Desktop Type Patents (Class 361/679.22)
  • Patent number: 8254101
    Abstract: A desktop computer includes a monitor defining a number of screw holes in the backside and a chassis defining a number of fixing holes. A number of screws extending through the fixing holes of the chassis and mounts into the corresponding screw holes of the monitor, to mount the monitor to the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zheng-Heng Sun
  • Patent number: 8254119
    Abstract: A computer includes a monitor and a host computer coupled to a monitor. The monitor includes a back cover and a plurality of sides extending forwards form the back cover. The host computer includes a computer enclosure and a plurality electronic element. The computer enclosure includes a bottom board and a plurality of sideboard extending forward from the bottom board to abut against the plurality of sides of the monitor. A receiving space is formed between the back cover of the monitor and the bottom board of the computer enclosure. The number of electronic elements are received in the receiving space and mounted on the bottom board of the computer enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shu-Ni Yi, Lei Liu
  • Patent number: 8253878
    Abstract: An adjustable support apparatus for an LCD monitor is provided. The support apparatus includes a receiving bracket, a cover secured to the receiving bracket, and a sliding member received between the receiving bracket and the cover. The sliding member is capable of sliding relative to the receiving bracket and the cover. A securing member is slidably attached to the cover. An elastic positioning member is secured to the cover. A plurality of positioning grooves is defined in the sliding member, and the securing member biases the positioning members to engage in one of the positioning grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Lung Chen, Bang-Chun Ding
  • Patent number: 8243429
    Abstract: A cold worked stainless steel bezel for a portable electronic device is provided. The bezel is secured flush to a housing to form part of the case of the portable electronic device. A brace that includes a slot for receiving a wall extending from the bezel is fixed to the housing. When the bezel engages the housing, the wall of the bezel is inserted in the slot of the brace and releasably held by a spring that engages both the brace and the wall. The bezel can be released by disengaging the spring, (e.g., using a special tool or a magnetic field). Because the bezel is manufactured from cold worked stainless steel, it is hard and resistant to impacts. Cold worked steel also facilitates manufacturing within design constraints and tolerances, and requires very little machining after manufacturing to comply with those constraints. The portable electronic device may include a personal media device, a mobile telephone, or any other suitable device or combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Zadesky, Philip M. Hobson, Tang Yew Tan
  • Patent number: 8243426
    Abstract: One embodiment may take the form of a system for reducing the appearance of optical effects in a display. The system may include an enclosure with a first surface and a second surface. Furthermore, the system may include spacers that may be deposited on the bottom face of the first surface and/or the top face of the second surface, where the first surface may be a touch panel and/or cover lens and the second surface may be a display module. The spacers may be deposited in one layer with an anti-reflection coating. The thickness of the coating may be less than the diameter of the spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Cheng Chen, John Z. Zhong, Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 8243213
    Abstract: A monitor apparatus includes a monitor main body and a monitor stand pivotably connected with the monitor main body. A pair of rolling members is attached to a base of the monitor main body. The monitor stand and the rolling members are seated on a same plane for supporting the monitor main body. The monitor main body is capable of rotating about an axis parallel or vertical to the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Lung Chen, Zhong-Hai Zhang
  • Patent number: 8238086
    Abstract: A locking assembly including a first locking part on a first object and a second locking part on a second object is provided. The first locking part includes a head portion. The second locking part has an assembling opening and an assembling space behind the assembling opening. An area of a projection of the assembling space on a plane where the assembling opening is located is greater than and lies over the area of the assembling opening. The head portion of the first locking part is adapted to enter the assembling space through the assembling opening along an assembling direction, and then adapted to reach a locking position in the assembling space by moving along an engaging direction parallel to the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Tsung-Yuan Ou
  • Patent number: 8218305
    Abstract: A flat panel display device includes a cabinet, a stand, a flat panel display component, and a universal cord holder. The flat panel display component is selectively connected to one of a non-detachable power supply cord and a detachable power supply cord. The universal cord holder includes a non-detachable power supply cord attachment structure and a detachable power supply cord attachment structure. The non-detachable power supply cord attachment structure of the universal cord holder engages with a first support member of the non-detachable power supply cord when the non-detachable power supply cord is connected to the flat panel display component. The detachable power supply cord attachment structure of the universal cord holder engages with a second support member of the detachable power supply cord when the detachable power supply cord is connected to the flat panel display component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Matsutani
