Patents Examined by Lea Edmonds
  • Patent number: 12287678
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display including a first area and a second area; a foldable housing including a first housing which supports the first area and a second housing which supports the second area; a hinge structure which connects the first housing and the second housing to be foldable relative to each other on a folding axis between a first state in which the first area and the second area are substantially coplanar, and a second state in which the first area and the second area face each other; and a protection structure provided on the display. At least a portion of the protection structure is included in the foldable housing, wherein the foldable housing may further include a front surface, a rear surface opposite to the front surface, and a side surface which encloses an inner space between the front surface and the rear surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Geuna Lee, Sangyoup Seok, Minsu Jung, Byounguk Yoon
  • Patent number: 12287060
    Abstract: The application provides a foldable holder and an electronic device. A bottom plate of the foldable holder is rotationally connected to a first support plate through a first rotating portion, and a second support plate is rotationally connected to the first support plate through a second rotating portion. A clamping portion is mounted on the first support plate and slidable relative to the first support plate. When the foldable holder is in a closed state, the clamping portion clamps the second rotating portion to lock the first support plate and the second support plate, when the first support plate is at an angle to the bottom plate, the clamping portion is unlocked from the second rotating portion and clamped with the first rotating portion, the unlocking of the second rotating portion enables the second support plate to rotate relative to the first support plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ling Wu, Guoliang Huo, Feng Tang, Desen Yang
  • Patent number: 12271237
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device includes a first body having an end and a first inclined surface, a second body having a second inclined surface, and a hinge module. The end includes an accommodating area. A virtual shaft line exists between sides of the first inclined surface and the second inclined surface that are closest to each other. The second body rotates relative to the first body through the virtual shaft line. The hinge module includes a first bracket adjacent to the first inclined surface, connected to the first body, and located in the accommodating area, a second bracket adjacent to the second inclined surface and connected to the second body, and a third bracket including a first end and a second end. The first bracket is connected to the first end through a first torsion assembly. The second bracket is connected to the second end through a second torsion assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: ASUSTek COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Han Chang, Tsung-Ju Chiang, Chi-Hung Lin, Yen-Ting Liu
  • Patent number: 12271225
    Abstract: A mobile terminal protective shell is used for installing a mobile terminal, and includes a housing body, an expansion assembly and a connecting mechanism. The connecting mechanism is connected to the housing body and the expansion assembly to make the housing body be capable of rotating relative to the expansion assembly. The housing body is used for accommodating the mobile terminal. The connecting mechanism includes a mounting assembly and a connecting assembly, the mounting assembly is fixedly installed on the expansion assembly, the connecting assembly is rotatably connected to the mounting assembly, and the connecting assembly is detachably connected to the housing body. The connecting assembly is driven to rotate relative to the mounting assembly to change an angle of the housing body relative to the expansion assembly, solving the problem that the angle between the mobile terminal and the expansion assembly cannot be adjusted, and improving the user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Shenzhen Yuanfei Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Guowei Xu
  • Patent number: 12265421
    Abstract: A foldable display device may include: a display panel displaying an image; a cover window over the display panel; and a back plate under the display panel. The back plate may include a plate top having a plurality of holes, a plate bottom having at least one groove corresponding to the plurality of holes, and an adhesive layer attaching the plate top and the plate bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gyu-Ho Lee, Mi-Yeon Seo, Sin-Chul Kang, Suk Choi, Moo-Jin Kwak
