Patents Examined by Lisa Lea-Edmonds
  • Patent number: 11907012
    Abstract: An accessory display device comprises a back support having at least one female rail and a first hinge. The device further comprises at least one male rail configured to slide into and out of the at least one female rail. The at least one male rail has a second hinge. The device further comprises a first accessory display coupled to the second hinge. The device further comprises a first lip configured to engage a first side of a display device and a second lip configured to engage a second side of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventor: Alex Cole Levine
  • Patent number: 11907017
    Abstract: Damage to a flexible display can be prevented. A display device having improved mechanical strength can be provided. A display device (10) includes a display panel (11) and a protection cover (12). The display panel (11) includes a first portion having flexibility. The protection cover (12) has a light-transmitting property and flexibility and is provided to overlap with a display surface side of the display panel (11). The display device (10) has a function of being reversibly changed in shape to a first mode in which the display panel (11) and the protection cover (12) are each substantially flat and a second mode in which the first portion of the display panel (11) is curved such that the display surface side becomes a concave surface and part of the protection cover (12) is curved in the same direction as the first portion. In the second mode, there is a gap between the first portion and the protection cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daiki Nakamura, Kazuhiko Fujita
  • Patent number: 11899499
    Abstract: A device having a flexible touch screen display configured to display images in at least a first touch area and a second touch area. The first touch area is configured to rotate with respect to the second touch area along a folding axis. A first plurality of touch sensitive column and row electrodes are integrated into the first touch area and a second plurality of column and row electrodes are integrated into the second touch area of the flexible display. The device further includes a plurality of drive-sense circuits that drive sensor signals on the electrodes. A processing module senses, based on the sensor signals, an electrical characteristic of at least one row electrode and at least one column electrode of the first touch area or the second touch area and determines, based on the electrical characteristic, a proximal touch to at least one of the first touch area or the second touch area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.
    Inventors: Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Michael Shawn Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Patrick Troy Gray
  • Patent number: 11887510
    Abstract: A rollable electronic apparatus being windable, includes: a flexible electronic device; a flexible cable; a circuit substrate; and a support body having a tubular body, wherein the flexible electronic device includes a terminal portion, the flexible cable connects the terminal portion and the circuit substrate, a drive circuit is mounted on the circuit substrate, the flexible electronic device and the flexible cable are wound on an outer circumferential surface of the support body by rotating the support body, the support body has, in a cross-sectional view, two curved portions and a planar portion connecting the two curved portions, and the circuit substrate is stored in the planar portion in a state in which the flexible cable is wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Katsuyuki Suga, Yuki Yasuda
  • Patent number: 11886257
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, a hinge structure configured to connect the first housing and the second housing, and a foldable display module. The hinge structure includes a rotating shaft, a first idle gear, a second idle gear, a first gear, a second gear, a first pressing member configured to move the first gear toward the second gear, and a first interconnecting structure formed between the first gear and the second gear to enable the first gear to engage with the second gear, the first interconnecting structure being formed between the first gear and the second gear such that, as first pressing member moves the first gear toward the second gear, the first gear and the second gear receive with rotational forces in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jongkeun Kim, Hyungsoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11887511
    Abstract: A rollable device includes a rollable panel having two surfaces opposed to each other, a heat dissipation sheet disposed on one of the two surfaces of the rollable panel, and a supporting plate disposed between the rollable panel and the heat dissipation sheet. The heat dissipation sheet has a thermal conductivity greater than 200 W/mK.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan-Lin Wu, Kuan-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 11886238
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device includes: a hinge; a foldable housing including a first housing connected to the hinge and has a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, and a second housing connected to the hinge has a third surface facing a third direction and a fourth surface facing a fourth direction that is opposite to the third direction, and is folded about the hinge to overlap the first housing; a flexible display disposed inside the foldable housing and extending from above the first surface of the first housing onto the third surface of the second housing; and a touch panel disposed adjacent to the flexible display, wherein the touch panel includes a first touch panel disposed on the first surface and a second touch panel disposed on the third surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwangho Shin, Hyosung Kang, Minsoo Kim, Yongwoon Kim, Myeongsil Park, Sangyup Lee, Jinwan An
