Patents Examined by Daniel P Wicklund
  • Casing for a control unit and covering hood for the casing
    Patent number: 10729022
    Abstract: A casing for a control unit, including: a connector region, situated on a connector side of the casing, is close-able by two covering hoods, each of the covering hoods including at least one hinge element; and at least two gripping arms, which are configured to at least partially engage around the at least one hinge element of the two covering hoods and to hold it rotationally; in which the two covering hoods are place-able at different positions on the connector region of the casing and are close-able rotationally. Also described are a related covering hood, a control unit, and a commercial vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: KNOR-BREMSE SYSTEME FUER NUTZFAHRZEUGE GMBH
    Inventors: Klaus Lechner, Elena Mueller, Norbert Behrendt
  • Waterproof display device and portable terminal
    Patent number: 10721830
    Abstract: A display device includes a window member having a flat portion and a bent portion connected to the flat portion. A display panel is disposed on a rear surface of the window member and includes a central portion and a corner portion protruding from the central portion and overlapping with the flat portion and the bent portion. A first sealing member is disposed on a rear surface of the display panel and overlaps with the corner portion. A second sealing member is disposed on the rear surface of the window member and is spaced apart from the central portion and the corner portion. A first adhesive contacts the first sealing member and the second sealing member and seals a space which is defined between the first sealing member and the second sealing member in the flat portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jae-Lok Cha
  • Wearable device
    Patent number: 10719053
    Abstract: A wearable device includes a plurality of power generation devices; at least one of an electrical storage device, a computation device, a storage device, or a communication device; a plurality of modularized unit blocks, wherein a first modularized unit block of the plurality of modularized unit blocks comprises a first power generation device of the plurality of power generation devices, and wherein a second modularized unit block of the plurality of modularized unit blocks comprises at least one of the electrical storage device, the computation device, the storage device, or the communication device; and a plurality of holding members, wherein each of the plurality of holding members is configured to accommodate a corresponding modularized unit block of the plurality of modularized unit blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Yajima, Hideo Niikura, Masataka Suzuki, Yayoi Fuchiki
  • Front cover assembly and terminal
    Patent number: 10712782
    Abstract: A front cover assembly includes a frame, a cover glass, and a waterproof glue. The frame has a receiving cavity. The cover glass is partially received in the frame. The cover glass has a lateral face facing the frame. The cover glass has a step portion located at the lateral face. A first gap is defined between a first face of the step portion of the cover glass and a first wall of the frame, and a second gap is defined between a second face of the step portion of the cover glass and a second wall of the frame. A waterproof glue fills the first and second gaps. The first and second faces of the step portion from an obtuse angle therebetween, which faces the first and second walls of the frame. The present disclosure also relates to a terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Yimei Tang, Yong Li, Hong Zou, Yi Sun, Wei Zhang, Xinfeng Liao, Zhiqin Hu, Xiaohui Wang, Bing Liu, Yuchu Xu, Wei Chen
  • Thermal management device
    Patent number: 10716246
    Abstract: A thermal management device for dissipating heat from one or more electrical components in an aircraft, the thermal management device including: a heat spreader with a plurality of layers of annealed pyrolytic graphite, the heat spreader having higher thermal conductivity in a plane defined by the layers than in a direction perpendicular to the layers; a flow path for a cooling fluid defined through the heat spreader, such that at least a portion of the flow path is surrounded by the heat spreader, wherein the flow path is helical, around a central axis extending through the plurality of layers; and a housing encasing the heat spreader, the housing arranged to have one or more electrical components mounted there-on and to form a thermal interface between the heat spreader and one or more electrical components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Vivek Muthu, Chandana J Gajanayake, Pradip Chatterjee
  • Pointer and timepiece
    Patent number: 10705485
    Abstract: A pointer including a pointer body formed of synthetic resin, and a pointer attachment section formed of a material harder than the synthetic resin and provided in a rotation center portion of the pointer body, in which the pointer attachment section comprises a large-diameter section to which the pointer body is fixed and which includes a positioning section, and a small-diameter section which is provided coaxially with the large-diameter section and to which a pointer shaft is attached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naoki Okamura
