Patents Examined by Ingrid D Wright
  • Patent number: 10474196
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display device including a housing assembly, a connective frame, a link, and a flexible screen. The housing assembly includes middle frames and housings pivotally connected with each other. The connective frame includes a pivotal connector pivotally connected with the housings. The link is pivotally connected with the middle frames and the pivotal connector. The flexible screen is set on surfaces of the middle frames. When the housings are folded and the middle frames approach the housings, the interval between the second ends of the two middle frames is greater than that of the first ends of the two middle frames. The present invention causes bending perimeter of the folding region of the flexible screen being increased to release the stress. Thus, it can avoid breakage or wrinkle after the display device is folded and improve reliability of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shang-Hung Yeh
  • Patent number: 10466491
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to modular expansion systems for use in head-worn computing systems. In an head-worn computer, an electrical connector is adapted to electrically connect with a modular expansion module, wherein the modular expansion module adds a capability to the head-worn computer and is removeably mounted to the head-worn computer, and a mount is adapted to physically secure the modular expansion module to the head-worn computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
    Inventors: Ralph F. Osterhout, Robert Michael Lohse
  • Patent number: 10466741
    Abstract: This invention is a dual-display smart watch with a proximal dorsal display and a distal dorsal display. In an example, the proximal and distal displays can both be electronic displays. In an example, one display can be an analog watch face with mechanically-moving watch hands and the other display can be an electronic display. The displays can show different types of information such as: the time; notifications or messages; steps, heart rate, blood pressure, glucose level, or other biometric information; temperature, weather, location, directions, or other environmental information; and pictures, icons, or other digital images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Medibotics
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 10461744
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a display assembly including an electronic display configured to generate an optical image viewable from in front of the electronic device; a proximity sensor coupled to at least a portion of the display assembly, the proximity sensor including a sensing element configured to be responsive to presence of an object in front of the electronic device, the sensing element supported by a support structure having an upper surface facing a frontal direction of the electronic device; and a conductor that electrically connects the sensing element of the proximity sensor and the portion of the display assembly, the conductor including a conductive path extending along the support structure to the upper surface of the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Brian Jon Hassemer, Paul Lynn Fordham, Mark Daniel Janninck, David Kyungtag Lim
  • Patent number: 10455715
    Abstract: Carriers may be adapted, or configured, to secure one of a plurality of varying-sized devices received thereby. Regardless of the size of the device, an interface of the device may be positioned proximate an interface opening of the carrier for, for example, operable coupling to an enclosure. The carrier may include a first side rail, a second side rail, and a movable rail that moves between the first and second side rail to adapt, or configure, the carrier to secure the one of the plurality of varying-sized devices received thereby. For example, the movable rail may be linearly translatable between the first and second side rails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Anil Koyad Choyikkunnil, Kiran Padmakumari Devapalan, Shankar Gopalakrishna, Saju Cheeran Verghese Francis
  • Patent number: 10444793
    Abstract: There is provided an electric device having such a structure that members are moved by a driving force of an electric motor. The electric device comprises: an electric motor; a driving member which receives a driving force from the electric motor to advance and retreat; a moving member pressed by the driving member to move; a stopper which restricts a moving range of the moving member; and a cushioning mechanism located on a pressing part of the driving member against the moving member or a pressure-receiving part of the moving member pressed by the pressing part configured to transmit a pressing force of the driving member to move the moving member before the movement of the moving member is restricted by the stopper, and to absorb the pressing force of the driving member after the movement of the moving member is restricted by the stopper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Shibayama, Yuta Tsuganezawa, Eiji Shinohara
  • Patent number: 10437282