  • Patent number: 8218303
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a main body portion, a support portion, and a communication portion. The main body portion includes a display portion. The support portion supports the main body portion and forms a space below the main body portion in which information equipment connectable to the main body portion can be accommodated. The communication portion is provided to the support portion and performs communication with a noncontact-type communication medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideaki Kurachi, Masayoshi Koganei
  • Patent number: 8199473
    Abstract: A support stand for a flat-panel display monitor includes a support structure, a rotatable bracket, a first hinge assembly having a first pivot shaft, and a second hinge assembly having a second pivot shaft positioned opposite to the first pivot shaft, and a connecting module. The rotatable bracket is sleeved on the first and second pivot shafts and rotatably connected to the support structure by the first and second hinge assemblies. The connecting module connects the first pivot shaft to the second pivot shaft such that the first and second pivot shafts are substantially aligned along a common axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fan Zhou
  • Patent number: 8199472
    Abstract: An exemplary flat panel display includes a seat, a connection member, and a display module. The seat includes a supporting member having a first engaging portion at a top end thereof, and the first engaging portion includes two pins and two fixing holes. The connection member includes two fixing components. The display module is mounted on the supporting member, and includes a second engaging portion having two positioning slots. The pins of the first engaging portion are received in the second engaging portion, the fixing components are fixed in the fixing holes via the positioning slots, and the positioning slots provide paths for the fixing components when the display module is rotated about the pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignees: Innocom Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventors: Rui-Ye Shen, Su-Sheng Mong, Te-Hsu Wang
  • Patent number: 8199507
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a printed circuit board, a first heat sink and a second heat sink. The printed circuit board is disposed internal to the housing and supports at least one integrated circuit (IC) chip. The first heat sink is also disposed internal to the housing and is thermally connected to the at least one IC chip. The second heat sink is connected to the housing such that at least a portion thereof is externally disposed to the housing. The second heat sink is thermally connected to the first heat sink via an aperture in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: OpenPeak Inc.
    Inventors: Yuval Shohet, Teerapat Theerawong
  • Patent number: 8172186
    Abstract: A display support seat is mounted on a display, such that the display is able to be located on a plane after being supported. In the present invention, a main seat and a cover are mounted to form an accommodation space, and the display is mounted on the main seat. Also, the accommodation space is provided for a main board module to be disposed therein, so as to form a computer host. In such a manner, assembly space demands for a computer and a display is effectively reduced. Moreover, a user may select that the present invention merely serves as a support seat, or merely serves as a computer host, or serve as a support seat and a computer host at the same time depending on practical use demands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Aopen Incorporated
    Inventors: Wen Hsi Tsai, Te An Lin, Chin Hsiung Chen, Shuang Ji Jiang
  • Patent number: 8154569
    Abstract: A modular display system and method assembles an external interface module with a display module to support built-to-order display configurations. The display module has display panel, timing controller and speaker components assembled in a display module housing that accepts a single LVDS and a single audio interface. The external interface module couples to the display module housing to form an integral display system. Selective assembly of the display system from plural types of external interface modules allows selective configuration of the display system with various television and information handling system display functionalities, such as to fill a purchaser order in a build-to-order manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jeremy M. Ford, Jeffrey Thelen
  • Publication number: 20120081854
    Abstract: A multi-display device is adapted to be dockable or otherwise associatable with an additional device. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the multi-display device is dockable with a smartpad. The exemplary smartpad can include a screen, a touch sensitive display, a configurable area, a gesture capture region(s) and a camera. The smartpad can also include a port adapted to receive the device. The exemplary smartpad is able to cooperate with the device such that information displayable on the device is also displayable on the smartpad. Furthermore, any one or more of the functions on the device are extendable to the smartpad, with the smartpad capable of acting as an input/output interface or extension of the smartpad. Therefore, for example, information from one or more of the displays on the multi-screen device is displayable on the smartpad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: IMERJ LLC
    Inventors: Sanjiv Sirpal, Martin Gimpl, John Steven Visosky, Alexander de Paz
  • Publication number: 20120081314
