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20080237008 | Dust-proof switch - A dust-proof switch includes a housing inlayed with a plurality of terminals, an inner lid, an outer lid, a dust-proof cover and a shielding. The housing has a body; an accommodating recess is defined in the body. The accommodating recess includes a first cavity and a second cavity. The inner lid and the outer lid are respectively disposed in the first cavity and the second cavity. The inner lid has a dome and two U shaped ears defined at two symmetrical ends of the dome. The dust-proof cover is disposed on the housing and wedged in the U shaped ears of the inner lid to fix the domes. | 10-02-2008 |
20090000061 | Hinge with a positioning function - A hinge with a position function includes a shaft housing and a pivot. The shaft housing has a pivotal portion and a fixed portion extending from one end of the pivotal portion. An opening is defined at the other end of the pivotal portion. At least two recesses extending along an axis of the pivotal portion are defined in the inner surface of the pivotal portion. The pivot has a swiveling member at one end thereof and a peripheral portion at the other end thereof. The swiveling member with at least a couple of locating portions is rotatably inserted into the opening of the pivotal portion, the locating portion is jammed into the recesses for a first location, and can slide out of the recesses and then slide against the inner surface of the pivot for being jammed into the recesses again to achieve a second location by the locating portions shrinking inward. | 01-01-2009 |
20090064461 | Hinge - A hinge includes a housing. A sliding cam slideably received in the housing defines concave portions and an axial hole. A rotatable cam mating with the sliding cam has a base portion extending downward to form pushing portions disposed in the concave portions. The base portion defines an accommodating hole. A spring is slideably received in the housing. One end of the spring is fixed on the sliding cam and the other end of the spring is fixed at an end of the housing. A shaft received in the housing runs through the axial hole and the spring. An end of the shaft is received in the accommodating hole, and the other end of the shaft passes through the end of the housing. A first stop has a bottom surface whose part extends downward to form a blocking portion, and the rest part of the bottom surface is defined as a revolving platform. A second stop engaging with the rotatable cam has a top surface protruding upward to form a pushing block rotatablely disposed on the revolving platform. And a cap rotatablely receives the first stop and the second stop. | 03-12-2009 |
20090064462 | Hinge - A hinge includes a housing. A stopper plugging up one end of the housing defines a through-hole. A sliding cam slideably received in the housing defines concave portions on a top surface thereof and an axial hole. A rotatable cam has a base portion extending downward to form pushing portions disposed in the concave portions. The base portion defines a receiving hole. A top surface of the base portion protrudes upward and defines a stepped portion. A spring is slideably received in the housing. One end of the spring is fixed on the sliding cam and the other end of the spring is fastened around the stopper. A shaft received in the housing runs through the axial hole, the spring and the through-hole. An end of the shaft is fixed with the stopper, and an opposite end of the shaft is received in the receiving hole. A damper has a top wall extending downward to form an enclosure. A top surface of the top wall protrudes upward to form a preventing block. A bottom surface of the top wall extends downward to form mounting portions. The mounting portions are encircled in the enclosure and match with the stepped portion. A cap rotatablely receiving the damper defines an accommodating space. A part of the accommodating space forms a restraining portion. | 03-12-2009 |
20090133217 | Hinge apparatus - A hinge apparatus includes a hinge and a damper and defines an axis direction. The damper includes a fixing housing defining an accepting hole therethrough along the axis direction, a rotating nut accepted in the accepting hole and defining an axis hole therethrough, a damping body accepted in the accepting hole and passing through the axis hole, two gaskets located over and under the rotating nut respectively, and a pushing body capable of pushing the damping body to rotate. Two rotating grooves are opened in a sidewall of the axis hole and extending helically along axis direction. Two sliding blocks are arranged on an outer surface of the damping body and extending helically along the axis direction, the sliding block engaging with the rotating groove. Damping oil is filled between the gaskets, the fixing housing and the damping body. | 05-28-2009 |
20100257699 | Sliding Hinge - A sliding hinge includes a base body, a sliding body slidably coupled with the base body, and a pushing component placed between the base body and the sliding body and having a torsion spring and a swinging arm. The torsion spring has a first elastic arm with a free end thereof pivotably connected to the base body, and a second elastic arm. The swinging arm defines a first end pivotably connected to the base body and a second end pivotably connected with a free end of the second elastic arm, and has a portion adjacent to the first end pivotably connected with the sliding body. The sliding body is pushed to bring the swinging arm to oscillate so that the second elastic arm can approach the first elastic arm for storing an elastic force which will be subsequently released to drive the swinging arm to make the sliding body slide automatically. | 10-14-2010 |
