Patents Examined by Anthony Q. Edwards
  • Patent number: 11971743
    Abstract: A deformable electronic device includes a flexible display, one or more sensors, at least one imager, and one or more processors. The one or more sensors detect deformation of the deformable electronic device. The at least one imager, which is disposed beneath the flexible display, captures one or more images of an identifiable marker of the flexible display in response to the one or more sensors detecting the deformation of the deformable electronic device. The one or more processors estimate an amount of the deformation of the deformable electronic device as a function of how far the identifiable marker of the flexible display translates across the at least one imager during the deformation of the deformable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Vivek K Tyagi, Chao Ma, Joseph V Nasti, Kevin Dao, Nikhil Ambha Madhusudhana
  • Patent number: 11971756
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes: a first housing, a second housing, a flexible display disposed on the first housing and the second housing, a support plate disposed on a rear surface of the flexible display, and a connection structure disposed beneath the support plate and connecting the first housing and the second housing to each other, the connection structure includes a pin member comprising at least one pin coupled to the support plate through the support plate, and an elastic member comprising an elastic material configured to be compressed or tensioned based on the first housing and the second housing being folded or unfolded to provide an elastic force to the pin member, and the pin member is configured to provide a force in a first direction toward the connection structure to the flexible display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jongyoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11968796
    Abstract: A cable management bracket includes a frame and a buckle member. The frame includes a first side portion and a second side portion, wherein the first side portion is opposite to the second side portion. The first side portion has a pivot hole, a first restraining portion and a second restraining portion, wherein the first restraining portion is located between the pivot hole and the second restraining portion. The second side portion has a first engaging portion. The buckle member includes a pivot portion and a second engaging portion. The pivot portion is inserted into the pivot hole and sandwiched in between the first restraining portion and the second restraining portion. The second engaging portion is rotatably engaged with the first engaging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Jun-Yu Zhan
  • Patent number: 11966259
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a foldable housing including a first housing structure and a second housing structure that are foldably connected with each other and that form a recess together and a flexible display located in the recess. The flexible display includes a first part located in the first area of the recess and having a first gap from the first portion of the second housing structure in the unfolded state, the first part including a first peripheral portion facing the first portion of the second housing structure and a second part located in the second area of the recess and having a second gap from the second portion of the second housing structure, the second part including a second peripheral portion facing the second portion of the second housing structure, in which the second gap is smaller than the first gap in the unfolded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gidae Kim, Jungjin Kim, Jongyoon Kim, Moohyun Baek, Chungkeun Yoo, Youngsik Choi, Minsung Lee
  • Patent number: 11966253
    Abstract: The display device (12) for a vehicle is provided with a display (18) having a display surface (20) on a front side and having a rear side facing away from the latter and a cover screen (14) arranged in front of the display surface (20). Furthermore, the display device (12) has a decorative frame (16) which is connected to the edge of the cover screen (14) and protrudes on all sides over the edge of the display (18), and a rear-side housing shell (17) which has a rear wall (36) with an edge web (38) rising from the latter. The rear wall (36) of the housing shell (17) is arranged at a distance from the rear side of the display (18), wherein the edge web (38) of the housing shell (17) is connected to the decorative frame (16) by means of an adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: BEHR-HELLA THERMOCONTROL GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Hagen, Winfried Fust
  • Patent number: 11966258
    Abstract: A terminal provided with a flexible screen, the terminal including a flexible screen assembly, a first fixed frame (6), a second fixed frame (7), a sliding roll-up assembly, and a magnetic component (9); the sliding roll-up assembly includes a first roller (3) and a second roller (4); the flexible screen assembly includes a flexible screen main body (1) and a rollable supporting component (2); the flexible screen assembly is supported by the first roller (3) and the second roller (4) and includes an opposite first side and second side; the first side is fixed to a first end of the first fixed frame (6), and the second side and the second fixed frame (7) are connected by an elastic member (8); the magnetic member (9) is provided on the support (5) and magnetically cooperates with the rollable supporting component (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Baofeng Sun, Meiling Gao
  • Patent number: 11960330
