Patents Examined by Ahmad D Barnes
  • Patent number: 8780568
    Abstract: A flexible display device comprises a device substrate and a flexible circuit substrate, and achieves high reliability of electrical connection. The device substrate includes a flexible substrate, a display unit and a first terminal part. The flexible circuit substrate includes a second terminal part. An ACF including conductive particles connects the first and second terminal parts. Each conductive particle consists of a core part covered by a metal layer. An electrode layer and a cushioning layer are provided between the flexible substrate and the first terminal part. A quotient of a sum of a product of average particle diameter and elastic modulus for the core part, and a product of double average thickness and elastic modulus for the metal layer, divided by a sum of products of average thickness and elastic modulus for the first terminal part, the cushioning layer and the electrode layer, is no greater than 1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Osako, Yuji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 8780582
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a plurality of bolts, a plurality of support members and a display screen. The housing is curved. The plurality of bolts are separately fixed to the bottom plate and received within the housing. The plurality of support members are assembled to the top ends of the plurality of bolts and are individually adjustable as to the height of their fixing location, so that all of the support members can be adjusted to be positioned on the same horizontal plane. The display screen is assembled within the housing, and supported by the plurality of support members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhi-Hua Liu
  • Patent number: 8767410
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device is provided with: an electronic substrate on which electronic components are provided; a screw including a screw head portion and a threaded portion, and configured to be engaged to the electronic substrate; a conducting member provided between the screw head portion and the electronic substrate and configured to electrically connect the screw head portion and the electronic substrate; and an electrical wiring line provided between the screw head portion and the electronic substrate and configured so as not to be electrically connected to the screw head portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi Kozai
  • Patent number: 8760879
    Abstract: The present invention provides a box-type housing for a multiplexer having a generally flat base plate, a circuit board disposed on the base plate, and at least one partition member arranged on top the circuit board to isolate components of the circuit board and to mechanically secure the circuit board to the base plate. The invention also provides a method of isolating components of a circuit board in a box-type housing for a multiplexer and a method of providing a ground connection to a base plate of a box-type housing for a multiplexer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: R.A. Miller Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: John Jeremy Churchill Platt
  • Patent number: 8760885
    Abstract: An electronic device including a conductive element, a conductive layer, and a case is provided. The case has a surface, a first supporting member, and a second supporting member. The first supporting member and the second supporting member are disposed on the surface, and the first supporting member has a suspending arm. The case, the first supporting member and the second supporting member are integrally formed, and the conductive layer exists on the surface of the case, the first supporting member, and the second supporting member. The conductive element presses the first suspending arm to contact the second supporting member, such that a ground circuit is formed with the conductive element, the first suspending arm, the second supporting member, and the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Pegatron Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Yi Lee, Ching-Jen Wang, Yu-Ti Kuo, Chun-Liang Chen
  • Patent number: 8760874
    Abstract: An electrical control system for fixtures, devices and appliances that safety isolates a power source using the features of the safety block, and consolidates multiple control points to remotely activate a combination of fixtures, devices and appliances using the features of the control module, thereby promoting safety and facilitating energy conservation. The system has a safety block where a safety-block AC power supply connector on the rear attaches to a household alternating current (AC) power supply. The safety-block AC power supply connector passes through a cavity to the safety-block AC power transfer connector located on the front. The system also has a control module with a control-module user interface on the front. A control-module AC power connector connects to the control-module user interface and passes through the control-module cavity to connect to the safety-block AC power transfer connector located on the front of the safety block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Inventor: Daniel P. Casey
  • Patent number: 8759683
    Abstract: A high-voltage bushing includes a housing and a tube disposed within the housing. A conductor is disposed within the tube. An electrically conductive contact member is connected to the tube and has a first opening to receive and contact the conductor. Accordingly, spark-over between the inner surface of the tube and the outer surface of the draw-lead cable caused by a high-frequency transient is substantially prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Chungduck Ko, Shibao Zhang, Eric R. Weatherbee, Andrew V. McNulty, Kata Cirkovic
  • Patent number: 8743550
    Abstract: An interface device for electronic equipment including at least one port electronically connected to an external device; a housing disposed in the electronic equipment and includes an opening through which the port is drawn in and out; a door which accommodates the port and performs a first motion and a second motion, the first motion being rotation between an open position, in which the opening of the housing is open, and a close position, in which the opening is closed, the second motion being sliding between the open position and a projecting position, in which the door projects from the open position in a transverse direction to a rotation axis of the first motion parallel with an installation surface of the electronic equipment; and a driving unit which provides driving force to the door in the close position of the first motion of the door and in the second motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kwang-chul Park
  • Patent number: 8735727
    Abstract: An electronic device having a cable holding device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises a case; a circuit board in the case; a cable holding device attached to the circuit board and defining a through hole, a first positioning slot and a second positioning slot; the first positioning slot communicating with the through hole, and the second positioning slot communicating with the through hole; a cable electronically connected to the circuit board; wherein the cable is received either in the first positioning slot and the through hole or in the second positioning slot and the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (WuHan) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Lung Chen, Chung Chai, Zhao-Bin Yang
  • Patent number: 8723069
    Abstract: A high-voltage arrangement has at least one switching device, a housing and a drive for the switching device. The housing is formed with a first housing opening and a second housing opening. Both the first and second housing openings are suitable for the selective fitting of a viewing window or a ground contact connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Mario Jecke, Andreas Kleinschmidt
  • Patent number: 8710368
    Abstract: An adjustable box extender allows an electrical device to be aligned with a dry wall face. The adjustable box extender includes a fixed ring attached to an electrical box and an adjustable ring adjustably attached to the fixed ring. The adjustable ring includes rectangular top and bottom open back pockets. Rectangular blocks reside inside each pocket. Adjusting screws are held by the adjustable ring with screw heads exposed on the face of the adjustable ring, neither advancing nor retreating with respect to the adjustable ring, and free to rotate with respect to the adjustable ring. The screws engage threads in the blocks and advance and retreat the block out of and into the pockets when the screws are turned, thereby extending the adjustable ring away from the fixed ring to adjust for dry wall thickness. Electrical device screws sandwich the adjustable ring between the electrical device and the fixed ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Inventors: Bruce G. Phillips, Guy Hansen
  • Patent number: 8704092
    Abstract: The present invention discloses to a faceplate with a dust-proof shutter (10). In one embodiment, the faceplate includes: a faceplate body (1); a connection port (4) provided in the faceplate body and adapted for plugging and unplugging; a dust-proof shutter for covering the connection port. The dust-proof shutter can move between a closed position and an opened position so that the connection port is switched between a closed state and an opened state; and a dust-proof shutter locating unit (30, 21, 22) is able to locate the dust-proof shutter in the closed position and the opened position respectively, in response to the action of the dust-proof shutter. Particularly, the dust-proof shutter can be held in an opened position where the connection port is in an opened state, and also the dust-proof shutter is capable of being timely returned to a closed position once the connection port needs to be closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Raychem Shanghai Cable Accessories Ltd.
