Patents Examined by Rockshana D Chowdhury
  • Patent number: 11744033
    Abstract: A storage device assembly is provided. The storage device assembly includes a latch assembly having a body and a hook mounted on the body, the hook having elasticity and having distal ends thereof bend away from the body; and a storage device to be joined to the latch assembly. The storage device includes a memory module including a memory connector, and a first enclosure and a second enclosure that encase the memory module except for an opening through which the memory connector is accessible. The first enclosure includes fixing holes corresponding to the distal ends of the hook and configured to accommodate the distal ends of the hook in a configuration in which the storage device is joined to the latch assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Chui Hur, Bum Jun Kim, Jung Soo Kim, Young Seok Hong
  • Patent number: 11730288
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device and a support structure thereof, the support structure being configured to support a flexible display screen and comprising a support component and a synchronous transmission component, wherein: the support component comprises two telescopic rods, and has a fixed side fixed relative to a fixed side edge of the flexible display screen, and a movable side extendable and retractable with expansion or winding of a movable side edge of the flexible display screen; and the synchronous transmission component is connected to the support component, and is configured to move ends of the two telescopic rods on the movable side of the support component synchronously in a direction parallel to the movable side edge of the flexible display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaofei Luo, Shangchieh Chu, Yanyan Yang
  • Patent number: 11737223
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device is provided. The foldable electronic device includes a housing including a first part and a second part; a flexible display seated on the first part and the second part; and a hinge structure configured to fold and unfold the first part and the second part of the housing. The hinge structure includes a hinge member including a sliding part and a connection part extending from the sliding part and connected to the first part or the second part; a guide member; and a hinge housing covering the hinge member and the guide member. The guide member is fastened to the hinge housing to form a space with the hinge housing, and the sliding part is received in the space and performs a sliding motion between the guide member and the hinge housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Inventor: Sangchul Lee
  • Patent number: 11729920
    Abstract: A display device including: a display panel configured to display an image; and a winder configured to fix a first end portion of the display panel thereinto, wherein the winder includes a first fixing portion including a first external surface which is curved, and a second fixing portion that includes a second external surface which is curved and that faces the first external surface, wherein the first end portion of the display panel may be interposed between the first external surface and the second external surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Sung Kim, Tae An Seo, Jung Hun Lee, Jin Hwan Choi
  • Patent number: 11726528
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first and second body, a hinge unit configured to connect to the first and second body, and a flexible display disposed on the hinge unit, the first, and second body, wherein the hinge unit includes a bendable support member supported by the first and second body, and a plurality of slit members, wherein each slit member includes a fixed end that is supported by the support member and a free end that extends toward the flexible display, and wherein the plurality of slit members are arranged in a longitudinal direction relative to the flexible display and are spaced apart by an interval, wherein the free ends limit a curvature of the flexible display in a folded state by moving closer to each other and touching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ho-seong Seo
  • Patent number: 11723158
    Abstract: An electronic device with storage functionality is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing member, a first circuit board, a second housing member and a second circuit board. The first circuit board is connected to the first housing member. The second circuit board is coupled to the first circuit board and is parallel to the first circuit board. The first housing member includes two hooks, and the hooks are wedged against the first edge of the second circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SHANNON SYSTEMS LTD.
    Inventor: Jiangshan Li
  • Patent number: 11703908
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a body and a functional assembly. The body may define a receiving cavity. The functional assembly may be rotatably connected to the body, and be configured to rotate in a first direction and a second direction to protrude out of the receiving cavity. The functional assembly provided by the present disclosure may not occupy any space of a front face of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhisheng Lin, Binbin Yan, Jingming Wan, Heng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11690181
    Abstract: A housing according of the flameproof encapsulation protection type having a housing body which has an opening closed by a cover. The opening is surrounded by a flange which is directed outward away from the housing body. The edge of the cover lies flat on the flange. The edge and the flange are both preferably continuous. In any case, the edge and the flange do not have any passage openings for clamping means. In order to clamp the edge against the flange, clamps are provided which hold the edge and the flange pressed against each other in the manner of screw clamps. The clamps are provided with releasable clamping means and are preferably captively retained on the housing body or the cover, the clamps being movable between a closed position, in which the cover is fixedly clamped, and an open position, in which the clamps do not extend over the cover and allow the cover to be opened unhindered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: R. STAHL SCHALTGERÄTE GMBH
    Inventors: Elena Kondrus, Jürgen Schmitt, Natascha Sekinger, Otto Walch, Christian Kochendörfer, Bernd Limbacher
  • Patent number: 11687121
    Abstract: A pressure sensitive assembly, a middle frame assembly, a display assembly, and a terminal are provided. The pressure sensitive assembly is applied to a display screen having a curved surface, and the display screen is mounted on the middle frame. The pressure sensitive assembly includes a support component including a connection surface and a support surface. The connection surface is fixedly connected with the middle frame. The support surface is disposed facing the curved surface, A pressure sensing circuit is disposed between the support surface and the curved surface. The pressure sensing circuit senses a pressing force applied to the curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chunjie Lou
  • Patent number: 11687120
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a housing, a roller disposed in the housing, a display unit configured to be wound around or unwound from the roller, a foldable link having a first side pivotably coupled to the housing and a second side pivotably coupled to an upper part of the display unit, a motor disposed in the housing and configured to drive a pivoting movement of the foldable link such that the foldable link is extended out of or retracted into the housing, a fulcrum disposed adjacent to the first side of the foldable link, a lever extending in a longitudinal direction of the housing and pivotably mounted on the fulcrum and comprising a first side and a second side oppositely positioned with respect to the fulcrum, and an elastic member coupled to the second side of the lever, when the foldable link is retracted into the housing the foldable link contacts the first side of the lever to cause the lever to pivot about the fulcrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Jonggil Pyo
