Patents Examined by Jerry Wu
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Patent number: 12082358Abstract: An electrical device includes: a first housing sub-assembly; a second housing sub-assembly that has a housing wall; and a locking device. The first housing sub-assembly and the second housing sub-assembly are positionable adjacent to one another along a plug-in direction and, when in a position in which they are adjacent to one another, are interlocked via the locking device. The locking device has an actuation element arranged on the second housing sub-assembly so as to be adjustable along an actuation direction, and a locking element connected adjustably to the housing wall and operatively connected to the actuation element. The locking element is configured, in the position of the housing sub-assemblies in which they are adjacent to one another, to interlock the first housing sub-assembly and the second housing sub-assembly, and, by moving the actuation element in the actuation direction towards the housing wall, are movable in an unblocking direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Peter Wermter
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Patent number: 12082362Abstract: An electronic assembly for handling a storage module is provided. The electronic assembly includes an open frame structure having a front frame including a front opening configured to receive air, and two side rails coupled to opposite sides of the front frame. Each side rail includes a side opening and an extended portion. The side opening is configured to direct the air received by the front opening at least partially out of the open frame structure. The extended portion extends from the side opening and away from the front frame and is configured to hold a storage module. The electronic assembly includes a lever bar coupled in proximity to the opposite sides of the front frame and having a lock position that is configured to lock the storage module onto a chassis base and a release position that is configured to release the storage module from the chassis base.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2022Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventor: Timothy Wayne Olesiewicz
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Patent number: 12075578Abstract: A latch mechanism includes a mounting bracket, a stop connected to the mounting bracket, a first spring connected to the mounting bracket and in contact with the stop to preload the first spring, and a latch. The latch includes a second spring rotatably connected to the mounting bracket, and a body connected to the second spring. The body includes a pad at one end of the body, and a first pawl at a second end of the body opposite of the pad.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2023Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Adam Spiegelman, Kevin O'Connell, Kenneth E. Lubahn, Justin Christopher Rogers, Eric J. Campbell
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Patent number: 12069818Abstract: A solid state drive case includes a lower cover having a sidewall defining an internal space. The sidewall includes a protrusion disposed on an end portion of the sidewall. An upper cover has a first surface directly contacting the sidewall of the lower cover and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The upper cover has a hole overlapping the protrusion and configured to receive the protrusion. A sealing label is attached to the second surface of the upper cover. The sealing label has an area that is less than an area of an entirety of the second surface of the cover. At least a portion of the sealing label is attached to an end portion of the protrusion.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Ilhan Yun, Sungki Lee, Suin Kim
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Patent number: 12066875Abstract: In one aspect, a bracket assembly comprises a bracket and a pair of rails. The bracket comprises a first portion which includes a first segment with a first opening and a second segment with a second opening. The pair of rails comprises: a first rail which includes a first tab protruding from the first rail and including a first notch; and a second rail which includes a second tab protruding from the second rail and including a second notch. The bracket is to attach to the pair of rails when: the first portion is placed against the ends of the rails such that the first tab is inserted into the first opening and the second tab is inserted into the second opening; and the bracket is slid down such that the first opening rests in the first notch and the second opening rests in the second notch.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Warren A. Kartadinata, Vance B. Murakami, Neil Jefferson Asmussen
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Patent number: 12055985Abstract: A fixing assembly is adapted to be disposed on a support frame and a plate part of a casing. The support frame is disposed on the plate part. The fixing assembly includes a contact component, at least one stopper, and a trigger. The contact component is adapted to be movably disposed on the plate part. The stopper is movably disposed on the plate part and movable by the contact component. The trigger is configured to configured to penetrate through the support frame to push the contact component so as to force the at least one stopper to move away from the plate part.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2022Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: WISTRON CORP.Inventors: Haibo Liang, Qi Liu
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Patent number: 12055558Abstract: A housing with an open receiving chamber which has a circumferential edge in the form of a creepage barrier at an open upper face is disclosed. The receiving chamber is filled with a casting compound, and the hardened casting compound forms a concave surface relative to the circumferential edge at the open upper face. A sensor is also disclosed that includes such a housing. In addition, a method for casting an open receiving chamber of such a housing is disclosed. The open receiving chamber has an opening at one end leading to an enclosed interior adjoining the open receiving chamber. The enclosed interior is filled with the casting compound, and the open upper face of the receiving chamber has a varying height where the upper face transitions into the enclosed interior.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Joerg Siedentopf, Thomas Breinlinger
