Flexible Panel Patents (Class 439/67)
  • Patent number: 11911181
    Abstract: A wearable device is described. The wearable device may be constructed of one or more flexible materials, and may be referred to as a flexible wearable device. The flexible wearable device may include a flexible housing that is made of a material that is elastically deformable, where the flexible housing at least partially surrounds components of the flexible wearable device. The flexible housing may include apertures disposed within the surface of the flexible housing to enable light to be transmitted and received through the flexible housing. The flexible wearable device may also include a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed within the flexible housing (e.g., within a cavity formed by the flexible housing). The PCB may include sensors configured to acquire physiological data from a user by transmitting light and receiving light through the apertures. The PCB may be constructed of flexible regions that are elastically deformable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Oura Health Oy
    Inventors: Heikki Juhani Huttunen, Teemu Juhani Haverinen, Jouni Juhani Huopana, Antti Kalevi Lämsä, Sami Sakari Ihme, Jukka Tapani Mäkinen
  • Patent number: 11882657
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a circuit board structure, display panel, display device and manufacturing method. The circuit board structure includes a circuit board body, a first connection part, a second connection part and a connection circuit board. An accommodating hole is disposed on the circuit board body. The first connection part is disposed on the circuit board body and located at a side of the accommodating hole. The second connection part is disposed on the circuit board body and located at a side of the accommodating hole away from the first connection part. The connection circuit board is provided with a plurality of connection wires thereon, and the connection wires conductively connect the first and second connection parts. An orthographic projection of the connection circuit board on the circuit board body is not overlapped with that of the accommodating hole on the circuit board body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuang Lei, Fei Li, Jiaxiang Wang, Bowen Xiao, Huan Meng, Binfeng Feng
  • Patent number: 11882681
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electromagnetic shielding structure and a manufacturing method thereof, and an electronic product. The manufacturing method includes covering an injection mold on a circuit substrate, so that different circuit units on the circuit substrate are respectively accommodated in different injection molding cavities of the injection mold; injecting a non-conductive plastic sealant into the injection molding cavities so as to form non-conductive plastic sealing bodies on the circuit units, wherein spacing grooves are formed between the non-conductive plastic sealing bodies; and forming a conductive shielding layer on the non-conductive plastic sealing bodies, so that the conductive shielding layer covers the non-conductive plastic sealing bodies and fills the spacing grooves to form shielding barrier walls, thereby realizing shielding between the different circuit units in respective cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Weifang Goertek Microelectronics Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaiwei Wang, Dewen Tian, Qinglin Song
  • Patent number: 11852239
    Abstract: A seal for an angled connector includes a rim wall enclosing a central opening and a sealing passage extending from outside the seal through the rim wall into the central opening. The seal has a planar plate-shaped configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Steven Lord, Xavier Rouillard
  • Patent number: 11824289
    Abstract: Electric device with electric connection means suitable for connecting it to an electric power source, comprising a supporting surface for a textile electrically conductive band and retention means for retaining the textile electrically conductive band on supporting surface. Electric connection means comprise piercing means for piercing the textile electrically conductive band which are suitable for conducting an electric current. Textile electrically conductive band is made of double weaving and comprises two mutually parallel electrically conductive guides extending along the band. Each of the electrically conductive guides is located between two layers of textile material of said double weaving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: VIBIA LIGHTING S.L.
