With Printed Circuit Boards Patents (Class 361/736)
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Patent number: 10856409Abstract: A junction between two circuit board segments can be made using a flexible printed circuit board (PCB), permitting the two circuit board segments to be movably positioned with respect to one another, while maintaining electrical connections between the board segments through the junction. Such a design with flexible PCB junctions can allow a single, foldable board with multiple board segments to be used in place of a set of multiple circuit boards that must couple together using connectors and cables.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chun-Han Chuang, Ying-Che Chang
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Patent number: 10772190Abstract: Heat-removal assemblies with springs on opposing sides of a support structure and methods for using the same are provided. Heat may be removed from a heat-generating assembly of an electronic device by a heat-removal assembly that may include a heat-dissipating subassembly (e.g., a heat spreader and/or a heat pipe) and a fastener subassembly. The fastener subassembly may be configured to press the heat-dissipating subassembly against the heat-generating assembly for enabling the heat-dissipating subassembly to be thermally coupled to the heat-generating assembly for removing heat therefrom. In order for the fastener subassembly to provide an even pressure distribution across the heat-dissipating subassembly for such heat removal and/or to limit deformation of one or more portions of the electronic device during such heat removal, the fastener subassembly may include two springs positioned on opposite sides of a circuit board that may be supporting the heat-generating assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Kristopher P. Laurent, Brett W. Degner
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Patent number: 10770667Abstract: A flexible display device is provided, including: a display area, a bending area, and a driving printed circuit board. The bending area is located between the display area and the driving printed circuit board, and the driving printed circuit board is located on a rear side of the display area by bending of the bending area. The bending area includes: a substrate; an inorganic layer disposed on the substrate, where the inorganic layer is disposed on the substrate and distributed in a form of islands, and the inorganic layer includes a plurality of island-shaped blocks, and two adjacent island-shaped blocks are spaced apart from each other; and a first metal layer disposed on a whole surface of the inorganic layer and the substrate, where the first metal layer forms a plurality of first recesses corresponding to shapes of the plurality of island-shaped blocks.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2018Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shasha Li, Shoucheng Wang
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Patent number: 10727435Abstract: A flexible display device and an electronic device including the same are disclosed. The flexible display device includes a magnetic body group, which is adhered to a lower plate provided under a display panel by the force of magnetic attraction. Therefore, the flexible display device has improved reliability in spite of frequent folding and unfolding operations and is capable of facilitating a rework process.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun-Hyung Kim, Tae-Woo Kim, Jung-Kyu Park
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Patent number: 10687413Abstract: A motor driving device includes a control circuit board provided with a control circuit configured to output a control signal of a secondary voltage and a power circuit board provided with power circuitry to which a primary voltage higher than the secondary voltage is applied. The power circuit board includes a first substrate provided with a primary voltage component group to which only the primary voltage is applied, and a second substrate provided with a converter component group configured to convert the primary voltage into the secondary voltage and convert the secondary voltage into the primary voltage.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: FANUC CORPORATIONInventors: Jianzhou Chen, Naoki Masuda, Shinichi Mizukami
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Patent number: 10680384Abstract: A bidirectional duplex electrical connector includes: two insulation seats; two rows of terminals assembled into the two rows of terminal slots of the two insulation seats in a vertical direction, wherein the terminal is integrally provided with, from front to rear, an elastically movable portion, a fixing portion and a pin, a front section of the elastically movable portion is curved and provided with a projecting contact, the elastically movable portion is vertically elastically movable, a rear section of the elastically movable portion and the fixing portion are on the same level and rest against a bottom surface of the terminal slot, a depth of the terminal slot is greater than a material thickness of the terminal, and the insulation seat is provided with a fixing structure fixing the fixing portions of the one row of terminals; and a metal housing covering the two insulation seats.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2017Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Inventor: Chou Hsien Tsai