    Abstract: A multi-display device is adapted to be dockable or otherwise associatable with an additional device. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the multi-display device is dockable with a smartpad. The exemplary smartpad can include a screen, a touch sensitive display, a configurable area, a gesture capture region(s) and a camera. The smartpad can also include a port adapted to receive the device. The exemplary smartpad is able to cooperate with the device such that information displayable on the device is also displayable on the smartpad. Furthermore, any one or more of the functions on the device are extendable to the smartpad, with the smartpad capable of acting as an input/output interface or extension of the smartpad. Therefore, for example, information from one or more of the displays on the multi-screen device is displayable on the smartpad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: IMERJ LLC
    Inventors: Sanjiv Sirpal, Martin Gimpl, John Steven Visosky, Alexander de Paz
  • Publication number: 20120081313
    Abstract: A multi-display device is adapted to be dockable or otherwise associatable with an additional device. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the multi-display device is dockable with a smartpad. The exemplary smartpad can include a screen, a touch sensitive display, a configurable area, a gesture capture region(s) and a camera. The smartpad can also include a port adapted to receive the device. The exemplary smartpad is able to cooperate with the device such that information displayable on the device is also displayable on the smartpad. Furthermore, any one or more of the functions on the device are extendable to the smartpad, with the smartpad capable of acting as an input/output interface or extension of the smartpad. Therefore, for example, information from one or more of the displays on the multi-screen device is displayable on the smartpad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: IMERJ LLC
    Inventors: Sanjiv Sirpal, Martin Gimpl, John Steven Visosky, Alexander de Paz
  • Publication number: 20120057290
    Abstract: An all-in-one computer includes a mainframe shell, a display frame, and a power supply unit (PSU). The PSU includes an outer shell, a power supply module, and a fan module. The power supply module and the fan module are accommodated in the outer shell. The power supply module includes a main body. An axis of the fan module is perpendicular to the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHI-KUAN SHEN, LEE-HUI KUO, CHIH-HANG CHAO
  • Patent number: 8130488
    Abstract: A display screen turning apparatus includes a display screen support member provided with a first gear and supporting a display screen portion rotatably in a horizontal plane and rotatably with respect to a vertical plane and a rack plate provided with a second gear meshing with the first gear, wherein the first gear meshed with the second gear moves by movement of the second gear following linear movement of the rack plate in the horizontal plane, thereby rotating the display screen support member in an anteroposterior direction by a prescribed angle with respect to the vertical plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Sawai, Daisuke Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8127066
    Abstract: A modular computer includes a display with a docking station on its back side. A CPU module connects to the docking station. Peripheral modules connect with the resulting display/CPU assembly so that the peripheral modules contact the back side of the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Benjamin Abraham, Yancy Chen
  • Patent number: 8120897
    Abstract: This disclosure generally relates to a television that includes a foldable stand for selective support of the device in a variety of positions and/or viewing orientations. In some cases, a television includes a display having a substantially flat display surface, a housing coupled to the display, and a stand having an elongated support leg, the support leg pivotably coupled to the housing about a pivot axis such that the stand is movable between a first position in which a majority of the stand is located within a perimeter of the display surface projected towards a back surface of the housing and a second position in which the stand is adapted, when placed on a support surface, to support the display in a viewing orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignees: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C., Sling Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Luke VanDuyn, Daniel L Rudolph, Neil Marten, Dallas Grove
  • Patent number: 8118273
    Abstract: In a display, a housing is formed rotatably in an anteroposterior direction with respect to a base member about a rotation center provided above a bottom of the housing, and a projecting portion and a recess portion are so formed as to substantially block up a horizontal clearance formed between the housing and the base member in an anteroposterior rotational range of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shingo Hamada
  • Publication number: 20120026663
    Abstract: A workstation has a structure including a work top and upright elements supporting the work top, and an electronic display device mounted on the work top. The work top includes a lower board, stably coupled to the upright elements, and an upper board, displaceable with respect to the lower board and subdivided into at least one front board part and one rear board part articulated to each other. The display device is substantially flat and is secured in a laying position substantially parallel to the front board part. The front board part and the rear board part are articulated to each other according to a substantially horizontal axis, such that the upper board is adapted to selectively take on a plurality of different configurations, corresponding to which different positions of use of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: UNIDIDA S.R.L.