    Inventor: Stefan Diez
  • Patent number: 11740260
    Abstract: A pogo pin-free testing device for IC chip test includes a load board, a ceramic interposer disposed on the load board, and copper core balls. The ceramic interposer has first and second surfaces and connecting points, and the second surface of the ceramic interposer faces the load board. Each connecting point has through holes penetrating the first and second surfaces, and an inner sidewall surface thereof has a metallization layer. The metallization layer is extended to a portion of the first surface and a portion of the second surface. In each of the connecting points, an area of an extending portion of the metallization layer extended to the second surface is less than an area of an extending portion of the metallization layer extended to the first surface. The copper core balls are disposed between the load board and the through holes of each connecting point of the ceramic interposer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: Global Unichip Corporation, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Chieh Liao, Yu-Min Sun, Chih-Feng Cheng, Pei-Shiou Huang
  • Patent number: 11742601
    Abstract: A modular high speed, high density electrical connector configurable for use in multiple configurations, including a direct attach orthogonal configuration. The connector is assembled with modules that include shielded pairs of signal conductors with mating ends that are rotated approximately 45 degrees with respect to intermediate portions of the signal conductors. The connector may have a mating interface with receptacles in one connector and pins in the mating connector. The pins may be small diameter and may be implemented with superelastic wires so as to resist damage despite having very small effective diameter. A compact mating interface resulting from small diameter mating contact portions may enable other portions of the connector, including the shielding surrounding the signal conductors to be smaller, which may raise the resonant frequency of the connector and extend its bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Marc B. Cartier, Jr., John Robert Dunham, Mark W. Gailus, John Pitten
  • Patent number: 11715423
    Abstract: A plurality of package units is on a surface of a substrate, and a driving circuit is on the surface of the substrate. Each package unit includes at least one pixel, and each pixel is provided with a plurality of light-emitting elements. The driving circuit electrically connects to the light-emitting elements and is configured to transmit a plurality of gate driving signals and a plurality of data signals to drive the plurality of light-emitting elements to emit light to display images. The driving circuit is partially in the package units and is partially between adjacent package units. The substrate and a portion of the driving circuit between adjacent package units are made to be stretchable, while the package units are not stretchable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignees: Interface Technology (ChengDu) Co., Ltd., INTERFACE OPTOELECTRONICS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., INTERSACE OPTOELECTRONICS (WUXI) CO., LTD., GENERAL INTERFACE SOLUTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Ya-Chu Hsu, Po-Ching Lin, Po-Lun Chen, Chun-Ta Chen
  • Patent number: 11703726
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a pixel part to display an image, and a pad part connected to the pixel part; a first flexible circuit film coupled to the pad part and including a first alignment mark; and a second flexible circuit film coupled to the pad part, overlapping the first flexible circuit film, and including a second alignment mark aligned with the first alignment mark. The first and second alignment marks are located in an area where the first flexible circuit film overlaps the second flexible circuit film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Han Lee, Wontae Kim
  • Patent number: 11659655
    Abstract: A tensile electronic module and electronic device using the same are provided. The tensile electronic module includes two electrical components and a stretchable trace connected between the two electrical components. The stretchable trace includes two arcs and at least three circular segments. The circular segments are connected to each other and have at least two various central angles. Each of the arcs is configured at one end of the circular segments for respectively connecting with one of the electrical components. The tensile electronic module proposed in the invention achieves to reduce tensile stress of the stretchable trace in multiple directions and can be further applied to an electronic device which is stretchable or having a curved surface. Damages caused by stress accumulation when the stretchable trace is stretched in different directions are therefore avoided. Therefore, it is believed reliability and service life of the electronic device are greatly improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: Interface Technology (Chengdu) Co., Ltd., Interface Optoelectronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Interface Optoelectronics (Wuxi) Co., Ltd., General Interface Solution Limited
    Inventors: Chia Ming Fan, Po Lun Chen, Chun Ta Chen, Po Ching Lin, Ya Chu Hsu, Chin I Tu, Kuo Fung Huang
  • Patent number: 11617265
