Telephone Receiver Support Patents (Class 379/446)
  • Patent number: 11661070
    Abstract: A driving consciousness estimation device includes a driver state estimation unit configured to estimate a state of a driver of a host vehicle, a manual driving ability estimation unit configured to estimate a manual driving ability of the driver based on at least one of a travel state of the host vehicle, a traveling environment around the host vehicle, and a reaction of the driver, and a driving readiness calculation unit configured to calculate a driving readiness relating to a driving consciousness of the driver based on the state of the driver and the manual driving ability of the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kishi
  • Patent number: 11424782
    Abstract: A slide type mobile phone holder includes: a first coupling portion having a first clamp portion and provided with first coupling and outer accommodation portions at first coupling and outer surfaces thereof, respectively, a first coupling wall and a first sliding groove provided between the first coupling and outer accommodation portions, the first coupling accommodation portion having a first coupling protrusion and a first hook; a second coupling portion having a second clamp portion and provided with second coupling and outer accommodation portions at second coupling and outer surfaces thereof, respectively, a second coupling wall and a second sliding groove provided between the second coupling and outer accommodation portions, the second coupling accommodation portion having a second coupling protrusion and a second hook; and a spring member abutting against the first and second coupling protrusions. The first and second coupling portions are assembled together for clamping a mobile phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventor: Chien-Ting Lin
  • Patent number: 11404830
    Abstract: An electrical connection point configured to electrically connect an electric load in a dwelling to a power grid. The connection point includes: a wall block, including first connection elements, the wall block configured to be mounted securely in a wall of the dwelling such that the first connection elements are electrically connected to corresponding portions of the grid; and a functional block configured to provide a specific electric function and including second connecting elements, wherein the functional block is configured to be removably mounted in the wall block, and thus interchangeable, the attachment providing the electrical connection of the second connection elements to the corresponding portions of the grid via the first connection elements, to allow the electric function to be brought into service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Payet-Burin, Didier Vigouroux
  • Patent number: 11265035
    Abstract: A mobile device holder includes an attachment assembly and a support assembly. The attachment assembly includes a magnet enclosed in a shell. When brought into proximity to a magnetic part of a mobile device, the magnet causes the mobile device holder to be attached to the mobile device by magnetic attraction. The magnet has a ring shape. Toward the center of the ring-shaped magnet, the attachment assembly has an accommodating recess. The support assembly includes a handle that is movable on a hinge in and out of the accommodating recess. The joint permits the handle to rotate about a first axis and a second axis not parallel to the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventor: Ping Zhang
  • Patent number: 11256374
    Abstract: A rearview assembly includes a housing and a display assembly that is operably coupled with the housing. An actuation assembly is adjacent the housing and is configured to activate a plurality of features of the rearview assembly. The actuation assembly includes a single button that is operable between engaged and disengaged positions. A plurality of tactile indicia are spaced along the single button and are configured to indicate a particular function of the rearview assembly. A proximity sensor assembly is disposed on the single button and is configured to sense proximity of a user. A conductive contact assembly is operably coupled with the housing and configured to send a signal to a processor to activate a function of the rearview assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric S. Lundy, Joseph P. Brigham, Danny L. Minikey, Jr., Mark R. Roth
  • Patent number: 11197624
    Abstract: A sensor assembly (256) for detecting at least one analyte in a body fluid and a method of assembly a sensor assembly (256) for detecting at least one analyte in a body fluid are disclosed. The sensor assembly (256) comprises: at least one body mount (212) configured for attachment to a body of a user; at least one electronics unit (186) attachable to the body mount (212), having at least one electronics component (208) for one or more of controlling the detection of the analyte or transmitting measurement data to another component; wherein the body mount (212) includes a locking mechanism (216) having at least one lever (218) pivotably mounted to the body mount (212), the lever (218) being configured to lock the electronics unit (186) to the body mount (212).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: ROCHE DIABETES CARE, INC.