    Inventor: Daniele Costamagna
  • Patent number: 8094245
    Abstract: In a display screen support mechanism, a first hole portion receiving a platelike support shaft is provided in the form of a symmetrical sector formed by connecting two sectoral forward ends which are symmetric with respect to a hole center, and a display screen support member is rotatable about the platelike support shaft serving as a rotating shaft within an angular range of the symmetrical sectoral hole portion in a state where an end of the platelike support shaft in a longitudinal direction comes into contact with an arcuate inner peripheral surface of the symmetrical sectoral hole portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Daisuke Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8094442
    Abstract: A display includes: a display panel including a display surface; a frame including a cover part which partially faces the display surface; and a film whose fixing area is fixed to the cover part and which is arranged between the display surface and the cover part. The cover part includes a flat part and a stepped part which projects toward the display surface, and the film comes in contact with the display surface to be bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideaki Sugawara
  • Patent number: 8094244
    Abstract: A display screen turning apparatus capable of improving assembling workability and suppressing jolting at a time of rotation is obtained. This display screen turning apparatus includes a rotating member mounted with a display screen portion and rotatable in a horizontal plane, a base provided with an upright portion rotatably holding the rotating member and having a first hole, a regulating member so mounted on the upright portion of the base as to prevent the rotating member from moving upward, and a stop member formed in a tapered shape by end surface portions, and holding a state where the regulating member is in contact with the rotating member by inserting the stop member into the first hole of the upright portion of the base and pressing the regulating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Sawai, Katsuyuki Yokota
  • Patent number: 8085534
    Abstract: A flat display apparatus includes a display unit; a housing configured to accommodate the display unit; a support member configured to support the housing; and a cooling device configured to radiate heat of a heating element which is mounted in the housing, wherein the cooling device includes a first far infrared ray transfer member which is thermally connected to the heating element in the housing and a second far infrared ray transfer member which is thermally connected to an external portion of the housing at a rear surface side, wherein a radiating surface of the first far infrared ray transfer member and an absorbing surface of the second far infrared ray transfer member are disposed to oppose each other with the housing interposed therebetween, and wherein heat radiated from the first far infrared ray transfer member is radiated at both plane surface of the second far infrared ray transfer member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenji Ogiro, Nobuyuki Kaku
  • Patent number: 8081434
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed that can prevent pressing of a substrate and exposure of D-IC to the outside. The display includes a display panel, a driving circuit on one side of a rear surface of the display panel, the driving circuit driving the display panel, and a case receiving the display panel and the driving circuit. The case includes a slit having a predetermined space to expose the driving circuit, and both ends of the slit include a spacer supporting a lower portion of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Myung Woo Jung
  • Patent number: 8081428
    Abstract: A game apparatus includes a vibrating motor, and the vibrating motor is arranged to be fit into a rib provided at approximately the center of a base cover of a lower housing. The rib is made up of an upper member and a lower member different in height, and the vibrating motor is secured to be sandwiched between a side surface of the lower member and a side surface of a rib of a motor cover to be attached to the base cover. Thus, a side surface of the vibrating motor is in intimate contact with the side surface of the lower member and the side surface of the rib of the motor cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazunori Koshiishi
  • Patent number: 8081437
    Abstract: A computer with a projecting device comprises: a base shell, disposed with a top face, the top face being disposed with an opening, the opening communicating an inner part of the base shell; an expansible structure, comprising a first unit, a second unit and a third unit, in which first bottom end of the first unit is pivotally coupled to the base shell through at least one first pivot unit, a second bottom of the second unit is pivotally coupled to the first unit through at least one second pivot unit and the third unit is pivotally coupled to the second unit through a pivot structure; a first face of the third unit is coupled to a projection lens module to allow a height of the projection lens module to be changed and a projection direction thereof to be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yao-Shih Leng
  • Patent number: 8081261
    Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a display support apparatus that has a simple structure and can be stored in a small storage space. The display support apparatus includes a main leg 11 that extends downward from a rear face portion of a display, and has a lower end portion provided with an auxiliary leg portion 12 extending forward in a horizontal direction, and a base member 6 that is pivotably coupled to the auxiliary leg portion 12 about a shaft 21. The base member 6 includes a coupling portion 32 that abuts against a bottom face of the auxiliary leg portion 12 in front of the shaft 21, an interlock portion 42 that forms interlocking so that the base member 6 is not pivoted in a state where the coupling portion 32 abuts against the bottom face of the auxiliary leg portion 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Masao Honda, Takashi Kambe
  • Patent number: 8081431