    Abstract: A width of each of a first signal terminal and a reference potential terminal formed in a first connection region of a core insulating layer constituting a flexible substrate is larger than a width of each of a first backside signal terminal and a backside reference potential terminal formed in a second connection region of the core insulating layer. In addition, a first separation distance between the first signal terminal and the reference potential terminal arranged adjacent to the first signal terminal is smaller than a second separation distance between the first backside signal terminal and the backside reference potential terminal arranged adjacent to the first backside signal terminal. An insulating film formed on a first surface of the core insulating layer at a position overlapping each of the first connection region and the second connection region covers the first connection region such that the second connection region is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuaki Tsuchiyama, Tatsuaki Tsukuda
  • Patent number: 11582870
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus related to printed circuit boards. In one aspect, a device includes a first board and a second board. The first board includes at least two pins defined at an end of the first board. The first pin and the second pin are positioned along a first line and parallel to the first line. The second board includes at least two slots defined at an end of the second board. The first slot and the second slot are positioned along a second line and are angled from the second line by about ±10° to 15°. Each of the pins in the first board is engaged with each of the slots in the second board and forms an electrical connection between the first pin and the first slot and the second pin and the second slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Stijn Wielandt, Baptiste Dafflon
  • Patent number: 11559234
    Abstract: An electrocardiography device is described that can include a main body, an adjustable cap, and a power switch. The main body can include an electrode of a plurality of electrodes configured to acquire electrical signal from a patient. The adjustable cap can include two electrodes of the plurality of electrodes. The adjustable cap can be rotatable around an axis on the main body to orient the plurality of electrodes on different locations on a body of the patient. The power switch can activate the plurality of electrodes to acquire the electrical signal from the patient. Related apparatuses, systems, methods, techniques and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: The Aga Khan University
    Inventors: Saleem Sayani, Muhammad Abdul Muqeet, Hafiz Imtiaz Ahmed, Hafsa Talat, Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Ambreen Amir Ali, Naeem Sheikh
  • Patent number: 11546997
    Abstract: A twistable electronic device module including a twistable substrate, an electrode pattern layer, an insulating layer, a circuit layer, a plurality of circuit boards and a plurality of electronic devices is provided. The electrode pattern layer is disposed on the twistable substrate. The insulating layer is disposed on the electrode pattern layer. The edge of the insulating layer has an opening located at the edge of the twistable substrate and exposing a part of the electrode pattern layer. The circuit layer is disposed on the insulating layer and on the sidewall of the opening, and is connected with the electrode pattern layer. The plurality of circuit boards are disposed on the circuit layer, and each is electrically connected to the circuit layer. The plurality of electronic devices are disposed on the plurality of circuit boards, and each is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of circuit boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: National Taipei University of Technology
    Inventors: Syang-Peng Rwei, Tzu-Wei Chou, Sheng-Yuan Huang
  • Patent number: 11516915
    Abstract: A land grid array (LGA) land pad having reduced capacitance is disclosed. The conductive portion of a land pad that overlaps a parallel ground plane within the substrate is reduced by one or more non-conductive voids though the thickness of the conductive portion of the land pad. The voids may allow the contact area of the land pad, as defined by the perimeter of the land pad, to remain the same while reducing the conductive portion that overlaps the parallel ground plane. Capacitance between the land pad and the parallel ground plane is reduced by an amount proportional to the reduction in overlapping conductive area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Zhichao Zhang, Tao Wu, Gaurav Chawla, Jeffrey Lee
  • Patent number: 11515674
    Abstract: An electrical connection assembly including two complementary connectors, each including a mutually parallel electrically insulating plates each comprising one face carrying signal transport contacts and an opposite face carrying at least one shielding sheet in such a manner that, when the connectors are connected together, the plates are interleaved between one another so that the contacts are pressed against one another and the shielding sheets are pressed against each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRONICS & DEFENSE
    Inventors: François Guillot, Patrice Chetanneau
  • Patent number: 11480328
    Abstract: An LED lamp having a metal PCB bent polyhedrally and a method for manufacturing the LED lamp is provided, where a base constituting the metal PCB has a rectangular or geometric shape and is configured to have a plurality of base stepped grooves formed spaced apart from each other on the underside thereof in such a manner as to be bent upward or downward from the base to form reflection surfaces continuously, so that at the time when both ends of the base come into contact with the plane, the base has a geometric shape in which the base is located in space through the reflection surfaces continuously arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: ECOCAB CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young Cheon Choi