    Inventor: Herbert Harttig
  • Patent number: 11189975
    Abstract: A powered wall plate with at least two electrical plug prongs configured to removably mate with an electrical receptacle of an electrical device. A protruding front face extends from the front surface and has a plurality of electrical current apertures extending into the front face, which are configured to receive an electrical plug. A plurality of mounting screw apertures extend through the wall plate, configured to receive a plurality of mounting screws to attach the wall plate to the electrical device. One of the mounting screw apertures may be located on the front face. A spacer may be placed between the wall plate and the electrical device to close a gap. A plurality of LED lights is located along a bottom edge of the front surface, a photocell is exposed on the front surface of the wall plate, and a control switch has an on position, an off position, and an auto position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Inventor: Jeffrey P. Baldwin
  • Patent number: 11082078
    Abstract: A ruggedized mobile mount for a portable handheld radio, including a detachment mechanism and indicator for removably attaching the handheld radio to the mobile mount is disclosed. In one embodiment, the detachment mechanism includes a mechanical indicator configured to indicate an attached and detached state of the handheld radio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Datron World Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Irwin H. Morse, Arthur C. Lashbrook, Nicholas Philip Caponera, Richard R. Urmonas, James A. Pena, Benjamin L. LaBelle
  • Patent number: 10978894
    Abstract: The invention discloses a clamping activation method, applicable to an electric clamping device with wireless charging, the electric clamping device comprising a body and a wireless charging module, a control unit, and an electric clamping assembly, all disposed inside the body. The clamping activation method comprises: the control unit receiving a signal generated by the wireless charging module; the control unit activating the electric clamping assembly to clamp the electronic device according to the signal; and the control unit activating the wireless charging module to charge the electronic device. As such, the electric clamping device can automatically clamp the electronic device without installing additional sensing elements or switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Inventor: Yi Sheng Lin
  • Patent number: 10948001
    Abstract: An automatic clamping holder for a mobile device includes a base, a bottom support arm, left and right clamping arms, left and right pressing arms, and a trigger mechanism. The base is provided with left and right slide grooves. A first elastic member is disposed in each of the left and right slide grooves. The holder is provided with the trigger mechanism and the left and right pressing arms for controlling the opening and closing of the holder. The mobile device can be placed in or taken out from the holder more quickly and flexibly, thereby providing convenience for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN ANNAIJIA ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Weiyu Yang
  • Patent number: 10945462
    Abstract: An aerosol delivery device having a detachable power source is provided. A control body may be coupleable with a cartridge to form an aerosol delivery device. The cartridge may contain an aerosol precursor composition and be equipped with a heating element configured to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition. The control body may comprise a housing and a power source detachably coupled to an outer surface of the housing. A control component may be contained within the housing and configured to operate in an active mode in which the control body is coupled with the cartridge. The control component in the active mode may be configured to direct power from the power source to the heating element to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael F. Davis, Percy D. Phillips, James W. Rogers, Lisa E. Brown, James Demopoulos
  • Patent number: 10930695
    Abstract: An imaging device includes a first semiconductor element including at least one bump pad that has a concave shape. The at least one bump pad includes a first metal layer and a second metal layer on the first metal layer. The imaging device includes a second semiconductor element including at least one electrode. The imaging device includes a microbump electrically connecting the at least one bump pad to the at least one electrode. The microbump includes a diffused portion of the second metal layer, and first semiconductor element or the second semiconductor element includes a pixel unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Wakiyama, Kan Shimizu, Toshihiko Hayashi, Takuya Nakamura, Naoki Jyo
  • Patent number: 10842023
    Abstract: A flexible screen support structure includes a first flexible board, a second flexible board, a side board, and a number of electromagnets. The second flexible board is arranged opposite to the first flexible board and defines a gap together with the first flexible board. The gap is filled with an electro-rheological fluid. The side board encloses outer peripheral sides of the first and second flexible boards and seals the gap. The electromagnets are secured to the first flexible board and located in the gap, each electromagnet has a support surface attached to the first flexible board and a side surface at an acute angle to the support surface, and the side surfaces of adjacent electromagnets are mutually attached by a magnetic force to cause the first flexible board to roll up. A flexible display screen module is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Yugui Lin, Jiao Cheng
  • Patent number: 10829057
