Patents Examined by Christopher L Augustin
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Patent number: 12271230Abstract: A display device is provided. In the present invention, a first support structure is utilized to improve flatness of a modular laminated structure, and a second support structure is utilized to increase a radius of curvature of the modular laminated structure in a first bending area, which increases a continuity of radian of the modular laminated structure in the first bending area and ease a stress of the modular laminated structure in the first bending area. Therefore, a risk of peeling off film layers of the modular laminated structure in the first bending area and a risk of imprinting of the modular laminated structure in the first bending area are reduced.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Wenqiang Wang
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Patent number: 12267978Abstract: This patent document describes techniques are related to an apparatus for an electronics box for an in-flight entertainment system. The electronics box comprises: a first module including a first group of electronic components for the in-flight entertainment system and having a housing accommodating a first board on which the first group of electronic components are disposed; and a second module detachably placed over the first module and having a second board on which a second group of electronic components for the in-flight entertainment system are disposed, the second board covered by a frame that forms a sealed enclosure with the housing, and wherein the first group of electronic components and the second group of electronic components are configured to provide power or data to at least one of the in-flight entertainment system that is located in a commercial passenger vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Panasonic Avionics CorporationInventors: Mark Allen Setele, Andrew Barnes, Yichao Jiang
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Patent number: 12250785Abstract: A cartridge module alignment and mounting system, apparatus and method for mounting of a plurality of removable modules where the modules can be densely packed within the apparatus and where physical alignment of the module is maintained during insertion and removal so that the modules are easily connected or disconnected to a printed circuit board. The system includes an alignment pin affixable to the printed circuit board, and a carrier attachable to an electronic device such as a data storage device. The carrier can include a pin bore configured to receive a portion of the alignment pin thereby removably connecting and aligning the electronic device to the printed circuit board so that a space is defined between adjacent electronic devices. The space allows airflow or fluid flow to pass therebetween increasing heat dissipation of the electronic devices and the printed circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Inventors: Doug Fortune, Bhupinder Bhullar
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Patent number: 12242314Abstract: A graphics card assembly includes a mounting cage, two riser cards and two graphics cards. The mounting cage has two accommodation spaces arranged side by side horizontally. The two riser cards are disposed on the mounting cage and are located in the two accommodation spaces, respectively. The two graphics cards are located in the two accommodation spaces and are detachably inserted into the two riser cards, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2023Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignees: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATIONInventors: Wen-Long Huang, Xishan Shen
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Patent number: 12245393Abstract: A chassis device is provided and includes a case and an operating assembly. The case is for installing a detachable module and includes a first pivoting component pivotally connected to the detachable module, a second pivoting component pivotally connected to the first pivoting component, and a first engaging component movably disposed on the first pivoting component and for removably engaging with a second engaging component of the detachable module. The first pivoting component is restrained from pivoting when the first engaging component engages with the second engaging component of the detachable module, and when the second pivoting component pivots, the second pivoting component pushes the first engaging component, so that the first engaging component disengages from the second engaging component of the detachable module for allowing the first pivoting component to pivot. Furthermore, a related electronic apparatus and a related operating assembly are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2022Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Bi Ying Li, Jun Hao Wang, Hua-Jun Liang
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Patent number: 12232288Abstract: The present disclosure provides an assembly structure for providing power for a chip. The assembly structure includes a circuit board configured to provide a first electrical energy; a chip provided with at least one electrical energy input terminal; and a first power converting module provided with at least one power output terminal. The first power converting module is electrically connected to the circuit board and the chip, converts the first electrical energy to a second electrical energy, and supplies the second electrical energy to the chip. The circuit board, the chip and the first power converting module are stacked; and a projection of the at least one electrical energy input terminal of the chip on the circuit board and a projection of the at least one the power output terminal of the first power converting module on the circuit board, are at least partially overlapped.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2022Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Haoyi Ye, Jianhong Zeng, Yu Zhang, Peiqing Hu, Ziying Zhou
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Patent number: 12219724Abstract: An electronic device includes: a housing; a display provided at a front side thereof; and a stand provided at a back side thereof. The housing has a transition wall between back and bottom walls, which extends further to the front as further downwardly separated from the back wall. The transition wall has a recessed part and a ventilation hole communicated with the recessed part. The stand is attached to the housing so that the stand can move between a closed state where the stand approaches the back wall and an open state where a bottom end part of the stand is separated away from the back wall so that the stand can support the housing at an angle from a placement surface. The stand is configured so that the bottom end part of the stand covers part of the recessed part when the stand is in the closed state.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2023Date of Patent: February 4, 2025Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Junichiro Miyatake, Yuya Okazaki, Takafumi Nishida