  • Patent number: 11474572
    Abstract: The present disclosure illustrates a signal transmission apparatus and a display apparatus using the same. The signal transmission apparatus comprises a first flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to a display module and a system, and comprising a port; and a second flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the display module, and comprising a port connection member, and the port connection member corresponding to the port. The second flexible printed circuit board is electrically connected to the first flexible printed circuit board through the port connection member and the port, and is further electrically connected to the system. The signal transmission apparatus is used to replace the conventional manner of soldering multiple circuit boards for connection, so as to prevent the variation during the soldering process, and reduce errors of the manufacturing process, and improve yield rate of the display product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Huailiang He
  • Patent number: 11468799
    Abstract: A flexible circuit board assembly and a flexible display device include a first flexible circuit board, a T-shaped flexible circuit board, and a second flexible circuit board. The first flexible circuit board and the second flexible circuit board are located on a top of the T-shaped flexible circuit board and are coplanar with the T-shaped flexible circuit board. Two ends of a top of the T-shaped flexible circuit board are connected respectively to the first flexible circuit board and the second flexible circuit board perpendicularly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hao Xia
  • Patent number: 11469211
    Abstract: A Chip-On-Film structure, a displaying base plate and a displaying device, wherein the Chip-On-Film structure includes a first substrate; a plurality of driving chips provided on one side of the first substrate, and a plurality of first leads that are connected to the plurality of driving chips; and the plurality of first leads are for binding a displaying base plate, and a quantity of the first leads is greater than or equal to a sum of quantities of channels of the plurality of driving chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuang Zhang, Weihong Wu, Feifan Li, Ajuan Du, Xiaoxia Huang, Liang Gao, Hufei Yang, Enjian Yang, Hao Sun, Bin Wang, Dong Wang
  • Patent number: 11424566
    Abstract: A high-density connecting device is provided. The high-density connecting device includes a first connecting module and a second connecting module. The first connecting module includes a first casing assembly, a first circuit board, and a first socket connector. The second connecting module includes a second casing assembly, a second circuit board, and a second socket connector. When the first connecting module is mated with the second connecting module, a junction end of the first circuit board and a junction end of the second circuit board are inserted into the first socket connector and the second socket connector, respectively, so that the junction end of the first circuit board and the junction end of the second circuit board are electrically connected to the first socket connector and the second socket connector, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: NEXTRONICS ENGINEERING CORP.
    Inventors: Yen-Cheng Chen, Hou-An Su, Frank Hsu, Yu-Ting Sun, Yong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11387718
    Abstract: A method of removing an insulating coating layer of coil wiring includes: a fragmentation step in which a line-shaped region of the insulating coating layer, which separates a removal-planned portion and a remain-planned portion of the insulating coating layer, is removed; a laser irradiation step in which laser light which transmits through the insulating coating layer but which is absorbed by a coil wiring is irradiated from a side of an outer surface of the removal-planned portion toward a boundary of the coil wiring with the insulating coating layer, to carbonize a boundary portion between the insulating coating layer and the coil wiring of the removal-planned portion by generation of heat of the coil wiring; and a coating turn-over step in which air is blown onto the removal-planned portion to turn over and blow off the removal-planned portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken Shirai, Yasuyuki Hirao, Masashi Matsumoto, Hiroaki Takeda, Ryosuke Maruyama
  • Patent number: 11324116
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods for manufacturing and techniques for interconnecting integrated circuit devices are disclosed. A flexible printed circuit (FPC) provides EMI shielding with reduced insertion loss. The FPC includes a first signal layer fabricated from a planar conductive material and having traces configured to carry signals between a circuit boards. The FPC may include a first non-conductive layer disposed in a plane above the first signal layer, a second non-conductive layer disposed in a plane below the first signal layer, a first copper ground plane disposed in a plane above the first non-conductive layer, a second copper ground plane disposed in a plane below the second non-conductive layer, and a second signal layer provided in a plane above the first copper ground plane or below the second copper ground plane. Signals carried in the first signal layer may have a higher frequency than signals carried in the second signal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Guobing Han, Jianxiang Wu, Cooper Xie, Wei Yan