    Abstract: A vehicular display system includes a movable body displaceable between an erect position and a tilted position, a first moving body disposed on the vehicle upper side of the movable body in the erect position, a second moving body disposed on the vehicle lower side of the movable body in the erect position, a drive device that displaces the movable body between the erect position and the tilted position, a guide device that guides the second moving body along the displacement operation of the movable body between the erect position and the tilted position, a display device that allows a user to view vehicle interior display information as if the information were displayed in an information display area of the movable body, and an elastic member that applies an elastic force between the movable body and the drive device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuusuke Aono, Tomohiro Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 10827620
    Abstract: A support structure for supporting a flexible display screen includes a first flexible board, a second flexible board, a side board, and a number of electromagnets. The second flexible board is arranged opposite to the first flexible board and defines a gap together with the first flexible board. The gap is filled with an electro-rheological fluid. The side board encloses outer peripheral sides of the first and second flexible boards and seals the gap. The electromagnets are secured to the first flexible board and located in the gap, each electromagnet has a support surface attached to the first flexible board and a side surface at an acute angle to the support surface, and the side surfaces of adjacent electromagnets are mutually attached by a magnetic force to cause the first flexible board to roll up. A flexible display screen module is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Yugui Lin, Jiao Cheng
  • Patent number: 10770853
    Abstract: Systems and methods are involved with but are not limited to an apparatus including an electrical power coupler for an electronic tablet computing device, the electronic tablet computing device having an electrical-power-capable receptacle, the electrical power coupler for a tablet case assembly, the tablet case assembly having an electrical-power-coupler docking bay, the electrical power coupler including a coupler plug sized and shaped to removably couple with the electrical-power-capable receptacle of the electronic tablet computing device, the electrical power coupler sized and shaped to removably couple with the electrical-power-coupler docking bay of the tablet case assembly; a first coupler electrode; and a second coupler electrode, the coupler plug being in electrical connection with the first coupler electrode and with the second coupler electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: PIONEER SQUARE BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Lewis Piper, Michael Cooper Ferren, Jaimie Emerald Chan
  • Patent number: 10666309
    Abstract: A protective arrangement for an electronic device includes a flexible cover having a panel and a skirt that form an interior cavity to receive an electronic device; and an adapter fixedly positioned in the flexible cover and having a male plug with connectors extending into the interior cavity of the flexible cover for mating with a female socket of the device and a contactor with contacts adjacent outwardly from the flexible cover and electrically coupled to one or more of the connectors of the plug. A docking cradle or external adapter can receive the electronic device and cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: National Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Carnevali
  • Patent number: 10630334
    Abstract: A protective arrangement for an electronic device includes a flexible cover having a panel and a skirt that form an interior cavity to receive an electronic device; and an adapter fixedly positioned in the flexible cover and having a male plug with connectors extending into the interior cavity of the flexible cover for mating with a female socket of the device and a contactor with contacts adjacent outwardly from the flexible cover and electrically coupled to one or more of the connectors of the plug. A docking cradle or external adapter can receive the electronic device and cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: National Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Carnevali
  • Patent number: 10598199
    Abstract: A clamping apparatus includes a housing, two clamping arms, at least one manual actuator and a push member. The housing has a receiving area provided with a recessed region. The two clamping arms are assembled with the housing at two sides thereof, and are movably linked to each other via a main pinion disposed inside the housing. The push member is disposed in the recessed region and protrudes partially from the receiving area. When the push member is pressed toward an interior of the recessed region, the initial locking state is released so that the two clamping arms can move for clamping a mobile device. The manual actuator is assembled with the housing at a side thereof, and extends partially into the housing to mesh with the main pinion. A user can operate the manual actuator to concurrently drive the two clamping arms to open via the main pinion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Inventor: Eagle Fan
  • Patent number: 10585455
    Abstract: A docking cradle for a handheld computing device, such as a handheld controller, remote control, tablet computer, smartphone or other electronic device. The docking cradle is configured to be mountable to a horizontal mounting surface (e.g., a table or other horizontal surface), or a vertical mounting surface (e.g., a seatback or wall), while in either mounting orientation, the docking cradle holds the computing device in substantially the same orientation for convenient use and access by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC AVIONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Andrew Barnes
  • Patent number: 10481636
