Patents Examined by Jerry Wu
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Patent number: 11968789Abstract: A display device includes a front display area (FDA), side display areas (SDAs), and a corner display area (CDA). The SDAs and the CDA are disposed outside of the FDA. The SDAs include: a first SDA disposed at a first side of the FDA; and a second SDA disposed at a second side of the FDA. The CDA is disposed at a corner of the FDA between the first SDA and the second SDA. The CDA is connected to the first SDA and the second SDA. The FDA has a flat display surface. The first SDA, the second SDA, and the CDA respectively form a bent surface. A shape of the bent surface of the CDA is different from a shape of the bent surface of the first SDA and a shape of the bent surface of the second SDA. The CDA is stretchable and/or shrinkable.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seong Sik Ahn, Min Ki Kim, Ah-Ram Lee
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Patent number: 11968791Abstract: A sliding display device includes a housing assembly and a flexible display screen. The housing assembly includes a bottom case, a first support body, a second support body, and a linkage mechanism. The linkage mechanism is configured to drive the second support body to slide out of the bottom case into an expanded state or slide into the bottom case into an unexpanded state. Part of the flexible display screen is hidden between the bottom case and the first supporting body in the unexpanded state. The flexible display screen includes a flexible display panel, a backplate, an adhesive layer, and at least a third support body. The third support body and the second support body collectively form a network structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhuo Zhang, Wen Han
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Patent number: 11963322Abstract: The present application provides a display device and a mobile terminal. It includes a frame, a flexible screen, a movable support mechanism, and a sensor. The flexible screen includes a fixed portion, a sliding portion, and a bent portion. The movable support mechanism includes a sliding assembly and a stretching assembly connected to each other. The sliding assembly contacts and is connected to the bent portion. The stretching assembly is fixedly connected to one end of the sliding portion away from the bent portion, so that the sliding assembly abuts against the bent portion. The sensor is arranged on one side of the sliding portion away from the fixed portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Wen Han, Hao Tang
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Patent number: 11956918Abstract: A modular information technology component includes: a modular over-rack component; and an information technology component, in which the modular over-rack component includes a set of information technology component openings, in which the set of information technology component openings enables mounting of the information technology component into the modular over-rack component.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton
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Patent number: 11949803Abstract: The present invention provides a locking mechanism in a mobile terminal and a method of manufacturing the same. The locking mechanism comprises a slider, latch, button, and spring. The slider and latch include openings and may translate between a locked position and an unlocked position. The latch may include a protrusion that limits the translation of the slider and the latch when in the locked position. The button is located within the opening of the slider and the opening of the latch, and the spring member is fixed adjacent the latch. In an instance in which an external force is applied to the button, the external force deforms the spring member such that contact between a vertical edge of the protrusion and the spring is precluded allowing translation of the slider and the latch between the locked position and the unlocked position.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.Inventors: Xianwei Yan, Zach Zhang, Xiaofang Yang, David Chaney
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Patent number: 11943882Abstract: A display device and a display method are provided. The display device includes a display mechanism and a motion mechanism. The display mechanism includes a plurality of first display groups, a plurality of second display groups, and a plurality of third display groups arranged along a first direction. The motion mechanism is respectively connected to the first display groups, the second display groups, and the third display groups, and is configured to guide the first display groups, the second display groups, the third display groups to move along the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Peng Yuan
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Patent number: 11935439Abstract: A stretchable electronic device includes a first electronic unit including a first light emitting element, a second electronic unit including a second light emitting element and disposed adjacent to the first electronic unit, and an elasticity layer having a connecting region connecting the first display unit and the second display unit. In a top view of the stretchable electronic device, a size difference between the connecting region before stretching and the connecting region after stretching is greater than a size difference between the first electronic unit before stretching and the first electronic unit after stretching.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: InnoLux CorporationInventors: Yu-Chia Huang, Yuan-Lin Wu, Kuan-Feng Lee
