Patents Examined by Gage Crum
  • Patent number: 11644867
    Abstract: A display device including a display module having a first area exposed to an outside in a first state and a second state and a second area defined adjacent to the first area and exposed to the outside in the second state, a case accommodating the display module, and a driver controlling the first state and the second state of the display module. The driver includes a first driving module fixed to the case, a second driving module coupled to the first driving module, and a sliding module coupled to the second driving module and moving in a direction closer to or farther away from the second motor according to a rotation of the second screw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sungsang Ahn
  • Patent number: 11635788
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a host device thereof, the mobile terminal comprising a display device and a host device, the host device including a body and a support assembly, and the body defining an accommodating groove; wherein the support assembly includes a first support piece and second support piece are rotatably connected to the body, and the support assembly has a folded state and an unfolded state; when the support assembly is in the folded state, the first support piece and the second support piece are accommodated within the accommodating groove; when the support assembly in the unfolded state, the first support piece and the second support piece are rotated out of the accommodating groove; the first support piece and the second support piece define a clamping groove, and when the display device is clamped in the clamping groove, the display device stands vertically or slantwise on the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jie Li
  • Patent number: 11632872
    Abstract: A server assembly including a mounting frame, a battery box and a battery. The mounting frame includes an accommodation space configured to accommodate a disk drive. The battery box is disposed in the accommodation space of the mounting frame. The battery is installed in the battery box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chi-Cheng Hsiao
  • Patent number: 11614776
    Abstract: Systems and methods disclosed herein disclose the use of docking stations with docking station receptacles of display apparatuses and docking stand assemblies. A docking station placed in a docking station receptacle of a display apparatus may connect to a host device and transport power and/or data as between the docking station, the host device, the display apparatus, and any external object(s). A docking station placed in a docking station receptacle of a docking stand assembly that includes a docking tray configured to interface with a portable electronic device (PED) may transport power and/or data as between the docking station, the PED, and any external objects via a power and data delivery pathway within the docking stand assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: TARGUS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Ronald DeCamp, Man Cheung Dan Tsang, Nicholas Anthony Markovsky
  • Patent number: 11573612
    Abstract: A type of portable computer with interchangeable components is provided. The chassis of the portable computer includes an upper part, a lower part, and an edge part. The edge part can be equipped with removable input and output (I/O) plates. The motherboards and batteries of this type of portable computer are standardized with or without optional components such as optical drives and/or 2.5 inch hard drives. Motherboards, batteries and other components can be mounted in the chassis of the portable computer through fixed mounting stands and/or removable mounting standoffs. The portable computer allows the I/O plates and/or the edge part to be replaced. Therefore, a motherboard with different I/Os, a motherboard and other components with different heights, and an auxiliary cooling system can be installed in the chassis. In the portable computer, mounting stands and standoffs can be shared by multiple components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventors: Zhonghong Liang, Benjamin Liang
  • Patent number: 11573600
    Abstract: A display device includes: a body, and a display screen portion detachably connected with the body. The body includes a first magnetic assembly; and the display screen portion includes a second magnetic assembly. At least one of the first magnetic assembly and the second magnetic assembly is a magnetic-field controllable assembly, and the first magnetic assembly and the second magnetic assembly are connected with or separated from one another due to magnetic attraction or repulsion respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lei Wang
  • Patent number: 11573604
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a power supply module. The power supply module may include a flexible substrate and a plurality of battery cells distributed in an array on one side of the flexible substrate. Adjacent battery cells of the plurality of battery cells on each line in a first direction may be connected in series by a flexible connector to form a plurality of lines of battery cells, and the plurality of lines of battery cells may be connected in parallel through a first electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guoqiang Tang, Kuo Sun, Yangpeng Wang
  • Patent number: 11556151
    Abstract: A system can include a tablet computer that includes a tablet display; and a clamshell computer that includes a keyboard housing, a display housing and a hinge assembly that rotatably couples the keyboard housing and the display housing, where the display housing includes a display viewable via a display side, an opposing back side, and a tablet computer recess disposed between the display side and the back side that removably receives the tablet computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Alden Rose
  • Patent number: 11558976
    Abstract: An electronic chassis includes a motherboard sled configured to engage in or out of the electronic chassis. The motherboard sled includes a housing and a mechanical actuator for engaging the motherboard sled into or out of an electronic chassis. The mechanical actuator includes at least one lever rotatably coupled to a hinge to form a first fulcrum adjacent to a vertical edge of a front surface of the housing. The mechanical actuator also includes a guiding arm adjacent to the hinge and mechanically connected to the at least one lever to form a second fulcrum. The guiding arm rotates between a secured position adjacent to the front surface and an unsecured position away from the front surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chun Chang, Shih-Hsuan Hu, Wei-Cheng Tseng, Cheng-Feng Tsai
  • Patent number: 11474566
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device, including a first housing, a second housing, and a snap release module. The first housing is provided with a fastening slot. The second housing is provided with an accommodation slot. The snap release module is accommodated in the accommodation slot, and includes a slide member, an elastic component, a hook, and a stop member. The slide member reciprocates in a first axial direction. When the first housing is assembled to the second housing in the second axial direction, the slide member is located at the snap position for the hook to be buckled in the fastening slot, and the first housing presses the stop member so that the stop member abuts against the slide member. When the slide member slides from the snap position to the release position, the stop member stops the slide member and the hook is detached from the fastening slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Fu Chang, Hsiao-Fan Chen, I-Tien Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11460881
