Patents Examined by Ingrid Wright
  • Patent number: 9863572
    Abstract: A lifting device configured to adjustably hold a display device at a certain height includes a support frame configured to support the display device, a shaft, a toothed gear, and a rack secured on the support frame. The shaft includes a wide portion secured on the display device and a narrow portion carrying the toothed gear, friction between the wide portion and the narrow portion being sufficient to hold the static weight of the display device. The toothed gear meshes with the rack. An upward or downward push on the display device drives the gear to move up and down along the rack to adjust the height of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: ENNOCONN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Chi Liu, Shih-Tse Chen
  • Patent number: 9867297
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a storage device includes an enclosure, and a circuit board assembly in the enclosure. The circuit board assembly includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board opposed to the first circuit board, a third circuit board opposed to the second circuit board, a first connector connecting the first and second circuit boards to each other, a second connector connecting the second and third circuit boards to each other, and is offset to the first connector in a plane direction, a first spacer between the first and second circuit boards, and a second spacer between the second and third circuit boards. The first spacer includes a support body at a position opposed to the second connector and in contact with the first and second circuit boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akitoshi Suzuki, Yoshiharu Matsuda
  • Patent number: 9860998
    Abstract: This invention covers a display system which includes modular deployable display units, a stand, a power source, a data input device and a display support. Each unit includes a housing, a spool assembly, a flexible electronic display member, an electrical cable and a connecting system for connecting the units to the stand and to one another, in an end to end arrangement. The assembly is mounted within the housing and includes a spool having opposite ends, to which the spool is rotatably mounted. The flexible member includes LEDs for displaying a programmable message. The flexible member has an end coupled to the spool and is displaceable between a wound configuration where the member is wound onto the spool and an unwound configuration where the member is unwound from the spool. A free end of the member is coupled to the support for displaying the message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Inventor: Mansoor Malik
  • Patent number: 9857833
    Abstract: A portable information handling system hinge rotationally couples lid and main housing portions to each other with one or more shafts that rotate relative to the housing portions and/or each other. Threads integrated along the shaft length engage off axis with a friction element that generates resistance to housing portion rotational movement. Placement of the friction element in length and/or width vectors aids reduction of the system housing height vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Jason S. Morrison, Laurent A. Regimbal
  • Patent number: 9851762
    Abstract: A computing system that includes a computing device, the computing device comprising: an enclosure; a printed circuit board (‘PCB’) movably affixed to the enclosure; a force imparting component coupled to the PCB, the force imparting component configured to exert a force on the PCB when the computing device enclosure is inserted into a computing device receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Pure Storage, Inc.
    Inventors: David Baik, William Cerreta, Peter Kirkpatrick
  • Patent number: 9851748
    Abstract: A display member and a base member. A support member can be attached between the display member and the base member. The support member can extend from the display member. A magnetic latch can magnetically attract an edge of the display member to one of the support member and the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Mark David Senatori, Insun Hong, Dimitre Mehandjiysky, Kevin L Massaro
  • Patent number: 9854688
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a frame, a panel module and an adjusting pad. The frame has a supporting surface, and the panel module includes a substrate and a plurality of chips. The substrate is disposed on the supporting surface and has a bonding region at a side of the substrate. The chips are disposed on the bonding region, wherein the chips and the supporting surface are located at two opposite surfaces of the substrate. The adjusting pad is disposed between the supporting surface and the bonding region, and the thickness of the adjusting pad is gradually reduced from a center portion of the adjusting pad toward two sides of the adjusting pad. Another display apparatus, in which a frame and an adjusting pad are integrated into one piece, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Wen-Hung Huang, Tung-Shin Lin, Cheng-Min Tsai
  • Patent number: 9846456
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a display, a sliding track, a hinge, and a host. The display has a receiving groove. The sliding track is disposed in the display, and faces the receiving groove. The hinge is movably disposed on the sliding track, and located in the receiving groove. The host is disposed on the hinge. The host is rotated and moved relative to the display via the hinge. When the portable electronic device is in a tablet mode, the host is located in the receiving groove, and sustainably parallel to the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Pin-Fan Pan, Chia-Fu Lu, Yen-Ching Wang
