Patents Examined by Hung V. Ngo
  • Electronic device and waterproof structure for electronic device
    Patent number: 11363732
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device and a waterproof structure for the electronic device. The waterproof structure for the electronic device includes: an outer housing having a housing opening; and an electronic device housing at least partially mounted in the outer housing through the housing opening, wherein the electronic device housing has an electronic device housing surface, the housing opening has an opening surface opposite to the electronic device housing surface, and the electronic device housing surface and the opening surface are spaced apart to define a gap therebetween, and wherein one of the electronic device housing surface and the opening surface defines a longitudinally extending groove, and an opening of the groove is orientated toward the other one of the electronic device housing surface and the opening surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Haifeng Lu, Ying Zhang, Huobing Huang, Meiqi Wang
  • Housing
    Patent number: 11363730
    Abstract: A housing for accommodating electrical components, in particular in a liquid pump, includes a housing pot including a bottom and a surrounding wall protruding from the bottom, as well as a housing cover closing the housing pot, including a shoulder protruding in the direction of the bottom. A simplified and cost-efficient production of the housing as well as an increased operational safety of the liquid pump are attained in that the housing cover forms a caulking connection with the surrounding wall of the housing pot with the help of at least one recess formed in the shoulder. The disclosure furthermore relates to a liquid pump including a housing of this type as well as a method for producing a liquid pump of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MAHLE International GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Diekmann, Robin Drefs, Sven B. Friedrich, Eugen Makarow, Andrej Rul, Jeffrey Van Delden, Benjamin Weimann
  • EMP protection for structures having coal combustion residual components
    Patent number: 11357141
    Abstract: An electromagnetic emission shield for protecting a facility having a volume of coal combustion residue. The shield includes a carbon-based material positioned inside an interior space of the coal combustion residue proximate to and interposed between a potential source of electromagnetic emission and the facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: GO TEAM CCR, LLC
    Inventors: Francis Norbert Hector, Jr., Davidson A. Scott
  • Electronic assembly, electronic apparatus including the same and method for fabricating electronic assembly
    Patent number: 11355453
    Abstract: An electronic assembly according to an embodiment includes: a circuit board including a first edge surface and a trace having an electrical conductivity; an electronic element including a lateral edge spatially spaced apart from the first edge surface, and mounted on the circuit board and electrically connected to the trace; a protection layer including a second edge surface and disposed on the electronic element to substantially cover the electronic element; a magnetic field shielding film including a third edge surface and disposed on the protection layer; and a first metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Jiwoong Kong, Jung Ju Suh, Seong-Woo Woo
  • RF shielding can with integral spring fingers
    Patent number: 11348877
    Abstract: The proposed design concerns RF shielding can that has the benefits of an RF can, but without compromising the thermal design of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Starry, Inc.
    Inventors: Ana Lo, Andrew Baisch
  • Auto-lock structure for riser
    Patent number: 11343928
    Abstract: A lock assembly is disclosed that includes a base formed from a magnetic flux conducting material, the base secure to a chassis. A pin slidably disposed in the base and configured to move from a first open position to a second closed position. A magnet, disposed on a surface of a riser and configured to create a force on the pin that causes the pin to move from the open position to the closed position when the riser is disposed with the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Hung-Wen Wu, Kuang Hsi Lin
  • Electrical device and component for electrical device
    Patent number: 11343932
    Abstract: Provided are an electrical device and a component for an electrical device that can efficiently suppress the occurrence of a short circuit between a housing and a circuit board. The electrical device includes a housing and a circuit board housed inside the housing. The housing includes a metallic main housing to be attached to an installation section and a sub-housing attached to the main housing. The main housing includes a main wall, extending along the circuit board with a gap between the main wall and the circuit board, and a board attachment portion having the circuit board attached thereto. An insulating plate having insulating properties is fixed to an inner surface of the main wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Kanatani, Takuya Nidaira
  • Textured surface for titanium parts
    Patent number: 11340652
    Abstract: This application relates to an enclosure for a portable electronic device. The enclosure includes a titanium substrate having a textured surface that includes randomly distributed peaks separated from each other by valleys, where tops of the peaks are separated from bottoms of the valleys by at least a minimum separation distance such that the textured surface is characterized as having an Sq (root mean square height) that is greater than 0.3 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Curran, Sonja R. Postak, Todd S. Mintz