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20090126154 | HINGE APPARATUS - A hinge apparatus includes a hinge and a damper. The damper includes a damping shell, a damping body, an outer gasket and a pushing body, damping oil is filled in the damper. The damping shell has a cylinder-shaped shell body, a cover is formed in the top of the shell body, a sleeve is formed in the shell body, and an annual groove is defined between the shell body and the sleeve. The damping body has a bottom base, an annular sidewall, and a recess defined between the bottom base and the annular sidewall. The annular sidewall is received in the annual groove. The sleeve is received in the recess. Inner grooves are opened in the inside of the annular sidewall, outer grooves are opened in the outside of the annular sidewall. The outer gasket around the annular sidewall and below the outer grooves, the outer gasket is against the inside of the shell body. The pushing body is capable of pushing the damping body to rotate under the elastic force of the hinge. | 05-21-2009 |
20090165246 | Damping Hinge Device - A damping hinge device includes a hinge and a damper. The damper is arranged coaxially with the hinge and has a damping shell, a damping body, a plurality of rotating slices, a plurality of limiting slices, an outer gasket and a pushing body. The damping shell has a cylinder-shaped shell body, a top cover is formed in the top of the shell body. The damping body is accepted in the damping shell and has a basic portion and a column portion extending from one end of the basic portion. The rotating slices are accepted in the damping shell and fixed around the column portion. The limiting slices are fixed in the damping shell and rotatably around the column portion of the damping body, the limiting pieces and the rotating pieces are staggeredly arranged. Damping oil is filled between the adjacent limiting slices and the rotating slices. The outer gasket is disposed on the basic portion of the damping body and pressed against the shell body. | 07-02-2009 |
20090188077 | HINGE - A hinge includes a hinge assembly and a damper assembly. The damper assembly includes a stationary housing defining a cavity. A damper body rotatablely installed in the cavity has a head protruding to form a cylindrical guiding portion and a pushing portion defining two side ends apart from each other. At least one of the side ends has a step-shaped profile to make the width of the pushing portion between the side ends nonuniform, and rotatable sheets and stationary sheets are received in the cavity and alternately disposed on the guiding portion and the pushing portion. The stationary sheets are fixed to the stationary housing. Each of the rotatable sheets protrudes inwardly to form a retaining portion. The side ends of the pushing portion alternately contact the retaining portions and contact the retaining portions at intervals when the elastic force of the hinge assembly is released to drive the damper body rotating. Damper resin is filled between the adjacent stationary sheets and rotatable sheets. | 07-30-2009 |
20090188080 | HINGE - A hinge includes a hinge assembly and a damper assembly. The damper assembly includes a stationary housing defining a cavity. A damper body rotatablely installed in the cavity has a head protruding to form a cylindrical guiding portion and a pushing portion defining two side ends apart from each other. The side ends are unparallel and at least one of the side ends is inclined relative to the axis direction of the damper body to make the width of the pushing portion between the side ends be changed gradually, and rotatable sheets and stationary sheets are received in the cavity and alternately disposed on the guiding portion and the pushing portion. The stationary sheets are respectively fixed to the stationary housing. Each rotatable sheet protrudes inwardly to form a retaining portion. The side ends of the pushing portion alternately contact the retaining portions and contact the retaining portions one by one when the elastic force of the hinge assembly is released to drive the damper body rotating. Damper resin is filled between the adjacent stationary sheets and rotatable sheets. | 07-30-2009 |
20100067895 | Fastener For Fixing A Sliding Cover Of A Camera - A fastener is adapted for fixing a sliding cover of a camera. The sliding cover is arranged slidably on the camera for selectively covering a lens of the camera. The fastener has a housing with a receiving cavity defined by a circular sidewall. An elastic component and a cover are received in the receiving cavity of the housing. One end of the cover is pressed against the elastic component, and the other end of the cover defines a resistive portion extending out of the receiving cavity for elastically and forcefully urging the sliding cover when the sliding cover is slid to cover the lens. | 03-18-2010 |
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20120220143 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes an insulating housing, terminals assembled in the insulating housing, a first shell having a receiving space surrounded by a top plate, two lateral plates and a bottom plate for receiving the insulating housing therein, and a second shell having a base board electrically fixed on the top plate. Two sides of the top plate define two first openings spaced from each other and communicating with the receiving space. A rear side of each first opening extends forward to form an elastic arm with a free end arched downward into the receiving space. Two sides of the base board define two second openings corresponding to the first openings. A rear side of each second opening protrudes forward to form an extending arm resting against a top of the elastic arm for strengthening insertion and extraction strength of the elastic arms acting on a plug connector. | 08-30-2012 |
