Patents Examined by Sagar Shrestha
  • Patent number: 11963314
    Abstract: A flexible display device is disclosed. The flexible display device includes a flexible substrate, a display structure, a protective structure and an adhesive. The display structure is disposed on the flexible substrate. The protective structure is disposed on the display structure and forms a first accommodating space. The adhesive is disposed in the first accommodating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventor: Yuan-Lin Wu
  • Patent number: 11963315
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, a housing is configured to receive a portable electronic device. The housing comprises a front frame that has elevated rectangular border and corner members around a central electronic display. Ones of the corner members have generally planar sections that are joined by a radiused edges or chamfered edges. A rear frame comprises edge members that are joined at substantially orthogonal angles of at the plurality of corner members. A first vertical protrusion extends outward from the rear frame. The first vertical protrusion has an first axis and an arched cross section or mounded cross section with a central peak region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: DEERE & COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark D. Schmaltz, Todd A. Pringle
  • Patent number: 11953942
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device having multiple screens is provided. The foldable electronic device includes a first screen, a worm rod, a moving member, at least one second screen, and at least one linking rod. The worm rod is rotatably disposed on the first screen. The moving member is coupled to the worm rod to move along the worm rod when the worm rod rotates. The second screen is movably disposed on the first screen. The linking rod is pivotally connected between the moving member and the second screen. When the moving part moves along the worm rod, the second screen is driven to move away from or closed to the worm rod by the linking rod, so that the second screen moves out of the first screen or is accommodated behind the first screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Hui-Ping Sun, Yen-Chou Chueh, Chun-Hung Wen, Chun-Hsien Chen
  • Patent number: 11950380
    Abstract: A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a main body and an accessory. The main body includes a display region, a non-display region, and a plurality of magnetic sensors. The magnetic sensors are disposed on the non-display region along a path. The accessory is movably disposed on the non-display region and includes a magnetic element. When the accessory moves on the non-display region, the accessory drives the magnetic element moving along the path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Wei-En Chen, Pei-Chiang Lin
  • Patent number: 11950382
    Abstract: A power supply is provided. The power supply includes a case, an electrical connector and a LED. The case includes a first side wall including an extension part. The extension part is extended from the first side wall toward a second side wall and has an aperture. Portion of the electrical connector is disposed in an accommodation space through an opening and includes a first base and a contacting ring. The first base is disposed in the accommodation space. The contacting ring is disposed on an exterior of the accommodation space. The LED is disposed in the aperture and includes a second base and a lens disposed on the second base. The second base and the contacting ring are located on different surfaces. The lens and portion of the second base are exposed from the opening. The other portion of the second base is covered by the contacting ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chi-Shou Ho, Ching-Tang Chang
  • Patent number: 11940839
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hinge structure that includes a first shaft, a second shaft, a first arm part, a second arm part, a first rotation part, a second rotation part, a first main gear, a second main gear, and first and second compound gears disposed between the main gears. The first compound gear may include a first gear portion geared with the first main gear, and of which a distance from a center point to a gear tooth end is a first radius, and a second gear portion geared with the second compound gear, and of which a distance from a center point to a gear tooth end is a second radius that is smaller than the first radius. The second compound gear may have a structure corresponding to that of the first compound gear. An electronic device including the hinge structure is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chongkun Cho
  • Patent number: 11937391
    Abstract: A rotary shaft apparatus includes a base plate and a rotary shaft assembly; the rotary shaft assembly includes a first transmission assembly, a second transmission assembly and a first supporting member; the first transmission assembly is rotatably connected to the base plate around a first axial direction; the first supporting member is rotatably connected to the first transmission assembly around a second axial direction parallel to the first axial direction, and is movably connected to the second transmission assembly; the second transmission assembly is rotatably connected to the base plate around a third axial direction parallel to the first axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shenghan Gong, Xuehu Zhang, Bowen Shan
  • Patent number: 11924985
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel that includes a first hole and a device housing that is configured such that the display panel is fastened and fixed to the device housing by a screw passed through the first hole and screwed into the screw hole. The display panel includes a display-side positioning part which is configured to fit to a portion of the device housing to perform positioning of the display panel with respect to the device housing and which includes the first hole, and the device housing includes a housing-side positioning part which is configured to fit to the display-side positioning part to perform the positioning and which includes a second hole formed so as to communicate with the first hole when the housing-side positioning part is fitted to the display-side positioning part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Ikumi, Masaaki Sano, Naoki Ueno, Akira Masuda, Takahiro Shimada, Takeshi Iwamoto, Shota Kosuga, Ryuta Suzuki, Satoru Kanazawa, Junnosuke Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11910550
    Abstract: A display includes a frame body and an optical film. Each of the first side wall and the third side wall of the frame body has a first positioning structure. Two end portions of each of the second sidewall and the fourth sidewall are bent toward the accommodating space to form second positioning structures. The optical film includes first positioning pieces and second positioning pieces. The first positioning pieces are respectively at the first side and the third side of the optical film, and each of the first positioning structures passes through a corresponding one of the first positioning pieces. The second positioning pieces respectively extend along a direction parallel to the first side or the third side of the optical film, and each of the second positioning pieces corresponds to a corresponding one of the second positioning structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: AUO DISPLAY PLUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hsin-Yi Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11895791
    Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a display panel having a display area, a back cover disposed on a rear surface of the display panel, a first roller which winds or unwinds the back cover and the display panel, and a second roller which is disposed above the first roller to move in a vertical direction, the back cover and the display panel being overlaid on the second roller. The emission area is flexibly adjusted during the partial view so as to suppress a burn-in issue and improve the lifespan of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JaeSung Lee, Jaehyeong Kim, Dojin Kim
