MEDICAL-OPTICAL INSTRUMENT - A stand for medical optical instrument capable of easily extending, adjusting easily a counter balancing according to a change of a weight of medical optical instrument such as microscope, as well as, maintaining stably a counter balancing regardless of a position of medical optical instrument. The stand for medical optical instrument includes a first to fourth links having a first to fourth turning joins, wherein the first to fourth links are rotatably coupled to each other in a parallelogram shape and the second turning joint is rotatably coupled to a holding unit, a carrier arm extended from the fourth link; and a counter balancing unit coupled to the first and second links, wherein the counter balancing unit is rotated in connection with the first and second links on the second turning joint according to the rotation of the carrier arm, and capable of maintaining a counter balancing of the carrier arm by compensating a torque generated in the second turning joint according to a medical optical instrument installed on the front link. | 12-03-2015 |
248123200 | Via a counterweight | 15 |
20080237412 | DISPLAY DEVICE STAND - There is provided a display device stand used with a long table used in a TV conference, the display device stand allowing each of attendees seated along the long table to accurately see the contents displayed on the display screen of the display device. A display device stand | 10-02-2008 |
20090283647 | SUPPORTING APPARATUS FOR MEDICAL INSTRUMENT - An apparatus for supporting a medical instrument includes an arm, which has a support portion to support a medical instrument at one end, and an intermediate portion of which is supported by a base portion via a support column. The arm moves the support portion horizontally and vertically. The apparatus also includes a rotary connecting member, which is provided at a second end of the arm and moves to a position corresponding to a position to which the support portion has been moved. The apparatus further includes a counterweight, which is connected to the support column to be immovable in the horizontal directions and movable in the vertical directions, and generates vertically downward force. The rotary connecting member is connected to the counterweight so as to be movable in the horizontal directions relative to the counterweight and movable in the vertical directions together with the counterweight. | 11-19-2009 |
20110290959 | STAND FOR A SURGICAL MICROSCOPE WITH WEIGHT COMPENSATION FOR A MICROSCOPE HOLDER AND ADD-ON UNITS - A stand for a surgical microscope is suggested that is provided with vertical and horizontal supports, articulation units and a displacer for displacing the optics carrier in an X direction extending horizontally and transversely to an oblique pivot axis. A balancing apparatus is provided for balancing an optics carrier held by a pivot support of the displacer. The optics carrier is rotatable around a first rotational axis in relation to the pivot support. The balancing compensates for the use with and without a microscope holder and with and without add-on units. The balancing apparatus is provided with Y and Z displacement units comprising respective slides. The weight of a second slide of the Z displacement unit compensates the weight of the optics carrier with and without the microscope holder and with and without the add-on units via the first rotational axis. | 12-01-2011 |
20110297800 | STAND FOR A SURGICAL MICROSCOPE WITH A PARALLELOGRAM SUPPORT DRIVEN BY AN ENERGY STORING DEVICE - A stand for a surgical microscope is suggested that is provided with vertical and horizontal supports; articulation units; and a displacement unit that is attached to one of the articulation units. At least one pivot support is provided and encompassed by the displacement unit. A displacer is provided at the pivot support. The pivot support has a pivotable parallelogram support that is provided with a spring or a gas damper as energy storing device that interconnects and supports movement of the movable parts in the interior of the parallelogram support assisting with a stored force in a displacement movement. A holding arm is attached to the pivotable parallelogram support and simultaneously serves for displacing the optics carrier in the X direction. | 12-08-2011 |
20110309213 | Device for Fine Adjustment of the Counterweight of a Telescopic Filming Crane - Device for fine adjustment of the counterweight of a telescopic filming crane, such as the type of crane with telescopic mechanisms wherein unfolding and retraction thereof is compensated for by means of the displacement of counterweights with the aim of maintaining its equilibrium, comprising electronic means which control a movement transmission means ( | 12-22-2011 |