20130189878 | CABLE-TO-BOARD CONNECTOR - A cable-to-board connector includes a plug connector and a receptacle connector. The plug connector includes a plug housing, a plurality of plug terminals disposed in the plug housing, and a plug shielding shell surrounding the plug housing. At least two buckling blocks protrude oppositely from two outer surfaces of two opposite sides of the plug shielding shell. The receptacle connector includes a receptacle housing, a plurality of receptacle terminals disposed in the receptacle housing, and a receptacle shielding shell defining a receptacle accommodating space therein. The receptacle housing is inserted in a front of the receptacle accommodating space. Each side of the receptacle shielding shell defines at least one second buckling hole. A rear inner periphery of the receptacle shielding shell is attached to a front outer periphery of the plug shielding shell with the buckling blocks being buckled in the second buckling holes. | 07-25-2013 |
20130210274 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An object of the present invention is to provide an electrical connector. The electrical connector includes an insulating housing having a base body and a tongue portion protruding forwards from a front of the base body. A substantial middle of a rear of the base body is concaved forward to form a receiving space. A fixing body is assembled in the receiving space of the insulating housing. A plurality of terminals is molded in the fixing body. A metal shell sheathes rearward the insulating housing together with the fixing body and the terminals. The metal shell has a rear plate curved downward by an external jig to cover a rear side of the fixing body after the metal shell sheathes the insulating housing. | 08-15-2013 |
20130239443 | ESSENCE-REPLACEABLE, VENTILATIVE, AND RELEASABLE SHOE - An essence-replaceable, ventilative, and releasable shoe includes a shoe body, which includes an outsole layer, a midsole layer, an insole layer, and a vamp, and an air bladder, which is arranged between the midsole layer and the insole layer. The air bladder includes an absorbent member arranged therein. The air bladder is connected with an air tube that has a discharge opening located between the midsole layer and the insole layer. The absorbent member inside the air bladder may absorb and hold therein an essential oil so that when a user wearing the shoe walks and compresses the air bladder; the air bladder generates an airflow that carries aromatic particles of the essential oil to flow through the air tube to be discharged to the foot of the user thereby realizing ventilation and deodorization with the aromatic smell of the essential oil. | 09-19-2013 |
20130273773 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes a first insulating housing having a base board and a tongue board extending forwards from a front of the base board. Two opposite sides of the base board extend downward to form a pair of clamping boards spaced from each other. A second insulating housing is assembled to the first insulating housing. The second insulating housing has a base portion resisting against rear edges of the clamping boards. A tongue portion protrudes forwards from a front of the base portion to be clamped between the clamping boards. A terminal group includes a plurality of flat terminals and a plurality of spring terminals. The flat terminals are molded in the first insulating housing and the spring terminals are molded in the second insulating housing. A metal shell encloses both the first insulating housing and the second insulating housing. | 10-17-2013 |
20140030920 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector adapted for being soldered to a circuit board includes an insulating housing, a shielding shell enclosing the insulating housing, a first terminal pack and a second terminal pack. The first terminal pack includes a first main body, and a plurality of first terminals molded to the first main body. The second terminal pack includes a second main body, and a plurality of second terminals molded to the second main body. The first terminal pack is engaged with the second terminal pack with first soldering portions of the first terminals and second soldering portions of the second terminals being alternately aligned in line to make all of the soldering portions show a single-row arrangement for being soldered with the circuit board. The first and second terminal packs are assembled to the insulating housing together with the shielding shell. | 01-30-2014 |
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20120325629 | Tilt Switch - A tilt switch includes an insulating housing having a receiving chamber and a connecting cavity between which a ring-shaped step is formed, electrical terminals each having a support arm of platy shape inserted upward into the connecting cavity, a switching ball made of conductive materials and rollably placed in the receiving chamber, and an insulating cover removably covered on the insulating housing to restrain the switching ball in the insulating housing. The support arms are arranged at regular intervals around the center axis of the connecting cavity. The ring-shaped step has a top face substantially perpendicular to two vertical periphery surfaces of the connecting cavity and the receiving chamber. The switching ball needs to roll over the ring-shaped step having a hard span when the tilt switch changes working states thereof among a closed state, a shorted state and an open state. | 12-27-2012 |