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a chassis, an input device provided on a top surface of the chassis and configured to receive an input operation, and a pen holder provided so as to project from a side surface of the chassis and configured to be able to hold a pen device in a posture along the side surface. The pen holder has a pen holding part composed of stretchy fabric formed into a loop and configured to be able to hold the pen device by insertion of the pen device through its inner periphery part, and a bracket having a cutout part in which a part of the pen holding part is disposed and to be fixed to the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Muneki Sugiyama, Hiroaki Kinoshita, Yoshiyuki Shibayama, Tatsuya Ushioda
  • Patent number: 11464127
    Abstract: A blind mating adapter unit is disclosed that is adjustably locatable on a server chassis. The blind mating adapter unit is rotatably adjustable to align the orientation of one or more fluid connectors on the blind mating adapter unit to a corresponding one or more mating fluid connectors on a coolant distribution manifold installed in a server rack. Alternatively, the blind mating adapter can be separable into two halves that can be positioned to align with, and blind mate to, the coolant distribution manifold. When the server is slid into place in the server rack, the fluid connectors on the blind mating adapter fluidly couple to the corresponding mating fluid connectors on the coolant distribution manifold. The blind mating adapter unit functions as an intermediate layer for server and rack fluid mating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventor: Tianyi Gao
  • Patent number: 11457541
    Abstract: Examples of the disclosure provide a smart angled mounting piece and an angled mounting piece assembly. By providing switching units and identification circuits in the smart angled mounting piece, when one or more of the switching units are triggered by the auxiliary member, an identification circuit electrically connected to the triggered switching unit and an identification circuit electrically connected to a switching unit that is not triggered collectively generate a logic signal characterizing the position at which the electronic device is installed to the cabinet, and the logic signal is transmitted to the electronic device through the communication module. The manager may know the position of the current electronic device in real time, without the need to specifically provide position acquisition elements on the cabinet, and without the need to install a separate management system on the back-end server, simplifying the difficulty of device management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: New H3C Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youxin Bai, Yan Qiao, Jianming Ding, Yi Li, Hui Tian, Chunxi Yan
  • Patent number: 11449112
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed of a power delivery module that includes a power delivery board rotatable between a first orientation and a second orientation about a first axis that is normal to the power delivery board, and rotatable power clip module. Two pairs of electrical contacts are on the board: a first pair, one positive and one negative, and a second pair of electrical contacts, one positive and one negative. The two pairs of contacts are spaced apart from each other on the same side of the board. The rotatable power clip module is coupled to the power delivery board and includes a pair of contacts pads to engage with, and electrically couple to, the first or the second pairs of contacts. A power clip is electrically coupled to each contact pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventor: Tianyi Gao
  • Patent number: 11449100
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to docking stations including cradles. In some examples, a docking station can include a housing including a cradle defining a cavity, the cavity having a width and a depth sufficient to prevent an electronic device coupled to the docking station from decoupling from the docking station responsive to a torque applied on the electronic device, an engagement member to couple to the electronic device when received in the cradle, and a docking connector to transfer data between the docking station and the electronic device when the electronic device is coupled to the docking station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Chern-Shi Lam
  • Patent number: 11442502
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device, including: a loudspeaker box including a first end surface provided with a first opening and a connection line extending outward through the first opening; a display assembly mounted on the first end surface, and including a second end surface and a connection terminal, the connection line being connected to the connection terminal; and a connection cover plate configured to shield the first opening, and connected to the loudspeaker box and the display assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: K-TRONICS (SUZHOU) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Changnao Wang
  • Patent number: 11432428
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a chassis and an electronic device applying the chassis. The chassis includes: a chassis body; the chassis body is a 2U chassis body or a 4U chassis body; a hard disk module, installed in a front end area of the chassis body; a power supply module, installed at one side of a rear end area of the chassis body; a controller module, installed in a remaining rear end area of the chassis body except the power supply module, parallel with the power supply module, and including a plurality of pluggable functional modules; a middle board, connected with the power supply module, the hard disk module, and the control module, respectively, to realize the electrical connection between the power supply module, the hard disk module, and the control module. The present disclosure can improve the versatility of the chassis modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Celestica Technology Consultancy (Shanghai) Co. Ltd
    Inventors: Wenjin Li, Yuan Xue, Alonzo Ramirez
  • Patent number: 11416025
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of tablet computer accessories, and in particular, to a protective case with an electronic function. The protective case with an electronic function according to the present disclosure provides a tablet with more extension functions, which can not only protect a tablet computer but also add functions to the tablet computer. Moreover, the protective case is further electrically connected to a corresponding external keyboard by magnetic adsorption, which is convenient to use and changes the tablet into a portable mini-laptop, which is especially suitable for mobile officing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventor: Jiao Wang
  • Patent number: 11409337
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a display panel, a main frame located at the rear of the display panel, and an inner plate located between the display panel and the main frame, the display panel being coupled to the inner plate, wherein the inner plate includes a coupling area depressed from the inner plate to the main frame by pressing, and the inner plate and the main frame are coupled to each other at the coupling area by welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seunggyu Kang, Hyuncheol Cho, Sungmo Im, Sangmin Kim, Hodong Hwang, Haknyun Choi
  • Patent number: 11402878
    Abstract: A display device according embodiment of the present disclosure may include a display main body, an image capturing unit which slides between a first position accommodated inside the display main body and a second position protruding outside the display main body, a guide body provided inside the display main body and slidingly guiding the image capturing unit, and a torsion spring connecting the image capturing unit and the guide body to apply an elastic force to the image capturing unit. The direction of the elastic force applied to the image capturing unit by the torsion spring may change when the image capturing unit passes through a third position located between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Hohyung Kim