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Patent number: 10643955Abstract: A manufacturing method of a system in package (SiP) module based on double plastic-sealing, including: welding electronic units required by the SiP module onto a top surface of a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), with welding spots being reserved on a bottom surface of the PCB to obtain a PCB assembly (PCBA); implementing a first-time filling to fill on plastic materials on a top surface of the PCBA, ensuring that the plastic materials cover the electronic units, and obtaining a first-time plastic-sealing PCBA after the plastic materials are solidified; pasting tightly a functional film on a top surface of the first-time plastic-sealing PCBA to obtain a film-pasted PCBA; and implementing a second-time filling to fill on plastic materials on the film-pasted PCBA, ensuring that the plastic materials cover a top surface and a periphery of the film-pasted PCBA, and obtaining the SiP module after the plastic materials are solidified.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: UNIVERSAL SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.Inventors: Dong-Feng Ling, Chun Cao, Yun-Gang Zou
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Patent number: 10522783Abstract: A flexible display device can include a first portion in which an organic light emitting element is disposed on a first surface; a base layer made of a flexible substrate including a second portion, outside of the first portion, having a bend section bent toward a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a protective coating layer covering at least a part of the second portion, wherein a polarization layer is on the organic light emitting element of the first portion without a barrier film, and wherein the protective coating layer is coated such that a portion adjacent to the polarization layer is thicker than the other portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Heungju Jo, JeongKweon Park, Chan Park, SangGul Lee, Yongsoo Kim, Jangcheol Kim, Do-Young Kim, Euijun Lee, SangEun Han
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Patent number: 10470335Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a frame comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, and sides defining an opening for receiving a plurality of removable electronic modules, a guide slidably insertable into the frame to partition an upper or lower portion of the opening when inserted into the frame, wherein the guide comprises a first edge for slidable engagement with the top wall or the bottom wall, and a lead screw extending from an opening in the guide spaced from a front end of the guide, to a back end of the guide for connecting the guide to the frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Rohit Dev Gupta, Prashanth Pavithran, Viktor Brauer, Shailesh R. Nayak
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Patent number: 10462895Abstract: An electronic device including a substrate having opposing top and bottom surfaces is provided. A ground layer is disposed in the substrate. An electrically conductive chassis has a mounting surface to receive the bottom surface of the substrate and is in electrical contact with the ground layer by a ground stitch via. An electromagnetic shield is defined by the ground layer, the ground stitch via and the chassis to enclose the bottom surface of the substrate and protect the bottom surface from electromagnetic interference. A non-conductive cover is assembled to the substrate in tension so that an interior surface of the cover applies a force to the top surface of the substrate thereby ensuring the chassis maintains electrical contact with the ground layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2016Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATEDInventors: Elijah Auger, Sabin Oana
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Patent number: 10446770Abstract: An OLED device includes a display panel including a display region and a pad region located at a first side of the display region. The pad region includes a bending region located in a portion of the pad region adjacent to the display region and in a pad electrode region located in a remaining portion of the pad region. A lower protection film is on a lower surface of the display panel and exposes a portion of the bending region. The lower protection film includes a first lower protection film including a first concave-convex pattern in the bending region adjacent to the display region. A second lower protection film is spaced apart from the first lower protection film and includes a second concave-convex pattern in the bending region adjacent to the pad electrode region. The second concave-convex pattern has a shape that is insertable into the first concave-convex pattern.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Minsang Kim, Seungwook Kwon, Ohjune Kwon, Hyojeong Kwon, Doohwan Kim
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Patent number: 10411422Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a casing, a substrate, a second connector, and an interposition member. The casing is provided with a first opening and includes a first edge forming the first opening. A first connector conforms to USB Type-A standard and can pass through the first opening. The interposition member is interposed between an inner surface of the casing and the second connector, is held by the inner surface, and holds the second connector.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: Toshiba Memory CorporationInventors: Akinobu Hirota, Shiro Harashima
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Patent number: 10405450Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a power module that includes at least one power substrate, a housing arranged on the at least one power substrate, and a first terminal electrically connected to the at least one power substrate. The first terminal includes a contact surface located above the housing at a first elevation. The power module includes a second terminal including a contact surface located above the housing at a second elevation different from the first elevation, a third terminal electrically connected to the at least one power substrate, and a plurality of power devices electrically connected to the at least one power substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: Cree Fayetteville, Inc.Inventors: Brice McPherson, Alex Lostetter
