Patents Examined by Douglas R Burtner
  • Patent number: 11224137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hinge module of a foldable type device, which is connected to two casings for being relatively rotated for being in a folded status or in a unfolded status, each of the casings has a fixed outer casing and a moveable inner casing. The hinge module includes a base and two slide mechanisms. One end of a connection rod of each slide mechanism and one end of the linkage member are respectively pivoted to two pivotal parts at one end of the base; after each inner casing is driven to reversely displace, one end of each plate member is separated from each block part, so as to reversely swing and shift for forming an accommodation space allowing a bent central portion of a flexible monitor to be accommodated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: JARLLYTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Tsun Hsu
  • Patent number: 11217537
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device including a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; and a first identification number (ID) pattern positioned on a first side surface of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Hyun Kong, Bum-Sik Seo, Gyu-Bum Jang, Bu-Yeon Kim, Hye-Rim Kim
  • Patent number: 11209869
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an attachable external display screen for use on electronic devices. The display screen may be removably mounted onto a surface of an electronic device to provide the user with an additional display screen. The attachable display screen utilizes a dual sliding mechanism that allows for the display screen to slide out to different lengths relative to the screen of the electronic device. The attachable display screen is also rotatable about a vertical axis, which allows a user to adjust the angle of the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Stand Steady Company, LLC
    Inventors: Edward Tyler Hudgins, Antoine Planche
  • Patent number: 11202386
    Abstract: An example modular cable management system, that includes a base to attach to a support structure and a number of cable management modules to attach to the base. The base may include an attachment feature that is to attach to the supporting structure to vertically support the base, and an arm that extends from the attachment feature to which the cable management modules attach. The cable management module may include a clip and a loom. The clip may be attachable to the arm such that the clip is rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the arm and may be removable from the arm. The loom may be attachable to and removable from the clips and configured to hold multiple cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Trevor C. Hjelmfelt, Benjamin Yin Siu, Michael Renfro
  • Patent number: 11202376
    Abstract: An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a housing including a first plate facing in a first direction, a second plate facing in a second direction, and a side part surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate; a display exposed through the first plate; a wireless communication circuit; and a processor, wherein the second plate includes: a first metal member and a second metal member, wherein the first metal member further includes a first side part facing a portion of the non-metallic extension part, and the second metal member further includes a second side part facing the first side part or another portion of the non-metallic extension part, and wherein the second plate includes an oxidized layer. The electronic device described above and the method for fabricating a housing of the electronic device may be diversified according to embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Ik Lee, Hyeong-Sam Son
  • Patent number: 11200020
    Abstract: An intelligent wearable device includes a housing (1) and a display unit (2) mounted on the housing (1). The display unit (2) includes a first display screen (21) and a second display screen (22). The first display screen (21) is a flexible display screen, and the first display screen (21) includes a first display area (211), a bendable area (212) and a second display area (213) which are sequentially connected, wherein the first display area (211) and the second display area (213) are foldably connected to each other by means of the bendable area (212), and a back face of the first display area (211) is connected to the housing (1). The second display screen (22) is an electronic ink screen, and a back face of the second display screen (22) is connected to a back face of the second display area (213) in a laminated manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: JRD COMMUNICATION (SHENZHEN) LTD
    Inventor: Lin Zhu
  • Patent number: 11163334
    Abstract: A display device includes a display module including a bending area at which the display module is bent, and a non-bending area which extends from the bending area; a driving control module connected to the bending area of the display module; and a protective cover removably attachable to the display module, the protective cover including a cover portion and a support protrusion which protrudes from the cover portion. The display module bent at the bending area thereof disposes the driving control module facing a rear surface of the display module, and the protective cover attached to the display module bent at the bending area thereof disposes each of: the cover portion of the protective cover corresponding to the bending area of the display module and to the driving control module facing the rear surface of the display module, and the support protrusion corresponding to the driving control module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gowoon Kang, Kyuhan Bae
