Patents Examined by Binh B Tran
  • Patent number: 11950383
    Abstract: A display apparatus according to a concept of the disclosure includes: a display panel configured to display an image in a front direction; a top chassis positioned in a front direction of the display panel; a bottom chassis positioned in a rear direction of the display panel; a rear cover covering a rear side of the bottom chassis; and a stand member being accommodatable in the rear cover and selectively coupled with a rear surface of the rear cover, wherein the rear cover includes an accommodating portion in which the stand member is accommodated and a coupling portion coupled with the stand member, and the stand member includes an inserting protrusion which is inserted into the accommodating portion and the coupling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee-Bong Kim, Dong Wook Kim, Ji-Gwang Kim, Tae-Hun Kim, Yong Gu Do, Jeong Woo Park, Gil Jae Lee, Sang Young Lee, Pil Kwon Jung, Su-An Choi
  • Patent number: 11950364
    Abstract: A module includes a first wiring board, a first integrated circuit component mounted on the first wiring board, a second wiring board overlapping with the first wiring board, a second integrated circuit component mounted on the second wiring board, and a connection member disposed between the first wiring board and the second wiring board and configured to electrically connect the first wiring board and the second wiring board, wherein the second integrated circuit component overlaps with the first wiring board and supplies power to the first integrated circuit component via the connection member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi Hasegawa, Satoru Higuchi, Noritake Tsuboi
  • Patent number: 11950474
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a highly reliable display device. In particular, a display device to which a signal or a power supply potential can be supplied stably is provided. Further, a bendable display device to which a signal or a power supply potential can be supplied stably is provided. The display device includes, over a flexible substrate, a display portion, a plurality of connection terminals to which a signal from an outside can be input, and a plurality of wirings. One of the plurality of wirings electrically connects one of the plurality of connection terminals to the display portion. The one of the plurality of wirings includes a first portion including a plurality of separate lines and a second portion in which the plurality of lines converge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Kensuke Yoshizumi
  • Patent number: 11950368
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit includes: a chip component serving as an electronic component having a first electrode and the like; a base film; a conductive first pattern layer which is laminated on a portion of the base film and has a bonding region to which the electrode is, for example, soldered; and a coverlay laminated on the base film or the first pattern layer via an adhesive and having an opening for externally exposing a portion of the first pattern layer including the bonding region, and the chip component. The first pattern layer has a groove that opens in a range between the bonding region and an edge of the opening on a surface of the first pattern layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidehiko Shimizu, Tomohiro Sugiura
  • Patent number: 11937414
    Abstract: The display assembly includes a display module, a flexible printed board, an integrated circuit chip, and a composite tape. The integrated circuit chip and a binding portion of the flexible printed board are respectively in binding connection with the display module. The composite tape includes: a conductive fabric layer comprising a first part and a second part, the first part covering the integrated circuit chip and the binding portion, and the second part covering at least part of a grounding portion of the flexible printed board; and an insulating film layer on a side of the conductive fabric layer facing the integrated circuit chip and the flexible printed board, and including a third part, which is at the first part of the conductive fabric layer and covering the integrated circuit chip and the binding portion, and the insulating film layer avoiding the at least part of the grounding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qizhong Chen, Bing Ji
  • Patent number: 11937390
    Abstract: A foldable display device includes a housing, a bending mechanism disposed in the housing, a flexible display panel disposed in the housing and on a side of the bending mechanism, and a front frame structure covering at least a part of a side surface of the flexible display panel. When the foldable display device is folded at any angle, an edge of the flexible display panel and the bending mechanism are encapsulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zikang Feng
  • Patent number: 11937388
