Patents Examined by Anthony Haughton
  • Patent number: 9918406
    Abstract: A mounting arrangement for an electrical contactor includes a panel and a post. The post has a first end and a second end protruding from the panel. The first end of the post is arranged to electrically communicate with an electrical contactor. The second end of the post is arranged to connect to an electrical bus bar. A cold plate overlays the panel, extends about the post, and is in thermal communication with the post to transfer heat between the cold plate and post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Debabrata Pal
  • Patent number: 9918407
    Abstract: A heat dissipating device that includes a first heat spreader layer, a second heat spreader layer, a first spacer, a second spacer, a first phase change material (PCM), and a second phase change material (PCM). The first heat spreader layer includes a first spreader surface and a second spreader surface. The second heat spreader layer includes a third spreader surface and a fourth spreader surface. The first spacer is coupled to the first heat spreader layer and the second heat spreader layer. The second spacer is coupled to the first heat spreader layer and the second heat spreader layer. The first PCM is located between the first heat spreader layer and the second heat spreader layer. The first PCM is surrounded by the first spacer. The second PCM is between the first heat spreader layer, the second heat spreader layer, the first spacer and the second spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jorge Rosales, Victor Chiriac
  • Patent number: 9913392
    Abstract: A display stack-up for an electronic device has: multiple layers that include a display layer and a second layer; and an outer seal. Each layer has first and second base surfaces and a thickness therebetween defining a height of a lateral surface at a periphery of the layer. The multiple layers are stacked along an axis perpendicular to their base surfaces and parallel to their lateral surfaces, and the outer seal is positioned along the lateral surface of at least some of the multiple layers. The outer seal is composed of a flexible material and is arranged to bind the second layer and at least one other layer of the multiple layers. The outer seal also contains a non-adhesive liquid between the second layer and the at least one other layer to allow relative sliding between at least two layers of the multiple layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
    Inventors: Alberto R Cavallaro, Roger W Harmon
  • Patent number: 9913411
    Abstract: A system for cooling electronics includes at least two modular thermal energy storage cards stacked in one of a horizontal or a vertical stack, where the stack provides cooling to a portion to electronics. The cards include: a thermally conductive enclosure bounding an interior cavity, a cell wall structure that includes cells disposed within the interior cavity and in thermal communication with the thermally conductive enclosure, a phase change material having a melting point where the phase change material disposed within the cells and in thermal communication with cell walls of the cells, and a thermally conductive interface disposed between the thermally conductive enclosure and a portion of the electronics that includes a heat generating surface. The thermally conductive interface extends from the interior cavity a distance beyond the interior cavity of the enclosure and is in contact with the heat generating surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Hendrik Pieter Jacobus De Bock, John Anthony Vogel, Naveenan Thiagarajan
  • Patent number: 9910456
    Abstract: An information processing device is disclosed. The information processing device includes a first chassis and a second chassis that are connected rotatably via a hinge, and includes a connector to connect the first chassis to the hinge. The first chassis includes a laminated part having a lamination of a set of fiber-reinforced plastic layers in each of which resin is reinforced by fibers arranged in a predetermined direction. The connector is attached and fixed to a recess in the laminated part, with the recess having a shape corresponding an outer shape of the connector. Directly attached to the connector, one of the fiber-reinforced plastic layers making up a bottom of the recess and is a layer in which fibers are arranged in a direction orthogonal to a rotary axis of the hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Ryota Nohara, Takehito Yamauchi, Takane Fujino, Yoshiyuki Shibayama
  • Patent number: 9910467
    Abstract: An approach is provided in which a system includes a lid detection mechanism that prevents a power supply unit from being electrically coupled to the system when a lid is detached from the system's chassis. According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the system includes a power supply unit detection mechanism that prevents the lid from being detached from the system's chassis when the power supply unit is electrically coupled to the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: David Barron, Matthew T. Richardson, Steven L. Schwark
  • Patent number: 9913361
    Abstract: A method for assembling an integrated circuit device includes positioning a thermal interface material (TIM) on top of an electronic component, positioning a load frame onto a printed circuit board, the load frame having an open region for the electronic component to extend through, and positioning a heat sink onto the TIM. The method further comprises fastening a first screw fastener, resulting in a TIM bond line between the heat sink and the electronic component, and actuating a second screw fastener disposed within a bore of the heat sink and threaded into the load frame. The second screw fastener, upon being tightened expands radially to lock the heat sink into the load frame. The first screw fastener, upon the tightening of the second screw fastener, connects the heat sink and the load frame to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Barron, Jason R. Eagle, Roger D. Hamilton, Mark K. Hoffmeyer, Christopher W. Mann, Matthew T. Richardson
  • Patent number: 9911369
    Abstract: A rollable display device is provided. The rollable display device includes: a flexible screen display which is rolled or unrolled on both sides; at least one pair of rollable driving units where each side of the flexible screen display is rolled into or unrolled from one of the pair of rollable driving units; a link driving unit for supporting the rollable driving units to move the sides of the flexible screen display and to roll or unroll the flexible screen display; and a controller for controlling operations of the rollable driving units and the link driving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinwook Kim, Sangmin Hyun
  • Patent number: 9913404
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus has: an opening formed in a cooling plate for cooling an electronic component; and an electronic component accommodating section formed in the opening. A cooling pipeline is disposed in a manner to surround an outer side surface section of the electronic component accommodating section, whereby the electronic component and the cooling pipeline are arranged at substantially the same height as a top of the cooling plate to realize a low profile. In addition, the electronic component accommodating section, which is joined to the cooling plate, is configured that a side surface section thereof is in contact with a side surface section of the electronic component via a potting material. In this way, an area that contributes to heat radiation is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Yokoi, Yoshiyuki Deguchi, Katsuhisa Kodama, Yusuke Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 9907215
