Patents Examined by Rashen E Morrison
  • Patent number: 10993346
    Abstract: A case module that is capable of installing a first electronic module and a second electronic module, includes a cage and a restraining component. The first electronic module can move relative to the cage to a first installation position along a first direction. The second electronic module can move relative to the cage to a second installation position along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. When the first electronic module moves relative to the cage toward the first installation position along the first direction, the restraining component is driven to move relative to the cage toward a restraining position along the first direction. The second electronic module can be stopped by the restraining component when the restraining component is located at the restraining position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Sing Syu, Fu-Chieh Hsu
  • Patent number: 10990128
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus having a display that appears to be floating in air is disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a first transparent plate; a second transparent plate facing the first transparent plate; a display provided between the first transparent plate and the second transparent plate to partially cover the first transparent plate and the second transparent plate; and a transparent member provided between the first transparent plate and the second transparent plate to fill around the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Masayuki Amano, Kenji Watamura, Seita Horikoshi
  • Patent number: 10983569
    Abstract: A hidden hinge includes a first fixing assembly, a second fixing assembly, a first rotating part and a second rotating part, a first bearing frame, a second bearing frame, and at least one torque member. The first rotating part and the second rotating part are rotatably disposed through the first fixing assembly and the second fixing assembly. The first rotating part and the second rotating part are parallel to each other and respectively have a first teeth portion and a second teeth portion. The first teeth portion and the second teeth portion are arranged in a vertically-staggered manner. The first bearing frame is slidably disposed on the first fixing assembly and has a first rack portion engaged with the first teeth portion. The second bearing frame is slidably disposed on the second fixing assembly and has a second rack portion engaged with the second teeth portion. The at least one torque member is sleeved around the first rotating part and the second rotating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Che-Hsien Lin, Che-Hsien Chu
  • Patent number: 10986747
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a casing assembly, and a casing assembly and electronic device having the same. The casing assembly includes a first casing, a second casing and a fixing assembly. The second casing is slidably disposed on the first casing. The fixing assembly includes a mount, a fastener and a pressure supply component. The mount is disposed on the first casing. The fastener is disposed on the second casing. The fastener is detachably engaged with the mount. The pressure supply component is movably disposed on one of the mount and the fastener and configured to push the other one of the mount and the fastener. When the fastener is disengaged from the mount, the pressure supply component forces the fastener and the mount to move away from each other so as to force the second casing to move relative to the first casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventor: Zhao-Ping Fu
  • Patent number: 10976783
    Abstract: A low profile component mounting article is provided and includes a structure base, wherein the structure base defines a base cavity for containing a laptop computing device. The structure base further defines a cable opening and is configured to contain an auxiliary component having a connector cable, wherein the cable opening is communicated with the base cavity, and wherein when the auxiliary component is located within the base cavity, at least a portion of the extends out of the cable opening. Additionally, the structure base further includes a cable storage mount located proximate the cable opening and configured to removably contain the connector cable and a cable connector mount located proximate the cable storage mount and configured to removably contain the cable connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Inventor: Ralph Belfiglio
  • Patent number: 10957503
    Abstract: A sinkable keyboard device includes a substrate, a first keycap, a second keycap, and a sliding plate. The substrate has an upper surface. The first keycap is liftably disposed on the upper surface and includes a first abutting portion. The second keycap is liftably disposed on the upper surface and includes a second abutting portion. The sliding plate is parallel to the substrate and movable relative to the upper surface along a sliding direction. The sliding plate includes a first guiding member and a second guiding member arranged along the sliding direction. The first guiding member has a first inclined guiding surface, and a first inclined angle is between the first inclined guiding surface and the upper surface. The second guiding member has a second inclined guiding surface, and a second inclined angle different from the first inclined angle is between the second inclined guiding surface and the upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Po-Hsin Li
  • Patent number: 10952356
