Patents Examined by Daniel P Wicklund
  • Patent number: 10849392
    Abstract: A watch can include a watch body and a watch band that is capable of housing batteries and transferring power from the batteries to the watch body to power the watch. The watch band can include an inner frame that has multiple slots, each slot configured to house a corresponding battery. The watch band can further include an outer covering that encompasses the inner structure and hermetically seals the batteries. A battery connector operatively connects each of the batteries to each other and to the watch body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael B. Wittenberg, Scott W. Slabaugh, Stephen E. Dey, Benjamin J. Kallman, Erik G. De Jong
  • Patent number: 10852762
    Abstract: An electrical board includes a ground layer, a power layer, a first signal layer, a top surface, first and second vias that extend substantially perpendicularly to the top surface through the ground layer, the power layer and the first signal layer, and one or more conductive traces disposed in the first signal layer, the one or more conductive traces lying between the first and second vias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: John E. Maroney
  • Patent number: 10849257
    Abstract: A first trench is formed in a first sealing resin layer, which seals first electronic components and second electronic components on one main surface of a circuit board, and a second trench is formed in a second sealing resin layer, which seals third electronic components and fourth electronic components on another main surface. The first trench is formed between the first electronic components and the second electronic components when viewed in plan view, extending from an upper surface of the first sealing resin layer toward a surface opposite from the one main surface of the first sealing resin layer, and the second trench is formed between the third electronic components and the fourth electronic components when viewed in plan view, extending from a lower surface of the second sealing resin layer toward a surface opposite from the other main surface of the second sealing resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shin Furuya
  • Patent number: 10842034
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a modular electromechanical device are described herein. The modular electromechanical device includes a chassis and a plurality of functional modules that can be connected to the chassis. Each module is associated with a different functionality. The functionality of the modular electromechanical device is defined based on various attributes including the functionality of the different functional modules that are connected to the electromechanical device, the sequence in which the different functional modules are connected to the electromechanical device, the specific attachment structures used to attach the functional modules to the electromechanical device, or a pattern of traces formed within the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Baback Elmieh, Alexandre Jais, Rex Wenters Crossen, Andrew Alexander Robberts
  • Patent number: 10827630
    Abstract: A rollable display includes a flexible display panel where pixels are arranged to display an image; a reinforcing structure that is bonded to the rear side of the flexible display panel and divided into a plurality of segments; a roller that is bonded to one end of the flexible display panel and allows the flexible display panel to be rolled around the circumference; a data PCB (printed circuit board) located on the rear side of the flexible display panel; a first connecting member that connects the data PCB to the flexible display panel; a control board accommodated in the internal space of the roller; and a second connecting member that connects the control board to the data PCB, wherein each of the segments of the reinforcing structure comprises a through hole into which the second connecting member is slidably inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeonghun Kim, Bongchul Kim, Jaewook Park
  • Patent number: 10817032
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a display panel and a camera. The display panel includes an accommodation portion. The accommodation portion is at an edge of the display panel and in a non-display region of the display panel. The camera is in the accommodating portion. The camera collects ambient light transmitted through the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhou Yu, Zhihu Wang
  • Patent number: 10820431
    Abstract: The ventilation efficiency is improved while exposure of a part disposed at the inner side of an electronic apparatus is suppressed. An electronic apparatus has a first shielding portion and a second shielding portion disposed behind a circuit board. The first shielding portion and the second shielding portion are juxtaposed in an upward and downward direction. Further, the first shielding portion and the second shielding portion are disposed in a displaced relationship from each other in a forward and rearward direction, and a first exhaust port is provided between the first shielding portion and the second shielding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Kenji Hirose, Shinya Tsuchida, Yasuhiro Ootori
  • Patent number: 10820434
    Abstract: The display apparatus includes a display assembly. The display apparatus further includes a mounting device on which the display assembly is mounted and a rotating shaft forming the center of rotation of the display assembly. The rotating shaft is at a fixed location for the mounting device and the display assembly, respectively. The display assembly is switched between a first mode and a second mode rotated from the first mode about a rotating shaft and is changed in the height of the center of the display assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Su Choi, Chul Soon Park, Woo Sung In, Hyun Jun Jung, Jong Hee Han
