Patents Examined by Adrian S Wilson
  • Electronic display suitable for submersion
    Patent number: 10684648
    Abstract: There is disclosed herein a water tight submersible electronic device, such as a dive computer or a dive watch, comprising a case, a bezel, and glass through which a display can be viewed. The glass, case and bezel can all be different materials. The bezel is affixed to the case, in a permanent or removable manner, and has an opening for the glass and an electronic display. The electronic display is positioned under the glass and within the electronic device. For example, the glass is separated from and locked to the bezel by at least a locking ring, a shock absorber and/or a gasket. As such the glass can be free floating so that it and the bezel can deform under pressure without being damaged or causing damage to each other while maintaining a water tight connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Suunto Oy
    Inventors: Panu Perko, Mikko Sepänniitty, Tapio Savolainen
  • Accessory device having a retaining feature
    Patent number: 10686483
    Abstract: An accessory device for use with an electronic device is disclosed. The accessory device may include multiple layers. One layer may be formed from a plastic. Other layers may include a fabric layer and a silicone layer. The accessory device may further include a retaining feature designed to hold or carry an object, such as a stylus for use with the electronic device. The accessory device may include a recessed region suited to receive the retaining feature. This allows the retaining feature to be stored in the accessory device when the retaining feature is not in use. Further, the retaining feature may be co-planar with an interior region of the accessory device such that the electronic device is not disturbed when positioned in the accessory device. In this manner, the retaining feature may be hidden. Also, the retaining feature may be deployed from the recessed region and receive the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James G. Griffin, II, Daniel J. Coster, Samuel Gilkison Smith, Yoonhoo Jo
  • High-density universally-configurable system board architecture with dual-use modular mid-board optics (MBOs)
    Patent number: 10681832
    Abstract: A high-density universally-configurable system board architecture for use with multiple mid-board optic (MBO) type configurations is provided. The system board comprises a switch application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) assembly, a plurality of MBO interfaces comprising a plurality of via-in-pad plated over (VIPPO) vias, and a plurality of mounting holes. Each MBO interface is configured to mate with a soldered-down MBO assembly or a socket instance comprising a socketized MBO assembly. Each socketized MBO assembly comprises an interposer comprising a plurality of VIPPO vias, where the bottom contact pad of each VIPPO via is thicker than the top contact pad. Either configuration is facilitated without the need to modify the system board layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Kevin B. Leigh, Everett Salinas, Richard Barnett, Michael Chan
  • Wearable electronic devices having an inward facing input device and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 10678391
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device is provided herein. The wearable electronic device includes a body defining an aperture therethrough. The aperture is sized and shaped to receive a finger of a user. The wearable electronic device further includes a computer processor and an input device at least partially extending from an inner surface of the body. The input device is movable between a first position and a second position. Movement of the input device between the first position and second position provides an input to the processor. The electronic wearable device also includes a transmitter coupled to the computer processor and configured to send electronic transmissions to an external electronic device. The electronic transmissions correspond to the input. The electronic wearable device also includes a power source for providing power to the computer processor, the input device and the transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: North Inc.
    Inventor: Jason T. Griffin
  • Multi-fold computing device
    Patent number: 10678300
    Abstract: An apparatus can include a processor; memory accessible by the processor; a display housing that includes a display operatively coupled to the processor; a keyboard housing; a palm rest housing; a first hinge assembly that operatively couples the keyboard housing to the display housing; and a second hinge assembly that operatively couples the palm rest housing to the keyboard housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Perelli, Ali Kathryn Ent, Cuong Huy Truong, Matthew Ian Tucker
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: 10671129
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first surface which faces a first side and a second surface which faces a second side and including a first through hole which connects the first surface and the second surface to each other, a second housing component to the second side of the first housing component, and an acoustic component located on the first side of the first through hole. The first housing component and the second housing component as being combined with each other define a passage which communicates with outside from an end on the second side of the first through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Suezawa, Akito Iwai
  • Housing including metal material and electronic device including same
    Patent number: 10674623