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a display. The display may be mounted in a display housing having multiple display housing layers. The display housing layers may include metal layers and fiber composite layers. A fiber composite display housing layer may have an array of dimples. The fiber composite display housing layer may be attached to a planar metal layer using adhesive. An array of openings may be formed in the metal layer to lighten the display housing. A foam layer or other core may be sandwiched between display housing layers. Components may be embedded in the foam. Edge members may run along peripheral edges of the display housing layers. Electrical components may be mounted on printed circuits and housed within cavities in the display housing. The electrical components may include light-emitting diodes for a display. Heat from the electrical components may be dissipated in the metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin M. Kenney, Nicholas A. Rundle, Adam T. Garelli, Sarah J. Montplaisir, Matthew W. Crowley, Dinesh C. Mathew
  • Patent number: 10437291
    Abstract: An engaging mechanism, a transmission dock equipped with the same, and an electronic apparatus having the same are provided. The engaging mechanism includes a rotary fastening element, a guiding frame and a translating frame. The rotary fastening element rotates about an axis to reach an engaging state. The guiding frame has two opposing outer sidewalls and is protrudingly disposed on a support surface of the transmission dock. The axis is substantially parallel to the support surface. The rotary fastening element protrudes from one of the outer sidewalls in the engaging state. The translating frame has two opposing inner sidewalls and two opposing upper wall surfaces. The two outer sidewalls are disposed between the two inner sidewalls, allowing the rotary fastening element to rotate and reach the engaging state and thereby stop one of the upper wall surfaces, when the translating frame connects with the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wan-Lin Hsu, Juei-Chi Chang
  • Patent number: 10429888
    Abstract: This invention is a wearable computer display device for the wrist and/or forearm with an upper distal-to-proximal extension and one or more forearm-extending computer displays. It has a gap or opening below the upper distal-to-proximal extension into which a garment sleeve can be inserted. This enables a person to the see the computer displays even when the person is wearing a long-sleeve garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Medibotics LLC
    Inventor: Robert A. Connor
  • Patent number: 10412853
    Abstract: A storage system includes a computer storage compartment, a first shelf, and a first power configuration unit. The first power configuration unit has a first base and a first bridge, the first bridge extending from the first base and spanning above the first shelf. A first plurality of dividers are connected to the first bridge and extend downward toward the first shelf, the first plurality of dividers forming first individual storage bays within the computer storage compartment and the first plurality of dividers do not contact the first shelf. The power configuration units are modular to enable the storage system to selectively contain power configuration units designed to provide AC power, DC power, or a mix of both AC and DC power within the storage system depending on the power requirements of the portable computing devices to be stored therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Bretford Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Dombrowski, Patrick Eiswerth, Cary Maguire, Matthew Banach, Joe Doran, John Sadler
  • Patent number: 10409323
    Abstract: A kiosk chassis includes first and second oppositely disposed, vertically extending u-channel side members; a top region, a middle region, and a bottom region disposed between the first and second side members; and a cross brace disposed within the middle region and extending between the first and second side members. The cross brace includes two intersecting members secured together and forms respective first and second acute angles with one of the u-channel side members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Zivelo Inc.
    Inventors: Zubair Birgeoglu, John Kucera
  • Patent number: 10401915
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an upper body, a lower body and a dual-shaft hinge module. The upper body includes a display module and an upper decoration plate covering a portion of the display module. The lower body includes an input module and a lower decoration plate covering a portion of the input module. The dual-shaft hinge module pivotally connects the upper body to the lower body, and includes a bottom plate, and a first and a second curled-circular parts bent extending from two opposite sides of the bottom plate. When the upper body is flipped open relative to the lower body, the upper and lower decoration plates respectively cover the first and second curled-circular parts. When the upper body covers the lower body, the upper and lower decoration plates respectively extend between the first curled-circular part and the bottom plate and between the second curled-circular part and the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Che-Hsien Lin, Po-Hsiang Hu
  • Patent number: 10405467
    Abstract: A head mounted display (HMD) device for supporting virtual reality and augmented reality includes a frame and a thermal door component between which a mobile device may be sandwiched. The thermal door component includes a first portion that is substantially planar for reversibly coupling with a portion of a back surface of the mobile device and a heat sink. The heat sink includes a substantially planar portion coupled to a surface of the first portion of the thermal door component. The heat sink may be made of magnesium or other thermally conductive material. A second portion is coupled to the back of the first portion. An opening, channel, or recess that allows access to the interior of the thermal door component by ambient air to allow the thermal door component to draw heat away from the mobile device and the HMD device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: Gerald McGinty, Ihab Ali