    Abstract: A computer docking station for supporting a portable computer includes a body with a cradle portion configured to support a portion of the portable computer, and an arm portion spaced from the cradle portion. A latching member is coupled with the arm portion and movable between a first position relative to the arm portion, in which the portable computer can be removed from the docking station, and a second position relative to the arm portion, in which the portable computer cannot be removed from the docking station. The computer moves the latching member from the second position to the first position, in a direction toward the cradle portion, as the computer is inserted into the docking station and the latching member automatically moves from the first position to the second position, in a direction away from the cradle portion, as the computer is fully inserted into the docking station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: GAMBER-JOHNSON LLC
    Inventor: Matthew S. Tarnoff
  • Patent number: 10454515
    Abstract: A protective arrangement for an electronic device includes a flexible cover having a panel and a skirt that form an interior cavity to receive an electronic device; and an adapter fixedly positioned in the flexible cover and having a male plug with connectors extending into the interior cavity of the flexible cover for mating with a female socket of the device and a contactor with contacts adjacent outwardly from the flexible cover and electrically coupled to one or more of the connectors of the plug. A docking cradle or external adapter can receive the electronic device and cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: National Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Carnevali
  • Patent number: 10357100
    Abstract: A locking arrangement for retaining a device to a housing. An example locking arrangement comprises a latch, a clip, and a retaining pin affixed to the clip. The at least one latch (a) comprises a latch engagement structure and (b) is moveable between a first position and a second position. The clip (a) comprises at least one clip engagement structure and (b) is moveable between a released position and a locked position when the latch is in the second position. When the latch is in the first position and the clip is in the locked position, the latch engagement structure engages the clip engagement structure, such that the locked position is configured to cause the retaining pin to engage the device. When clip is in the released position, the latch engagement structure does not engage the clip engagement structure and the retaining pin does not engage the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Beck Li, Carl Ma, Brad McDermott, Neil Mo
  • Patent number: 10305303
    Abstract: A method for a wireless charging receptacle is provided in the illustrative embodiments. An enclosure having a shape and a plurality of sides is formed to at least partially enclose a device while charging a rechargeable power source in the device. An opening is formed in the enclosure. the opening is located on a first side from the plurality of sides. The first side has a surface area less than a second surface area of a second side in the plurality of sides, the second surface area being largest of all surface areas of all sides in the plurality of sides. A wireless charging mechanism is configured relative to at least one of (i) the second side and (ii) a third side of the enclosure, wherein the wireless charging mechanism wirelessly supplies energy to a second wireless charging mechanism coupled with the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jenifer Hopper, Mark A. Peloquin, Steven L. Pratt, Karl M. Rister
  • Patent number: 10228000
    Abstract: A magnetic fastener clip includes a cup having at least one hole, an overmold is attached to the cup and a magnet. The overmold has: a cup cover is injection molded on an outside portion of the cup, and an inner ring is injection molded on at least part of an inside portion of the cup. The inner ring is attached to the cup cover via the at least one hole. The magnet operably attaches into the inner ring. According to one embodiment, a turn coupler attaches to the cup cover. The magnetic fastener clip is operative for blind attachment into a structure, such as a vehicle chassis i.e. a pillar, door frame, chassis or roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: TERMAX LLC
    Inventors: Michael Tirrell, Daniel James Dickinson, John Clasen
  • Patent number: 10017126
    Abstract: A smartphone holding device of a vehicle includes: a holder configured to hold a smartphone; a main body configured to receive the holder such that the holder is extendable from the main body; an actuator configured to generate a drive force causing vertical movement of the holder; and a vertical feeding member installed between the actuator and the holder and configured to vertically move the holder by the drive force from the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Ju Lee, Dae Ig Jung, Hye Kyung Kim, Keon Soo Jin, Jae Seob Choi, Min Geun Oh, Won Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 10020564
    Abstract: As the technology relating to controlling electromagnetic waves radiating from the mobile phone such as smart phone during a phone call, wide band waveguide that controls electromagnetic waves radiating from mobile phone and radiating them towards hand was invented. Distance between mobile phone, waveguide and hand is 3 to 6% of the wavelength. Hence, design in near field condition was a problem. This problem was solved by measurement and wide band near field waveguide in which metal sheet is processed was realized. The quantity of electromagnetic waves received by head is reduced to ¼- 1/10 within the entire frequency band used by the mobile phone based on adding this part to the mobile phone such as smart phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: ISSIX WORLD, INC.
