Patents Examined by Adrian S Wilson
  • Patent number: 11836013
    Abstract: A method of controlling opening resistance in an electronic device includes maintaining the electronic device in a closed state via a resistive force, wherein the resistive force is applied by at least one of: a hinge of the electronic device, and magnets of the electronic device. The method further includes using a sensor on an underside of the electronic device to detect a force applied to a first portion of the electronic device and determining that the force corresponds to a user initiating opening of the electronic device. In accordance with the determination, the method further includes reducing the resistive force to assist the user in opening the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Han Li, Masaaki Fukumoto, Nathan Michael Thome, James David Holbery, Paul Christopher Kos
  • Patent number: 11836004
    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: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungu Kim, Ju-Young Park
  • Patent number: 11829208
    Abstract: An information handling system display peripheral includes a peripheral camera in a cavity that extends out to capture visual images for communication through a cable to the display peripheral and from the display peripheral to the information handling system. The camera peripheral separates from the display peripheral with removal from the cavity and extension of the cable from a spool so that the camera peripheral can capture visual images from a variety of positions around the display peripheral, such as by resting on a support surface with feet that extend out from the camera peripheral or by coupling to a surface with an adhesive tape on a back side of the camera peripheral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Ghee Beng Ooi, Surendran Ramachanthiran, Chih Hao Kao
  • Patent number: 11824220
    Abstract: A portable electronic device may include a housing, a display at least partially within the housing, a transparent cover over the display, and a battery at least partially within the housing. The battery may include a battery cell, a pouch encasing the battery cell, and a gas release relief system including a gas-permeable membrane configured to prevent liquid from escaping the pouch and a valve configured to selectively release gas from the pouch. The device may also include a processing system configured to, in a first mode of operation, cause the valve to open to allow gas to be released from the pouch, and, in a second mode of operation, cause the valve to close.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Kee Suk Ryu, Andrew J. Hall, Jingyi Li, Ki Myung Lee, Sung Chang Lee, Wei Guang Wu, Thomas A. Boehler
  • Patent number: 11822387
    Abstract: A tablet information handling system selectively couples to a charging stand and charging dock with opposing sets of spaced magnets to have magnetic attraction hold a wireless charging receiver aligned with a wireless charger. Magnetic attraction is greatest when the tablet information handling system couples in a landscape or portrait orientation and is reduced for removal of the tablet information handling system by rotating to an offset orientation so that magnets align with opposing spaces, resulting in a reduced magnetic attraction. A sensor disposed in a space detects the offset rotation by detecting the increased magnetic flux of the magnet aligning with the space so that a user interface can provide an end user with an indication that the tablet information handling system is positioned for separation from the charging stand or charging dock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Gerald R. Pelissier, Tzu-Chau Chen, Hsu-Feng Lee, Mark John Law, Benedict Tiong Chee Tay
  • Patent number: 11822383
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a first body including a first side and a second side arranged opposite to each other, and including a first input/output device disposed at the first side; a second body including a third side and a fourth side arranged opposite to each other, and including a second input/output device disposed at the third side; and a connector disposed at the first side and the fourth side. The second body rotates relative to the first body through the connector. During rotation of the second body, orientations of the first side and the third side substantially satisfy a same condition. The electronic apparatus includes a first attitude and a second attitude, which are switchable through the rotation of the second body. The second body does not block the first input/output device when the electronic apparatus is in the first attitude and the second attitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Xi Chen, Yiting Hu, Zhe Yang
  • Patent number: 11822393
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for providing a thermal window for an Information Handling System (IHS) housing are described. In some embodiments, an IHS may include a plurality of components and a housing configured to hold the plurality of components, where the housing includes a plate having a metal portion and a plastic portion, and where the plastic portion is positioned adjacent a hot spot of the IHS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Allen B. McKittrick, Pomin Shih, Jeffrey D. Kane
  • Patent number: 11812579
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for locking rack-mounted electronic devices within a rack upon removal of one of the electronic devices from the rack. The apparatus includes a shaft rotatably connected to the rack and provided at each slot position with a set of paddles, including a locking paddle and a trigger paddle. With the rack populated with devices, the removal of one device from a slot causes a block attached to the device to urge against a trigger paddle, which rotates the shaft. As the shaft continues to rotate, with the motion of the block caused by the removal of the device, the locking paddle for each slot is rotated into a position such that an attempt to remove any of the other devices from the rack causes the associated block to abut the locking paddle, which does not yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: ZT Group Int'l, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Hammond, Jared Scott Harlan, Ryan Signer
  • Patent number: 11812572
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to a case included in an electronic device, and according to one embodiment, an electronic device case comprises: an exterior case formed by processing an upper surface of a base material of the electronic device case by means of a first head of a CNC device, and at least one pattern formed by processing a lateral surface of the exterior case by means of second and third heads of the CNC device, wherein at least one pattern includes first and second patterns, the first pattern is processed at the lateral surface of the exterior case by means of the second head, and the second pattern can be processed at the first pattern by means of the third head. In addition, other various embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyunsoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11809230
