| Patent application number | Description | Published |
| 20090144938 | SWIVEL HINGE ASSEMBLY FOR FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An exemplary swivel hinge assembly ( | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090147458 | DOUBLE HINGE ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An exemplary double hinge assembly ( | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090149229 | SLIDING MECHANISM AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An exemplary sliding mechanism ( | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090163259 | SLIDE MECHANISM FOR SLIDE-TYPE TERMINAL DEVICE - An exemplary slide mechanism ( | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090166501 | SUPPORT STAND FOR FLAT-PANEL DISPLAY MONITOR - A support stand for a flat-panel display monitor comprises a base member, a support mechanism, two link shafts, and an adjustable mechanism. The support mechanism comprises a support bracket and a resilient member positioned in the support bracket. The adjustable mechanism is configured for holding the flat-panel display monitor. A first end of the support bracket and first end of each shaft are rotatably connected to the base member. An second end of the support bracket and a second end of each link shaft are rotatably connected to the adjustable mechanism. The resilient member is configured to create an elastic force between the support mechanism and the link shafts so that a distance between the support mechanism and the link shafts tends to decrease. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090166502 | SUPPORT STAND FOR FLAT-PANEL MONITOR AND ELEVATING SUPPORT FOR SUPPORT STAND - An exemplary support stand ( | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090320240 | HINGE ASSEMBLY - A hinge assembly includes a pivot shaft, a first leaf, a fixing leaf, a restricting member, a deformable member, two limiting blocks, and a fastening member. The rotatable leaf is non-rotatably connected to the pivot shaft and the fixing leaf is rotatably connected to the pivot shaft. The restricting member and the deformable member are rotatably sleeved on the pivot shaft. The restricting member defines two positioning grooves. The deformable member includes a base plate and two protrusions extending substantially perpendicularly from the base plate. The limiting blocks are partially received in the positioning grooves and connected to the deformable member. When the rotatable leaf is rotated, the limiting blocks slide out of the positioning grooves to press the base plate of the deformable member such that the deformable member becomes elastically deformed. The fastening member is fixed on an end of the pivot shaft. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100001147 | HEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE STAND - A stand includes a frame, a sliding member, and two torsion springs. The frame has two guide rail subassemblies. The sliding member is slidably attached to the guide rail subassemblies. A first end of each torsion spring is connected to the frame, and a second end of each torsion spring is connected to the sliding member to provide an elastic force to overcome the total weight of the sliding member and a load. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100011539 | DUAL-AXIS HINGE MECHANISM - An exemplary dual-axis hinge mechanism includes a base seat, a first rotatable assembly and a second rotatable assembly. The first rotatable assembly includes a rotary member rotatably assembled in the base seat, a steady member and an elastic member non-rotatably received in the base seat, and a fastening member. The rotary member includes a rotational shaft configured for extending through the steady member, the elastic member, the base seat, and then engages with the fastening member. Each of the rotary member and the steady member defines an engaging surface. The engaging surfaces movably engage with each other. The fastening member is rotatable along the rotational shaft for adjusting an external force for rotating the rotary member. The second rotatable assembly includes a pivotal shaft fixed to the rotary member, and a bracket pivotally assembled on the pivotal shaft. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100022286 | SLIDING MECHANISM AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An exemplary sliding mechanism includes a main plate, a slide plate, and a clock spring positioned between the main plate and the slide plate. The slide plate is slidably connected to the main plate. The clock spring includes a first spiral portion fixed to the slide plate, a second spiral portion fixed to the main plate, and a connecting portion connecting the first spiral portion to the second spiral portion. The clock spring is configured for driving the slide plate and enabling the slide plate to slide along the main plate after the slide plate is manually moved to a predetermined position with respect to the main plate. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100033910 | SLIDE MECHANISM AND SLIDE-TYPE TERMINAL DEVICE USING THE SAME - A slide mechanism includes a rear cover, a front cover, and two elastic members. The front cover is slidably attached to the rear cover. The elastic members are connected between the rear cover and the front cover. Each elastic member includes two spring coils and an arched elastic arm connecting the spring coils. The arched elastic arm provides an elastic force to make the front cover slide relative to the rear cover. A slide-type terminal device using the slide mechanism is also provided. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100037430 | HINGE ASSEMBLY - An exemplary hinge assembly includes a shaft, a cam, a cam follower, a first elastic member, a second elastic member, a first sleeve, a second sleeve. The cam and the cam follower are sleeved on the shaft. The first elastic member is sleeved on the shaft, and configured for producing an elastic force along the shaft. The first sleeve is sleeved on the shaft, and non-rotatably connected to the cam follower. The second sleeve is sleeved on the shaft, and non-rotatably connected to the cam. The second elastic member is sleeved on the shaft, and configured for producing an elastic force for driving the first sleeve to rotate relative to the second sleeve. The controlling member resists one of the cam and cam follower, and capable of driving the cam away from the cam follower. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100050383 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a frame having a protrusion, a support, and a hinge assembly. The hinge assembly rotatably connects the frame and the support. The hinge assembly includes an elastic member providing a force pulling the frame and the support to move towards each other. The protrusion of the frame and the support cooperatively support the electronic device on a surface. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100051761 | SUPPORT STAND AND FLAT-PANEL DISPLAY MONITOR USING SAME - A support stand includes a support member, a friction member, a first connecting bracket, and a second connecting bracket. The support member includes a base portion and two arched plates extending from an end of the base portion. The friction member is rotatably clamped by the arched plates. The first connecting bracket connected to a first end of the friction member. The second connecting bracket connected to a second end of the friction member opposite to the first end. The second connecting bracket is detachably attached to the first connecting bracket. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100071161 | HINGE ASSEMBLY FOR COLLAPSABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A hinge assembly includes a pivot shaft having a pivot portion, a friction member sleeved on the pivot portion, a support member, and an adjusting member. The pivot shaft includes a pivot portion. The friction member includes a first friction body and a second friction body attached to the first friction body. The support member includes a housing, and defines a receiving chamber in the housing and an adjusting hole communicating with the receiving chamber. The friction member and the pivot portion of the pivot shaft are received in the chamber. An inner wall of the receiving chamber presses the friction member to clamp the pivot portion. The adjusting member is received in the at least one adjusting hole to abut the friction member such that the friction created between the friction member and the pivot portion can be adjusted. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100072333 | SUPPORT STAND AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A display device includes a display monitor, a supporting portion formed on a bottom surface of the display monitor, and a support stand fixed on the display monitor. The supporting portion and the support stand cooperatively support the display monitor. The support stand includes a connecting member fixed on the display monitor and a sliding member sleeved on the connecting member. The sliding member slides along the connecting member to change the length of the support stand, thus adjusting the viewing angle of the display monitor. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100101053 | HINGE ASSEMBLY - A hinge assembly includes a rotatable shaft, a rotatable stand, a fixed stand, a cam and a cam follower. The rotatable stand and the cam follower are non-rotatably connected to the rotatable shaft. The fixed stand and the cam are rotatably connected to the rotatable shaft. The cam is fixed to the fixed stand and contacted with the cam follower. The cam forms a limiting step, the cam follower forms a limiting surface on a periphery to abut against the limiting step. One of the cam and cam follower forms a positioning protrusion, the other one of the cam and cam follower defines a positioning groove to engage with the positioning protrusion. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100108830 | LOCKING MODULE AND SUPPORT STAND FOR DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A support stand for display device includes a base seat, an elevating support, and a locking module detachably connected the elevating support to the base seat. The locking module includes a fixing member, a rotating member, an elastic member, and a latching member. The fixing member is fixed on one of the base seat and the elevating support, and the fixing member defines a gap and a latching groove. The rotating member is rotatably extended through the other one of the base seat and the elevating support, and the fixing member. The elastic member is sleeved on the rotating member, and abuts on the fixing member. The latching member is fixed on an end of the rotating member. The latching member is extended through the gap of the fixing member, and is engaged in the latching groove of the fixing member. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100148022 | SUPPORT STRUCTURE - A support structure includes a base, a support member, and a connecting member. The base includes an inserting portion. The support member defines a receiving cavity to receive the inserting portion of the base. The connecting member includes a connection portion. The inserting portion of the base is movably connected to the connecting portion of the connecting member. When the inserting portion of the base and the connecting portion of the connecting member are out of the receiving cavity, the inserting portion of the base is movable to the connecting member such that the support member and the base are collapsible. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100180403 | DUAL-AXIS HINGE MECHANISM - A dual-axis hinge mechanism includes a rotatable bracket, a first rotatable assembly rotatably assembled on the rotatable bracket, and a second rotatable assembly pivotally assembled to the rotatable bracket. The second rotatable assembly includes a fixed bracket, a pivot shaft rotatably extended through the fixed bracket, a first limiting member rotatably sleeved on the pivot shaft, and a second limiting member non-rotatably sleeved on the pivot shaft. The second limiting member is rotated a certain angle follow the pivot shaft in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction, and then drives the first limiting member to rotate with the second limiting member. The total of the rotatable angle of the second limiting member relative to the first limiting member and the rotatable angle of the first limiting member relative to the fixed bracket is about 360 degrees. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100226089 | HINGE ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A hinge assembly includes a pivot shaft, a rotatable stand, a fixed stand, a torsion spring, and a restricting member. The rotatable stand is non-rotatably connected to the pivot shaft. The torsion spring is connected to the rotatable stand and the fixed stand, to generate a torsion force to rotate the rotatable stand. The restricting member is sleeved on the pivot shaft. The fixed stand has a positioning portion. The positioning portion defines a plurality of sliding grooves. The restricting member forms a plurality of sliding protrusions received in the sliding grooves. A first sloping surface is formed at an end of each sliding groove. The sliding protrusions are smaller than the sliding grooves. When the rotatable stand rotates relative to the fixed stand, the sliding protrusions accelerate in the sliding grooves, and decelerate on the first sloping surface. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100258688 | SUPPORT MECHANISM - A support mechanism includes a base and a lifting mechanism mounted on the base. The base defines a limiting slot. The lifting mechanism includes a first arm, a second arm, a connecting mechanism including a rod, and an elastic member. The first arm has a first end and a second end and includes a limiting member slidably received in the limiting slot. The second arm has a second end and a first end adjacent to the first end of the first arm and away from the second end of the first arm. The connecting mechanism includes a rod. The elastic member is connected to the first end of the first arm and the first end of the second arm. The first end of the first arm and the rod are pivotally connected to the base, and the first end of the second arm pivotally connects to the rod. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100275412 | HINGE ASSEMBLY AND ELETRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A hinge assembly includes a first bracket, a second bracket, a damping member, and a torsion resilient member. The first bracket defines a damping protrusion. The second bracket is rotatable relative to the first bracket. The damping member defines a depression. The damping protrusion is configured to engage with the depression. The torsion resilient member urges the first bracket to rotate relative to the second bracket and the damping member. The engagement of damping protrusion and the depression prevents the first bracket from rotating when the first bracket rotates through a predetermined angle. When the first bracket rotates through the predetermined angle relative to the second bracket and the damping member, the first bracket together with the damping member are rotatable relative to the second bracket to any desired angle. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100282923 | HINGE ASSEMBLY AND SUPPORT USING THE SAME - A hinge assembly includes a shaft, a resisting member, and an engaging member. The resisting member is sleeved on the shaft. The resisting member comprises a sleeve portion and a warped portion. The warped portion comprises a root connected to an edge of the sleeve portion and a free end away from the sleeve portion. The warped portion gradually deflects towards a side of the sleeve portion from the root to the free end. The engaging member is sleeved on the shaft to resist the warped portion of the resisting member. The engaging member and the resisting member are rotatable relative to each other. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100294898 | SUPPORT MECHANISM - A support mechanism includes a bracket, two sliding members, a first arm, a second arm, and an elastic member. The sliding members are slidably connected to the bracket. Each sliding member includes a resisting portion. An end of the first arm is pivotally connected to the bracket. An end of the second arm is pivotally connected to the first arm and the bracket. The elastic member is positioned between the first, second arms and the bracket. An elastic force of the elastic member acts on the first arm and the second arm to make the resisting portions of the sliding members resist the first arm and the second arm. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100319163 | HINGE ASSEMBLY - A hinge assembly includes a shaft, a first bracket, a second bracket, a spacer, and a restricting member. The spacer includes a main body and a resilient area protruding from the main body. The resilient area includes a top portion and a base portion connecting the top portion with the main body. The restricting member and the second bracket are arranged at opposite sides of the spacer. The restricting member forms a protrusion resisting the top portion of the resilient area. The spacer is fixed with the second bracket, and the second bracket includes a receiving portion corresponding to the resilient area. The base portion is located in the projection of the receiving portion projected at the spacer, situated parallel to the axis of the shaft. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100325838 | HINGE ASSEMBLY - A hinge assembly includes a first pivot unit including a shaft, a bracket, an engaging member, a locking member, and an elastic member. The shaft has a non-circular sleeve portion. The bracket is rotatably sleeved on the shaft. The engaging member has a sleeving hole with a shape substantially corresponding to a cross-section of the sleeve portion of the shaft. The locking member has a sleeving hole with a shape substantially corresponding to a cross-section of the sleeve portion of the shaft. The locking member is non-rotatably latched to the engaging member. The elastic member is sleeved on the shaft to resist the components on the shaft. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110061201 | HINGE ASSEMBLY - A hinge assembly includes a shaft, a rotary member, and a tube. The rotary member includes a friction body and is fixed to the shaft. The tube rotatably engages with the friction body of the rotary member. When the tube rotates to a predetermined position relative to the rotary member, the friction body deforms, thereby generating friction between the friction body and the tube. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110120742 | HINGE ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A hinge assembly includes a first bracket, a second bracket and a shaft assembly rotatably connecting with the first bracket and the second bracket. The shaft assembly includes a shaft and an elastic member sleeved on the shaft. The shaft extends through the first bracket and the second bracket. The first bracket has a connecting end with a protrusion, the second bracket has a connecting portion defining a curved latching slot and a passing slot communicating with the curved latching slot. The width of the curved latching slot decreases along the curved extending direction, and the width of the protrusion is substantially the same as the width of one end of the curved latching slot, and wider than the other end of the curved latching slot. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110121499 | CUSHION MECHANISM - A cushion mechanism includes a four-bar linkage and at least one hinge assembly. The four-bar linkage includes a first link member, a second link member, a third link member, and a fourth link member forming a quadrangle. The at least one hinge assembly connects two joined link members. The at least one hinge assembly includes a shaft extending through the two joined link members, a fixing member, a rotating member, and an elastic member. The fixing member, the rotating member, and the elastic member are sleeved on the shaft. One of the fixing member and the rotating member forms a protrusion, and the other defines a slot receiving the protrusion. | 05-26-2011 |