  • Patent number: 12266277
    Abstract: A display device includes a flexible display panel having two surfaces opposite to each other, and a heat dissipation sheet disposed on one of the two surfaces of the flexible display panel and being foldable together with the flexible display panel. In a side view, the heat dissipation sheet includes at least one opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: InnoLux Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan-Lin Wu, Kuan-Feng Lee
  • Patent number: 12265425
    Abstract: A window includes a substrate including a folding area folded about an imaginary folding axis and a non-folding area and including an upper surface and a lower surface and a plurality of groove patterns arranged in the folding area along a first direction crossing the folding axis. Each of the groove patterns includes a bottom surface recessed from the upper surface and substantially parallel to the upper surface and a side surface connecting the bottom surface and the upper surface. The side surface includes at least one curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunghoon Kim, Yuri Kim, Kang-Woo Lee, Seongjin Hwang
  • Patent number: 12262502
    Abstract: Devices, apparatuses, systems, and methods are provided for improved thermal management in networking computing devices. An example thermal management apparatus includes a housing defining a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The apparatus further includes an electronic component supported within the housing, such as a GPU. The apparatus includes a primary inlet that receives a primary airflow having a first temperature and a secondary inlet that receives a secondary airflow having a second temperature where the second temperature is different than the first temperature. The primary airflow and the secondary airflow are collectively configured to dissipate heat generated by the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ran Hasson Ruso, Tahir Cader, Elad Mentovich, Susheela Narasimhan
  • Patent number: 12248338
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes: a display panel; a first pattern layer on one surface of the display panel; and a second pattern layer facing the one surface with the first pattern layer interposed therebetween, wherein: the first pattern layer comprises a plurality of first patterns each having a closed line shape comprising a first opening; the second pattern layer comprises a plurality of second patterns each having a closed line shape comprising a second opening; on the one surface, each of the first pattern layer and the second pattern layer has a deformation rate which is smaller in a direction perpendicular to a tensile direction than in the tensile direction; and on the one surface, the first openings overlap portions of the second patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Jaeho Ahn, Taewoong Kim, Jong-Hyun Ahn, Beomjin Kim, Heechang Shin, Jinyeong Choe
  • Patent number: 12242306
    Abstract: A display module includes: a display unit to be folded along a virtual folding axis, and including: a front surface; and a rear surface opposite to the front surface; a protection cover on the front surface of the display unit; a cover member on the rear surface of the display unit, and including a cutting part to be separable from the cover member and overlapping with a portion of the folding axis; and a cover pad below the cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunjae Kim, Joonhyuk Jang, Munsik Ham
  • Patent number: 12242304
    Abstract: A device having a flexible touch screen display configured to display images in at least a first touch area and a second touch area. At least a portion of the second touch area is located on an edge or side surface of the device. A first plurality of touch sensitive column electrodes and a plurality of row electrodes are integrated into the first touch area, and a second plurality of column electrodes and the plurality of row electrodes are integrated into the second touch area of the flexible display. The device further includes a plurality of drive-sense circuits that drive sensor signals on the electrodes. A processing module senses, based on the sensor signals, an electrical characteristic of at least one row electrode and at least one column electrode of the first touch area or the second touch area and determines, based on the electrical characteristic, a proximal touch to at least one of the first touch area or the second touch area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.
