Patents Examined by Hung S. Bui
  • Patent number: 11971753
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a flexible display. The electronic device may have housing portions that are rotatably coupled to each other so that the flexible display may fold along one or more bend axes. A device may have rollers that store a flexible display and that help deploy the display from within a housing when additional display area is desired. A touch screen in a housing may be overlapped by a flexible display that has been scrolled outwardly from the housing. Wireless transmitter and receiver circuitry may be used to convey image data to display driver circuitry. The display driver circuitry may display images on a pixel array in a flexible display based on the image data. Magnets may be used to outwardly bias edge-mounted bistable support structures to help prevent a rolled flexible display from wrinkling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Scott A. Myers
  • Patent number: 11974410
    Abstract: Aspects discussed herein include an electronic device and an associated connector interface. The electronic device comprises an enclosure that defines an internal volume, a plurality of external surfaces, and a recess from an external surface of the plurality of external surfaces. The recess has circumferential slot(s) extending to the external surface and that receive flange(s) of an external connector. The electronic device further comprises a connector interface connected with one or more electronic components disposed in the internal volume. The connector interface comprises first conductor(s) that are exposed at the recess. While the flange(s) are received in the circumferential slot(s), rotation of the external connector causes the flange(s) to slide within the circumferential slot(s) into a retained position, in which second conductor(s) of the external connector, having a fixed disposition relative to the flange(s), are connected to the first conductor(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsara, Inc.
    Inventors: Jennifer Lin, Christian Almer, Somasundara Pandian, Li-Wei Cheng, David Gal
  • Patent number: 11963319
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device comprising a display panel, and a support layer disposed under the display panel. The display panel includes a display area that displays an image in a bending area and in a non-bending area, and a non-display area disposed adjacent to the display area in the bending area and the non-bending area. The display device is bend in the bending area during a sliding motion and not bent in the non-bending area adjacent to the bending area during the sliding motion. The non-display area that is disposed the bending area includes pattern areas and non-pattern areas adjacent to the pattern areas. Each of the pattern areas includes a concave portion and a remaining portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Myungan Min
  • Patent number: 11950926
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible body having a first portion and a second portion, an electronic component in the first portion and the second portion of the flexible body, a first magnetic element in the first portion of the flexible body and a second magnetic element in the second portion of the flexible body. The first magnetic and the second magnetic generate a repulsive force with each other when the flexible body is bent and the first portion and the second portion of the flexible body are moved toward each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventor: Chao Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 11956910
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display module having a first non-foldable area, a foldable area, and a second non-foldable area, which are arranged in a first direction in a unfolded state; and a first support layer disposed under the display module and having a lattice pattern including a plurality of first holes overlapping the foldable area, wherein the first holes are arranged in the first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction, and wherein: each of the first holes has a first width in the second direction and a second width in the first direction, the first width is in a range from about 2,000 ?m to about 9,000 ?m, and the second width is in a range from about 100 ?m to about 250 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongwoo Seo, Dongjin Park, Jaiku Shin, Sung Chul Choi
  • Patent number: 11945048
    Abstract: Laser-based techniques for cutting and drilling of transparent components are disclosed. These laser-based techniques rely on laser modification of transparent substrates followed by chemical etching and are suitable for use with a variety of transparent substrates. Transparent components and enclosures and electronic devices including the transparent components are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Matthew N. Van Dyke, Michael M. Li, Thomas Johannessen
  • Patent number: 11943880
    Abstract: A display can include a rectangular display panel; and a housing that includes a rectangular frame that surrounds the display panel, where a short edge of the rectangular frame includes keys and keyways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: William Holroyd
  • Patent number: 11938622