    Abstract: A height-adjustable stand includes a base defining a receiving space and a sidewall. A height extender is slidably received in the receiving space and includes a front wall and an upper connecting end. The front wall defines a number of slots arranged along a sliding direction of the height extender. The upper connecting end is configured for connecting with a flat panel display device. A positioning member includes a threaded rod and a flange extending outward from the threaded rod. The threaded rod slidably extends through the sidewall of the base and includes a distal end. The distal end is able to be received in one of the slots to set the height extender in a desired position. The flange is external to the receiving space of the base. A locking member includes a nut and two guide rods protruding from the nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Gang-Tao Fan
  • Patent number: 8077448
    Abstract: An improved structure of a plasma display apparatus is provided. At least one of an integrated circuit and a driving board is formed over an edge potion of a frame for supporting a plasma display panel. Thus, the plasma display apparatus is manufactured to be thin and light, and also its manufacturing cost decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jaeyoung Oh, Jung Gwan Han, Sam Je Cho
  • Publication number: 20110292582
    Abstract: A desktop computer includes a monitor defining a number of screw holes in the backside and a chassis defining a number of fixing holes. A number of screws extending through the fixing holes of the chassis and mounts into the corresponding screw holes of the monitor, to mount the monitor to the chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: ZHENG-HENG SUN
  • Patent number: 8059392
    Abstract: A frame structure is disclosed. The frame structure comprises a first side frame, a second side frame, a top support frame and a base support frame. The second side frame is substantially parallel to the first side frame, and a circuit board is disposed between the first side frame and the second side frame. The top support frame comprises a support plane for connecting to the first side frame and the second side frame. The base support frame is substantially parallel to the top support frame, and the base support frame comprises a compartment, a first protrusion, and a second protrusion. A power supply unit can be disposed in the compartment. The first protrusion connects to the first side frame, and the second protrusion connects to the second side frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Hung Hsu, Chun-Hong Kuo, Sheng-Chieh Yang, Chi-Wei Kuo, Guo-Bao Ye
  • Patent number: 8059399
    Abstract: A display device includes a main body and a support assembly. The main body includes a liquid display module, four fixed pieces, and a housing to receive the liquid display module. The housing includes four latching units. The support assembly is to support the main body. Each of the fixed pieces is fixed to the main body and the support assembly to connect the main body with the support assembly. Part of each latching unit is deformable to allow passage thereby of one fixed piece, whereby the fixed pieces are fixed to the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Chimei Innolux Corporation
    Inventor: Hsieh-Ting Huang
  • Patent number: 8054617
    Abstract: This invention discloses a desktop computer and a method for manufacturing the same. The desktop computer includes a display device and a main body. The display device has a display side and a back side. One end of the main body is connected to the back side of the display device. The other end of the main body and the display device contact a surface where the desktop computer is disposed. The angle between the main body and the display device is adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Pegatron Corporation
    Inventors: Yen Kuang, Chi-Sheng Yin, Jeffery Lai, Yen-De Wu, Tsai-Feng Hsiang, Chien-Hung Yeh, Chen-Han Sung, Chun-Kai Chiu
  • Patent number: 8047487
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a display main body displaying a picture, and a base supporting the display main body about an installation surface. The display apparatus further includes a tilting unit provided between the display main body and the base and allowing the display main body to be tilted about the base; a pivoting unit provided between the display main body and the tilting unit and allowing the display main body to be pivoted about the base; a lifting unit provided between the tilting unit and the base and allowing the display main body to move up and down about the base; and a swiveling unit coupled to the base and allowing the display main body to be swiveled about the installation surface. With this configuration, the present invention provides a display apparatus of which a display main body not only rotates about a base in various directions, but also moves up and down about the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang-sung Hwang, Byung-jo Kang
  • Patent number: 8047488
    Abstract: A support stand includes a supporting leg and a hinge subassembly. The supporting leg includes a connecting portion. The hinge subassembly includes a shaft and a leaf rotatably sleeved on the shaft. The shaft has a connecting portion engaging with the connecting portion of the supporting leg. One of the connecting portions of the supporting leg and the shaft is a connecting slot, and the other one of the connecting portions of the supporting leg and the shaft is a protrusion engaged in the connecting slot, thus fixing the shaft to the supporting leg. A friction is created between the shaft and the leaf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Xin Wang, Chao-Zhong Fu
  • Patent number: 8040669
    Abstract: An adjustable shifting structure is disclosed. The adjustable shifting structure comprises a base bracket, a movable bracket, a fixture element, and an adjustment element. The movable bracket is movably connected to the base bracket. The fixture element is disposed on the base bracket. The movable bracket is gripped by the fixture element and the base bracket to limit the moving direction of the movable bracket. The adjustment element extends through the base bracket, the movable bracket and the fixture element. The movable bracket may be moved by adjusting the adjustment element to apply force on the fixture element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Ta-Wei Chen