  • Patent number: 11324113
    Abstract: Electrical conductors are disclosed. More particularly, undulating electrical conductors are disclosed. Certain disclosed electrical conductors may be suitable to be disposed on flexible or stretchable substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Nicholas T. Gabriel, Ronald D. Jesme, Andrew J. Ouderkirk, Ravi Palaniswamy, Andrew P. Bonifas, Alejandro Aldrin A. Narag, II, Robert M. Jennings, Robin E. Gorrell
  • Patent number: 11321009
    Abstract: A Dual In-Line Memory Module (DIMM) includes a plurality of memory devices mounted on a circuit board of the DIMM. The memory devices are arranged to be accessed via at least two memory channels. The DIMM further includes an array of surface contact connections. Each surface contact connection is configured to be engaged with an associated contact element of a z-axis compression connector. The array of surface contact connections are arranged to conduct signals for the memory channels. The memory devices are placed upon the memory circuit board in an array of X rows of memory devices and Y columns of memory devices, where X and Y are integers. When the DIMM has a first number of the memory devices A=X1×Y1 that is less than when the DIMM has a second number of memory devices B=X2×Y2, then either X1 is less than X2, or Y1 is less than Y2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Arnold Thomas Schnell, Joseph Daniel Mallory
  • Patent number: 11271339
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes an inner housing, a substrate inserted into the inner housing, and a terminal position assurance (TPA) member supporting the substrate for the substrate not to be separated from the inner housing. The TPA member having a hot staking protrusion penetrating through the substrate and the inner housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP Korea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang-Ho Lee, Keun Taek Lim
  • Patent number: 11262811
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a flexible circuit board including a plurality of first substrate pads and a plurality of second substrate pads, a main circuit board connected to the flexible circuit board, and a display panel including a plurality of first display pads and a plurality of second display pads, where the plurality of first display pads is connected to the main circuit board through the flexible circuit board and each of the plurality of first display pads at least partially overlaps corresponding substrate pad of the plurality of first substrate pads, respectively, and each of the plurality of second display pads at least partially overlaps corresponding substrate pad of the plurality of second substrate pads, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myong-Soo Oh, Doosan Park, Hyunchul Jin
  • Patent number: 11252818
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a printed circuit board (PCB) with high component density includes at least two reinforcing plates, at least two connecting plates, a first circuit board unit, and a second circuit board unit. The reinforcing plate includes a supporting portion, a first connecting portion, and a second connecting portion. The first connecting portion and the second connecting portion connect to ends of the supporting portion. The connecting plates are bendable circuit boards. Each connecting plate is attached to the supporting portion, the first connecting portion, and the second connecting portion of a reinforcing plate. The first circuit board unit is fixed and electrically connected to a connecting plate away from first connecting portion. The second circuit board unit is fixed and electrically connected to a connecting plate away from the second connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited., HongQiSheng Precision Electronics (QinHuangDao) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rui-Wu Liu, Ming-Jaan Ho, Lei Zhou, Man-Zhi Peng
  • Patent number: 11213672
    Abstract: The set for the electrical stimulation of a patient, comprises a backing, at least one electrically active zone and a wire connected to said electrically active zone for connection to a stimulator. Said backing has the shape of a bandage or of a plaster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: DJO, LLC
    Inventors: Klaus Schonenberger, Valere Vriz
  • Patent number: 11217922
    Abstract: An adaptor includes a substrate, a first housing, and a flat cable. The substrate comprises a terminal hole. The first housing includes a first insertion hole and a second insertion hole. The substrate is inserted into the first insertion hole. The flat cable includes a plurality of conductors. Each of the conductors includes a conductor terminal. The flat cable passes through the second insertion hole. The conductor terminal is connected to the terminal hole. A direction in which the substrate is inserted into the first insertion hole is perpendicular to a direction in which the flat cable passes through the second insertion hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Energy Full Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Hsu-Shen Chin
  • Patent number: 11212917