    Inventor: Kunio Hane
  • Patent number: 9981393
    Abstract: A remote attaching and detaching device which includes a camera module to substitute a worker's vision in such an environment where the worker's direct access to the in-cell is extremely limited or impossible. In a remote attaching and detaching device including a camera module for monitoring operating environment of a slave arm of a remote robot working in hazardous environment, the remote attaching and detaching device includes a fixing module fixed to a proximity of a gripper provided on the slave arm, and the camera module is attachable to and detachable from the fixing module, and provides visual in-cell information or situation about surroundings of the gripper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KOREA HYDRO AND NUCLEAR POWER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiho Kim, Jong Kwang Lee, Seung-Nam Yu, Byung Suk Park, Il-Je Cho, Hansoo Lee
  • Patent number: 9961306
    Abstract: An apparatus for a mobile device, the holder including: a support structure including a mounting apparatus, adapted for fixing the apparatus in place within an interior space, a coupling mechanism adapted for removeably coupling the mobile device to the support structure, and a control unit housing; a processor unit, housed in the housing; a wireless transceiver, operationally coupled to the processor unit and configured to communicate with the mobile device; and a speaker, operationally coupled to the processor unit and the wireless transceiver and configured to output audio data received from the mobile device by the wireless transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Inventors: Yaron Lev, David Ben Shitrit
  • Patent number: 9961425
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of electro-acoustic products. Provided is a loudspeaker module, comprising a first cover (10) and a second cover (20) combined together; the first cover (10) and the second cover (20) enclose an inner cavity of the module; the inner cavity of the module houses a loudspeaker unit (30) therein; the loudspeaker module further comprises a fastener assembly used to fasten to a fixed structure of an electronic device and thus fix the loudspeaker module to the electronic device. The loudspeaker module solves the technical problem in the prior art of insecure engagement between a loudspeaker module and an electronic device. The loudspeaker module is securely engaged with the electronic device and is easy to install, thus effectively extending the service life of the electronic device installed with the loudspeaker module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: GOERTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ling Wan, Jingwei Wang, Hua Shi
  • Patent number: 9916013
    Abstract: An in-flight entertainment system remote controller has a control unit with a generally planar configuration. The control unit has a gaming controls side, an opposed keyboard side, and a top edge segment between the gaming controls side and the keyboard side. A dock is mounted to a passenger seat structure, and defines an open receptacle that is receptive to the control unit. The dock defines an insertion axis that is substantially coplanar with the remote control unit when oriented for mounting. The top edge segment is exposed while the gaming controls side and the keyboard side are concealed, with the control unit in a retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: PANASONIC AVIONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Sizelove, Mehdi Izadyar, Marshal Perlman, Jared Randall, Jonah Griffith, Jeff Ladwig
  • Patent number: 9680516
    Abstract: A retaining arrangement for a mobile communication device has an accommodating means which accommodates a mobile communication device. The retaining arrangement includes a retaining setting in which the mobile communication device is retained in the accommodating means, and a release setting which allows the mobile communication device to be inserted into the accommodating means. The retaining arrangement is characterized by a locking means which can be moved into a locking setting and into an unlocking setting, wherein the accommodating means can be moved out of the release setting into the retaining setting only when the locking means is in the unlocking setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Bury Sp.z.o.o.
    Inventors: Jacek Brzana, Roman Piekarz
  • Patent number: 9671827
    Abstract: A driving assistance device includes a housing, a controller, a plug connector, and a power line. The controller is received in the housing and includes a microprocessor, a supply line, a signal line, and a storage module. The storage module is electrically coupled to the microprocessor. The plug connector is assembled within the housing, and electrically coupled to the microprocessor via the supply line and the signal line. The power line is electrically coupled to the supply line. The present disclosure further discloses a driving assistance system and a vehicle employing the driving assistance device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kuang-Yao Liao
  • Patent number: 9661116
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a semiautomatic slide case for a mobile phone, which is capable of being semi-automatically slid by applying a slidable hook to a card-receptible mobile phone slide case to open and close a card receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: ISPEAKER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young Suk Chung
  • Patent number: 9548782
    Abstract: A smart phone holder which is mounted to a fixed structure of a vehicle body at a front side of a vehicle to support a smart phone may include a fixing link fixedly mounted to the fixed structure of the vehicle body, and first, second, and third link members forming a four-node link structure with the fixing link together and configured to move the smart phone frontward or rearward of the vehicle by a linkage operation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: YuSeorg Jeong
