Patents Examined by Abhishek Rathod
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Patent number: 10197084Abstract: A retainer assembly is adapted to secure a removable electronic unit within an avionics equipment mounting tray. The retainer assembly includes a latch having a base portion and a handle portion. The base portion is pivotally coupled to one of the removable electronic unit and the avionics equipment mounting tray. The handle portion projects outward from the base portion. The base portion includes a cam surface adapted to releasably contact the other of the removable electronic unit and the avionics equipment mounting tray.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Darrell E. Ankney, Andrei Arevalo, Paul Gilmore
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Patent number: 10194553Abstract: A modular I/O device includes a terminal base with a terminal block that includes a plurality of wiring connectors. An auxiliary wiring device includes a plurality of auxiliary wiring connectors and is selectively physically connectable to the terminal base in an operative position and selectively physically removable from the terminal base. The terminal block includes a receiver and the auxiliary wiring device includes a body including at least one mounting tab that projects outwardly from the body and that is located in the receiver. The receiver includes a projecting lip about which the auxiliary wiring device is pivotable relative to the receiver on a pivot axis. The terminal base includes at least one catch and the auxiliary wiring device further includes at least one latch arm that is adapted to engage the catch when the auxiliary wiring device is physically connected to said terminal base in its operative position.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS CENTER PTE. LTD.Inventors: Rajiv Chakraborty, Srinivasan Melkote, Terence S. Tenorio, Douglas A. Lostoski, David S. Wehrle, Adam M. Wrobel
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Patent number: 10185373Abstract: A computing device is provided with a slot that includes a first locking element and a second locking element configured to receive a removable general purpose graphic processing unit (GPGPU) carrier. The GPGPU carrier includes a bracket for securing a first GPGPU in a first receiving space, and second GPGPU in a second receiving space. The bracket also includes a first latching mechanism configured to secure the first locking element of the slot, and a second latching mechanism configured to secure the second locking element of the slot. The GPGPU carrier also includes a frame secured to the bracket. The frame includes a first end with a first guide slot, and a second end with a second guide slot. The first and second guide slots are configured to enable the GPGPU carrier to adjust from a first position to a second position while secured within the slot.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chao-Jung Chen, Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng, Chen Tseng, Zhi-Hao Tseng
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Patent number: 10188005Abstract: A control unit device for a motor vehicle includes a circuit board, on which a plurality of electronic components are disposed. The electronic components are electrically coupled to one another by conductor tracks on the circuit board. A substantially gas-impermeable cover is materially joined or bonded to the circuit board in such a way that the cover, together with the circuit board, forms a closed cavity in which the electronic components and the associated conductor tracks are located. A method for producing the control unit device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2015Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Conti Temic microelectronic GmbHInventors: Andreas Albert, Gerhard Bauer, Juergen Henniger, Matthias Keuten, Michael Novak, Bernhard Schuch, Matthias Wieczorek
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Patent number: 10180702Abstract: A minimum Z height handheld electronic device and methods of assembly is described. The electronic device includes a single seamless housing having a front opening and a cover disposed within the front opening and attached to the seamless housing without a bezel.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2012Date of Patent: January 15, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Teodor Dabov, Hui-Leng Lim, Kyle Yeates, Stephen Brian Lynch
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Patent number: 10165709Abstract: Modular network switches and other computer systems are described herein. A modular network switch can include a latching device for installing and removing computer modules (e.g., line cards) from an associated cabinet or enclosure. The network switch can also include interconnected computer modules (e.g., line cards, fabric cards, control modules, etc.) that include circuit boards oriented parallel to the flow of cooling air through the cabinet in the absence of a backplane or midplane oriented perpendicular to the air flow. The absence of such backplanes and/or midplanes provides a more direct air flow path through the cabinet, thereby enabling a more efficient flow of cooling air and lower operating temperatures. Additionally, the network switch can include an orthogonal arrangement of data planes, control planes, and/or power planes that can be efficiently interconnected to increase operational speed and further facilitate the flow of cooling air through the computer cabinet.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: Facebook, Inc.Inventors: Hans-Juergen Schmidtke, Zhiping Yao, Che Kin Leung, Xu Wang
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Patent number: 10165694Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a portable electronic device having a substantially concealed barometric vent. The vent may be used to equalize air pressure within the enclosure while forming a barrier between external contaminants, moisture, and so on and various internal component and assemblies of the device. In one embodiment, the vent may include a screen configured to impede ingress of particulates and an air-permeable membrane configured to impede ingress of moisture.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2017Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Christopher M. Werner, Maegan K. Spencer, Daniel J. Barrett, Brad G. Boozer, Daniel J. Hiemstra, Christopher D. Guichet, Amin M. Younes, James G. Horiuchi, Eugene H. Fox
