Patents Examined by Hung V. Ngo
  • Patent number: 11291130
    Abstract: A casing includes a substrate, a protection layer, a bottom coating layer, a coating film layer, and a surface coating layer. The protection layer is formed on the substrate. The bottom coating layer is formed on the protection layer. The coating film layer is formed on the bottom coating layer. The surface coating layer is formed on the coating film layer. One of a surface of the substrate where the protection layer is formed on, a surface of the protection layer where the bottom coating layer is formed on, and a surface of the bottom coating layer where the coating film layer is formed on has a concave-convex pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Wen-Hsin Lin, Cheng-Nan Ling, Wen-Chieh Tai
  • Patent number: 11285921
    Abstract: A device for protecting an optical sensor of a driver assistance system for a motor vehicle includes a protective casing, a motor, and a pressure balancing system. The protective device has a movable part and a fixed part. The protective casing forms a cavity that accommodates an optical sensor that includes an optical surface. Additionally, the protective casing freely rotates about an axis and includes an optical element that faces the optical surface of the optical sensor. The motor rotates the protective casing at speeds allowing the optical element to be cleaned by a centrifugal effect. The pressure balancing system includes an air vent orifice allowing fluid communication between the inside and the outside of the protective device. The air vent orifice is produced in the fixed part of the protective device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Valeo Systèmes d'Essuyage
    Inventors: Marcel Trebouet, Frédéric Bretagnol
  • Patent number: 11291132
    Abstract: A housing includes a base and a mark piece. The base includes a bottom wall and at least one side wall. The at least one side wall is vertically connected to the bottom wall. A height of the side wall exists between a top end of the at least one side wall and the bottom wall. The mark piece is disposed on the bottom wall and extends from the bottom wall in a direction away from the bottom wall. The mark piece has a low scale and a high scale. A distance from the low scale to the bottom wall is less than the height of the side wall. A distance from the high scale to the bottom wall is substantially the same as the height of the side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ju-Ting Lai, Chung-Hsien Huang, Hsing-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 11277928
    Abstract: An interlocking device for monitoring and enforcing shipping and acclimation conditions includes a servo motor, at least one locking pin, a battery, and a printed circuit board disposed within an enclosure, where the battery is electrically coupled to the servo motor and the printed circuit board. The interlocking device further includes a housing of an input power connector insertable into a first end of the enclosure to prevent the housing of the input power connector from electrically coupling to a power source, where the servo motor is configurable to engage the at least one locking pin to prevent a removal of the housing of the input power connector while inserted in the first end of the enclosure. The interlocking device further includes the printed circuit board configured to control the servo motor based on readings from one or more sensors electrically coupled to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Kane, Colin Edward Masterson, Suraush Khambati, Jacob Porter, Marie Cole
  • Patent number: 11277947
    Abstract: An electromagnetic and radiation shielding system includes an enclosure shaped to define a room interior which is accessible through a single passageway, and a door assembly for selectively enclosing the passageway. The door assembly includes a frame mounted within the passageway in conductive contact with a metal skin incorporated into the enclosure, a door with a conductive rear face which is adapted to selectively enclose the passageway, and a seal for selectively establishing continuous, peripheral contact between the frame and the rear face of the door when the door is disposed in its closed position. In this manner, the door assembly cooperates with the enclosure to form an electromagnetic barrier around the room interior in all directions. Additionally, both the enclosure and the door are constructed with a layer of radiation-shielding material to form a radiation barrier around the room interior in all directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: NEW ENGLAND LEAD BURNING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Seth Warnock, Rodney Gebert, Frank Leban
  • Patent number: 11266007
    Abstract: A network device having improved thermal cooling is provided. The network device comprising a first printed circuit board (PCB) having a plurality of common connectors and one or more second PCBs, each second PCB coupled to the first PCB by a respective common connector of the plurality of common connectors. Each second PCB may include a set of ports, each port in the set of ports coupled to the respective common connector via the second PCB. The one or more second PCBs may be arranged vertically parallel on a front side of the first PCB such that each second PCB forms a 90 degree angle with the first PCB to allow air to flow in spaces defined between vertically adjacent second PCBs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Arista Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Pranav Devalla, Harold Wang, Prasad Venugopal, Aravind Musunuri
