Patents Examined by Lisa Lea-Edmonds
  • Patent number: 11635787
    Abstract: An electronic device, including a host, a main display, an auxiliary display, and a lifting mechanism, is provided. The main display is pivoted to the host. The auxiliary display is disposed on the host. The lifting mechanism is disposed between the auxiliary display and the host. The lifting mechanism is configured to lift the auxiliary display and maintain a lifting height of the auxiliary display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chia-Bo Chen, Yi-Hsuan Yang, Chuan-Hua Wang, Chih-Chun Liu, Wu-Chen Lee
  • Patent number: 11630490
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an electronic device including a flexible display having an expandable display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chungha Kim, Sungkwon Kim, Sangmin Hyun, Geunyong Park
  • Patent number: 11626041
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display area where images are displayed, a first cover configured to support a rear surface of the display panel, a roller configured to wind or unwind the display panel and the first cover, a second cover with a first end of the second cover fixed to the roller and a second opposite end of the second cover connected to an end of the first cover, and a cover assembly connecting the first cover and the second cover, wherein a boundary of the display area overlaps the cover assembly, and the cover assembly is configured to expose the display area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: GeunChang Park, ChounSung Kang
  • Patent number: 11625074
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, a hinge housing disposed between the first housing and the second housing, and a flexible display at least partially disposed on the first housing and the second housing. The first housing and the second housing perform a folding or unfolding operation based on the hinge housing, and include at least one fiber structure disposed on at least a portion of a side of the first housing, the portion of the side being adjacent to the hinge housing within a predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Heecheul Moon
  • Patent number: 11615720
    Abstract: A display device includes a display module including a first non-folding region, a second non-folding region, and a folding region disposed between the first and second non-folding regions, a first body disposed on the first non-folding region, a second body disposed on the second non-folding region, a plurality of rotation pin units connected to the first and second bodies to provide a biaxial rotation axis, which is overlapped with the folding region, to the first and second bodies, and a plurality of gears which rotate in conjunction with the rotation pin units. The plurality of gears is disposed on the rotation pin units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In Soo Park, Jin Yong Sim
  • Patent number: 11614774
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device may include a foldable housing including a hinge module; a first housing connected to the hinge module and including a first surface, a second surface, and a first side member; and a second housing. The first side member includes a first side surface, and a second side surface. The second side surface including a first ending portion of the second side surface adjacent to the first side surface forms at least part of a first curved corner having a first radius, and that a second ending portion of the second side surface adjacent to the hinge module forms at least part of a second curved corner having a second radius smaller than the first radius. Periphery portions of the second side surface are substantially non-orthogonally angled with respect to a periphery portion of the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changyong Seo, Sunghun Kim, Yoonsik Kim, Kwangyoun Lee, Sungho Cho, Halim Choi
  • Patent number: 11617275
    Abstract: A utility cabinet includes a housing having an interior compartment, a rear wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, a front opening, and a side opening. A frame is connected to the housing and moveable between a first position where the frame is entirely in the housing and a second position where at least a portion of the frame is outside of the housing. The frame is configured to receive one or more utility components. A front door is connected to the housing and moveable between a closed position covering the front opening and an open position providing access to the front opening. A side door is connected to the housing and moveable between a closed position covering the side opening and an open position providing access to the side opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard James Merrell, Donald Wayne Nicholas, III, David Roy Harms, Matthew David Raetz, Marjana Marovic Abby
  • Patent number: 11599159
    Abstract: Conventional laptop computers may utilize a door-hinge style or bezel-behind-base style hinge to connect a display with a keyboard of the laptop computer. Typically, these hinges present an undesirable discontinuous visual impression to the user. In the disclosed technology, a leading edge of a display abuts a leading edge of a keyboard. The disclosed sliding double-pivot hinge places a pivot axis parallel and coincident with the abutting interface, the leading edges of the display and the keyboard remain abutting throughout a rotational range of motion of the display with reference to the keyboard. The resulting visual impression to the user is that the display is contiguous with the keyboard regardless of the display angle. Further, the disclosed sliding double-pivot hinge may be used in a kickstand to permit the kickstand to rotate up to 180 degrees to fold back on itself and lay flat against an associated computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Oldani
  • Patent number: 11599158
    Abstract: A foldable touch screen display device with a flexible display made up of segments that can be folded from a compact state to an expanded state which also includes a peripheral enclosure mechanism. The peripheral enclosure mechanism can be automatically repositioned to rotate out of a channel as the device is being folded in such a way that it can close the gap at the sides of the device between two flexible display segments when the device is fully configured to a folded state. The device may further include sensors to indicate the state of configuration and mechanisms for alignment, locking, and further structural support. In one embodiment, a module attached to, situated within, or otherwise associated with at least one segment of the flexible display or rigid display may contain all or substantially all processing and memory, along with a communications system, which may be used in any state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: LEPTON COMPUTING LLC
    Inventor: Stephen E. Delaporte
  • Patent number: 11592876
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a display panel including a first panel area, a bending area, and a second panel area, a support layer disposed under the first panel area of the display panel, a set bracket disposed under the support layer, a first waterproofing tape disposed between the support layer and the set bracket, the first waterproofing tape being attached to the set bracket, and a second waterproofing tape attached to the set bracket. The bending area may be bendable, the second panel area may be disposed under the first panel area, the first waterproofing tape may be spaced from the second panel area in a thickness direction of the display panel, and the second waterproofing tape may overlap the second panel area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yunjae Kim, Minseop Kim, Bugyoon Yoo
  • Patent number: 11592878
    Abstract: An electronic device with a configurable housing assembly and a method enhances thermal energy spreading within the device via thermal spreader layer(s) of a flexible layer assembly extending through a channel defined in a hinge assembly of the device. The hinge assembly has a hinge body coupling first and second device housings of the configurable housing assembly. Purlin(s) of the hinge assembly support a back flexible display. A thermal spreader layer is positioned on a surface of a flexible circuit of the flexible layer assembly. The thermal spreader layer has one end thermally coupled within the first device housing and another end thermally coupled within the second device housing to transfer thermal energy between the first and the second structures. The flexible layer assembly deforms within the channel when the first and second device housings pivot about the hinge body from a closed position to an axially displaced open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Alberto R. Cavallaro, Wayne G. Morrison
  • Patent number: 11592874
    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. The first touch area is configured to rotate with respect to the second touch area along a folding axis. A first plurality of touch sensitive column electrodes are integrated into the first touch area, a second plurality of column electrodes are integrated into the second touch area of the flexible display, and a plurality of row electrodes are integrated into and extend across the first touch area and the second touch area. Also included are a plurality of drive-sense circuits that drive sensor signals on the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SigmaSense, LLC.
