Patents Examined by Anthony M Haughton
  • Patent number: 11903155
    Abstract: A device incorporating both a magnet and a living hinge may be employed to construct cases to protect electronic devices and to function as a closure for cases and lidded containers. Such cases often can be bent three 360° allowing the cases to be either closed protecting devices therein are closed upon themselves allowing the case to function to secure an electronic device to a substrate such as an article of clothing. The devices of the disclosure can also be used to organize and hold loose items together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: GUI GLOBAL PRODUCTS, LTD.
    Inventor: Walter G. Mayfield
  • Patent number: 11903171
    Abstract: A system including a heat exchanger section for re-cooling a heated liquid coolant, a spray cooling section for cooling an electronic equipment; mean for separating said heat exchanger or pump section from said spray cooling section; means for transferring heat generated by the electronic equipment to at least liquid coolant; means for spraying the liquid coolant along the heat transferring means to transfer heat from the electronic equipment to the liquid coolant; wherein the heat transferring means is in an essentially vertical position so that the liquid coolant generally flows downward and is drained by gravity; means for collecting the liquid coolant; means for suctioning the collected liquid coolant; means for pumping the dielectric liquid coolant from the sprayed liquid coolant collecting means and through the liquid coolant spraying means; and means for housing the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventors: Nan Chen, He Zhao, Yunshui Chen
  • Patent number: 11892645
    Abstract: Intelligent VR (Virtual Reality) elastic bandage equipment includes a main body, left and right supporting arms, a rear support, a telescopic assembly and a driving mechanism. According to a touch panel in the equipment, different input signals are triggered through different touch actions and touch durations, and a motor is controlled through a main control circuit board, so that the motor outputs different rotating speeds and directions; and therefore, the motor further drives the driving mechanism to drive the telescopic assembly to move and stretch, the telescopic assembly further drives the left and right supporting arms to retract, and adjustment of the distance between the main body and the head of a human body is achieved, so that the equipment is more comfortable to use, the use range is enlarged, and the operation is easy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ETLINK (HK) PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LIMITED
    Inventor: Yongqiang Hu
  • Patent number: 11895811
    Abstract: A curved electronic device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The curved electronic device includes a substrate, a component layer, and a modulation layer. The component layer is disposed on the substrate. The component layer is composed of a plurality of electronic components and their connecting wiring arranged on the substrate. The modulation layer is disposed on the component layer, and includes at least one pattern area and at least one blank area that are formed on the component layer. The blank area allows one part of the electronic components to be exposed out of the modulation layer. The modulation layer and the substrate have different heat absorption rates, so that the positions of the substrate corresponding to the blank area and the pattern area have different degrees of softening, so as to prevent the component layer from being damaged in the process of stretching the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: INTERFACE TECHNOLOGY (CHENGDU) CO., LTD., INTERFACE OPTOELECTRONICS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., INTERFACE OPTOELECTRONICS (WUXI) CO., LTD., GENERAL INTERFACE SOLUTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Ping-Hsiang Kao, Wen-You Lai, Po-Lun Chen, Chun-Ta Chen, Po-Ching Lin, Ya-Chu Hsu
  • Patent number: 11895807
    Abstract: A data rack system includes a data center rack frame, a shelf positioned within the data center rack frame; and a modular battery unit disposed on the shelf. The modular battery unit further includes a housing having an outer surface, a plurality of strips of phase change material (“PCM”) attached to the outer surface and spaced apart from one another; and air flow channels. The air flow channels are formed in spaces between two adjacent strips of the plurality of strips and defined by a shape and size of the spaces between the two adjacent strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Melanie Beauchemin, Christopher Malone
  • Patent number: 11895860
    Abstract: A computing device is disclosed that includes an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. The OLED display has a front surface and a back surface. The computing device includes a moveable display support connected to the back surface of the display. In some implementations, the moveable display support is configured to limit bending in one direction to a first bend radius and to limit bending in another direction to a second bend radius. In some implementations, the moveable display support is formed by a plurality of unit cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Andrew Large, Lincoln Matthew Ghioni, Sarat Babu, Matthew James Longbottom, Duncan Alexander Wallis Carter
  • Patent number: 11885556