  • Patent number: 11266048
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave absorber (1a) includes a resistive layer (10), an electrically conductive layer (20) and a dielectric layer (30). The electrically conductive layer (20) has a sheet resistance lower than a sheet resistance of the resistive layer (10). The dielectric layer (30) is disposed between the resistive layer (10) and the electrically conductive layer (20). The electromagnetic wave absorber (1a) has a first slit (15). The first slit (15) extends, in the resistive layer (10), from a first principal surface (10a) distal to the dielectric layer (30) toward the dielectric layer (30) in a direction perpendicular to the first principal surface (10a) and divides the resistive layer (10) into a plurality of first blocks (17). Each of the first blocks (17) has a minimum dimension (D1) of 2 mm or more at the first principal surface (10a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuto Yamagata, Hironobu Machinaga, Hiroichi Ukei, Takehiro Ui
  • Patent number: 11258335
    Abstract: A motor stator anti-interference structure includes: a silicon steel sheet assembly, the silicon steel sheet assembly including multiple silicon steel sheets held between an insulation support assembly; a winding assembly wound on the silicon steel sheet assembly and the insulation support assembly; and a connection member inlaid in the silicon steel sheet assembly to contact all the silicon steel sheets. All the silicon steel sheets are connected to a grounding end of a circuit board through the connection member so as to increase contact area between the connection member and the silicon steel sheet assembly. The electromagnetic interference is conducted through the connection member to the grounding end of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Asia Vital Components (China) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Zhou, Chih-Cheng Lai
  • Patent number: 11256057
    Abstract: A lens module includes a printed circuit board; a lens mounted on one side of the printed circuit board, and a shielding cover. The shielding cover comprises a cavity. A part of the printed circuit board and a part of the lens are received in the cavity of the shielding cover. The disclosure also relates to an electronic device using the lens module. The lens module can filter the magnetic interference of the external signal and facilitate heat generated by the lens module dissipate outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: TRIPLE WIN TECHNOLOGY(SHENZHEN) CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Chun-Yan Yan
  • Patent number: 11252850
    Abstract: Door sealing systems for providing an RF seal to a door to an enclosure such as an anechoic chamber are disclosed. According to one aspect, a door sealing system includes a door having an outer periphery and a plurality of extendable and retractable knife edges along at least a portion of the outer periphery. The door sealing system includes a door frame having a plurality of channels corresponding to the plurality of knife edges, each knife edge projecting outward in a direction parallel to a face of the door and into the corresponding channels when the door is in a sealed position. Further, the door sealing system may include channels in the door frame along which knife edges of the door frame move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: ETS-Lindgren Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Adair Rodgers
  • Patent number: 11246246
    Abstract: To provide an electronic control device capable of suppressing leakage of radio-frequency radiation noise, radiated from a noise source, to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoko Ohkubo, Masahiro Toyama, Hideyuki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11243582
    Abstract: An information handling system housing vents air at a grid of openings formed in a wall with a member extending outward from each intersection of the grid to define air channels. Each member terminates with a polished planar surface that reflects light against a flat underlying material. Variable angles of the polished planar surface relative to the plane of the wall creates a presentation of isolated reflections against the flat background that vary based upon a viewing angle of the housing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Richard Andrew Crisp, Richard William Guzman
  • Patent number: 11246248
    Abstract: An RFI/EMI shielding material composed of a conductive multi-fiber having a plurality of metalized monofilaments, each monofilament having a core of stainless steel or low carbon steel with an initial diameter and at least two layers of metal or metal alloy electroplated on the core which is drawn after electroplating to a final diameter less than the initial diameter, in the range of about 45-80 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Micrometal Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas F. Burke
  • Patent number: 11246235