  • Patent number: 11886236
    Abstract: A desktop platform for use with virtual, augmented or mixed reality technology is provided. The platform includes a plurality of camera sections, a keyboard section, a trackpad section, a screen section, and means for supporting a user input device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: ROTO VR LIMITED
    Inventors: Elliott Myers, Gavin Waxkirsh
  • Patent number: 11874698
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first non-folding area, a folding area, and a second non-folding area and a support plate that is disposed under the display panel and that defines a plurality of openings overlapping the folding area and arranged in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction. The support plate includes a first branch disposed between openings adjacent to each other in the second direction among the plurality of openings and a second branch disposed between openings adjacent to each other in the first direction among the plurality of openings. A first width of the first branch in the second direction is smaller than a second width of each of the openings in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jaiku Shin, Dongwoo Seo, Jihye Shin, Jin Yong Sim, Seokchan Lee, Sung Chul Choi
  • Patent number: 11868185
    Abstract: A support assembly and a display device are described, the support assembly supporting a flexible display panel. The support assembly includes a plurality of first support members and a plurality of second support members which are alternately arranged in a first direction. A first support member includes an arc surface facing away from a side of the flexible display panel and protruding away from the flexible display panel. The first and a second support member can be close to each other so that the side surface of the second support member can be in contact with the arc surface, thus the support assembly is curled in the first direction. The first and second support member can be separated from each other so that the side surface of the second support member can be separated from the arc surface, thus the support assembly stretches in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xinyu Wang
  • Patent number: 11868181
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a rolling assembly and a flexible display module. The rolling assembly includes a shaft and at least a shell layer coupled to each other and collectively allowing for formation of a cross-sectional curve based on a characteristic of an Archimedes spiral. The rolling assembly rotates in a direction of releasing or retracting the flexible display module along with processes of expanding and retracting the flexible display module, in order to release or return to a linked state of the shell layer and the shaft and to prevent mechanical scratches caused by overlap of the flexible display module from occurring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wenbo Dong
  • Patent number: 11869391
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a back cover which is disposed on a bottom surface of the display panel and has a plurality of protrusions on both sides, and a plurality of protective blocks which is inserted into grooves of the plurality of protrusions on some sides of the back cover. The plurality of protective blocks includes a first part which has a protrusion at one side and a groove at another side, a second part which is opposite to the first part, a third part which connects the first part and the second part, and a fourth part which protrudes from the first part to the second part and is inserted into the grooves of the plurality of protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Moonsun Lee
  • Patent number: 11868180
    Abstract: A docking station comprises a computing unit and a charging system connected via a data connection. The charging system has a first charging coil in a housing such that a battery of a mobile device can be charged by a second charging coil while at the same time data can be transferred between the mobile device and the computing unit and to at least one peripheral device, whereby an increased protection against eavesdropping results without the use of additional devices. This is achieved in that the first and second charging coils are designed and connected such that the charging coils are actuated by the computing unit and by a mobile device electronic system such that data to be transferred is transmitted between the mobile device and the docking station via alternating fields, which are generated and received in the first and second charging coils, in the near-field region in an interference-free and eavesdropping-secured manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Tecflower AG
    Inventor: Sascha Reinger
  • Patent number: 11864528
    Abstract: A control arrangement and a control module for a milking position for milking a dairy animal includes a casing forming an inner space enclosing a printed circuit board incorporating a control system for controlling and supervising at least some functions of the milking position. A communication area is provided on a front side of the printed circuit board and communicates with the control system. The casing includes an inner front plate. The front side of the printed circuit board is attached to a rear side of the inner front plate by a transparent adhering substance so that a part of the printed circuit board projects from the rear side of the inner front plate. The inner front plate permits access to the communication area. The part of the printed circuit board is embedded in a block of plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: DeLaval Holding AB
    Inventors: Emil Karbing, Anders Kvist, Ingvar Sjökvist
  • Patent number: 11868176
