Patents Examined by Anthony Haughton
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Patent number: 10072881Abstract: A thermal management system for an enclosure containing electrical components includes a thermoelectric cooling unit for controlling temperature inside the enclosure and a controller for the cooling unit, the controller being configured so that it can be installed within and protected by the enclosure, rather than requiring its own separate secure enclosure. The controller can further be installed within a housing of the thermoelectric cooling unit, which housing does not increase the footprint of the cooling unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2016Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Hoffman Enclosures, Inc.Inventors: Shawn Thao, Jason Dickmann, Victor Divine, Michael Rasmussen
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Patent number: 10070556Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for internal shock isolation in an information handling system. The method includes directing a tool to mold an outer frame of an information handling system, and directing the tool to mold an inner frame of the information handling system. The inner frame has a perimeter less than the perimeter of the outer frame. The method further includes directing the tool to construct a first plurality of braces in an interspatial area. The interspatial area is between the perimeter of the inner frame and the perimeter of the outer frame.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Nicholas D. Abbatiello, B. Bryce Busby, Deeder M. Aurongzeb
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Patent number: 10069283Abstract: A switchboard is for a power distribution system having a number of electrical lines. The switchboard includes: an enclosure assembly having a chassis; a switching assembly including a plurality of circuit breakers each coupled to the chassis, each of the circuit breakers having a number of terminal lugs structured to be electrically connected to a corresponding one of the electrical lines; and an isolating assembly including a plurality of isolating apparatus, at least one isolating apparatus being coupled to one of the plurality of circuit breakers. The isolating apparatus separates the number of terminal lugs of the one circuit breaker from the number of terminal lugs of each of the other circuit breakers.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Ryan Jay Strong, Terrence Richard Davlin, II
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Patent number: 10067529Abstract: A display device of the present invention includes a body stand unit; a display displaying unit; and an arm unit, arranged upright from the body stand unit, for supporting the display displaying unit; where the arm unit is arranged on either left or right end side from a center in a horizontal direction of the display displaying unit, and supports the display displaying unit in a cantilever state.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tatsuya Sakata, Makoto Miyashita, Toyoki Takahashi, Daiki Adachi, Sachiko Koyama
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Patent number: 10070554Abstract: An apparatus including a frame forming an interface device configured for connection to a test chassis, and at least one interface connector coupled to the frame, the at least one interface connector corresponding to connectors of a unit under test, the interface device being configured for insertion through one or more sealable apertures of an environmentally protective chassis that houses the test chassis, and coupling to an interface device seating surface of the environmentally protective chassis without any intervening environmental interface or environmental interface plane located between the interface device seating surface and the test chassis, wherein the frame forming the interface device includes a first end plate configured with electrical connectors and mechanical attachment members configured to align and attach a circuit card to the interface device.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Timothy F. Murphy, David M. Baczewski, Dennis M. Hayes, Barry Sommer
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Patent number: 10061364Abstract: The present invention aims at improving a cooling efficiency and a maintenance workability related to heat generating components in a storage subsystem. Therefore, the present invention provides multiple cooling fans configured to cool multiple components for operating the storage subsystem, a first wind direction panel defining a passage configured to blow a cooling air generated by the cooling fans to a first component, a second wind direction panel defining a passage configured to blow a cooling air generated by the cooling fans to a second component having a smaller heating value than the first heat generating component and having a low temperature, and a chassis configured to store the multiple components, the cooling fans and the first and second wind direction panels, wherein the second wind direction panel is configured to be integrated with a side wall of the chassis and detachable from the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2014Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Toru Kobayashi, Tadaharu Maeda, Syun Nakayama
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Patent number: 10042399Abstract: The side profile of a hard drive assembly may be configured with one or more open areas to allow cooling air to pass side-to-side across the hard drive assembly through a lateral flow channel provided by a cavity defined in the base portion of the hard drive assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2015Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Dell Products LPInventors: Kevin W. Mundt, Haesung Kwon, Frank W. Yu