  • Supporting assembly
    Patent number: 11332089
    Abstract: A supporting assembly configured to fix a casing of an electronic device to a chassis and including a plate body, a cushioning component and a fastener. The plate body includes a mounting hole. The cushioning component is disposed through the mounting hole. The cushioning component includes a through hole. The fastener is disposed through the through hole of the cushioning component. A side of the fastener is configured to be fixed to the chassis, and the cushioning component is compressed by another side of the fastener and the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chi-Cheng Hsiao, Ying-Chao Peng, Chun-Ying Yang
  • Latch structure and device with the same
    Patent number: 11337319
    Abstract: A latch structure includes a moving member, a nut and a screw. The moving member includes a base plate, a receiving portion and a limiting portion. The receiving portion has a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion is connected to the base plate. The limiting portion is disposed at the second end portion of the receiving portion. The nut is fixed into the receiving portion and positioned proximate to the first end portion. The screw is received in the receiving portion and confined to between the limiting portion and the nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kun-Cheng Lee
  • Shielding member
    Patent number: 11337344
    Abstract: A shielding member includes a frame body and an outer cover. Two sides of a first end of the frame body respectively include a first shaft portion. Two sides of the frame body respectively include a first side plate. The frame body is covered by the outer cover. Two sides of a first end of the outer cover respectively include a second shaft portion, and each of the second shaft portions is pivotally connected to the corresponding first shaft portion. Two sides of the outer cover respectively include a second side plate, and each of the second side plates covers an outer side of the corresponding first side plate. Accordingly, the frame body and the outer cover are assembled to form a one-piece metallic shielding member. The structure of the shielding member is simple, the manufacturing for the shielding member is easy, and the cost for manufacturing the shielding member is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Wen-Yu Wang, Ming-Yung Chang, Tzu-Hao Li, Yu-Xuan Tung
  • Case assembly and electronic device
    Patent number: 11330734
    Abstract: A case assembly and an electronic device are provided. The case assembly includes a metal case and a plastic cladding body. The metal case includes an inner side and an outer side, the inner side is opposite to the outer side. The metal case further includes a channel which is concavely disposed on the inner side to divide the inner side into a plurality of thermal insulation areas. The plastic cladding body is disposed on the metal case, and completely covers the outer side of the metal case. The electronic device includes a case assembly and a plurality of heart sources. The heart sources are corresponded to the thermal insulation areas on the inner side of the metal case respectively. Thus, the case assembly and the electronic device are able to prevent the heat produced from elements effect each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Kuang Wang, Chin Kai Sun, Chun-Lung Chu, Tung-Hsin Yeh
  • Electromagnetic shield structure and wire harness
    Patent number: 11324150
    Abstract: A first braided wire and a second braided wire that are two cylindrical flexible shield members are fixed with a crimp member at different positions in the circumferential direction on a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the electromagnetic shield pipe. Thus, the cylindrical end portions of the braided wires are loosened, and each of sheet-like portions is formed on the end portion, and the sheet-like portions of the end portions of the braided wires are disposed at different positions in the circumferential direction of the electromagnetic shield pipe and fixed with the crimp member on a metal layer of the electromagnetic shield pipe. That is, the braided wires are fixed in a section crimped by the crimp member without being overlapped with each other in the circumferential direction of the electromagnetic shield pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Yokoyama, Yoshikazu Tanaka
  • Buckle assembly and electronic device using the same
    Patent number: 11317523
    Abstract: A buckle assembly and an electronic device using the same are provided. The buckle assembly is adapted to be assembled on a housing of the electronic device. The housing has an inner surface and a first hole. The buckle assembly includes an assembly element, a slider, and an abutting member. The assembly element is assembled in the first hole along a first direction; the slider is disposed on the inner surface of the housing and is capable of moving relative to the housing along a second direction to lock or unlock the assembly element, wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction; and the abutting member is disposed on the inner surface of the housing and is used to abut against the slider when the slider locks the assembly element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chen-Yun Hsieh, Wei-Lung Lin, Geng-Siang Hu
