Patents Examined by Gage Crum
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Patent number: 11956916Abstract: A computing unit configured to be mounted in a HPC cabinet, the computing unit comprising an external body, and an internal body comprising secondary electronic components. The internal body is releasably coupled with the external body in order to allow extraction of the internal body when the external body is secured fixedly to the HPC cabinet. The internal body includes a bottom tray, comprising bottom secondary electronic components, a top tray comprising at least one duct for conducting an air flow from the front to the rear, and a plurality of manual coupling members, accessible from the top of the top tray, releasably coupling the top tray with the bottom tray.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: BULL SASInventors: Sakthivel Mohanasundaram, Mohanakumara Prakasha
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Patent number: 11955718Abstract: The present invention discloses a waterproof microphone kit adapted to be fixed in an electronic device. The waterproof microphone kit includes a housing, a waterproof breathable film, a plug, a circuit motherboard, a microphone unit and a flexible electrical connection component. Two adjacent sides of the housing are provided with an opening and a lateral opening. The waterproof breathable film is disposed at the housing and seals the lateral opening. The plug plugs the opening. The plug, the waterproof breathable film and the housing jointly form an enclosed space. The circuit motherboard is disposed in the housing. The microphone unit is disposed at the circuit motherboard, and a sound receiving part thereof faces the waterproof breathable film. The flexible electrical connection component is connected to the circuit motherboard, and passes through a through hole of the plug so as to connect to an external processing module.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: GETAC HOLDINGS CORPORATIONInventor: Kun-Cheng Lee
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Patent number: 11903170Abstract: A server includes a printed circuit board (PCB), an electronic component connected to the printed circuit board, and a chassis connected to the PCB. The chassis includes a first end with a first aperture configured to allow airflow into the server, a second end with a second aperture configured to allow the airflow out of the server after having passed across the electronic component, and a temporary bulkhead that is movable between a deployed position and a stowed position, wherein in the deployed position, the temporary bulkhead is connected to the PCB and extends across the server in a path of the airflow, and wherein in the stowed position, the temporary bulkhead is disconnected from the PCB and is positioned to open the path of the airflow.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Arshad Alfoqaha, Kevin O'Connell, Mehdi Hamid Vishkasougheh, Eric J. Campbell
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Patent number: 11889652Abstract: A rack for a datacenter or other environment may define an internal width configured to receive rack-mounted units of a predetermined width. An adapter may enable operation with a computing appliance having a maximum width smaller than the predetermined width. The adapter can include a tray with a footprint having the predetermined width and a mount for supporting the computing appliance within the footprint of the tray. The tray may support a power inverter that receives from a direct current power supply and provides alternating current to the computing appliance. The tray may also support a patch panel having a network port accessible from a front of the tray. The patch panel can be communicatively coupled with the computing appliance to provide networking communication with the computing appliance through the second network port.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jason Alexander Harland, Shreyas Sampath, Hazel Aoife Flynn
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Patent number: 11882676Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for designing and implementing power and cooling fluid in a computing environment such as an electronics rack are disclosed. The disclosed methods and systems may provide for a high degree of power distribution and cooling fluid distribution reliability. To provide for a high degree of reliability, the system may include a number of protective features that may reduce the likelihood of connectors used for power and cooling fluid distribution from being damaged. The system may also provide for segregation of power distribution components from cooling fluid distribution components. The rack configurations include codesign of the server and rack to form the physical segregation. The segregation may reduce the chance of these components impacting the operation of other components.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: BAIDU USA LLCInventor: Tianyi Gao
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Patent number: 11880237Abstract: A wearable device has a housing containing electronics and a band that retains the wearable device on a user's arm. Each end of the housing has an open receptacle. The band has protrusions made from an elastomeric material and includes a rigid member arranged at least partially within. The protrusions are inserted into the receptacle to attach the band to the housing. A lower portion of the housing comprises two pieces that, when assembled, provide optical baffles between adjacent optical devices such as a heart rate monitor, and windows for the optical devices to operate. A thermal conductor is retained between the two pieces and facilitates operation of a temperature sensor in the device. An antenna carrier facilitates installation of an antenna without impairing fixation of an upper portion of the housing. A compact charger clips to the housing to supply power to recharge a battery in the wearable device.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Manish Avinash Mantrawadi, Douglas W. Moskowitz, Ippei Matsumoto, Michael Flynn