    Inventor: LuJun Zhang
  • Patent number: 8699219
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided, which includes a bottom casing, an electronic module, at least a positioning part and an upper cover. The electronic module is disposed in the bottom casing. The positioning part is connected to the electronic module. The upper cover includes a cover body and a positioning portion. The cover body is assembled to the bottom casing. The positioning portion is connected to the cover body. A structural interference between the positioning portion and the positioning part makes the electronic module positioned. In addition, an assembling method of electronic module and a disassembling method of electronic module are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hung-Chi Chen, Chia-Te Tsao, Chung-Kuo Lai, Ming-Chi Liu
  • Patent number: 8686290
    Abstract: An electric power transmission cable includes at least one first section provided with cable armor made of a first metallic material, and at least one second section provided with a cable armor made of a second metallic material, wherein the second metallic material has ferromagnetic properties substantially lower than those of the first metallic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Prysmian S.p.A.
    Inventor: Ambrogio Orini
  • Patent number: 8675372
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment of the disclosure, an electrooptic device includes first and second mounting terminals arranged on a terminal portion to be aligned in a direction intersecting with a side of the electrooptic substrate. A first flexible substrate is connected to the first mounting terminal. A second flexible substrate is connected to the second mounting terminal and arranged to be superimposed on the first flexible substrate. A resin member covers the first flexible substrate, the second flexible substrate and the electrooptic substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Munehide Saimen
  • Patent number: 8675373
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: an opening portion; a housing provided with a first through hole and a second through hole that are situated near the opening portion, respectively; a display accommodated in the housing; an antenna provided near the opening portion; an antenna cover that covers the opening portion, the first through hole and the second through hole; and a joint portion which joins the housing and the antenna cover, and has a first portion in which a first front end portion protrudes from the first through hole to the housing inside, and a second portion in which a second front end portion is situated in the second through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Kinjou, Masataka Tokoro
  • Patent number: 8670231
    Abstract: A semiconductor recording medium recording and/or reproducing apparatus includes: a medium holder that has a medium housing unit in which a semiconductor recording medium is detachably housed; an exterior case that has a medium entrance through which the semiconductor recording medium is inserted and ejected, and in which the medium holder is housed in a state where the medium housing unit is opposed to the medium entrance; an openable and closeable cover that opens and closes the medium entrance; a heat sink that is contactable with the semiconductor recording medium housed in the medium housing unit; and a heat sink moving unit that moves the heat sink in cooperation with an opening and closing operation of the openable and closeable cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Seiki Tanaka, Haruyuki Kouno
  • Patent number: 8665599
    Abstract: A portable external power-supplying device is disclosed. The portable external power-supplying device implements a unique mechanism to detachably assemble battery units whose number can be adjusted according to user needs, which means the overall aggregate capacity of the portable external power-supplying device is adjustable. The portable external power-supplying device is adaptive to connect and charge a portable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Hugee Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hung-Pin Shen, Lung-Hua Wu, Yen-Ling Chen
  • Patent number: 8659913
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electromagnetic limiter. The limiter comprises a multilayer having an electrically conducting pattern superposed on a dielectric structure. Further, the multilayer is provided with at least one electromagnetically transparent aperture that is electromagnetically transparent for plane wave incidence. In addition, the limiter comprises a non-controlled non-linear structure interconnecting opposite edges of the electromagnetically transparent aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoekTNO
    Inventors: Raymond van Dijk, Frank Edward van Vliet, Stefania Monni
  • Patent number: 8654539
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a capacitor-incorporated wiring substrate in which connection reliability can be improved through ensuring of a path for supply of electric potential even upon occurrence of a faulty connection in a via-conductor group. In a capacitor-incorporated wiring substrate of the present invention, a capacitor 50 is accommodated in a core 11, and a first and a second buildup layers 12 and 13 are formed on the upper and lower sides, respectively, of the capacitor 50.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Naoya Nakanishi