Patents Examined by Binh B Tran
  • Patent number: 12045099
    Abstract: A desktop computing system having at least a central core surrounded by housing having a shape that defines a volume in which the central core resides is described. The housing includes a first opening and a second opening axially displaced from the first opening. The first opening having a size and shape in accordance with an amount of airflow used as a heat transfer medium for cooling internal components, the second opening defined by a lip that engages a portion of the airflow in such a way that at least some of the heat transferred to the air flow from the internal components is passed to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Eugene A. Whang, Christopher J. Stringer, Brett W. Degner, David H. Narajowski, Patrick Kessler, Eric R. Prather, Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski, Adam T. Stagnaro, Daniel L. McBroom, Matthew P. Casebolt, Michael D. McBroom
  • Patent number: 12048093
    Abstract: A flexible wiring board includes a signal line and a conductive portion that overlaps the signal line in plan view. The conductive portion includes a first line portion extending in a first direction and having a first part and a second part, a second line portion extending in a second direction and having a third part and a fourth part, and a third line portion. The third line portion has a line width smaller than a line width of the first part and a line width of the second part, is connected to the first and second parts, and is provided between the first part and the second part. The conductive portion includes a fourth line portion that is connected to the third part and the fourth part and that is provided between the third part and the fourth part. The third line portion and the fourth line portion intersect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Yoshida, Yu Ogawa
  • Patent number: 12032416
    Abstract: The present application provides foldable hinge and a foldable display device. The foldable hinge includes a first support plate, wherein the first support plate is provided with at least two opposite arc-shaped grooves; two second support plates located on opposite sides of the first support plate; and at least two rotating mechanisms including a fixed plate fixed on one of the second support plates; and an arc-shaped arm connected to the fixed plate, wherein the arc-shaped arm is at least partially received and slided in the arc-shaped groove to drive the corresponding second support plate being unfolded or folded relative to the first support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zikang Feng
  • Patent number: 12033017
    Abstract: Provided are approaches for removing a chip of a transaction card using a chip removal element. In some approaches, the transaction card may include a body including a first main side opposite a second main side, a chip coupled to the first main side of the body, and a chip removal element disposed between the chip and the body. A first end of the chip removal element may be positioned within a tab recess along the first main side of the body, wherein the chip removal element is operable to decouple the chip from the body when the chip removal element is moved away from the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Capital One Services, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Maiman, Kevin Osborn, Joshua Edwards
  • Patent number: 12031557
    Abstract: A pneumatic control including a bus node, which is equipped with a first type communication interface and with a first type supply interface, further including a coupling module, which is equipped with the first type communication interface and with the first type supply interface and with a second type communication interface and a second type supply interface, and further including a valve module which is equipped on both coupling surfaces with the second type communication interface and with the second type supply interface, wherein a connection module is connected with the valve module, which connection module is equipped at a first coupling surface with the second type communication interface and with the second type supply interface, and which connection module is equipped at a second coupling surface with the first type communication interface and the first type supply interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Festo SE & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Herzog, Timo Dreesmann
  • Patent number: 12035490
    Abstract: A switched-mode light-emitting diode (LED) display unit satisfying fire-fighting smoke exhaust and ventilation requirements includes an LED display unit, a mounting member, an opening-closing actuator and a pressing member. The LED display unit is mounted on the mounting member and the mounting member is mounted on a display panel by an opening-closing actuator and pressed against the display panel by a pressing member. The switched-mode LED display unit provides the pressing member that works to release the pressed mounting member after obtaining a triggering command and the opening-closing actuator that turns on the LED display unit subsequently, thereby meeting the fire smoke exhaust ventilation requirement of the internal surface or the external surface of a building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: NANJING LOPU CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Zhu, Chengyue Lv, Jianming Qiu, Lili Ji, Chengbing Guo
  • Patent number: 12028982