    Abstract: A device, a house for the device and a method are disclosed herein. The device includes a first plate, a second plate facing an opposite direction, a side member integrally formed with the second plate, surrounding a space between the first the second plate, and a mid-plate coupled to the side member, extending into the space, the side member further including an aluminum substrate layer formed between a first and second surface exposed within the space, an aluminum oxide layer formed between the first surface and the aluminum substrate layer including multiple pores, a first layer formed conformally between the first surface and the aluminum oxide layer along the multiple pores and a surface of the aluminum oxide layer, the first layer comprising titanium, and a second layer formed on the first layer as to form the first surface, the second layer comprising titanium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyunjung Jeong, Youngsoo Jang, Yunsung Ha, Yongwook Hwang, Changyoun Hwang
  • Metal shell of electronic device and method for fabricating same
    Patent number: 10668517
    Abstract: A metal shell of an electronic device and a method for fabricating the metal shell are provided. The method for fabricating the metal shell includes: stamping out a side wall and a bottom portion of the metal shell from a metal sheet, wherein the stamping retains a reserved material at a first position on the side wall; bending and shoving the reserved material on the side wall towards an inner side of the side wall, until a protruding portion is formed at the inner side of the side wall; removing an excessive portion of the protruding portion to shape the protruding portion into a plastic gripping structure of a preset shape; and injecting and filling the plastic gripping structure with plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianbo Ran, Duo Xu, Youfu Wang
  • Foldable terminal
    Patent number: 10671126
    Abstract: A foldable terminal includes: a first body, a second body, and a rotating shaft connecting the first body and the second body; a flexible display fixed to one side of the main body; and at least one set of first magnetic components including a first magnet and a second magnet that are attracted to each other. The first magnet is disposed at a side of the first body distal from the rotating shaft, and the second magnet is disposed on a side of the second body distal from the rotating shaft. When an angle between the first body and the second body is less than a threshold, an attraction force between the first magnet and the second magnet controls the flexible display to switch from a half-folded state to the folded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuwen Wang
  • Foldable display device and a hinge mechanism
    Patent number: 10664021
    Abstract: A hinge mechanism connectable with two housing shells for a flexible display to be attached thereto includes a base seat, a torque transmitting unit and two rotary members. The base seat defines therein a rail region and two mounting regions. Each mounting region is defined by an arcuate bottom wall and first and second ribs. The torque transmitting unit includes two transmitting shafts and a synchronously driving member. The rotary members are disposed at the mounting regions to be pivoted about the transmitting shafts so as to bring the housing shells into unfolded and folded states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATION
    Inventors: An-Szu Hsu, Way-Han Dai, Shao-Chun Chao
  • Dual dynamic random (DDR) access memory interface design for aerospace printed circuit boards
    Patent number: 10667398
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a single board computer system with an improved memory and layout. The unique layout of the printed circuit board of the present invention allows for different parts to be placed in a back-to-back configuration to minimize the dimensions of the printed circuit board. This includes a high-performance radiation-hardened reconfigurable FPGA, for processing computation-intensive space systems, disposed on both sides of the printed circuit board. Four dual double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memories (DDR2 SDRAMs) disposed on both the top side and on the bottom side of the printed circuit board reduce an operating voltage of said printed circuit board. A layout stack-up of the printed circuit board includes twenty-two symmetrical layers including ten ground layers, four power layers, six signal layers, a top layer, and a bottom layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: David J. Petrick, Alessandro D. Geist, Thomas P. Flatley
  • Display device
    Patent number: 10656671
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a display panel configured to display an image forward. The display device includes a top chassis arranged on the front of the display panel; a bottom chassis arranged on the back of the display panel; a rear cover covering the back of the bottom chassis; and a stand unit including a stand provided to support the display device, a locking device provided to lock the stand to be pulled in between the bottom chassis and the rear cover, and a rotation guide provided to rotate at least a portion of the stand, wherein the rear cover includes a through hole formed for the stand to move vertically, and the stand is locked in the locking device and pulled in between the bottom chassis and the rear cover, or the stand is pulled out of the display device through the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Bong Kim, Tae Hun Kim, Yong Gu Do, Gil Jae Lee, Pil Kwon Jung
  • Display panel, display module, and electronic device
    Patent number: 10651120
    Abstract: A display panel, a display module, and an electronic device are provided. The display panel includes a flexible substrate. The flexible substrate includes a bending portion, and a position of the bending portion corresponds to a position of a bending area of the display panel. The bending portion is provided with at least one buffer hole, and a buffer material is provided in the buffer hole and on a rear surface of the bending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chewen Tsai
  • Door opening and closing mechanism
    Patent number: 10653024