    Abstract: A waterproof structure includes a housing and a waterproof button. The housing has a first surface, a first side surface, and a second surface. The first side surface is recessed in the first surface to define a first opening, the first side surface is connected between the first surface and the second surface, and the second surface is exposed from the first opening. The waterproof button is disposed in the first opening and includes at least one first water blocking structure, and the first water blocking structure is pressed and deformed to abut against the first side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Inventors: Hung-Wen Hsu, Che-Cheng Chang, Jian-Lun Chen
  • Patent number: 11246247
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave shielding film includes a substrate; and an electromagnetic wave shielding layer disposed on the substrate and including a laminated structure having a planar shape and including a stack of metal nanoplates, wherein each metal nanoplate of the stack of metal nanoplates is staggered with respect to one or more other metal nanoplate of the stack of metal nanoplates so that the laminated structure has pores defined therein and between laminated structures in a stack of laminates structures. An additional embodiment of an electromagnetic wave shielding film includes an electromagnetic wave shielding layer including a composite of a polymer resin matrix composed of a polymer and at least one metal nanoplate, wherein each metal nanoplate of the at least one metal nanoplate is staggered with respect to one or more other metal nanoplate of the at least one metal nanoplate so that the composite has pores defined therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Ho-Koang Choi, Byung Joon Moon, Dong Su Lee, Sukang Bae, Seoung-Ki Lee, Sang Hyun Lee, Tae-Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 11237279
    Abstract: A radiographic apparatus includes a sensor panel that obtains a radiographic image by converting radiation incident thereon into an electric signal, a sensor support base that supports the sensor panel, and a housing that houses the sensor panel and the sensor support base therein. The housing includes a stack structure including a first conductor layer, a second conductor layer electrically connected to the first conductor layer via an electric connection member, and a nonconductor layer disposed between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satoru Omura, Motoki Tagawa
  • Patent number: 11239143
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a first substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a first conductive via extended through the first substrate; a second conductive via extended through the first substrate; and a third conductive via extended through the first substrate, wherein the second conductive via is disposed between the first conductive via and the third conductive via, the second conductive via is configured to connect to a signal source, and the first conductive via and the third conductive via are configured to connect to an electrical ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD.
    Inventors: Pei-Haw Tsao, Tsung-Hsing Lu, Li-Huan Chu
  • Patent number: 11239642
    Abstract: As described herein, a wall box installation tool may include a template body, one or more hollow pegs, a guide ring, and/or one or more template cards. The template cards may be configured to be installed on a front surface of the template body. A template card may define a plurality of holes therethrough. The guide ring may be configured to be installed within a pre-drilled hole in a wall. Each template card may be associated with a respective electrical device configuration. A subset of bores extending through the hollow pegs may be accessible via the template card when the template card is installed on the front surface of the template body. The wall box installation tool may include one or more fasteners that are configured to install a template card onto the front surface of the template body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Gregory S. Altonen, Adam Andersen, Xavier Boudin, Michel Hanns, Eric Johnathan Mace
  • Patent number: 11219145
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a self-wrap electromagnetic wave shield tube and a braid member, which are capable of improving workability of cable connection or cable shielding work and minimizing weight and costs while securing sufficient electromagnetic wave shielding performance in an electrical component space of a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: LS CABLE & SYSTEM LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Eun Cho, Young Hoon Yang, Chang Suk Kim, Un Kyoo Park
  • Patent number: 11219144
    Abstract: Electromagnetic shields for sub-modules of electronic modules are disclosed. Electronic modules may include multiple sub-modules arranged on a substrate with an electromagnetic shield arranged to conformally cover the sub-modules as well as portions of the substrate that are uncovered by the sub-modules. Electromagnetic shields are disclosed that are configured to extend between sub-modules to form one or more divider walls. The one or more divider walls may be configured to extend below mounting surfaces of electronic components in the sub-modules to provide improved reduction of electromagnetic interference (EMI) or crosstalk between various sub-modules. Electromagnetic shields are also disclosed that form perimeter sidewalls that extend below mounting surfaces of electronic components of sub-modules to provide improved reduction of EMI from other modules or other external sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly M. Lear, Thomas Scott Morris, Jeffrey Miller, Jeffrey Dekosky