    Abstract: Connector receptacles that may be space efficient and provide a direct connection to a flexible circuit board. One example may provide an electronic device having a receptacle including a recess formed in a housing of the electronic device. The recess may have a sidewall and a bottom surface portion, and the bottom surface portion may include one or more openings extending through the bottom surface portion from an external surface to an internal surface. One or more contacts formed on a flexible circuit board may be aligned with the one or more openings in the bottom surface portion. In this way, the receptacle may be space efficient and provide a direct connection to a flexible circuit board inside an electronic device. A cosmetic cap may be placed in the recess to obscure the existence of the connector receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dustin J. Verhoeve, Jason C. Sauers, Benjamin J. Kallman
  • Patent number: 11151300
    Abstract: A routing assembly for an electronic device has a plurality of connectors ports and each of the connector ports contains a first connector connected to one or more cables. Cables are directly terminated, at first ends thereof, to terminals of the first connectors and the cables can be embedded in a routing substrate. The routing substrate has an opening which accommodates a chip package. Second ends of the cables are terminated to second connectors arranged in the package opening and the second connectors are in turn connected to third connectors that are connected to the chip package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Keith Lloyd, Gregory Walz, Ayman Isaac, Kent E. Regnier, Bruce Reed
  • Patent number: 11145577
    Abstract: A system-in-package apparatus includes a square wave lead frame that provides a recess for a first semiconductive device as well as a feature for a second device. The system-in-package apparatus includes a printed wiling board that is wrapped onto the lead frame after a manner to enclose the first semiconductive device into the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sonja Koller, Georg Seidemann, Reinhard Mahnkopf, Bernd Waidhas
  • Patent number: 11139362
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display panel, including a display area, a binding area and a pad area located between the display area and the binding area. The display area is provided with a function layer, the binding area is provided with a driving unit, and the pad area provided with a plurality of pads arranged in multiple rows and multiple columns. One end of each of the pads is connected to the function layer, and the other end of each of the pads is connected to the driving unit, wherein the plurality of the pads are disposed asymmetrically with respect to the centerline, and the centerline is a centerline of the display panel running through the display area, the pad area, and the binding area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics, Semiconductor Display Technology Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Kunyueh Tsai
  • Patent number: 10992042
    Abstract: An antenna is connected to a first end of a high-frequency transmission line, and a connector is connected to a second end of the high-frequency transmission line. A characteristic impedance of a microstrip line is higher than characteristic impedances of first and second strip lines, and a characteristic impedance of a coplanar line is higher than a characteristic impedance of the second strip line. Thus, at a certain frequency, a standing wave develops in which the position of the microstrip line and the position of the coplanar line are maximum voltage points and three-quarter-wavelength resonance is a fundamental wave mode. Thus, the cutoff frequency of the high-frequency transmission line is high, and an insertion loss of a signal is significantly reduced to be low over a wide band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noboru Kato, Satoshi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 10964680
    Abstract: The display device includes a flexible base layer including a first region and a second region located around the first; a display unit on one surface of the first region and including a light emitting element; a driving circuit on the second region and including a plurality of first bumps arranged in a first row and a plurality of second bumps arranged in a second row, the driving circuit includes a third bump in the first row and disposed outward relative to the plurality of first bumps, a first and second reference bump each disposed at a center of the plurality of first and second bumps that are disposed along a reference line defined in a column direction vertically intersecting a row direction, the remaining first and second bumps excluding the first reference bump and the second reference bump arranged to have a preset slope with respect to the reference line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Inventors: Dae Geun Lee, Kyung Mok Lee, Suk Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 10952351
    Abstract: A narrow-bezel display device. A bezel in outer peripheral portions of the display device is reduced. A plurality of circuit films, a printed circuit board, and the like, connected to a display panel, are protected. Heat dissipation performance is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JongYoung Park, JinYoung Bang, Jikwang Jang
  • Patent number: 10943893
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a stretchable display device, comprising: a lower substrate made of a stretchable insulating material and having an active area and a non-active area adjacent to the active area; a plurality of individual substrates spaced apart from each other and disposed in the active area of the lower substrate; pixels disposed on the plurality of individual substrates respectively; and a plurality of connecting lines disposed between the plurality of individual substrates on the lower substrate, and electrically connecting corresponding pads disposed within the plurality of individual substrates respectively. The modulus of the plurality of individual substrates is higher than the lower substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyunju Jung, Eunah Kim
