Patents Examined by Dimary Lopez
  • Patent number: 10039196
    Abstract: A portable device of the present invention includes an exterior member of which an inside is hollow, a plurality of support parts provided in the inside of the exterior member so as to stand up in a direction perpendicular to a front or back surface of the exterior member, a plurality of buffer members provided around each of the plurality of support parts, and an inner member kept in the inside of the exterior member in parallel with the front or back surface of the exterior member without being in contact with the exterior member by the plurality of buffer members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromasu Meguro, Yasunori Chiba, Shinya Okumura
  • Patent number: 10039215
    Abstract: A power converter includes a housing, a circuit element, and a cover. The housing includes a first space and a second space. In the first space, a circuit substrate is disposed. In the second space, a passage for a cooling fluid is disposed. The circuit element is disposed on the circuit substrate in the first space and protrudes into the second space. The cover covers at least a portion of the circuit element and includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion protrudes from near the circuit substrate into the second space, and defines a first region that has a first area. The second portion protrudes from the first portion, and defines a second region that has a second area. The first area is larger than the second area as viewed from a direction in which the circuit element protrudes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Yuto Kubo, Makoto Nakaya, Tetsuo Yanagimoto, Ryosuke Tsumagari
  • Patent number: 10034975
    Abstract: A medical device includes a housing, a power supply, a thermally conductive mounting clamp, a heat shield, and at least one fastener. The housing includes a handle. The power supply is disposed within the housing. The thermally conductive mounting clamp is attached to an outer surface of the housing. The heat shield is disposed within the housing adjacent to the power supply. The heat shield is disposed against at least one interior surface of the handle. The at least one fastener passes through at least one opening in the housing and is in thermally conductive contact with the thermally conductive mounting clamp. Heat generated by the power supply is configured to dissipate from the power supply, through the heat shield, through the at least one fastener, and into the thermally conductive mounting clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin P. McLennan, John C. Hoenninger, III
  • Patent number: 10039213
    Abstract: An example electronic device may include a chassis, a circuit board in the chassis that includes a first active component, a number of fans, a number of guide walls that define an air inlet channel, and a thermoelectric cooler (TEC). There may be an airflow path such that, when the fans operate, air flows along the airflow path from an intake opening of the air inlet channel to an exhaust of the chassis, with the first active component being located in the airflow path downstream of the intake opening of the air inlet channel. A cold portion of the TEC may extend into the airflow path upstream of the first active component and a hot portion of the TEC may extend into the airflow path downstream of the first active component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
    Inventors: John Norton, Kevin Leigh, Peter Lieber
  • Patent number: 10034376
    Abstract: A circuit board structure includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board and a plurality of first connection portions. The first circuit board has a first opening, and the second circuit board is disposed inside the first opening of the first circuit board. The first circuit board and the second circuit board are electrically independent from each other. The first connection portions are connected to the first circuit board and the second circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Hsun Lee, Chun-Lung Ho, Wu-Chen Lin
  • Patent number: 10032391
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a foldable display apparatus including a hinge providing supporting for a bending area of a flexible display panel. The flexible display panel includes a first flat display area and a second flat display area at both sides of a bending display area. A first rear cover provides support for the first flat display area and has a first edge. A second rear cover provides support for the second flat display area and has having a second edge facing the first edge and parallel to the first edge. The hinge includes rear hinge covers longitudinally extending parallel to the first edge and the second edge, and elastic axis members coupling the plurality of rear hinge covers in an interlocking and rotatable manner. The elastic axis members are deformed as the rear hinge covers make a relative movement by bending of the hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JunHyung Kim, TaeWoo Kim, MiJin Han
  • Patent number: 10033170
    Abstract: Hybrid cable tray comprising a first part (13) constituting one piece having a uniform thickness. The first part (13) forming at least a first support surface (52) of a first accommodation (53) for the plurality of cables (54). The first part (51) having a plurality of first through holes (15) formed by a first plurality of edges (20) in the first part (13). The cable tray (10) having two parallel extending side bars (11, 12) connected to each other by said first part (13). The said side bars comprise an inner side (111, 121) connected to the said first part (13) and provided with at least one closed top side (113, 123) and one outer side (112, 122) where the inner side and the outer side have about the same width (W). The side bars have an open bottom side (55, 56). The invention also covers a method of manufacturing such a hybrid cable tray (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Jan Öjerstav, Rolf Wesgardh
  • Patent number: 10034394
    Abstract: An electrical component enclosure with a hygienic hinge, which is used to house electric components, includes a body for fixing to a surface and having six faces defining a volume within which the electrical components are contained. One of the faces has an access aperture with a flange around the aperture. A closure covers the aperture to seal the body. A hinge connects the body and closure permitting movement of one to the other. The hinge includes an opening contained within the body next to the access aperture and includes a rigid extension portion which extends through the opening. The extension portion is fixed to the closure at one end and has a retaining portion at the other end which prevents the rigid extension portion from exiting the opening and allows the closure to hang from an edge of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Electrix International Ltd.
