Patents Examined by Jacob Crum
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Patent number: 8929072Abstract: A heat dissipation module, comprising: a fan; and a heat dissipating fin; a heat conducting element, made of a conductive material, and composed of a first conductive component and two second conductive components in a manner that the first conductive component is disposed engaging with a heating element while allowing the two second conductive components to engage with the heat dissipating fin; and a wall element; wherein, the heat from the heating element is conducted to the first conductive component where it is further being dividedly conducted to the two second conductive components; and the air flow blowing from the fan is guided to the heating element and then it is blocked by the wall element for diverting the air flow toward the heat dissipating fin from an air intake side to an air outlet side, and then to be discharged out of the heat dissipating module through an outlet.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Inventec CorporationInventors: Wei-Yi Lin, Ting-Chiang Huang, Li-Ting Wang, Sung Nien Du
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Patent number: 8908357Abstract: An actuator system for operating a switch is described herein. The actuator system can include a shaft of a handle assembly. The shaft couples to a handle and a male coupling element and has a number of positions. Further, a coupling body of a switch assembly can be positioned in the number of positions. The coupling body engages the switch and has a female coupling element, which has a slotted portion that receives the male coupling element and an angled terminus that aligns the shaft to a first position as the shaft couples to the coupling body. The slotted portion receives and engages the male coupling element when the shaft is coupled to the coupling body. The slotted portion prevents the male coupling element from disengaging when the coupling body is in a second position, and disengages the male coupling element when the coupling body is in the first position.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Cooper Technologies CompanyInventor: Joseph Michael Manahan
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Patent number: 8897006Abstract: First and second units are mounted on a rear side of a housing of a storage system. Either of the first and second units includes a fan. The rear side of the housing includes an upper-tier portion defining an upper-tier opening, and a lower-tier portion defining a lower-tier opening, and the housing further includes a boundary portion that is a boundary between the upper-tier portion and the lower-tier portion, and a shutter unit. The boundary portion includes a first through hole that is a through hole connecting an upper-tier passage and a lower-tier passage. When the fan is operating, if the first unit is removed from the upper-tier portion, the shutter unit blocks the upper-tier passage, and if the second unit is removed from the lower-tier portion, the shutter unit blocks the lower-tier passage.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2012Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Takuji Ito, Akihiro Inamura, Tsuyoshi Sasagawa
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Patent number: 8895868Abstract: A wiring substrate includes a wiring layer made of copper, an electrode layer made of copper, and an insulating layer arranged adjacent to the electrode layer. The wiring layer is stacked on the electrode layer and the insulating layer. The insulating layer and the wiring layer are stacked with an adhesive layer interposed between the wiring insulating layer and the wiring layer. The electrode layer and the wiring layer are stacked without the adhesive layer interposed between the electrode layer and the wiring layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.Inventor: Masahiro Sunohara
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Patent number: 8867222Abstract: An electric control device includes: an accommodation element (10) having an opening and a bottom; a cover element (20) for covering the opening of the accommodation element (10) so that accommodation space (15) is formed between the cover element (20) and the accommodation element (10); a hook (11) integrated with the accommodation element (10) for swaging the cover element (20); and a control element (30) formed in the accommodation space (15), wherein an electric element (32-35) is arranged on a substrate (31) so that the control element (30) is prepared. The substrate (31) includes a notch concavity (311) on a periphery of the substrate (31) so as to face the hook (11).Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2010Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Denso CorporationInventor: Shinsuke Oota
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Patent number: 8867220Abstract: A packaging board of the type having board terminals soldered on a printed board and including an insulation support member made of a resin disposed on a printed board having tubular support portions configured to receive board terminals, visual recognition windows configured for visually recognizing soldering portions of the board terminals inserted into the printed board through the windows, and engaging portions that engage the board terminals and define insertion amounts of the board terminals.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2011Date of Patent: October 21, 2014Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Yukinori Kita