  • Patent number: 10897819
    Abstract: A display panel, a flexible circuit board and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a substrate, and at least one row of a plurality of input pads including at least one first-input pad disposed in the middle of the input pads and a plurality of second-input pads disposed on both sides of the first input pad. Each input pad includes a first end and a second end that are oppositely disposed, and a spacing between any adjacent two input pads includes a first spacing between adjacent two first ends and a second spacing between adjacent two second ends. The first spacing and the second spacing between any adjacent two second-input pads are not equal. Along a direction from the first-input pad to the second-input pad, starting from adjacent first-input and second-input pads, the first spacing and the second spacing successively and gradually increases, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: XIAMEN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huangyao Wu, Shumao Wu, Guochang Lai
  • Patent number: 10892574
    Abstract: A cable to board interconnect device that is used to interconnect wires to a printed circuit board (PCB) that has conductive traces on its essentially flat surface, where the wires are essentially parallel to the face of the PCB. The device includes an alignment member that overlies the wires, and an elastomeric conductor between the wires and the PCB traces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Paricon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Roger Weiss, Everett Simons, William Petrocelli, Ethan Berkowitz
  • Patent number: 10886651
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly used in an interior of an electronic device which includes an internal printed circuit board, a chip mounted on internal printed circuit board, internal conductive pads disposed close to the chip and electrically connected to the chip, and an interface connector away from the chip and electrically connected to the external electrical connector comprises a first connector electrically connected to the internal conductive pads and a cable connecting with the first connector, the cable being able to electrically connect to the interface connector, wherein the first connector includes first elastic terminals elastically contacting the internal conductive pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Kuei-Chung Tsai
  • Patent number: 10879662
    Abstract: An electric contact terminal configured to be forcibly inserted into an accommodation recess formed in a surface of an electrically conductive object and thus be reliably mounted on the electrically conductive object. The electric contact terminal includes: a metal body having a flat surface on at least an upper side thereof; and at least two projections protruding from a lateral side of the body, wherein the projections are sized such that the projections are placed on an edge of the accommodation recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Inventors: Kee-Han Park, Tae-Man Kang, Byung-Sun Jung, Sun-Ki Kim, Gyu-Seop Kim, Eung-Won Kim, Se-Deok Oh
  • Patent number: 10852784
    Abstract: An information handling system comprising a chassis supporting a motherboard, a graphics board, and an flexible compression jumper connector having a first compression jumper pad with a first array of compressible communication contacts operatively coupled to a first connector pad interface area on the motherboard and first clamping mechanism to compress the first array of compressible communication contacts to the motherboard. The flexible compression jumper connector having a second compression jumper pad with a second array of compressible communication contacts operatively coupled to a second connector pad interface area on the graphics board, and a second clamping mechanism to compress the second array of compressible communication contacts to the graphics board, where the flexible compression jumper connector has an adjustable jumper trace array cable between the first compression jumper pad and the second compression jumper pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Arnold Thomas Schnell, Ivan Guerra, Gurpreet Sahota
  • Patent number: 10829603
    Abstract: There is provided a cured product of an epoxy resin composition, in which the compounding composition and the phase-separated structure of the epoxy resin composition are controlled so that the balance between rigidity and toughness of the cured product is superior compared with those of cured products of conventional epoxy resin compositions. A cured product of an epoxy resin composition, which has both superior rigidity and superior toughness compared with conventional materials can be produced by curing an epoxy resin composition comprising an epoxy resin, a polyrotaxane having graft-chain-modified cyclic molecules and a curing agent for the epoxy resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Keiichiro Nomura, Nobuhiro Morioka, Kentaro Sano, Noriyuki Hirano, Sadayuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10756467
