Patents Examined by Ingrid Wright
  • Patent number: 9235237
    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: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: Mark David Senatori
  • Patent number: 9223344
    Abstract: A docking station is used to hold an electronic apparatus and includes a docking body and a hinge module. The docking body includes an operation interface and a hinge portion. The hinge module includes a hinge element and a holding element. The hinge element is pivotally connected to the hinge portion and connected to the holding element. The holding element and the docking body form a groove. The holding element for holding the electronic apparatus is rotatable relative to the docking body for more than 270 degrees through the rotation space provided by the groove until being stopped by the docking body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chi-Han Wang, Chun-Liang Yeh, Hua-Yu Huang, Mei-Hui Wang
  • Patent number: 9207723
    Abstract: A cable box docking station rack includes a frame carrying a series of shelves, and each shelf including a series of docking stations for connection with cable boxes. Each docking station includes a fixed back plate and a slide plate in sliding relation. The back plate includes a series of connectors that correspond with communications ports on the rear portion of a cable box, and after the cable box is placed into the sliding plate, it slides inwardly until the connectors engage the communication and power ports on the cable box. The rack houses a computer system, video monitors, and data entry tools, together with the docking stations, which is used for inspection and diagnostic analysis of cable boxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Inventor: Roger Blaine Trivette
  • Patent number: 9201450
    Abstract: A first module including a first port to connect to a second module including a second port. The first port including an attraction field to attract a second port if the second port was within the attraction field. A flexible member can be connected to the first port and a first edge can apply a force to the first port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Martin Goldstein, Arlen L. Roesner, Paul Kessler Rosenberg
  • Patent number: 9201459
    Abstract: Provided is a portable terminal, including: a window module; a display module disposed below the window module; a housing partially surrounding the window module and the display module; and a waterproof portion disposed on at least one of a bottom surface and a side surface of the display module to impede liquids from penetrating between the display module and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Pantech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yung Wook Lee, Sung Pil Kim
  • Patent number: 9192233
    Abstract: Described is a lightweight and durable storage device comprising a main enclosure of rigid material with interior partitions (FIG. 18), a hingedly attached and lockable access door panel (210) (119), an infinitely designable cosmetic door cover (113), a means for securing the enclosure to a fixed surface (111), a self contained unit for charging electronic items stored inside the enclosure (1410), a means for exterior venting (218), an exterior attachment (114) and means for securing larger items outside the enclosure (1210), and a non-abrasive surface material (1810) applied to high use areas of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Inventor: Brian Delynn Smith
  • Patent number: 9185836
    Abstract: A first rear member is arranged on a rear surface of a display member. A second rear member has a shape surrounding a side surface of the first rear member. The second rear member is attached from a rear surface side of the first rear member to house the first rear member. An interconnect member connected to the display member extends between the side surface of the first rear member and the second rear member. An end portion of the interconnect member is inserted in an insertion part having an opening formed in the side surface of the first rear member. A condition where the interconnect member is inserted in the first rear member is maintained before and after attachment of the second rear member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Teramoto
  • Patent number: 9179571
    Abstract: A cable backplane system includes a backplane having a plurality of openings and mounting blocks proximate the openings. A cable rack is coupled to a rear of the backplane that includes a tray, spacers coupled to the tray and cable connector assemblies held by corresponding spacers. Each cable connector assembly has a plurality of cables extending between cable connectors. The cable connectors are received in corresponding openings and held in position relative to the backplane by the spacers. Locking assemblies are held by the tray and have a latch proximate to a front edge of the tray configured to interact with a corresponding one of the mounting blocks to lockably couple the tray to the backplane. The locking assemblies each have an actuator at a rear of the tray that is actuated by an installer to lock and unlock the latch with the mounting block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Jared Evan Rossman, Christopher David Ritter, David Stanley Szczesny
  • Patent number: 9176525
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a main body, a display module, a pair of arm portions configured to couple a first axis and a second axis and including an elbow portion at a predetermined point, each of the arm portions being rotatable about the first axis between a first position in which the second axis is positioned in the vicinity of a first end portion and a second position in which the second axis is positioned in the vicinity of a second end portion, and a component provided in the vicinity of a first side surface of the main body in a position bypassed by the elbow portion when the arm portion is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Yuji Nakajima
  • Patent number: 9176541
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device includes a shell, a display panel coupled with the shell for forming an accommodating space, a receiver positioned in the accommodating space and a sound hole formed on the display panel. The sound hole is composed of a number of tiny holes, each of the tiny holes has a diameter less than 0.1 millimeter. The electronic device has a high working reliabilities and a good communication sound effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte, Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhengmin Benjamin Pan, Bingke Zhu, Linzhen Li, Xingzhi Huang
  • Patent number: 9167705
    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: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: Lawrence A. Kyle
  • Patent number: 9161467
    Abstract: An electronic device has an opening in a case, a lid member that includes a first lid member having a pair of first engaging sections for putting a lid on the opening at its both ends, a second lid member that has a pair of second engaging sections engaging with the first engaging sections and slides on a main surface of the first lid member, and a projection disposed at an end of the sliding direction of the second lid member. The case has an engaging hole engaging with the projection disposed on the second lid member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Murakata