  • Patent number: 9841787
    Abstract: A portable computing device is disclosed. The portable computing device includes a retention member that provides a force to a flexible circuit disposed in a top portion and a bottom portion of the portable computing device. The retention member limits movement of the flexible circuit when, for example, the flexible circuit receives a force in response to the top portion pivoting with respect to the bottom portion. The bottom portion of the portable computing devices includes a bottom case having multiple terraced regions. The terraced regions allow the bottom portion to receive additional internal components, such as one or more battery packs, a main logic board, and/or one or more speaker modules. The battery packs are secured to the terraced region via adhesive rings. Although the terraced regions require additional material removed from the bottom case, the internal components secured to the bottom case provide structural support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas I. Reid, Matthew W. Blum, Fabio T. Campos, Houtan R. Farahani
  • Patent number: 9841792
    Abstract: A chassis in a device housing includes a housing of the housing, a hard disk drive, and a fastening apparatus. The housing includes a backplane and a side plate defining an opening. The hard disk drive defining an opening is electrically coupled to the backplane. The fastening apparatus includes a connecting member and a fastening member. The connecting member includes a connecting post. The connecting post defines a mounting hole. Two locking protrusions protrude from the connecting post. A raised portion protrudes from an inside wall of the mounting hole. The fastening member includes an urging portion. The fastening apparatus is coupled between the hard disk drive and the side plate. The fastening member is mounted in the mounting hole, and the raised portion is urged by the urging portions. The connecting post undergoes elastic deformation, and the locking protrusions are locked in the openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignees: HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS (TIANJIN) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Tang Peng, Guang-Yi Zhang, Xiao-Zheng Li
  • Patent number: 9823711
    Abstract: The invention provides a Storage Bridge Bay system, comprising: plural hard disk drives, each arranged within a corresponding slot; one or more Storage Bridge Bay canisters, wherein there is provided in the or each canister one or more solid state drives. In addition in an embodiment, the invention provides a Storage Bridge Bay canister, the canister comprising: electrical connections in accordance with the Storage Bridge Bay standard; and, one or more solid state drives arranged within the canister and arranged in communication with the electrical connections, thereby enabling control of and transfer of data to or from the solid state drives via the electrical connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Hopkins, Andrew Goodwin
  • Patent number: 9807899
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a storage device includes an enclosure, and a circuit board assembly in the enclosure. The circuit board assembly includes a first circuit board on which a heat-producing component is mounted, a second circuit board, a third circuit board, a first connector connecting the first and second circuit boards, a second connector connecting the second and third circuit boards, a first spacer sandwiched between the first and second circuit boards, and a second spacer sandwiched between the second and third circuit boards. The first spacer includes a spacer frame, a partition member opposed to the heat-producing component with a gap between, and a thermal transfer member attached to the partition member and in contact with the first circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Matsuda, Akitoshi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9803795
    Abstract: A multiple display mount system that offers easy and efficient, independent lateral and vertical adjustment of each individual display. The system includes a base, a vertical member extending upwardly from the base, and a pair of arms extending laterally outward on opposing sides of the vertical member. A pair of display interfaces is operably coupled to a separate one of the arms. Each of the display interfaces can enable the electronic display received thereon to be tilted about a generally horizontal tilt axis extending through the electronic display, and/or enable the electronic display received thereon to be pivoted about a generally vertical axis extending through the electronic display. The arms may be pivotally connected to the vertical member to enable positioning of the displays, and the displays may be separately vertically positionable relative to the vertical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Milestone AV Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Jamie Brandt
  • Patent number: 9798357
    Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) docking system includes an IHS chassis defining an alignment member passageway and an IHS connector opening. An IHS connector is movably coupled to the IHS chassis adjacent the IHS connector opening and resiliently biased into a retracted orientation. An alignment member securing device is moveably coupled to the IHS chassis adjacent the alignment member passageway and resiliently biased into a non-securing orientation. At least one docking actuator is located in the alignment passageway and coupled to the IHS connector and alignment member securing device. When the IHS chassis is docked with a docking station including a docking connector and an alignment member, the alignment member engages the at least one docking actuator to move the IHS connector relative to the IHS chassis to mate with the docking connector, and move the alignment member securing device relative to the IHS chassis to engage the alignment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: Mark David Senatori
