Patents Examined by Abhishek Rathod
  • Patent number: 9743535
    Abstract: An electronic device enclosure includes a rear cover, a securing bracket, and a securing assembly. The rear cover includes a hook. The securing bracket includes a latching portion engaged with the hook. The securing assembly includes a securing member and a sliding shaft. The securing member is secured to the securing bracket. The mounting member is movable relative to the securing bracket to slide the sliding shaft. The sliding shaft presses edges of the limiting slot to push the rear cover away from the securing bracket to disengage the hook from the latching portion when sliding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignees: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (WuHan) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung Chai, Da-Long Sun, Yu-Gui Chen
  • Patent number: 9736952
    Abstract: There is provided an on-vehicle electronic module that includes an external connecting function and environment resistant reliability similar to a previous on-vehicle electronic module and that simultaneously achieves downsizing without a male connector housing component and cost reduction due to reduction of the number of components and assembly man-hours. There are included a circuit board 1 including a mounting region 2 and a terminal forming region 3, and a case housing the mounting region 2 of the circuit board 1. Electronic components 9 and 10 are mounted on the mounting region 2. A board terminal is formed in the terminal forming region 3. The case includes a case member 13 integrally formed with a wall surface and a male connector housing 13a. The wall surface forms a case internal space 21 that houses the mounting region 2. A female connector is mounted to the male connector housing 13a.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoichi Kajiwara, Toshiaki Ishii, Masaru Kamoshida
  • Patent number: 9727086
    Abstract: An electronic device having a mechanical structure that prevents a contact failure in an electronic device having a contact structure between a battery and a power terminal is provided. The electronic device includes a case including a battery mounting part, in which a battery is mounted, a terminal part formed on a first side wall of the battery mounting part to provide an elastic force directed to a second side wall opposite to the first side wall, to the battery, and a tension part formed on the second side wall of the battery mounting part to provide an elastic force directed toward the first side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoonjae Kim, Byunggil Kwak
  • Patent number: 9730370
    Abstract: A casing includes a cover and a frame coupled to the cover. The frame includes a base body and a plurality of non-conductive portions. The base body defines a plurality of gaps spaced from each other. The non-conductive portions are correspondingly inserted into the gaps to insulate opposite sides of each gap. A manufacturing method and an electronic device of the casing are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: Chia-Wen Tsao
  • Patent number: 9728947
    Abstract: Cover plates are provided for electrical fixtures including a screwless cover plate and/or cover plate assembly for electrical devices that cover the outlets but provide holes for plugs, light switches, audio, data, or video connectors, and the like, and that do not show screw or attachment holes and where the cover plate is part of a cover plate assembly that have screwless attachment to a rectangular ring shaped mounting or strapping plate that attaches to the outlet, switch, wall, or housing or receptacle box without showing screw holes, e.g., via tabs or other attachment mechanism, with or without a backing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Inventor: Joseph Trojanowski
  • Patent number: 9720271
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel which receives light to display an image, a backlight unit, which includes a light source providing the light to the display panel, and a support member supporting the display panel, at least one protrusion part disposed on a side surface of the display panel and protruding from the side surface of the display panel, and a coupling member disposed on the at least one protrusion part and coupled to the support member, where the display panel is fixed to the support member by the coupling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dong-beom Cho
  • Patent number: 9720455
    Abstract: A display device including: a first body member; a second body member; a hinge coupling the first body member and the second body member; a flexible display panel that is foldable, that is fixed to the first body member and to the second body member, and that is configured to display an image; and a controller configured to: measure a temperature of the flexible display panel; and control the hinge, when the measured temperature is lower than a reference temperature, to: maintain a state in which the first body member and the second body member are folded; or maintain a state in which the first body member and the second body member are unfolded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheol Jang
  • Patent number: 9715249
    Abstract: A display device and a terminal having the same are disclosed. The terminal includes a base including a circuit board provided therein, and upper and lower housings, a support configured with one side combined with at least a portion of the lower housing and the other side having a head part configured for combination with a main body of a display, a first hole located on the upper housing and configured for combination with the support, and a second hole located on the circuit board and configured for combination with the support. The display device and the terminal having the same increase combining force between the support and the base and may use the same support and base in main bodies having various sizes, thus simplifying a manufacturing process and reducing part and assembly costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Beom Han Kim, Sung Gi Kim, You Sik Hong
  • Patent number: 9709843
    Abstract: A buffer member (13) which abuts on a front surface side of a panel periphery of a display panel is made of a material having a light shielding property and has a portion, which extends over substantially the whole length of a side, along at least one of the respective sides of a rectangular display region. A buffer member (14) which abuts on a back surface side thereof has a portion, which extends over a range of a side except both the end portions thereof, along at least one of the respective sides of the rectangular shape. Accordingly, deformation of the display panel is reduced and it is possible to prevent light leakage in a peripheral portion of the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takeshi Kamiyama, Tetsuya Maruno, Takashi Ogino, Yusuke Masuda, Michio Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9706025
    Abstract: There is provided a transportable electronic device in which a configuration related to a protective cover can be simplified. A transportable digital photo frame includes a cylindrical main unit that is divided into four areas along the circumferential direction, and a tubular cover that houses at least a part of the main unit to protect the circumferential surface of the main unit, the tubular cover having an opening formed in its circumferential surface for exposing one area to the outside. The tubular cover is rotatable relative to the main unit so that the areas protected by the tubular cover can be switched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: TEAC Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikeda, Eiji Ueda