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Patent number: 12213272Abstract: A carrier for different form factors for insertion in a slot of a computing device is disclosed. The different form factors have different thicknesses defined by the E1.S specification. The carrier includes a base holding a first type of form factor. A bezel is configurable for insertion in a slot for a device of the first type of form factor. The bezel has an attachment surface. The base is attachable to the attachment surface of the bezel. A second type of form factor is also attachable to the attachment surface of the bezel. A cover encloses the first type of form factor when joined to the base. The base and cover are discarded when the second type of form factor is attached to the bezel. The attached bezel and second type of form factor may also be inserted in the slot.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2022Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng, Tung-Hsien Wu, Yu-Ying Tseng, Wei-Jie Chen
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Patent number: 12213267Abstract: An electronic device has a foldable display. First and second portions of an electronic device housing for the device may be joined using hinge structures. A flexible display may overlap the first housing portion, the hinge structures, and the second housing portion. A layer such as a layer of sheet metal may be used in supporting the display and may overlap the hinge structures. The hinge structures may include gear teeth, belts, and/or other movement synchronization structures. The hinge structures may include members that move relative to each other during bending. The moving members may include bars and links with opposing curved bearing surfaces. Stop surfaces may prevent excessive rotation of the bars and links with respect to each other. The links may rotate about pivot points that lie within the thickness of the display without the hinge structure living within the thickness of the display.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Owen D. Hale, Tatsuya Sano, Chang-Chia Huang, Yasmin F. Afsar, Hoon Sik Kim, Michael B. Wittenberg
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Patent number: 12210383Abstract: A cable retractor includes a frame having first and second frame ends, opposing frame walls between the frame ends, and a track extending along one of the frame walls. A block slides along the track. A single first pulley is coupled to the block, is rotatable about a first axis that moves together with the block, is the sole pulley that is rotatable about the first axis, and has only a single groove. A spring spool is mounted at the first frame end. A spring has a coiled part wound around the spring spool and has a segment that extends away from the coiled part and is coupled to the block. A single second pulley is disposed at the second frame end, is rotatable about a fixed second axis, is the sole pulley that is rotatable about the second axis, and has only a single groove.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2024Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: Crestron Electronics, Inc.Inventors: King Woo Cheung, Ningsheng Zhu
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Patent number: 12207420Abstract: The present disclosure provides a support component and a flexible display module. The support component includes a support layer. The support layer has a patterned structure in a bending area. The patterned structure includes two first hollow patterns. The first hollow pattern includes a plurality of support blocks and a plurality of first hollow parts. An opening is formed at a corresponding first edge close to each of the plurality of first hollow parts, when the support layer is in a bending state, the opening shrinks to a closed state.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.Inventor: Wenqiang Wang
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Patent number: 12207431Abstract: A system chassis may comprise a frame having a width, depth, and height and a plurality of divider walls coupled to the frame and forming a plurality of receptacles each configured to receive an electronics tray containing an electronic assembly. Each of the plurality of divider walls comprises a metal sheet having a front edge, a back edge, and two lateral edges, the two lateral edges attached to two lateral walls of the frame. The front edge of the metal sheet has a concave shape such that a distance between the front edge and the back edge of the metal sheet continuously decreases while moving laterally from one lateral edge to a center of the front edge and continuously increases while moving laterally from the center to the opposite lateral edge.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Harvey John Lunsman, John Paul Franz, Michael Dustin Scott
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Patent number: 12200890Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mounting platform for use in an equipment rack having a frame with a pair of spaced apart vertical frame elements. The mounting platform supports at least one external device adjacent a rear area of the equipment rack without interfering with use of internal device mounting locations within the equipment rack. The mounting platform makes use of a gate panel which is configured to support the external device thereon. At least one hinge is used to support the gate panel in a vertical orientation from one of the vertical frame elements. The gate panel is movable between a closed position and an open position. In the closed position the gate panel is positioned parallel to a line extending between the vertical frame elements and supports the external device adjacent to the rear area of the equipment rack.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2022Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: VERTIV IT SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Christopher A. De Jesus, Christopher Wood, Aman Khan