    Abstract: A docking station is for accommodating a tablet computer device. In an embodiment, the docking station includes a housing, and an interface apparatus for connecting the tablet computer device to the housing. The housing is configured to accommodate the interface apparatus in a form-fit manner. The interface apparatus is configured such that the tablet computer device is dockable in a form-fit manner to the interface apparatus upon the interface apparatus being accommodated in a form-fit manner in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventors: Marquart Ciolek, David Dederichs, Roman Achleitner, Guo Chen Zhong
  • Patent number: 11809226
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a display part having a first coupling part provided on the bottom part thereof; and a support member having, at the upper part thereof, a second coupling part slidably coupled to the first coupling part so as to support the bottom part of the display part at the lower part thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Sungmin Park
  • Patent number: 11800693
    Abstract: A rack-mountable server system includes air moving systems, such as fans, to induce airflow inside a server chassis to remove heat generated by components of the server system. The air moving systems are configured to direct air from a cold aisle, through the chassis of the server system, and out to a hot aisle as exhausted air. The server system is configured to be mounted in racks that provide cooling air on either a front or rear side of the rack. Thus, the server system is able to be mounted in a rack in a reversible Input/Output (IO) orientation and can accommodate multiple airflow directions through the server chassis to conform to a hot aisle and cold aisle configuration used for a given rack at a given facility at which the server system is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Shreyas Sampath, Darin Lee Frink, Bianca Nagy
  • Patent number: 11797048
    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: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Eui Ri Cho
  • Patent number: 11789501
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device comprise a housing including a first face and a second face facing the first face to construct a space, a sensor module disposed to the space and including a first sensor facing the first face, a display disposed on the sensor module, and a protective sheet disposed to one face of the display and constructing a first opening having a shape different from that of the first sensor at a location corresponding to the first sensor of the sensor module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hunjo Jung
  • Patent number: 11782485
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device may include: a housing including a first support member, and a side structure surrounding at least a portion of an area in which the first support member is provided; a first opening extending from an outer surface of the side structure to an internal space of the housing through at least a portion of the side structure; a second opening provided at one side of the first opening and extending from the outer surface of the side structure to the internal space of the housing through at least a portion of the side structure; a vent hole extending from an inner wall of the second opening and having one end exposed to one surface of the first support member; and a waterproof member at least partially accommodated in the second opening. Various other embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Minsu Jung
  • Patent number: 11785729
    Abstract: A handheld computing device that includes an enclosure having structural walls formed from a glass material that can be radio-transparent. The enclosure can be formed from a hollow glass tube or two glass members bonded together. A laser frit bonding process may be used to hermetically seal the two glass members together to create a water resistant electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher Prest, Emery A. Sanford
  • Patent number: 11775020
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first surface, and a shock absorber disposed on the first surface of the display panel, the shock absorber having a second surface thereof facing the first surface, wherein, in a first cross-section taken in a thickness direction of the shock absorber, the shock absorber includes an edge surface having a first point closest to the first surface and a second point farthest from the first surface, on an outer surface of the shock absorber, and based on an imaginary line extending between the first and second surfaces, a first distance between the imaginary line and the first point is less than a second distance between the imaginary line and the second point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Geun Woo Yug
  • Patent number: 11775031
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a base portion and a display portion rotatably mounted to the base portion. The display portion can have a display housing including a trim that at least partially defines an orifice and a portion of the exterior surface of the electronic device. A display call can be positioned at the orifice in contact with the trim and can be secured to the display housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Keith J. Hendren, Dinesh C. Mathew, Bryan W. Posner, Adam T. Garelli
  • Patent number: 11775007
    Abstract: A pick-and-place mechanism for a stylus, applicable for a portable electronic device, is provided. The portable electronic device has a housing. The pick-and-place mechanism for the stylus includes a moving member, a latch assembly, and a switch element. The moving member is movably disposed in the housing. The stylus is adapted to be inserted into the housing and locked with the moving member to move synchronously. The latch assembly is disposed in the housing and switches between a lock state and an unlock state. In the lock state, the latch assembly locks the stylus in the housing. In the unlock state, the latch assembly moves at least part of the stylus out of the housing. The switch element is electrically connected to the latch assembly to drive the latch assembly to switch between the lock state and the unlock state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Wen, Chun-Hsien Chen, Hui-Ping Sun, Yen-Chou Chueh
  • Patent number: 11775009
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a display panel including a first area, a second area, and a third area bendable and between the first area and the second area a first support part under the display panel; a recognition member including a first recognition member under the first area, and a second recognition member spaced apart from the first recognition member and under the second area, where the recognition member is under the first support part and recognizes a signal of a pen input device; a second support part including a first portion under the first recognition member, and a second portion spaced apart from the first portion and under the second recognition member; a first printed circuit board electrically connected to the first portion; and a second printed circuit board spaced apart from the first printed circuit board and electrically connected to the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jungchul An, Myeongsil Park, Hyunho Shin, Shinhyuk Yoon, Kyungsub Kim