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a frame on which a panel assembly is mounted in a door provided with a panel assembly of which the inside thereof is visible, and a screen is output. The frame includes a panel assembly mounting part opened so that the panel assembly is mounted; a barrier configured to partition the inside of the door into a PCB accommodating space, in a PCB is disposed, and an insulator accommodating space, in which the insulator is disposed; and a cable guide part which is connected to the panel assembly mounting part and in which a cable configured to connect the panel assembly to the PCB is disposed. A frame cover configured to connect the cable guide part to the barrier in the insulator accommodating space and to guide the cable of the cable guide part into the PCB accommodating space is mounted on the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Chanuk Kang, Sanghyun Cheon
  • Patent number: 11886244
    Abstract: A belt wearable by a human subject includes a variety of sensors that collect information about the wearer, the wearer's environment, and the wearer's movements. A communication interface on the belt allows sensor data collected by the belt to be transferred to a storage server. In some examples, the communication interface is a Wi-Fi interface, a cellular interface, or a removable memory interface. The data is processed to identify activities performed by the wearer such as walking, driving, and working at heights. In some examples, events such as aggressive driving events, slips and falls, and unsafe lifting are detected. In some examples, this information is used to generate reports that allow an employer to manage the productivity and safety of a workforce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Modjoul, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Eric Martinez, Goutam Koley, Kapil Chalil Madathil
  • Patent number: 11880234
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display surface, a back surface with a first portion and a second portion, and a support assembly. The support assembly includes a first, second, and third boards. The first board includes a first surface, detachably covering the first portion, and a second surface. The second board is bendably connected to the first board and combined with the second portion. The third board includes a pivoted end and a free end. The pivoted end is pivotally connected to the second surface and covers the second board and a portion of the first board. When the first board rotates relative to the first portion, the third board also rotates relative to the second board, the second surface faces the third board, and the second board simultaneously moves along the third board. Accordingly, the display surface is raised up a distance relative to the free end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chi-Rong Hsu, Yi-Ting Chen, Po-Nien Chen, Chi-Jung Tsai, Wei Hsiang Tang
  • Patent number: 11877411
    Abstract: An electronic device including a rear plate, and the rear plate itself are disclosed. The rear plate covers a rear surface of the electronic device, and includes: a glass plate including a pattern area, the pattern area including a pattern having a designated shape, in at least a partial area of the glass plate, a printed layer disposed on a first surface of the glass plate, a shielding layer stacked with the printed layer, and a coating layer disposed on a second surface of the glass plate opposite to the first surface, wherein the pattern area of the glass plate includes a plurality of processing lines spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youngmin Moon, Hyeonbeom Kim, Jaehyun Bae
  • Patent number: 11853123
    Abstract: A system includes a monitor mount and first and second monitors. The monitor mount includes a first coupling, a second coupling, and a first power bus. The first monitor includes a first electronic visual display and has a size and shape configured to be detachably secured to the monitor mount by the first coupling. The first monitor can optionally be powered by the first power bus when secured to the monitor mount. The second monitor includes a second electronic visual display and a third coupling. The second monitor has a size and shape configured to: (i) be detachably secured to the monitor mount by the second coupling, (ii) detachably secure the first monitor by the third coupling, and (iii) surround at least a portion of the first electronic visual display when the first monitor is secured to the second monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Juan P. Eslava, Peter Lund
  • Patent number: 11846998
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a folding module and a foldable electronic device. A first protrusion and a first sliding slot are provided between a drive portion and a first connection member. A second protrusion and a second sliding slot are provided between the drive portion and a second connection member. A first drive spring and a second drive spring press against the drive portion. In a process in which the first support member folds or unfolds relative to the second support member, folding or unfolding can be implemented provided that the first support member and the second support member rotate by a relatively small angle, so that a speed of folding or unfolding of the first support member relative to the second support member is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weifeng Wu, Tao Huang, Li Liao, Qiang Zhan, Haiqiang Tian
  • Patent number: 11849556
