Patents Examined by Christopher L Augustin
  • Patent number: 11579667
    Abstract: An electrostatic discharge protection circuit, a display substrate and a display apparatus are disclosed. The electrostatic discharge protection circuit includes: a first conductive portion, having an end portion; and at least one electrostatic discharge portion, arranged on a same layer as the first conductive portion and spaced from the end portion of the first conductive portion, the at least one electrostatic discharge portion being configured to discharge electrostatic charges generated at the end portion of the first conductive portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhuo Xu, Yajie Bai, Xiaolin Wang, Tongguo Ma, Yongli Ge
  • Patent number: 11579668
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to a host device and a method for thermal management of a removable device, such as a pluggable electronic transceiver comprising a plurality of spring fingers that provide multipoint contact conduction cooling of the removable device. The host device includes a host circuit board having a connector, and a thermal management unit having a cooling component and the plurality of spring fingers. The cooling component is coupled to a portion of the host circuit board and includes a partially protruded portion. Each of the plurality of spring fingers includes a first end coupled to the partially protruded portion, and a second end having a dry contact surface to establish a direct thermal interface with a peripheral surface of the removable device to allow waste-heat to transfer from the removable device to the cooling component through each spring finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Harvey J. Lunsman, Steven Dean, John Franz, Brady Dulian
  • Patent number: 11578565
    Abstract: A robotic system with a robot and enclosure, the robotic system configured for explosive (EX) Zone 1 certification. Fasteners attaching a panel to a housing of the enclosure can be positioned away from a seal of the panel, with the seal sealingly engaging the panel and housing when the panel is attached to the housing. The panel overlapping a portion of the housing when attached to the housing, with at least the overlapped portion having a metallized layer and the metallized layer being electrically coupled to the panel when the panel is attached. The panel can be rotationally attached to the housing by one or more hinges. The panel can be configured to assist operators with manual manipulation of the panel by attaching detachable handles to the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Canrig Robotic Technologies AS
    Inventors: Jan Friestad, Kenneth Mikalsen, Kjetil Naesgaard
  • Patent number: 11576273
    Abstract: A handle module applicable to a server or a server system is provided. The handle module includes a handle and a plate. The handle includes a sliding column assembly. The plate includes a first sliding rail and a second sliding rail. The sliding column assembly is pivotably and slidably disposed in the first sliding rail and the second sliding rail. A user pushes the handle to install the server in a rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: WIWYNN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shang-Chien Li, Hung-Lung Lin
  • Patent number: 11570927
    Abstract: A server apparatus includes a casing having a first engaging structure, a tray mechanism including a tray, a handle and an elastic member, and a server module disposed on the tray. The handle is pivoted to the tray. The elastic member connected to the tray and has an interfering structure. The interfering structure interferes with the handle to position the handle for making the handle not interfere with the first engaging structure when the tray is inserted into the casing along an insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Wei-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 11570923
    Abstract: A clip and base assembly includes at least one polymeric clip and a base. The clip includes first and second elastic arms, and a support arm. The clip forms an aperture therein. The first and second elastic arms move between first and second positions. The first and second elastic arms are located on opposing sides with the support arm in between. The base includes a first and second sets of notches, and an elongated slot. The first set of notches is sized and shaped to receive the first elastic arm. The second set of notches is sized and shaped to receive the second elastic arm. When the first and second elastic arms are in the second position, the clip is moveable in the elongated slot. When the first and second elastic arms are in the first position, the clip is fixed respect to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng, Wei-Kang Tsai, Ming-Lung Wang
  • Patent number: 11564325
    Abstract: A system chassis includes a bottom panel, a first sidewall, and a second sidewall. The bottom panel defines a width of the system chassis. The first sidewall extends substantially vertically from a first end of the bottom panel. The first sidewall includes a first channel vertically offset from the bottom panel. The first channel is configured to mate with a first rail of an equipment rack. The second sidewall extends substantially vertically from a second end of the bottom panel, and is opposite to the first sidewall. The second sidewall includes a second channel configured to mate with an opposing rail of the equipment rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chun Chang, Wei-Pin Chen, Ta-Wei Chen, Chin-Tien Huang
  • Patent number: 11546992
