Patents Examined by Jinhee Lee
  • Patent number: 8437126
    Abstract: A group of assemblies—two housings and a hinge assembly—which particularly enhances the flexibility in use of electronic devices such as computer systems and cell phones. The enhancement derives from the capability of separating the three elements by pairs or one from another for use either individually or as a conjoined entity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Joseph A Holung, Tin-Lup Wong
  • Patent number: 8432667
    Abstract: An audio device supports a variety of digital music players and includes a cradle that physically holds any of a plurality of digital music players. A power port on the audio device provides power to a selected one of the digital music players, through a cable that is specific to the selected digital music player through a cable that connects between the power port and the selected digital music player while the selected digital music player is held within the cradle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Inventor: Jack Strauser
  • Patent number: 8422211
    Abstract: An assembling/disassembling keyboard structure for a portable device includes a main body, a keyboard, and at least one fastening unit. The main body has a surface which forms a containing cavity with at least one side wall and a plurality of holes defined on the side wall. The keyboard is capable of being assembled to/disassembled from the containing cavity. The fastening unit is disposed on the other surface in opposite to the surface where the containing cavity was formed and has at least one engaging portion which can be correspondingly inserted into one of the holes for assembling/disassembling the keyboard to/from the containing cavity. Accordingly, the present invention is not only capable of easily assembling/disassembling the keyboard by the engaging portion but also prevents the keyboard from being possibly scratched or damaged during a process of utilizing an auxiliary tool to assembling/disassembling the keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Elitegroup Computer Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsiao-hui Lee, Kuang-liang Chen, Ping-yang Fan
  • Patent number: 8422206
    Abstract: A consumer electronic product assembly includes a consumer electronic product and a bracket holding the consumer electronic product. The bracket includes a supporting seat, a holding member and a connecting bar. The holding member holds the consumer electronic product. Opposite ends of the connecting bar hinge on the holding member and the supporting seat, respectively. The connecting bar is rotatable with respect to the supporting seat, and the holding member is rotatable with respect to the connecting bar, whereby the consumer electronic product held by the holding member can be adjusted to various positions with respect to the supporting seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Meng Fu, Bang-Jie Xie, Chun-Chi Chen
  • Patent number: 8411420
    Abstract: An electronic device assembly includes an electronic device and a bracket holding the electronic device. The bracket includes a first supporting seat defined a first receiving groove therein and a second supporting seat defined a second receiving groove therein. The first supporting seat is disengagably attachable to the second supporting seat according to either of two selectable arrangements. In a first one of the arrangements, the first receiving groove and the second receiving groove cooperatively define a first receiving chamber having a first width for holding the electronic device in a first orientation. In a second one of the arrangements, the first receiving groove and the second receiving groove cooperatively define a second receiving chamber having a second width for holding the electronic device in a second orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignees: Fu Zhun Precision Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Meng Fu, Chun-Chi Chen, Bang-Jie Xie
  • Patent number: 8405974
    Abstract: A docking cradle is configured to seat a mobile computer. The docking cradle comprises a docking interface configured to electrically couple the docking cradle to the mobile computer and a latch for latching the mobile computer within the docking cradle. The latch comprises a pair of latching arms and a locking plate. Each latching arm comprises at least one tooth configured to engage a corresponding recess in the mobile computer, an arm pivot point on a lower portion of the latching arm, and an offset portion below the arm pivot point. Each latching arm is rotationally mounted to opposing sides of the docking cradle at the arm pivot point so as to rotate towards and away from each other. Each latching arm is shaped so that a distance between the offset portions is less than the distance between arm pivot points when the latching arms are upright.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Psion Inc.