    Inventors: Richard Stuart Seger, Jr., Michael Shawn Gray, Daniel Keith Van Ostrand, Patrick Troy Gray
  • Patent number: 11573606
    Abstract: In a flexible display device including a non-bending area and a bending area, the flexible display device may include a circuit structure, a display structure on the circuit structure, and an organic layer under or over the circuit structure, the organic layer including a groove corresponding to the bending area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Kim, Minsoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11573596
    Abstract: An accessory display device includes a back support having at least one female support rail, a first hinge coupled to the back support, and a first display coupled to the first hinge. The accessory also includes at least one male support rail configured to slide in an out of the at least one female support rail, a second hinge coupled to the at least one male support rail, and a second display coupled to the second hinge. Further, the accessory includes a tensioning member coupled to the back support on a first end and coupled to the male support rail, the tensioning member configured to cause elastic tension between the back support and the male support rail. Further still, the accessory includes a top lip coupled to the back support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventor: Alex Cole Levine
  • Patent number: 11567543
    Abstract: A hinged mobile computing device includes a first housing part and a second housing part coupled by a hinge assembly having a harness, a harness cover, a first hinge body, and a second hinge body. The harness is configured to accommodate flexible printed circuitry and a cable that extend from the first housing part to the second housing part via the hinge assembly. The hinge bodies include respective friction bands, each friction band being configured to engage a respective shaft formed on the harness and having a gear configured to mesh with a respective cog arranged within the harness cover to coordinate a timing of the rotation of the first and second housing parts between face-to-face and back-to-back orientations. The hinge assembly further includes a spring-loaded opening mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kabir Siddiqui, Daniel Clark Park
  • Patent number: 11567546
    Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a display device including a display panel and a back cover on a rear surface of the display panel, and a curvature variation device at the back cover to vary a curvature of the display device, the curvature variation device may include an arc member at a rear region of the display device parallel to a first direction, a supporting plate at the rear region of the display device, a rotation driver on the supporting plate, a rectilinear driver on the supporting plate to perform a rectilinear motion, a rotation link part coupled to a center portion of the arc member on the supporting plate to rotate the center portion of the arc member based on a rectilinear motion of the rectilinear driver, and a holder part rotatably supporting the center portion of the arc member on the supporting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JaeHo Kim, SeokHyo Cho, Homin Lee
  • Patent number: 11567544
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a rotating module and an electronic device. The rotating module includes a support, a rotating member, and an elastic damping member. The rotating member includes a first rotating member and a second rotating member connected to the support respectively. A first end of the damping member is fixed to the support. A second end of the damping member is in contact with the rotating member for providing a damping force for relative rotation of the first rotating member and the second rotating member. The second end is an opposite end of the first end. The support is located between the rotating member and the damping member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jianwei Liu
  • Patent number: 11561577
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a front plate, a rear plate facing away the front plate, a side member disposed to surround a space defined between the front plate and the rear plate, wherein the side member is coupled to the front plate and the rear plate to define a housing, wherein the side member is at least partially made of a metallic material, a polymer structure located in the space, and a display received in the space to be viewable through the front plat. The rear plate may be seated on the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chongkun Cho, Hyeongsam Son, Changjin Song, Hyeonwoo Lee, Minwoo Yoo
  • Patent number: 11561576
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first housing including a first space and including a first support member. The device includes a second housing including a second space, including a second support member, and slidably combined with the first housing. The device includes a bendable member connected to the first housing, being at least partly accommodated in a second space in a slide-in state, and at least partly forming the same plane with the first housing in a slide-out state. The device includes a flexible display including a first part disposed to be seen from an outside in the slide-in state, and a second part not seen from the outside. The device includes at least one first antenna and a wireless communication circuit configured to transmit or receive a wireless signal. The first support member includes a non-overlapping part not overlapping the second support member in the slide-in state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jooyoung Kang, Yeonggyu Yoon, Inkuk Yun, Wonho Lee, Joungmin Cho, Junyoung Choi, Yangwook Kim, Byounguk Yoon, Hyunju Hong
  • Patent number: 11561575
    Abstract: A display device can include a display panel hinged to a support panel that includes a first portion hinged to a second portion, where the display panel includes a display surface and a back surface, where the support panel is foldable over the display surface and foldable over the back surface, and where the first portion is hingedly adjustable with respect to the second portion for angled support of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Thomas Perelli