Patents Examined by Adrian S Wilson
  • Patent number: 11644871
    Abstract: An information handling system may be implemented as a notebook, comprising a first assembly, a second assembly, a hinge mechanically coupling the first assembly to the second assembly wherein the hinge comprises a surface having an apparent reflectivity of light which is variable from a first location of the surface to a second location of the surface, a source of light configured to project light onto a surface of the hinge, and a sensor configured to detect an intensity of light reflected from the surface of the hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Kened Li-Diaz, Anthony W. Howard
  • Patent number: 11644867
    Abstract: A display device including a display module having a first area exposed to an outside in a first state and a second state and a second area defined adjacent to the first area and exposed to the outside in the second state, a case accommodating the display module, and a driver controlling the first state and the second state of the display module. The driver includes a first driving module fixed to the case, a second driving module coupled to the first driving module, and a sliding module coupled to the second driving module and moving in a direction closer to or farther away from the second motor according to a rotation of the second screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sungsang Ahn
  • Patent number: 11635788
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a host device thereof, the mobile terminal comprising a display device and a host device, the host device including a body and a support assembly, and the body defining an accommodating groove; wherein the support assembly includes a first support piece and second support piece are rotatably connected to the body, and the support assembly has a folded state and an unfolded state; when the support assembly is in the folded state, the first support piece and the second support piece are accommodated within the accommodating groove; when the support assembly in the unfolded state, the first support piece and the second support piece are rotated out of the accommodating groove; the first support piece and the second support piece define a clamping groove, and when the display device is clamped in the clamping groove, the display device stands vertically or slantwise on the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jie Li
  • Patent number: 11632872
    Abstract: A server assembly including a mounting frame, a battery box and a battery. The mounting frame includes an accommodation space configured to accommodate a disk drive. The battery box is disposed in the accommodation space of the mounting frame. The battery is installed in the battery box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chi-Cheng Hsiao
  • Patent number: 11630489
    Abstract: A computing device comprises a base that comprises a base surface configured to support the computing device on a supporting surface, and a front wall adjoining and extending away from the base surface. The computing device also includes a chassis adjoining the base, the chassis comprising a planar user interactive surface comprising one or more user input components. The chassis also comprises an overhanging brim that extends beyond at least the front wall of the base and comprises at least one magnet configured to removably retain a stylus underneath the overhanging brim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Nathan Michael Thome, Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin, Kaitlyn Marley Schoeck, Aseem Singla, Joseph Benjamin Gault
  • Patent number: 11630484
    Abstract: A window including a base substrate, which includes a transmission region and a bezel region in a plan view and includes a front surface and a rear surface that are opposite to each other in a thickness direction, a light-blocking layer, which is disposed on the rear surface of the base substrate and is overlapped with the bezel region, and a printing layer, which is disposed on the light-blocking layer and has a target surface, in which a barcode pattern is formed. The printing layer may have a chromatic color, and a width of the printing layer may be less than a width of the light-blocking layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Jintaek Park
  • Patent number: 11625071
    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: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In-Seo Kee, So-Youn Jung, Hyoung-Wook Lee, Sang-Wol Lee
  • Patent number: 11624520
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a housing with a power supply unit that receives external electrical power and supplies it to the apparatus using a power controller. The housing includes a heater; temperature and humidity sensors; and an electronic processor that receives power from the power supply unit and controls functions of the electronic apparatus. Upon startup, the power controller receives data from the temperature and humidity sensors; processes the received temperature and humidity data to indicate a current dew point within the housing; and compares the current dew point with a current location temperature at a location within the housing. If the current location temperature is at or below the current dew point, the heater is activated to raise the temperature within the housing. If the current location temperature is above the current dew point, electrical power supplied from the power supply unit to the electronic processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: AMSCREEN GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Whitehead, Jonathan Shires, Gary Greenwood, Peter Francis
  • Patent number: 11619968
    Abstract: A display device includes a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area, and a folding area, which are disposed in a first direction includes a display panel including first to third pixel areas, which are spaced apart from each other on a plane defined in the first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction and a window layer disposed on the display panel. The window layer includes a first rigid part, a second rigid part, and a first soft part, a first interface and a second interface overlaps at least one area of first to third pixel areas on the plane, and an absolute value of a difference in refractive index between the first rigid part and the first soft part is 0.02 or less, and an absolute value of a difference in refractive index between the second rigid part and the first soft part is 0.02 or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangjae Kim, Seung-Ho Jung, In-Woo Jeong, Seunghwa Ha
  • Patent number: 11614775
    Abstract: An accommodating cylinder, a touch pen assembly, and a protective case are provided. The accommodating cylinder includes a cylinder body, a first magnetic member, a second magnetic member and a pen base. The cylinder body has an accommodating cavity. The first magnetic member is configured to generate a first magnetic field, and is arranged in the accommodating cavity. At least one of the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member is a coil, and the second magnetic member is arranged in the accommodating cavity and movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The pen base is connected with the second magnetic member. The second magnetic member is configured to move relative to the first magnetic member from the retracted position to the extended position, and to drive the pen base to move from an inserted position to a pop-up position in a first power-on state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaojie Yu, Juanjuan Jiang, Hongwei Jin
  • Patent number: 11614776
    Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed herein disclose the use of docking stations with docking station receptacles of display apparatuses and docking stand assemblies. A docking station placed in a docking station receptacle of a display apparatus may connect to a host device and transport power and/or data as between the docking station, the host device, the display apparatus, and any external object(s). A docking station placed in a docking station receptacle of a docking stand assembly that includes a docking tray configured to interface with a portable electronic device (PED) may transport power and/or data as between the docking station, the PED, and any external objects via a power and data delivery pathway within the docking stand assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: TARGUS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Ronald DeCamp, Man Cheung Dan Tsang, Nicholas Anthony Markovsky
  • Patent number: 11609612
    Abstract: A foldable device includes: a flexible display including: a first part; a second part; and a third part provided between the first and second parts; a first body supporting the first part; and a second body supporting the second part, each of the first and second body are configured to move between a first and a second position, in response to each of the first and second bodies being provided in the first position, the first body and the second body form a receiving space, the third part forms a curved portion of the flexible display and the curved portion is provided within the receiving space, and wherein the first part is configured to move in a longitudinal direction of the flexible display with respect to the first body in response to the first and second bodies moving between the first and second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-hyoung Park, Ho-seung Seo, Toshikazu Takayanagi, Yu-dong Bae, Wataru Kaihotsu, Shi-yun Cho, Dae-myung Kim, Jae-young Huh
  • Patent number: 11604374
    Abstract: Improvement of quality and improvement of a design property is achieved. A display (2) that displays an image on a display surface (2a), a back chassis (3) disposed on a side, of the display (2), opposite to the display surface (2a), a sealing body (5) disposed between the display (2) and the back chassis (3), and an outer frame (6) that is provided as a resin portion (13) at least partly including a resin material, and covers the display (2) and the back chassis (3) from an outer periphery side are included. An inner peripheral surface of the resin portion (13) is brought into close contact with an outer peripheral surface of the display (2) and an outer peripheral surface of the back chassis (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SATURN LICENSING LLC
    Inventors: Yohei Azuma, Takeshi Yamamoto, Soya Araki, Yoshinori Tachikawa
  • Patent number: 11604492
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a flexible display. A device housing provides a translation surface for the flexible display. A rotor positioned within a curvilinear section of the flexible display rotates with translation of the flexible display across the translation surface. The rotor can be a rechargeable electrochemical cell, can be a rechargeable electrochemical cell situated within a sheath, or can be positioned within a housing defining an outer surface of the rotor to save space within the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Nigil George Valikodath, George B Standish
  • Patent number: 11602069
    Abstract: A modular data center includes a base electrical module having a casing, a controller supported by the casing, and a power distribution unit coupled to the controller. The modular data center further includes an equipment rack having a frame coupled to the base electrical module, with the frame of the equipment rack being configured to receive electronic equipment. The electronic equipment receives power from the base electrical module. The base electrical module is external to the equipment rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stuart Michael Sheehan, Tannan Whidden Winter, Deborah Marie Dailey, Karl Duncan Langmuir, Kevin Robert Brown
  • Patent number: 11594157
    Abstract: Various embodiments relate to an electronic device including an antenna. The electronic device may include: a foldable housing; a flexible display disposed on the foldable housing wherein at least a part of the flexible display is configured to be folded; and a frame disposed on a boundary portion of the flexible display and coupled to a side member of the foldable housing. The side member may include a conductive portion electrically connected to a communication circuit, and the frame may include a low-permittivity material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hojin Jung, Boochul Bae, Jongoh Lim
  • Patent number: 11581629
    Abstract: A housing for an electronic device is disclosed. The housing comprises a first component and a second component separated from the first component by a gap. The housing also includes a first molded element disposed at least partially within the gap and defining at least a portion of an interlock feature, and a second molded element disposed at least partially within the gap and mechanically engaging the interlock feature. The first component, the second component, and the second molded element form a portion of an exterior surface of the housing. A method of forming the housing is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Matthew D. Hill, Michael B. Wittenberg, Shane Bustle, Duy P. Le
  • Patent number: 11579663
    Abstract: A portable information handling system modular hybrid architecture separates components between rotationally coupled housing portions to minimize cabling, connectors and materials, and to provide improved durability that supports recycling and reuse of the components. For example, a plurality of housing cover configurations couple to housing portions of different dimensions with opposing couples and a common keystone element that, when installed, prevents separation of the opposing couplers. Removal of the keystone element provides ready access to the housing portion interior to recycle processing components, such as a secondary board having an embedded controller and charger and a battery interfaced with the secondary board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jace W. Files, John Trevor Morrison, Andrew P. Tosh
  • Patent number: 11573604
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a power supply module. The power supply module may include a flexible substrate and a plurality of battery cells distributed in an array on one side of the flexible substrate. Adjacent battery cells of the plurality of battery cells on each line in a first direction may be connected in series by a flexible connector to form a plurality of lines of battery cells, and the plurality of lines of battery cells may be connected in parallel through a first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guoqiang Tang, Kuo Sun, Yangpeng Wang
  • Patent number: 11573612
    Abstract: A type of portable computer with interchangeable components is provided. The chassis of the portable computer includes an upper part, a lower part, and an edge part. The edge part can be equipped with removable input and output (I/O) plates. The motherboards and batteries of this type of portable computer are standardized with or without optional components such as optical drives and/or 2.5 inch hard drives. Motherboards, batteries and other components can be mounted in the chassis of the portable computer through fixed mounting stands and/or removable mounting standoffs. The portable computer allows the I/O plates and/or the edge part to be replaced. Therefore, a motherboard with different I/Os, a motherboard and other components with different heights, and an auxiliary cooling system can be installed in the chassis. In the portable computer, mounting stands and standoffs can be shared by multiple components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventors: Zhonghong Liang, Benjamin Liang