Patents Examined by Anthony M Haughton
  • Patent number: 11980012
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a cooler, a terminal block and a case. The cooler defines an internal space through which a refrigerant flows. The terminal block covers a conducive part. The case accommodates the cooler and the terminal block therein. The case has an opening on its lateral wall portion for allowing connection between the conductive part of the terminal block inside the case and an external load disposed outside the case. At least a part of the terminal block is located closer to the opening than the cooler in a first direction to which an inner surface and an outer surface of the lateral wall portion of the case defining the opening are opposed, and is located between the cooler and an upper end of the opening in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11977412
    Abstract: A variety of improvements to docking systems for portable computing devices are disclosed. For example, improved techniques for maintaining a data connection between a base portion of the docking system and a case portion of the docking system are disclosed. As an example, the docking system can include improved magnetics that help maintain the data connection between the base portion and the case portion, even during rotational movements of the case portion relative to the base portion. Further still, examples are described where the detection of a docking action between the case portion and the base portion can trigger any of a number of responsive actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: MOBILE TECH, INC.
    Inventors: Michael D. Miles, Kristopher W. Schatz, Jude A. Hall, Hoa Pham, Lincoln Wilde, Travis C. Walker, Steven R. Payne
  • Patent number: 11977238
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to modular expansion systems for use in head-worn computing systems. In an head-worn computer, an electrical connector is adapted to electrically connect with a modular expansion module, wherein the modular expansion module adds a capability to the head-worn computer and is removeably mounted to the head-worn computer, and a mount is adapted to physically secure the modular expansion module to the head-worn computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Mentor Acquisition One, LLC
    Inventors: Ralph F Osterhout, Robert Michael Lohse
  • Patent number: 11968790
    Abstract: Introduced here is an attachable unit that connects to a base unit through a snap-fitting mechanism. The attachable unit can include a top housing structure and a bottom housing structure that are ultrasonically welded together. The top housing structure can include the toe portion that is integral with remaining portions of the top housing structure, where the toe portion is configured to provide the snap-fit with the base unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Arthur Lin, Sean Frick
  • Patent number: 11962162
    Abstract: An accessory device is disclosed. The accessory device may include multiple pockets, or sleeves, designed to carry items, such as an electronic device and a user's personal items (e.g., credits cards, cash, etc.). The accessory device also includes a magnet embedded in a back section, with the magnet designed to align an inductive charging mechanism that can charge the electronic device's battery when the electronic device is positioned within the accessory device. To improve charging efficiency, the back section also includes a structural layer designed to keep the back section flat when the electronic device is positioned within the accessory device. The structural layer can hide/obscure the magnet and other structures. Also, the accessory device includes a wireless communication circuit that can communicate with a corresponding wireless communication circuit in the electronic device, and provide information (e.g., openings and dimensional information of the accessory device) to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Apple, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan A. Cloyd, Linda D. Benavente-Notaro, Chengrui Zhang, Sara Rusignuolo
  • Patent number: 11953954
    Abstract: A variable holder module secures a variety of different expansion cards that may be installed within a computer or other information handling system. The holder module has a multi-sided component that is orientable according to which expansion card is to be secured within the computer. Each side of the component may thus correspond to a different one of the expansion cards. Once the expansion card is determined, a human or robotic picker need only orient component to the side that corresponds to the make/model of the expansion card. The holder module is thus adaptable to secure many different expansion cards that may be installed within the computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jing-Tang Wu, Tung-Yi Chen, Andrew O. Ingalls
  • Patent number: 11955998
    Abstract: A protective and cooling case for an electronic device is able to reduce the temperature of the electronic device while protecting said electronic device. The protective and cooling case includes a case body, a securing mechanism, and at least one cooling module. The case body is a structure that is wrapped around the electronic device in order to protect the electronic device from shock forces when or if accidentally dropped. The case body can be any shape and size to protect various types of electronic devices such as, but not limited to, mobile phones or electronic tablets. The securing mechanism is a means to securely attach the at least one cooling module to the case body. The at least one cooling module is used to reduce the temperature of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventors: Alisha Hurt, Dwayne McLeod