    Abstract: A power electronic subassembly having a housing and a capacitor arranged therein. The housing has an internally arranged cooling area, which is cooled by a cooling device integrated in the housing or an external cooling device. The capacitor has a contact device of a first polarity and a contact device of a second polarity and a capacitor busbar system. This capacitor busbar system comprises first and second sheet-like shaped metal bodies. The first metal body with the first contact device of the first polarity and the second metal body with the second contact device of the second polarity are electrically conductively connected. A first portion of the first metal body has a first subportion, which is arranged parallel to and at a distance from the cooling area, and a second subportion, which is in thermal contact with the cooling area, wherein the two subportions are connected by an intermediate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Semikron GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Klaus Backhaus, Roland Bittner, Marco Lederer, Rainer Popp
  • Patent number: 9903722
    Abstract: A display panel can transition between a fixed state and an inclined state, in accordance with linear reciprocal movement relative to a main body section of a main slider. When the main slider travels a prescribed distance in the forward direction from a position in the fixed state, a motion link comes in contact with the main slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITED
    Inventors: Tetsuo Sano, Takahiro Jo, Hideo Arai
  • Patent number: 9899180
    Abstract: Fuse assemblies in the form of fuse blocks and fuse holders include embedded permanent magnet arc suppression features that facilitate higher voltage operation of fusible circuit protection without increasing the size of the fuse assemblies. The embedded magnets apply an external magnetic field upon an overcurrent protection fuse and produce an arc deflection force to enhance arc quenching capability of the fuse without increasing its form factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Xin Zhou, Robert Stephen Douglass, Vincent John Saporita
  • Patent number: 9901003
    Abstract: The present invention involves an access device for a movable barrier configured to include a user interface, and more specifically, a movable barrier access device configured to include a deployable cover that covers the user interface when not being utilized. This will assist in extending the usable life of the access device by disallowing exposure to the elements when not in use. The deployable cover can be actuated as a result of signals sent from one or more sensors that are configured to detect any specified stimulus from the surrounding environment outside of the housing. Some of the specified stimuli are the presence of motion and rain in proximity to the access device housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Elika Access Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Ali Tehranchi
  • Patent number: 9901002
    Abstract: Structures include a substrate having a base surface. The base surface includes a plurality of protrusions extending from the base surface and/or a plurality of depressions extending into the base surface. The structures include a molded liner. The molded liner encapsulates the plurality of protrusions and/or the molded liner extends into at least a portion of the plurality of depressions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Kurt Jenkins
  • Patent number: 9891658
    Abstract: A medical supply cabinet having improved features for user access, user control, and illumination is provided. The supply cabinet is provided with a selectively controllable illumination source, such as light-emitting diodes, that provide the operator with visual information regarding access to individual compartments of the supply cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: ARxIUM, Inc.
    Inventor: James A. Michael
  • Patent number: 9894734
    Abstract: A stretchable display device includes a display panel made of a stretchable material, a fastening structure fastened to an edge of the display panel, and a fastening fixing part fixed to the fastening structure and integrally connected to the edge of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young Chan Kim
  • Patent number: 9894799
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a rack, a mount housing in which an electronic component is housed, and mounted in the rack from a front face side or rear face side of the rack, and a movable duct configured to have a housed state where the movable duct is retracted from an opening formed in a sidewall part of the mount housing and is housed in the mount housing and an opened state where the movable duct is moved to outside of the mount housing through the opening so as to form a ventilation flue located outside the mount housing and communicating with the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun Oota, Mitsuru Etou, Kazunori Omori, Yasuhisa Kanemaru, Hiroyuki Shouyama, Koichi Namimatsu
  • Patent number: 9894805
    Abstract: A heat sink for a memory module includes a thermally conductive base plate configured to be mounted to a module board underneath the base plate, a plurality of radiation fins protruding upwardly from the base plate, and a pocket cover extending upwardly from an opening that is formed in the base plate to be positioned corresponding to a passive device on the module board, and covering the passive device that protrudes through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Yong Kim, Yu-Sung Kim, Chung-Hyun Ryu, Sung-Ki Lee
  • Patent number: 9888595
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a display unit including a display panel, a back cover positioned on a back surface of the display panel, and a light shielding plate positioned between the display panel and the back cover, a housing into which at least a portion of a lower area of the display unit is inserted, and on which a substrate is mounted, a link bar connecting the housing to the display unit, and a tension bracket positioned inside the housing and disposed between the display unit and a bottom surface of the housing, the display unit being safely placed on the tension bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Bumgi Min, Mingeun Jeong, Cheolsoo Kim
  • Patent number: 9888614
    Abstract: A data center row infrastructure module enables rapid deployment of a computing room enclosure for computer systems that provides intake air circulation to, and exhaust air removal from, the computer systems in the enclosure. The data center row infrastructure module includes free-standing exhaust plenum structures encompassing opposite sides of the enclosure and a plenum module spanning a top end of the enclosure between the free-standing exhaust plenum structures. Each free-standing exhaust plenum structure includes an internal exhaust air plenum that directs exhaust air received from the enclosure through an exhaust air outlet on a top end of the free-standing exhaust plenum structure. The plenum module establishes a bottom end of a cooling air plenum above and separate from the enclosure and between the free-standing exhaust plenum structures. Some plenum modules can direct cooling air directly to the enclosure as intake air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter George Ross, Matthew Thomas Phillips, Alan Donald Gillooly, Paul Andrew Churnock