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Patent number: 10368465Abstract: An electrical unit includes a thermally conductive housing, an electrically insulating frame disposed in the thermally conductive housing, a plurality of bus bars disposed at least partially between a base wall of the thermally conductive housing and a first side of the electrically insulating frame, and a plurality of electrical components connected to a second side of the electrically insulating frame. At least one bus bar of the plurality of bus bars may be connected to the electrically insulating frame via one or more plastic rivets. Thermally conductive material may be disposed between at least one bus bar of the plurality of bus bars and a wall of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2017Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: Lear CorporationInventors: Alberto Aragones Carrete, Enric Aparicio Rollan, Jose Gabriel Fernández Bañares
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Patent number: 10361142Abstract: An apparatus including a die, a first side of the die including a first type of system level contact points and a second side including a second type of contact points; and a package substrate coupled to the die and the second side of the die. An apparatus including a die, a first side of the die including a plurality of system level logic contact points and a second side including a second plurality of system level power contact points. A method including coupling one of a first type of system level contact points on a first side of a die and a second type of system level contact points on a second side of the die to a package substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Henning Braunisch, Feras Eid, Adel A. Elsherbini, Johanna M. Swan, Don W. Nelson
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Patent number: 10338753Abstract: A flexible multi-layer sensing surface comprises a first flexible layer and a second flexible layer. The first flexible layer is a sensing layer and the second sensing layer is another sensing layer or an output layer. The sensing surface also comprises a calibration module which is configured to use the first flexible sensing layer to detect the relative position of the first and second flexible layers and this detected relative position is then used to update one or more stored operating parameters.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2016Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Greg Saul, Daniel Cletheroe, Nicolas Villar, Haiyan Zhang, Oscar Salandin, Christian Holz, Andrew Fitzgibbon, Stephen Edward Hodges
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Patent number: 10225939Abstract: Depending on the orientation by which a breathing filter is mounted in a vehicle, water can accumulate in the breathing filter, and prevent the pressure difference between the space inside a case and the outside air from being adjusted; therefore, the vehicular layout is limited. Also, because the filter is formed in the center of the case, electronic parts cannot be installed on substrates on the upper and lower surfaces of the filter, meaning that the substrate size and the case size will increase. In addition, the costs will increase. The structure of the present invention is characterized in that breathing paths are provided on the surfaces sandwiching a portion where a filter film is welded in the corner of a resin-side case of a vehicle-mounted electronic control device such as an engine control unit or an automatic transmission control unit, and in that the breathing paths are connected inside.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Hitoshi Furudate, Kiyotaka Kanno, Yoshio Kawai, Yoshiyasu Negishi, Takayuki Fukuzawa
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Patent number: 10214933Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to pool cleaners that remove debris from water using a plurality of cyclonic flows, or that include a removable impeller subassembly, a check valve for a debris canister, a particle separator assembly having a handle that locks to the pool cleaner, a modular roller drive gear box, or a roller latch that secures a roller to the pool cleaner. Exemplary embodiments are also directed to the check valve and the roller latch themselves. Exemplary embodiments are directed to a filter medium for pool cleaners that includes embossments providing flow channels for water, and to roller assemblies for pool cleaners. Exemplary embodiments are directed to pool cleaners including alternative pump motor engagements. Exemplary embodiments are directed to pool cleaners power supplies that include a potted and contoured power board assembly, and to kickstands therefor. Exemplary embodiments are directed to a pool cleaner caddy, and removable wheels therefor.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Hayward Industries, Inc.Inventors: Mark Peastrel, Omar Enrique Osuna, Scott Teuscher
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Patent number: 10170395Abstract: A semiconductor device including a semiconductor module 10A, a semiconductor module 10B that has a lower switching voltage threshold than the semiconductor module 10A, and busbars 331 and 32 that connect the semiconductor module 10A and the semiconductor module 10B in parallel to a common terminal. The semiconductor module 10B is connected at a connection point on the busbar 32 at which the inductance relative to the common terminal is higher than that of the semiconductor module 10A. The semiconductor module 10B with the low threshold voltage is turned ON faster than the semiconductor module 10A with the high threshold voltage for input of a common switching voltage, but can restrict the rising of the current due to the high inductance of the busbar 32, thereby enabling restriction of the current imbalance.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Hayato Nakano, Hideyo Nakamura