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, for shielding a bending portion of a flexible display that can be incorporated in electronic devices. One of the apparatus includes a cover glass element; a driver integrated circuit (D-IC); a mandrel portion; a shaft portion; a panel, positioned between the cover glass element and the D-IC, and comprising an inner panel layer that wraps around at least a portion of the mandrel portion to form a bending portion of the panel, the panel attached on either side on the shaft portion; and a shielding layer positioned around the inner panel layer and configured to inhibit electromagnetic signals through the bending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Qi Qi, Wonjae Choi, Yi Tao
  • Patent number: 10942548
    Abstract: A computing device includes one or more microphones that function seamlessly with other components within the computing device. In one embodiment, a microphone opening is disposed underneath a keyboard with a channel from the microphone to an opening between the keyboard webbing and a keycap of the keyboard. In another embodiment, two microphones can be spaced apart from a keyboard region of the device and a third microphone can be disposed underneath the keyboard region with an channel from the microphone to an opening between the keyboard webbing and a keycap of the keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Renda, David M. Rockford, Jonathan L. Berk, Chanjuan Feng, Daniel K. Boothe, Daniel D. Hershey
  • Patent number: 10939573
    Abstract: An electronic module (EM) carrier includes a sliding bracket coupled to the EM carrier and a handle coupled to the sliding bracket. The handle and sliding bracket are configured to engage with a stationary chassis to hold the EM carrier at a first position in a bay of the stationary chassis when the handle is open. The sliding bracket is further configured to translate the EM carrier to a second position in the stationary chassis when the handle is moved from an open position towards a closed position. In the second position, an EM carrier connector of the EM carrier is engaged with a sled connector of a sled and, in the first position, the EM carrier connector is disengaged from the sled connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Te-Ming Liao, Chun-Yang Tseng, Chih-Hsien Chang, Hsiang-Yin Hung, Raymond D. Heistand, II
  • Patent number: 10938434
    Abstract: The present application discloses a curved glass housing. The curved glass housing includes a bottom wall and an annular side wall extending arcuately from an edge of the bottom wall, and the side wall and the bottom wall cooperatively form a receiving cavity having an opening. A texture structure is defined on the bottom wall or the side wall. The texture structure comprises a dent defined on the bottom wall or the side wall and towards the receiving cavity, or the texture structure comprises a protrusion defined on the bottom wall or the side wall and away from the receiving cavity. A mobile terminal using the curved glass housing is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xudong Yan, Yong You
  • Patent number: 10939574
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a casing having an opening and a fixing structure away from the opening, a tray mechanism and a server module. The tray mechanism includes a tray, a transmission member slidably disposed on the tray and having a slot, a link having an engaging structure and being slidably disposed through the slot, and a handle movably connected to the transmission member and pivoted to the tray. The server module is disposed on the tray. When the tray is disposed in the casing and the handle pivots to a mounting position, the transmission member slides relative to the tray to drive the link to pivot, so as to rotate the engaging structure to be engaged with the fixing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Long-Hua Wu, Chi-Ken Tsai
  • Patent number: 10928866
    Abstract: A method comprising may include mechanically coupling a first main body to a second main body mechanically via a first mechanical feature such that distance between the first main body and the second main body is variable in a first direction, mechanically coupling a chassis engagement feature to the first main body via a second mechanical feature such that distance between the chassis engagement feature and the first main body is variable in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the chassis engagement feature is configured to mechanically engage with a chassis when the information handling resource is engaged within the chassis, and mechanically coupling a card engagement feature to the first main body via a third mechanical feature such that distance between the card engagement feature and the first main body is variable in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, wherein the card management feature is configured to mechanically engage with
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Troy A. Tiritilli, John R. Palmer, Phil R. Geiger
  • Patent number: 10928852
    Abstract: A mounting structure for a rear housing of a display device includes a backplane including a backplane substrate and a first engaging structure disposed on one side of the backplane substrate. The mounting structure includes a rear housing including a rear housing substrate and a second engaging structure disposed on one side of the rear housing substrate. The first engaging structure and the second engaging structure are matched and engaged, causing the backplane and the rear housing to be fixed with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian Xu, Jianbo Xian, Yong Qiao