20120248263 | Computer work desk - The purpose of this invention pertains to monitor mounting device that allow more flexibility and support for large-format, thin, flat, touchscreen monitors. This mount offers the solution to use these monitors as the computer interface, along with a standard keyboard and mouse platform mounted below for more traditional input options. The flexible height and tilt controls combined with the constantly-level keyboard tray provide an improved, comfortable balance between large-format, touch computing and traditional work station configurations. This invention is optimized to improve human comfort and the computing experience. | 10-04-2012 |
20130175412 | STAND FOR HOLDING AT LEAST ONE MEDICAL DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR A MICROSCOPE | 07-11-2013 |
20130206933 | Adjustable Stand - The present invention relates to an adjustable stand having a first arm ( | 08-15-2013 |
20130206934 | Adjustable Stand - The present invention relates to an adjustable stand having a first arm ( | 08-15-2013 |
20130313380 | ANTENNA DEVICE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC MEASUREMENT - An antenna device includes a base, an adjusting pole, an installing apparatus, a supporting pole, an antenna installed to a first end of the supporting pole, and a balance apparatus installed to a second end of the supporting pole. The installing apparatus defines an installing hole along the horizontal direction. A first pressure sensor and a second pressure sensor are respectively installed in two opposite ends of the installing hole. The supporting pole is slidably received in the installing hole to abut against both of the first and second pressure sensors. The balance apparatus includes a controller electrically connected to the first and second pressure sensors and a motor. The controller controls the rotation direction of the motor according to pressures applied on the first sensor and the second pressure sensor, so that the balance apparatus moves along the supporting pole, until the pressures are the same. | 11-28-2013 |
20140291457 | ARTICULATED JIB FOR MOVING A CAMERA DURING THE PRODUCTION OF A MOTION PICTURE - An articulated jib for moving a load is supported on a base and comprises a first jib arm pivotably connected to the base. The first jib arm functions as a bascule and is pivotable about a first axis. There is a first counterweight disposed on the first jib arm. A second jib arm is pivotably connected to the first jib arm and is pivotable about a second axis. A linking rod connects the second jib arm to a lever arm which is also pivotably connected to the base. There is a second counterweight disposed on the lever arm. | 10-02-2014 |
20140319293 | COMPUTER MOUNTING DEVICE HAVING AN ARTICULATED COUNTERWEIGHT ARM - A mounting base for a computer display device is disclosed having a counterweight that is coupled with one or more articulating arms configured to both maintain a center of mass of the base assembly with the display device to minimize a likelihood of toppling when the display device is pivoted outward about the base and to apply a counter torque to balance the display device when the display device is pivoted about the base. | 10-30-2014 |
20140346292 | HOLDING MECHANISM FOR A DISPLAY DEVICE - A holding mechanism of a display device includes a first arm, a second arm and a damper. The first arm and the second arm hold the display device in such a manner that the display device is capable of being displaced between a first disposition in which a lower edge portion of the display device is away from a placing face with a display screen facing to a front and a. second disposition in which the lower edge portion is in contact with the placing face with the display screen facing more upward than in the first disposition. The damper applies, to the first arm, a force that buffers a force by which the display device is liable to displacement from the first disposition to the second disposition due to self-weight. | 11-27-2014 |
20150021448 | Pivotal support frame and transport device for ceramic cookers, grills, and smokers - A ceramic cooker support frame and transport device for holding, loading and unloading a ceramic cooker, smoker, or grill having a egg, cylindrical or spherical shape which includes a cooker holding pivotal frame with a freely swinging cooker basket and a detachable hand truck in order to maintain the cooker in an upright position during the loading and storage positions. The hand truck includes a frame with wheels and a locking handle to maintain the desired spacing between the support surface and the cooker supported by the elevated platform. The truck or dolly frame and locking handle are detachable from the cooker holding frame. The cooker frame and hand truck assembly are configured to be easily moved onto an elevated platform, for example, the bed of a truck or an elevated floor such as a raised patio or deck floor. The transport device facilitates cooking food for transport to a serving area. | 01-22-2015 |
20160252699 | STAND EQUIPPED WITH COUNTERBALANCE UNIT | 09-01-2016 |