Patents Examined by Ingrid Wright
  • Patent number: 9524002
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an arm that pivots with respect to a body of the electronic device, a device that pivots with respect to the arm, and a link mechanism that includes a slider disposed along the arm, the link mechanism moving the slider along the arm upon pivoting of the device such that the arm pivots in a direction opposite to a pivoting direction of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Akira Saito
  • Patent number: 9519314
    Abstract: A case for a tablet computer has an upper shell and a lower shell. The upper shell has an open area through which the screen of the tablet computer is exposed. The upper shell is in sealed relation against a periphery of the tablet computer. The lower shell is in sealed relation to the upper shell. A subframe is interposed in sealed relation between the upper shell and the lower shell. The subframe has an outer periphery aligned with an outer periphery of the upper shell and the lower shell. A finned member is affixed to the shells so as to transfer heat from the tablet computer outwardly of the shells. A plurality of pins are formed in the shell and are suitable for allowing electrical connection with the tablet computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: IDS GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Stuart John English, William Jack McNeish, III
  • Patent number: 9513676
    Abstract: To provide an electronic device in which a CPU unit and an arbitrary number of IO units can be connected by stacking without the ineffective size increase of the entire device, and the easy unlocking is possible. The CPU unit 13 and the IO unit 15 are connected by inserting a pair of edge connecters 63, 65 formed at both ends of a riser board 61 into an edge-connector socket 33 formed in a first board 31 of the CPU unit 13 and into an edge-connector socket 57 formed in a second board 51 of the CPU unit 13, and the first board 31 and the second board 51 are electrically connected through the riser board 61.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: A&D Company, Limited
    Inventors: Makoto Yamazaki, Toyohiko Akazawa, Akio Yoshikawa, Hajime Takeo
  • Patent number: 9507377
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a housing, a member, and an intervening portion. The housing includes a pair of first hook portions extending in one direction and an opening extending in the one direction and being between the pair of first hook portions. The member includes a pair of second hook portions configured to catch the first hook portions and is movable in the opening in the one direction. The intervening portion is configured to be between the pair of second hook portions. The intervening portion is configured to keep the member to be in a movable state and to come into contact with the second hook portions that elastically approach to each other such that the second hook portions keep catching the first hook portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Minaguchi, Ryosuke Saito
  • Patent number: 9510472
    Abstract: An upper cover attaching concavity and a lower cover attaching concavity are respectively formed on rear surfaces of an upper housing and a lower housing of a non-limiting example portable game apparatus, and hook recesses each having a portion existing beneath an area are formed on a flat surface of the upper cover attaching concavity and fitting recesses are formed on side surfaces. Hook recesses each having a portion existing beneath an area are formed on a flat surface of the lower cover attaching concavity and fitting recesses are formed on side surfaces. Hooks are inserted into the hook recesses and fitting projections fit into the fitting recesses, whereby an upper cover is attached to the upper cover attaching concavity. Hooks are inserted into the hook recesses and fitting projections fit into the fitting recesses, whereby a lower cover is attached to the lower cover attaching concavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masaki Amano, Hideaki Kamata
  • Patent number: 9491875
    Abstract: A foot pad structure adapted for a device housing includes a supporting pad and an engaging shell for containing the supporting pad. At least one engaging component is disposed on an outer surface of the engaging shell and is adapted for engaging with the device housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.