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a main body chassis and a display chassis that are rotatably connected at connecting edges via a hinge. The display chassis has a display, a back cover covering the rear face of the display, and a pair of reinforcing plates extending along edge walls, each reinforcing plate having a proximal end fixed to the back cover together with a connecting plate of the hinge at the connecting edge and having a front face fixed to the display and a rear face fixed to the back cover. The back cover includes a main plate having a curved shape that is convex toward rear; and an injection-molded resin frame around the main plate and having a flat surface. The reinforcing plates are fixed to the flat surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto Hashikura
  • Patent number: 11963327
    Abstract: Electrical interconnect systems for a server power shelf are disclosed. An electrical interconnect system, which can include multiple connectors and a printed circuit board or other wiring, can allow a control circuit, such as a shelf management controller (SMC), to be accessible via a front or rear of a server power shelf. The control circuit can be communicatively coupled to the backplane of the server power shelf through the electrical interconnect system in either the front or rear position without having to reconfigure or redesign a server power shelf configuration. Further, the control circuit can be hot swappable from both the front-loading position and the rear loading position. Even further, when utilized in the front-loading position, neither the electrical interconnect system nor the control circuit occupy a slot of the server power shelf intended for a power supply or reduce a number of power supplies the shelf can include.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: AES Global Holdings PTE Ltd.
    Inventor: Jerome Emmanuel G. Antaran
  • Patent number: 11963318
    Abstract: A supporting plate and a foldable display device are provided. The supporting plate includes at least one bending region and non-bending regions. The bending region includes two semi-bending regions bent symmetrically along a bending axis. Any of the semi-bending regions includes an internally bending region and an externally bending region. The internally bending region is located on an end away from the non-bending regions. The externally bending region is located on an end close to the non-bending regions and has a bending direction opposite to the internally bending region. The semi-bending regions include a plurality of openings spaced apart. A distribution density of the openings in the internally bending region is greater than a distribution density of the openings in the externally bending region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yafei Fu, Yapeng Cheng
  • Patent number: 11956915
    Abstract: A switch-cabinet system comprises a base module with a base housing and at least one functional module with a functional housing. A functional connection element is arranged in the functional housing in the area of a first through-opening on a bottom side of the functional housing. A base connection element is arranged in the base housing in the area of a second through opening on a top side of the base housing. The bottom side of the functional housing rests against the top side of the base housing. The functional and base connection elements engage and form an interface. The system also includes a sealing insert having a frame with a functional section engaging the functional housing and a base section engaging the base housing. The functional section abuts an inner wall of the functional housing. The base section abuts a wall of the base housing defining the second through-opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Beckhoff Automation GmbH
    Inventors: Hans Beckhoff, Peter Wittenborg, Daniel Siegenbrink
  • Patent number: 11953949
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device may comprise: a housing comprising a first housing and a second housing. The first housing may comprise: a hinge module including a hinge; a first plate connected to the hinge module; a second plate facing a direction opposite the first plate; and a first side frame surrounding a first space between the first plate and the second plate. The second housing may comprise: a third plate connected to the hinge module; a fourth plate facing a direction opposite the third plate; and a second side frame surrounding a second space between the third plate and the fourth plate. The first housing and the second housing may be configured to fold or unfold with regard to each other using the hinge module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jungchul An, Seungki Choi
  • Patent number: 11955036
    Abstract: A supporting plate and a display module are provided. In the supporting plate, a bending part is connected between a first supporting main body and a second supporting main body. The bending part includes a first bending part. An end of the first bending part is connected to the first supporting main body, and another end of the first bending part is connected to the second supporting main body. Along a direction from the first supporting main body to the second supporting main body, the first bending part has a plurality of bending structures that bend back and forth in two opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wenqiang Wang
  • Patent number: 11945372
    Abstract: A display panel is employed in a vehicle equipped with an external situation recognizing device that is configured to receive electromagnetic waves from outside to recognize an external situation. The external situation recognizing device is located at an end in a front-rear direction of the vehicle. The display panel is provided at the end of the vehicle and extends in a direction intersecting with the front-rear direction of the vehicle. The display panel includes a display unit and a cover unit that is closer to an outside of the vehicle than the external situation recognizing device and is located at a position that corresponds to the external situation recognizing device. The cover unit is configured to allow the external situation recognizing device to receive the electromagnetic waves from outside through the cover unit. The display unit is located to be adjacent to the cover unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhisa Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11943885