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Patent number: 10043114Abstract: An electronic device may include: a socket; a tray detachably received in the socket; a receiving space formed in the tray; and a mounting section formed in the receiving space, wherein the receiving space is configured to receive a storage medium having one or more connection pads formed on a first side thereof, and the mounting section is configured disposed to face a second side of the storage medium when the storage medium is received with the receiving space, the first side being opposite to the second side.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Byeong-Bae Hyeon, Choong-Hyun Nam
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Patent number: 10037928Abstract: A circuit board includes a metal circuit plate, a metallic heat diffusing plate disposed below the metal circuit plate and having an upper surface and a lower surface, a metallic heat dissipating plate below the heat diffusing plate, an insulating substrate disposed between the metal circuit plate and the heat diffusing plate, and an insulating substrate disposed between the heat diffusing plate and the heat dissipating plate. A grain diameter of metal grains contained in the heat diffusing plate decreases from each of the upper surface and the lower surface of the heat diffusing plate toward a center portion of the heat diffusing plate in a thickness direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2016Date of Patent: July 31, 2018Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Narutoshi Ogawa, Kensou Ochiai, Noritaka Niino, Shinichi Kooriyama, Masashi Konagai
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Patent number: 10032550Abstract: A haptic actuator features magnets coupled to an enclosure and a movable mass with a conduction loop coupled to the enclosure via one or more movement elastic members. One or more conduction elastic members may be used to transmit signals to the conduction loop to cause the movable mass to move bilinearly relative to the enclosure and the magnets. The magnets may consist of a Halbach array to direct magnetic flux toward the conduction loop and away from other device components. Ferrofluid may be included between one or more of the magnets and the conduction loop to act as a damper in the system to improve haptic feedback. Closed loop control, such as back EMF, capacitive sensing, and magnetic sensing, may be included to improve system response.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Zhipeng Zhang, Richard H. Koch
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Patent number: 10034399Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device of the present invention includes: a display panel; a back cover provided to the rear side of the display panel; a first housing provided to at least part of the rear side of the back cover; a second housing, at least part of which contacts the first housing, the second housing having a main board and a power supply mounted therein; and a hinge for coupling the first housing and the second housing, wherein the second housing changes from at least one of a first state in which the second housing is extended in a direction perpendicular to the first housing and a second state in which at least one side of the second housing is extended in parallel with the rear side of the first housing to the other state, according to rotation of the hinge. Accordingly, the display device can easily switch between a standing type and a wall-mounted type by coupling the first housing and the second housing using a hinge.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Donghyok Shin, Hyoungkyu Kim, Seokho Kwon, Jaegi Lee, Jihoon Yoon, Kwangho Shin, Chunsoo Chang, Jaecheol Kim
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Patent number: 10025352Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for locking a hybrid electronic device are described herein. An electronic device may include a housing, a first lock component attached to the housing or positioned in an opening of the housing, and a second lock component attached to the housing or positioned in an opening of the housing. The electronic device may be configured to connect with a locking device at the first lock component. The electronic device may also be configured to connect with an additional electronic device at the second lock component to provide a hybrid electronic device. Additionally, when the locking device is connected at the first lock component, the electronic device is configured to prevent the additional electronic device from being detached at the second lock component.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Joseph Benjamin Gault, Edward Giaimo, Harold Franklin Talbot-Mantooth, Scott Douglas Bowers
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Patent number: 10026453Abstract: A hard disk tray adapted for accommodating a hard disk having a plurality of screw holes at two sides is provided. The hard disk tray includes a body and a cover. The body includes two body lateral walls and a plurality of fixing members protruding from the two body lateral walls and corresponding to at least a part of the screw holes. The cover is pivoted to the body and includes two cover lateral walls. When the hard disk is placed in the hard disk tray, the fixing members extend into the at least a part of the screw holes, and when the cover is closed to the body, the two cover lateral walls are located outside the two body lateral walls so as to prevent the two body lateral walls from moving outwardly. A hard disk rack assembly is further provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2017Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Yu-Chuan Chang
