IP Library Granted Patent US 8,356,781
Granted Patent B2
US 8,356,781 · App. 13/004,030 · Granted Jan 22, 2013

Suction device

Inventors: Shih-Hong Chen (Hsinchu, TW); Jen-Yung Chang (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,356,781
App. No.
13/004,030
Granted
Jan 22, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A suction device includes a suction cup, a vertical bar connected with the suction cup, a first support cap having an opening that the vertical bar can be placed through and a first pair of gaps in the rim of the first support cap, a sleeve connected with the first support cap for containing the vertical bar, a linkage unit combined with the sleeve and the vertical bar, for controlling the vertical bar to move in the sleeve to pull the suction cup, to enable the suction functionality, and a second support cap between the suction cup and the first support cap, combined with the first support cap through relative rotation and having a second pair of gaps in the rim of the second support cap. The suction device can firmly attach to a curved surface when the second pair of gaps is under the first pair of gaps.

Claims (23)

1. A suction device comprising:

a suction cup comprising a top plane and a bottom plane attaching to a surface;

a vertical bar installed with a through hole and connected with the suction cup, for pulling the suction cup;

a first support cap having an opening in a center of the first support cap which the vertical bar is able to be placed through and a first pair of gaps symmetrical with respect to the center in a rim of the first support cap;

a sleeve installed with a pair of guiders and connected with the first support cap, for containing the vertical bar;

a linkage unit combined with the sleeve and the vertical bar, for controlling the vertical bar to move in the sleeve to pull the suction cup, to enable a suction functionality of the suction cup; and

a second support cap installed between the suction cup and the first support cap, combined with the first support cap through relative rotation, and having an opening in a center of the second support cap which the vertical bar is able to be placed through and a second pair of gaps symmetrical with respect to the center of the second support cap in a rim of the second support cap.

2. The suction device of claim 1 , wherein the second pair of gaps of the second support cap are exactly under the first pair of gaps of the first support cap when the first support cap and the second support cap are combined in a first predefined position through relative rotation.

3. The suction device of claim 2 , wherein the second pair of gaps of the second support cap are greater than or equal to the first pair of gaps of the first support cap.

4. The suction device of claim 2 , wherein the second pair of gaps of the second support cap and the first pair of gaps of the first support cap do not overlap when the first support cap and the second support cap are combined in a second predefined position through relative rotation.

5. The suction device of claim 1 , wherein the linkage unit comprises:

a pin placed through the pair of guiders of the sleeve and the through hole of the vertical bar; and

a handle for controlling the pin to move in the pair of guiders of the sleeve, to jointly move the vertical bar so as to pull the suction cup.

6. The suction device of claim 1 further comprising a spring located between the suction cup and the second support cap, covering the vertical bar.

7. The suction device of claim 1 further comprising an adhesive unit installed on the bottom plane of the suction cup, for strengthening adhesiveness between the suction cup and the surface.

8. The suction device of claim 1 , wherein the vertical bar comprises:

a base combined with the suction cup;

a body vertically connected with the base; and

a rotation joint combined with the body, controlled by the linkage unit to be rotated relative to the body.

9. The suction device of claim 1 , wherein the vertical bar comprises:

a base installed in the suction cup;

an external body which is hollow and vertically connected with the base; and

an internal body installed within the external body, controlled by the linkage unit to be rotated relative to the external body.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 29, 2025
From: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
To: WNC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072255/0226 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2011
From: CHEN, SHIH-HONG; CHANG, JEN-YUNG
To: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025615/0370 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 99203571 U · Feb 26, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110210225A1 · Sep 1, 2011