    Inventor: Rajmy Sayavong
  • Patent number: 8405972
    Abstract: An expansion card holding structure for portable electronic device includes a sliding tray and a computer enclosure. The sliding tray includes a receiving portion for receiving an expansion card. The sliding tray defines an opening allowing a connector of the expansion card to extend through. The computer enclosure includes an expansion slot. The sliding tray is slidably attached to the computer enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guang-Yi Zhang, Zhe Zhang
  • Patent number: 8390996
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. A display device includes a body displaying an image, and a pair of supporting shafts rotatably secured to the body, being tilted to a predetermined angle and a base member supporting the supporting shaft. The present invention relates to a display device having a tilting or height adjustment function of adjusting a viewing angle, with a simple structure and an economized production cost thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Jong Min Park
  • Patent number: 8385060
    Abstract: A handheld computing device is disclosed. The handheld computing device includes a seamless housing formed from an extruded tube. The extruded tube includes open ends and internal rails which serve as a guide for slidably assembling an operational assembly through the open ends of the extruded tube, a reference surface for positioning the operational assembly relative to an access opening in the seamless housing, and a support structure for supporting the operational assembly during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Teodor Dabov, Phillip M. Hobson, Anthony Montevirgen
  • Patent number: 8378233
    Abstract: An aircraft interior bushing assembly is disclosed comprising interoperating bushings, each bushing comprising a recessing portion, a radially inner surface operably configured to contact a surface defining a void in a panel, a perimeter portion wherein the perimeter portion is substantially larger than the recessing portion, a support arm receiver, and a support arm coupled to each bushing. Each support arm comprises a first end coupled to the bushing, and a second end comprising a conduit receiver. In one form, the bushing assembly is operably configured to support a conduit at a distance from the radially inner surface of the interoperating bushings to substantially prohibit contact between the conduit and the bushing assembly once the conduit is installed and fixed to the conduit receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Heath Tecna Inc.
    Inventor: James L. Clymer
  • Patent number: 8378212
    Abstract: An electrical feed-through assembly and method of making an electrical feed-through assembly provide an electrical feed-through assembly that can survive exposure in a high pressure liquid, for example, seawater at least 9000 psi, for substantial periods of time, for example, twenty years, without substantial leakage of the high pressure liquid into or through the electrical feed-through assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: James L. Sturges, Robert E. Walsh, George L. Fix
  • Patent number: 8369082
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an in-wall dock for a tablet computer includes a rotatable receiving tray to which a tablet computer is secured. A housing of the in-wall dock is at least partially disposed within a wall cavity of a wall. The receiving tray is rotatably mounted to the housing. The receiving tray is configured to rotate from a first orientation disposed at an acute angle to a front face of the housing to permit engagement of the tablet computer with the receiving tray, to a second orientation that is substantially parallel to the front face of the housing and that prevents removal of the tablet computer from the receiving tray. A lock down mechanism retains the receiving tray in the second orientation. A removable bezel covers at least a portion of a front face of the housing and a front face of the tablet computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Savant Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Robert P. Madonna, Kathleen M. Lacey, Peter H. Corsini, Michael E. Noonan
  • Patent number: 8369092
    Abstract: An input/output (I/O) and disk expansion subsystem is provided for an electronics rack which provides expanded I/O and/or disk storage capabilities to electronic subsystems of the rack. The expansion subsystem includes a subsystem enclosure having first and second sides in opposing relation, with the first side accessible through a front of the rack and the second accessible through a back of the rack when the enclosure resides within the rack. A plurality of field-replaceable units reside within the subsystem enclosure, and are accessible and removable through the first or second sides of the enclosure without removing the enclosure from the rack. The field-replaceable units include an input/output adapter cage(s), a storage device cage, power and control supplies, fan assemblies, and a midplane connector assembly. The adapter cage, storage device cage, and power and control supply dock to and are electrically interconnected by the midplane connector assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert G. Atkins, Philip M. Corcoran, Edward J. Seminaro, Jeffrey A. Verkerke
  • Patent number: 8363393
    Abstract: An auto-closable flexible display device including a flexible display (38); a spreader mechanism (50) operably connected to the flexible display (38), the spreader mechanism (50) having a latch assembly (36) to maintain the spreader mechanism (50) in an open position; an acceleration sensor generating an acceleration signal; and an acceleration processor responsive to the acceleration signal and generating a close signal when the acceleration signal exceeds a predetermined acceleration limit. The latch assembly (36) is responsive to the close signal to release the spreader mechanism (50) from the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Creator Technology B.V.