    Abstract: One feature pertains to a modular design of a motherboard for a computer system. The mother board is disaggregated into a CPU board and an IO board. The CPU board contains at least one CPU, the associated memory subsystem and the voltage regulator module. The integrated IO ports escape to a high speed connector mating with its counterpart on an IO board which contains all peripheral devices including system logic not part of the CPU. In a multi-socket configuration the CPUs are on the CPU board and the processor interconnects are routed directly in a point to point manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SANMINA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Charles C. Hill, Franz Michael Schuette
  • Patent number: 11538132
    Abstract: A graphics processing unit (GPU) server having a GPU host head with one or more host graphics processing units (GPUs). The GPU server further has a GPU system with a plurality of system GPUs that are separate from the host GPUs, and that are configured to rapidly accelerate creation of images for output to a display device. The GPU server also has a mounting assembly that integrates the GPU host head and the GPU system into a single GPU server unit. The GPU host head is independently movable relative to the GPU system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Hsiao-Tsu Ni, Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng, Chun Chang, Ta-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 11540431
    Abstract: A voltage conversion device having a circuit board and a metal shielding cover are provided in this disclosure. The circuit board has a front surface and a back surface. The front surface of the circuit board is provided with a transformer circuit and an assembling terminal electrically connected to the transformer circuit. A through hole is defined at a position on the circuit board corresponding to the assembly terminal. The back surface of the circuit board is covered by the metal shielding cover, and the metal shielding cover is provided with a conductive pin corresponding to the assembling terminal. The assembling terminal is provided with a clamp, and the clamp is arranged corresponding to the position of the through hole. The conductive pin passes through the through hole and clamped by the clamp, and the metal shielding cover is thereby fixed on the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Heng-Chao Chen, Chia-Min Ho, Li-Yen Chang
  • Patent number: 11531373
    Abstract: A window panel for a display device includes a window substrate which includes a transmissive area which transmits an image displayed on a display panel and a non-transmissive area disposed at a periphery of the transmissive area, a first print layer disposed on a first side of the window substrate in the non-transmissive area, and which forms a boundary line between the transmissive area and the non-transmissive area, and a second print layer disposed on the first print layer in the non-transmissive area. The non-transmissive area includes a first non-transmissive area adjacent to the transmissive area and a second non-transmissive area adjacent to an edge of the window substrate, and side surfaces of the first and second print layers form an inclined surface which has an inclination angle that is smaller than a right angle with respect to the first side of the window substrate in the first non-transmissive area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Byoung Yul Shim
  • Patent number: 11528824
    Abstract: Support bracket and support bracket assemblies for a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) card are shown and disclosed. In one embodiment, the support bracket includes a first planar member having opposed first and second end portions, and a second planar member attached to, or formed with, the second end portion. The second planar member is perpendicular to the first planar member and is attachable to an I/O PCI bracket. The support bracket additionally includes a ledge attached to, or formed with, the first planar member. The ledge extends between the first and second end portions and is perpendicular to the first and second planar members. The ledge is sized to support an end portion of the PCI card when the PCI card is attached to the I/O PCI bracket and when the second planar member is attached to the I/O PCI bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Oswaldo Enrique Linares Rivas, Julio Cesar Ayala Vera, Sergio Antonio Delon Canseco, Carlos Paul Gonzalez Inda, Luis Carlos Lopez Moreno
  • Patent number: 11520943
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first unit having an input part and a second unit having a display. The first unit and the second unit are detachably coupled, and the first unit includes a socket capable of housing a predetermined side of the second unit. A first insertion hole, into which a security member can be inserted, is provided on a side of the socket, and a second insertion hole, into which the security member can be inserted, is provided on a side of the second unit. The first insertion hole of the socket is provided on an upper part of the socket, and the second insertion hole of the second unit is provided on a lower part of the second unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeshi Mori, Kenichi Shindo, Yusuke Katsuyama
  • Patent number: 11523551
    Abstract: A testing system capable of shielding from environment noise uses a foldable electromagnetic shielding box to isolate devices that will produce electromagnetic interference to a test object, so as to reduce the influence of these devices on the measurement of the test object. In an embodiment, measuring equipment and the test object are disposed in the foldable electromagnetic shielding box for being shielded from outside electromagnetic waves. In another embodiment, the measuring equipment is disposed in the foldable electromagnetic shielding box while the test object is disposed outside the foldable electromagnetic shielding box, so that the test object to be tested is shielded from electromagnetic waves from the measuring equipment. The foldable electromagnetic shielding box can be folded into a stack for convenience of storage or transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corp., Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Yung-Sen Lee, Yuan-Ho Chen
