Patents Examined by Adrian S Wilson
  • Patent number: 12181774
    Abstract: A portable information handling system camera module has a single shutter that slides in response to a single shutter mechanism to manage access for a field of view of both a visual camera and an infrared camera by sliding only between first and second positions, the first position aligning an opening of the shutter with a visual camera and a shield visual camera opening, the second position blocking the opening of the shutter and extending an end of the shutter over infrared camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Enoch Chen, Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Peng Lip Goh, Yao-Hsien Huang
  • Patent number: 12185493
    Abstract: This document describes a cooling device for cooling a heatsink having a plurality of cooling fins provided on a heatsink base. The cooling device includes a centrifugal fan having a fan inlet and a fan outlet, a support for mounting the fan above the heatsink, and a baffle locatable between the support and the heatsink base. The baffle defines an inlet pathway for feeding air between the cooling fins over the heatsink base to the fan inlet and an outlet pathway for expelling air from the fan outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies AG
    Inventors: Jakub Antoni Korta, Volker Klink
  • Patent number: 12185489
    Abstract: Housings for electronic devices are disclosed. According to one aspect, adjoining surfaces of electronic device housings can be mounted or arranged such that adjoining surfaces are flush to a high degree of precision. The electronic devices can be portable and in some cases handheld.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: David Pakula, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Scott Myers, Tang Yew Tan
  • Patent number: 12181923
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a lower module, a flexible circuit film, and a conductive adhesive tape. The display panel includes a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area, and a folding area. The lower module is disposed under the display panel. The flexible circuit film is coupled to the display panel, and a portion of the flexible circuit film is disposed on a rear surface of the lower module. The conductive adhesive tape is disposed between the lower module and the flexible circuit film. The conductive adhesive tape includes a conductive nonwoven fabric layer, a first conductive adhesive layer, and a second conductive adhesive layer. The first conductive adhesive layer is disposed between the conductive nonwoven fabric layer and the flexible circuit film, and the second conductive adhesive layer is disposed between the conductive nonwoven fabric layer and the lower module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungu Kim, Ju-Young Park
  • Patent number: 12164341
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, a portable communication device may include: a battery; and a housing accommodating the battery, the housing including a side structure forming a side surface of the portable communication device, and a support member disposed in an internal space between a front surface and a rear surface of the portable communication device as contacting the side structure, wherein a first opening is formed as extending in a first direction from an outer surface of the side structure through a portion of the support member to the internal space such that a pin member of a waterproof member is to be linearly reciprocated within the first opening, and a second opening is formed in the support member as extending in a second direction such that a first end of the second opening is exposed via a first surface of the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Minsu Jung
  • Patent number: 12164336
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic device, including a flexible display, a frame part configured to support the flexible display and comprise a first frame and a second frame disposed so as to be slidable with respect to the first frame, a driving part configured to change a shape of the flexible display based on a relative position between the first frame and the second frame, and a controller, wherein the controller performs a designated operation in response to reception of an input signal. Other example embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ah Rah Koh, Hak Ho Choi, Seong Cheol Lee, Sung Do Kim
  • Patent number: 12165548
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device. A display device according to the present disclosure comprises: a housing having an opening; a roller extending longitudinally and located inside the housing; a display panel that is wound on or unwound from the roller and partitions a certain space into a first space and a second space when located outside the housing after passing through the opening; a sensor that is adjacent to a sensing area formed in at least one among the first space and the second space, and senses whether or not there are objects that have entered the sensing area; and a control unit that, on the basis of the information acquired by the sensor, controls whether to perform an operation for winding or unwinding the display panel on or from the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Hoyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 12155784
    Abstract: A printed circuit board module and an electronic device including the same are provided. The electronic device includes a housing including at least part thereof formed to be a conductive portion, a support member, a printed circuit board configured to be disposed on at least one surface of the support member and configured to dispose at least one electronic component thereon, and a connecting member for electrical coupling between the conductive portion of the housing and the electronic component, including a base plate and a connecting terminal. The connecting terminal includes a first portion fixed to the base plate, and a second portion coupled to the first portion and including a through hole formed thereon to be fastened to a fixing member, and the second portion may include a wing portion protruding to one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seongmin Kim, Byunggun Jang, Jinyoung Bang
  • Patent number: 12153465
    Abstract: A display panel includes a main body and binding pins. In an embodiment, the main body includes a display region and a first non-display region. In an embodiment, the display region includes a first display region and a second display region, the first display region and the second display region each includes first signal lines, the first non-display region includes a first connecting line and a second connecting line. In an embodiment, the binding pins are electrically connected to the first signal lines through the first connecting line. In an embodiment, the display region further includes a third connecting line extending from the second display region to the first display region, and the first signal lines in the second display region are electrically connected to the plurality of binding pins through the first connecting line and the second connecting line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xu Tian, Fei Li, Dongliang Dun
  • Patent number: 12150268
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a containment system for an electronics rack that includes a top structure that is movably coupled on top of the electronics rack, a first side structure that is movably coupled to a first side of the electronics rack, and a second side structure that is movably coupled to a second side of the electronics rack that is opposite to the first side, each of the structures is arranged to move along an axis and at least partially beyond either a front end or a back end of the electronics rack creating a containment region that is at least partially surrounded by the top structure, the first side structure, and the second side structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventor: Tianyi Gao
  • Patent number: 12150278
    Abstract: Provided is a heat dissipating apparatus for electronic elements which has the minimum size but has improved heat dissipating performance. To this end, the heat dissipating apparatus for electronic elements, according to the present invention, comprises: a heat dissipating housing having an internal space; a shield case formed of a thermally conductive material, wherein the shield case is disposed in the heat dissipating housing and partitions the internal space into a first chamber which is a vacuum space to be filled with a refrigerant and a second chamber which is a non-vacuum space; and a printed circuit board which is disposed in the shield case and has a heat dissipating element. The shield case evaporates the refrigerant by using sensible heat transferred from the heat dissipating element to the shield case and latent heat transferred from the shield case to the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: KMW INC.