  • Patent number: 11152166
    Abstract: A keyboard device includes a substrate and keycaps disposed on the substrate. The substrate includes a long slit and an elastic bridge member. The long slit divides the substrate into a first plate having a first side edge and a second plate having a second side edge opposite to the first side edge. A gap is between the first side edge and the second side edge. The elastic bridge member is connected between the first side edge and the second side edge. The first plate is movable relative to the second plate. The first side edge includes a first bridge seat. The second side edge includes a second bridge seat. The elastic bridge member is connected between the first bridge seat and the second bridge seat. The elastic bridge member includes a wedge portion connected to an inner corner between the elastic bridge member and the first bridge seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Horiuchi, Chia-Hsin Chen, Chi-Hung Cheng
  • Patent number: 11140800
    Abstract: An apparatus suitable for providing ventilation and electromagnetic interference (EMI) containment for a computing device includes a first strip and a second strip. The first strip is sized to span ventilation openings of a computing device covering. The second strip intersects the first strip while also spanning the ventilation openings. Thus, the first strip and the second strip cooperate to define airflow openings within the ventilation openings, the airflow openings being sized to inhibit EMI from exiting the computing device via the ventilation openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Vic Hong Chia, George Edward Curtis, Adriana del Pilar Rangel, Keith Frank Tharp, Alpesh Umakant Bhobe
  • Patent number: 11132033
    Abstract: A modular controller includes an enclosure having an interior, a motherboard with a signal trace and a power trace supported within the interior of the enclosure, and one or more control section. The control section includes one or more of an input power section, an electromagnetic interference section, a logic section, a control section, a output power section, and a signal section that is supported by the motherboard to selectively flow of electrical power through the power trace using a control signal carried by the signal trace. Electrical systems and methods of making modular controllers are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Conner Duva, Chi Wan, Kevin Cremona
  • Patent number: 11134565
    Abstract: Disclosed is a printed circuit board having a holder for a battery, wherein the holder includes first and second contacts connected to conductive traces of the printed circuit board and wherein the holder is embodied such that a battery inserted into the holder is clamped so that poles of the battery on opposite end faces of the battery make electrical contact with the first and second contacts. The battery lies clamped between the contacts on a support region of the printed circuit board and is oriented with reference to the printed circuit board so that an imaginary line connecting the poles of the battery is essentially in parallel with the plane of the support region. The printed circuit board has connected with the support region a rigid first section, which is essentially perpendicular to the support region, and wherein the first contact is arranged on the first section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser SE+Co. KG
    Inventors: Harald Schäuble, Alexander Scheffs, Christian Mutter
  • Patent number: 11132034
    Abstract: Embodiments for electronic device fasteners that enable an electronic device to be reliably and quickly secured on a host board are presented. In one exemplary embodiment, a fastening assembly includes a glider component that supports an electronic device such as an M.2 solid state drive, and slides on tracks installed on a host board to bring a handle bar in a locking position above the electronic device securing the electronic device in place. The glider component and the tracks are designed with sloped surfaces such that as the glider component slides over the tracks, when it reaches an end of the track, a stable engagement secures the electronic device in place without the need for any additional fastening mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Lock Duc Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11122695
    Abstract: An LED display is provided in the present disclosure. The LED display includes a casing frame and an LED module. The LED module is fixedly connected with the casing frame by a locking knob, chucks and magnets fitted with each other, and positioning holes and positioning posts fitted with each other. The LED display further includes protective covers, a support base, a power rear cover, and a system control box. The protective covers are connected with the casing frame by fitting the positioning posts with the positioning holes. The support base and the casing frame are connected by fitting the positioning posts with the positioning holes and by a quick fixation with screws. The power rear cover is mounted on the system control box by a latch-hinge to facilitate the assembly and disassembly of various portions of the LED display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: UNILUMIN GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hangfa Yi, Kuang Yang, Pinglin Zhao
  • Patent number: 11102903