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a screen body support device, including: a fixing bracket; a movable bracket being rotatably connected with the fixing bracket, in which the movable bracket and the fixing bracket are provided in a non-display area of a flexible display screen; and a driving component being fixedly connected with the movable bracket, in which the driving component is configured to drive the movable bracket to swing in two opposite directions with respect to the fixing bracket, so that the flexible display screen is bent in two opposite directions respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Yungu (Gu'an) Technology Co., Ltd.wq
    Inventors: Hongqi Hou, Fu Liao, Yuhua Wu, Liwei Ding, Zhaoji Zhu, Liuyang Wang
  • Patent number: 11934222
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an attaching apparatus (2) and an attaching method. The attaching apparatus (2) includes: an auxiliary attaching structure having a protective film layer (20) and a support part (21), and the protective film layer (20) includes first areas (20a) and second areas (20b), each first area (20a) is configured to correspond to an installation area (10a), first sides of the first areas (20a) can be attached to body parts (13a) of rigid structural members on the installation areas (10a) corresponding to the first areas (20a) and receiving through holes (20c) or receiving recesses (20d) are formed at positions on the first areas (20a) corresponding to installation protrusions (13b), the second areas (20b) are configured to correspond to bending areas (10b); and a laminating jig (22) that can be located on a second side of the protective film layer (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yonghong Zhou, Meiling Gao, Shengxing Zhang
  • Patent number: 11930597
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are disclosed. By disposing a binding film over a gap between adjacent circuit boards, and then forming connection wires on the binding film, connections between different circuit boards are achieved. The present disclosure solves a problem of high costs caused by traditional flexible circuit boards and connectors, thereby saving a large number of connectors and flexible circuit boards, and thereby reducing costs significantly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Peishan Cheng
  • Patent number: 11924982
    Abstract: A curved display apparatus is provided, including one or more bending portions where the curved display apparatus is bent. At least the one or more bending portions of the curved display apparatus including a stacked structure, which includes a support layer; a display panel on the support layer; and N number of pressure sensitive adhesive layers and M number of flexible base layers between the support layer and the display panel, N is an integer equal to or greater than 3, M is an integer equal to or greater than 2. A first one of the N number of pressure sensitive adhesive layers adheres the support layer and a first one of the M number of flexible base layers together. A last one of the N number of pressure sensitive adhesive layers adheres the display panel and a last one of the M number of flexible base layers together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang Liu, Chao Wang, Zhiliang Jiang, Pan Zhao, Qian Ma, Dianjie Hou
  • Patent number: 11921550
    Abstract: A circuit board, a display panel and a display apparatus are provided. The circuit board includes a main circuit board and an adapter circuit board stacked on the main circuit board. The adapter circuit board is provided with at least one first pad region, and the first pad region includes a hollowed region penetrating through the adapter circuit board and multiple first pads distributed around the hollowed region. The main circuit board is provided with at least one second pad region including multiple second pads, and the first pads of each of the first pad regions are respectively soldered to the multiple second pads of a corresponding second pad region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fan Li, Qiang Tang, Lianbin Liu, Yunhan Xiao, Xiaolong Zhu, Hengzhen Liang
  • Patent number: 11917759
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a housing including a plate and a back plate facing a second surface of the plate and including a planar area facing a first direction, a display module including a display disposed on a first surface of the plate, a battery and a circuit board disposed on the second surface of the plate, a first flexible substrate extending from the display module, and a second flexible substrate extending from the circuit board to the first flexible substrate across the battery. The first flexible substrate includes a first connector, and the second flexible substrate includes a second connector. The first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate are configured such that the first connector and the second connector are coupled in a second direction different from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungsoo Jun, Changho Park, Jinman Kim, Munjin Jeong, Wooyoung Jeong, Namjun Kim, Yonghwa Kim, Dongmyeong Park, Youngmoon Park, Youngkyu Kim, Minwoo Yoo, Hyunsuk Choi
  • Patent number: 11910531