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel foldable with respect to a folding axis substantially parallel to a first direction and a support plate disposed under the display panel and including a folding plate foldable with respect to the folding axis. The folding plate includes at least one first support layer and at least one second support layer. The folding plate has a first elastic modulus corresponding to a bending strength with respect to a second direction intersecting the first direction and a second elastic modulus corresponding to a bending strength with respect to the first direction. The first elastic modulus is smaller than the second elastic modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaiku Shin, Sung Chul Choi, Sojeong La, Jin Yong Sim, Gyeongho Jeong
  • Patent number: 11862048
    Abstract: A flexible display apparatus and an electronic device are provided in the present disclosure. The flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display panel, a supporting structure, and a locking part. Both the flexible display panel and the supporting structure are capable of being rolled in the hollow space, the supporting structure includes a plurality of supporting plates, and at least a first degree of rotation freedom is between two adjacent supporting plates. The supporting structure has an unfolded state; in the unfolded state, both the supporting structure and the flexible display panel at least partially extend out of the main body structure; and the locking part acts on the supporting structure that extends from the main body structure to limit the first degree of rotation freedom of the plurality of supporting plates, such that the supporting structure flatly supports the flexible display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shengming Li, Gaojun Huang
  • Patent number: 11860697
    Abstract: A foldable touch screen display device with a flexible display made up of segments that can be folded from a compact state to an expanded state which also includes a peripheral enclosure mechanism. The peripheral enclosure mechanism can be automatically repositioned to rotate out of a channel as the device is being folded in such a way that it can close the gap at the sides of the device between two flexible display segments when the device is fully configured to a folded state. The device may further include sensors to indicate the state of configuration and mechanisms for alignment, locking, and further structural support. In one embodiment, a module attached to, situated within, or otherwise associated with at least one segment of the flexible display or rigid display may contain all or substantially all processing and memory, along with a communications system, which may be used in any state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LEPTON COMPUTING LLC
    Inventor: Stephen E. Delaporte
  • Patent number: 11862502
    Abstract: A device, apparatus, and method for semiconductor transfer are provided. A transfer substrate is controlled to be moved to be above the target substrate. An infrared emitting portion emits infrared signals to position a semiconductor on a target substrate. After a second magnetic portion picks up the semiconductor from the target substrate, a controller outputs a first control current to a first electromagnetic portion to cause the first electromagnetic portion to generate an electromagnetic force, to control the second magnetic portion to adjust a position of the picked-up semiconductor relative to the welding position on the target substrate, where adjusting the position of the picked up semiconductor includes horizontal adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: CHONGQING KONKA PHOTOELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiyuan Wei, Ying-chi Wang, Cheng-ming Liu, Chien-hung Lin, Li-wei Kung
  • Patent number: 11860695
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a display panel including a first region having a pixel therein, a bending region bent with respect to a virtual axis, and a second region with the bending region between the first region and the second region, wherein the first region and the second region are configured to face each other in a bent configuration; a lower plate below the display panel; a flexible circuit board connected to the second region, and including insulating layers with an opening portion in at least part thereof, a ground signal line, and a ground pattern exposed from the insulating layers by the opening portion and connected to the ground signal line; a resin layer on a first surface of the flexible circuit board, and covering the opening portion, the resin layer having a flat surface; and an adhesive layer bonding the resin layer to the lower plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungyeon Cho, Jin Yong Sim, Taekwang Kim, Kukbin Lim
  • Patent number: 11864304
    Abstract: An electronic device may include electrical components and other components mounted within an interior of a housing. The device may have a display on a front face of the device and may have a glass layer that forms part of the housing on a rear face of the device. The glass layer may be provided with regions having different appearances. The regions may be textured, may have coatings such as thin-film interference filter coatings formed from stacks of dielectric material having alternating indices of refraction, may have metal coating layers, and/or may have ink coating layers. Textured surfaces may be formed on thin glass layers and polymer films that are coupled to the glass layer. A glass layer may be formed from a pair of coupled glass layers. The coupled layers may have one or more recesses or other structures to visually distinguish different regions of the glass layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Wilson, Christopher D. Prest, Marta M. Giachino, Matthew S. Rogers, Que Anh S. Nguyen