  • Display device
    Patent number: 10698244
    Abstract: A display device includes a display component configured to display an image and having a display surface and an opposite surface opposite of the display surface, a fastener included on the opposite surface of the display component and protruding from the opposite surface toward an opposing component that is arranged opposite the opposite surface, the fastener having a stepped portion in a side surface thereof, and a functional component disposed between the opposing component and the opposite surface and having an end portion fitted in the stepped portion. The fastener fixes the opposing component to the display component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yoshinori Yamamoto
  • Display device
    Patent number: 10701826
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel; and a module cover positioned at a rear of the display panel. The module cover includes a flat plate portion corresponding to a rear surface of the display panel; a side wall extended toward a front of the display panel from the flat plate portion, the side wall covering an edge of the display panel; and a bent portion between the flat plate portion and the side wall; Further, the flat plate portion includes a flat plate portion first layer at the rear of the display panel; a flat plate portion second layer at a rear of the flat plate portion first layer; and a flat plate portion third layer at a rear of the flat plate portion second layer. In addition, the flat plate portion second layer includes a material having a greater rigidity than a material of the flat plate portion first layer or the flat plate portion third layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaeuk Ryu, Woohyuk Choi, Jaekun Kim, Junhyung Kim, Manin Baek, Bosung Lee
  • Power converter for railroad vehicle
    Patent number: 10701840
    Abstract: In a power converter for a railroad vehicle, adjacent ones of a plurality of fins are spaced apart from each other from a base connected to a base portion to a distal end, and the plurality of fins further spread to both one side and the other side in an alignment direction from the base toward the distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Kamiya, Kimihisa Kaneko, Yoshihisa Uehara
  • Printed circuit board including sub-circuit board
    Patent number: 10701806
    Abstract: A printed circuit board includes: a core member including a through-hole; a sub-circuit board disposed in the through-hole; a first insulating layer disposed on opposing surfaces of the core member and opposing surfaces of the sub-circuit board; and an insulating material disposed between an inner wall of the through-hole and the sub-circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Ho Baek, Jung-Hyun Cho, Seung-Yeop Kook
  • Electronic device and slide positioning mechanism thereof
    Patent number: 10701822
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a base cover, a cover plate which is slidable relative to the base cover among a closed position, an open position, and a transition position, and a slide positioning mechanism which is configured for positioning the cover plate relative to the base cover, and which has first and second magnetically attractive units. When the cover plate is in a selected one of the closed and open positions, a magnetically attractive force is generated to position the cover plate in the selected one of the closed and open positions. When the cover plate is in the transition position, a magnetically repulsive force is generated to facilitate movement of the cover plate away from the transition position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATION
    Inventors: An-Szu Hsu, Way-Han Dai, Chun-Han Lin
  • Detachable display member with support member
    Patent number: 10698450
    Abstract: A support member may be rotatably coupled to a display member and detachably coupled to a base member. The support member may be positionable to form an angle with the display member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Dimitre Mehandjiysky, Kevin L Massaro, Stacy L Wolff
  • Electronic timepiece
    Patent number: 10691076
    Abstract: An electronic timepiece includes indicators, an operation receiving unit, a timing unit and a processor. The operation receiving unit receives an operation performed by a user. The timing unit counts a date and time at present. The processor carries out operation control of the indicators and obtains a local time setting based on a time difference between a predetermined standard time and a local time at a target position. The processor makes at least apart of the indicators display the local time in accordance with the operation received by the operation receiving unit and obtains the local time setting based on a difference between the displayed local time and the date and time counted by the timing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takaomi Yonekura, Tadashi Kojima, Takayasu Akagi, Shinji Saito, Hirofumi Nagareda, Hirohisa Maruyama, Junichi Izumi
  • Identification of bands for wearable electronic devices
    Patent number: 10691072