    Abstract: A communication system includes a first circuit card assembly having a first PCB including a first slot and a first electrical connector mounted to the first PCB along the first slot and having a first mating end. The communication system includes a second circuit card assembly having a second PCB and a second electrical connector mounted to the second PCB and having a second mating end. The first and second circuit card assemblies are mated along a board mating axis parallel to the first slot with the first PCB oriented perpendicular to the second PCB. The first and second mating ends are oriented parallel to the board mating axis. The second PCB is received in the first slot to align the second mating end with the first mating end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Joseph Consoli, Chad William Morgan
  • Patent number: 10700459
    Abstract: A circuit board flex cable system includes a flex cable extending from a circuit board. A data transmission stack extends through the flex cable and the circuit board, and includes a first ground layer extending along its length and including a first grounding element, and a second ground layer extending along its length, spaced part from the first ground layer, and including a second grounding element. A signal layer in the data transmission stack extends along the length of the data transmission stack, is located between the first ground layer and the second ground layer, and includes a signal element that transmits signals. A third grounding element in the signal layer of the data transmission stack is provided adjacent the signal element and extends along a length of the data transmission stack adjacent to a termination of the flex cable in the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Sandor Farkas, Bhyrav Mutnury
  • Patent number: 10693247
    Abstract: A fixation structure includes an electrical wire, a board, and a stapler. The electrical wire includes a core wire and a cover member. The electrical wire includes a core-wire covered part covered by the cover member, and a core-wire exposed part exposed from the core-wire covered part. The board includes a junction part electrically connected with the core-wire exposed part. The stapler includes a contact part and a fixation part. The contact part has a plate shape, and is positioned at a boundary between the core-wire exposed part and the core-wire covered part while contacting the core-wire exposed part and the core-wire covered part from a side opposite to the board when the core-wire exposed part is connected with the junction part. A pair of the fixation parts are provided on both sides of the contact part and fix the contact part and the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Chiyajo, Hidehiko Shimizu, Haruhiko Yoshida, Keitaro Nozawa
  • Patent number: 10649496
    Abstract: A stretchable display device includes a substrate having a plurality of islands spaced apart from each other, and a plurality of bridges connecting each of the plurality of islands. A plurality of display units is disposed above the plurality of islands, respectively. A plurality of metal wirings are electrically connected to each of the plurality of display units. The plurality of metal wirings are disposed above the plurality of bridges. Each of the plurality of bridges includes a first region curved convexly in a first direction on a plane, and a second region curved concavely in the first direction. The second region is connected to the first region. Each of the plurality of metal wirings has a first width, and each of the plurality of bridges have a second width that is greater than the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinwoo Choi, Youngse Jang, Haeyun Choi, Sungkook Park, Jaeik Lim
  • Patent number: 10601182
    Abstract: Provided is a connector that has a reduced profile and is capable of bringing shielding structures of two connectors coupled together into contact with each other. A connector (10) according to the present disclosure includes a first connector (20) and a second connector (70). The first connector (20) is equipped with a first insulator (30) that includes a pair of outer peripheral walls (32) opposing each other and a fitting projection (33) formed between the pair of outer peripheral walls (32), and a first shielding member (60) supported by the first insulator (30). The second connector (70) includes a second insulator (80) equipped with a fitting recess (83) fit to the fitting projection (33), and a second shielding member (110) supported by the second insulator (80). When the first connector (20) and the second connector (70) are fitted to each other, the first shielding member (60) and the second shielding member (110) are fitted to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro Horino, Genta Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10362670
    Abstract: An electronic device such as a cover for a portable device may be provided with a body having hinge portions. The hinge portions may allow the body to bend about one or more bend axes. The cover may have electrical components such as a keyboard. A keyboard may be mounted at one end of the cover and a connector may be mounted at an opposing end of the cover. A flexible fabric signal path structure may be formed from metal traces on a flexible fabric substrate. At one end of the cover, the flexible fabric signal path structure may be coupled to a printed circuit in the keyboard using conductive adhesive. At the opposing end of the cover, the metal traces on the flexible fabric substrate may be coupled to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin A. Cousins, Kurt R. Stiehl, Samuel G. Smith, Kirk M. Mayer, Siddhartha Hegde, Melody Kuna