  • Patent number: 11956930
    Abstract: A liquid-submersible thermal management system includes a shell, a heat-generating component, a working fluid, and at least one heat-dispersing element. The shell defines an immersion chamber where the heat-generating component is located in the immersion chamber. The working fluid is positioned in the immersion chamber and at least partially surrounds the heat-generating component so the working fluid receives heat from the heat-generating component. The at least one heat-dispersing element is positioned on exterior surface of the shell to conduct heat from the shell into the heat-dispersing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Husam Atallah Alissa, Ioannis Manousakis, Nicholas Andrew Keehn, Eric C. Peterson, Bharath Ramakrishnan, Christian L. Belady, Ricardo Gouvea Bianchini
  • Patent number: 11955780
    Abstract: Motor control centers have units or buckets with an extendable/retractable power connection (stab) assembly and one or more operating lever interlocks that include a unit latch to latch to a cabinet and a power connection position interlock that blocks the handle of the units or buckets based on position of the power connection assembly, optionally also including a shutter cam that slides a shutter right and left.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Boyd Kroushl, Alfred Gregory Beard, Edgar Yee
  • Patent number: 11950389
    Abstract: A subsea variable speed drive apparatus comprising a pressure resistant container (90) comprising a curved wall section having a curved, internal surface (90a); and a variable speed drive comprising at least one power electronics module (50) arranged inside the container and held at a predetermined ambient pressure. The at least one power electronics module is mounted on a heatsink (40) which is mounted on the internal surface, the heatsink comprising a curved surface (40b) contacting the internal surface and having a radius of curvature corresponding to the radius of curvature of the internal surface. A subsea hydrocarbon fluid pumping system comprising such subsea variable speed drive apparatuses and a related method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Inventors: Ana Maria Guimarães Guerreiro, Rodrigo Silva Cappato, Anderson Moita Witka, Lafaete Creomar Lima, Eduardo Wong Cardoso, Steven Kronemberger, Ola Jemtland, Ragnar Eretveit, Stein Følkner, Torbjørn Strømsvik
  • Patent number: 11947716
    Abstract: A portable device (e.g., a wireless device such as a cell phone) is provided with a flexible keyboard and a flexible display screen. Such flexible components may be stored in the housing of the portable device when not in use. The flexible display screen and flexible keyboard may be expanded from the housing when the flexible components are utilized by a user. Non-flexible display and input components may be provided on the exterior of the portable device such that the device may be used, in some form, while the flexible components are stored. In one embodiment, a portion of the flexible display (or flexible keyboard) may be utilized when the flexible display (or flexible keyboard) is stored in said first housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Inventor: Jeffrey David Mullen
  • Patent number: 11943904
    Abstract: A cooling system is provided. The cooling system includes a condenser configured to condense a coolant from a vapor state to a liquid state and an evaporator configured to evaporate the coolant from the liquid state to the vapor state. The evaporator defines a reservoir configured to contain a volume of the coolant in the liquid state. The cooling system further includes a vapor channel fluidly coupled to the condenser and the evaporator and configured to convey the coolant in the vapor state from the evaporator to the condenser, a liquid channel coupled to the condenser and the evaporator and configured to convey the coolant in the liquid state from the condenser to the evaporator, and a heat generating component disposed in the reservoir and immersed in the volume of the coolant in the liquid state. The heat generating component is configured to dissipate heat into the coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: GE Grid GmbH
    Inventors: Naveenan Thiagarajan, Maja Harfman Todorovic, Anindya Kanti De, Owen Jannis Samuel Schelenz
  • Patent number: 11934225
    Abstract: A system for supporting a mobile device is described. The system includes a base and a top collapsibly coupled to the base. The top is configured to retain the mobile device and to lock at an angle with respect to the base. The angle has a vertex and is at least forty-five degrees and not more than one hundred degrees. The top and the base are configured such that a center of mass of a combination of the mobile device and the system is a nonzero distance along the base from the vertex of the angle and such that the combination is stable with respect to rotations around an axis including the vertex for the base being supported and oriented perpendicular to a direction of local gravity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventor: Albert Mitchell Pleus