    Inventors: Joe M T Deng, Lin Jian-Hua, Chien Chung Lin, Liu Te-Yu
  • Patent number: 9487137
    Abstract: A safety message playback device for an automobile including a housing unit, a central processing unit disposed within the housing unit, a speaker disposed on a top surface of the housing unit, a battery compartment disposed within the housing unit, a rechargeable battery disposed within the battery compartment, a recordation and playback control disposed on the top surface of the housing unit, a pair of electrical cables, a magnetically triggered door sensor, and an adhesive strip disposed on a bottom surface of the housing unit. The recordation and playback control is configured to allow a user to record a message into the speaker for playback through the speaker when the recordation and playback control is activated. The speaker is configured to repeatedly playback the message the user has prerecorded when the magnetically triggered door sensor is in an open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Inventor: Mark Castle
  • Patent number: 9485886
    Abstract: A drive module is inserted into an extraction opening of a server and includes a casing, a circuit board, a fixing member fixed on the casing, a plurality of drives, and a cover having a clamping portion and forming a space cooperatively with the casing. The fixing member has engaging and pressing arms. The engaging arm is engaged with the circuit board when the clamping portion and the casing clamp the circuit board. The pressing arm has a hole for engaging with a protruding portion of the server to fix the drive module. The plurality of drives is inserted into the space and plugged into the circuit board. When the pressing arm is pulled toward a first direction or a second direction opposite to the first direction, the hole is disengaged from the protruding portion or the pressing arm drives the engaging arm to be separate from the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Zhao-Ping Fu
  • Patent number: 9474175
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a rack, a chassis slidably moved into the rack, and a fixing assembly. A positioning hole is defined near a front edge of the rack. The fixing assembly includes a fixing device fixed on a front wall of the chassis, a pushing member rotatably coupled with a lower portion of the front wall, and a threaded member. The pushing member includes a pushing tip capable of extending into the positioning hole. A rotary member and a sliding member are assembled in the fixing device; an elastic member is disposed between the fixing device and the sliding member. The rotary member defines a threaded hole; the threaded member extends through the pushing member to engage in the threaded hole. A number of teeth extend from a periphery of the rotary member, a bulge of the sliding member and is capable of insetting between two adjacent teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: ShenZhen Treasure City Technology Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Chieh-Hsiang Lin
  • Patent number: 9472917
    Abstract: This application relates to securing and positioning internal components within a housing of a portable computing device. In one embodiment, a number of insert molded retaining members are utilized to inhibit outward deformation of a sidewall of the housing during a drop event. In another embodiment, a cowling is utilized to retain a number of board-to-board connectors within communication slots on a printed circuit board (PCB). In another embodiment, a C-shaped washer having diametrically opposed protrusions is utilized to adjust an alignment of an internal component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel W. Jarvis, Benjamin J. Pope, Jason S. Sloey, Jonathan C. Denby, Ian A. Spraggs, Shayan Malek
  • Patent number: 9463267
    Abstract: A human-computer interface device comprising an array of elements wherein each element is pivotally coupled to an adjacent first element by a first pivotal coupling and to an adjacent second element by a second pivotal coupling, the first pivotal coupling being operable to pivot about an axis which is substantially orthogonal to an axis about which the second pivotal coupling is operable to pivot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
    Inventors: Yuichiro Katsumoto, Hideaki Nii, Masahiko Inakage
  • Patent number: 9462722
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a chassis, two opposite mounting brackets mounted to a front of the chassis, two latching apparatuses installed to the mounting brackets, and a panel. Each latching apparatus includes a latching member rotatably mounted in the corresponding mounting bracket, a first resilient member connected between the latching member and the mounting bracket for restoring the latching member, and an operating member rotatably mounted to the mounting bracket. The operating member can push the latching member to rotate. Two latching bars protrude out from two opposite ends of the panel. Each latching member includes a latching pole extending through the corresponding bracket. The panel is inserted between the mounting brackets. Each latching bar slidably abuts against the corresponding latching pole to rotate each latching member and deform the first resilient member, until the latching pole slides over the latching bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignees: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guang-Yi Zhang, Bing-Bao Guo
  • Patent number: 9462725
    Abstract: A server rack and its server device are provided. The server device includes a chassis, a motherboard module, a power-supply module, a storage array module, and a plurality of input/output interface elements. The chassis is provided with a containing space, a first opening and a second opening in which the first opening and the second opening are located at two opposite ends of the containing space. The power-supply module and the motherboard module are both disposed in the containing space and are pluggable independently, are both capable of plugging in and out from the chassis via the first opening, and are electrically connected to each other. The input/output interface elements are fixed on the motherboard module, and all of them are disposed at the first opening. The storage array module is disposed in the containing space and is slidable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Maw-Zan Jau, Chao-Jung Chen, Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng, Chih-Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 9442523
    Abstract: A user-wearable devices includes an on-body detector that uses one or more sensors of the device to detect whether or not the user-wearable device is being worn by a user. When the user-wearable device is detected as being worn by a user it is operated in a first mode, and when the user-wearable device is detected as not being worn by a user it is operated in a second mode that consumes less power than the first mode. Operating the user-wearable device in the first mode can include enabling wireless communication between the user-wearable device and a base station. Operating the user-wearable device in the second mode can include disabling wireless communication between the user-wearable device and a base station. Operating the user-wearable device in the second mode can also include disabling sensors of the user-wearable device and/or placing sensors of the user-wearable device in a low power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: SALUTRON, INC.
