Patents Examined by Hoa C. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11972882
    Abstract: A power cable or a hybrid power-data cable includes power conductors and a plurality of continuity wires positioned radially outside of the power conductors. The continuity wires are positioned relative to the power conductors such that a cut in the cable will sever one of the plurality of continuity wires before a cut into the power conductors can occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Thomas F. Craft, Jr., Willis F. James, David A. Winkler, Gary L Guilliams, Randall D. Stevens, Thomas G. Leblanc
  • Patent number: 11973013
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an interposer. The interposer includes: a support body formed of a ceramic material, a connection electrode configured to the top surface and bottom surface of the support body, and a shielding member disposed at an outer surface of the support body. At least a part of the support body is disposed along the edge of a substrate, and electrically connects the substrate and a substrate. The interposer is formed of a ceramic material and thus make it possible to implement a fine pattern, to improve dimensional stability by preventing the bending deformation of ceramic green sheets, and to raise the reliability of signal transmission. Therefore, the interposer can contribute to implementing high performance of an electronic device and reducing the size of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: AMOSENSE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Changwoo Oh, Gilseon Lee, Jungkyun Shin, Youngjun An
  • Patent number: 11974390
    Abstract: A packaging substrate can include a first surface and a second opposing surface, the first surface including a first mounting region of a first electronic module region and the second opposing surface including a first electrical contacts region of the first electronic module region. The packaging substrate can include a saw street region with at least a portion that surrounds the first electronic module region, and a saw street feature formed on the second opposing surface within at least a portion of the saw street region, the saw street feature being a solder mask layer over a metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Bhuvaneshwaran Vijayakumar, Lori Ann Deorio, Anthony James Lobianco, Hoang Mong Nguyen, Robert Francis Darveaux
  • Patent number: 11974392
    Abstract: A circuit board and a display device are provided. The circuit board has a device area and a peripheral area surrounding the device area. The circuit board includes a substrate, a metal layer, a first insulating layer, an adhesive layer, and an adhesive overflow detection line. The metal layer, the first insulating layer, and the adhesive layer are disposed at a same side of the substrate. The metal layer and the first insulating layer cover at least a part of the peripheral area. The metal layer is disposed between the first insulating layer and the substrate. The adhesive layer is disposed at a side of the first insulating layer away from the substrate and in the peripheral area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lu Li, Long Chen, Lvshui Tan
  • Patent number: 11974400
    Abstract: A supporter for electronic parts includes: an adsorption plate which is attached to an upper surface of a first electronic part among the first electronic part and a second electronic part where the first electronic part and a second electronic part are spaced apart from each other on a plane; and a supporting member which includes 1) a first support part which supports a lower surface of the second electronic part and 2) a connection part which connects the adsorption plate and the first support part. On the plane, about 70-90% of the area of the first support part is overlapped with the second electronic part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seyoung Oh, Ki-Yong Park
  • Patent number: 11968780
    Abstract: An electronic printed circuit board structure for mitigating conductive anodic filament growth. The structure includes at least two conductive layers and a dielectric layer sandwiched between the conductive layers. At least one hole extends through the dielectric layer, and a layer of nonconductive material covers the at least one hole, wherein the nonconductive material is glass-free. A conductive plate layer is disposed over the nonconductive material layer to form a via connection in the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Kyle Indukummar Giesen, Sarah K. Czaplewski-Campbell, Roger S. Krabbenhoft
  • Patent number: 11963558
    Abstract: A circuit mounted article to be fixed to a fabric is provided and includes a circuit board having flexibility, an electronic component mounted on a fabric facing face side, which faces the fabric, of the circuit board, and further a reinforcing portion to be used for fixing of the circuit mounted article to the fabric on the fabric facing face side of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Abe, Tomohiro Fukao, Tomoaki Sawada, Susumu Fukushima
  • Patent number: 11963290
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, an electronic device comprises: a housing; an electronic component disposed in the housing, wherein the electronic component generates heat during operation; a support cover disposed on the electronic component; a metal member overlapping with the electronic component while interposing the support cover between the metal member and the electronic component; a switching unit selectively forming or disconnecting an electrical connection path of the support cover and the metal member; and at least one processor configured to select an antenna tuning code, based at least in part on whether the switching unit forms or disconnects the electrical connection path, wherein the switching unit includes: a receiving member electrically connected to the support cover and providing a receiving space; a thermally deforming member received in the receiving space, wherein the thermally deforming member deforms based on a temperature; and an elevating member configured to move upwardly to elec
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jongwoo Choi, Seunghwa Shin, Kyungrok Lee, Woosik Cho
  • Patent number: 11963294
    Abstract: A multilayer resin substrate includes a base material including stacked resin layers including an opening resin layer, a conductor pattern, and an interlayer connection conductor. A concave portion is provided in the base material. The opening resin layer is closer to a first main surface than other resin layers. The concave portion includes a first opening portion provided by a cutting process from one surface of the opening resin layer, and another resin layer. The interlayer connection conductor is provided by filling a conductor in a second opening portion provided by a cutting process from an opposite surface of the opening resin layer. The end portion of the one surface of the first opening portion is not in contact with the conductor pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Furumura, Shigeru Tago, Hirotaka Fujii
  • Patent number: 11963295
    Abstract: Provided are a circuit apparatus, a manufacturing method thereof, and a circuit system. The circuit apparatus includes a flexible circuit board, a flexible packaging material layer and an electronic device. The flexible circuit board has at least one hollow pattern, wherein the flexible circuit board has an inner region and a peripheral region surrounding the inner region, and has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The flexible packaging material layer is disposed in the at least one hollow pattern. The electronic device is disposed on the first surface of the flexible circuit board and electrically connected with the flexible circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hung-Hsien Ko, Yi-Cheng Lu, Heng-Yin Chen, Hao-Wei Yu, Te-Hsun Lin
  • Patent number: 11963302