  • Shielding housing for a detachable fully shielded internal cable assembly
    Patent number: 11317547
    Abstract: A shielding housing includes a receptacle configured to receive an electrical connector assembly including an electrical connector and a mating connector connected to the electrical connector. The receptacle is formed as a straight passage with an opening at each end of the straight passage. Either end of the straight passage receives one of the electrical connector and the mating connector along a mating axis coaxial with the straight passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Services GmbH, TE Connectivity Belgium BVBA, TE Electronics Svenska AB
    Inventors: Lieven Decrock, Rickard Valentin Barrefelt, Dustin Rowe, Yublia May, Kylie Elizabeth Hostrander, Richard James Long, Julia Anne Lachman, Jacob Rita, Charles Jameson Valentine, Magnus Andersson
  • Wireless communication device
    Patent number: 11309626
    Abstract: A wireless communication device is provided and includes a communication module, a dust and moisture resistant adhesive, and a nano-metallic layer. The communication module includes a circuit board, a communication chip and a plurality of passive components mounted on a carrying surface of the circuit board, and an insulating sheet that is disposed on the passive components and that has a thickness smaller than or equal to 150 ?m. The dust and moisture resistant adhesive covers any electrically conductive portions of the communication module on the carrying surface. The nano-metallic layer covers the dust and moisture resistant adhesive, the communication chip, the passive components, and the insulating sheet, and is electrically coupled to a grounding portion of the circuit board. The wireless communication device does not include any grounding metal housing mounted on the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: AZUREWAVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Hao Liao, Hsin-Yeh Huang, Shu-Han Wu
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: 11304347
    Abstract: An electronic device, including a circuit board module, a first shielding plate and multiple first shielding plugs, are provided. The circuit board module includes a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first electromagnetic wave source and multiple first clamp bases. The first electromagnetic wave source and the first clamp bases are located on the first surface. The first electromagnetic wave source is surrounded by the first clamp bases. The first shielding plugs are respectively inserted into the first clamp bases. The first shielding plate is disposed at a side of the first surface of the circuit board module and connected to the first shielding plugs. The first shielding plate and the first shielding plugs jointly cover the first electromagnetic wave source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu-Ti Kuo, Chien-Yi Lee, Ching-Jen Wang
  • Method for shielding system-in-package assemblies from electromagnetic interference
    Patent number: 11304346
    Abstract: A method for shielding a system-in-package (SIP) assembly from electromagnetic interference (EMI) includes laminating a pre-form EMI shielding film onto the assembly in a single lamination process. The EMI shielding film may be moldable in a vacuum lamination process to cover the SIP assembly and to substantially fill trenches formed in the assembly between adjacent component modules. The SIP assembly is accordingly shielded from EMI through the application of a single EMI shielding film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Xuan Hong, Daniel Maslyk, Qizhuo Zhuo, Juliet Grace Sanchez
  • Locking mechanism
    Patent number: 11304321
    Abstract: A locking mechanism includes a first shell, a second shell, a waterproof ring and a locking component. The first shell has a first carrying surface, a second carrying surface and an open hole. The second shell includes a fixing hole recessed in a third carrying surface. A diameter of the fixing hole is less than that of the open hole. The waterproof ring is clamped between the second and the third carrying surface. The locking component penetrates through the open hole, the waterproof ring and the fixing hole so as to be locked to the second shell. The locking component has a first and a second abutting surface. The first abutting surface abuts against the first carrying surface. The second abutting surface passes through the open hole to abut against the third carrying surface, so that the waterproof ring is pressed between the second and the third carrying surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chun-Tang Hsu
  • Kit of parts, modular housing, street pole and mounting method
    Patent number: 11296395
    Abstract: The invention relates to a kit of parts attachable to a substrate, said kit of parts having an elongated, electric conductive bracket extending along an axis and attachable to the substrate in an electrically grounded connection thereto. The kit of part further includes a modular housing having a base mountable onto the bracket, a cover mounted onto the base, the cover and the base enclosing a chamber, and a plate-shaped, axially extending, elongated electric conductive carrier provided inside the chamber and in electrically grounded connection to the bracket. The invention further relates to a modular housing suitable for use in the kit of parts, a street pole having said kit of parts, and a method for mounting a modular housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Oscar Hendrikus Willemsen, Mathew Lee Bembridge, Vincent Johannes Jacobus Van Montfort, Petra Bijl