    Abstract: Fabric may include one or more conductive strands. An insertion tool may insert an electrical component into the fabric during formation of the fabric. The electrical component may include an electrical device mounted to a substrate and encapsulated by a protective structure. An interconnect structure such as a metal via or printed circuit layers may pass through an opening in the protective structure and may be used to couple a conductive strand to a contact pad on the substrate. The protective structure may be transparent or may include an opening so that light can be detected by or emitted from an optical device on the substrate. The protective structure may be formed using a molding tool that provides the protective structure with grooves or may be molded around a hollow conductive structure to create grooves. An electrical component mounted to the fabric may be embedded within printed circuit layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bilal Mohamed Ibrahim Kani, Benjamin J. Grena, Kyusang Kim, David M. Kindlon, Pierpaolo Lupo, Kishore N. Renjan, Manoj Vadeentavida
  • Patent number: 12027676
    Abstract: An enclosed electrical device such as a battery pack for an electric powertrain system includes an enclosure having a tray and cover. The tray and cover together define an enclosure cavity. A radio frequency (RF) receiving node is located within the cavity. Printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) include an RF transmitting node. The PCBAs(s) are spaced apart from one another within the cavity. An RF shield guide layer is positioned between the PCBAs and the cover, such that the RF shield guide layer covers the PCBAs without covering the RF transmitting node. A battery pack and an electric powertrain system include the RF shield guide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Fiona E. Meyer-Teruel, Aseim M. Elfrgani, Christopher A. O'Brien, Sony Mathews, Hatem Elgothamy
  • Patent number: 12028975
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may comprise a housing at least partially including an electrically conductive material, a first circuit board disposed in the housing, a connection member disposed on the first circuit board and partially extending past an edge of the first circuit board, a second circuit board disposed in the housing and connected to the connection member from a side of the first circuit board in which the connection member extends, and a shielding member disposed to surround the connection member and the second circuit board inside the housing. The shielding member may be electrically connected to at least one of the housing and the first circuit board. Other various embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Younggwon Koo, Juhee Kim, Jangsun Yoo
  • Patent number: 12028979
    Abstract: A substrate assembly includes: a first substrate unit; and at least one second substrate unit electrically connected to the first substrate unit and having a coil pattern formed thereon, wherein: the first substrate unit is a flexible substrate; the second substrate is a rigid substrate; the second substrate unit has a coil pattern formed on one of the front surface and the rear surface thereof and includes multiple second substrates laminated in the upward/downward direction and electrically connected to each other; the at least one second substrate unit includes multiple second substrate units arranged on the first substrate unit; the second substrate unit has a through-hole vertically formed therethrough; the coil pattern is formed around the through-hole; the first substrate unit includes a Hall sensor; and the second substrate unit is coupled to the first substrate unit such that the Hall sensor is exposed through the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: SENSORTOPIA CO., LTD
    Inventor: Sea Yeoun Han
  • Patent number: 12028977
    Abstract: An electronic device is an electronic device on which an option replaceable by a user is mounted. The electronic device includes a main board and a flexible printed circuit board connected to the main board. The flexible printed circuit board has a coupling connector connected to an option board on which the option is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Tobinaga, Takahiro Mukai, Shigehito Morita, Masaru Furujiku, Ryusuke Teramoto
  • Patent number: 12029088
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a base substrate including a display area and a peripheral area located at least on a first side of the display area. A plurality of pixel units are arranged in the display area. A first power trace is located in the peripheral area. A scan driving circuit is located in the peripheral area. The scan driving circuit includes a first scan driving circuit and a second scan driving circuit. A layer where the first power trace is located is located on a side of a layer where the scan driving circuit is located away from the base substrate. An orthographic projection of the first power trace on the base substrate at least partially overlaps an orthographic projection of the first scan driving circuit on the base substrate, and at least partially overlaps an orthographic projection of the second scan driving circuit on the base substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haigang Qing, Ziyang Yu, Wenbo Chen
  • Patent number: 12022629
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a smart clothing and its device mount, wherein the device mount includes an upper casing and a lower casing, a circuit board is arranged between the upper casing and the lower casing, and a metal contact of the top surface of the circuit board penetrates through the upper casing to form a plurality of metal contact points, and the cable interface of the bottom surface of the circuit board passes through the lower casing, and the bottom surface of the lower casing is formed with individual cable grooves toward each cable interface for guiding the transmission wire to insert into the cable interface along the cable groove, and the device mount is combined with a soft gasket on the clothing body and is equipped with a waterproof protective layer to avoid damage to the circuit components and transmission wire during cleaning; when the device mount is installed with the electronic device, the motion status can be monitored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: AMPAK TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Wen-Sung Fan, Kai-Yuan Cheng, Chih-Wei Tu, Pei-Wen Liao, Ming-Hui Yao, Tzong-Yow Ho