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Patent number: 12043184Abstract: An onboard device includes a body member, a support member projecting from the body member and including a base to be attached to a concave inner surface of a glass member having a curved shape provided in a vehicle, and a double-sided adhesive tape stuck on a the base. The base is a plate-like member including an attachment surface to be opposed to the inner surface of the glass member. The attachment surface is a curved surface having a curvature at least in a first direction along the attachment surface. The double-sided adhesive tape is provided with at least one first slit open toward an upper edge located on the upper side and cut downward and at least one second slit open toward a lower edge located on the lower side and cut upward when the base (3) is attached to the inner surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2021Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: JVCKENWOOD CORPORATIONInventors: Fumiaki Ono, Koichi Yoshizawa, Yoichi Nakano, Yukihiro Katsuragi
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Patent number: 12035497Abstract: A display device provided. The display device includes a display portion and a bonding portion disposed opposite to each other and a bent portion connected between the display portion and the bonding portion; a support layer, including a second support portion close to a side of the bent portion; and a buffer portion, disposed on the second support portion. The bent portion includes a bent sub-portion. A length of the buffer portion in a first direction is greater than or equal to a distance from any position on the bent sub-portion to a first plane in the first direction. The first direction is a thickness direction along the display portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Inventors: Jialiang Tang, Kuihua You
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Patent number: 12035492Abstract: A latch mechanism includes a mounting bracket, a stop connected to the mounting bracket, a first spring connected to the mounting bracket and in contact with the stop to preload the first spring, and a latch. The latch includes a second spring rotatably connected to the mounting bracket, and a body connected to the second spring. The body includes a pad at one end of the body, and a first pawl at a second end of the body opposite of the pad.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Adam Spiegelman, Kevin O'Connell, Kenneth E. Lubahn, Justin Christopher Rogers, Eric J. Campbell
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Patent number: 12032418Abstract: A touchpad apparatus including a holder bracket; a holder body; a plurality of elastic articles; and a touchpad printed circuit board (PCB) coupled to the first side of the holder body, the touchpad PCB including a switch member positioned at a first end of the touchpad PCB, wherein, when the holder body is in a first positional state, the plurality of elastic articles are in a first elastic state such that the switch member is disengaged, wherein, when the holder body is in a second positional state, the plurality of elastic articles are in a second elastic state such that the switch member is engaged to provide a signal indicating the second positional state of the holder body.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Yaotsung Chang, Tsan-Wei Liu, HouChun Wang
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Patent number: 12026023Abstract: A support assembly and a chassis structure for positioning and support of large and heavy computer cards. The chassis structure includes a housing, a main board in the housing, and a graphics card slot on the main board. The housing includes a positioning frame on the main board and the support assembly on the frame. The support assembly is detachable. The support assembly includes positioning base plate, positioning member, and adjusting member. The positioning member is on a base which is detachable from the positioning frame. The adjusting member is moveable. The positioning member includes a first support portion, the adjusting member includes a second support portion. Depending on card size, either the first support portion or the second support portion abuts against an end side of a graphics card away from the graphics card slot, to position and firmly hold in place graphics cards of different sizes.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignees: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (WuHan) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhao-Li Zhang, Yi-Sheng Lin
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Patent number: 12026021Abstract: An apparatus and method provide a cable chain system with automatic latching and unlatching that facilitates the hot-swapping of individual drives, and also the hot-swapping of an entire JBOD sled. Between an installed position and a first extended position, the apparatus maintains the connection of the sled to the shared rack infrastructure, which facilitates the hot-swapping of individual drives in the first extended position. With additional movement to a second extended position, the apparatus releases the sled, allowing the sled to be disconnected from the shared rack infrastructure.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: ZT Group Int'l, Inc.Inventors: Richard Trotta, Hal Loket
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Patent number: 12026024Abstract: A tray in a chassis and the chassis are provided in the present disclosure. The tray includes a tray housing, a handle assembly and an anti-falling elastic sheet, wherein the handle assembly includes a fixing portion and a handle, the fixing portion is fixedly disposed at a bottom of the tray housing, and the handle and the fixing portion are connected through a rotating shaft; a side wall of the handle is provided with a grip convex column, and the grip convex column is disposed between the rotating shaft and a grip of the handle; and an anti-falling elastic sheet, wherein the anti-falling elastic sheet includes a mounting portion, a convex portion and a connecting portion, the mounting portion is fixedly mounted with the bottom of the tray housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: SUZHOU METABRAIN INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Hanyi Li