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Patent number: 10141856Abstract: A magnetic device assembly is provided for maximizing the size of the magnetic components for a predetermined power converter module by co-locating and sharing input, output, and auxiliary terminals between the substrates for the power converter and the magnetic components. Wherein complete power module is the result of constructing the separate constituent parts which include an integrated magnetic substrate, magnetic elements mounted therein, a power converter substrate, associated incorporated components located top and bottom on the power converter substrate, a composite mechanical footprint as defined by the mechanical extents of the integrated magnetic substrate and power converter substrate, and a composite electrical pinout as defined by the input-output pins which are coincident to and co-located as those of the integrated magnetic and power converter substrates.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2017Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Inventors: Harold Eicher, James Lee
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Patent number: 10136539Abstract: An electronic component having plural lead terminals protruding from side surfaces of a component main body is inserted and accommodated in a housing member, and the lead terminals are brought into contact with plural terminal fittings held in the housing member to assemble the electronic component into the housing member. Each of the lead terminals includes a base end protruding from at least one side surface of the component main body and a contact portion connected to the base end to droop along the side surface. The component main body is provided with an insulating member which is located to contact or face the base ends from a side of an end surface of the component main body which is most distant from a bottom wall of the housing member in assembling the electronic component into the housing member. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress deformation of the lead terminals.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2015Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Yukihiro Kawamura
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Patent number: 10085654Abstract: A display assembly includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) frame, a printed circuit board (PCB), and a front housing. The LCD frame includes at least one LCD frame obround boss. The PCB includes at least one PCB obround slot, where the PCB obround slot is sized to be larger in length and diameter than the at least one LCD frame obround boss. The LCD frame is secured to a printed circuit assembly. The front housing includes a display opening and an elastomeric bezel positioned on the front housing, where the elastomeric bezel is configured to position a liquid crystal display within the display opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2015Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: WELCH ALLYN, INC.Inventor: Alan S. Knieriem
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Patent number: 10071696Abstract: An embodiment of a camera module comprises: a lens part; a housing for coupling the lens part; a plurality of substrates which are disposed at an interval from each other inside the housing; and an electromagnetic field shielding part, disposed inside the housing, for preventing the occurrence of external leakage of electromagnetic field from each of the substrates, wherein the electromagnetic field shielding part may comprise a coupling means for coupling the plurality of substrates at an interval from each other in the optical axial direction of the lens part.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2015Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventor: Seung Ryong Park
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Patent number: 10058003Abstract: An electronic device storage apparatus with an enhanced self-locking mechanism in communication with a slidable cover is provided. The apparatus includes an electronic assembly having a connector coupled to a circuit board, an enclosure disposed around the circuit board such that the connector protrudes outside the enclosure, the enclosure having a pair of collapsible brackets mounted to the enclosure and designed to pivotably adjust to an open position away from the circuit board or a closed position against the circuit board, and a protective sheath slidably mounted to a portion of the enclosure and having an end opening. The collapsible brackets in the closed position slidably adjust relative to the protective sheath to a first locking position to extend the electronic assembly's connector through the end opening of the protective sheath for an exposure or a second locking position to retract the electronic assembly's connector within the protective sheath.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2017Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Inventor: Stan Yuming Wang
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Patent number: 10044122Abstract: An electrical plug-type connector consisting of an electrically nonconductive material includes a plug housing with an inner wall and at least one plug-type contact. The inner wall delimits a first space. The at least one plug-type contact has a first end with which contact can be made by a mating plug-type contact, and a second end, which is opposite the first end. The second end is connected to a printed circuit board by solder. The plug housing is moved from the first end in a direction of the second end via the at least one plug-type contact in the axial direction into a predetermined position. In the predetermined position, the plug-type contact has a lack of force-fitting connection transversely to the axial direction. In the predetermined position, the printed circuit board is fixedly connected to the plug housing. In the predetermined position, the first end protrudes into the first space.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2012Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Uwe Liskow
