Patents Examined by Rockshana Chowdhury
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Patent number: 9625947Abstract: Disclosed are a portable electronic device having a display unit which can be bent or folded partially or wholly, and a control method thereof. The portable electronic device includes: a display unit having a front surface and a rear surface, and formed to be flexible; and a folding unit including a plurality of blocks and a connection unit, and configured to be foldable together with the display unit, the plurality of blocks overlapped with each other on the rear surface of the display unit, the connection unit configured to connect the plurality of blocks to each other, wherein the plurality of blocks are arranged such that at least part thereof is relatively-movable with respect to neighboring blocks in a direction to become far from or close to the neighboring blocks.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Haklim Lee, Wonseok Joo, Hanseok Chae
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Patent number: 9612624Abstract: The present disclosure provides a detachable touch notebook computer, which comprises a touch tablet, a connector, and a keyboard dock. The connector has an interlocking structure and a latch, at which the interlocking structure is pivoted. The keyboard dock has a positioning member disposed at the latch. Thereby, the touch tablet can be disposed on the keyboard dock and forming the touch notebook computer. According to the touch notebook computer of the present disclosure, the interlocking structure is driven by rotating the touch tablet. Then the interlocking structure drives the latch to move, enabling the positioning member to come off from the latch and thus detaching the touch tablet from the keyboard dock.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2014Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Ching-Pin Yang, Che-Wen Liu
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Patent number: 9603272Abstract: A lid structure includes: a housing; a lid body configured to open and close an opening of the housing; an elastic member configured to be compressed by the housing and the lid body around the opening in a closing position where the lid body closes the opening; and a shaft member configured to allow movement of the lid body along an opening formation surface where the opening is formed and move the lid body come close to the opening formation surface from front to move the lid body from a facing position of facing around the opening to the closing position.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2014Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Shingo Yamaguchi, Satoshi Watanabe
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Patent number: 9594400Abstract: An electronic device includes a main body and an input body. The main body has a display unit and a first contact portion rotatably connected to the display unit. The first contact portion has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and at least one part of the first contact portion has a thickness smaller than a thickness of the display unit. The input body includes a second contact portion with a contact surface. When the input body is detachably connected to the main body, the display unit is operable to rotate with respect to the input body, and the contact surface of the second contact portion is operable to engage with the first or second surfaces of the first contact portion by surface-to-surface contacting.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Fenglang Li, Peng Bai
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Patent number: 9595406Abstract: A switch structure includes an operation key attachment, a substrate facing the operation key attachment and including a switch at least a portion of which is exposed from an opening, and an operation key including a protrusion that protrudes parallel or substantially parallel to the substrate from an opening end surface, an operation receiver at a tip end of the protrusion and that accepts a user pressing operation in the direction toward the substrate, and a pressing member that extends from the operation receiver in a direction that defines a first angle spanning between the pressing member and the protrusion, and is used to press the switch.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.Inventor: Shinji Morita
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Patent number: 9575345Abstract: The present invention provides a display device, including a display panel and a supporting frame arranged around the display panel, wherein at least one spacer structure is arranged between the display panel and the supporting frame, and wherein the spacer structure is fixedly mounted on the supporting frame and includes a first spacer part and a second spacer part, the first spacer part is arranged between the bottom surface of the display panel and the supporting frame, and the second spacer part is arranged between the lateral surface of the display panel and the supporting frame. Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the advantages that the impact from multiple directions to the display panel may be reduced, the probable damage to the display panel is reduced, and the quality of a product is improved.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE SPECIAL DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Zhihui Sun
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Patent number: 9535463Abstract: A circuit board assembling structure includes a first casing, a second casing, a dam and a circuit board. The first casing has an outer edge and at least a snap-engaging element. The second casing is coupled to the first casing. The dam is mounted on the first casing. The at least a snap-engaging element is disposed between the outer edge of the first casing and the dam. The circuit board is a resilient carrier which is snap-engaged with the at least a snap-engaging element, such that the circuit board is disposed between the outer edge of the first casing and the dam. Furthermore, an electronic device having the circuit board assembling structure and an assembling method of the electronic device are further provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: Getac Technology CorporationInventor: Jui-Lin Yang
