Patents Examined by Dimary Lopez Cruz
  • Patent number: 10118369
    Abstract: A laminated glazing unit including a first and a second glass sheet, the first glass sheet being equipped with a first through-hole, a spacer film of thermoplastic polymer disposed between the first and second glass sheets, at least one conducting wire buried within the spacer film or disposed between the spacer film and the first glass sheet or disposed between the spacer film and the second glass sheet, one end of each conducting wire exiting from the laminated glazing unit via the first through-hole in the first glass sheet. The conducting wires are fed through a laminated glazing unit, with a guaranteed quality of positioning of the conducting wires, an improved field of view and with no induced noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Dominique Bureloux, Adeline Girod, Alexandre Hennion, Andreas Schlarb, Bernd Stelling
  • Patent number: 10123458
    Abstract: A mounting assembly is for an electrical switch. The electrical switch has a heat sink. The mounting assembly includes a switching member, an insulator structured to be located between the switching member and the heat sink, and a separate cover member overlaying the switching member and being structured to secure the switching member and the insulator to the heat sink. The separate cover member includes a body portion and a plurality of protrusions extending outwardly from the body portion. The plurality of protrusions includes a first protrusion and a second protrusion. The switching member is located between the first protrusion and the second protrusion. The plurality of protrusions are structured to extend through the heat sink in order to removably couple the separate cover member and the switching member to the heat sink without requiring a separate fastener to be inserted through the separate cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Navneet Dhote, Pramod Kumar, Pravin Kulkarni
  • Patent number: 10117638
    Abstract: An ultrasound apparatus includes a base, a housing extending upwardly from the base and having opposed lateral sides, the housing being configured to support an operator console and display, and a storage bin received in a recess in the housing. The storage bin is movable from a first position in which the storage bin is received within the recess of the housing, and a second position in which the storage bin extends from one of the lateral sides of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Philip Stankard, Robert Andrew Meurer, Muriel Shields
  • Patent number: 10122142
    Abstract: A substrate for an electric flat cable is disclosed that includes an inner limb, having a first and a second portion spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal extent of the inner limb, at least one outer limb, having a first and a second portion spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal extent of the outer limb, and a connecting web, which extends so as to adjoin the first portions of the inner and the at least one outer limb. The inner limb extends at least substantially parallel to the outer limb, in a first direction. The second portion of the outer limb surrounds the second portion of the inner limb, at least partially, such that at least a cart of the second portion of the outer limb is disposed in the first direction in respect of the second portion of the inner limb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: E.SOLUTIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Franke, Michael Himmel
  • Patent number: 10122394
    Abstract: An attachment structure for an electronic component accommodation box including a vibration proof structure includes a damping structure between a vehicle body side attachment member and a casing in which at least one electronic component is mounted. The damping structure includes first sliding portions, second sliding portions, and damping members interposed between the first sliding portions and the second sliding portions. The damping members generate sliding resistance between each of the first sliding portions and each of the second sliding portions when the casing moves relative to the vehicle body side attachment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki Ikeda, Toshitaka Iwasaki, Hiroki Kayamori, Takao Murakami
  • Patent number: 10121727
    Abstract: The disclosed apparatus may include (1) a cage designed to hold an optical module, (2) a ramp that is secured to the cage and supports a heat sink such that the heat sink is capable of moving along the ramp, and (3) at least one spring having one end coupled to the ramp and another end coupled to the heat sink, wherein (A) prior to insertion of the optical module into the cage, the spring exerts a force at least partially directed along an axis of insertion of the optical module and (B) insertion of the optical module into the cage moves the heat sink along the ramp such that the force exerted by the spring (I) rotates away from the axis of insertion and (II) presses the heat sink against a surface of the optical module. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. Lucas, Nikola Ikonomov, John I. Kull
  • Patent number: 10123464
    Abstract: Heat dissipating system and method are disclosed. An example method includes removing heat from a rack component via a thermal transport. The method also includes applying a pressure at a fluid cooled thermal bus bar on a rack system to form a thermally conductive dry disconnect interface and form a heat path between the thermal transport and the fluid cooled thermal bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
    Inventors: David A Moore, John P Franz, Tahir Cader, Michael L Sabotta
  • Patent number: 10114410
    Abstract: A cover includes a first plate, a second plate, an input device, a connecting base and a plurality of fixing components. The cover can change between a plurality of states. The states of the cover are kept via the fixing components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Teng Ke, Chung-Jen Chung, Sheng-Chieh Huang, Iven Benjamin Dieterle, Ying-Jing Chen, Hui-Chuan Ma
  • Patent number: 10116126
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air conditioner is provided that improves work efficiency at the time of installation and maintenance of the outdoor unit and prevents a cover for covering an opening from being unintentionally left open. The outdoor unit of the air conditioner includes an electrical box, a housing that covers the electrical box to form an contour, an electrical box cover member that covers components inside the electrical box, a housing cover that covers the electrical box cover member from outside, wherein the electrical box cover member has a work opening and has an opening cover that covers the work opening mounted thereon, and in which the housing cover abuts on the opening cover in a state of the opening cover being open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi-Johnson Controls Air Conditioning, Inc.