    Inventor: Richard John Thompson
  • Patent number: 10025353
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus includes a mount and a locking member. The mount can mount a first housing in a predetermined positional relationship with the mounting apparatus. The locking member is capable of locking an electronic device. The locking member is provided so as to be revolvable about a revolving axis center disposed on a position on an axis center approximately identical to a revolving axis center when the first housing is mounted on the mount to lock the electronic device with the second housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Managament Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akira Iwamoto, Hitoshi Nakatani, Kaoru Yasumasa
  • Patent number: 10027095
    Abstract: A retrofit kit for installing an updated electrical power switch box in a facility power station. The retrofit kit includes an adaptor support frame for attaching to a support structure of the facility power station and for a preselected or predetermined depth positioning of the updated electrical power switch box relative to the three line side bussings and the three load side bussings of the facility power station. The retrofit kit also includes adaptor bars that overlap with and connect the breaker stabs of the updated electrical power switch box to the bussings, and include three line side adaptor bars that connect the three line side breaker stabs to the respective three line side bussings, and three load side adaptor bars that connect the three load side breaker stabs to the respective three load side bussings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Inventor: Kevin Allen Kallmeyer
  • Patent number: 10027094
    Abstract: A power module for a power converter includes a first busbar with a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a first semiconductor component on the first surface of the first busbar, which semiconductor component has a first surface with a first electrical surface contact connection and is connected, via the first surface contact connection, to the first surface of the first busbar in an electrically conductive and mechanical fashion over an area, and a second semiconductor component on the second surface of the first busbar, which semiconductor component has a first surface with a first electrical surface contact connection and is connected, via the first surface contact connection of the second semiconductor component, to the second surface of the first busbar in an electrically conductive and mechanical fashion over an area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: CONTI TEMIC MICROELECTRONIC GMBH
    Inventors: Hermann Baeumel, Edmund Schirmer
  • Patent number: 10021775
    Abstract: A circuit board and fan frame connection structure includes a fan frame, a circuit board and an adhesive member having multiple through holes. The fan frame includes a bottom board, a bearing cup disposed at the center of the bottom board and multiple perforations formed through the bottom board. The bottom board has an upper surface and a lower surface. The circuit board is adhered to the lower surface of the bottom board via the adhesive member. The electronic components arranged on the circuit board pass through the aligned through holes and perforations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Meng Shen
  • Patent number: 10021815
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus includes: a casing that houses an electronic component; a heat sink where the casing is installed, the heat sink dissipating a heat from the electronic component; a substrate disposed on an opposite side of the heat sink in the casing, the substrate including a power converter circuit; a pressing member housed in the casing, the pressing member pressing the electronic component to the heat sink side; and an insulating cover member included in the casing, the insulating cover covering at least a part of the substrate side of the pressing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Yasunori Yamanaka, Takatoshi Koura, Junichi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10021806
    Abstract: A system and method for provisioning within a system design to allow the storage and IO resources to scale with compute resources are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: III Holdings 2, LLC
    Inventors: Arnold Thomas Schnell, Richard Owen Waldorf, David Borland
  • Patent number: 10013022