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Patent number: 10021803Abstract: A power supply includes a metal case, a power conversion module and an insulation connecting plate. The power conversion module is arranged in the metal case and at interval with the metal case. The power conversion module includes a circuit board. The insulation connecting plate is respectively connected with the circuit board and the metal case. The insulation connecting plate is isolated between at least a portion of the circuit board and at least a portion of the metal case. A creepage distance between the metal case and a high voltage area of the circuit board are extended by the insulation connecting plate so as to fulfill the safety requirements.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventor: Yu-Chi Jen
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Patent number: 10001610Abstract: A plurality of leads include a pair of differential signal leads for inputting differential signals, and a power supply lead for supplying power. A wiring pattern includes a pair of differential transmission lines connected to the pair of differential signal leads, and a power supply wiring connected to the power supply lead. A wiring board includes a first region overlapping an optical subassembly, and a second region extending from the first region so as to protrude from the optical subassembly. The pair of differential signal leads are farther away from the second region than the power supply lead. The pair of differential transmission lines are close together so as to be electromagnetically coupled to each other. The optical subassembly does not include a lead penetrating the wiring board in a region between the pair of differential transmission lines.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: OCLARO JAPAN, INC.Inventors: Kazuhiro Komatsu, Daisuke Noguchi
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Patent number: 9958911Abstract: An Information Handling System (IHS) includes a chassis having a base panel, a selected modular cover, and a latching structure. The base panel has an upper chassis surface to receive selected compute components and infrastructure components that vary in height desired for the fully assembled IHS or rack in which the IHS will be inserted. The selected modular cover can have peripheral sides of a vertical height to complement a vertical height of the lateral guides of the base panel to create either a first height enclosure of a first height to house compute components of less than the first height or a second height enclosure of a second height to house compute components of less than the second height but greater than the first height. The latching structure is formed between the peripheral sides of the selected one of the first and second modular cover and the lateral guides of the base panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.Inventors: Daniel Alvarado, Edmond I. Bailey, Walter R. Carver
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Patent number: 9958915Abstract: A slot assembly configured for being inserted by a workpiece. The slot assembly comprises a holder body, a substrate, a push member and a heat spreader. The substrate and the holder body together form an accommodating space therebetween. The push member is movable between a released position and a pressed position. The push member is configured for being moved from the released position to the pressed position by being pushed by the workpiece. The heat spreader is movably disposed on the substrate and located in the accommodating space. The heat spreader has a thermal contact surface facing away from the substrate. The thermal contact surface is configured for being in thermal contact with the workpiece. When the push member is located at the pressed position, the heat spreader is located at a thermal contact position where the thermal contact surface is in thermal contact with the workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: ELITEGROUP COMPUTER SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jiun-Kai Wu, Chi-Ming Chung, Yu-Tang Zeng
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Patent number: 9915972Abstract: In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a bezel configured to mechanically couple to a housing for housing components of an information handling system may include one or more mechanical features for mechanically coupling the bezel to the housing, an information handling resource mechanically coupled to a mechanical structure of the bezel, and a bezel connector having a plurality of pins communicatively coupled to the information handling resource. The bezel connector may be configured to communicatively couple the information handling resource to a second information handling resource of the information handling system housed within the housing when the bezel is mechanically coupled to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2016Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Corey Dean Hartman, Salvador D. Jimenez, III, Syed S. Ahmed
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Patent number: 9893341Abstract: A device for connecting tabs of battery cells includes an isolation board defining a first through slot seated on the surfaces of the battery cells from which the tabs extending out; a metal plate mounted on a surface of the isolation board afar from the battery cells, the metal plate defining a second through slot corresponding to the first through slot of the isolation board; and a metal conductive plate secured to the metal plate. The tabs of the battery cells extending through the first through slot and the second through slot are bent and seated on a surface of the metal plate afar from the isolation board, and the metal conductive plate is detachably fastened to the metal plate so that the tabs of the battery cells are securely sandwiched between the metal plate and the metal conductive plate.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2015Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Yajie Chen, Weibo Zou, Yangang Yang
