Patents Examined by Douglas R Burtner
  • Patent number: 11399450
    Abstract: A system for providing electromagnetic interference (EMI) suppression for data processing devices includes a frame adapted to receive a data processing device of the data processing devices. The system further includes the data processing device that includes a payload module adapted to suppress EMI from an internal volume to an ambient environment by greater than 80 decibels. The data processing device further includes the internal volume adapted to house EMI emitting devices that generate EMI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Steven Embleton, Ben John Sy, Eric Michael Tunks
  • Patent number: 11395415
    Abstract: Provided is a display device, including a body structure, a flexible display panel arranged on the body structure, a primary adhesive layer, and an elastic connection structure, wherein the body structure comprises at least two unfoldable portions and a first foldable portion between the two adjacent unfoldable portions, and the first foldable portion comprises a hinge structure. The primary adhesive layer is arranged between the flexible display panel and the unfoldable portions, and the elastic connection structure is arranged between the body structure and the flexible display panel, and the elastic connection structure is configured to enable a second foldable portion of the flexible display panel to be switched between a folded state and a flattened state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Penghao Gu, Paoming Tsai
  • Patent number: 11395418
    Abstract: A tuner module includes an input connector a tuner case, a circuit board, and an auxiliary piece. The auxiliary piece contacts a surface of the tuner case and is fixed to the surface of the tuner case, and part of the auxiliary piece is connected as a ground potential near a contact of a core wire of the input connector with the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Toyomi Fujino, Koki Hino, Tadashi Imai
  • Patent number: 11385689
    Abstract: An integrated electronic card front EMI cage and latch is described that is suitable for use in a data storage system. In an example a latch module for an electronic component housing has a latch housing having an arm with an attachment point to fasten the latch housing to an end of the housing and an EMI cage having a front body and a plurality of fingers extending from the front body, the front body being held to the end of the housing by the latch housing and the fingers being configured to be outside an exterior of the housing on at least two sides of the housing to block electromagnetic interference from passing along the at least two sides of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jawad B. Khan, Andrew Warrack Morning-Smith, John Hung, Michael D. Nelson, Craig J. Jahne
  • Patent number: 11388830
    Abstract: An apparatus includes: a 1 U drive chassis divided into a plurality of compartments by a partition, the plurality of compartments including an interior compartment; an interior cage installed in the interior compartment, the interior cage including a plurality of pockets into which storage media are mounted when in use and having a back edge; a hinge by which the interior cage is rotatably mounted to the 1 U drive chassis along the back edge of the interior cage; a lift to rotate the interior cage at least partially to an open position when the first latch is released; and a latch to maintain the interior cage in a closed position and to maintain the interior cage in the opened position according to the rotation of the interior compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Kenny H. Pham, Minh H. Nguyen, Earl W. Moore, Keith Sauer
  • Patent number: 11369030
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a slot, and a backboard that is disposed on the depth side in the slot and is electrically connected to a printed circuit board inserted in the slot. The electronic device further includes a casing having the slot formed therein, the casing being configured to accommodate therein at least part of the backboard, and a cover member configured to be attachable to and removable from the casing. When attached to the casing, the cover member together with the casing forms the external appearance of the electronic device. The cover member is attached to the backboard integrally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshinari Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11369026
    Abstract: A display device includes a flexible display and a support frame. The flexible display includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion there between. The support frame includes a first display support supporting the first portion, a second display support supporting the second portion, and a third display support supporting the third portion. The third display support is connected to the first display support and the second display support. The first display support and the second display support are rotatably connected between a configuration for maintaining the flexible display in a closed position and a configuration for maintaining the flexible display in an open position. The third display support includes a panel movable according to the rotation of the first display support and the second display support, such that the panel contacts the third portion of the flexible display in an open position of the flexible display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.. LTD.
    Inventors: Robert Sjang Josine Van Dijk, Volker Barnhart Verschoor, Johannes Cornelis Adriaan Hamers, Michael Johannes Anna Maria Walters, Rik Kruidhof
  • Patent number: 11358422
    Abstract: An assembly for attaching an electronics package to a tire includes a carriage for receiving an electronics package. The assembly also includes a locking clip connected to the carriage and a locking ring having a first side permanently affixed to an interior of the tire. The locking ring is configured to engage the locking clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Sheel P. Agarwal, Adam K. Nesbitt
  • Patent number: 11349249
    Abstract: Connector receptacles that can provide a high signal quality or signal integrity to allow high-speed data transfers, can be reliably manufactured, can be durable and have good wear performance, and can be positioned in nonstandard locations in an electronic device. One example can provide connector receptacles that can provide a high signal quality or signal integrity by utilizing a comprehensive grounding scheme. These connector receptacles can be located in a hinge of an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nikhil S. Pansare, Mahmoud R. Amini, John J. Sekerak, II
  • Patent number: 11343922
    Abstract: A display device may include a window panel including a front area and side areas extended from the front area and a flexible display panel disposed under the window panel, the flexible display panel including a flat display area corresponding to the front area and flexible display areas extended from the flat display area. At least one vertex of the flat display area is rounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sangho Park, Taehyun Kim, Seungmin Lee
  • Patent number: 11324127
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a casing and an electrical component. The casing includes a first casing body, a second casing body and a fastener. The second casing body is located on the first casing body, and the fastener detachably clamps a side of the first casing body and the second casing body. The electrical component is located between the first casing body and the second casing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Yu-Ju Liu, Huang Ming Chang, Bo-Ru Zhu
  • Patent number: 11323554