    Abstract: A functional module (200) for an electrical connection enclosure comprises one or more monitoring-and-control units (138), a protection unit (140) common to all the monitoring-and-control units (138), supplying electrical power to all the monitoring-and-control units and electrically protecting all the monitoring-and-control units, a segment of computer bus (204) connecting all of the monitoring-and-control units to an industrial computer, just as many external connection modules (208) and input-output modules (206) as monitoring-and-control units, and a support structure. The height of the monitoring-and-control units can be equal to 1U, 2U, 3U, 4U, 5U or 6U, “U” designating a unit height corresponding to a base height of a monitoring-and-control units, and the functional module has a main height (H4) equal to 6U and can accommodate any technically permissible combination of monitoring-and-control units, depending on the height of these control units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Louis Linares, Olivier Wasner
  • Patent number: 11839058
    Abstract: A system and method for heat dissipation and vibration damping of electronic devices in which an assembly is formed by one or more surfaces comprised of at least one material that is a thermally conductive plastic that combines to partially or completely enclose one or more electronic devices as a physical and thermal intermediary between the electronic devices and supporting structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: David Lane Smith
  • Patent number: 11839054
    Abstract: A multi-board system for an electronic device that includes an heat spreader between at least two boards. In examples, the multi-board system may include a stack-PCB architecture on one side of the heat spreader and one or more boards on an opposite side of the heat spreader from the stack-PCB. The heat spreader may comprise a vapor chamber and/or include a graphite layer or core to transfer heat along a length of the heat spreader.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Toleno, Michael Nikkhoo, Patrick Codd
  • Patent number: 11839064
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed of a rack cooling apparatus, more specially, a rack fluid control and management unit with a first pair of fluid lines including a first supply line and a first return line and a second pair of fluid lines including a second supply line and a second return line. The first supply line and the first return line are adapted to be coupled to a first rack manifold and the second supply line and the second return line are adapted to be coupled to a second rack manifold in the same rack as the first rack manifold. First and second bi-directional fluid lines fluidly couple the first supply line to the second supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventor: Tianyi Gao
  • Patent number: 11832424
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic module including a housing case for housing a relay, a heat transfer sheet placed on one wall portion of the housing case, a bus bar that is connected to the relay and is partially in contact with the heat transfer sheet, and a pressing portion that presses the bus bar against the heat transfer sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuya Komaki
  • Patent number: 11825624
    Abstract: An ejector device comprising a housing block; an ejector handle adapted to alternate between an open position and a closed position, having first and second rack engagement features, a sloped feature, and a notch; a trigger latch adapted to alternate between a latched position and an unlatched position, and having a sloped feature adapted to engage the sloped handle feature, and a hook adapted to engage the ejector handle notch; and an ejector button adapted to alternate between a pressed position and an unpressed position; wherein the housing block comprises a space for receiving the ejector handle and the latching trigger; the ejector handle is pivotally attached to the housing block and is adapted to urge the latching trigger to the unlatched position when the ejector handle moves to the closed position and the sloped handle feature engages with the sloped latching trigger feature; and the latching trigger is pivotally attached to the housing block, and is adapted to be urged to the unlatched position as t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Benjamin K. Sharfi
  • Patent number: 11825637
    Abstract: A rack with two-phase loop recirculation includes a supply manifold, a return manifold, and a separator. For example, a supply manifold is configured to receive two-phase cooling fluid from a cooling fluid source to distribute the two-phase cooling fluid to one or more server chassis. The two-phase cooling fluid is to extract heat from the one or more electronic devices and to transform into two-phase mixing fluid having at least a portion of the two-phase fluid transformed into vapor. A return manifold is configured to receive the two-phase mixing fluid from one or more loops associated with one or more electronic devices of the server chassis. A separator disposed on the return manifold is configured to separate the vapor of the two-phase mixing fluid and to divert first remaining two-phase cooling fluid of the two-phase mixing fluid directly back to the supply manifold through a return loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventor: Tianyi Gao
  • Patent number: 11817370
    Abstract: To improve cooling capability, power conversion apparatus 1 that converts a direct current voltage into an alternating current voltage includes: first substrate 100 on which power conversion circuit 2 is mounted; second substrate 200 on which driving circuit 3 that drives power conversion circuit 2 is mounted; and shield plate 300 that is disposed between first substrate 100 and second substrate 200, and first substrate 100 is a metal substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hayata Onaga, Tomonari Nebashi