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Patent number: 11864305Abstract: A server chassis for a server rack can include a connector assembly. The connector assembly can include a first pair of connectors to fluidly connect to one or more cold plates that are thermally coupled to one or more electronic server components, and a second pair of connectors, to fluidly connect to a supply line and return line of the server rack. The connector assembly may further include a mobile plate upon which the second pair of connectors are attached to. The mobile plate may be attached as part of the connector assembly and movable to and from a direction that connects or disconnects the second pair of connectors to the supply line and the return line of the server rack.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: BAIDU USA LLCInventor: Tianyi Gao
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Patent number: 11846992Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed, including a binder structure, connection cylinders detachable coupled to the binder structure and rotatable therein, a first electronic part disposed within a space formed by the connection cylinders, a display module detachably coupled to at least one cylinder and electrically connected to the electronic part, wherein the display module includes a first sheet, a second sheet, a connection unit connecting ends of the first and second sheets, a first flexible display supported by the first sheet, and second flexible display supported by the second sheet, and a sheet fixing member disposed in the internal space of the connection cylinder connecting other ends of the first and second sheets, wherein the first sheet and second sheet are configured to slip relative to one another, and both displays are electronically connected to the first electronic part through the sheet fixing member.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Igor Ivanov, Seonho Hwang, Hyungsok Yeo, Oleg Feygenson, Minwoo Yoo, Changryong Heo
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Patent number: 11849558Abstract: A server chassis includes a housing, a support frame, and a back plate. The housing includes a substrate. A fixing portion is vertically disposed on the substrate and is fixedly connected with the back plate. The support frame is fixedly connected with the substrate. A first protrusion is disposed on the support frame and is inserted into the back plate. The interior of the server chassis is rendered more compact, and the server chassis can accommodate eight hard disks. A server including the server chassis is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Fulian Precision Electronics (Tianjin) Co., LTD.Inventors: Yang Li, Han-Yu Li, Ya-Ni Zhang, Li Hou
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Patent number: 11824220Abstract: A portable electronic device may include a housing, a display at least partially within the housing, a transparent cover over the display, and a battery at least partially within the housing. The battery may include a battery cell, a pouch encasing the battery cell, and a gas release relief system including a gas-permeable membrane configured to prevent liquid from escaping the pouch and a valve configured to selectively release gas from the pouch. The device may also include a processing system configured to, in a first mode of operation, cause the valve to open to allow gas to be released from the pouch, and, in a second mode of operation, cause the valve to close.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Kee Suk Ryu, Andrew J. Hall, Jingyi Li, Ki Myung Lee, Sung Chang Lee, Wei Guang Wu, Thomas A. Boehler
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Patent number: 11812579Abstract: An apparatus is provided for locking rack-mounted electronic devices within a rack upon removal of one of the electronic devices from the rack. The apparatus includes a shaft rotatably connected to the rack and provided at each slot position with a set of paddles, including a locking paddle and a trigger paddle. With the rack populated with devices, the removal of one device from a slot causes a block attached to the device to urge against a trigger paddle, which rotates the shaft. As the shaft continues to rotate, with the motion of the block caused by the removal of the device, the locking paddle for each slot is rotated into a position such that an attempt to remove any of the other devices from the rack causes the associated block to abut the locking paddle, which does not yield.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: ZT Group Int'l, Inc.Inventors: Mark Alan Hammond, Jared Scott Harlan, Ryan Signer
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Patent number: 11800693Abstract: A rack-mountable server system includes air moving systems, such as fans, to induce airflow inside a server chassis to remove heat generated by components of the server system. The air moving systems are configured to direct air from a cold aisle, through the chassis of the server system, and out to a hot aisle as exhausted air. The server system is configured to be mounted in racks that provide cooling air on either a front or rear side of the rack. Thus, the server system is able to be mounted in a rack in a reversible Input/Output (IO) orientation and can accommodate multiple airflow directions through the server chassis to conform to a hot aisle and cold aisle configuration used for a given rack at a given facility at which the server system is mounted.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Shreyas Sampath, Darin Lee Frink, Bianca Nagy
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Patent number: 11775007Abstract: A pick-and-place mechanism for a stylus, applicable for a portable electronic device, is provided. The portable electronic device has a housing. The pick-and-place mechanism for the stylus includes a moving member, a latch assembly, and a switch element. The moving member is movably disposed in the housing. The stylus is adapted to be inserted into the housing and locked with the moving member to move synchronously. The latch assembly is disposed in the housing and switches between a lock state and an unlock state. In the lock state, the latch assembly locks the stylus in the housing. In the unlock state, the latch assembly moves at least part of the stylus out of the housing. The switch element is electrically connected to the latch assembly to drive the latch assembly to switch between the lock state and the unlock state.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Chun-Hung Wen, Chun-Hsien Chen, Hui-Ping Sun, Yen-Chou Chueh