  • Patent number: 10817027
    Abstract: A window includes a window that includes a first hole, a second hole, and a third hole between the first and second holes, a front protection film disposed on a front surface of the window that covers the first, second, and third holes, a first protection film disposed on a rear surface of the window that covers the first hole, a second protection film disposed on the rear surface of the window that covers the second hole, a cover disposed on the rear surface of the window and inserted into the third hole, the cover including a plurality of holes, and a cap disposed on the rear surface of the window and on the first and second protection films and the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISILAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-Su Yee, Minhyuk Im, Myungan Min, Sujin Jung
  • Patent number: 10813245
    Abstract: An apparatus case includes a first casing member, a second casing member, a driving portion, a blocking portion, and a rotary shaft. The first casing member and the second casing member are detachably engaged with each other. The driving portion is disposed on the first casing member. The blocking portion and the rotary shaft are rotatably disposed on the second casing member and connected with each other. A server includes the apparatus case and a circuit board disposed on the first casing member of the apparatus case. When the second casing member moves from a first position to a second position relative to the first casing member, the driving portion drives the rotary shaft to rotate so that the rotary shaft drives the blocking portion to rotate above an expansion slot of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Chia-Hsin Liu
  • Patent number: 10813209
    Abstract: A multilayer substrate includes a base including insulating layers stacked on one another, a first principal surface, and a second principal surface, a heat transfer member extending through a first insulating layer nearest to the first principal surface, a second coefficient of thermal conductivity of a material of the heat transfer member is higher than a first coefficient of thermal conductivity of a material of the insulating layers, a first metal film adhered to the first principal surface, the first metal film overlapping the heat transfer member when viewed from the layer stacking direction, and a first joining member disposed between the heat transfer member and the first metal film and being made of a material with a coefficient of thermal conductivity which is higher than the first coefficient of thermal conductivity of the material of the insulating layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuichi Kezuka, Kuniaki Yosui
  • Patent number: 10809671
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the mobile terminal are disclosed. The present invention includes a band wearable on a user's body, a display, and a controller configured to display, via the display, a clock area at a center of the display, cause to the display to move the clock area to an edge of the display corresponding to a first drag input when the first drag input is received on the clock area, and display, via the display, an notification icon at the center. According to an embodiment of the present invention, notification contents may be dynamically displayed according to user's interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jumin Chi, Minkyoung Shin
  • Patent number: 10806041
    Abstract: A display comprises a mounting structure comprising one or more structural members (122) having a first face (136) and a second face (138), a first plurality of display modules (112) mounted to the first faces of the one or more structural members with a plurality of magnetic mounts (19A, 110B), wherein the first plurality of display modules are arranged in proximity to form a first display surface, and one or more tension members coupled to the mounting structure, wherein the one or more tension members support the display when the one or more tension members are connected to a support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Daktronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kent Shane Miller, Ashton Flowers, Mark Bryon Carsrud
  • Patent number: 10806042
    Abstract: A functional device may include a base defining a cavity, a functional component received in the cavity and a magnetic assembly received in the cavity. The magnetic assembly may include a first magnetic element fixed on the functional component, a second magnetic element fixed on the base and at least one third magnetic element arranged between the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element. When each of the first, second, and at least one third magnetic elements is repulsed to an adjacent magnetic element, the functional component is forced to extend out of the cavity. When each of the first, second, and at least one third magnetic elements is attracted to the adjacent one, the functional component is pulled to retract into the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuanqing Zeng
  • Patent number: 10798835