    Abstract: A wearable device can include an electronic device and a band for securing the electronic device to the user. The electronic device can detect an identification of the band, which can serve as an input to initiate actions performed by the electronic device. For example, a type, model, color, size, or other characteristic of a band can be determined and used to select a corresponding action performed by the electronic device. Identification of the band can be performed by components of the electronic device that also serve other purposes. Existing sensors, communication elements, and/or detectors can be used to detect and identity a band provided to the electronic device. The electronic device can respond to the identification of a particular band by performing particular functions, such as changing an aspect of a user interface or altering settings of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy M. Johnson
  • Watch comprising a magnetic clamping device
    Patent number: 10691077
    Abstract: A watch including a case containing a plate and an electronic module powered by a button cell battery, a conductor electrically connecting the button cell battery to the electronic module and a clamping device capable of ensuring an electrical connection between the button cell battery and the conductor, wherein the clamping device includes a magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
    Inventor: Pascal Lagorgette
  • Optical sensor housing
    Patent number: 10694085
    Abstract: An optical sensor housing includes a sensor housing body including an enclosure wall upstanding from a bottom portion and a substantially open top portion defining a cavity in which the optical sensor assembly is located, at least one aperture, and at least one engaging part projecting orthogonally from an outside surface of the sensor housing body, a sensor housing cover including an open central portion, at least one integrally molded compliant flange configured to engage the sensor housing body engaging part and to secure the sensor housing cover to the sensor housing body, and longitudinal ridges extending outwardly and disposed substantially along the length of the sensor housing cover. The sensor housing engaging parts and flanges can provide a quick-lock mechanism operable to secure the sensor housing cover to the sensor housing body without the use of tools or fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: MTD PRODUCTS INC
    Inventors: Jay E. Maggard, Gregory Gorsage, Aaron D. Smith
  • Mesh network topology based on midplane board
    Patent number: 10694635
    Abstract: A system can include a midplane board and multiple sleds. Each sled can include a processor and an interconnect part. The interconnect part can be positioned at a lateral edge of the sled. Both sides of the midplane board can include interconnect portions that engage the interconnect parts from the sleds. The interconnect portions of the midplane board can be connected to enable inter-processor communication among processors on the sleds. For example, the midplane board may connect processors from first and second sleds received on one side of the midplane board with processors from third and fourth sleds received on an opposite side of the midplane board. The sleds may connect to power at rear, for example, being translated in a longitudinal direction to engage power and translated toward the midplane board and non-parallel to the longitudinal direction to engage the interconnect parts and portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Roey Rivnay
  • Server water cooling modules prevent water leakage device
    Patent number: 10694640
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to connecting a metal hose between a radiator and a cold plate that cools a CPU, or similar electronic heat generating component, whereby the metal hose is connected to the radiator with silicon casings. Waterproof spray plates are also provided to direct any water spray away from the electronic components. A water tray beneath the waterproof spray plates collects any water and directs it to a location outside the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Jung Chen, Yu-Nien Huang, Ching-Yu Chen, Tsung-Ta Li
  • Flexible display device
    Patent number: 10684653
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a flexible screen; a casing including a receiving portion and a support base; and a support member between the flexible screen and the casing, the support member including a rigid support portion and a flexible support portion which are arranged in a lengthwise direction of the flexible screen. The receiving portion includes a receiving chamber configured for receiving at least a part of the flexible screen and at least a part of the flexible support portion, and the flexible screen fits slidably with the support base by means of the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shaopeng Xu, Hao Wu, Xuzhong Liu, Na An, Zongwei Luo, Xiao Ma, Gang Ci, Baolei Guo, Xinfeng Gong, Bin Xu, Zhenhua Luo, Qingzhu Guan, Zheng Zhang, Wei Su, Guochun Wang, Zuoxin Yu, Jinzhao Zhou
  • Time indicator
    Patent number: 10684590
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a time indicator, and more specifically to a time indicator which can indicate times in a multiple manner, thereby enabling a user to be aware of both an effective period and a period having elapsed after the effective period and to rapidly check whether the time indicator is operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: FINE SUNGWON PLUS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nam Hee Lee, In Ok Kim