  • Patent number: 11687124
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed relating to computing device hinge assemblies. In one example, a hinge assembly comprises a hinge frame affixed to one substrate and a hinge arm member affixed to another substrate. The hinge arm member comprises first and second arcuate arm guide slots. An arm support member, moveably coupling the hinge arm member to the hinge frame, comprises a first side comprising a first arcuate support guide slot receiving a first frame guide of the hinge frame, and a second side comprising a second arcuate support guide slot receiving a second frame guide. First and second arcuate inner support guides are received within the first and second arcuate arm guide slots of the hinge arm member. An elongated bridge member connects the first side of the arm support member to the second side, with the bridge member comprising a unitary structure fabricated from bulk metallic glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Kashyap Adury
  • Patent number: 11690193
    Abstract: A support assembly includes a first slide rail assembly, a second slide rail assembly, a carried object, a first cable management device and a second cable management device. The first cable management device is mounted to the first slide rail assembly and the second slide rail assembly. The first cable management device includes a first cross bar and a second cross bar movably connected to the first cross bar. The first cross bar is further connected to the first slide rail assembly and the second cross bar is further connected to the first slide rail assembly. The present invention further discloses a cable management kit which includes the first cable management device and the second cable management device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD., KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chih-Hsin Yeh, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 11681335
    Abstract: A hinge is connectable with two housing parts to allow opening and closing of the housing parts. The hinge includes a mounting seat and two rotary units. The mounting seat has a central recessed portion. The rotary units are connected with the mounting seat and shiftable between an unfolded state and a folded state. Each rotary units includes a linking member, a rail sliding block, a rotating bracket and a cover plate. During the shifting from the unfolded state to the folded state, the rail sliding block is slid relative to both the linking member and the rotating bracket and is turned relative to the mounting seat. In the folded state, the cover plates are inclined to each other in a direction away from the mounting seat to cooperate with the central recessed portion to form a space for receiving a bending portion of a flexible display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATION
    Inventors: An-Szu Hsu, An-Wei Chung
  • Patent number: 11675393
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment includes a display panel and a protection layer that is disposed on the display panel, wherein the protection layer includes: a first protection layer; a metal layer that overlaps the first protection layer and includes a hole; and an adhesive layer disposed between the first protection layer and the metal layer. The adhesive layer includes a first area disposed between the first protection layer and the metal layer, and a second area and a third area that are disposed in the hole, wherein a peeling strength of the second area and a peeling strength of the third area are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ye Jin Kim, Seul-Gi Kim, Cheol Geun An, Eui Yun Jang, Won Joon Choi
  • Patent number: 11678448
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first body, a second body, and a connection device. The first body has a first surface. A first display device is placed at the first surface. The second body has a second surface, and a second display device is placed at the second surface. The connection device configured to rotatably connect the first body and the second body. The electronic device has a first position. At the first position, the first surface and the second surface face a same direction, and the connection device is under a display surface formed by the first surface and the second surface and not exposed at the display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yangtao Kang, Dikang Chen
  • Patent number: 11672097
    Abstract: An electronic device for an aircraft includes: a casing; a first boss projecting from a bottom wall of the casing toward an opening of the casing; a second boss projecting from the bottom wall of the casing toward the opening of the casing by a larger amount than the first boss; a first circuit board fixed to the first boss; and a second circuit board fixed to the second boss. The first circuit board includes cutouts penetrated by the second boss when the first circuit board is fixed to the first boss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: NABTESCO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hisanobu Kimura
  • Patent number: 11672096
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a body panel, a cap layer affixed to the body panel, and a covering enclosing external surfaces of the body panel such that the covering has no visible or tactile seams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Panos Costa Panay, Young Soo Kim, James Alec Ishihara, Timothy Escolin, Byungkwan Min, Ralf Groene, Trevor Noah
  • Patent number: 11665843
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a casing having an opening that houses a connection terminal inside; and a terminal cover that seals the opening such that the connection terminal is not exposed. The terminal cover includes a lid that seals the opening and a fixing part that fixes the terminal cover to the casing. The lid includes a protrusion and a cushion member, the cushion member being mounted around the protrusion and having a surface lower than a surface of the protrusion. The cushion member seals the opening by being in close contact with a member provided around the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Shindo, Futoshi Kuriyama, Yusuke Katsuyama, Tatsuo Kuromoto
  • Patent number: 11662780
    Abstract: A foldable display device, includes: a flexible display module including a first non-bendable portion, a second non-bendable portion spaced from the first non-bendable portion in a first direction, and a bendable portion disposed between the first non-bendable portion and the second non-bendable portion; and a support disposed on the flexible display module, the support including a patterned portion having a first pattern and a second pattern alternatively disposed along a second direction intersecting the first direction, wherein the first pattern includes a first discontinuity having a first shape, and the second pattern includes a second discontinuity having a second shape different from the first shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chang Min Park
  • Patent number: 11662771
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first display area and a second display area extended from the first display area, a support member that supports the first display area, a bottom cover coupled to the support member, an inner case configured to bend a part of the second display area and to be movable along an extension direction of the display panel, and a sub-plate disposed between the inner case and the second display area so as to be extended from an end portion of the support member. In a first mode, the first display area and the second display area overlap each other with the inner case interposed therebetween. In a second mode, an end portion of the second display area overlaps another portion of the second display area. Therefore, a step between a first display area and a second display area can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: JunHyung Kim