    Abstract: A housing includes: a housing body that contains at least one electromechanical or mechanical component, the housing body including a front plate and a pair of side plates, the plates being connected to a bottom plate in such a manner that the housing body includes an opening; a cover for closing the opening; and a gasket interposed between an edge portion of the housing body and an edge portion of the cover to tightly close an inside of the housing body. An edge portion of each of the side plates has a curved shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kounosuke Sugasawa
  • Patent number: 11935711
    Abstract: A seesaw switch includes a rocker configured to rock by a press operation; a first fulcrum located at least at one end portion in a longitudinal direction of the rocker; a second fulcrum located between the one end portion and another end portion opposite to the one end portion in the longitudinal direction of the rocker; and a main switch disposed on the another end portion opposite to the one end portion at which the first fulcrum is located in the rocker and configured to have contact with the rocker due to rock of the rocker by the press operation, wherein a fulcrum of the rocker is switched between the first fulcrum and the second fulcrum in accordance with an amount of the press operation to the another end portion opposite to the one end portion at which the first fulcrum is located in the longitudinal direction of the rocker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: JVCKENWOOD Corporation
    Inventor: Takeshi Shimoyama
  • Patent number: 11921551
    Abstract: A card riser for an information handling system includes a bottom surface, multiple connector slots in physical communication with the bottom surface, and a locking mechanism in physical communication with the bottom surface. Each connector slot is configured to receive a corresponding connector of a different one of multiple cards. When the locking mechanism is in an unlocked position, a different one of the cards is inserted within a different one of the connector slots. When the locking mechanism is in a locked position, the locking mechanism is placed in physical communication with each of the cards to securely hold the cards within the card riser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Hung Wen Wu, Liang-Chun Ma, Hsiang-Yin Hung
  • Patent number: 11925049
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device including a display panel, a main frame positioned behind the display panel, an inner plate positioned between the display panel and the main frame, a support plate mounted on a back surface of the display panel and facing the inner plate, and a coupling member for coupling the inner plate and the support plate, wherein the coupling member includes a first coupling member mounted on the support plate, and a second coupling member mounted on the inner plate and coupled to the first coupling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Chulki Kim, Chunsoo Chang, Dabin Lee
  • Patent number: 11924989
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a circuit board, a first cover, a reinforcing piece, and a double-layer chip. The circuit board has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The first cover is disposed adjacent to the first surface and has a first bump which has a first abutting surface facing the first surface. The reinforcing piece is located on the first surface and adjacent to the first bump. The double-layer chip has an upper layer and a lower layer which are electrically connected. An upper surface of the upper layer and a lower surface of the lower layer are respectively located on opposite sides of the double-layer chip, and an area of the upper surface is smaller than an area of the lower surface. The lower layer of the double-layer chip and the second surface of the circuit board are electrically connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ming Hung Shih
  • Patent number: 11923781
    Abstract: Provided is a power conversion device capable of suppressing an increase in cost and an increase in size of the device. A control board 113 that includes a connection unit 140 to which a signal connector 114 which transmits a signal is connected, a base member 120 that supports the control board 113 and has conductivity, and a case 110 that accommodates the control board 113 and the base member 120 and is connected to a ground is provided. The base member 120 includes a supporting portion 141 that is connected to one surface of the control board 113, and a first extending portion 130 of which one end is connected to the supporting portion 141 and the other end extends to the case 110 to be connected to the case 110. An electronic component 113a that generates noise is mounted on the control board 113, and the first extending portion 130 and the supporting portion 141 form an electrical path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoichiro Furuta, Kenichirou Nakajima, Yuta Numakura
  • Patent number: 11917770
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display module including a substrate on which a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) are mounted, a holder covering a rear side of the substrate, a reinforcement member provided on a rear side of the holder, and a fixing member protruding rearward from the holder; a cabinet provided to support the display module and including a plurality of first magnets and a through hole through which the fixing member passes; and a circuit case including a plurality of second magnets and coupled to the cabinet. The display module is coupled to the cabinet by a first magnetic attraction between the plurality of first magnets and the reinforcement member and a second magnetic attraction between the plurality of second magnets and the reinforcement member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoonah Kim, Kiwoong Kim, Dowan Kim, Chiun Park, Kwangsung Hwang
