Patents Examined by Lisa Lea-Edmonds
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Patent number: 11353935Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jongkeun Kim, Hyungsoo Kim
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Patent number: 11353930Abstract: Examples herein relate to a hinge. In some examples, a hinge can include a first bracket connected to a shaft, a second bracket connected to the first bracket, a member connected to the shaft and magnetically attracted to a magnet at a first position, where the member translates relative to the magnet to a second position as the shaft rotates about an axis of the shaft, and the magnet to generate a magnetic attraction force between the member and the magnet, where the magnetic attraction force is higher at the second position than the first position.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2017Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Wei-Chung Chen, Kuan-Ting Wu, Kun-Hung Lin
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Patent number: 11348488Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a folding area, and a metal plate disposed below the display panel. The metal plate includes a first plate and a second plate which are spaced apart from and face each other, at least one spacer disposed between the first plate and the second plate, and a space between the first plate and the second plate, the space excluding the at least one spacer.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Min Sok Jang
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Patent number: 11347276Abstract: A portable information handing system. The portable information handling system includes a base chassis, the base chassis comprising a motherboard, the motherboard comprising a processor and a bus coupled to the processor, the base chassis portion comprising a cable routing bracket; a display chassis, the display chassis being rotationally-coupled to the base chassis via a hinge, the hinge having a corresponding hinge axis, the display chassis comprising a display chassis component; and, a flexible printed circuit cable, the flexible printed circuit cable being coupled to the motherboard and the display chassis component, the flexible printed circuit cable being routed from the motherboard to the display chassis component via the cable routing bracket, the cable routing bracket causing the flexible printed circuit cable to pivot about the hinge axis of the hinge when the display chassis portion is rotated.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Mark Andrew Schwager, Yu-Feng Huang, Kai-Yuan Cheng, Nicholas G. DiLoreto
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Patent number: 11347269Abstract: A display device includes a display panel for displaying an image, and including a folding area configured to be folded about a folding axis, and a non-folding area adjacent to the folding area, and also includes a window on the display panel, including a flexible material, and configured to be folded along the display panel, wherein a side surface of the window has a first surface roughness in the non-folding area, and has a second surface roughness in the folding area that is less than the first surface roughness.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Geunwoo Yug, Muhyun Kim
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Patent number: 11340660Abstract: A hinge structure of a foldable electronic apparatus is provided. The hinge structure includes a hinge member fixed to each of a first housing member and a second housing member, a rotation support portion rotatably supporting the hinge member and including a rotation guide that guides a rotation of the hinge member, and an angle maintaining structure configured to maintain a position of the hinge member. The first housing member and the second housing members are maintained at a predetermined angle with respect to each other. The angle maintaining structure includes an elastic pressing portion arranged between the rotation guide and the hinge member, the angle maintaining structure extending along a rotation direction of the hinge member, and being elastically deformable, and at least one position maintaining groove into which a portion of the elastic pressing portion is insertable and which is formed in a surface of the hinge member opposite to the rotation guide.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dinh Quynh Nguyen, Danh Tung Tran, The Nam Nguyen, Hoai Nam Ngo, Xuan Truong Dao, Khac Cao Nguyen, Ha Duy Tran
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Patent number: 11341873Abstract: A foldable display device includes a first panel having a first flat portion and a first bending portion at one side of the first flat portion. The first bending portion has a first bending axis around which the first bending portion rotates. The foldable display device also includes a second panel having a second flat portion and a second bending portion at one side of the second flat portion. The second bending portion has a second bending axis around which the second bending portion rotates. The first bending portion and the second bending portion are arranged adjacent to each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: InnoLux CorporationInventors: Cheng-Hsu Chou, Po-Han Huang
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Patent number: 11335218Abstract: A display device includes a first rotation member configured to rotate, a second rotation member configured to rotate, the second rotation member being spaced apart from the first rotation member, a conveyance member that is extended between the first rotation member and the second rotation member, is configured to be conveyed between the first rotation member and the second rotation member in accordance with respective rotations of the first rotation member and the second rotation member, and has an inner surface and an outer surface, an abutting movement member that is disposed between the first rotation member and the second rotation member, and is configured to move to cause the conveyance member to be partially pushed up while being abutted against the inner surface, and a display member having flexibility that is attached to the outer surface, and displays an image using an organic light emitting phenomenon.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2018Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Inventors: Takeshi Yamamoto, Soya Araki, Yoshinori Tachikawa, Yohei Azuma, Yoichiro Eshita
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Patent number: 11334115Abstract: An electronic device assembly is provided, including an electronic device body and a detachable lens module. The electronic device body has a housing and a first joining unit, wherein the first joining unit is disposed on the housing. The detachable lens module is detachably assembled onto the housing and has a second joining unit, wherein the first joining unit is joined to the second joining unit to electrically connect the detachable lens module to the electronic device body.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Yu-Shih Wang, Yi-Ta Huang, Chih-Chun Liu, Cheng-Nan Ling, Wen-Chieh Tai, Chi-Hung Lai, Wu-Chen Lee, Pin-Chueh Lin, Chih-Wei Liao, Ting-Wen Pai, Wen-Chieh Chen
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Patent number: 11330708Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 7, 2020Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: James R. Wilson, Christopher D. Prest, Marta M. Giachino, Matthew S. Rogers, Que Anh S. Nguyen