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board (PCB) may have one or more coin cell batteries mounted thereto such that the flexibility of the flexible PCB is maintained. The flexible PCB has one or more battery contact pads fabricated thereon. Each battery contact pad includes a pattern of metalized vias each extending from a top surface to a bottom surface of the flexible PCB. A coin cell battery may be positioned over or under the battery contact pad. Conductive light curable epoxy is applied to and in each metalized via to contact and adhere to the coin cell battery to form a conductive path from the battery through the battery contact pad to printed conductors on the flexible PCB. Methods of mounting one or more coin cell batteries to a flexible PCB are also provided, as are other aspects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG
    Inventor: Igor Y. Gofman
  • Patent number: 11908351
    Abstract: A bracket for a flexible display module is provided. The flexible display module includes a flexible display panel and a transparent cover plate. The flexible display panel includes a display region, a binding region opposite to the display region and a bending region connecting the display region and the binding region. The transparent cover plate is fixed to the display region of the flexible display panel. The bracket includes a first body and a second body fixedly connected with each other. An inner surface of the first body is provided with an accommodating region for accommodating the bending region of the flexible display panel. The second body is fixedly and detachably connected to a back of the flexible display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Danyang Bi, Xiaoxia Liu, Xiaoliang Fu, Haotian Yang, Kang Wang, Renzhe Xu, Wei Chen, Xiaodong Hao
  • Patent number: 11899511
    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: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 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: 11899509
    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: January 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 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: 11903125
    Abstract: An optical module includes a box-shaped housing with an optical element mounted therein. Further, a wiring substrate is bonded to a part of a surface of a housing part of the housing, and an electric wiring, which is formed in the wiring substrate or on a surface of the wiring substrate, and an electric wiring, which is introduced into the housing part or onto a surface of the housing part, are electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Maiko Ariga, Yusuke Inaba, Kazuki Yamaoka, Atsushi Izawa, Kazuya Nagashima
  • Patent number: 11894294
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a printed circuit board including first to fourth output pad regions and a flexible circuit board having a first end connected to a display panel and a second end connected to the printed circuit board. The first output pad region includes a 1st-1st output pad group and a 1st-2nd output pad group, the second output pad region includes a 2nd-1st output pad group and a 2nd-2nd output pad group, the fourth output pad region includes a 4th-1st output pad group and a 4th-2nd output pad group, and the printed circuit board includes a first input terminal electrically connected to the 1st-1st output pad group, a second input terminal electrically connected to the 2nd-2nd output pad group, a third input terminal electrically connected to the first input terminal, and a fourth input terminal electrically connected to the 4th-2nd output pad group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hanho Park, Jeongeun Park, Soyeon Joo
  • Patent number: 11895776
    Abstract: In a flexible printed wiring board (1), a first electrical conduction pattern (4) prepared on the first surface (3a) on which a bare chip (2) is mounted is prepared only inside a mounting region (3c) of the bare chip. Preferably, the first electrical conduction patterns (4) are prepared so as to avoid positions opposite to test electrodes (2b) which the bare chip comprises. Thereby, in the flexible printed wiring board used for mounting the bare chip, occurrence of malfunction resulting from electrical connection with a part other than a bump of the bare chip can be certainly prevented, and reliability of various devices using the bare chip can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takahiro Umeyama
  • Patent number: 11877392
    Abstract: A flexible wiring board includes: an insulator; a wiring layer supported by the insulator; a first terminal unit including connection terminals provided at one end of the wiring layer; and a second terminal unit including connection terminals provided at the other end. A portion of the wiring layer from a part adjacent to the first terminal unit to a part adjacent to the second terminal unit is provided between first and second insulator layers included in the insulator. First and second holes formed in the first or second insulator layer are provided in an intermediate portion in a first direction from the first terminal unit to the second terminal unit and are spaced apart from each other in the first direction, and an insulator region adjacent to the first hole in a second direction is adjacent to at least a part of the second hole in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: CANON KABU KIKA HA KAISHA
    Inventors: Mitsutoshi Hasegawa, Yuya Okada, Satoru Higuchi, Koji Noguchi