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Patent number: 11937389Abstract: In one example, an electronic device housing may include a first cover, a second cover, and a latch assembly to detachably connect the first cover and the second cover. The latch assembly may include a first bracket to fixedly engage with the first cover, a latch to slide back and forth along the first bracket between a lock position to hold the second cover and an unlock position to release the second cover, an elastic member disposed between the latch and the first bracket to generate a force to the latch to hold the second cover, and a cable connected to the latch. The cable may generate a pulling force to the latch to release the second cover when an external force is applied to the cable.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Chan Woo Park, Chung Hua Ku, Kuo Chih Huang
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Patent number: 11937394Abstract: A module comprises a tray, a mechanical switch, and a linkage system. The tray is configured to receive a circuit board thereon. The mechanical switch is mounted to the tray and movable between an unsecured position and a secured position. The linkage system is mechanically coupled to the mechanical switch, and moves between an unsecured configuration and a secured configuration in response to the mechanical switch moving between the unsecured position and the secured position. When the module is coupled to a computing device and the linkage system is in the secured configuration, the linkage system engages the computing device, such that the module is locked to the computing device. When the module is coupled to the computing device and the linkage system is in the unsecured configuration, the linkage system is disengaged from the computing device, such that the module is unlocked from the computing device.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chao-Jung Chen, Kun-Pei Liu, Te-Hao Hu
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Patent number: 11937385Abstract: A display device includes a front display area (FDA), side display areas (SDAs), and a corner display area (CDA). The SDAs and the CDA are disposed outside of the FDA. The SDAs include: a first SDA disposed at a first side of the FDA; and a second SDA disposed at a second side of the FDA. The CDA is disposed at a corner of the FDA between the first SDA and the second SDA. The CDA is connected to the first SDA and the second SDA. The FDA has a flat display surface. The first SDA, the second SDA, and the CDA respectively form a bent surface. A shape of the bent surface of the CDA is different from a shape of the bent surface of the first SDA and a shape of the bent surface of the second SDA. The CDA is stretchable and/or shrinkable.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seong Sik Ahn, Min Ki Kim, Ah-Ram Lee
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Patent number: 11930614Abstract: A server includes a casing, a storage device, and a storage device frame assembly. The casing includes a first side plate. The storage device frame assembly includes a support frame and a handle. The support frame accommodates the storage device and is removably mounted on the first side plate. The handle includes a pivotable component and a slidable component. The pivotable component is pivotably disposed on the support frame. The slidable component is slidably disposed on the pivotable component. The slidable component is slidable between a first position and a predetermined position relative to the pivotable component, a longitudinal axis of the slidable component in the first position is non-parallel to the longitudinal axis of the slidable component in the predetermined position.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: WIWYNN CORPORATIONInventor: Wei Chen Lin
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Patent number: 11923642Abstract: A disclosed apparatus may include (1) a power enclosure electrically coupled to a power supply module of a computing device, (2) a power connector that (A) is electrically coupled to a power cable that facilitates carrying electric current to the power supply module via the power enclosure and (B) is dimensioned to mate with the power enclosure, and (3) at least one power switch that (A) is electrically coupled to the power enclosure, (B) is configured to be engaged by at least one feature of the power connector while the power connector is fully mated with the power enclosure, and when engaged by the feature of the power connector, (C) enables electric current to flow from the power connector to the power supply module via the power enclosure. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Theodor A. Gutfeldt, Phu H. Truong, Katsuhiro Okamura, Viktor Sokolenko
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Patent number: 11917781Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a housing; a tray socket provided in the housing; a tray configured to be inserted into the tray socket along an insertion direction; and an ejector configured to be connected to the tray socket and configured to press and separate the tray in a separation direction opposite to the insertion direction. The tray includes a first body configured to detachably couple with the tray socket including a seating portion configured to accommodate and support an external part; a second body configured to slidably couple with the first body along the insertion direction; a tray cover configured to be connected to the first body and exposed to the outside based on a state in which the tray is inserted into the tray socket and in which a pin insertion hole configured to enable communication between the second body and the outside is formed.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kiyeong Jeong