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Patent number: 11770912Abstract: A computing unit configured to be mounted in a HPC cabinet comprising an external body and an internal body that comprises secondary electronic components. The internal body being releasably coupled with the external body in order to allow extraction of the internal body when the external body is secured fixedly to the HPC cabinet. The computing unit also includes at least one front lever pivotally coupled to the internal body and configured to latch with a latching wall of the external body and to latch with the bottom wall of the external body in order to releasably couple the internal body with the external body.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: BULL SASInventors: Sakthivel Mohanasundaram, Mohanakumara Prakasha
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Patent number: 11768518Abstract: Systems of the present disclosure can provide a head-mountable device with a head securement element that is integrated with a light seal module, which provides effective and comfortable engagement with a face of the user. By providing the head securement element with a light seal module, both head securement and face engagement can be customized or otherwise selected for achieving the desired fit for a given user. Accordingly, the head securement element (e.g., band, arms, and the like) can be primarily or exclusively secured to an HMD module via a light seal module.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yoonhoo Jo, Paul X. Wang, Heidi Williamson, Trevor J Ness
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Patent number: 11716827Abstract: A computing equipment box assembly can include a mechanical chassis component, which can include a support sheet configured for supporting computing components. A plurality of passages can be formed through the support sheet. A mechanical cable can be routable down through at least one of the passages and up through at least one other of the passages. A tensioner can be couplable with the cable and adjustable to modify an amount of tension in the cable so as to alter an amount of pre-bow or pre-bend present in the mechanical chassis component. For example, the mechanical cable may be tensioned to apply a force to the support sheet and counteract an upward pre-bend or pre-bow so that the computing components are prevented from protruding into an adjacent upper volume for an upper computer server overhead and from sagging into an adjacent lower volume for a lower computer server underneath.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ryan F Conroy, Christopher Mario Gil
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Patent number: 11681338Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus for mounting a power module to a server chassis includes a first rail member attachable to a server chassis and a second rail member mountable to the first rail member. The second rail member includes several mounting points. The apparatus further includes a power distribution board (PDB) coupled to the second rail member at one of the mounting points. The PDB connects power from a power bus of an electronic rack to a server included in the server chassis populated on the rack. The PDB includes one or more power conversion devices to regulate power to the one or more electronic devices of the server and a set of power clips to attach the PDB to a power bus of an electronic rack. The coupling of the PDB and the rails enable connections to different electronic racks.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: BAIDU USA LLCInventor: Tianyi Gao
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Patent number: 11683904Abstract: Guide holders for engaging a motherboard sled with an input-output sled stacked thereon within an electronic chassis, are disclosed. The electronic chassis includes a motherboard sled having a housing having a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall, a first guide holder and a second guide holder. The first guide holder is coupled to the first sidewall and includes a first plurality of slots for directing motion of a first plurality of guide pins of an input-output sled in a predetermined direction. The second guide holder is coupled to the second sidewall and includes a second plurality of slots for directing motion of a second plurality of guide pins of the input-output sled in the predetermined direction. The motion of the first plurality of guide pins and the second plurality of guide pins, upon completion, locks the input-output sled to the motherboard sled.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chun Chang, Shih-Hsuan Hu, Cheng-Feng Tsai, Yu-Hsun Chen
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Patent number: 11675389Abstract: An electronic device includes: a host; a first screen, comprising a first connecting edge, the first screen is slidably connected to the host by the first connecting edge, and the first screen slides between a first slide position and a second slide position relative to the host; a magnet module, disposed on the first screen or on the host, the magnet module comprises a plurality of magnet components, and the magnet components are arranged at intervals; and a magnetic induction module, disposed on the host or on the first screen relative to the magnet module, wherein when the first screen is flipped towards the host at any position between the first slide position and the second slide position, the magnetic induction module detects a magnetic field of the magnet module to causes the host to switch to a system state.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Yung-Tsung Chang, Chih-Chiun Lin
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Patent number: 11650636Abstract: A storage device attachment and detachment structure comprising a holding member configured to hold a storage device with a storage medium, and a pressure member including a biasing portion that has an end portion connected to the holding member, the biasing portion being configured to contact the storage device to press the storage device in a biasing direction toward the holding member, the pressure member being movable to a pressure release position in which the pressure member is separated from the storage device in an opposite direction of the biasing direction to release pressure relative to the storage device.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: FUNAI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Takumi Hayashi, Daisuke Ogawa