  • Patent number: 9696760
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided to solve the problem of a relatively single form of an electronic device in the prior art. The electronic device comprises: a first main body; a connector; a second main body, being connected to the first main body through the connector, and can perform a first motion operation relative to the first main body via the connector, the second main body can perform a second motion operation along a second path via the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventor: Xin Zhang
  • Patent number: 9696754
    Abstract: Techniques for forming a hinge are described herein. The hinge is to couple a first housing of a computing device and a second housing of the computing device. The hinge is to cause the first housing to have three degrees of freedom in movement from the second housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Russell S. Aoki, Jeff Ku, Sheng-Chao Lin
  • Patent number: 9690323
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a main body, a protective foldable cover, a membrane keyboard and a folding means. The protective foldable cover is attached structurally in a foldable manner to the main body and further has a foldable leaf to cover the main body. The membrane keyboard is mounted to the foldable leaf by facing the main body and is connected signally with the main body. The folding means is to provide at least one stand state for the main body to stand on the foldable leaf of the protective foldable cover and thus to present the membrane keyboard completely to a position in front of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Inventor: Richard Hwang
  • Patent number: 9690331
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic apparatus and a method for producing a housing, which relate to a technical field of electronics. The electronic apparatus comprises: a housing comprising a side wall forming an accommodating space and having an outer surface which is divided into K appearance layers, where K is a positive integer greater than or equal to 3, and wherein borderlines between adjacent layers in the K appearance layers are parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignees: BEIJING LENOVO SOFTWARE LTD., LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Shurong He, Xiaoli Fan, Yue Qin, Yuming Xie, Yingjia Yao, Lei Ma, Xiaoqin Han
  • Patent number: 9681556
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a load frame and an integrated circuit device are aligned, with a base frame carried on a substrate, along a first alignment axis defined by a first alignment post extending from the base frame to the load frame, in a direction transverse to the substrate, and a first biasing device carried on the base frame is actuated to engage and bias the load frame toward the base frame aligned with the load frame, and to bias the integrated circuit toward the substrate. A latch latches the load and base frames together, aligned with and biased towards each other with the integrated circuit device and the substrate aligned with, and biased toward each other. Other aspects and features are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: David J. Llapitan, Neal E. Ulen, Jeffory L. Smalley
  • Patent number: 9673117
    Abstract: A semiconductor module includes a plurality of insulating circuit boards including semiconductor chips, each of the plurality of insulating circuit boards including a first outer edge among outer edges of the insulating circuit board facing an adjacent insulating circuit board of the plurality of insulating circuit boards, and a second outer edge among the outer edges excluding the first outer edge; a resin frame body having a crosspiece abutting against the first outer edges, and a frame element abutting against the second outer edges; a conductive component striding over the crosspiece to electrically connect the insulating circuit boards to each other; and an upper lid having a lid element covering an opening disposed at an upper part of the resin frame body and a partition protruding from a face of the lid element facing the insulating circuit boards to abut against a part of the crosspiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rikihiro Maruyama, Takahito Harada
  • Patent number: 9665135
    Abstract: In one example, a cabinet is described for storing at least one electronic device. The cabinet includes a frame, a power supply system for charging the at least one device, and a shelving assembly. The shelving assembly can include a stationary member engaged to the frame, and a pivoting member engaged to the stationary member. The pivoting member can be adapted to hold the at least one device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Ergotron, Inc.
    Inventors: Thiem Wong, David J. Prince, Saeb Asamarai, Mustafa A. Ergun, Robert W. Fluhrer
  • Patent number: 9665125
    Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device, such as a notebook computer, laptop, or tablet that includes a circuit board coupled to a plurality of electronic components (which may include any type of components, elements, circuitry, etc.). One particular example implementation of a docking base comprises a base housing including at least one alignment pin disposed within the base housing. Each of the at least one alignment pin is configured to engage a corresponding alignment pin receptacle of a device housing of an electronic device. The base housing further includes an attachment mechanism coupled to the at least one first alignment pin, wherein the attachment mechanism is configured to cause the at least one first alignment pin to extend at least partially from the base housing when the device housing is within a predetermined proximity of the base housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: David W. Browning, Jeremy Burr, Russell S. Aoki
  • Patent number: 9666659
    Abstract: An external storage device including an interconnect substrate having a contact type external terminal, at least one semiconductor chip disposed over a first surface of the interconnect substrate, and a sealing resin layer which seals the at least one semiconductor chip and does not cover the external terminal. The at least one semiconductor chip includes a storage device, an inductor being connected to the storage device, a driver circuit configured to control the inductor and an interconnect layer. The interconnect layer is formed at a first surface of the semiconductor chip and includes the inductor. The first surface of the semiconductor chip is other than facing the first surface of the interconnect substrate, and the inductor and the driver circuit are connected to each other through the interconnect layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasutaka Nakashiba, Kenta Ogawa
  • Patent number: 9629279
    Abstract: An apparatus for positioning service element interface devices is provided. A gate is affixed to a computing rack by a gate hinge that rotates on a first axis. A tray is affixed to the gate. The tray has a first side and a second side that are opposite exterior surfaces of the tray. A first display and a first keyboard are affixed to the first side. A second display and a second keyboard are affixed to the second side. The first keyboard and the first display provide a first interface that is redundant with a second interface provided by the second keyboard and the second display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard M. Ecker, Steven C. McIntosh, Robert K. Mullady, John G. Torok