    Abstract: A computing device includes a first portion and a second portion rotatable relative to each other about a hinge. A bumper is located between the hinge and the first portion. The bumper includes an impact resistant material. The impact resistant material absorbs some or all of the force from an impact between a hinge body and the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kent Allen Campbell, Prasad Raghavendra
  • Patent number: 11935440
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display apparatus including a plurality of display modules, and a hinge assembly connecting the plurality of display modules, wherein the hinge assembly comprises a pair of brackets rotatably coupled to each other to adjust an angle between the plurality of display modules, a moving block is mounted on each of the pair of brackets to be coupled to the display module, and the moving block is configured to slidingly move with respect to the bracket to adjust a spacing between the plurality of display modules. With this structure, the angle between the plurality of display modules may be variously varied according to an installation environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ki Yoon, Kwang Sung Hwang, Nguyen Huu Lam Vuong, Sang Goo Lee
  • Patent number: 11934224
    Abstract: Static base station structures having a plurality of detachable mobile components, systems, and methods of receiving, storing, and charging the plurality of detachable mobile components are disclosed herein. The static base station structure may be a desk or kiosk including an electronic device. The plurality of detachable mobile components may be wheeled mobile desks or kiosks, each having their own electronic device, and detachable from and independently operable from the static structure. The electronic devices of the plurality of detachable mobile components may maintain wireless communications with the electronic device of the static structure, or with the electronic device of another remote device, even when physically separated. When the detachable mobile component is no longer needed, it may be returned to a docking station within the static base station structure for storing and charging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Definitive Technology Group, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Ney, Stephen Shaheen
  • Patent number: 11930609
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a rear housing of a display device comprising a first portion corresponding to a first region of a backboard of the display device and a second portion corresponding to a second region of the backboard of the display device; the first portion comprises a top wall which circumferentially surrounds an annular side wall having a notch, and the side wall is provided with a terminal hole corresponding to a connection terminal on a mainboard of the display device; the second portion is provided on a notch side of the first portion, and the second portion comprises a central portion corresponding to the notch of the first portion, and side portions on opposite sides of the central portion, the central portion is provided with a connection wall covering the notch, and the connection wall is provided with a terminal hole corresponding to a connection terminal on the mainboard of the display device. The present disclosure also relates to a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: Hefei BOE Vision-Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zuoyan Xi
  • Patent number: 11930602
    Abstract: A shell structure includes a shell and a shielding cover. The shell has an accommodating space, the accommodating space has an inner wall, and the inner wall has a first buckling portion. The shielding cover is arranged in the accommodating space, the shielding cover has an outer wall, the outer wall corresponds to the inner wall, and the outer wall has a second buckling portion corresponding to the first buckling portion. The first buckling portion and the second buckling portion are buckled with each other to limit relative degrees of freedom of the shell and the shielding cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventor: Po-Sheng Lee
  • Patent number: 11927786
    Abstract: A device carrier for an information handling system includes a latch, an interface, lights located on a front of the latch, and first and second light pipes. The latch holds the device carrier within the information handling system. The first light pipes are located within the latch, and provide light to the lights located on the front of the latch. The second light pipes are located within the interface and the latch, and provide the light to the first light pipes. The location of the second light pipes enables the same brightness of the light provided to the lights when a long device is inserted within the device carrier as compared to when a short device is inserted within the device carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Qingqiang Guo, Harris Di Dihuweii, William A. Smith
  • Patent number: 11930610
    Abstract: Personal computing device covers having stands are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a protective cover to at least partially cover a personal computing device. The cover includes a fixed panel to be thermally coupled to a chassis of the personal computing device to define a heatsink of the personal computing device, and a foldable panel to be rotatably coupled to the fixed panel via a hinge to support the personal computing device to stand at an angle from a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff Ku, Juha Paavola, Mark Carbone, Shantanu Kulkarni, Mikko Makinen, Gustavo Fricke