  • Patent number: 9128671
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a docking device and an assembly comprising the docking device and a tablet computer. The docking device comprises a pair of frame members defining receiving space for receiving the tablet computer, each frame member includes a connection portion and a supporting portion; and a virtual input device pivotably mounted within an opening between the connection portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventor: Chien-Kuo Lee
  • Patent number: 9128676
    Abstract: A portable electronic device comprises an upper member, a lower member having two guiding grooves, two supports and two connecting members. One end of each support is pivoted to the upper member with a first pivot portion. The other end of each support is pivoted to the lower member with a second pivot portion. One end of each connecting member is pivoted at one side of the upper member, and the other end thereof is restricted in the guiding groove and capable of reciprocally sliding in the guiding groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Jung-Wen Chang, Ming-Yuan Lan, Ching-Cheng Wang, Lin-Wei Huang
  • Patent number: 9104375
    Abstract: A portable computer includes a base, a display module, at least one support element, a sliding assembly, two connecting robs, and a keyboard module. The display module includes a connecting end and a support surface. Each support element includes a first fixed end connected pivotally to the support surface and a second fixed end connected pivotally to the base. The sliding assembly includes a sliding element and a sliding guiding element disposed in the base. The sliding element is combined with the connecting end and sliding along the sliding guiding element. The keyboard module includes two keyboard portions. Each keyboard portion is moveably combined with the base. Each connecting rob can be pushed by the sliding element to drive the two keyboard portions to move relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Jia-Hung Lee, Yung-Shen Chen, Yen-Shuo Feng
  • Patent number: 9107301
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device includes a first body, a second body and a hinge body. The hinge body is pivoted to the first body around a first pivoting axis and pivoted to the second body around a second pivoting axis so that the first body is able to rotate relatively to the second body. When the first body rotates to a first position relatively to the second body, a first front surface of the first body is closed to a second front surface of the second body on a closing plane, and a pivoting plane where the first pivoting axis and the second pivoting axis are located on and the closing plane are oblique to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Hung-Sung Pan, Chung-Hao Kuo, Jui-Wen Chou, Hung-Jui Lin, Tzu-Chien Lai, Hsin Yeh, Long-Cheng Chang, Chuang-Yueh Chen, Po-Chin Yu, Chuan-Hao Wen, Yung-Hsiang Chen, Ting-Wei Wu, Hui-Lian Chang, Ming-Wang Lin, Jui-Yuan Lee
  • Patent number: 9101076
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a display panel and a plurality of curving-restricting structures. The display panel has a display surface and a bottom surface opposite thereto. The display surface has a visible region and an outer region surrounding the visible region. The curving-restricting structures is disposed on at least one of the outer region of the display surface and the bottom surface of the display panel. Each curving-restricting structure has a top surface and at least a slanted side wall. The top surfaces of adjacent curving-restricting structures are spaced with each other, and the slanted side walls of adjacent curving-restricting structures face each other. When the flexible display device are curved to a predetermined extent, adjacent curving-restricting structures may resist against with each other to prevent the display panel from being unduly curved to be damaged, and thus a use reliability of the flexible display device is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: E INK HOLDING INC.
    Inventors: Po-Wen Hsiao, Yuan-Chih Tsai, Ted-Hong Shinn
  • Patent number: 9052877
    Abstract: A server chassis can include a server bay; and media drive bays disposed adjacent to the server bay, each of the media drive bays configured for receipt of a media drive seated in a media drive tray, where each of the media drive bays includes a side wall, where each of the side walls includes a recessed, front facing surface (e.g., recessed from a front side of the chassis) configured to support force exerted by rotation of a hinge end of a handle of a media drive tray to extract the media drive tray from a media drive bay and a stop configured to contact a locking tab extending from a hinge end of a handle of a media drive tray to lock the media drive tray in a media drive bay. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Brian William Wallace, John David Swansey, Robert Paul Tennant, Kathryn Marie Asad
  • Patent number: 9042090
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus includes a supporting board, a first adjusting member including a rotating board and a fixing plate, a second adjusting member to install a display device. The rotating board includes a tab, is mounted on the supporting board, and is rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the supporting board. The second adjusting member is mounted to the fixing plate and is rotatable about an axis perpendicular to the fixing plate. A first sliding block is slidably mounted to the supporting board. A second sliding block is slidably mounted to the rotating plate. The first and second sliding blocks each define a slanted groove. A pin protrudes from each of the tab and the second adjusting member to be slidably received in the slanted grooves. The first sliding block is slid to rotate the first adjusting member, the second sliding blocks is slid to rotate the second adjusting members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Chun Lu, Su-Sheng Weng
  • Patent number: 9036335
    Abstract: A lock mechanism includes a base, a constraining component, a recovering component, a bridging component and an actuating component. The constraining component contacts against a fix portion of an electronic component to constrain its movement. The recovering component includes a bar, a first inclined structure and a second inclined structure. The bar includes a first end and a second end. The first inclined structure is disposed on the first end to push the fix portion, and the second inclined structure is disposed on the second end. Two ends of the bridging component respectively connect to the constraining component and the actuating component. The actuating component movably pierces through a hole on the base to separate the constraining component from the fix portion via the bridging component, and the actuating component further pushes the second inclined structure, so as to drive the first inclined structure to outwardly move the fix portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Jyun-Shuo Liang, Hung-Li Chen