Patents Examined by Adrian S Wilson
  • Patent number: 12044351
    Abstract: A rotary device with automatic reset function for precise stopping and holding of a viewable rotating element without free play or slop remaining includes a conversion assembly, and a power assembly with output element and sensing assembly. The conversion assembly comprises a light-shielding structure with the light-shielding structure on the extension part. The power assembly with output element can drive the extension part to rotate synchronously with the light-shielding structure. The detachable sensing assembly overlaps the rotation path of the light-shielding structure, and the conversion assembly rotates at different angles so that the light-shielding structure and the sensing assembly will match at certain angles, so as to trigger a sensing signal and call up the output element. A display screen includes the rotary device with automatic reset function and a display assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignees: Futaijing Precision Electronics (Yantai) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Sheng Chang, Chi-Cheng Wen, Chih-Cheng Lee, Wen-Bin Huang, Tsung-Hsin Wu, Yu-Chih Cheng, Hsiu-Fu Li
  • Patent number: 12045098
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are described. In an embodiment, the display panel includes a first through-hole, a second through-hole, and a third through-hole that are provided in a display region. In an embodiment, a first non-display region surrounds the first through-hole and the second through-hole, and a second non-display region surrounds the third through-hole. In an embodiment, a minimum distance between the first through-hole and the second through-hole in a first direction is smaller than a minimum distance between the second through-hole and the third through-hole in the first direction. In an embodiment, the display region has a symmetry axis extending along a second direction. In an embodiment, the symmetry axis overlaps with the second through-hole, or is located between the second through-hole and the third through-hole. Thus, the overall symmetry of the display region is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignees: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
    Inventor: Qibing Wei
  • Patent number: 12045096
    Abstract: A two-parts shell or housing assembly not requiring a pressure jig for assembly includes an upper shell and a lower shell. The upper shell includes a first surface and a second surface. Hooks are disposed on edges of the second surface. The lower shell includes an inner bottom surface and a first blocking surface. A stepped portion is formed at the connection portion between the inner bottom surface and the first blocking surface. The stepped portion includes a first side and a second side. The upper shell is disposed on the second side. The first side defines slots corresponding to the hooks. A receiving space is formed by the hook, the stepped portion, and the second side for receiving adhesive. An electronic device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignees: Zhengzhon Wanmayun Electronic Technology CO., Ltd., HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS (ZHENGZHOU) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bo-Duo Yuan, Yan-Lei Cao
  • Patent number: 12041746
    Abstract: A fixing device includes a main body, a sliding block, and a fixing rod. The main body has a sliding rail and a guiding hole, and the sliding rail which is disposed at a front side of the main body vertically extends. The guiding hole adjoins the sliding rail and horizontally extends through the main body. The sliding block is slidably connected to the sliding rail. The fixing rod is movably connected to the sliding block extending through the guiding hole, and the sliding block is configured to move along the sliding rail and enable the guiding hole to drive the fixing rod to horizontally move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chiu-Chin Chang, Kuan-Lung Wu, Li-Hsiu Chen, Wen-Yin Tsai
  • Patent number: 12035502
    Abstract: Embodiments may be directed to a codesigned shroud for a chassis comprising a plurality of components and a plurality of fans generating a plurality of airflows to cool the plurality of components. The codesigned shroud may have a plurality of walls defining a plurality of channels, wherein at least two walls of the plurality of walls define each channel of the plurality of channels. Each channel may be aligned with a direction of an airflow of the plurality of airflows. At least one channel includes a set of baffles oriented substantially perpendicular to the direction of an airflow in the channel. Each baffle may be formed with acoustically absorbent material to absorb acoustic energy that could affect performance of a component, wherein a first baffle of the set of baffles is offset from a second baffle of the set of baffles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Chris Everett Peterson, Jyh-Yinn Lin, Paul Allen Waters, Evangelos Koutsavdis, Richard Mark Eiland
  • Patent number: 12032415
    Abstract: An example apparatus comprises a first member with a first surface, where the first member is movable relative to a second member with a second surface. The first member comprises a first magnet configured to produce a first magnetic field. The second member comprises a sensor operatively connected to a processor and a second magnet adjacent to the sensor. In a first position, the first magnet and the second magnet are engaged to magnetically hold the first member to the second member such that at least a portion of the first surface of the first member opposes at least a portion of the second surface of the second member. In the first position, the sensor is to detect the first magnetic field produced by the first magnet and is to send a signal to the processor in response to detecting the first magnetic field produced by the first magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Praveen Kashyap Ananta Bhat, Tarakesava Reddy Koki, Jaison Fernandez, Ruchi Sitaram Padekar