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Patent number: 11907025Abstract: A latch mechanism includes a latch and a rotation shaft supporting part. The latch is rotatable around a rotation shaft between a housing position and a lock position, and fixes a first unit and a second unit in a closed state at the lock position. The rotation shaft supporting part rotatably supports the rotation shaft. The latch has a first ring-shaped part disposed coaxially with the rotation shaft. The rotation shaft supporting part has a second ring-shaped part disposed coaxially with the rotation shaft. Heights of the first ring-shaped part and the second ring-shaped part are set such that an area of abutment between the first ring-shaped part and the second ring-shaped part increases as the latch rotates from the lock position to the housing position.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenichi Shindo, Futoshi Kuriyama, Tatsuo Kuromoto
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Patent number: 11910078Abstract: A camera module includes a first lens module having a first lens barrel accommodating a first lens group, and a second lens module spaced apart from the first lens module in an optical axis direction, configured to be moveable in the optical axis direction, and having a second lens barrel accommodating a second lens group, the first lens barrel includes a first through-hole on one side and a first opening on the other side, the second lens barrel includes a second opening opposing the first opening on one side and a second through-hole on the other side, a diameter of the first opening is greater than a diameter of the first through-hole, and a diameter of the second opening is greater than a diameter of the second through-hole, and a light shielding member is disposed at one or more of the first opening and the second opening.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong Shin Yang, Sot Eum Seo, Ju Sung Park
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Patent number: 11910572Abstract: A thermal management system for use in a sealed communications module and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the communications model includes a sealed housing and a circuit board assembly having one or more heat-generating electronic components positioned within the housing. The thermal management system is coupled to the circuit board assembly and positioned to disperse heat from the one or more electronic components. The thermal management system includes a first thermal pathway, a second thermal pathway, and a third thermal pathway. The first thermal pathway has a first end attached to the circuit board assembly and a second end positioned near the side wall of the housing. The second thermal pathway is coupled to the second end of the first thermal pathway. The third thermal pathway is coupled to the second end of the first thermal pathway.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: PACIFIC STAR COMMUNICATIONSInventor: Dalton Dawkins
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Patent number: 11899508Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a camera and a terminal device. The camera can include a lens module that can be configured to move along its axis. The camera can further include an optical element, and the lens module moves toward or away from the optical element along its axis to adjust a distance between the optical element and the lens module. The camera can also include a light shielding component and a connecting structure, and the lens module is connected to the light shielding component through the connecting structure, the lens module moves along its axis, and drives the light shielding component to move through the connecting structure, to adjust a size of an opening of the light shielding component.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yiwei Guo
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Patent number: 11901261Abstract: A reusable holding component is provided. The reusable holding component may comprise a frame with a fastener receiving opening extending from a first surface of the frame to a second surface of the frame, and at least two pins disposed on and extending away from the second surface of the frame, wherein each of the at least two pins includes a head portion, at least one elongated segment connected to a portion of the head portion, and a hook disposed on the at least one elongated segment. A heat transfer device and an electronic device with a heatsink are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventor: Ming-Cheng Lin
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Patent number: 11897118Abstract: A storage hutch assembly 10 including a plurality of dissimilar assemblies, such as a power tool holder assembly 120, which may be selectively and operatively deployed within the hutch assembly 10 upon a contained shelf 30 and/or upon a storage cart, such a cart 50, and/or upon a surface such as surface 25 contained within the storage hutch assembly 10.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Inventors: Larry Mitchell Grela, Edwin Dizon Manalang
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Patent number: 11903157Abstract: A reusable holding component is provided. The reusable holding component may comprise a frame with a fastener receiving opening extending from a first surface of the frame to a second surface of the frame, and at least one pin disposed on and extending away from the second surface of the frame, wherein the at least one pin includes at least two elongated segments with hooks disposed on a head portion of each of the at least two elongated segments. A heat transfer device and an electronic device with a heatsink are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventor: Ming-Cheng Lin