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for rotationally coupling housing portions of an information handling system. An information handling system may include a housing having a first housing portion and a second housing portion. The information handling system may also include a hinge assembly coupling the first housing portion and the second housing portion, the hinge assembly including a first hinge, a second hinge, and a deformable foam, the first hinge, the second hinge, and the deformable foam may allow the hinge assembly to bend when the first housing portion is rotated in relation to the second housing portion. In addition, the information handling system may include a flexible display coupled to the first housing portion and the second housing portion, the flexible display to be placed over the first housing portion, the second housing portion, and the hinge assembly and configured to bend when the hinge assembly bends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Deeder M. Aurongzeb, Michiel Knoppert, Mark R. Ligameri
  • Patent number: 10013023
    Abstract: An electronic device and a method for disassembling the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a housing including at least one of a first plate or a second plate, when the housing includes the first plate and the second plate, the second plate faces in an opposite direction to the first plate, a substrate disposed between the first and second plates in substantially parallel with the first and second plates, a first attachment layer disposed between the first plate and the substrate, and a second attachment layer disposed between the second plate and the substrate. When the first and second attachment layers are seen from above the first plate, the first and second attachment layers overlap with each other at least partially, and one of the first and second attachment layer includes at least one tear line extended at least partially across the one attachment layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sun-Ho Kim, Chul-Hyung Yang, Ji-Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 10015909
    Abstract: A fixing device for a card fluid cooling structure of an interface includes: a water cooling device, adapted to cool an interface card; a cold drainage tube, configured on the water cooling device; a hot drainage tube, configured on the water cooling device and positioned at one side of the cold drainage tube; a first quick connector, configured on one end of the cold drainage tube far away from the water cooling device; a second quick connector, configured on one end of the hot drainage tube far away from the water cooling device; and a fixing structure, configured on one side of the interface card for the fixation of the hot and cold drainage tubes in position. Whereby, a user uses the fixing structure to fix the hot and cold drainage tubes in position, and the water cooling device can then be installed on the interface card conveniently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: EVGA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tai-Sheng Han
  • Patent number: 10013074
    Abstract: An accessory for an electronic device, such as a mobile computing device, includes a housing and a support element that are configured to support the electronic device in an inclined orientation. The support element of the accessory may comprise an elongated recess that receives a portion (e.g., an edge portion) of an electronic device to orient and support the electronic device in the inclined orientation. The accessory may also include a peripheral component, such as a user interface component (e.g., a keyboard, a track pad, etc.) or any other component that may enhance or supplement functionality of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: ZAGG Intellectual Property Holding Co., Inc.
    Inventor: David P. Gengler
  • Patent number: 10013033
    Abstract: In accordance with some implementations of this invention, an electronic assembly is formed with a thermal channel that controls an air flow for the purpose of dissipating heat generated in the electronic assembly. The electronic assembly includes a top board, a bottom board and a subassembly that further includes a rail, an airflow tab and an interconnect. The subassembly couples the top and bottom boards together. The rail has an opening through which air passes. The interconnect faces the airflow tab, carries electrical signals between the top board and the bottom board, and is configured to channel air directed through the opening of the rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: David L. Dean, Dennis Bennett, Robert W. Ellis
  • Patent number: 10014616
    Abstract: An outlet cover for an electrical outlet. The outlet cover includes a plate having at least one opening sized and positioned to receive an electrical outlet, a lid hingedly attached to the plate so that the lid can be moved between an open position that allows access to the electrical outlet and a closed position wherein the lid is in a locked position covering the electrical outlet, and a locking assembly having a locking pin. The lid includes a latch which cooperates with the locking pin in order to lock the lid in a closed position or release the lid for opening it for access to the electrical outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: STAYCONNECT, LLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Schutte, Richard W. Turner