  • Patent number: 9801291
    Abstract: An image display device comprises: a flexible display unit configured to be bent, by an external force, in a first state and a second state where the flexible display unit has different radiuses of curvature; and a middle cabinet assembly configured to cover side surfaces of the flexible display unit, wherein the middle cabinet assembly comprises: a first middle cabinet coupled to the flexible display unit, and disposed to cover a first side of the flexible display unit; and a second middle cabinet disposed to cover a second side of the flexible display unit, the second side perpendicular to the first side, and the second middle cabinet configured to perform a relative motion with respect to the first middle cabinet when the flexible display unit is transformed between the first state and the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Gwangwon Lee, Choongsuk Park
  • Patent number: 9791898
    Abstract: A USB data card includes a main body and a USB protection cover which is used for protecting a USB plug. The main body is provided with a decorative part which is detachably connected with the USB protection cover. The utility model can prevent the USB protection cover from loss, so that the time for the USB protection cover to protect the USB plug is prolonged, and then the service life of the USB data card is prolonged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: XI'AN ZHONGXING NEW SOFTWARE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yanxin Chen, Xiaoliang Zhang
  • Patent number: 9778707
    Abstract: A system for displaying electronic construction documents includes an enclosure having doors extending across an open side to define an interior volume that is sealable against infusion of dust and water, and a monitor panel extending across the width of the interior volume to define a back chamber between the monitor panel and a back panel of the enclosure. The system includes a purge air system in fluid communication with the back chamber and that is operable, when door are open, to draw in and filter air from outside the enclosure and establish a positive air pressure within the back chamber. The monitor panel includes a perimeter frame with a center aperture and a transparent pane extending across the center aperture for viewing an electronic display therethrough, and is angularly adjustable between a plurality of angled upright positions while maintaining the positive pressure within the back chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Performance Contracting, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas M. San Clemente
  • Patent number: 9760119
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device is provided, including a main body, a battery module and at least a wearing portion. The main body includes a housing, a battery module, and a through hole extended through the housing. The circuit module is disposed in the housing, the battery module is detachably received in the through hole, and the wearing portion is connected to the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yew-Chung Hung, Wen-Shu Lee
  • Patent number: 9760126
    Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a first case, a second case relatively rotating with respect to the first case, coupling portions respectively coupled to ends of the first and second cases, to relatively rotate the first and second cases, and a display including a first portion formed on the first case, the first portion having at least one portion fixed to the first case, and a second portion integrally formed with the first portion, the second portion being disposed on the second case. The coupling portion includes a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion, respectively having one end portions fixed to the ends of the first and second cases to integrally rotate with the first and second cases, and rotating portions respectively coupled to the other end portions of the first and second connecting portions, to rotate the first and second connecting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Choonghwan Shin, Seongchan Byun, Sanghoon Song, Insu Song
  • Patent number: 9756745
    Abstract: A drawer for receiving components may comprise an inner member, and intermediate member, and a carrier member. The carrier member may comprise a substantially planar top generally parallel to an inner member bottom, a substantially planar bottom generally parallel to the top, a carrier spine mechanically coupled between the top and the bottom, a plurality of bays, each bay having one or more structural components for receiving a modular information handling resource and configured such that the bay is accessed for insertion or removal of the modular information handling resource via a carrier member side of the carrier member generally parallel to an inner member side, and at least one web generally parallel to the inner member sides and mechanically coupling the carrier member to the intermediate member such that when the drawer is translated to an open position, each of the plurality of bays is accessible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: Lawrence A. Kyle