  • Patent number: 10922260
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein having enhanced modular carrier form factors. In an implementation, a network card apparatus comprises a network card assembly. The network card assembly comprises a network interface card and a connector card coupled to the network interface card and comprising a U.2 connector configured to mate with a U.2 connector of the modular bay of the rackmount chassis assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: liqid inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Rudolph Heyd, Brenden Michael Rust, Jason Breakstone, Sumit Puri, Bryan Schramm
  • Patent number: 10923942
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide an apparatus comprising a battery encapsulated within a sealed enclosure, an electronic device encapsulated within the sealed enclosure, a power control circuit encapsulated within the sealed enclosure, and a loop of conductive medium connected to the power control circuit. The electronic device is in a deactivated state. At least a portion of the loop of conductive medium passes out of and back into the sealed enclosure. In response to severing of the at least portion of the loop of conductive medium which is outside of the sealed enclosure, the power control circuit is configured to cause activation of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Rheon Labs Ltd
    Inventors: Thomas Burton, Daniel Plant
  • Patent number: 10916924
    Abstract: An equipment box assembly includes a housing including a back wall, a bottom wall, a top wall, and first and second sidewalls defining a cavity. At least one mounting feature is on each of the first and second sidewalls. The housing is sized to fit between first and second adjacent studs with the first sidewall mounted to the first stud using the at least one mounting feature on the first sidewall and with the second sidewall mounted to the second stud using the at least one mounting feature on the second sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: WirePath Home Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Glenn Franck, Jamie Lee Quinlan, William Jacob Kozlowski, Galen Paul Hess, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10908637
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel; a bottom chassis in which the display panel is accommodated, the bottom chassis defining: a first surface adjacent to the display panel, a second surface opposing the first surface, and a hole extending from the first surface to the second surface; and an adhesive film removably attachable to the second surface of the bottom chassis, the adhesive film including a guide line forming an enclosed shape. The adhesive film attached to the second surface of the bottom chassis disposes the enclosed shape formed by the guide line of the adhesive film, overlapping the hole, and a minimum dimension of the enclosed shape formed by the guide line is greater than a dimension of the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngji Kim, Minsu Jung
  • Patent number: 10905019
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a housing, a plurality of rollers positioned inside the housing, a display unit including a display panel and a module cover having at least one apron, of which at least a portion is connected to each other, and a driver including a motor assembly, an upper bar coupled to an upper part of the display unit, and at least one support portion having one side coupled to both ends of the upper bar and the other side coupled to the motor assembly and moving up and down the upper bar. The display panel and the module cover are in a first state in which they are wound around the roller or a second state in which they are unwound from the roller, contact each other, and are exposed to the outside of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hoyoung Kim, Kitae Kang, Dohyeon Kim, Changwan Noh
  • Patent number: 10901468
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device. The electronic device includes a first main body including a first side portion; a connecting device connected to the first side portion of the first main body; a second main body including a second side portion coupled to the first side portion, the second side portion is connected to the connecting device such that the second main body is movable relative to the first main body to form a first angle between the first main body and the second main body or a second angle different from the first angle; and a first multimedia output module disposed on the connecting device and communicatively connected to the first main body or the second main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaosong Xia
  • Patent number: 10893625
    Abstract: A plurality of electronic circuit boards (2), on which electronic components are mounted, is inserted in parallel through an electronic circuit insertion port (11) of a casing body (1). A gap (3) is formed between front panels (22) of inserted and adjacent electronic circuit boards (2) inserted. A bridge body (5) constituting conduction means electrically conducts a first conductive side portion (22a) of a front panel (22) in one electronic circuit board (2) of adjacent electronic circuit boards (2) and a second conductive side portion (22b) of a front panel (22) in another electronic circuit board (2) that faces the first conductive side portion (22a) via a gap (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuji Ando, Chiharu Miyazaki