Patents Examined by Sagar Shrestha
  • Patent number: 11606888
    Abstract: A circuit module 2 comprises: a wiring structure 4; at least one electronic component 6a, 6b arranged on the upper surface of the wiring structure 4; an insulating resin layer 8 which is provided on the upper surface of the wiring structure 4 and in which at least one electronic component 6a, 6b is embedded; and a metal layer 10 provided on the upper surface of the insulating resin layer 8. The surface roughness of the portion S1 directly above each electronic component on the upper surface of the insulating resin layer 8 is expressed as R1. The surface roughness of the portion S2 other than the portion directly above all the electronic components on the upper surface of the insulating resin layer 8 is expressed as R2. At least one R1 satisfies the condition: R1>R2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Takizawa, Hironori Sato, Atsushi Yoshino, Hideki Kachi
  • Patent number: 11606868
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display unit comprising a front face and a peripheral frame, the peripheral frame forming a border around the front face, the front face comprising at least one display panel, wherein the peripheral frame comprises an extruded main section having a channel formed therein extending longitudinally along its length, the peripheral frame further comprising at least one extruded auxiliary section having a profile in cross-section which engages with the channel in the main section of the peripheral frame, wherein the auxiliary section of the peripheral frame provides an infill between the main section and the front face of the display unit to permit alternative or replacement display panels to be accommodated within the same peripheral frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: URBEN TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Michael Entwistle
  • Patent number: 11602061
    Abstract: A field of enclosures for electronics and electrical components within electric devices, such as electric drive devices for industrial applications, e.g. for working machine and marine applications, and more particularly to an electronics enclosure arrangement for an electric device, and to an electric device. The electronics enclosure arrangement according to the present invention is arranged for an electric device, the electric device including one or more circuit boards and electronics components assembled on the one or more circuit boards, wherein the electronics enclosure arrangement includes an electronics enclosure cover; and an at least one volume element part, arranged in the space between the electronics enclosure cover and the one or more circuit boards with the electronics components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Hanna Rapinoja, Pertti Seväkivi, Teemu Salmia
  • Patent number: 11576270
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a housing provided with an opening at a front surface, a roll disposed within the housing, and a display wound to the roll and capable of extending and retracting through the opening. The opening is disposed to be adjacent to a first edge of the front surface, and the display is configured to move in parallel with the front surface toward a second edge of the front surface facing the first edge from a front of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Beomkyun Rha, Kibum Seong, Woosung Chung
  • Patent number: 11570920
    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: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunjae Kim, Minseop Kim, Bugyoon Yoo, Munsik Ham
  • Patent number: 11558969
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a flexible display panel, a module cover positioned behind the flexible display panel, a panel roller coupled to a lower end of the flexible display panel, a subsidiary roller spaced apart from the panel roller and positioned adjacent to a front side of the flexible display panel, a protective sheet in contact with a front side of the flexible display panel when the protective sheet is wound around the panel roller together with the flexible display panel and the module cover, a filler coupled to the subsidiary roller, wherein a portion of the filler is configured to be in contact with the front side of the flexible display panel and a distance between a rotational axis of the panel roller and a rotational axis of the subsidiary roller is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hoyoung Kim, Dongkyoon Han, Heegun Park, Hyeongjun Kwon
  • Patent number: 11547006
    Abstract: An assembling structure includes a working element, a housing and a limiting member. The working element includes first and second pins. The housing includes an opening. The working element is located in the opening. The first and second pins of the working element extend toward an interior of the housing. The limiting member is connected to the housing. The limiting member includes a supporting plate and a convex member. The convex member includes a first abutting portion and a second abutting portion. The first pin and the second pin respectively abut against the first abutting portion and the second abutting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Pin-Sheng Huang
  • Patent number: 11547004
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a bicycle component and a bicycle component manufactured by the process. The process includes protecting a printed circuit board, inserting the protected printed circuit board into the mold cavity, inserting a composite material into the mold cavity so it is around and in contact with the circuit board, and subjecting the mold cavity to a temperature and pressure profile until the composite material hardens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Campagnolo S.r.l.
