Patents Examined by Mukund G Patel
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Patent number: 9104388Abstract: A heat dissipating module includes a heat sink and an aerofoil deflector above the heat sink. The heat sink has an upper surface corresponding to the camber of the deflector, to increase the speed and efficiency of a cooling airflow passing therethrough, the airflow generated by a fan.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2013Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: Feng-Chi Yang
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Patent number: 9092199Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a display panel unit and a top plate. The display panel unit has a first surface with a display screen and a second surface opposed to the first surface. The top plate has a third surface in contact with the second surface, a fourth surface opposed to the third surface, and a fifth surface connecting an end portion of the third surface and an end portion of the fourth surface, the top plate containing a fluorescent dye to collect light toward the fifth surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2011Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Soichi Tanaka
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Patent number: 9095056Abstract: A module for use with a monitoring system is provided. The module includes a circuit board that includes a plurality of ground planes. At least two of the plurality of ground planes are coupled using a plurality of vias. The module further includes a copper pour coupled to the circuit board adjacent to the plurality of vias. The module further includes a housing that includes a dam wall that is coupled to the copper pour.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mitchell Dean Cohen, Robert Ronald Nikkels, Sean Kelly Summers
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Patent number: 9087848Abstract: The invention relates to a device for storing and processing information (SPI device) comprising a sealed protective casing produced from conductive non-magnetic material, and a unit for storing and processing information, the unit comprising a base, a logic board, communication boards, magnetic cores and electrical coupling components which are combined into an electrical circuit of the stand-alone unit for storing and processing information, and can be used in the field of radio electronics, computation, informatics, and telecommunications as a portable integrated solid-state device which is provided with a contactless input of electrical energy and information signals from another electrical energy apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2012Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Inventors: Vladimir Vasilievich Leontiev, Sergey Vladimirovich Leontiev
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Patent number: 9079546Abstract: A main body chassis 101 in which a navigation side connector 109 is positioned and fixed, and a display part chassis 203 in which an LCD side connector 205 is positioned and fixed are positioned by abutting a pair of positioning bosses 116 of each of positioning parts 115a and 115b against both-shoulder portions 214 of each of positioning protruding pieces 211a and 211b, and are secured with screws; whether the navigation side connector 109 and the LCD side connector 205 are connected or not can be confirmed by presence or absence of a fitting between a fitting pawl 118 of the outer wall surface and a fitting hole 213.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2010Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Masakazu Shoji
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Patent number: 9083344Abstract: A touch sensor may be formed from a flexible substrate such as a sheet of polymer. The flexible substrate may have a main rectangular portion and a protruding portion. Capacitive touch sensor electrodes may be formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the flexible substrate. Signal lines may be coupled to the touch sensor electrodes. The ends of the signal lines may extend onto the protruding portion. Signal lines may be formed on upper and lower surfaces of the flexible substrate. The signal lines may be coupled to circuitry on a printed circuit using a connector that receives the end of the protruding portion. Ground structures on the protruding portion may be configured to overlap the signal lines or may be laterally interposed between upper surface signal lines and lower surface signal lines.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2012Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Sunggu Kang, John Z. Zhong
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Patent number: 9047049Abstract: A docking station suitable for detachably assembling to an electronic device is provided. A bracket of the docking station includes a housing, a pushing element, a restoring element, and a main hook. When the pushing element is slid relative to the housing through the restoring element so the main hook is buckled to a main groove of the electronic device, a main hook relation between the bracket and the electronic device is established. When the pushing element is slid relative to the housing so the main hook departs from the main groove, a secondary hook of the docking station establishes a secondary hook relation between the bracket and the electronic device. When the electronic device is removed from the bracket until the secondary hook relation between the bracket and the electronic device is released, the restoring element restores the pushing element relative to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2012Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Hsiang-Chun Yang, Chia-Ying Chen, Chih-Wei Lee, Cheng-Hsun Lee, Shih-Huei Liu, Ping-Huei Lee, Er-Jie Tsai