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Patent number: 8841551Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a compact sliding device having a simple structure configured to reduce the number of cut lines formed on a mat mounted on a cabin of a vehicle. A sliding device 1 for routing an electric wire 5 between a vehicle floor and a seat includes: a rail 9 having a supporting rail 7 to which a supporting body 11 of the seat is attached, and a receiving part 8 extended along the supporting rail 7; a corrugate tube 4 receiving the electric wire 5; a slider 10 configured to slide in conjunction with the supporting body 11 while holding the corrugate tube 4 extracted into an inside of the supporting rail 7; and a guiding member 12 for bending the corrugate tube 4 extracted out of the supporting rail 7 in a U-shape, and guiding the corrugate tube 4 into an inside of the receiving part 8, and for guiding the corrugate tube 4 onto an inner side wall 81 of the receiving part 8 away from the supporting rail 7.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2010Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Tsukasa Sekino, Tomoyasu Terada, Shinji Katou
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Patent number: 8811032Abstract: A handheld electronic device includes a housing, a flexible display associated with the housing, and an input portion linked to the flexible display. The input portion is movable relative to the housing between a first position and a second position. The flexible display has a first viewing area when the input portion is in the first position and a second viewing area when the input portion is in the second position. The second viewing area is smaller than the first viewing area.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Norman Miner Ladouceur, Jason Tyler Griffin
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Patent number: 8804370Abstract: An exemplary electronic device includes a housing, a lever, and a locking device securing the lever on the housing. The housing includes a bottom plate, a top plate and a side plate connecting the bottom plate with the top plate. The locking device includes a nut having a main body extending downwardly into the lever, a screw extending upwardly through the top plate into the nut, and gaskets sandwiched between the top plate and the nut. The lever is disposed and sleeved on the nut with a gap defined between a top face of the lever and a bottom face of a head of the nut.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hung-Chun Lu
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Patent number: 8792246Abstract: A device for protecting a circuit board from electromagnetic interference, and which includes shield to be attached to the circuit board. The device includes a metal plate and a plurality of tangs. The metal plate has a perimeter portion. The plurality of tangs are spaced about and extend transversely away from at least a portion of the perimeter portion of the metal plate. Each tang includes a bridge portion and a finger portion. The bridge portion has a first end attached to the perimeter portion and a second end spaced away from the perimeter portion and attached to the finger portion. The finger portion extends away from the second end of the bridge potion and is disposed at an obtuse angle relative to the bridge portion such that the plurality of tangs, in combination, are adapted to receive the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Fisher Controls International LLCInventors: Scott R. Kratzer, Davin S. Nicholas, Barry L. Gaarder
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Patent number: 8792241Abstract: An assembly includes an electronic device casing, a heat-dissipating module and a waterproofing module. The electronic device casing is formed with an encircling wall. The encircling wall has a wall body and an apertured portion formed in the wall body. The heat-dissipating module is coupled to the electronic device casing, is surrounded by the encircling wall, and includes a heat pipe extending through the apertured portion. The waterproofing module includes a waterproofing element that has a ring portion disposed on a top rim of the wall body, and a sleeve portion having a first sleeve segment that is connected to the ring portion, that is sleeved on the heat pipe and that engages the apertured portion so as to establish water tightness between the heat pipe and the apertured portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Po-Yuan Hsu, Wei-Cheng Wang, Chen-Yu Li, Hsing-Wang Chang, Tsung-Hsien Chen, Chia-Cheng Su
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Patent number: 8773867Abstract: A camera module is disclosed. The camera module in accordance with the present invention includes: a printed circuit board having a grounding pad formed on one surface thereof; a housing mounted on an upper side of the printed circuit board and including a lens inside thereof; a shield covering the housing in order to shield electromagnetic waves from an outside and having an opening cavity formed therein in correspondence with a location of the grounding pad; and a solder formed in the opening cavity and connecting the shield with the grounding pad.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2011Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yong-Gu Kim
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Patent number: 8724323Abstract: A heat dissipation apparatus for an electronic component mounted in a casing of an electronic device includes a first heat sink attached to the component, a second heat sink located outside the casing, and a heat pipe connected between the first heat sink and the second heat sink. The heat pipe contacts the casing.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yao-Ting Chang, Hung-Chou Chan
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Patent number: 8687372Abstract: A flexible circuit assembly that includes a flexible circuit substrate. A spacer is attached to a first side surface of the substrate, and a die carrier is attached to the opposite side surface of the substrate. The die carrier includes one or more photonic die mounted thereon that face an opening formed through the substrate so that the photonic die transmits and/or receives optical signals through the opening. Wire bonds electrically connect the photonic die to an electrical pad on the first side surface of the substrate. The spacer helps to space the wire bonds from an optical connector that connects to the flexible circuit assembly, so that the wire bonds do not interfere with the mechanical connection between the flexible circuit assembly and the optical connector.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Roger J. Karnopp, Gregory M. Drexler, Gregory J. Whaley