    Inventors: Keith Joseph Wakeham, Fabiano Fossato, Mauri Feltrin
  • Patent number: 11540404
    Abstract: A supporting structure includes a supporting structure body and a fixing member fixedly connected to the supporting structure body. The supporting structure body is located in a gap inside a bending part of a bending structure of a display apparatus, a first end of the bending structure is fixedly connected to a front surface of a display panel in the display apparatus, a second end of the bending structure is located on a back of the display panel, and the first end and the second end are opposite ends. The display apparatus further includes a housing at least wrapping the bending part of the bending structure, and the fixing member is fixedly connected to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Baofeng Sun, Shangchieh Chu, Yonghong Zhou, Xiaofei Luo, Yanyan Yang
  • Patent number: 11540405
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a frame having an opening, a storage device and a cover structure. The storage device is contained in the frame through the opening. A first abutting member is disposed at a side of the frame. The cover structure includes a first latch, a first resilient member and a cover covering the opening and having a first side portion. A first connection end portion of the first latch is movably disposed on the first side portion to make a first hook end portion of the first latch movable. The first resilient member is connected to the first latch and the first side portion to drive the first hook end portion to hook the first abutting member for fixing the cover at the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Zhi-Tao Yu
  • Patent number: 11531379
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible display, a first housing moving to correspond to change in a shape of the flexible display and including a contact region, a second housing sliding in a direction opposite to a direction in which the first housing moves of the first housing and to mount the flexible display, a rotary contact structure making contact with the contact region, and a printed circuit board (PCB) electrically connected with the at least one rotary contact structure. The at least one rotary contact structure includes a rotating part maintaining contact with the contact region while rotating in a process of changing a shape of the flexible display, a central part disposed inside the rotating part, a conductive member interposed between the rotating part and the central part, and a support part supporting the central part and electrically connecting the central part with the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngmin Kang, Moonchul Shin, Yeonggyu Yoon, Seungjoon Lee, Joongyeon Cho, Junyoung Choi, Byounguk Yoon
  • Patent number: 11533815
    Abstract: An electronic device in provided, including an antenna using a horn structure capable of using at least a portion of a metal member as a signal waveguide structure of the antenna. The device includes a housing, a display, a printed circuit board, and at least one wireless communication circuit, where a waveguide hole is provided to connect at least a portion of a through hole and an electronic component and is used as an operating channel of the electronic component together with the waveguide hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongyeon Kim, Seongjin Park, Sehyun Park, Myunghun Jeong, Jehun Jong, Jaehoon Jo, Yoonjung Kim, Gyubok Park
  • Patent number: 11533813
    Abstract: A bezel for overhead panels provides a grip or hand rest so the pilot is not required to maintain a hand at a specific overhead location in space to interactive with a touchscreen display device. Gripping mechanisms take the strain off the arm and allow for more precise inputs during turbulence. In a further aspect, the bezel includes features at known locations to tactilely identify the location. Such features may include indentations or protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheyenne Matthews, Jason A Myren, Michael P. Matessa, Sunil Patel, Devin Elbert, Richard Thomas Stone, Colten Wayne Fales
  • Patent number: 11526198
    Abstract: An example device comprises a rollable display. The example device further comprises an extending mechanism to adjust the rollable display between an extended position and a contracted position. The example device further comprises a tension mechanism to maintain an about constant tension on the rollable display as the rollable display is adjusted between the extended position and the contracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L. P.
    Inventors: Derek Kyle Joseph Kanas, Chan woo Park
  • Patent number: 11523526
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing assembly, a sliding rail assembly, a reel assembly and a flexible screen. The sliding rail assembly is assembled to the housing assembly and includes a sliding rail including opposite front and rear surfaces. The reel assembly is fixed to an edge of the sliding rail slidable outwards from the housing assembly. The flexible screen includes a winding end, and has a first part provided at the front surface of the sliding rail and fixed to the housing assembly, and a second part extendably and retractably wound around the reel assembly through the winding end. The sliding rail is able to extend the second part of the flexible screen from the reel assembly when slid outwards from the housing assembly and to retract the second part of the flexible screen to the reel assembly when slid towards the housing assembly from an outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhenhua Liu
  • Patent number: 11514823
    Abstract: A flexible display device is disclosed. The flexible display device includes a first body, a second body, a flexible display, a first rack, a second rack, a first gear, and a second gear. The first gear and the second gear rotate in conjunction with each other. The flexible display is divided into a first region and a second region, and the second rack forms a continuous loop together with the second region of the flexible display. Accordingly, when the second body slides with respect to the first body, tension can be stably applied to the flexible display, and the flexible display is prevented from being loosened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Min Chui Shin
  • Patent number: 11510327
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing assembly, a sliding rail assembly, an elastic telescopic assembly and a flexible screen. The sliding rail assembly is assembled to the housing assembly and includes a sliding rail including opposite front and rear surfaces. The elastic telescopic assembly is located at the rear surface of the sliding rail and assembled to the housing assembly. The flexible screen has a part thereof provided at the front surface of the sliding rail and fixed to the housing assembly, and includes a telescopic end extending around an edge of the sliding rail to the rear surface of the sliding rail and coupled to the elastic telescopic assembly stressed by the telescopic end to extend and retract, and the sliding rail is slidable outwards from the housing assembly to extend the flexible screen and slidable towards the housing assembly from an outside to retract the flexible screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhenhua Liu
  • Patent number: 11503723
    Abstract: A foldable display device includes a first support member and a second support member separated from each other and each including a short side and long side, a display module disposed on the first support member and the second support member, a hinge which couples a side of the first support member and a side of the second support member, a first rail disposed between the first support member and the display module and disposed along the long side of the first support member, and a second rail disposed between the second support member and the display module and disposed along the long side of the second support member, where the first rail and the second rail are slidable in a first moving direction and a second moving direction opposite to the first moving direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Hyun Yang, Sung Bae Ju
  • Patent number: 11497130
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a mobile terminal including: a body including a first frame and a second frame configured to slide in a first direction with respect to the first frame and slide in a second direction; a flexible display configured to cover a part of the body, wherein a front surface area of the flexible display is configured to vary according to the sliding of the second frame; and a rolling hinge disposed on a rear surface of the flexible display and deformable in response to bending deformation of the flexible display. The rolling hinge includes: a first rolling sheet including a first hinge hole; a second rolling sheet overlapping with the first rolling sheet, wherein the second rolling sheet includes a second hinge hole overlapping at least partially with the first hinge hole; and a first rivet configured to penetrate the first hinge hole and the second hinge hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Insu Song, Jaewook Lee, Insun Lee, Kiseong Mun
  • Patent number: 11487327
    Abstract: A display assembly includes: a first plate having a first surface; a second plate having a second surface; and a display formed into one sheet shape and including a first region fixed to the first surface, a second region fixed to the second surface, and a third region as a region between the first region and the second region. The display assembly includes a flat plate form in which the first and second surfaces are lined up in a plane direction to be formed into a flat-plate shape, and a folded form in which the third region is so bent that the surface of the first plate and the surface of the second plate face each other. In the flat plate form, a tension is applied to the third region in a width direction toward the first region and the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigehiro Horiuchi, Tatsuya Ushioda, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Takehito Yamauchi