  • Patent number: 11928989
    Abstract: A rollable display device includes a flexible display panel, a storage unit provided at one end side of the flexible display panel, a support bar provided at the other end side of the flexible display panel, a plurality of glass substrates aligned side by side in a direction intersecting a winding direction of the flexible display panel, and a cover layer formed to cover the glass substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Noriko Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11924991
    Abstract: An aircraft avionics bay provided with at least one shelf (4) that includes: a support platform (5); retention seats (12) for a rack-mountable electrical module (6) each including a module connector (14); an external connection interface (7); an interconnection platform (9) extending substantially parallel to the support platform (5), on the side opposite the retention seats (12), the interconnection platform (9) supporting conductive connection tracks (28); a plurality of rear printed circuits (15), each rear printed circuit (15) extending opposite a module connector (14); the conductive connection tracks (28) of the interconnection platform (9) extending into each rear printed circuit (15) and to the external connection interface (7) via flexible conductors (18, 19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: LATELEC
    Inventors: Julien Mourieras, Bastien Puertolas
  • Patent number: 11914434
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a housing including a first plate and a second plate, wherein the first plate includes an opening; a display panel at least partially exposed through the opening and including a touch sensor; a first support member coupled to the display panel and a portion of the first plate along at least part of one side of the opening; and a switch device configured to be actuated according to a depression of the display panel, the depression caused by a downward force exerted on an upper portion of the display panel. Other various embodiments are also possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junhyeok Song, Backman Kim, Kwangsik Yang, Wonku Yeo, Sunghyun Yoo, Suhyun You, Seokho Lee, Hwanju Jo
  • Patent number: 11913554
    Abstract: This disclosure details a coolant distribution module as used in a thermal management systems for thermally managing electrified vehicle components. An exemplary coolant distribution module includes a module body including a plurality of inlet ports and a plurality of outlet ports, a first manifold valve encompassed within the module body, and a second manifold valve encompassed within the module body. The first manifold valve includes a plurality of first valve inputs wherein each first valve input is in communication with at least one inlet port of the plurality of inlet ports, and a plurality of first valve outputs wherein each first valve output is in communication with at least one outlet port of the plurality of outlet ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Ravi Gopal, Daniel C. Huang
  • Patent number: 11917779
    Abstract: A modular information handling system may include one or more information handling resources and an enclosure configured to house the one or more information handling resources, the enclosure comprising a topside cover comprising: a fixed portion mechanically fixed to a remaining portion of the enclosure, a movable portion, and a damping hinge configured to rotatably couple the movable portion to the fixed portion about an axis of rotation defined by the damping hinge, wherein the damping hinge is configured to dampen mechanical rotation of the movable portion relative to the fixed portion when the movable portion mechanically moves towards a closed position relative to the fixed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Amrita Sidhu Maguire, Alice Aigin Liu, Sam Shang, Anthony Sanchez, Yuxin Chen
  • Patent number: 11914424
    Abstract: An example display device includes a display element having at least one portion which can be changed into a curved shape; and a flexible window member stacked onto the display element, wherein the thickness of a portion of the window member is less than that of the other portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Ho Ahn, Sung-Gwan Woo, Ki-Ju Kwak
  • Patent number: 11910567
    Abstract: A liquid-submersible thermal management system includes a cylindrical outer shell and an inner shell positioned in an interior volume of the outer shell. The cylindrical outer shell has a longitudinal axis oriented vertically relative to a direction of gravity, and the inner shell defines an immersion chamber. The liquid-submersible thermal management system a spine positioned inside the immersion chamber and oriented at least partially in a direction of the longitudinal axis with a heat-generating component located in the immersion chamber. A working fluid is positioned in the immersion chamber and at least partially surrounding the heat-generating component. The working fluid receives heat from the heat-generating component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Husam Atallah Alissa, Ioannis Manousakis, Nicholas Andrew Keehn, Eric C. Peterson, Bharath Ramakrishnan, Christian L. Belady, Ricardo Gouvea Bianchini