    Inventors: Fumihiro Kato, Atsuhiko Fukasawa, Tetsuya Kozai, Yuta Oikawa
  • Patent number: 10114428
    Abstract: An IT device includes a system board and a hybrid connector system including a standard connector portion and a supplemental connector portion. The standard connector portion is configured to receive a standardized expansion card and a combination of the standard connector portion and the supplemental connector portion is configured to receive a riser card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Michael Gregoire, Robert P. Wierzbicki
  • Patent number: 10117358
    Abstract: An electronic equipment chassis assembly includes a housing, and a plurality of openings defined in the housing that allow airflow there-through. The openings include at least one intake opening defined in the front surface of the housing and at least one exit opening defined in the rear surface of the housing. The chassis also includes an air filter, and one or more rails disposed within the housing defining receiving slots that releasably secure a first plurality of circuit boards, and a second plurality of circuit boards, which second plurality of circuit boards are orthogonally oriented relative to the first plurality of circuit boards. The chassis includes an airflow assembly proximate the top surface of the housing, and one or more output fans proximate the rear surface of the housing. The airflow assembly and the output fans balance airflow throughout the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: VSS Monitoring, Inc.
    Inventors: Ufuk Karaaslan, Ilia Bokchtein, James Crim
  • Patent number: 10109989
    Abstract: A cable conduit electrical box including a base having at least one opening for receiving a cable conduit, a cover removably attachable to the base, and an adapter removably positioned on the base or the cover for sealing the at least one opening around the cable conduit. The adapter may be secured with mounting tabs or mounting apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Inventors: Jeffrey Baldwin, John Klein, Ryan Liebengood
  • Patent number: 10108231
    Abstract: An elastomeric gasket is disclosed for use in a portable electronic device. The gasket encapsulates flexible circuits which are used to measure force exerted on a cover glass of the device. The gasket reduces the number of layers of material and thus reduces the risk that outside contaminants and liquids may penetrate the gasket layers and enter the portable electronic device and thereby damage the components of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Erik G. de Jong, Ryan C. Perkins, Trevor J. Ness
  • Patent number: 10108030
    Abstract: A display device includes a window layer, a first display panel, and a second display panel. The window layer has at least one bent area adjacent a non-bent area. The first display panel is on a first side of the window layer at a position corresponding to the at least one bent area. The second display panel is on the first side of the window layer at a position corresponding to the non-bent area. The first display panel is in a first display area to display an image, and a first non-display area is adjacent the non-bent area and between the first display area and the non-bent area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hae-Kwan Seo
  • Patent number: 10103521
    Abstract: Electrical power distribution plate comprising a distribution bar, a first mounting board to which the distribution bar is attached and a contactor connected to the distribution bar. The plate comprises a second mounting board attached to the distribution bar so that the distribution bar is placed between the first mounting board and the second mounting board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Zodiac Aero Electric
    Inventor: Olivier Deshayes
  • Patent number: 10101766
    Abstract: A handle module has a housing conforming to a disk drive form factor. The handle module has mounting features configured to securely install the housing in a slot conforming to the disk drive form factor. The handle module has a finger-friendly recess extending from a front of the handle module and into an interior of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Yi-Feng Lin, Barry T. Phillips, David Quijano, Gregory A. Standiford, Josh K. Peterson
  • Patent number: 10103530
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrical wiring system having a frame assembly that includes a frame opening at a central portion thereof. The frame opening provides access to the interior of the device wall box. At least one electrical wiring device is configured to snap into the frame opening such that the interior of the device wall box is completely enclosed by the frame assembly and the at least one electrical wiring device such that access to wiring disposed within the device wall box is substantially prevented. The at least one electrical wiring device includes at least one user-interface. An aesthetic overlay may be coupled to the frame assembly. The aesthetic overlay includes an overlay opening configured to accommodate the at least one user-interface such that the at least one user-interface is accessible to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Pass & Seymour, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard M. Rohmer, Francois Bardot, Alain Barruche, Jean-Luc Chaumeny, Anthony Lochet
  • Patent number: 10104758
    Abstract: Various heat sink/circuit board combinations are disclosed. In one aspect, an apparatus is provided that includes a heat sink and plural contact pins coupled to the heat sink. Each of the contact pins is operable to selectively contact at least one of plural ground conductors of a circuit board. A given contact pin may be selectively moved relative to the heat sink to contact or not contact one of the ground conductors to provide the capability of controlling a number and location of ground points of the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: ATI Technologies ULC
    Inventors: Pararajasingam Kuganesan, Hasan AI-Rubaye, Mamadou Kane
  • Patent number: 10098245
    Abstract: A display assembly is provided. The display panel may include a bottom frame, a display panel, a cover plate, a side frame and a connecting member. A bottom surface of the display panel is disposed on one surface of a bottom plate of the bottom frame. A rear surface of the cover plate is attached to a top surface of the display panel. An inner surface of the side frame is disposed opposite to the side surface of the display panel and secured to a side wall of the bottom frame. The connecting member includes an embedded portion and an extension portion. The extension portion extends from the embedded portion and protrudes from the inner surface of the side frame, and disposed between the cover plate and the display panel. An electronic device and a method for assembling the same are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Yugui Lin
  • Patent number: 10096344
    Abstract: A holding frame for an electronic device that is to be inserted and extracted into and from a pair of grooves formed in a chassis so as to face each other, the holding frame includes a pair of plates that are parallel to each other and that form portions of the holding frame, the portions extending along the grooves, three protrusions that are arranged along the grooves and that protrude from the plates toward the grooves, and two support portions that are arranged at portions of the holding frame each of which corresponds to a center portion between a corresponding two of the three protrusions, the two support portions supporting the electronic device between the plates and the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shinichirou Okamoto, Shinichirou Kouno, Satoru Yamada, Atsushi Yamaguchi