    Abstract: A formed enclosure part for mounting an electronic component on a printed circuit board includes a receiving side having an enclosure opening for receiving the electronic component in an enclosure interior, a connection side adjoining the receiving side and having connection leadthroughs for electrical connections of the electronic component, and a mounting side having a formed-on mounting profile for positioning the formed enclosure part and holding the formed enclosure part on the printed circuit board without the use of tools. An electronic subassembly, which is also provided, receives a printed circuit board and the formed enclosure part having an electronic component disposed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH
    Inventor: Manuel Engewald
  • Patent number: 11089706
    Abstract: A system and method for an overhead display assembly for positioning a display monitor above an electronic gaming machine are provided. The overhead display assembly may include a monitor frame securable to a display monitor, the monitor frame including at least one roller mechanism that is pivotally coupled to the monitor frame. The overhead display assembly may also include a support stanchion configured to extend vertically relative to a gaming machine, the support stanchion including an upper end that is vertically displaced above the electronic gaming machine. Finally, the overhead display assembly may include a track mechanism coupled to an upper end of the support stanchion and presenting a track portion configured to engage with the roller mechanism to support the display monitor and the monitor frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventors: Robert Wand, Frank Rodriguez, Timothy Seckel
  • Patent number: 11069212
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a housing for a fire alarm and/or extinguishing control station having a housing body (20), which comprises an opening (22) on a front side (24), a housing door (30) for closing the opening (22) and a hinge arrangement (40), which is configured to allow opening and closing of the housing door (30). The housing door (30) has an outer face (32), which faces an observer when the housing body (20) is closed and an inner face (34) which is opposite the outer face (32), wherein the housing door (30) has an indicator and/or operating component (36) on the outer face (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Minimax GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Bernd Hallwass-Fedder
  • Patent number: 11070140
    Abstract: An apparatus, such as a power converter, includes first, second and third core bus plates arranged in parallel. The apparatus also includes a first bus extension plate joined to the first core bus plate and extending therefrom at a first angle and a second bus extension plate joined to the second core bus plate and extending therefrom at a second angle. The apparatus further includes a third bus extension plated joined with the third core bus plate and disposed parallel to the first bus extension plate and a fourth bus extension plate joined with the third core bus plate and disposed parallel to the second bus extension plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Inventor: Geraldo Nojima
  • Patent number: 11023012
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first body, a first supporting member, and a second body. The first supporting member has a first end and a second end opposite to each other, and the first end is pivoted at the first body. The second body has a notch, the second end is pivoted at the second body, and the first supporting member is fitted to the notch. The second body and the first supporting member fitted to the notch are closed or opened up with respect to the first body together as the first supporting member is pivotally rotated relative to the first body. When the second body is opened up, the second body and the first supporting member are pivotally rotated relatively to separate the first supporting member from the notch and move a bottom end of the second body to a preset position on the first body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Shu-Hsien Chu, Wang-Hung Yeh, Hsin-Chieh Fang, Jen-Yu Chiang
  • Patent number: 11023195
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus including a plurality of display modules and a frame to detachably mount the plurality of display modules thereon, the frame including guide bars on which the display module includes guide bars are mounted to be movable in a horizontal direction, so that a screen is physically separated or joined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Oh Jae Kwon, Jin Sung Lee, Jong Sul Min, Ho Young Lee
  • Patent number: 11026359
    Abstract: A shielding enclosure for blocking electromagnetic pulses to protect electrical equipment includes shield panels having a layered structure of conductive sheets and insulating sheets between the conductive sheets with an outward conductive sheet at a first end of the layered structure and an inward conductive sheet at a second end of the layered structure, and a first ground wire connected to the outward conductive sheet for connecting to a ground, and a second ground wire incorporating a rectifier and connected to the inward conductive sheet for connecting to a ground, the rectifier being oriented to restrict the electric current in the second ground wire to flowing from the inward conductive sheet to the ground; where the shield panels are positioned so that the inward conductive sheet generally faces the electrical equipment and the outward conductive sheet generally faces away from the electrical equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventor: John Victor Fontaine