    Inventor: David J. E. Bemelmans
  • Patent number: 8363391
    Abstract: A portable terminal including a pair of housings and a hinge apparatus for coupling the housings in such a way that the housings pivot with respect to each other is provided. The hinge apparatus includes a hinge bracket fixed to a first housing of the pair of housings, a pivot member connected to a second housing of the pair of housings and pivotably coupled to the hinge bracket to pivot with respect to a hinge axis, a cam surface provided on the pivot member around the hinge axis, the cam surface comprising at least a pair of recess portions, and a cam member received to protrude and retreat in perpendicular to the hinge axis on the hinge bracket. When the pivot member pivots, the cam member slides and contacts the cam surface and is engaged with one of the recess portions on the cam surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-Tae Kim, Yun-Cheol Kang, Sung-Ho Ahn, Chung-Keun Yoo
  • Patent number: 8345415
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. A frame is fixed and supported at the rear of a front panel forming the front portion of the display apparatus, and a separate bracket member is not mounted on the edges of the front panel. Thus, the front exterior of the display apparatus is neatly finished, and the display screen looks bigger than it actually is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Man Yong Choi
  • Patent number: 8345410
    Abstract: A portable computing device is disclosed. The portable computing device can take many forms such as a laptop computer, a tablet computer, and so on. The portable computing device can include at least a single piece housing. The single piece housing including a plurality of steps. The plurality of mounting steps is formed by at least removing a preselected amount of housing material at predetermined locations on the interior surface. At least some of the mounting steps are used to mount at least some of the plurality of internal operating components to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: John P. Ternus, Stephen R. McClure, Joshua D. Banko, Ming Yu
  • Patent number: 8345421
    Abstract: A removable cover assembly for sealing an opening of a housing includes a case, a latch, and an elastic member. The latch is movably disposed in the case, and includes a connection portion, a push portion, and a latching portion. The connection portion is disposed along a moving axis. The push portion is disposed at one end of the connection portion and exposed out of the case through an operation hole. The latching portion is disposed at the other end of the connection portion, and has a first position to protrude out of the case through an aperture and a second position to be retracted in the case. The elastic member is disposed in the interior space for pushing the latch along the moving axis, such that the latching portion protrudes out of the case consciously, thereby fixing the removable cover assembly to the housing and sealing the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Getac Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Kuang-Cheng Tai
  • Patent number: 8339783
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing covering the first housing, a slide mechanism, a hinge bar, and a resilient element. The slide mechanism slidably connects to the first housing to the second housing. A first end of the hinge bar rotatably connects to the slide mechanism, a second end of the hinge bar rotatably and slidably connects to the first housing. The resilient element is fixed on the slide mechanism and the hinge bar. When the second housing overlaps the first housing, the resilient element is compressed to generate an elastic potential energy by the hinge bar and the slide mechanism; when the second housing is open relative to the second housing, the elastic potential energy drives the hinge bar to tilt relative to the slide mechanism and supports the second housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Kun-Tsan Wu, Wei-Shan Hu
  • Patent number: 8325477
    Abstract: Provided is a vibrating device which can generate efficient vibrations in a vibrating member and efficiently apply vibrations to a gas, a jet flow generating device in which the vibrating device has been implemented, and an electronic device in which the jet flow generating device has been implemented. A jet flow generating device 10 has a vibrating device 15 including a frame 4, and actuator 5 mounted on the frame 4, and a vibrating member 3 supported on the frame 4 by an elastic supporting member 6. The vibrating member 3 has a side plate 3b formed on the perimeter portion of a disc-shaped vibrating plate 3a, for example. Vibration of the vibrating member 3 applies vibrations to air within chambers 11a and 11b, whereby gas can alternatingly be blown from nozzles 2a and 2b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroichi Ishikawa, Norikazu Nakayama, Takuya Makino, Tomoharu Mukasa, Hiroyuki Ryoson