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Patent number: 9538642Abstract: A wiring board includes a core structure including a core substrate, and a buildup structure formed on the core structure and including an interlayer insulating layer and a conductive layer. The interlayer insulating layer does not contain inorganic fiber and includes a resin and an inorganic filler, and the conductive layer is formed on the interlayer insulating layer such that the inorganic filler in the interlayer insulating layer is not in contact with the conductive layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2014Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.Inventor: Kosuke Ikeda
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Patent number: 9529390Abstract: A computer apparatus includes a base and a display device. The base includes a first casing and a ferromagnetic unit fastened to the first casing. The display device includes a second casing having a connecting side portion and a magnetic unit. In a first use state, the connecting side portion of the second casing is adjacent to the first casing of the base, and an angle formed therebetween is adjustable. The magnetic unit is fastened to the connecting side portion of the second casing, and magnetically attracts ferromagnetic unit of the base, thereby permitting sliding of the display device relative to the base without separating therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Tien-Chung Tseng, Chen-Yi Liang, Hung-Chih Chen
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Patent number: 9511724Abstract: A purpose is, in the case where a nonwoven member is hot pressed around a wire harness to form a protective member, to inhibit rotation of a vehicle body fixing component attached to the protective member while making a cross-sectional shape of the protective member as circular as possible. The wire harness includes a wire harness body containing at least one electric wire and a protective member formed by hot pressing a nonwoven member in a state of covering at least a portion of the wire harness body. The protective member has a protective member that is formed to have a circular cross-sectional shape and a flat surface forming part that has a flat surface formed on at least a portion of an outer periphery.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2012Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Mizuhira, Yukihiro Shirafuji, Isamu Hamamoto
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Patent number: 9510476Abstract: A server includes a housing having a server-module storage space, a power source disposed in the rear side inside the housing, and a pair of server modules having horizontally symmetrical and vertically reversible shapes. When a pair of server modules is properly inserted into the housing of a server, they can receive electric power from the power source via connectors. Even when a pair of server modules is vertically reversed and inserted into the housing of a server, it is possible to secure electrical connection between the power source and the vertically reversed server modules. An erroneous insertion preventing measure is applied to the server-module storage space and a back panel fixed to a riser card, attached to each server module, so as to prevent erroneous insertion of server modules into the housing of a server. This may establish compatibility and standardization between server modules for use in servers.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2013Date of Patent: November 29, 2016Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Takayuki Shirokaze
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Patent number: 9471106Abstract: A computer apparatus includes a base and a display device. The base includes a first casing and a ferromagnetic unit fastened to the first casing. The display device includes a second casing having a connecting side portion and a magnetic unit. In a first use state, the connecting side portion of the second casing is adjacent to the first casing of the base, and an angle formed therebetween is adjustable. The magnetic unit is fastened to the connecting side portion of the second casing, and magnetically attracts ferromagnetic unit of the base, thereby permitting sliding of the display device relative to the base without separating therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2015Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Tien-Chung Tseng, Chen-Yi Liang, Hung-Chih Chen
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Patent number: 9471097Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display area configured to display an image and a non-display area adjacent to the display area; a front panel that is substantially transparent and on a front surface of the display panel; and a blind between the display panel and the front panel at a portion of the non-display area, wherein the blind includes a plurality of strips spaced apart from each other and adjacent ones of the strips are at least partially overlapped with each other when viewed in at least one direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventor: Youn Hwan Jung
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Patent number: 9442530Abstract: An apparatus including: housing parts foldably connected to each other, the housing parts being configured to be movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration; a display assembly pivotably connected to the housing parts, wherein the display assembly comprises a flexible display part; the flexible display part is configured to bend in response to a closing movement of the housing parts; and the display assembly is configured to be retracted inside a space defined by the housing parts in response to a closing movement of the housing parts.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2013Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Esa-Sakari Maatta, Ilpo Kauhaniemi