    Inventors: Yong Jin Lee, Leo Bellontindos, Junnifer Tumanda, Jhovenden Baroro, Eddy Hui, Francis Uy, Buu Chau
  • Patent number: 9442519
    Abstract: A protection case and an electronic device using the same are provided. The protection case includes a base cover in which an electronic device including a main display is accommodated, a flip cover, which includes an auxiliary display on a front surface portion of the flip cover, and a connection portion, which connects the flip cover to the base cover. When the main display is covered with the flip cover, the flip cover is converted to a closed position. When the main display is exposed, the flip cover is converted to an opened position. When the flip cover is in the closed position and the auxiliary display is hidden, the auxiliary display is converted to a first position, and when the flip cover is in the closed position and the auxiliary display is exposed, the auxiliary display is converted to a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chang-bong Shin, Kyu-suk Lee, Seung-heon Lee
  • Patent number: 9442522
    Abstract: An accessory for a wearable computer includes a strap having a cover that covers a plurality of batteries; a first connector that joins a first end of the strap to a first end of the wearable computer; a second connector that joins a second end of the strap to a second end of the wearable computer, the second connector having a housing, and an electrical coupling; and an electronic control unit disposed within the housing, the electronic control unit being electrically connected to the plurality of batteries and being electrically connected to the electrical coupling. The electrical coupling is configured to be electrically connected to the wearable computer, and the batteries supply power to the wearable computer via the electronic control unit and the electrical coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Inventor: Kevin Alan Tussy
  • Patent number: 9442515
    Abstract: A case including metal for an electronic device and an electronic device having the same are provided. The electronic device includes a case comprising an injection-molded part including a plurality of holes, and a metal part formed under the injection-molded part, and the metal part being partially exposed through the plurality of holes. The metal part is divided into a plurality of parts via a cut portion formed in a portion of the metal part not exposed through the plurality of holes, and at least one of the plurality of the divided metal parts is utilized as a component element related to a specific function of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yeonwoo Kim, Hosaeng Kim, Hoon Park, Jinwoo Jung
  • Patent number: 9442537
    Abstract: A server with a detachable panel module includes a case with an accommodating space, a circuit board module and a panel module. The circuit board module includes a circuit board, a first assembling frame and a button. The first assembling frame includes a first plate. The first plate is installed in the accommodating space. The circuit board is installed on the first plate. The button is movable relative to the first plate. The panel module includes a panel and a second assembling frame. The second assembling frame includes a second plate, a plurality of elastic arms. The plurality of elastic arms is connected to the second plate. The panel is installed on the second plate. When the button is separated from the second plate, the elastic force of the plurality of elastic arms making the panel module leaves the accommodating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventor: Chi-Ken Tsai
  • Patent number: 9436228
    Abstract: A fixing mechanism with quick-releasing function for assembling a cover with a base includes a buckling component and an actuating component. The buckling component includes a main body, a first wedging portion, a hooking portion and a pushing portion. The first wedging portion is disposed on a hole on the main body. The hooking portion and the pushing portion are disposed on the main body and respectively protrude from the main body at different directions. The actuating component includes a shaft body and a second wedging portion. The hooking portion is engaged with a constraining portion of the base to constrain a movement between the base and the cover while the buckling component is in the first position. The pushing portion pushes the constraining portion to separate the base and the cover while the buckling component is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Yuanqing Liu, Hsing-Min Chang, Yuanlin Chen, Shin-Yi Hsieh, Chia-Sheng Lin
  • Patent number: 9429991
    Abstract: A wearable memory card holder for positioning on a limb of a wearer may comprise a band for at least partially encircling the limb of the wearer, and a memory card receptacle integrated with the band and configured to receive a memory card. A transmitter may be mounted on the band and configured to wirelessly transmit data from a memory card when the memory card is inserted into the memory card receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Inventors: Joice S. Ruffing, Juliana S. Evans