  • Patent number: 11917778
    Abstract: A foldable display device includes a first casing and a second casing. The first casing is rotatable about a first rotation center, and the second casing is rotatable about a second rotation center. Coordinates of an orthographic projection of the first rotation center on an xoy coordinate plane are (x1, y1), and coordinates of an orthographic projection of the second rotation center on the xoy coordinate plane are (?x1, y1). A predetermined value is defined by a sum of coordinate values x1 and y1, the coordinate value x1 is greater than zero, and the coordinate value y1 is greater than ?0.3 millimeter (mm) and less than or equal to one mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zikang Feng
  • Patent number: 11917777
    Abstract: Electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible display screen; a support plate, fixedly arranged corresponding to at least part of the flexible display screen; and an adjusting mechanism, for driving the support plate to support the flexible display screen in a first state and driving the support plate to support the flexible display screen in a second state. The first state of the support plate is a flat support state. The second state of the support plate is a bent support state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Chuanbao Hong, Xiaopeng Wang
  • Patent number: 11910543
    Abstract: An electronic display comprises a support system comprising a plurality of support chassis, each support chassis comprising a plurality of chassis components each formed from one or more pieces of sheet metal, wherein the plurality of chassis components are welded together with a plurality of laser weld joints to form the support chassis having a front wall with a planar or substantially planar front mounting face, and a plurality of planar or substantially planar side walls, wherein the planar or substantially planar mounting faces of the plurality of support chassis are aligned to collectively form a front mounting surface, and a plurality of display modules mounted to the front mounting face, wherein each display module comprises an array of light-emitting element pixels, wherein the plurality of display modules collectively form a display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Daktronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Hillman, Jeff Haliburton, Lincoln Hahn, Matt Kurtenbach, Ivan Vargas, Jason Young, Joshua Roiger
  • Patent number: 11903150
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a housing structure foldable together with each other, each including a first unfolded portion, a first folded portion, a second unfolded portion, a second folded portion and a third unfolded portion in order along a first direction, and first and second end portions respectively corresponding to outer edges of the third and second unfolded portions. The second end portion of the housing structure further includes a body portion, edge portions extended from the body portion and facing each other along a second direction, and a first protruding portion between the edge portions and protruded further from the edge portions in a direction away from the body portion. The display panel which is folded disposes the first protruding portion of the second end portion facing the display panel at the second unfolded portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jae Kim, Ju Hee Song, Joong Gun Chong
  • Patent number: 11895789
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a flexible display configured to be at least partially drawn out of an internal space of the housing, and a rotation module configured to move the flexible display, wherein the rotation module may include a shaft including one end and another end each coupled to a support member included in the electronic device, a cylindrical housing drivingly connected to the flexible display and configured to be capable of performing a rotational motion about the shaft, a pair of cylindrical cams penetrated by the shaft and accommodated in the cylindrical housing, wherein the pair of cylindrical cams are configured to be capable of performing a linear motion on the shaft and positioned to be symmetrical to each other with respect to a center of the shaft, and a pair of guide pins coupled to the cylindrical housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joongyeon Cho, Youngmin Kang, Moonchul Shin, Yeonggyu Yoon, Seungjoon Lee, Junyoung Choi, Byounguk Yoon
  • Patent number: 11895792
    Abstract: Provided display device includes at least one magnetic component, first display segment and second display segment connected to each other and foldable towards each other. The magnetic component includes first magnetic module located in non-display region of first display segment and second magnetic module located in non-display region of second display segment. The display device includes first folded state in which contact ends come into contact and second folded state in which the contact ends in contact for period of time. The attractive force A of the first magnetic module to the second magnetic module in the first folded state is smaller than the attractive force B thereof in the second folded state. The preceding solution can prevent the user's hands from being gripped when the user folds the display device and can ensure that the display device maintains stable folded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Shanghai Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kaikai Zhang