    Inventors: Kyo Sung Ji, Bae Mook Jeong, In Hwa Choi
  • Patent number: 12150264
    Abstract: A housing for an electronic device can include an exterior titanium portion, an interior metal joined to the exterior titanium portion, the interior metal being a different metal than the exterior titanium portion, and an intermetallic compound having a thickness of less than 1 ?m disposed between the interior metal and the exterior titanium portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Abhijeet Misra, Hoishun Li, Todd S. Mintz, Isabel Yang, James A. Curran, Lei Gao, Chuan Liu, Yu Yan
  • Patent number: 12144148
    Abstract: Techniques for dynamically changing a pressure within a pressurized cooling system to thereby allow different cooling rates to be used to cool electronic equipment are disclosed. A pressurized cooling system cools electronic heat generating components using dielectric heat transfer fluid disposed within a two-phase immersion cooling container. This container is operable to maintain different pressure levels. The pressurized cooling system includes a pressure system structured to modify a pressure within the container. The system operates in a first state when the pressure is above a threshold pressure. The system operates in a second state when the pressure is at the threshold pressure. The system operates in either one of the first state or the second state based on an operating state of the heat generating component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Vaidehi Oruganti, Christian L. Belady, Husam Alissa, Bharath Ramakrishnan, Ruslan Nagimov
  • Patent number: 12135583
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first display area having first pixels, and a second display area having second pixels. The display device includes a lower member below the display panel, a supporting member extended to the display panel, and a first slide module disposed between the lower member and the supporting member, the first slide module enabling the lower member and the supporting member to move relative to each other in a direction. The second display area protrudes beyond the lower member in the direction due to a movement by the first slide module. A number of first pixels per a unit area of the first display area is greater than a number of second pixels per the unit area of the second display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Eui Ri Cho
  • Patent number: 12133360
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling-element part for a cooling element for cooling at least one component of an electrical drive unit of a motor vehicle and can be joined together with a further cooling-element part to form at least one cooling-fluid-carrying cooling duct to the cooling element, and which has a cooling structure configured to increase a flow resistance for the cooling fluid by producing turbulences in the flow having pins that extend at least partially over a height of the cooling duct, wherein the pins are formed as droplet-shaped having a width that decreases in the direction of the flow of the cooling fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thinh Nguyen-Xuan, Rene Treffler
  • Patent number: 12133366
    Abstract: The invention relates to a power electronics module including a flat circuit carrier (5) and an electronic assembly (10) arranged in an electrically contacting manner on the upper flat side of the circuit carrier (5) and cooling bodies (20) thermally in contact with the underside of the circuit carrier (5), wherein a heat-conducting bridge (30) arranged on the upper side of the circuit carrier (5), spanning the assembly (10) and extensively covering same, wherein the heat-conducting bridge (30) is in thermal contact with the cooling body (20) at mounting points arranged next to the assembly (10) and the space between the heat-conducting bridge (30) and the circuit carrier (5) is filled with a heat-conducting potting compound (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: DANFOSS SILICON POWER GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Behrendt, Ronald Eisele
  • Patent number: 12127376
    Abstract: A heat sink includes a heat sink fin (HSF), a first heat sink plate (HSP), and a second HSP that is opposite to the first HSP. The HSF is located on the first HSP. The second HSP is flexible. Further, an elastic component is disposed between the first HSP and the second HSP. The second HSP is in contact with a heat source component (HSC). Thus, when the heat sink is placed on the HSC, the second HSP contacts the HSC, the second HSP is deformed because the heat sink and the HSC are pressed against each other, and the elastic component between the first HSP and the second HSP is compressed such that heat generated by the HSC is transferred to the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhigang Guo
  • Patent number: 12124292
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel, a rear chassis disposed at a rear of the display panel, a support plate disposed between the display panel and the rear chassis to dissipate heat generated by the display panel and to support the display panel, a plurality of printed circuit boards disposed at a rear of the rear chassis, and a cable provided to connect the plurality of printed circuit boards and disposed between the display panel and the support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geumho Park, Boumsik Kim, Sunjin Kim, Woosung In
  • Patent number: 12117874
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first area and a second area. A support module includes a first support layer disposed on a bottom of the display panel and overlapping the first area and the second area. A second support layer is disposed on a bottom of the first support layer, overlapping the second area, and not overlapping the first area. The first support layer includes first joints overlapping the second area, and a plate overlapping the first area. The second support layer includes second joints. Each of the second joints is disposed on a bottom surface of each of the first joints, and a width of each of the second joints is narrower than a width of each of the first joints.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tae Chang Kim
  • Patent number: 12120851
    Abstract: A thermal management device includes a wicking heat spreader and a boiling enhancement surface feature positioned on at least one interior surface of the wicking heat spreader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Trieu, Ioannis Manousakis, Nicholas Andrew Keehn, Husam Atallah Alissa, Bharath Ramakrishnan, Kathryn M. Oseen-Senda, Douglas Patrick Kelley, Alexis Grace Schubert