  • Patent number: 11516933
    Abstract: A mounting structure of a leg member includes a bottom plate constituting a housing and a leg member. A first female screw hole is formed on the bottom plate. The leg member includes a leg member main body and a support column. The support column has a first male screw member and a shaft member. In case the first male screw member is screwed into the first female screw hole and passes from a bottom surface side to a top surface side of the bottom plate, the shaft member is loosely fitted in the first female screw hole and the first male screw member is locked to the top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TEAC Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Niizuma
  • Patent number: 11503731
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an assembly structure for providing power for a chip and an electronic device using the same. The assembly structure includes: a circuit board, configured to provide a first electrical energy; a chip; a power converting module, configured to electrically connect the circuit board and the chip, convert the first electrical energy to a second electrical energy, and supply the second electrical energy to the chip, wherein the chip, the circuit board and the power converting module are stacked; and a connection component, configured to electrically connect the circuit board and the power converting module. The present disclosure assembles a power converting module with a circuit board and a chip in a stacking manner, which may shorten a current path between the power converting module and the chip, reduce current transmission losses, improve efficiency of a system, reduce space occupancy and save system resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Delta Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Haoyi Ye, Jianhong Zeng, Yu Zhang, Peiqing Hu, Ziying Zhou
  • Patent number: 11490539
    Abstract: An expansion card frame is configured to be mount on a casing of a server chassis and is configured for installations of a riser card and an expansion card. The expansion card frame includes a side plate and a top plate. The side plate is configured for the installation of the riser card. The riser card is configured for an insertion of the expansion card. The top plate is connected to a side of the side plate and configured to cover the riser card. The top plate has at least one assembling structure, and the at least one assembling structure of the top plate is configured to be assembled with at least one assembling structure of an assembling frame so that the top plate, the side plate, and the assembling frame together form an accommodation space for accommodating a disk drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shuai Zhang
  • Patent number: 11483941
    Abstract: A pivoting assembly for an electronic device, being a clickable-open and clickable-shut cover or shield with click-step positioning includes a pivoting shaft extending along an imaginary axis, an inner movable member, an intermediate movable member, and an outer stationary member concentrically surrounding the imaginary axis. First positioning structures and first engaging structures are connected to one of the inner movable member and the intermediate movable member and a number of second positioning structures and second engaging structures are also so connected. When the pivoting shaft is rotated in an opening direction, the first positioning structures compress and slide across the first engaging structures. When the pivoting shaft is rotated in a closing direction, the second positioning structures compress and slide across the second engaging structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: AMBIT MICROSYSTEMS (SHANGHAI) LTD.
    Inventor: Jian-Feng Xiao
  • Patent number: 11477902
    Abstract: A cartridge-based computing system includes a display stand that connects to a compute module cartridge including a first securing member, a second securing member, and a release member coupled to the second securing member. The display stand defines a securing aperture that engages the first securing member when the compute module cartridge is connected to the display stand, which causes the first securing member to engage a securing element on the display stand and move it into engagement with the second securing member to connect the compute module cartridge to the display stand. The securing element may then be engaged by the release member to move it out of engagement with the second securing member, and into engagement with the first securing member to cause the securing aperture to disengage the first securing member and disconnect the compute module cartridge from the display stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Derric Christopher Hobbs, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Cyril Keilers, Jonathan C. Giffen, Tzu-wei Tai, Jake Lavallo
  • Patent number: 11470750
    Abstract: An electrical or electronic device with a housing which includes a rear wall and a side wall peripherally surrounding the rear wall, contains a first region and a second region. The first region includes a shielding from the second region with respect to electromagnetic compatibility (EMC). The housing includes a stepped projection on an inner side of the side wall and/or of the rear wall. The shielding for electromagnetic compatibility includes a shielding plate, by means of which the first region is delimited from the second region. An electrical connection of the shielding plate to the side wall and/or to the rear wall is formed in that a peripheral region that delimits the shielding plate areally overlaps the stepped projection, at least along most of its length, and is fastened on it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventor: Martin Dziuba