    Abstract: A door opening and closing mechanism includes: a door configured to open and close a front side opening of a housing, wherein an electronic device is housed in the housing and is exposed through the front side opening; and an accommodation mechanism configured to accommodate the door in the housing when the door is in open state. The accommodation mechanism includes: an opening and closing action unit configured to cause an opening action and a closing action of the door; and a retracting action unit configured to retract the opening and closing action unit into the housing so as to accommodate the door in the housing, when the door is brought in open state by the opening and closing action unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: MEIDENSHA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiko Watanabe, Akihiko Kodama, Noboru Shiozawa, Makoto Miwa, Shigenori Ikeda
  • Kickstands
    Patent number: 10649498
    Abstract: In one example, a kickstand for a mobile computing device is described. The kickstand having a first end and a second end opposite the first end to rotatably couple to a first side and a second side of a housing of the mobile computing device, respectively, proximate the middle of the first side and the second side of the housing such that the U shaped kickstand provides the space for disposing the components in the housing without significantly affecting form factors and/or aesthetic aspects of the mobile computing device in typing, inking and retracted modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Chung-Hua Ku, Wei-Chung Chen, Wen-Hua Ni, Kuan-Ting Wu
  • Laptop computer
    Patent number: 10642309
    Abstract: A laptop computer includes a host, a hinge mechanism, and a display. The host includes a housing having a bottom surface, a raising mechanism disposed in the housing, and a pad connected to the raising mechanism, and adjacent to the bottom surface. The hinge mechanism is connected to the host and includes a first shaft connected to the raising mechanism. The display is affixed to the rotation element. When the display is rotated about the host, the first shaft drives the raising mechanism to change the distance between the top of the pad and the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yan-Fong Cheng, Cheng-Nan Ling, Yi-Ta Huang, Pao-Min Huang
  • Head-mounted display
    Patent number: 10634923
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a body, a bearing base, a knob, a guiding element, and a head belt set. The knob is pivoted to the bearing base and located outside the bearing base. The guiding element is pivoted to the bearing base and located inside the bearing base and is configured to be driven by the knob to rotate. The guiding element includes a first gear and a second gear. The head belt set connects the body and the bearing base. The head belt set includes a first side head belt, a second side head belt, and an auxiliary head belt. The first gear is configured to drive the first side head belt and the second side head belt to move. The second gear is configured to drive the auxiliary head belt to move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: STARVR CORPORATION, Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Wei-Chih Wang, Kuan-Lin Chen, Yen-Chou Chueh, Hui-Ping Sun, Chun-Hsien Chen
  • Automatic testable breather valve
    Patent number: 10631422
    Abstract: A breather valve and a portable communication device including a breather valve are provided. The breather valve includes a housing having a bottom portion having an opening and side portions, a rigid substrate located within the housing and a breathable membrane mounted to the rigid substrate. The breather valve further includes a gasket having a top surface and a bottom surface, and a preloaded compression element across the gasket and the rigid substrate. The gasket has an upper energy director located at the top surface and a lower energy director located at the bottom surface. The preloaded compression element provides at least a first compressive position providing a contact between the lower energy director and the bottom portion of the housing and a second compressive position in which air passes around the lower energy director and the upper energy director.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Peter Gilmore, George Mtchedlishvili, Chee Kit Chan, Andrew P. Miehl
  • Display device, manufacturing method for display device, manufacturing apparatus of display device, mounting device, and controller
    Patent number: 10621893
    Abstract: A display device with a first edge and a second edge, the first edge and the second edge extending in a same direction, the display device including a light-emitting layer, and an electronic circuit board, wherein the display device emits light toward a front side with the display device is bent as a first terminal portion disposed on a surface of an end portion on the first edge and a second terminal portion disposed on a back face of an end portion on the second edge facing one another, and the electronic circuit board includes a first surface mounted to the first terminal portion and a second surface opposite the first surface and mounted to the second terminal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryoh Araki, Taketoshi Nakano, Tsuyoshi Kawaguchi
  • Printed circuit board retention bracket
    Patent number: 10624226
    Abstract: A method, an information handling system (IHS), and a bracket component for use in an IHS to better retain an inserted expansion card. The bracket component includes a first arm with a surface configured to fasten to a portion of a computer chassis. The portion of the computer chassis is proximate to a printed circuit board (PCB) expansion slot of the computer chassis. The bracket component includes a second arm positioned perpendicular to the first arm. The second arm has an inner surface facing the PCB expansion slot. The bracket component includes a board support pad affixed to the inner surface of the second arm. The board support pad has a flexible surface layer for abutting an edge of one or more PCBs that are inserted into the PCB expansion slot. The board support pad of the bracket component stabilizes the PCBs and reduces vibrations emanating from the computer chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventor: Daniel Alvarado