  • Patent number: 12010797
    Abstract: To mitigate a bending stress in the flexible wiring substrate in a structure, a display panel, to which the flexible wiring substrate connects, is curved along a first direction, and the flexible wiring is bent back to the rear of the display panel. The flexible wiring substrate connects with the display panel at a first region and at a second region; the flexible wiring substrate connects with the wiring substrate at a third region and at a fourth region. The flexible wiring substrate has a narrowest width in the first direction at an intermediate region between the display panel and the wiring substrate. A first wiring group in the flexible wiring substrate connects the first region with the third region or the fourth region, a second wiring group in the flexible wiring substrate connects the second region with another one of the third region or the fourth region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Youhei Iwai, Hideaki Abe
  • Patent number: 12010791
    Abstract: A device includes an elastic base, a device body provided on the base, a wiring line provided on the base, a coupling member coupled to the wiring line, and an electrically conductive adhesive layer provided between the wiring line and the coupling member. The wiring line extends from the electrically conductive adhesive layer to the device body. The wiring line has a wiring portion overlapping with the electrically conductive adhesive layer. The degree of polymerization of the electrically conductive adhesive layer decreases in the extending direction of the wiring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kawai, Taizo Nishimura, Masahiko Shimizu, Takayuki Tanaka, Naohiro Takahashi
  • Patent number: 12004291
    Abstract: A lens module of reduced size includes a base and an adhesive body. The base includes a first base portion and a second base portion located outside the first base portion. The first base portion is made of plastic and the second base portion is made of metal. The base further comprises a slot. The adhesive body is received in the slot and connects the first base portion and the second base portion. The disclosure also provides an electronic device having the lens module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: TRIPLE WIN TECHNOLOGY(SHENZHEN) CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Shuai Li, Ding-Nan Huang, Jing-Wei Li, Jian-Chao Song
  • Patent number: 11996783
    Abstract: A power converter includes a plurality of ports provided to a housing, a plurality of conversion circuit electrically connected to the respective ports, and a plurality of coils electrically connected to the respective power conversion circuits and wound around a transformer core. The plurality of coils including a predetermined first coil electrically connected to a predetermined conversion circuit and a second coil. The conversion circuit is mounted to a predetermined board, while the first coil is fixed along the periphery of a board hole of the predetermined board. The predetermined board is fixed to the housing in the state in which the transformer core is inserted into the board hole to determine the position of the predetermined coil relative to the second coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Ichihashi, Syuji Kurauchi
  • Patent number: 11991841
    Abstract: The present application provides a splicing display screen and a manufacturing method thereof. The splicing display screen includes a backplate. In the present application, a plurality of sub-display panels disposed on the backplate, an adhesive layer disposed between the backplate and the sub-display panels, and a plurality of first sub-surfaces configured to display images in the sub-display panels are arranged on a same plane. The adhesive layer at least corresponds to a gap between every two adjacent sub-display panels to connect every two adjacent sub-display panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dengqian Li, Rong Xia
  • Patent number: 11983041
    Abstract: A flexible display, including a stand, a supporting mechanism, a flexible screen, a driving component, a driven component, and a link, is provided. The supporting mechanism is connected to the stand. The flexible screen is attached to the supporting mechanism. The driving component is disposed on the stand. The driven component is disposed on a side of the supporting mechanism distant from the stand. The link has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end. The first end is connected to the driving component, and the second end is connected to the driven component. The driving component drives the driven component through the link to move on a first horizontal plane to drive the supporting mechanism and the flexible screen to transform when the driving component moves between the first horizontal plane and a second horizontal plane that is parallel to the first horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Wen Cheng, Yan-Yu Chen, Chun-Wen Wang, Chung-Lin Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11982908
    Abstract: A display device and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The display device includes a substrate, a display panel, and a frame sealant layer. The display screen includes a display region and a non-display region. The frame sealant layer is configured to adhere the display panel and the substrate. The frame sealant layer is correspondingly distributed in the non-display region of the display panel and surrounds the display region. The frame sealant layer includes liquid adhesive regions and solid adhesive regions disposed at intervals. Each of the liquid adhesive regions is provided with a liquid adhesive. Each of the solid adhesive regions is provided with a solid adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Guangnan Zou