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Patent number: 11327534Abstract: In one example, a hinge assembly is disclosed, which may include a first member and a second member rotatably connected to the first member through a mounting portion. The mounting portion may include a first surface having a first protrusion and a second surface, opposite the first surface, having a second protrusion. Further, the hinge assembly may include a first cam fixed to the first member and disposed adjacent to the first surface and a second cam fixed to the first member and disposed adjacent to the second surface. The first cam and second cam being engageable with the first protrusion and the second protrusion, respectively, to shift an axis of rotation of the second member.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Wei-Chung Chen, Kuan-Ting Wu, Kun-Hung Lin
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Patent number: 11314283Abstract: A foldable display device is provided, which can effectively release stress in a bending state by a combination of a surface frame bending device, a surface frame slide device, and a surface frame elastic device, thereby ensuring that the display panel can be smoothly bent without wrinkles and breakage damage.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Inventor: Shanghung Yeh
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Patent number: 11315443Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device that includes a housing and a flexible display panel. The display area has an exposed part and an unexposed part, the exposed part is partially or fully exposed within the housing, and the unexposed part is received in the housing, to realize for switching between a large-screen display state and a small-screen display state. Thus, it has effects for small size and long lifetime.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Wen Han
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Patent number: 11307613Abstract: A display device is provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Young Yu, Yong Gi Ko, Bon Joo Koo, Yun Ha Kim, Jae Chun Park, Nam Seok Baik, Mikiya Itakura, Hyoung Jin Lee, Dae Guen Choi, Sung Chul Choi
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Patent number: 11307615Abstract: Accessory devices for portable electronic devices are described. An exemplary accessory device can include a first segment coupled to a second segment via a first hinge assembly. The accessory can include a third segment coupled to the second segment via a second hinge assembly such that the second segment is positioned between the first and third segments. The accessory device can be arranged between a closed configuration and a configuration of a stand that supports the portable electronic device at a viewing angle. At the support configuration, the second segment can be at an acute angle relative to the first segment to shift the center of gravity of the system towards the middle. The third segment can be suspended above the first segment and be inclined outwards. The hinge assemblies of the system can be sufficiently stiff to withstand the weight of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Aidan N. Zimmerman, Bradley J. Hamel, Christopher J. Stringer, Markus Diebel, Sung-Ho Tan, Mikael M. Silvanto, Kevin M. Robinson, Daniel L. McBroom, Michael D. McBroom
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Patent number: 11307612Abstract: A portable information device includes: a first chassis; a second chassis coupled to the first chassis to be rotatable relative to the first chassis; and a cover device having a first cover section which covers the back surface of the first chassis, a second cover section which covers the back surface of the second chassis, and a folding cover section which connects between the first cover section and the second cover section to be rotatable relative to each other. The cover device further has a sheet-shaped member provided to face a side edge of the folding cover section on the inner surface side of the folding cover section and provided to be movable relative to the inner surface of the folding cover section.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Hosokai, Tetsuya Sano
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Patent number: 11308829Abstract: The application discloses a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a substrate. The substrate includes a bonding region and a bend region connected to the bonding region. The substrate further includes a support block disposed corresponding to the bend region and the bonding region and disposed on a side of the substrate facing away from a display surface. The maximum thickness of the support block located in the bonding region is greater than the maximum thickness of the support block located in the bend region.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Yungu (Gu'an) Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Wen Xie
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Patent number: 11300995Abstract: Various embodiments provide a device and method for detecting a folding angle of an electronic device. The electronic device includes: a first housing structure connected to a hinge structure; a second housing structure folded about the hinge structure relative to the first housing structure; a first motion sensor module disposed in the first housing structure; a second motion sensor module disposed in the second housing structure; a magnetic force sensor module disposed in the first housing structure; a magnetic body disposed in the second housing structure; and at least one processor.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kihun Eom, Kihoon Kang, Taekeun Kim, Sunghun Shin, Kyeongmun Jo
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Patent number: 11301006Abstract: The present invention provides a hinge module and a foldable type device with the same. In the hinge module, a first curved guiding portion and a second curved guiding portion are provided between two lateral surfaces of a curved body, and a first connecting portion of a first rotating member is connected with a first support plate. At least one of the first curved blocks of the first rotating member is swingable and limited within the first curved guiding portion. A second connecting portion of a second rotating member is connected with a second support plate. At least one of the second curved blocks of the second rotating member is swingable and limited within the second curved guiding portion. A first linkage assembly has one end pivotally connected with one side of the first curved block. A second linking member is provided at another end of the two linkage assemblies.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: JARLLYTEC CO., LTD.Inventor: Yu-Tsun Hsu
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Patent number: 11287854Abstract: A portable information apparatus is provided. The portable information apparatus includes a first chassis, a second chassis and a hinge device. The hinge device includes a set of outer shell members disposed side-by-side along an arrangement direction of the first chassis and the second chassis and is respectively equipped with hollow parts, a set of inner shell members each of which is disposed so as to stride over a boundary at least between lower faces of the mutually adjacent outer shell members in the hollow parts of the mutually adjacent outer shell members, a first coupling section which couples each inner shell member and one of the mutually adjacent outer shell members together and a second coupling section which couples each inner shell member and the other of the mutually adjacent outer shell members together.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTDInventors: Takayuki Morino, Satoshi Seino, Masayuki Amano, Seita Horikoshi