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Patent number: 10024092Abstract: In one general aspect, a method of coupling a base to a lid of a computing device using a hinge can include coupling a base hinge flange to the base, the base hinge flange being connected to a base hinge part that includes a knuckle including a toggle pivot, the toggle pivot coupled to and surrounding a first portion of a first shaft, and coupling a lid hinge flange to the lid, the lid hinge flange being connected to a main hinge part that includes a first cam, the lid hinge flange including a first lid main band and a second lid main band surrounding a first portion of a second shaft, the second shaft being parallel to the first shaft.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: GOOGLE LLCInventors: James Tanner, Lawrence James Kerila, Prashant Patel, Lawrence Lam
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Patent number: 10016161Abstract: A description is provided of a wearable device that is made up of a display device and a securing device that provides at least an overlay portion to provide electrical connection to the display device. The display device and the securing device may both contain electrical circuitry. The overlay connection to the display device can create an electrical connection between the electrical circuitry on the display device and the electrical circuitry in the securing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: FITBIT, INC.Inventors: Marcus M. Townsend, Mark C. Solomon, Steven W. Johns
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Patent number: 10021807Abstract: A structured media enclosure door assembly includes a base, a door and a support plate. The base includes a frame that is configured to mount directly to a wall. The door includes a frame and a front panel held by the door frame. The door frame is coupled to the base frame. The support plate has first and second opposite surfaces. The support plate is configured to be selectively coupled to the door frame in: (i) a first position with the support plate first surface facing the front panel and the support plate spaced apart from the front panel a first distance; and (ii) a second position with the support plate second surface facing the front panel and the support plate spaced apart from the front panel a second distance that is less than the first distance.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: WIREPATH HOME SYSTEMS, LLCInventors: Christopher Glenn Franck, William Jacob Kozlowski, Jr., Jamie Lee Quinlan, Matthew R. Shute
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Patent number: 10019036Abstract: A flexible display device is disclosed. The flexible display device includes a flexible display screen, the flexible display device further includes a supporting structure configured for supporting the flexible display screen, and the flexible display screen is fixedly connected with the supporting structure and fixed on a supporting surface of the supporting structure. The supporting surface of the supporting structure is allowed to be selectively transformed into a planar surface or a curved surface. With the flexible display device, touch control and click operations performed on the flexible display screen may be facilitated, and thus application field of the flexible display screen may be expanded.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Yanliu Sun
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Patent number: 10019030Abstract: An electronic device of the present disclosure includes a first housing, a second housing, and a hinge part for connecting the first housing and the second housing. The first housing has a first primary surface at which an input unit is disposed, and a second primary surface opposite to the first primary surface. The second housing has a third primary surface provided with a display unit, and a fourth primary surface opposite to the third primary surface. The hinge part connects the first and second housings so that an angle formed by the first and third primary surfaces is capable of 360 degrees of change. The electronic device has a first configuration in which the first and third primary surfaces face each other to form an angle of substantially 0 degrees, and a second configuration in which the second and fourth primary surfaces face each other and the first and third primary surfaces are substantially parallel.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shintaro Tanaka, Tsuyoshi Nakashima, Ryo Yonezawa, Haruka Kaneko
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Patent number: 10013021Abstract: In one general aspect, a computing device can include a lid, and a base coupled to the lid by a hinge. The hinge can include a first disc including a first pin coupled to the lid and an inner surface. The hinge can include a second disc including a second pin coupled to the base and an outer surface. The first disc can be concentric with and can partially surround the second disc. The hinge can further include a friction element disposed between the inner surface of the first disc and the outer surface of the second disc. The first disc can be configured to rotate about the second disc.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: Google LLCInventor: Yoshimichi Matsuoka
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Patent number: 10013027Abstract: A flexible display device is disclosed. The flexible display device includes a flexible display screen and at least two supporting plates configured to fix the flexible display screen, wherein one supporting plate of the at least two supporting plates is rotatable relative to the other supporting plate until they are overlap each other, and the flexible display device further comprises: a guide component disposed between the two supporting plates and configured to prevent a bending portion of the flexible display from being squeezed by the two adjacent supporting plates. When the flexible display is folded, the bending portion thereof can be held in a space supported by the guide component and the two supporting plates, thereby preventing the problem of wrinkles of the flexible display screen and extending the life time.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yanliu Sun