  • Publication number: 20110216495
    Abstract: A docking system is provided for docking one or more electronic devices. The docking system may include a docking platform, which may be a monitor. The docking platform may have docking receptacles for receiving the electronic devices. The electronic devices may include, for example, handheld or portable consumer electronic devices such as smart phones, gaming modules and laptops. A data exchange in the monitor provides electrical interconnectivity for the electronic devices and any internal or external peripheral devices. The various devices may communicate, and exchange data, with one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventor: Keith Bernard Marx
  • Patent number: 8011624
    Abstract: A stand attachment structure includes a front cabinet, a rear cabinet and a pair of screws. The front cabinet has a pair of right and left bosses and a holder support. The holder support is formed on an outer peripheral face of each of the bosses at a location spaced from a distal end face of each of the bosses by thickness of a tilting stand holder of a tilting stand. The rear cabinet has a pair of right and left retainers. The retainers are formed at locations opposite the bosses of the front cabinet. Each of the retainers has an end face and a screw insertion hole that is formed on the end face. The screws are disposed through the screw insertion holes of the retainers and threaded into the threaded holes of the bosses to fasten the rear cabinet to the front cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Fujikawa, Shinichiro Sakamoto, Yuki Ogaki, Hideo Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 8009413
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a front cover, a keyboard, and a sliding apparatus. The sliding apparatus is slidably coupled to the front cover. The keyboard is pivotally coupled to the sliding apparatus. By pulling the sliding apparatus and rotating the keyboard, the keyboard is foldable on the front cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nian-Feng Zhen
  • Patent number: 8000090
    Abstract: Described herein is a multi-monitor support structure having a first monitor, a second monitor, a column, an arm coupled to the column for supporting the first monitor and the second monitor, a first coupling unit for coupling the first monitor to the arm, and a second coupling unit for coupling the second monitor to the arm. The first monitor and the second monitor can be separated to create a gap therebetween for accommodating a third monitor, such as from a notebook computer, which is supported by the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Inventor: Jerry Moscovitch
  • Publication number: 20110176268
    Abstract: An all-in-one desktop computer includes a display module, a holding body, a main assembly, and a back cover. The holding body is disposed on one side of the display module. The main assembly is disposed at the holding body. The back cover and the holding body are disposed on the same side of the display module, and the back cover covers the holding body and the main assembly. According to the all-in-one desktop computer, the main assembly is disposed at the holding body to position and fix the main assembly and to strengthen structure stability of the all-in-one desktop computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Yen KUANG, Wei-Chih LAI
  • Patent number: 7983029
    Abstract: A support device for a display unit is provided, in which supports for supporting the display unit are hidden so as to improve the beauty of a room, and a display unit having the same. The support device includes at least one support connected to the display unit; a base connected to the lower part of the support; and a transparent member installed in front of the support, wherein the transparent member includes at least one refractively transmitting portion for refracting light, incident from the front of the transparent member to the support, toward external regions of the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jae Hoo Park
  • Patent number: 7983028
    Abstract: A display device includes a display module, a first case and a boss insertion element having a combination hole. The first case covers a first surface of the display module and has a first boss which is inserted into the combination hole to combine the front case to the display module. The first boss is formed at inside edges of the display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Myeong Park, Jae-Hwan Chun, Jong-Ho Won
  • Publication number: 20110170253
    Abstract: A housing assembly for an imaging assembly comprises a housing body comprising at least one passage for accommodating a respective light socket; and a filter integrated with the housing body through which an image sensor looks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 14, 2011
    Applicant: SMART Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Ning Liu, Zoran Nesic, Alex Chtchetinine
  • Patent number: 7978465
    Abstract: The function expanding method for a display device comprises: a step of preparing a plurality of types of function expanding modules; a step of selecting a function expanding module or modules from the plurality of types of function expanding modules; and a step of stacking the selected single or plurality of function expanding module(s) to a rear part of the display device at will, and connecting the module(s) by using expanding connector(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Koyo Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Osaka, Yasuhiko Murai, Hiroyuki Kuramoto, Koichi Uchimura
  • Patent number: 7974082
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a front plate and an elastic member fitted to the front plate along the periphery thereof. The elastic member is pressed against a bezel by a pressing metal part. The elastic member includes a hook-shaped portion and a projecting portion at the end faces thereof. The hook-shaped portion is engaged with an edge portion of the front plate so that the elastic member is prevented from falling off from the front plate. Therefore, it is not necessary to use an adhesive in the assembly process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tasuku Uchimi