  • Patent number: 12035498
    Abstract: [Problem] Provided is an airtight terminal that is configured to lessen distortion-borne stress caused in a metallic outer ring as a result of screw fastening or other fixing means to prevent the stress from readily propagating to an insulating material in a sealed place of a lead. [Solution] An airtight terminal is provided that includes a metallic outer ring 13 having through holes 11 formed for screw fastening and sealing holes 12, leads 14 inserted through the sealing holes 12 in the metallic outer ring 13, and pieces of an insulating material 15 to seal gaps between the metallic outer ring 13 and the respective leads 14. The metallic outer ring 13 is provided with pairs of cavities 13a and steps 13b surrounding the respective sealing holes 12.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: SCHOTT AG
    Inventors: Yusuke Maegawa, Hiroki Honda, Akira Fujioka, Daisuke Fukushima, Hiroyuki Kojima
  • Patent number: 12032413
    Abstract: A foldable display device includes a flexible display panel, a case supporting the flexible display panel, a bonding member fixing the flexible display panel to the case. The case includes a hinge portion, and supports respectively coupled to the hinge portion at opposing sides of the hinge portion. The flexible display panel includes a bendable area corresponding to the hinge portion, and planar areas respectively at opposing sides of the bendable area and corresponding to the supports of the case. The bonding member is between a support of the case and the corresponding planar area of the flexible display panel, and is displaceable with respect to the support along one of a thickness direction and a width direction of the flexible display panel when the flexible display panel is folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-Seo Kee, So-Youn Jung, Hyoung-Wook Lee, Sang-Wol Lee
  • Patent number: 12026015
    Abstract: This display device comprises: a housing; a roller; a display panel; a module cover that has a plurality of segments sequentially arranged in the vertical direction of the display panel from the rear side of the display panel, and winds or unwinds from the roller together with the display panel; a foldable link that is located on the rear side of the display panel, and has one side pivotably connected to the housing and the other side pivotably connected to the upper side of the module cover so as to keep the display panel and the module cover erect while unwinding the same from the roller; a speaker assembly that is installed inside the housing and has a curved surface corresponding to the curvature of the roller and spaced apart from the outer circumferential surface of the roller; and a buffering member that is fixed to the curved surface of the speaker assembly between the curved surface of the speaker assembly and the outer circumferential surface of the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Taesung Cha, Kyungmin Jeong, Hyeongjun Kwon
  • Patent number: 12026010
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device comprising: a first housing; a second housing coupled to the first housing and configured to be slidable a specified reciprocating distance; a bendable support which forms the same plane according to retracted/expanded states; a flexible display; a sensing member; and a conductive member which is bendable such that the contact of the conductive member with the sensing member can be changed according to the sliding operation of the second housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soohyun Seo, Sanghyuk Park, Youngmin Kang, Moonchul Shin, Sungho Ahn, Seungjoon Lee, Hojin Jung, Yangwook Kim
  • Patent number: 12026018
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device. The display device of the present disclosure may include: a base; a head spaced apart from the base and including a display panel; a pole extending from the base in a direction in which the head is spaced apart from the base; an articulated connector coupled to the head; an elevating module movably coupled to the pole in a length direction of the pole; and an arm extending in a direction intersecting the head and the pole, the arm having one side connected to the articulated connector and the other side connected to the elevating module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaehun Lee, Kangyeung Lee
  • Patent number: 12019468
    Abstract: A screen fixing apparatus is provided, for fixing a screen on a support base. The screen fixing apparatus includes a plurality of fixing holes, a plurality of screw hole structures, a plurality of position limiting structures, and a buckling structure. The fixing holes is provided on a back plate of the screen. The screw hole structures is respectively disposed in the fixing holes. The position limiting structures is disposed on the support base, and correspond to the fixing holes. The buckling structure includes a plurality of fasteners, where the fasteners movably extend into the fixing holes, to buckle the position limiting structures to the corresponding fixing holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Tsui-Wei Lin, Tsung-Ju Chiang, Chih-Wei Chuang
  • Patent number: 12022605