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Patent number: 9436230Abstract: A hinge which may be used for example in portable electronic devices may raise the upper body of the device from the lower body in response to rotation of the upper body about the hinge. The need to include a half-pipe section on the upper surface of the lower body maybe avoided. Thus more internal space of the lower body may be used without having to accommodate for the hinge. In an exemplary embodiment, the hinge may include a cam surface. The cam surface may be configured to shift a longitudinal axis of the hinge on response to the rotation of the upper body. In some embodiments, the shift of the longitudinal axis may be away from the lower body allowing a rear edge of the upper body to move across a rear edge of an upper surface of the lower body.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2014Date of Patent: September 6, 2016Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.Inventors: Chin Kai Lee, Akinori Uchino, Takuroh Kamimura
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Patent number: 9408315Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first cover forming a first external surface of the electronic apparatus; a second cover forming the first external surface in conjunction with the first cover, the second cover being capable of being separated from an edge of the first cover in a first direction along the first external surface; an elastically deformable first engaging portion formed at the edge of the first cover; and a second engaging portion formed at an edge of the second cover, the second engaging portion being engageable with the first engaging portion. The first engaging portion is elastically deformable in a second direction intersecting the first direction and being along the first external surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2014Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignees: Sony Corporation, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventors: Shinya Tsuchida, Yasuhiro Ootori, Yuta Tamaki
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Patent number: 9374903Abstract: A multilayer printed wiring board for mounting a semiconductor element includes a core substrate, a first laminated structure on first surface of the substrate and including a conductive circuit layer on the first surface of the substrate, a resin insulating layer and the outermost conductive circuit layer, and a second laminated structure on second surface of the substrate and including a conductive circuit layer on the second surface of the substrate, a resin insulating layer and the outermost conductive circuit layer. The outermost conductive layer in the first structure has solder pads positioned to mount a semiconductor element and solder bumps formed on the pads, respectively, the outermost conductive layer in the second structure has solder pads positioned to mount a wiring board, and the outermost conductive layers in the first and second structures have thicknesses formed greater than thicknesses of the conductive layers on the surfaces of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Katsuda, Naoto Ishida, Kota Noda, Nobuhisa Kuroda
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Patent number: 9370115Abstract: A PLC unit comprises a control unit that includes a first surface of a substantially rectangular shape, where a unit-side connector is provided on a second surface that is a back surface side of the first surface, a base that includes a fixing surface having a base-side connector connected to the unit-side connector provided thereon, where a plurality of the control units are fixed on the fixing surface side by side in a lateral direction of the first surface, and a duct that is provided along a side part of the control unit on a longitudinal direction side of the first surface so as to be closer to the base side, wherein at least a part of the first surface of the control unit is constituted by a cover which is rotatably supported about an axis substantially parallel to the lateral direction of the first surface, and is openable in an area opposite to the base.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2012Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yoshikazu Murata, Takanori Miyake, Yuta Yamada, Kenichi Shimodaira
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Patent number: 9319500Abstract: An electronic device includes a display module, a first housing, and a second housing. The display module includes a display and a touch plate. The first housing includes a flange and a number of latching blocks. The second housing includes a resisting wall and a number of receiving grooves, and a projection is formed in each receiving groove. The flange of the first housing abuts against the resisting wall, each latching block is received in a corresponding receiving groove and is latched by the projection, the display 11 is received in the first housing, the touch plate is positioned on the display, and a peripheral edge of the touch plate is positioned on the flange and the projections.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.Inventor: Fu-Hsin Sung
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Patent number: 9301583Abstract: A storage container includes a main body and a cover. The main body includes a first recessed portion and an outer edge portion. The first recessed portion has an opening portion and is bounded by a first bottom surface portion and a first peripheral wall portion including a first wall portion. The outer edge portion protrudes further than the first wall portion on an outer periphery side of the storage container with respect to the first wall portion. The first wall portion has a groove portion and at least one first hole portion. The groove portion is formed on a protruding end portion of the first wall portion in a position separated from an edge of the first recessed portion toward the outer edge portion. The at least one hole portion opens onto the protruding end portion, communicates with the groove portion and is separated from the first recessed portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2014Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Yasutoshi Kano, Kazuma Hojo