  • Patent number: 9509820
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for an in-vehicle computing system for selectively adjusting audio settings for speakers in a vehicle. In some embodiments, an in-vehicle computing system for a vehicle includes a processor, an external device interface communicatively coupleable to a mobile device, and a storage device storing instructions executable by the processor to receive an indication of an incoming call directed toward the mobile device. The instructions are further executable to determine location information for the mobile device, correlate the mobile device with a selected speaker of the vehicle, the selected speaker being associated with the location information for the mobile device, and adjust, via the in-vehicle computing system, at least one audio setting for the selected speaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Harman International Industries, Incorporated
    Inventor: Sreejit Gopinath
  • Patent number: 9501059
    Abstract: A method for controlling a mobile device includes extending a retractable mechanical actuator from a mobile device case and/or the mobile device. The method also includes manipulating an object with the retractable mechanical actuator when the retractable mechanical actuator is retracted. The retractable mechanical actuator is controlled via the mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Donald Bolden Hutson
  • Patent number: 9469253
    Abstract: A holder device for a portable electronic apparatus for a motor vehicle. The device includes a stationary frame, secured to a structural element of the vehicle, and a drawer connected to the frame. The connection of the drawer to the frame is arranged such that the drawer is movable relative to the frame between a storage position and a usage position of the electronic apparatus. The connection provides a sliding movement between the storage and usage positions. In the usage position, a usage volume is at least partially delimited by the frame and the drawer. The portable electronic apparatus cam be maintained in the usage volume by a first and a second stop member coming into contact with the apparatus in at least two opposite points thereof and biased toward one another by at least one elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Faurecia Interieur Industrie
    Inventors: Christophe Brunard, Bruno Dinant, Daniel Rodriques
  • Patent number: 9456064
    Abstract: An apparatus for coupling a mobile device to an automobile console area comprising a mobile device element configured to adhere to a mobile device surface and defining a middle elongated shaped element aligned parallel between a right and a left elongated shaped element. A right score is configured to allow a right shoulder element and the right elongated shaped element to break away from the middle elongated shaped element. A left score is configured to allow a left shoulder element and the left elongated shaped element to break away from the left side of the middle elongated shaped element. A middle score is configured to allow a portion of the middle elongated shaped element to break away from a remainder of the middle elongated shaped element. A coupling element is configured to be removably coupled with a console area of an automobile and to the mobile device element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Inventor: Shelby Mathew
  • Patent number: 9421920
    Abstract: The mobile device accessory includes a fixing plate to be fixed to a surface of a mobile device, a ring having an opening portion at a side thereof and a connecting member connecting the opening portion of the ring with the fixing plate such that the ring is configured to rotate to have various angles with respect to the fixing plate and an angle between the ring and the fixing plate is configured to maintain. Thus, the mobile device accessory may make the ring have various angles and the ring maintain a specific angle to carry or position the mobile device conveniently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: AAUXX KOREA CO., LTD
    Inventor: Jintae Jang
  • Patent number: 9420907
    Abstract: A beverage bottle for a portable electronic device, includes a hand-held container comprising a surrounding wall and having a fluid compartment formed within the surrounding wall, and an accessible station integrated with the hand-held container, wherein the accessible station has a window cavity for accommodating the portable electronic device therein so as to allow the portable electronic device through the window cavity. Therefore, the portable electronic device is carried and protected by the container and is accessible through the accessible station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: SIMPLE HAPPINESS & HEALTH
    Inventor: Zhenming Ni
  • Patent number: 9334679
    Abstract: An adjustable device holder includes a holder base including a bottom panel, a cover panel covering the bottom panel, two parallel sliding grooves located on the bottom panel and a shaft column located at the bottom panel between the sliding grooves, and an adjustment module including two adjustment plates slidably coupled to the sliding grooves and having a respective integrated tooth rack, two clamping members respectively pivotally connected to the adjustment plates for holding a mobile electronic device therebetween and a rotating wheel coupled to the shaft column of the holder base and having an integrated external ring gear meshed between the tooth racks of the adjustment plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: CHEN-SOURCE INC.
