Patents Examined by Sagar Shrestha
  • Solid state drive device and data storage system including the same
    Patent number: 10986740
    Abstract: A solid state drive device includes a housing defining an interior space and first through fourth edges defining a perimeter thereof; and a package substrate module in the interior space. The package substrate module includes a package base substrate, a plurality of semiconductor chips mounted on the package base substrate, and an external connector corresponding to the third edge of the housing. The housing includes at least one groove adjacent to the first edge and a rail unit on each of the second and fourth edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Inventors: Teck-su Oh, Ji-won Park, Sung-chul Hur
  • Removable electronic device configured for one-hand operations
    Patent number: 10976786
    Abstract: An electronic device which can be installed and removed in an apparatus using only one hand includes a base and a positioning member. A positioning opening is formed on a first side surface of the base, and a channel is formed in the base with one end connected to the positioning opening. The positioning member is located in the channel and has a holding groove exposed from a front surface of the base. The positioning member is movable along the channel between a released position and a compressed (mounted) position. In the released position, a locking portion of the positioning member extends out of the channel via the positioning opening, in the compressed position the locking portion is retracted into the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: NANNING FUGUI PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Wang
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: 10973144
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device, including a main body, a first functional module, a linkage mechanism, and a second functional module. The first functional module is slidably provided on the main body between a first position and a second position. The linkage mechanism is provided on the main body and is connected to the first functional module. The second functional module is linked to the linkage mechanism and is provided on the main body in a turnover manner, in which when the first functional module is located at the first position, the second functional module is covered by the first functional module, and when the first functional module moves to the second position and the second functional module is exposed, the second functional module is driven by the linkage mechanism to be turned up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Kuan-Chang Lee, Ming-Chung Liu, Wei-Ting Chen, Tung-Ying Wu
  • Bearing wall electrical equipment
    Patent number: 10966336
    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: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Guillaume Tramet, Roger Deniot
  • Control unit
    Patent number: 10966330
    Abstract: A control unit is provided, in particular a transmission control unit, which is designed to be attached to an outer side or to an inner side of a housing, in particular to a transmission housing, wherein the control unit comprises a circuit board as well as at least one plug which is arranged on the circuit board and whose pins are connected to corresponding conducting paths of the circuit board, which is arranged in such a way that it reaches into an opening within the housing and to produce an electrical and/or signal connection between the outer side and the inner side of the housing via conducting paths that are arranged on the circuit board, wherein an overmolding is enclosing at least the circuit board and the plug(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Josef Loibl, Christoph Braun
  • Server chassis
    Patent number: 10945349
    Abstract: A server chassis including a chassis, a motherboard, a processing assembly and a storage assembly. The chassis includes a bottom plate. The bottom plate has a front side and a rear side that are opposite to each other. The chassis has a first area and a second area. The first area is located adjacent to the front side, and the second area is located adjacent to the rear side. The motherboard is disposed on the bottom plate and located between the front side and the rear side. The processing assembly is disposed on the bottom plate and selectively disposed in the first area or the second area. The storage assembly is disposed on the bottom plate and located adjacent to the front side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignees: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shu-Min Wang, Jun Li, Hai Ting Chen, Chao Nie, Jia-Bin Wang, Ji-Peng Xu
  • Display and electronic device including waterproof structure
    Patent number: 10939570
    Abstract: An electronic device including a waterproof structure is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first plate oriented in a first direction, a second plate oriented in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side surface member surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate, and a display panel disposed between the first plate and the second plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunggwan Woo, Bowon Jung, Youngman Lee
  • Quick release for online insertion and removal of a module in a distributed network system
    Patent number: 10932387
    Abstract: In one embodiment, as apparatus includes a quick release system for installation of a module of a network communications system in a rack and removal of the module from the rack, the quick release system comprising a rack bracket for attachment to the rack, the rack bracket comprising a ground lug for providing a ground connection, and a module bracket for attachment to the module, the module bracket comprising a thumb screw for securely connecting the module bracket to the rack bracket. A method for installing the module on the rack is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Richard Goergen, Rohit Dev Gupta, Paolo Sironi
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: 10908640
    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: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Optical module with self-sinking unlocking and housing structure thereof
    Patent number: 10888006
    Abstract: A housing structure of an optical module with self-sinking unlocking comprises: a base, an upper cover, a rotating lug, a support rod and a pull ring; wherein the rotating lug comprises a first connecting piece a lug, a second connecting piece and a stem, wherein the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece are respectively horizontally disposed at two ends of the stem, and the lug is disposed on the stem; and the pull ring comprises a fixing shaft, a rotating shaft and a side rod; wherein the second connecting piece of the rotating lug is disposed on the bas; the first connecting piece of the rotating lug is coupled to a right connecting piece of the support rod; a left hole of the support rod is coupled to the rotating shaft of the pull ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN TELECOMMUNICATION DEVICES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Mei, Yi Jiang, Benqing Quan
  • Module
    Patent number: 10849257
    Abstract: A first trench is formed in a first sealing resin layer, which seals first electronic components and second electronic components on one main surface of a circuit board, and a second trench is formed in a second sealing resin layer, which seals third electronic components and fourth electronic components on another main surface. The first trench is formed between the first electronic components and the second electronic components when viewed in plan view, extending from an upper surface of the first sealing resin layer toward a surface opposite from the one main surface of the first sealing resin layer, and the second trench is formed between the third electronic components and the fourth electronic components when viewed in plan view, extending from a lower surface of the second sealing resin layer toward a surface opposite from the other main surface of the second sealing resin layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shin Furuya