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Patent number: 8649176Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display section, a control section, and a cooling section including a first ceiling section, a second ceiling section, a first connecting section and an air stream generating section. The first ceiling section is formed such that a distance of the first ceiling section from a non-display surface of the display section is shorter than that of the second ceiling section, and a ventilating area of a first ventilating passage is smaller than that of a second ventilating passage. The air stream generating section is configured such that an air stream is generated from the second ventilating passage toward the first ventilating passage so as to take the air out of the first ventilating passage and the second ventilating passage, and replenish the taken air with the ambient air. The control section is provided on a control section mounting surface of the first ceiling section.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2011Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomohiko Okada, Hideo Maeda, Tetsushi Ito, Hirotoshi Iemura, Kenji Tanaka
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Patent number: 8625282Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a housing, a radiating assembly, a display, a battery, and a heat sink assembly. The housing includes a front portion and a back portion opposite to the front portion. Both the radiating assembly, the display, the battery, and heat sink assembly are received in the housing. The heat sink assembly is a semiconductor cooling plate, and dissipates heat from the radiating assembly out of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2011Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.Inventor: Hao Chen
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Patent number: 8587957Abstract: A mounting apparatus for mounting a data storage device includes a bracket and a locking member. The bracket includes a first clamping arm and a second clamping arm pivotable relative to the first clamping arm. A number of mounting pins extend from each of the first and second clamping arms. The second clamping arm includes a first hook. The locking member is pivotably mounted to the first clamping arm and includes a second hook. When the second clamping arm is pivoted towards the first clamping arm, the first hook of the second clamping arm drives the locking member to rotate, until the second hook engages with the first hook and the mounting pins engage in opposite sidewalls of the data storage device.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Si-Wen Shu
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Patent number: 8576558Abstract: A mounting apparatus for mounting a data storage device includes a sliding member, a drive bracket, and a rotating member. The drive bracket includes a first side plate. A sliding groove is defined in the first side plate. The sliding member is received in the sliding groove. The rotating member is pivotally mounted to the first side plate. A curled piece and an arm are located on opposite ends of the rotating member. The arm defines a restricting room. The rotating member is adapted to rotate on the first side plate between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the curled piece abuts the first side plate and is elastically deformed by the first side plate, and the sliding member is disengaged from the restricting room. In the second position, the curled piece is released, and the restricting room receives and restricts the sliding member therein.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (WuHan) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yun-Lung Chen, Liang-Chin Wang, Jian Hu, Yu-Ming Xiao
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Patent number: 8570760Abstract: A serial advanced technology attachment dual-in-line memory module (SATA DIMM) device assembly includes an interface, a cable, and a board. An edge connector is set on a bottom edge of the board, and a control chip and a connector are arranged on the board. The connector includes a first shell and a number of first pins. The first pins include signal pins connected to the control chip, and ground pins. The interface includes a second shell and a connecting portion extended from a bottom of the second shell. A number of second pins are arranged on the connecting portion. The cable is extended through a side of the second shell to be connected to the first pins. A distance between a top of the first shell and a top of the board is greater than a height of the second shell.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2011Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Guo-Yi Chen
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Patent number: 8570758Abstract: A mounting apparatus includes a chassis, a mounting member, a mounting tray received in the chassis, and a securing device. The chassis includes a front plate and a positioning member attached to the front plate. The mounting member is used to secure an expansion card and includes a flange. The mounting tray includes a front panel and a retaining panel connected to the front panel. The securing device includes a first securing member and a second securing member. The first securing member is rotatably attached to the front plate, and the second securing member is rotatably attached to the first securing member. The flange is located between the retaining panel and the first securing member. The positioning member abuts the second securing member, to prevent the second securing member from being disengaged from the first securing member.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2011Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Po-Wen Chiu, Wen-Hu Lu, Zhan-Yang Li