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a connector that has a protrusion on an outer surface; a case that has an opening and houses the connector; a lid for the opening that is attached to the case such that at least part of the connector is seen from an outside of the case, the lid including a gap through which the protrusion of the connector passes when the lid is attached to the case; and a filler that fills the gap of the lid in a state in which the lid is attached to the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasuaki Takeda, Teruo Takenaka
  • Patent number: 10791652
    Abstract: Systems (300) and methods (1200) for inserting an electronic module in a structure. The methods comprise: sliding at least one glide mechanism on a rail of the structure or a surface of the electronic module as the electronic module is being inserted into the structure; actuating a coupler to secure the electronic module to the rail and compress a thermal interface material between the electronic module and the rail; thus causing the glide mechanism to be retracted into the electronic module or rail while the coupler is being actuated. The thermal interface material first comes in contact with the rail while the coupler is being actuated. The glide mechanism is integrated with the electronic module or the rail and is resiliently biased in a direction away from the electronic module or rail so as to partially extend out from the electronic module in a direction towards the electronic module or rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: EAGLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Thompson, Bernie J. Gilley, Brandon T. Dubas, Beau Guidry
  • Patent number: 10791646
    Abstract: Systems and devices for mounting servers are provided. In one aspect, a rack mounting system includes a first mounting bracket attached to a rack. The rack comprises a rack front side and a rack rear side opposite the rack front side. The first mounting bracket is attached to the rack rear side. A rail bracket is attached to a server component mounted in the rack. A second mounting bracket comprises a first end and a second end. The first end is coupled to the first mounting bracket. The second end is coupled to the rail bracket. The second mounting bracket comprises a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first surface of the second mounting bracket contacts the first mounting bracket. The second surface of the second mounting bracket contacts the rail bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Kevin Peter Bold, Andrew Nathan Bulgerin, Minh H. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10791623
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first wiring substrate having a first corner part, a first ground pattern formed on a lower surface of the first wiring substrate with avoiding the first corner part, a second ground pattern formed on an upper surface of the first wiring substrate with avoiding the first corner part, a second wiring substrate provided above the first wiring substrate and including a second corner part above the first corner part, a third ground pattern formed on a lower surface of the second wiring substrate with avoiding the second corner part, a fourth ground pattern formed on an upper surface of the second wiring substrate with avoiding the second corner part, a plurality of terminals electrically connected to each of the first, second, third and fourth ground patterns, and an antenna fixed to the upper surface of the second wiring substrate at the second corner part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SHINKO ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoharu Fujii
  • Patent number: 10791650
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a heat receiver that receives heat of an electronic component via a coolant, a heat discharger that discharges heat of the coolant from the heat receiver, and a circulation flow path through which the coolant flows from the heat receiver to the heat discharger and the coolant flows from the heat discharger to the heat receiver. The heat receiver is provided with an attachment surface to which a plurality of the electronic components are attached, a first flow path that communicates with the circulation flow path, and a plurality of surface area increasing members that communicate with the first flow path and that are provided on a rear surface of the attachment surface corresponding to the plurality of electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: KEIHIN CORPORATION, TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hajime Tsukui, Yusuke Nishimura, Takuya Ouchi, Shigenao Maruyama, Atsuki Komiya, Junnosuke Okajima
  • Patent number: 10785862
    Abstract: Methods for producing high thermal performance microelectronic modules containing sinter-bonded heat dissipation structures. In one embodiment, the method includes embedding a sinter-bonded heat dissipation structure in a module substrate. The step of embedding may entail applying a sinter precursor material containing metal particles into a cavity provided in the module substrate, and subsequently sintering the sinter precursor material at a maximum processing temperature less than a melt point of the metal particles to produce a sintered metal body bonded to the module substrate. A microelectronic device and a heatsink are then attached to the module substrate before, after, or concurrent with sintering such that the heatsink is thermally coupled to the microelectronic device through the sinter-bonded heat dissipation structure. In certain embodiments, the microelectronic device may be bonded to the module substrate at a location overlying the thermally-conductive structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: NXP USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Lakshminarayan Viswanathan, Elie A. Maalouf, Geoffrey Tucker