  • Rollable display
    Patent number: 10827630
    Abstract: A rollable display includes a flexible display panel where pixels are arranged to display an image; a reinforcing structure that is bonded to the rear side of the flexible display panel and divided into a plurality of segments; a roller that is bonded to one end of the flexible display panel and allows the flexible display panel to be rolled around the circumference; a data PCB (printed circuit board) located on the rear side of the flexible display panel; a first connecting member that connects the data PCB to the flexible display panel; a control board accommodated in the internal space of the roller; and a second connecting member that connects the control board to the data PCB, wherein each of the segments of the reinforcing structure comprises a through hole into which the second connecting member is slidably inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeonghun Kim, Bongchul Kim, Jaewook Park
  • Apparatus case with a rotatable airflow-blocking portion and server therewith
    Patent number: 10813245
    Abstract: An apparatus case includes a first casing member, a second casing member, a driving portion, a blocking portion, and a rotary shaft. The first casing member and the second casing member are detachably engaged with each other. The driving portion is disposed on the first casing member. The blocking portion and the rotary shaft are rotatably disposed on the second casing member and connected with each other. A server includes the apparatus case and a circuit board disposed on the first casing member of the apparatus case. When the second casing member moves from a first position to a second position relative to the first casing member, the driving portion drives the rotary shaft to rotate so that the rotary shaft drives the blocking portion to rotate above an expansion slot of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Chia-Hsin Liu
  • Mounting structures for a banner display
    Patent number: 10806041
    Abstract: A display comprises a mounting structure comprising one or more structural members (122) having a first face (136) and a second face (138), a first plurality of display modules (112) mounted to the first faces of the one or more structural members with a plurality of magnetic mounts (19A, 110B), wherein the first plurality of display modules are arranged in proximity to form a first display surface, and one or more tension members coupled to the mounting structure, wherein the one or more tension members support the display when the one or more tension members are connected to a support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Daktronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kent Shane Miller, Ashton Flowers, Mark Bryon Carsrud
  • Functional device, electronic apparatus, and mobile terminal
    Patent number: 10806042
    Abstract: A functional device may include a base defining a cavity, a functional component received in the cavity and a magnetic assembly received in the cavity. The magnetic assembly may include a first magnetic element fixed on the functional component, a second magnetic element fixed on the base and at least one third magnetic element arranged between the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element. When each of the first, second, and at least one third magnetic elements is repulsed to an adjacent magnetic element, the functional component is forced to extend out of the cavity. When each of the first, second, and at least one third magnetic elements is attracted to the adjacent one, the functional component is pulled to retract into the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuanqing Zeng
  • Electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 10798835
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a connector that has a protrusion on an outer surface; a case that has an opening and houses the connector; a lid for the opening that is attached to the case such that at least part of the connector is seen from an outside of the case, the lid including a gap through which the protrusion of the connector passes when the lid is attached to the case; and a filler that fills the gap of the lid in a state in which the lid is attached to the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
    Inventors: Yasuaki Takeda, Teruo Takenaka
  • Front panel assembly
    Patent number: 10795419
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a front panel assembly adapted for a computer case. The front panel assembly includes a frame, a slidable cover and at least one torsion spring. The slidable cover is slidably disposed on the frame and slidable between a covering position and an exposing position. The at least one torsion spring is connected to and located between the frame and the slidable cover so as to provide elastic energy to spring the slidable cover to the covering position or the exposing position while the slidable cover is slide on the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: COOLER MASTER TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Yi-Hua Zeng
  • Hinged device
    Patent number: 10754377
    Abstract: The description relates to hinged devices, such as hinged computing devices. One example can include a first portion and a second portion that have hinge ends rotatably secured by a hinge assembly. The example can also include a flexible display positioned over the first portion, the hinge assembly, and the second portion. The example can further include a deployable bridge support that is deployed to support the flexible display at the hinge assembly when the first and second portions are rotated from a closed orientation to an open orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Kabir Siddiqui
  • Docking system for portable computing device
    Patent number: 10754381
    Abstract: A docking system may comprise a case mount for a portable computing device. The case mount can releasably dock and lock with a base mount in any of a number of docking position orientations. A plurality of case mount contacts can be organized into a plurality of case mount contact groups, wherein the case mount contact groups are arranged in a pattern on the case mount that permits a physical connection between a plurality of base mount contacts and a different one of the case mount contact groups for each of the different docking position orientations. Furthermore, an actuator can cause base mount latches to move in a manner that permits disengagement of the case mount from the base mount to an undocked position for the case mount if an undocking force is applied to the case mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Mobile Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Kristopher W. Schatz, Michael D. Miles
  • Mounting system for component rack
    Patent number: 10750632
    Abstract: A datacenter component rack may be used to mount electronic components. The datacenter component rack may include support surfaces which are evenly spaced on each side of the component rack. The support surfaces may form uniform slots for receiving the electronic components. The electronic components may include flanges for mounting the electronic components in the uniform slots. The flanges may be on each side of the electronic component and engage the support surfaces in the datacenter component rack. The flanges may support the electronic component after they have engaged with the support surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan F. Conroy, Ryan Monaghan, Christopher Strickland Beall, Darin Frink