20130001053 | TILT SWITCH - A tilt switch includes an insulating housing having a receiving chamber and a connecting cavity smaller than the receiving chamber in diameter to form a step therebetween, electrical terminals penetrating through the insulating housing to project into the connecting cavity, an insulating cover removably covered on the insulating housing, and a switching ball made of conductive materials and rollably placed between the insulating housing and the insulating cover. The step has a top face perpendicular to periphery surfaces of the connecting cavity and the receiving chamber. The switching ball needs to roll over the step having a hard span when the tilt switch changes working states between a closed state realized by the switching ball projecting into the connecting cavity to simultaneously connect with the electrical terminals, and an open state realized by tilting the tilt switch to disconnect the switching ball from at least one electrical terminal. | 01-03-2013 |
20130102193 | SHIELDING SHELL OF A CONNECTOR - A shielding shell includes a front shell curved from a metal plate and having a base board and two side boards, and a rear shell having a base plate of which a front edge is connected with a rear edge of the base board. Two side plates extend downward from two opposite side edges of the base plate and each is connected with a rear edge of the side board of the front shell by virtue of a strengthening structure. The strengthening structure includes a first strengthening arm extending towards the corresponding side plate from a rear edge of the side board, and a second strengthening arm extending towards the corresponding side board from a front edge of the side plate to be buckled with the first strengthening arm so as to secure the side plate and the corresponding side board together. | 04-25-2013 |
20130164977 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals assembled in the insulating housing, and a shielding shell curved from a metal plate to show a hollow barrel shape and enclose the insulating housing. An inserting space is formed between a front of the insulating housing and periphery inner sides of a front of the shielding shell, and has a free open front end for inserting a mating connector therefrom into the inserting space. The terminals project into the inserting space to connect with the mating connector. A pair of elastic fool-proofing elements is formed at two opposite bottom corners of the open front end of the shielding shell and each shows an arc shape from a front view. Two cambered faces of the elastic fool-proofing elements face each other for guiding the insertion of the mating connector and further elastically resisting against the mating connector. | 06-27-2013 |
20130178094 | RECEPTACLE CONNECTOR - A receptacle connector matched with a plug connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of upper and lower terminals, a locating element and a shielding shell surrounding the insulating housing. The insulating housing defines an accommodating space, and a plurality of upper and lower terminal grooves communicating with the accommodating space. Each upper terminal disposed in the upper terminal groove has a first fastening portion, a first contact portion contacting with the plug connector, and a first soldering portion. Each lower terminal disposed in the lower terminal groove has a second fastening portion, a second contact portion contacting with the plug connector, and a second soldering portion. The locating element positioned in the accommodating space defines a plurality of through-holes aligned with the upper and lower terminal grooves respectively. The first and second soldering portions further pass through the through-holes to be soldered with a circuit board. | 07-11-2013 |
20130189877 | CABLE CONNECTOR - A cable connector connecting between a cable and a mated connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals disposed in the insulating housing, an inner shielding shell and an outer shielding shell surrounding the inner shielding shell. The insulating housing has a base portion and a tongue portion protruded forward from a front of the base portion. The insulating housing defines a plurality of passages concaved inward in periphery outer sides thereof and each extending along a front-to-rear direction. The inner shielding shell has a top plate, two end plates and a bottom plate which are interconnected to form an accommodating space thereamong for receiving the base portion therein. A plurality of contact strips are distributed along a front periphery of the inner shielding shell and restrained in the corresponding passages to electrically connect with the mated connector. | 07-25-2013 |
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20130017386 | MAGNETOCALORIC MATERIAL STRUCTURE - A magnetocaloric material structure is disclosed. The magnetocaloric material structure includes a magnetocaloric material body and a plurality of channels. The channels are located in the magnetocaloric material body. The cross-section of the channels has a center disposed according to the following formula: L | 01-17-2013 |
20130247572 | MAGNETIC THERMAL DEVICE - A magnetic thermal device is provided. The magnetic thermal device includes a shaft, having an axis direction; a rotator, supported by the shaft, having a working material and a utility material; a magnetic assembly, adjacent to the rotator, for generating a magnetic flux passing through the rotator in a flux direction, wherein the flux direction is substantially perpendicular to the axis direction. | 09-26-2013 |
20130258593 | THERMO-MAGNETIC POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - A thermo-magnetic power generation system includes a thermo-magnetic power generation device, a first circulating device, and a second circulating device. The first circulating device and the second circulating device are connected to the thermo-magnetic power generation device. The liquid is heated by the first circulating device and cooled by the second circulating device. The heated liquid and the cooled liquid transmitted to the thermo-magnetic element are recycled by the first circulating device and the second circulating device. | 10-03-2013 |