    Inventors: Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Michael Shawn Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Patrick Troy Gray
  • Patent number: 12235687
    Abstract: A hinged mobile computing device includes a first housing part with a first display and a second housing part with a second display. The first and second housing parts are coupled by a hinge assembly that includes a spring-loaded opening mechanism configured to bias with a biasing torque the first housing part and second housing part to rotate away from each other when the first and second displays are in a closed face-to-face orientation. An electro-magnetic closure system is configured to retain the first and second displays in the closed face-to-face orientation against the biasing torque of the spring-loaded opening mechanism, and release of the electro-magnetic closure system permits the first housing part to rotationally separate from the second housing part to a predetermined angular orientation due to the biasing force of the spring-loaded opening mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kabir Siddiqui, Daniel Clark Park
  • Patent number: 12238897
    Abstract: A heat dissipation structure, for a heat-generating electric component, includes: a heat dissipator disposed along a surface of the electric component; and a porous material held between the electric component and the heat dissipator. The porous material of the heat dissipation structure is impregnated with heat-transfer fluid. The heat-transfer fluid may include liquid metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryota Watanabe, Masahiro Kitamura, Mizuki Itoyama, Takuroh Kamimura, Junrong Zhou
  • Patent number: 12222515
    Abstract: An optical device may include (i) a heat source that produces heat while operating, (ii) a thermally conductive optical element that is optically transparent and that dissipates the heat produced by the heat source, and (iii) a thermally conductive connector that transfers the heat between the heat source and the thermally conductive optical element. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alex Ockfen, Vivek Sahu
  • Patent number: 12225682
    Abstract: In an information handling system, positions of a plurality of mechanical structures may be configured to be controlled to selectively direct airflow cooled by first heat-rejecting media and a thermoelectric cooler between flowing through the first exhaust plenum and flowing proximate to the one or more information handling resources and selectively direct airflow heated by the second heat-rejecting media and the thermoelectric cooler between flowing through the second exhaust plenum and flowing proximate to the one or more information handling resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Zhuo Ya Shi, Xin Zhi Ma
  • Patent number: 12216509
    Abstract: A portable electronic device including a first body, a second body, and a hinge mechanism is provided. The second body is connected to the first body through the hinge mechanism, and the hinge mechanism has a basis axis located at the first body and a rotation axis located at a lower end of the second body. When the second body rotates with respect to the first body, the rotation axis slides along an arc shaped path with respect to the basis axis to increase or decrease a distance between the rotation axis and the basis axis and increase or decrease a distance between the lower end of the second body and a back end of the first body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignees: Acer Incorporated, Sinher Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-Ta Huang, Cheng-Nan Ling, Chih-Chun Liu, Yung-Chang Chiang
  • Patent number: 12216499
    Abstract: A foldable device includes: a display panel; a digitizer disposed on a surface of the display panel and comprising a base layer, first conductive patterns disposed between the base layer and the display panel, and second conductive patterns disposed on an opposite side to the first conductive patterns with the base layer interposed therebetween; a first adhesive member disposed between the digitizer and the display panel and in direct contact with the digitizer; and a second adhesive member disposed on an opposite side to the first adhesive member with the digitizer interposed therebetween and in direct contact with the digitizer. The digitizer further defines a digitizer hole penetrating through the digitizer, and the base layer comprises a protrusion having a shape protruding from an edge of the base layer located at a shortest distance from the digitizer hole toward an outside of the base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Lee, Yun Jae Kim
  • Patent number: 12216512
    Abstract: A portable information handling system is assembled and disassembled by a keystone assembly that couples at an upper surface of the portable housing to overlap a keyboard assembly that covers processing components disposed in the portable housing. A motherboard couples to the portable housing under the keyboard assembly with openings aligned to insert over retaining nuts extending from the housing, the retaining nuts having a lip to engage the motherboard, a stop feature to define motherboard sliding movement and an alignment feature to align the lip and stop feature in a predetermined configuration. A cooling fan couples to the motherboard adjacent to one side to retain the motherboard in the engaged position and is removed to allow the motherboard to slide to the released position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: John Trevor Morrison, Chiu-Jung Tsen, Jace W. Files
  • Patent number: 12215714
    Abstract: A fan cage assembly includes a cage and a handle mechanism, the handle mechanism includes a mount member including a mount portion and an extension portion respectively located at different sides of the cage and an operative member movably disposed on the extension portion of the mount member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventor: Wei-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 12210394
    Abstract: A chassis includes a chassis body and a support, and the chassis body has a channel that passes through a first end and a second end that are of the chassis body. The support is slidably disposed in the channel. The support is provided with a first accommodation compartment, a fan compartment, and a second accommodation compartment that are successively disposed along a direction from a first end of the channel to a second end of the channel. The first accommodation compartment is capable of sliding out of the chassis body from the first end, and the second accommodation compartment is capable of sliding out of the chassis body from the second end. The fan compartment is configured to accommodate a heat dissipation fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yinzhong Tang, Ming Chen, Hengchao Wang, Xiaochuan Li