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Patent number: 9860971Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing comprising a first plate, a second plate, and a side member, a printed circuit board arranged inside the housing and comprises a first surface, a second surface, and at least one side surface t, a first electronic component mounted on the first surface, a second electronic component mounted on the second surface, a first shield frame formed on the first surface and has a first opening, a second shield frame formed on the second surface and has a second opening, and a first shield cover comprising a first cover part and a first side part. The first cover part is supported by the first shield frame and covers the first electronic component. The first side part extends from the first cover part to the second shield frame and is covers the printed circuit board, the first opening, and a portion of the second opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Seung Bo Shim
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Patent number: 9825385Abstract: According to one embodiment, a holder includes a recessed portion and including an opening, and includes a contact exposed from part of a bottom surface of the recessed portion. A lid covers the holder from the recessed portion side, makes a space in the recessed portion airtight in an engaged state in which the opening of the recessed portion is closed, and includes an elastic member pushing down a contained object contained in the recessed portion. And a lock mechanism forms the engaged state between the lid and the holder.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Akira Tanaka, Masaya Hirashima, Shukuyo Yamada
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Patent number: 9807905Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for the cooling of electronic components of a COM-Express module using an adapter module to become VITA-59 compliant module. The adapter module operatively and thermally couple to a modular computing device, e.g., the COM-Express compliant module, configured with a conduction-cooled plate to provide an additional path for conducting thermal energy generated from integrated circuit components located on the modular computing device. The adapter module includes dimensions and thicknesses to form a spatial gap between an assembled system having the adapter module, the cooling plate, and the modular computing device and a cooling surface of an external heat sink to which the assembled system couples. The spatial gap relative to the cooling plate provides clearance for the adapter module to elastically deform such that the surfaces of the assembly contacts the heat sink when the assembled system is coupled thereto.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Bernd Sporer, Klaus Weinmann, Oleg Schneider
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Patent number: 9781855Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a first cover, a second cover, and a cable assembly. The second cover covers the first cover and has at least one first engaging portion. The cable assembly includes a cable body and a cover plate. The cover plate is sleeved onto the cable body and covers the first cover. The cover plate has at least one second, engaging portion. The first cover, the second cover, and the cover plate form an apparent surface of the electronic apparatus and form an accommodating space therein. The first engaging portion and the second engaging portion are engaged with each other in the accommodating space.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2016Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: XAVi Technologies Corp.Inventor: Cheng-Ming Fan
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Patent number: 9763343Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing that includes a first surface directed in the first direction, a second surface directed in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a lateral side that surrounds, at least in part, a space formed between the first surface and the second surface, a display, an antenna radiating body, a printed circuit board including a first hole and a metal member positioned in the first hole, a flexible connecting member disposed between a portion of the antenna radiating body and a portion of the metal member, a conductive plate configured for contacting the connecting member, or being formed by a portion of the connecting member to include a second hole, and a coupling member for coupling the conductive plate to the printed circuit board by passing through the second hole and contacting with the metal member.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yeon-Woo Kim, Jeong Woo, Jung-Sik Park
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Patent number: 9747954Abstract: Provided is a video recorder including a case body comprising a space for housing a plurality of electronic parts, the plurality of electronic parts including: an optical disk drive (ODD) holder attached to an ODD; and a hard disk drive (HDD) holder attached to an HDD; a front panel on which a front printed circuit board (PCB) is mounted and which covers a front side of the case body; and a rear panel on which a rear PCB is mounted and which covers a rear side of the case body.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: Hanwha Techwin Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung Jin Kwon, Nam Il Kim, Pil Jip Kim
