Patents Examined by Sagar Shrestha
  • Patent number: 11382221
    Abstract: An information display device includes an information display part which displays information on a screen, a battery for supplying power to the information display part, a device housing having a plurality of sides surrounding the screen, wherein the information display part being attached to the device housing, wherein the device housing includes a battery insertion portion, in which the battery is attached and detached in a direction along the screen at one side of the plurality of sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihisa Mikawa
  • Patent number: 11372452
    Abstract: The display device includes a display module which displays an image at a front surface of the display module and includes a rear surface, a folding area and a non-folding area extended from the folding area; and a supporter facing the rear surface of the display module and including a first portion corresponding to the non-folding area, a second portion corresponding to the folding area, and a boundary between the first portion and the second portion. The display module which is unfolded disposes the supporter bent at the boundary, and the supporter which is bent includes the first portion and the second portion together forming a curvature of the supporter having a center of curvature at the front surface of the display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-Chang Kim, Minseop Kim, Changmin Park, Sungwoo Cho
  • Patent number: 11375628
    Abstract: A foldable display device includes a first casing having a first receiving cavity inside, a rewinding component disposed in the first receiving cavity, a second casing disposed on a side of the first casing, a stretching component slidably having an end slidingly connected to the first casing and another end rotationally connected to the second casing, and a flexible display component having a part disposed on a same side of the first casing and the second casing and another part protruding into the first receiving cavity and connected to the rewinding component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventors: Zhuo Zhang, Fang Wang, Wen Han, Zikang Feng
  • Patent number: 11369031
    Abstract: A disk array includes a drive enclosure and a pair of rails. The drive enclosure includes a tray with a first base leg and a second base leg spaced from the first base leg, where the tray facilitates receipt of a memory drive device at a space between the first and second base legs such that the drive locking pins engage with openings along surfaces of the memory drive device. A handle pivotally connects with the tray to facilitate rotational movement of the handle in relation to the tray. A pair of rails secure to a printed circuit board (PCB) of an electronic device, and the rails receive and retain portions of the tray and the handle when the tray is inserted between the rails of the pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Le Gao, Daniel Bernard Hruska
  • Patent number: 11363728
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel in which a plurality of pixels is defined. The display device further includes a back cover configured to be rolled together with the display panel. The display device further includes a roller winding or unwinding the back cover and the display panel, and including a flat surface and a curved surface. The display device further includes a buffer member covering at least a part of the back cover fixed to the roller, and having a width smaller than a width of the display panel. Therefore, the display panel is wound around the roller with a gentle slope, and non-display areas on both side portions of the display panel are wound around a roller with a space by the buffer member. Accordingly, a stress applied to the display panel and a crack may be reduced to improve reliability of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hoiyong Kwon, JiHun Song
  • Patent number: 11357116
    Abstract: Provided is a corner protection device, comprising a slide rail shaft, a corner protection and detent mechanism, and a corner protector. The slide rail shaft is fixed on the LED display screen cabinet, the corner protection and detent mechanism is fixed on the sidewall at the top of the cabinet, and the corner protector is slidably disposed on the slide rail shaft. When the corner protector slides to the top of the cabinet, the corner protection and detent mechanism can fix the corner protector on the top of the cabinet so as to protect it. Also provided is an LED display screen cabinet, comprising the corner protection device mentioned above, and a support piece arranged on the sidewall of the cabinet. When the corner protector is fixed on the top of the cabinet, the support piece and corner protector can jointly support the display screen cabinet on the support platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GLOSHINE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xianfeng Zhang, Yongjun Zhang, Guoqiang Li, Zhiqiang Gao
  • Patent number: 11357121
    Abstract: A foldable display device is provided, including a middle frame, a flexible display panel positioned on the middle frame, and a support assembly. The middle frame includes a folding part and non-folding parts positioned at two opposite sides of the folding part. The support assembly is disposed on the back of the middle frame, and buffer strips are disposed around the middle frame. The support assembly includes support frames that are rotatable relative to the non-folding parts, which can not only prevent holding the display panel by hand or using an external bracket for supporting the display panel, but also prevent damages to the flexible display panel when it is dropped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Feng Ding