  • Patent number: 10394274
    Abstract: A flexible electronic device is provided herein. The device may include a display unit having a continuous display area extending across a first section, a second section, and a transition section of the device, where the transition section is positioned between the first section and the second section. The device is configured to bend about a first axis positioned in a same plane as a center of the transition section, at a distance greater than zero from a first surface of the device positioned in the plane. The device may be configured to bend about a hinge positioned at least partially within the transition section. The device may include a sensor configured to identify a position of the first section relative to the second section of the device, and a processor configured to determine which image or images to display on the display unit based on the identified position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Govind Ramaswamy, Deepak Mani
  • Patent number: 10386860
    Abstract: A gravity center adjustable device comprises a driving member, and two gravity center adjusting members. The driving member comprises a driving main body, two transmission shafts, and two gear wheels. Each gear wheel is coiled around a transmission shaft. Each gravity center adjusting member comprises a gravity center adjusting shaft, and two weight balls. The gravity center adjusting shaft comprises a rack shaft, teeth of the rack shaft are engaged with those of the gear wheel, thus when the gear wheel rotates, the rack shaft will move around along its own axial relative to the gear wheel. A gravity center self-adjusting device and an electronic device using the gravity center adjustable device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wen-Bing Wu
  • Patent number: 10378815
    Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator in which a transparent display assembly and electric modules, which are disposed in a door to see through a storage space and output a screen, are easily connected to a control unit provided in a cabinet and guided through a narrow door hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Ikkyu Lee, Dongrim Woo
  • Patent number: 10365692
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display apparatus including a housing assembly, a connecting frame plate, a linkage and a flexible display panel, the housing assembly includes a middle frame and a housing pin jointed to each other; the connection frame plate is provided with a pivot connector pin jointed to the housing; the linkage is pin jointed to the middle frame and the pivot connector, respectively; the flexible display panel is disposed on surface of the middle frame; wherein the middle frames is abut against the housings when the housings rotated to make a distance between the second terminals of the two middle frames is greater than a distance between the first terminals. The bending perimeter of a folding region of the flexible display panel is increased to release the stress to prevent the folding region broken or damaged when the display apparatus is folded or expanded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shang-Hung Yeh
  • Patent number: 10365691
    Abstract: A foldable device includes a flexible display including first, second, and third portions; a body including first, second, and third support portions which respectively supports the first, second, and third portions; a hinge including a first rotation axis which connects the first support portion to the third support portion, and a second rotation axis which connects the second support portion to the third support portion; and a slot hole which is rotatably coupled with the first and second rotation axes, and which moves the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis when the first support portion and the second support portion rotate with respect to the third support portion. The first and second rotation axes allow the first and second support portions to rotate with respect to the third support portion when the flexible display changes from an open state to a closed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-dong Bae, Ho-seong Seo, Wataru Kaihotsu, Toshikazu Takayanagi, Jin-hyoung Park
  • Patent number: 10359805
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device including a first body, a second body, a hinge module and a shielding sheet is provided. The hinge module is pivotally connected to the first body and the second body. The shielding sheet covers the hinge module. The shielding sheet includes an inner film and an outer film overlapping each other, and the inner film is fixed to the hinge module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Jui-Min Huang, Ching-Tai Chang, Long-Cheng Chang, Sheng-Hung Wang, Meng-Huan Tsai, Po-Hsiang Hu, Ming-Wang Lin, Chuan-Chi Lan, Sheng-Yueh Liao, Ting-Hui Liao
  • Patent number: 10345873
    Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) includes user selectable compute components including a storage drive. A chassis includes a base panel having an upper chassis surface. At least one resilient component is coupled to the upper chassis surface. An upwardly presented adhesive surface on one or more of the at least one resilient component can fixedly engage and provide vibration damping for a vibration-susceptible compute component that is inserted during provisioning or later modification or repair of the IHS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Daniel Alvarado, Edmond I. Bailey