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Patent number: 9722195Abstract: A display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a flexible substrate capable of being bent in a first direction and an insulating layer including a first opening pattern positioned on the flexible substrate and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tae Woong Kim, Hyun Woo Koo, Young Gug Seol
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Patent number: 9678162Abstract: Some embodiments relate to a load control module that includes an enclosure and a plurality of power switching devices within the enclosure. The load control module further includes an interface mounted on an exterior of the enclosure and a switch connected to the interface. The switch is connected to the interface such that the switch selectively activates the interface to permit testing of the power switching devices upon operation of the interface. In some embodiments, the load control module may include a display that provides information relating to whether the interface is activated by the switch. Other embodiments relate to a load control module that includes a generator having a controller which controls operation of the generator and provides commands to the switch to selectively activate the interface to permit testing of the power switching device upon operation of the interface.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2011Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Kohler Co.Inventors: Michael T. Little, Isaac S. Frampton
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Patent number: 9668388Abstract: An electronic unit (1) having a circuit board, PCB, (2) arranged to be mounted in a main housing (6, 7 and having a first housing part (6) and a second housing part (7), where the first housing part (6) is at least partly electrically conducting. The PCB (2) having a first outer layer (3), a second outer layer (4), and a ground plane (5). The first outer layer (3) faces the first housing part (6) and the second outer layer (4) faces the second housing part (7) The ground plane (5) is in electrical contact with the first housing part (6) forming a first chamber (29), facing the first outer layer (3), and a second chamber (30), facing the second outer layer (4). The chambers (29, 30) are separated by the ground plane (5), providing electromagnetic shielding between the chambers (29, 30).Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2012Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT ABInventor: Laurent Caclard
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Patent number: 9651808Abstract: A display device includes a display frame and a display module. The display frame includes multiple side frame pieces, multiple corner frame pieces and a back cover. Each side frame piece has a predetermined length. The multiple corner frame pieces are connected to the multiple side frame pieces, for forming an accommodating space surrounded by the multiple side frame pieces and the multiple corner frame pieces. The back cover is assembled with a side of the multiple side frame pieces and a side of the multiple corner frame pieces, and covers the accommodating space. The display module is disposed inside the accommodating space of the display frame.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: AOPEN INC.Inventors: Te-An Lin, Jing-Woei Teng
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Patent number: 9648769Abstract: The invention relates to a power unit having a housing (1) in which at least one power electronics module (2), preferably a plurality of power electronics modules (2) is or are housed, positioned on a plane of the housing (1), the or each power electronics module (2) comprising at least one power electronics component (16), and being connected to at least one electronic control board (6) by at least one connection element (5). The power unit is characterized in that it comprises at least one member (7, 8) supporting the at least one electronic control board facing the power module (2) over at least one expanse of the board (6), the support member being the beam (7, 8) substantially parallel to said plane of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2012Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Valeo Systemes de Controle MoteurInventors: Guillaume Tramet, Roger Deniot, Benjamin Morliere, Fabrice Herault
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Patent number: 9632112Abstract: An intelligent electronic device (100) for metering a characteristic of electricity that has a rear opening (214) and a side opening (216) in a housing of the device for accepting a connector of an expansion module through one or the other opening. The device can be configured with an integrated display module (120) that protrudes through a panel of an enclosure, and in this configuration, the expansion module connects to the device through the rear opening of the housing. The device can also be configured to be mounted on a DIN rail, and in this configuration, the expansion module connects through the side opening of the housing. The same module can be used in either configuration, without requiring that different versions of the module be made for the different configurations and without having to mount the device in an awkward orientation that makes it difficult to access external connections around the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2012Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.Inventors: Stewart John Harding, Darrin Graham Marr, Colin Murray Slade, Marc Alan Ricci, David Andrew Hanke
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Patent number: 9575517Abstract: A reversible I/O apparatus for a POS terminal includes a housing with a motherboard sled removable from the housing to reverse the I/O peripheral ports of the motherboard to a front orientation or a rear orientation.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Gregory Scott Egan, Seng Chan, Adonis Cala Codera, Michael Andrew Kleppinger, Lucky Nino Jalalon Abing