    Abstract: A stacking system is disclosed and includes a circuit board, an integrated circuit, a voltage regulation module and a heat dissipation module. The integrated circuit and the voltage regulation module are opposite disposed on a first side and a second side of the circuit board. The heat dissipation module includes a first heat dissipation component and a second heat dissipation component located at a top surface of the integrated circuit and the bottom surface of the voltage regulation module. The second heat dissipation component includes a base and an extended arm. The base is in thermal contact with bottom surface of the voltage regulation module. The extended arm is extended from the base to the first heat dissipation component and in thermal contact with the first heat dissipation component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Yahong Xiong, Xiaodong Chen, Wei Liu, Litao Qian, Shengli Lu
  • Patent number: 12019472
    Abstract: A computing device can include a first shell that includes a first bay; a second shell that includes a second bay; a hinge assembly that couples the first shell and the second shell; and a display assembly positionable in the first bay and positionable in the second bay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd
    Inventors: Thomas Perelli, Ali Ent, Dhruvi Suresh Fulfagar, Aaron M Stewart
  • Patent number: 12019484
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes frame constituting at least a part of the side exterior of the electronic device, an internal mechanical element disposed inside the frame, multiple frame holes formed through the frame at a predetermined interval in an identical shape, an air channel comprising a first hole, at least a part of which is formed through the internal mechanical element in a first direction so as to be connected to at least one of the multiple frame holes, and a second hole formed through the internal mechanical element in a direction perpendicular to the first direction so as to be connected to the first hole, an air vent disposed in the second hole of the air channel, and a speaker channel connected to remaining holes of the multiple frame holes and connected to a speaker module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yanggyun Jung
  • Patent number: 12016149
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a server including a housing, a plurality of hash boards, a power module and an electrical connection board. Each hash board is slidably arranged in a first accommodating space. The plurality of hash boards and the power module are respectively connected to the electrical connection board. The power module supplies power to the plurality of hash boards through the electrical connection board. The electrical connection board includes two conductive connection boards, each of which is provided with a plurality of conductive pins. The pins form multiple pairs of conductive pins in one-to-one correspondence. Each pair of conductive pins corresponds to each hash board and is electrically connected to supply power to the hash board. Each pair of conductive pins is detachably matched with each hash board to connect or disconnect the power supply path of the hash board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: CMOTION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Hao Peng
  • Patent number: 12013723
    Abstract: An HMD includes a mounting band for surrounding a head H of a user. The mounting band includes a case, a stretching unit, an adjustment mechanism that adjusts a length of the stretching unit to be accommodated in the case by relatively moving the stretching portion with respect to the case, a winding target member, and a spring member which is fixed at a front portion thereof to the stretching unit and at a rear portion thereof wound on the winding target member and in which an unwinding amount from the winding target member changes according to the length of the stretching unit accommodated in the case. The spring member generates elastic force that acts in a direction in which the stretching portion is accommodated into the case. A first elastic force of the spring member generated by a first unwinding amount and a second elastic force of the spring member generated by a second unwinding amount are equal to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Toru Kuronuma
  • Patent number: 12000529
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus including a display assembly comprising a screen configured to display an image; and a stand connected to the display assembly to support the display assembly. The stand comprises a support bar extending in a front-rear direction, a leg extending upward from the support bar, and a plurality of coupling parts provided on the leg and arranged in the front-rear direction. The display assembly is connected to one of the plurality of coupling parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Heebong Kim, Dianaminsun Kang, Kyounghwan Kim, Boumsik Kim, Seunghwan Song, Jinyoung Shin, Minhee Lee, Hosuk Chae
  • Patent number: 12001239
    Abstract: A display control device includes: a processor configured to: acquire a folding angle of a foldable display portion; and display a receiving portion configured to receive input by a user, on the display portion in different modes according to the folding angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
    Inventor: Momoko Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 11994921
    Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a display panel, a support panel arranged at a rear of the display panel, and a control module arranged at a rear of the support panel to control the display panel. The support panel comprises a first body arranged at the rear of the display panel, a second body bonded to the first body at a rear of the first body to form an accommodation space with the first body, and a heat absorbing material accommodated in the accommodation space to receive heat from the display panel that is absorbed by the first body, to thereby reduce an increase in a temperature of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Ki Kim, Hyun Jun Jung