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Patent number: 10156868Abstract: A mounting apparatus includes a mount, a locking member, a movable projection member, and a first moving mechanism. The mount can mount a first housing in a predetermined positional relationship with the mounting apparatus. The locking member is provided to be movable between an initial position and a position corresponding to a revolving position of a second housing. The locking member can lock the electronic device with the second housing. The movable projection member is disposed to abut the first housing mounted on the mount, and moves in an apparatus thickness direction when the movable projection member abuts the first housing. When the locking member lies at the initial position, and the movable projection member moves in the apparatus thickness direction, the first moving mechanism moves the locking member from the initial position of the locking member to the position corresponding to the revolving position of the second housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2017Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.Inventors: Akira Iwamoto, Hitoshi Nakatani, Kaoru Yasumasa
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Patent number: 10136539Abstract: An electronic component having plural lead terminals protruding from side surfaces of a component main body is inserted and accommodated in a housing member, and the lead terminals are brought into contact with plural terminal fittings held in the housing member to assemble the electronic component into the housing member. Each of the lead terminals includes a base end protruding from at least one side surface of the component main body and a contact portion connected to the base end to droop along the side surface. The component main body is provided with an insulating member which is located to contact or face the base ends from a side of an end surface of the component main body which is most distant from a bottom wall of the housing member in assembling the electronic component into the housing member. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress deformation of the lead terminals.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2015Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Yukihiro Kawamura
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Patent number: 10133303Abstract: A display device includes a bottom chassis including first and second bottom portions, a mold frame including first and second frame portions disposed in respective first and second bottom portions, a hinge portion configured to couple the first and second frame portions to each other, a flexible display panel disposed on the mold frame and the hinge portion, a first curvature adjusting portion disposed between one side of the hinge portion and the display panel and coupled to the first frame portion, a second curvature adjusting portion disposed between the opposite side of the hinge portion and the display panel and coupled to the second frame portion, a first support portion coupled to the hinge portion and configured to support the first curvature adjusting portion, and a second support portion coupled to the hinge portion and configured to support the second curvature adjusting portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2017Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chang Min Park, Sang Wol Lee
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Patent number: 10129998Abstract: An electronic device includes a first circuit board and a second circuit board arranged to have their first main surfaces facing each other, and a casing containing the first and second circuit boards. The first circuit board has the first main surface having a first electronic component with a mounting height from the first main surface toward the second circuit board greater than a distance between the first and second circuit boards. The second circuit board has an opening or a cutout as a first hollow portion facing the first electronic component. The first hollow portion receives a part of the first electronic component.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2017Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: OMRON CorporationInventor: Hiroaki Ueda
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Patent number: 10127947Abstract: A data storage system assembly includes a rigid central plate with multiple data storage devices (DSDs) mounted on the central plate, where a first row of DSDs is coupled with a first side of the central plate, and a second row of DSDs is coupled with a second side of the central plate, both in a side-by-side arrangement. A plurality of flexible mounting grommets may be fastened to each DSD and coupled to the central plate, such as in an arrangement in which an even number of grommets are fastened to one side and an odd number of grommets are fastened to an opposing side of the DSD. Each respective DSD may be fastened to a corresponding adaptor plate, where each adaptor plate is coupled with the central plate. Flexible mounting grommets may be fastened to each adaptor plate and coupled to the central plate.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Thomas R. Albrecht, Darya Amin-Shahidi, Toshiki Hirano, Lidu Huang, Jeffrey D. Wilke
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Patent number: 10114428Abstract: An IT device includes a system board and a hybrid connector system including a standard connector portion and a supplemental connector portion. The standard connector portion is configured to receive a standardized expansion card and a combination of the standard connector portion and the supplemental connector portion is configured to receive a riser card.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: October 30, 2018Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLCInventors: Michael Gregoire, Robert P. Wierzbicki