  • Patent number: 11347263
    Abstract: An arm-worn electronic device used while being worn on an arm is proposed. A novel device that includes a display portion having a curved surface, a secondary battery having a curved surface, and a member for being worn on a user's upper arm so that the display portion and the secondary battery are worn on the user's upper arm. Part of the display portion overlaps with the secondary battery. The novel device is useful for workers in the manufacturing industry and the distribution industry, police officers, fire fighters, health workers, care workers, sales people who work with their hands when it is worn on their arms. The novel device can also be used as military equipment or a wearable computer that assists a user who operates a vehicle or a plane, for the military's sake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 11350533
    Abstract: The application belongs to the technical field of LED display screen box assembly, and relates to a tension lock and LED display screen box. The tension lock comprises a base, a rotating shaft, a shim and a knob, wherein the base is provided with a sliding hole, one end of the rotating shaft is fixedly connected with the knob, the other end of the rotating shaft is inserted into the sliding hole, the shim is rotationally connected with the rotating shaft, and the distance between the shim and the knob is kept constant; Turning the knob can make the rotating shaft rotate and slide along the axial direction of the sliding hole to make the shim move away from or close to the base. The tension lock can effectively improve the installation efficiency of LED display screen box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GLOSHINE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xianfeng Zhang, Yongjun Zhang, Guoqiang Li, Jiawei Cao
  • Patent number: 11334118
    Abstract: A flexible display device is disclosed. The flexible display device includes a first body, a second body, a flexible display, an actuator, and a first sensor. The second body reciprocates relative to the first body along a first direction between a first position and a second position. The flexible display includes a first region and a second region. As the second body moves from the first position to the second position, the area of the second region, forming the same plane as the first region, increases. The actuator may be operated such that the second body is moved toward the second position in response to free fall being detected by the first sensor, and damage to the flexible display device due to impact with the ground may thereby be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: In Su Song, Chang Sue Park, Insun Lee, Minsoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11330725
    Abstract: A housing includes: a box-shaped main body portion accommodating an electronic circuit substrate and including an opening portion; a lid portion covering the opening portion so as to be able to open or close the opening portion; a jumper detachably attached to the electronic circuit substrate; a window portion different from the opening portion, the window portion being opposed to the jumper and being open at the main body portion; and a cover portion covering the window portion so as to be able to open or close the window portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Haruhiko Tan, Shota Tominaga
  • Patent number: 11324132
    Abstract: The present application provides a housing assembly and an electronic device, including a housing, a functional module disposed in the housing. The functional module includes at least a functional component and a rotating shaft, and the functional module is rotatable with respect to the rotating shaft, so that the at least a functional component is rotatable to a position outside the housing. By utilizing rotation of the functional module with respect to the rotating shaft, any of the functional components is rotatable to a position outside the housing, thereby increasing a screen ratio of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Inventor: Jing Wang
  • Patent number: 11317525
    Abstract: An electronic device of a novel embodiment, specifically an arm-worn electronic device used while being worn on an arm, is provided. An arm-worn secondary battery used while being worn on an arm is provided. An electronic device is provided, which includes a structure body having a curved surface as a support structure body, a flexible secondary battery including a film as an exterior body over the curved surface of the support structure body, and a display portion including a plurality of display elements between a pair of films over the secondary battery. The plurality of display elements and the secondary battery overlap with each other at least partly. It is possible to provide an electronic device which has a small maximum thickness of 1 cm or less and a light weight of 50 g or less even when an arm-worn secondary battery is provided with a display portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaaki Hiroki, Haruki Katagiri, Shinya Okano
  • Patent number: 11315447
    Abstract: The present application provides a display device which includes a housing unit, a first supporting structure, a second supporting structure, and a display device. The second supporting structure is slidably arranged opposite to the first supporting unit. A driving mechanism is connected to the second supporting structure. A flexible display screen is laid between a side of the first supporting structure and a side of the second supporting structure, a first end of the flexible display screen is connected to an end of the second supporting structure, and a second end of the flexible display screen is connected to the driving mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zikang Feng