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Patent number: 12200895Abstract: A graphics processing unit (GPU) tray includes a base, a first riser, and a second riser. The base is provided with a first bracket and a second bracket spaced from each other, the first riser is connected to one side of the first bracket and the second bracket, and the second riser is connected to the other side of the first bracket and a second bracket. The first riser is provided with a first connector socket facing the second riser, and the second riser is provided with a second connector socket facing the first riser. A first GPU is plugged to the first connector socket and a second GPU is plugged to the second connector socket. The GPU tray compress the installation space of the GPUs and allows four GPUs can be installed in the chassis. A chassis accommodating the GPU tray is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2023Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Fulian Precision Electronics (Tianjin) Co., LTD.Inventors: Zhen-Lei Li, Wen-Hu Lu
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Patent number: 12193184Abstract: A display includes an outer frame, a supporting frame, a display module, and a covering member. The supporting frame is accommodated in the outer frame. The display module is disposed on a supporting member of the supporting frame. The supporting member extends toward a display region of the display module from the supporting frame. On a first surface of the display module, a projection area of the supporting member and a projection area of an first optical film of the display module are partially overlapped with each other. A third surface of the covering member is closely attached to a second optical film of the display module. The covering member has an extension portion. The extension portion extends from a fourth surface opposite to the third surface toward a direction away from the third surface, and the extension portion is coplanar with the outer side surface of the outer frame.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: AUO DISPLAY PLUS CORPORATIONInventors: Chia-Hung Chen, Chung-Kuan Ting, Hong-Ming Chen, Yung-Jen Chen
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Patent number: 12174665Abstract: In a foldable display device according to an embodiment, a groove with a zigzag pattern is formed on a surface of an optical element. The optical element is bonded using an adhesive layer having a low modulus to mitigate stress and impact due to folding in a folding area of the device. According to an embodiment, a foldable display device includes: a panel assembly divided into a folding area and a non-folding area; and an optical element on the panel assembly including grooves with a zigzag pattern patterned on an upper surface of the optical element.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yeoo Youn, JeongBeom Park
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Patent number: 12144140Abstract: A server includes a chassis and an electronic device assembly. The electronic device assembly includes a holder and a fixing member. The holder accommodates an electronic device and includes a limiting slot and a positioning hole. The fixing member includes a hook set. The hook set includes a first hook and a second hook. The first hook is connected to the limiting slot to be limited in a first direction. The second hook is connected to the positioning hole to be limited in a second direction. The first direction is substantially different from the second direction. The fixing member and the holder sandwich a connector connected to the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: WISTRON CORPORATIONInventor: Ming-Tsun Chang
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Patent number: 12137531Abstract: An assembly for securing an electrical component to a server is disclosed. The assembly includes a structural case configured to receive and secure in place an electrical component for the server; a pair of rail holders mounted to the structural case, each rail holder of the pair of rail holders having a plurality of mounting holes that includes a first hole and a second hole; and a pair of latches, each latch of the pair of latches being movably mounted to a respective one of the pair of rail holders, each latch having a finger end that is coupled to a hook end via a bridge portion. The finger end and the hook end are inserted, respectively, into the first hole and the second hole of the respective one of the pair of rail holder, and independently and flexibly move relative to the bridge portion in response to applied pressure.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2022Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng, Hung-Wei Chen, Ming-Lung Wang
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Patent number: 12126746Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a first frame; a second frame coupled to be movable in a first direction from the first frame, and comprises a third rear unit moving along the back surface of the first frame, and a first roller on the end part in the first direction of the third rear unit; a flexible display having one end fixed to the front surface of the first frame, and covering the first roller; a drive unit moving the second frame in the first direction or moves same in a second direction opposite direction from the first direction; and a connection band covering the end part in the second direction of the third rear unit, has one end thereof connected to the end part in the first direction of the first frame, and has the other end thereof connected to the other end of the flexible display.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Junghyun Jo, Insu Song, Jaewook Lee
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Patent number: 12125505Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a quick detachable hard disk bracket. When the cross beam hinging rod and the enclosure frame driving rod rotate upwards or downwards, the enclosure frame is driven to transversely move opposite to the cross beam. The locking hook is slidably assembled at the cross beam in a transverse direction. The locking hook is hinged with a hook driving rod. When the cross beam hinging rod and the enclosure frame driving rod rotate upwards or downwards, the locking hook is driven to transversely move opposite to the cross beam. When the cross beam hinging rod and the enclosure frame driving rod rotate downwards, the locking hook and the enclosure frame move in opposite directions respectively, and the locking hook and the enclosure frame move out of the two ends of the cross beam respectively.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: INSPUR SUZHOU INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jingxian Zhu, Zhencai Cao, Ying Qian, Zhanyang Li