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Patent number: 12027923Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for driving a motor, including a lower case having an accommodating space formed therein and an open upper side; an upper case closing an open surface of the lower case to form an inner space; a central case disposed in the lower case to partition an inner space formed by the lower case and the upper case; a first board disposed on the lower case and comprising a first connector; a second board disposed on the central case and comprising a second connector; and a connection board disposed in the inner space and comprising a first connection connector electrically connected to the first connector and a second connection connector electrically connected to the second connector to transmit electric signals between the board.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: LS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Min Hun Chi, Chun Suk Yang
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Patent number: 12010812Abstract: A dust-proof telecommunication system is disclosed. The dust-proof telecommunication system includes a chassis, critical components located within the chassis, and a filter module located within the chassis near at least some of the critical components that need to be cooled. For example, the critical components include a central processing unit (CPU), a system on chip (SoC), a memory module, a PCIe card, and/or a chipset. The filter module has a filter cover that surrounds at least in part the critical components, a first air filter located at an inlet of an airflow, and a second air filter located at an outlet. The critical components located at a protective space within the chassis receive and are cooled by the airflow passing through the air filter.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Yi-Chieh Chen, Yueh-Chang Wu, Ching-Yi Shih, Po-Cheng Shen
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Patent number: 12007161Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a cabinet forming a storage space; a door for opening and closing the storage space and provided with a receiving space; a see-through portion extending through the door and communicating with the receiving space; a door light for illuminating a rear space of the door; a transparent panel assembly for shielding the see-through portion and becoming transparent or opaque so as to selectively visualize the see-through portion according to On/Off states of the door light; and a heat insulating member, formed along a perimeter of the transparent panel assembly, for insulating a perimeter portion of the transparent panel assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Kyutae Park, Minsub Kim, Kyongsok Oh, Sangmyung Lee, Hangbok Lee
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Patent number: 12004311Abstract: An electronic display assembly includes an electronic display. An upper portion is supported by a housing assembly above, and spaced apart from, the electronic display, which is also supported by the housing assembly. One or more fans associated with the upper portion move ambient air ingested through one or more intake/exhaust apertures in an upper portion housing, an upper cavity, and a transition area between the upper portion and the electronic display. Ambient air is also ingested through one or more intakes at the transition area by the one or more fans and moved towards one or more open loop airflow pathways extending behind the electronic display.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2023Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.Inventor: William Dunn
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Patent number: 11989058Abstract: A docking accessory platform adapted to couple to a mobile electronic device includes a first docking connector portion comprising a first magnetic element configured to detachably attach to a second docking connector portion of a power accessory, where the second docking connector portion comprises a second magnetic element. The docking accessory platform also includes a back portion opposite the first docking connector portion, the back portion configured to be secured against a back surface of the mobile electronic device, and a side portion configured to extend around at least a portion of a side of the mobile electronic device. The power accessory includes an accessory body and an electronic assembly within the accessory body, where the electronic assembly includes a battery and electronics operable to wirelessly transfer power through the platform, between the battery and the mobile electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2023Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: POPSOCKETS LLCInventors: David B. Barnett, Altan Nahum
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Patent number: 11991839Abstract: A bezel connection structure and a display. The bezel connection structure comprises a first bezel (10) and a second bezel (30). A first connection portion (20) is provided on the first bezel (10). A second connection portion (40) is provided on the second bezel (30), and the first connection portion (20) is in lap joint with the second connection portion (40). The first bezel (10) abuts against one end of the second connection portion (40). The cooperation of the bezel connection structure is simple, and production and manufacturing are easy, thereby improving a production efficiency of products, and further reducing the production and manufacturing cost of products.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignees: GUANGZHOU SHIYUAN ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED, GUANGZHOU SHIRUI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Zhenxing Li