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present invention, an electronic device may comprise: a housing which comprises a first surface facing in a first direction, a second surface facing in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a side wall at least partially surrounding a space between the first surface and the second surface; at least one seating part formed to be partially surrounded by a part of the side wall inside the housing; a guide member disposed adjacent to a part of the side wall inside the housing and surrounding another part of the seating part; and at least one electronic component comprising a body part and a protrusion part formed on one surface of the body part, wherein the electronic component may be guided by the guide member to enter the seating part along a direction inclined with respect to the side wall or the first surface and then to be mounted in the seating part. The electronic device as described above may vary depending on embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seon-Woo Ha, Sang-Kyu Lee, Jung-Hoon Lee, Tae-Hyun Sung, Byoung-Uk Yoon
  • Patent number: 11324128
    Abstract: Examples are disclosed that relate to display devices and mounting brackets for securing a bezel to a display device. In one example, a display device comprises a display unit and a bezel comprising at least one pocket. The display device comprises a mounting bracket comprising a display unit attachment portion affixed to the display unit and at least one tongue that extends at least partially into the at least one pocket. Adhesive binds the at least one tongue to at least one surface of the at least one pocket, thereby coupling the bezel to the display unit via the mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Juseop Park, John Charles Meyer, Bruce James Sandmeyer, Brian Walter Aznoe, Dallas Jamison Cutler, James David Wahl
  • Patent number: 11317528
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic badge and a housing for the same. The housing includes: a rear case defining a main board cavity, and formed with a display opening in communication with the main board cavity and a profile card receiving slot located outside the main board cavity; and a front case detachably disposed on the rear case to enclose the profile card receiving slot or both the display opening and the profile card receiving slot, a portion of the front case opposite the profile card receiving slot or both the display opening and the profile card receiving slot being made of a transparent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinggang Wei, Yan Ren, Lei Cao, Pan Ni
  • Patent number: 11281265
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided with a substrate mounted with an electronic component, an expansion card disposed at an interval from the substrate, a flexible printed circuit electrically connecting the substrate and the expansion card, a connector which is provided in the flexible printed circuit and to which a terminal of the expansion card is connected, a cooling unit having a heat transport member thermally connected to the electronic component and a cooling fan cooling the heat transport member, a bracket fixed to the connector, and a chassis housing the substrate, the expansion card, the flexible printed circuit, the connector, the cooling unit, and the bracket, in which the cooling fan is disposed between the substrate and the expansion card and overlaps with the flexible printed circuit in the plan view and the bracket is fixed to the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Watamura, Jun Kaminaga, Hirohide Komiyama
  • Patent number: 11284529
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electronic component housing comprising: a first housing; a second housing; a sealing member positioned between the first housing and the second housing; and a fixing member for fixing the first housing to the second housing, wherein the sealing member penetrates the first housing so as to be insert-injected therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hoo Jung, Woo Sang Chung
  • Patent number: 11272627
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a device main body and a stand that is placed on a sucked surface and supports the device main body. The stand includes a base portion and an elastic body that is disposed on a lower surface of the base portion and has a suction surface that is attached by suction to the sucked surface with negative pressure generated in a gap between the suction surface and the sucked surface. The elastic body generates no negative pressure in the gap when no external force is exerted on the stand in a direction to separate from the sucked surface while the stand is placed on the sucked surface. The elastic body generates negative pressure in the gap by being elastically deformed in the direction to separate from the sucked surface when the external force is exerted on the stand while the stand is placed on the sucked surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Genichi Yamada, Yohei Kodera
  • Patent number: 11259435
    Abstract: A system includes a support frame residing within a region conforming to a 3.5-inch form-factor disk drive specification, and a plurality of data storage drives, wherein each data storage drive resides entirely within the region. Each data storage drive conforms to a 2.5-inch form-factor disk drive specification, is mounted on the support frame via at least one external mounting hole that is positioned on a surface of the data storage drive in conformance with the 2.5-inch form-factor disk drive specification, is communicatively coupled to a backplane via an electrical connection device, and the electrical connection device includes a flexible electrical connector that, when coupled to a first end of the data storage drive, does not extend beyond the region, and has a removal tab through which a removal force is exerted to urge the data storage drive away from the support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
    Inventor: Hsiao-Chung Chen
  • Patent number: 11240920
    Abstract: A foldable display device is discussed, which is to be switched between a folded state and an unfolded state, the foldable display device including adjustable support units to support a display panel of the foldable display device together with an inner surface of set frames in the unfolded state, the adjustable support units being connected to a hinge unit to enable the adjustable support units to retreat to the inner surface of the set frames in the folded state. In the unfolded state, the adjustable support units and the set frames support the entire area of the display panel to be flat to reduce damage of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seungo Jeon, YoungJoon Yun, ShinSuk Lee
  • Patent number: 11231752
    Abstract: Provided in the present invention is a flexible-screen mobile terminal hinge. The hinge comprises a plurality of links, adjacent links being rotatably connected by means of a connection structure. The hinge is further provided with an extensible positioning device; the extensible positioning device is provided with a left extensible connection frame, a right extensible connection frame, and a middle connection frame, the left extensible connection frame and the right extensible connection frame are respectively rotatably connected to the middle connection frame, and the middle connection frame is fixed together with a middle link of the plurality of links; left and right end links in the plurality of links, the left extensible connection frame and the right extensible connection frame are each provided with a connection portion capable of connecting to a mobile terminal. Also provided in the present invention is a flexible-screen mobile terminal provided with the flexible-screen mobile terminal hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: HANGZHOU AMPHENOL PHOENIX TELECOM PARTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaojie Liu