  • Patent number: 11314292
    Abstract: Systems and methods that may be employed for mounting data storage drives (e.g., HDDs, SSDs, etc.) within a chassis of an information handling system using storage drive carrier retaining features of a chassis and mating securing features of a storage drive carrier to provide a tool-less storage drive carrier mounting solution for an information handling system chassis that accommodates both cost-effective tooled storage drive carrier and premium tool-less storage drive carrier mounting configurations, e.g., without additional investment or reconfiguration of the chassis for either type of mounting configuration. The disclosed systems and methods may be further so implemented in a manner that without the presence of one or more drive bays within the chassis interior that may restrict access to the chassis interior and which may require a larger chassis and chassis enclosure to contain bay/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: Steven M. Christensen
  • Patent number: 11307617
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, an electronic device comprises a first housing comprising a first plate having a first surface and a second surface facing away from the first surface, and a first side frame forming a first space and at least partially surrounding the first plate; and a second housing comprising a second plate comprising a third surface facing a same direction as the first surface and a fourth surface facing away from the third surface, and a second side frame forming a second space and at least partially surrounding the second plate, wherein at least a portion of the first side frame of the first housing is coupled to at least a portion of the second side frame to be slidable in a first direction, and the first housing movable between a slide-out state and a slide-in state relative to the second housing; a flexible display comprising: a first portion extending across at least a portion of the third surface; and a second portion extending from the first portion and located in the first space
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungchan Ko, Donghun Kim, Jooho Seo, Jaehyuk Lee, Kicheol Pak, Hankyung Ji
  • Patent number: 11310930
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a front plate, a back plate facing a direction opposite to the front plate, a side member surrounding a space between the front plate and the back plate, constructed integrally with respect to the back plate, or bonded to the back plate, wherein the side member includes an outer structure constructed of a first metallic material and including at least one first surface constructing an outer surface of the side member and at least one second surface facing the space, an inner structure constructed of a second metallic material different from the first metallic material and including at least one third surface at least partially in contact with the second surface and at least one fourth surface facing the space, a touch screen display exposed through the front plate, an internal structure disposed to the space so as to be adjacent to the side member, constructed of a first polymer material, and including at least one fifth surfac
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byoung Hee Choi, Jin Ho Lee, Young Soo Jang, Yun Sung Ha, Yong Wook Hwang, Jung Hyeon Hwang, Chang Youn Hwang, Hyeon Woo Lee, Chong Kun Cho
  • Patent number: 11304328
    Abstract: A system includes an enclosure with a first side wall, a second side wall, and a first wall assembly. The first wall assembly extends between the first side wall and the second side wall and includes a first shaft-holding portion, a first plurality of latch assemblies having a first latch end and a first pivot end, and a first shaft that extends within the first shaft-holding portion and that is coupled to the first plurality of latch assemblies at respective first pivot ends of the first plurality of latch assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Joseph P. Manes, Angel Castillo de la Cruz
  • Patent number: 11284524
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for packaging a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA), a packaged PCBA module, and a motor vehicle. The method includes: providing a printed circuit board assembly comprising a printed circuit board (PCB) and a plurality of elements assembled on the printed circuit board; providing a support constructed to carry the printed circuit board assembly and define a space for accommodating the printed circuit board assembly; placing the printed circuit board assembly in the space of the support to enable the support to carry and position the printed circuit board assembly, and placing the support and the printed circuit board assembly carried thereby in a mould; and filling the mould with a polymer material using a moulding process so as to form a packaging structure encapsulating at least the printed circuit board assembly and fixing the printed circuit board assembly relative to the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE
    Inventor: Stephane Schuler
  • Patent number: 11277948
    Abstract: A circuit assembly includes a printed circuit board (PCB), and a power management arrangement positioned on and electrically coupled to the PCB. The power management arrangement includes a substrate, a power management circuit chip positioned on and electrically coupled to the substrate, and a shield can positioned over the substrate and providing electromagnetic shielding for the power management chip. The circuit assembly further includes a self-shielded coil positioned on and electrically coupled to the PCB, wherein the self-shielded coil is positioned adjacent to the power management arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Stephan Henzler, Eckehard Plaettner