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Patent number: 10101766Abstract: A handle module has a housing conforming to a disk drive form factor. The handle module has mounting features configured to securely install the housing in a slot conforming to the disk drive form factor. The handle module has a finger-friendly recess extending from a front of the handle module and into an interior of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2010Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Yi-Feng Lin, Barry T. Phillips, David Quijano, Gregory A. Standiford, Josh K. Peterson
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Patent number: 10096344Abstract: A holding frame for an electronic device that is to be inserted and extracted into and from a pair of grooves formed in a chassis so as to face each other, the holding frame includes a pair of plates that are parallel to each other and that form portions of the holding frame, the portions extending along the grooves, three protrusions that are arranged along the grooves and that protrude from the plates toward the grooves, and two support portions that are arranged at portions of the holding frame each of which corresponds to a center portion between a corresponding two of the three protrusions, the two support portions supporting the electronic device between the plates and the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Shinichirou Okamoto, Shinichirou Kouno, Satoru Yamada, Atsushi Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 10098245Abstract: A display assembly is provided. The display panel may include a bottom frame, a display panel, a cover plate, a side frame and a connecting member. A bottom surface of the display panel is disposed on one surface of a bottom plate of the bottom frame. A rear surface of the cover plate is attached to a top surface of the display panel. An inner surface of the side frame is disposed opposite to the side surface of the display panel and secured to a side wall of the bottom frame. The connecting member includes an embedded portion and an extension portion. The extension portion extends from the embedded portion and protrudes from the inner surface of the side frame, and disposed between the cover plate and the display panel. An electronic device and a method for assembling the same are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventor: Yugui Lin
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Patent number: 10091918Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing conformal shielding are disclosed to provide electromagnetic interference shielding of circuit components mounted on a circuit board. A print mold stencil is provided with one or more conductive shielding walls disposed within the stencil before its application to the circuit board and detachable therefrom, and also configured to encompass the circuit components. In this manner a shielded compartment volume is defined by walls of the print mold stencil and one or more of the conductive shielding walls, and may be easily and quickly applied to the circuit board to encompass the components for shielding. A conformal shielding layer is then formed from a molding material disposed in the shielded compartment volume that encompasses the components, as well as a conductive layer disposed on the outer surface of the material, and coupling of the shielding walls with a ground plane in the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2013Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Yang Zhang, Jack Brian Steenstra
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Patent number: 10070541Abstract: A display device includes a display module, a rear cover that covers the rear surface of the display module, a main circuit board placed in an internal space formed between the rear cover and the rear surface of the display module, flexible wiring members that mutually connects the display module and the main circuit board, and a male screw having a head exposed to the outside of the rear cover, the male screw passing through the rear cover and engaging a female screw formed in the main circuit board. The main circuit board is fixed to the rear cover with the male screw in a state in which the main circuit board is not fixed to the display module.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: Alpine Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Kazuki Oda, Shinobu Kida
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Patent number: 10062985Abstract: A connector module is mounted at a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device includes a housing and a circuit board. The circuit board is disposed in the housing, and the housing has an opening. The connector module includes a switch component, a connector and a button assembly. The switch component is disposed at the housing and is electrically connected with the circuit board. The connector is movably disposed between the opening and the switch component, and the connector is electrically connected with the circuit. The connector is for accommodating an IC card, so that the IC card is capable of being electrically connected with the circuit board via the connector. The button assembly is inserted at the opening and abuts against the connector, and drives the connector to touch the switch component when being pressed.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Pegatron CorporationInventor: Tung-Ting Cheng
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Patent number: 10061354Abstract: A docking station for a portable electronic device includes a cradle portion for supporting a first edge of the portable electronic device, a body portion extending away from the cradle portion, and a latching portion coupled to the body portion for securing a second edge of the portable electronic device when the portable electronic device is supported in the docking station. The latching portion includes a first latch movable relative to the body portion between a latched position and an unlatched position, a second latch spaced from the first latch and movable relative to the body portion between a latched position and an unlatched position, and a control bar coupled to each of the first and second latches such that movement of the control bar by a user simultaneously moves both the first and second latches to the unlatched positions.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2017Date of Patent: August 28, 2018Assignee: Gamber-Johnson LLCInventors: Travis Pischel, Jason Lewandowski