    Inventor: Sung-Ching Lin
  • Patent number: 9325837
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile terminal dance method, where a first magnet is set at the bottom of a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal is placed in a base, and the base is set with a second magnet with a polarity opposite to a polarity of the first magnet; when a preset triggering condition is met, the mobile terminal sends a first control signal to control the polarity of the first magnet, such that the first magnet produces a polarity identical to the polarity of the second magnet. The disclosure further discloses a mobile terminal. With the mobile terminal and the dance method thereof as provided by the disclosure, a user may be provided with a brand new mode of prompting an incoming call, increasing user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Zhulin Huang
  • Patent number: 9310019
    Abstract: A multi-position holder for a mobile electronic device that includes: a base to provide an elevated platform for the mobile electronic device, where the base includes a top surface; a pair of flanges on each lateral side of the top surface, where each flange enables a screw to penetrate the base and the screw provides a stop for the electronic device; a first support at a first end of the base and said first support extends along a first side of the base, perpendicular to the flanges and rising vertically from the base, where the first support enables the mobile electronic device to rest in a vertical position; and a second support at a second end of the base and said second support opposes the first support, extends along a second side of the base, perpendicular to the flanges and rising vertically from the base, where the second support enables the mobile electronic device to rest in a horizontal position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Inventor: Howard McDonough
  • Patent number: 9278653
    Abstract: A fixing support is provided for a portable electronic device, in particular in a motor vehicle. The fixing support includes a fixed base for receiving the electronic device, a retainer movably mounted on the fixed base between an idle position to place the electronic device on the fixed base and an active position to retain the electronic device on the fixed base, and a one-way lock adapted to allow the retainer to move from the idle position toward the active position, while preventing the retainer from moving from the active position toward the idle position. A motor vehicle dashboard and a motor vehicle are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Faurecia Interieur Industrie
    Inventors: Sergio Da Costa Pito, Christian Brancheriau
  • Patent number: 9266664
    Abstract: A protective case for handheld devices with improved protection characteristics, durability, convenience of use, and functionalities without compromising aesthetics. The protective case includes a “glove” or “skin” piece of a softer material that substantially covers and grips the entire back of the electronic device, by wrapping over the edge of the electronic device (without obscuring the display/touch screen on the front of the device). One or more separate complementary frame pieces, braces and the like made of a hard material are attached over the glove piece, extending over a substantial area of the glove piece, thereby creating a robust interlocking hybrid structure. Openings are provided in the protective case to allow for user interaction with the device, including access to the interfaces (e.g., screens, buttons, sockets, etc.) provided on the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: SWITCHEASY LIMITED
    Inventor: Steven Chi Vun Bau
  • Patent number: 9172782
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flush mounting stand, hanger, carry handle for mobile device. The device has a unique attachment member which can perform as a stand to support the mobile device on a flat surface or perform hanging function to support the mobile device over an object such as a door handle, a cabinet handle, etc. The device according to the principles of the present invention comprises an attachment member that can bend around a hinge or stay straight as desirable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Inventor: Robert Baschnagel
  • Patent number: 9160831
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the operation of a portable terminal having a removable case is provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of display units, each of the plurality of display units disposed in at least one of a front surface and a rear surface of the portable terminal, a detecting unit for detecting that at least one of the front or rear surfaces of the portable terminal is proximate to a corresponding cover of the removable case and a controller for activating a display unit disposed in one of the front and rear surfaces of the portable terminal when proximity of a corresponding cover of the removable case to said one of the front and rear surface is not detected. Accordingly, a user's ability to shift between screens is more easily performed and may be performed without a separate key input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwan-Gee Jang, Dong-Wook Kwon, Byung-Yeol Ko
  • Patent number: 9152177
    Abstract: A docking station (2) system for a tablet (1) having a data connector, said docking station (2) comprising: a substantially planar docking platform (4) for receiving a tablet (1), said docking platform (4) having an elevated retaining lip (6) extending along the lower edge of said docking platform (4) to engage at least one edge of said tablet (1), and one or more elevated guide rails (14); a cable slide (7) having a cable platform, said cable platform having one or more elevated cable tabs (12) for mechanically securing said unmodified tablet data cable (17) thereon, and a cable slide cover (10) for applying pressure to, in order to align the unmodified tablet data cable connector (18) to a tablet connector (16) of said tablet (1), and slide the cable slide (7) into said docking station (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Crestron Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: George Feldstein, Howard Balch
  • Patent number: 9062818
    Abstract: A clamping apparatus is provided, including a base unit, a movable unit, a carrier unit, a clamping element located on base unit and two stop elements located on carrier unit; wherein the base unit includes a placement surface for placing an electronic device; the movable unit partially extends into base unit and can move linearly; the carrier unit is detachably disposed at movable unit; the clamping element and stop elements protrude respectively on two sides of placement surface so that electronic device can be clamped between clamping element and two stop elements. The feature is that the stop elements have an arc shape and are partially engaged to carrier unit with elasticity to expand outward, and maximum clamping distance between two stop elements is increased when applying external force. As such, when the size of electronic device changes by protective cover, the clamping apparatus still maintains good clamping effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Inventor: Eagle Fan