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a substrate and side wires. The substrate includes a first major surface, a second major surface, and a side surface. The side wires are on the side surface of the substrate and spaced apart from each other in a direction along an outer periphery of the substrate when viewed in plan in a thickness direction of the substrate. At least a portion of each of the side wires is provided indirectly on the side surface of the substrate. The electronic component further includes an electrically insulating layer interposed between the side surface of the substrate and the at least a portion of each of the side wires. Each of the side wires includes a bent portion bent when viewed in plan in the thickness direction of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Nomiya
  • Patent number: 11963311
    Abstract: A printed circuit board and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The printed circuit board includes a wiring substrate including a plurality of insulating layers, a plurality of wiring layers, and a plurality of via layers and having a cavity penetrating through a portion of the plurality of insulating layers, a passive component disposed in the cavity and including an external electrode electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of wiring layers, and a bridge disposed on the passive component in the cavity and including one or more circuit layers electrically connected to the external electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Woong Choi, Yun Je Ji, Seung Eun Lee, Yong Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11963316
    Abstract: An electronics box for insertion into a wall box includes a housing having walls that define an inner volume. One wall includes an edge having part disposed along an outer surface of that wall, and a tab disposed within the inner volume at a distance from the outer surface of the wall and extending along a direction parallel to the outer surface of the wall. Another wall includes an edge having a part along an outer surface of that wall, and an opening completely surrounded by the wall at a distance from the edge of the wall. Upon the parts of the edges of the walls being brought in contact, the tab is inserted into the opening. The tab and the opening are dimensioned such that the tab securely fits into the opening and secures together the walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: CRESTRON ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Connie Gelsomino
  • Patent number: 11955257
    Abstract: A join is provided that has an electrically insulating component and two joining partners secured to one another and electrically insulated from one another by the electrically insulating component. The electrically insulating component has a surface that extends between the two joining partners. The surface defines a structure selected from a group consisting of an elevation, a depression, and any combinations thereof. The structure elongates a direct path along the surface. The structure completely surrounds at least one of the two joining partners. The electrically insulating component and/or the structure includes a glass that is at least partially crystallized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Ina Mitra, Christian Mix, Björn Ramdohr, Helmut Hartl, Mark Stronczek
  • Patent number: 11956889
    Abstract: A sample holder includes a base comprising a support structure and a printed circuit board (PCB) in contact with the base. The PCB includes: a dielectric; a front-surface ground (GND) formed on a front surface of the dielectric; a back-surface GND formed on a back surface of the dielectric; a through hole penetrating from the front-surface GND to the back-surface GND, the through hole in which a chip is disposed, and a conductor that electrically connects the front-surface GND and the back-surface GND on an end face of the through hole. At least a part of the base below the through hole has a cavity. The support structure that supports a surface of the chip and is electrically connected to the base. The support structure is disposed in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihito Hashimoto, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Kohei Matsuura
  • Patent number: 11956899
    Abstract: A display panel includes a substrate including a display area and a pad area, a plurality of pad electrodes disposed on the pad area, and an insulating layer disposed between adjacent ones of the plurality of pad electrodes and including a heat absorbing particle. A laser is irradiated to heat the insulating layer, and the heat absorbing particle in the insulating layer absorbs the heat and cures an anisotropic conductive film by heat transfer to electrically connect the plurality of pad electrodes to a plurality of bump electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Joo-Nyung Jang
  • Patent number: 11955706
    Abstract: An electronic device according to the present invention comprises: a first multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) including a transceiver circuit; a second multi-layer PCB including an antenna; and a connector configured to connect the first multi-layer PCB and the second multi-layer PCB to each other, wherein the first and the second multi-layer PCB include signal transmission lines configuring a vertical connection for signal transfer between different layers, and include multiple adjacent ground patterns configuring a vertical ground connection between the different boards. In order to improve the matching characteristic between the vertically connected signal transmission lines, window regions from which a metal pattern is eliminated are formed at the same positions in different layers of the first and the second multi-layer PCB between the adjacent ground patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seungwoo Ryu, Joohee Lee, Junyoung Jung
  • Patent number: 11956892
    Abstract: An optical package includes: a Printed Circuit Board including a plurality of cut-out sections; a lens, including a first plurality of protrusions corresponding respectively to the plurality of cut-out sections, wherein when the lens is placed under the PCB, the protrusions will pass through the cut-out sections; and a sensor for attaching on to the lens and the PCB. The first plurality of protrusions has a shape from the group including: snap features, guide posts and guide posts with tight-fit ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Wan Piang Lim, Sai Mun Lee
  • Patent number: 11950365
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board includes: a base film having a hole for forming a through hole; and a coil-shaped wiring layer layered on at least one surface side of the base film, wherein the wiring layer includes a land portion arranged at an inner peripheral surface of the hole and at a peripheral portion of the hole of the base film, and a winding portion arranged in a spiral shape with the land portion as an inside end portion or an outside end portion, wherein the winding portion includes a first winding portion that is an outermost circumference and a second winding portion that is inside relative to the outermost circumference, and wherein a ratio of an average thickness of the land portion to an average thickness of the second winding portion is 1.1 or more and 5 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC PRINTED CIRCUITS, INC.
    Inventors: Shoichiro Sakai, Koji Nitta, Yoshio Oka, Junichi Motomura, Masanao Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11949221
    Abstract: Current busbars may be made of copper and have at least one nominal bending point which has been locally heated and thereby softened prior to being installed. Such components may be used in power electronic circuits, especially an inverter, in fully electrical and partially electrical (hybrid) vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Paul Böckenhoff, Philipp Eberhart, Benjamin Söhnle