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Patent number: 9577392Abstract: A USB Type-C connector module includes a circuit board, a configuration-channel (CC) chip and a plurality of conductive terminals electrically connected with the circuit board. One end of the circuit board has a tongue, which a plurality of golden-fingers are arranged at two sides thereon. A USB Type-C connector is constituted by the tongue and the golden-fingers. CC golden-fingers of the USB Type-C connector are electrically connected to the CC chip for accepting a CC operation. Power golden-fingers of the USB Type-C connector are electrically connected to a power control chip of an external mainboard through the plurality of conductive terminals for receiving power. Data golden-fingers of the USB Type-C connector are electrically connected to a PCH of the external mainboard for transmitting data.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignees: NICECONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Nai-Chien Chang
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Patent number: 9474178Abstract: The invention describes an electronics device housing having two side wall elements, which are spaced apart from one another, for forming a housing having a housing interior for accommodating at least one printed circuit board, wherein at least one fitting location for conductor connection plug connectors is provided on at least one of the end faces in the intermediate space between the side wall elements. The electronics device housing has receiving devices in the region of the at least one fitting location, the receiving devices being designed to selectively receive—an ejector element, which can be pivotably mounted on the electronics device housing by the receiving devices, for ejecting a conductor connection plug connector from a fitting location, or—a locking element, which can be fixedly latched to the electronics device housing by of the receiving devices, for locking a conductor connection plug connector at a fitting location.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2013Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: WAGO VERWALTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBHInventor: Lars Binner
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Patent number: 9468117Abstract: A memory device having heterogeneous terminals easily connects the memory device to a computer or a portable terminal without a specific gender. When a memory unit is connected to a computer, the memory unit slides out of the body and the first terminal of the memory unit is inserted into a USB connector of the computer, and when the memory unit is connected to a portable terminal, the connection unit slides out of the body and the second terminal of the connection unit is inserted in a mini-USB connector of the portable terminal, so it is possible to easily connect the memory unit to the portable terminal without a specific gender.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: DUIN DIGITECH CO., LTD.Inventor: Jin-Woo Lee
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Patent number: 9408324Abstract: A modular chassis includes a first casing module, a second casing module and a back plate module. The second casing module and the back plate module are disposed inside the first casing module. The first casing module includes a first outer box and a second outer box, in which the second outer box is capable of sliding relative to the first outer box and joining to the first outer box such that the length of the first casing module is adjustable.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Maw-Zan Jau, Chao-Jung Chen, Chih-Ming Chen
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Patent number: 9381898Abstract: An actuator for brake fluid pressure control includes a block formed with a brake pipe, an electric component provided on a surface of the block, a circuit board formed with an electric circuit for driving the electric component, and a case that houses the circuit board and includes a first open part in which the electric component is accommodated, the case having a top surface opposite the surface of the block across the circuit board and being fixed to the block at the side opposite to the top surface. An insertion hole is formed in a side surface of the case at a position corresponding to a plane position of the circuit board. The insertion hole is sized to enable inserting the circuit board into the case therethrough to be fixed to the case.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2015Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, ADVICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Fumitoshi Koyama
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Patent number: 9363915Abstract: A system and method for building an electronic system with line-replaceable units (LRUs) is presented. The system includes a first LRU electronic module with a first connector on a side of the first LRU electronic module and a second LRU electronic module with a second connector on a side of the second LRU electronic module. To build the electronic system, the first connector on the first LRU electronic module is connected to the connector on the second LRU electronic module to form a first LRU electronic module and a second LRU electronic module combination with the first connector and the second connector interior to the module combination formed by the first LRU electronic module and the second LRU electronic module. The first connector and the second connector cannot be seen from outside the module combination formed by the first LRU electronic module and the second LRU electronic module.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2012Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: Richard E. Berkenbush, Edward D. O'Neill, Christopher Errick