  • Patent number: 11868183
    Abstract: A retractable assembly includes a fixed frame, a movable frame and a plurality of first balls. The fixed frame has an accommodation portion and a plurality of guiding portions. The guiding portions are connected to the accommodation portion. The movable frame is at least partially located in the accommodation portion. The first balls are movably located in the guiding portions, and the movable frame is connected to the fixed frame via the first balls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Zijie Iin, Yao-Chen Yang, Chia-Jang Chen, Chih Chou Chou
  • Patent number: 11864334
    Abstract: A display device includes a display assembly including a display panel and a back cover configured to support a rear surface of the display panel, a roller configured to wind or unwind the display assembly, a drive assembly configured to move the roller in an amount corresponding to a winding amount or an unwinding amount of the display assembly about the roller, and a housing configured to accommodate the display assembly, the roller and the drive assembly, the housing having an opening through which the display assembly moves in and out of the housing in response to rotation of the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: SeungHee Lee, MiJin Han, Hyosung Lee
  • Patent number: 11864333
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a first rotating component, a second rotating component, a flexible display panel, and a supporting part. The first rotating component is capable of rotating about a first center line; the second rotating component is capable of rotating about a second center line; the flexible display panel is capable of being wound around the first rotating component, and a first end of the flexible display panel is configured to move away or close to the first rotating component under an action of an external force; the supporting part is capable of being wound around the second rotating component, and a first end of the supporting part being configured to move away or close to the second rotating component under the action of the external force. The flexible display panel and the supporting part have a laminated portion in mutual lamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Liming Dong
  • Patent number: 11856717
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display, a cover coupled to the display and providing therein a space for accommodating parts, a plurality of printed circuit boards accommodated in the cover, and a mounting portion coupled to the display, accommodated in the cover, and having a first mounting protrusion formed thereon, wherein the printed circuit boards are mounted on the first mounting protrusion, wherein the first mounting protrusion includes a plurality of mounting grooves, wherein the printed circuit boards are mounted in the plurality of mounting grooves, wherein the plurality of mounting grooves are defined at positions spaced apart from each other in a length direction of the first mounting protrusion such that the plurality of the printed circuit boards are disposed to be spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sungsik Son
  • Patent number: 11849550
    Abstract: A key retention device and a portable dock for the key retention device are disclosed. The key retention device includes a key holder and a base. The key holder is rotatably coupled to the base. The base includes pins that extend into a cavity of the key holder when the key holder is in a closed position and do not extend into the cavity when the key holder is in an open position. The base includes a finger that prevents users from inserting an electronic key into the key holder when the key holder is in the closed position. The key retention device can receive the portable dock and lock the key holder in the locked position when a user input is received. The user input can be provided to the key retention device to remove an electronic key from the portable dock or to remove the portable dock altogether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Knox Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Shaun Pedersen, Tamara Hatzinger
  • Patent number: 11846997
    Abstract: A connection rod and a swing arm are separately rotatably connected to a primary shaft component, and an axis around which the swing arm rotates and an axis around which the connection rod rotates are different, so that the swing arm and the connection rod rotate and slide relative to each other. The swing arm or the connection rod drives a support plate to rotate, so that the primary shaft component and the support plates can encircle to form, when the mobile terminal is completely folded, space that accommodates a folded part of a flexible display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li Liao, Kenji Nagai, Changliang Liao, Ding Zhong, Tao Huang
  • Patent number: 11844185
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical equipment, in particular for electrical or hybrid vehicles, comprising a casing, said casing comprising a casing element comprising a side wall and defining an inner space. The side wall of the casing element comprises a material offset towards the inner space thereof forming a zone for connecting the positive terminal and the negative terminal of the electrical energy source such that said material offset overlaps the first electrical conductor and the second electrical conductor only making visible, from the outside of said side wall, the positive visible terminal and the negative visible terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Guillaume Tramet, Roger Deniot
  • Patent number: 11839042
    Abstract: A display device includes a window, a display module on a rear surface of the window, and including a folding area, and a non-folding area adjacent to the folding area, and a protective cover on a rear surface of the display module, and including a cover portion configured to cover the folding area and the non-folding area of the display module, and holding portions extending in a first direction, or in a second direction crossing the first direction, from the cover portion, and protruding outside the display module when viewed in a plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunjae Kim, Minseop Kim, Bugyoon Yoo, Munsik Ham
  • Patent number: 11839036
    Abstract: A flexible display device is provided. The flexible display device includes a first housing, a second housing, a rolling mechanism, a flexible display screen, and a support plate mechanism. The flexible display screen can be retracted or expanded relative to the rolling mechanism. When the flexible display screen is completely expanded, a second support surface of a support plate and a first support surface of the second housing support the flexible display screen with their whole surfaces, thereby preventing the flexible display screen from collapsing and deforming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zikang Feng
  • Patent number: 11812565
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a flexible display panel, a drive board that drives the display panel, a flexible board that connects the display panel and the drive board, a core to which the drive board is fixed, rolls up the display panel and the flexible board, and a connection member including a plate-shaped member that is layered on the display panel, connects the display panel and the core, and is rolled up around the core along with the display panel and the flexible board. The plate-shaped member includes a first part overlapping the display panel and curved when the display panel is rolled up around the core and a second part overlapping the flexible board and curved when the flexible board is rolled up around the core. In a roll-up direction, an elongation rate of the second part is smaller than that of the first part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventor: Takahiro Seki