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Patent number: 9042104Abstract: A portable electronic device includes an electronic module and an electronic module fixing structure. The electronic module fixing structure includes a main body, a sliding component, a rod and an elastic component connected between the main body and the sliding component. The main body has a track with a positioning portion. The sliding component is slidably disposed on the main body. The rod is rotatably connected with the sliding component. An end of the rod is adapted to move along the track. When the end is located at the positioning portion, the end and the positioning portion are interfered with each other to position the sliding component. When the electronic module pushes the sliding component, the rod is rotated to drive the end to move away from the positioning portion, and the sliding component pushes the electronic module away from the main body through elastic force of the elastic component.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2012Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Yu-Han Tsai, Chun-Wang Lin, Ching-Wei Ku, Chia-Hsing Yu, Yao-Te Tsai, Chia-Hung Tsai
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Patent number: 9036360Abstract: A power casing apparatus of an image display module includes a display panel configured to have a Light-Emitting Diode module disposed in a front thereof; a bus bar unit installed in the rear of the display panel and configured to supply driving power to the LED module and to have a pair of electrode blades disposed on one side thereof; and a power casing unit disposed in the bus bar unit in such a way as to be attached to or detached from the bus bar unit and configured to supply the driving power to the bus bar unit and to have a pair of power supply connectors disposed at positions corresponding to the respective electrode blades on one side.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: EVERBRIGHTEN CO., LTD.Inventor: Yong Min Kim
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Patent number: 9001504Abstract: In one general aspect, a computing device can include a base portion including a keyboard, and a guide included in the base portion. The computing device can also include a display portion including a display and having a bottom portion coupled to the base portion via a hinge. The display portion can be configured to rotate about an axis using the hinge. The bottom portion of the display portion can be configured to slidably move along the guide over the keyboard of the base portion in a translational direction orthogonal to the axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2010Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Google Inc.Inventor: Amy Han
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Patent number: 8988898Abstract: Apparatus that may help identify unauthorized removal of goods while maintaining a pleasing physical appearance, avoiding theft misidentifications, and allowing a high degree of customer interaction. One example may provide a signal path for conveying a signal that is active when a good or device is removed from a retail or other environment in an authorized manner. The signal path may be wired or wireless. In another example, a signal path for a sensor may be inconspicuously combined with a power cable. In another example, theft misidentifications may be prevented by not relying on connections that a customer is likely to interact with to detect a theft. Another example may provide a security device that may allow a high degree of customer interaction by unobtrusively attaching a sensor to the back of a good to be protected.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2011Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Cesar Lozano Villarreal, Daniele De Iuliis, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, James Smeenge, Vicki Spielmann
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Patent number: 8982581Abstract: Electro-static discharge (“ESD”) protection for a die of a multi-chip module is described. A contact has an externally exposed surface after formation of the die and prior to assembly of the multi-chip module. The contact is for a die-to-die interconnect of the multi-chip module. The contact is for an internal node of the multi-chip module after the assembly of the multi-chip module. A driver circuit is coupled to the contact and has a first input impedance. A discharge circuit is coupled to the contact for electrostatic discharge protection of the driver circuit and has a first forward bias impedance associated with a first discharge path. The first forward bias impedance is a fraction of the first input impedance.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2010Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.Inventors: James Karp, Michael J. Hart, Mohammed Fakhruddin, Steven T. Reilly
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Patent number: 8976534Abstract: In order that even the cell connectors (17) of, for instance, a traction rechargeable battery (11) which carry very high currents can be connected to a battery management system (21) in a fault-resistant and functionally reliable manner, firstly a circuit board (24) in the form of a leadframe (25) encapsulated with plastic by injection molding is latched onto the housing (13) mechanically grouping the cells (12), said circuit board in any case not projecting higher than the adjacent end faces (15) of the cell terminal connections (14) projecting at a clear radial distance therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2010Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Zehdenick Innovative Metall-und Kunststofftechnik GmbHInventors: Frank Warmuth, Thomas Schmiedel, Andre Schmidt, Ronny Warsinke
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Patent number: 8976533Abstract: A storage device including a circuit board, an electronic device package and a terminal module is provided. The circuit board has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other, a plurality of via-holes connecting the first surface and the second surface, a plurality of first pads on the first surface, and a plurality of first pads on the second surface. The electronic device package is disposed on the first surface. The terminal module disposed on the first surface has a plurality of first and second contact parts, and each of the first contact parts passes through the corresponding via-hole and is protruded out of the second surface, and each of the second contact parts is electrically connected to the corresponding first pad. An orthogonal projection area of the electronic device package on the first surface is smaller than an area of the first surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2011Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: Phison Electronics Corp.Inventors: Wei-Hung Lin, Hung-I Chung
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Patent number: 8964409Abstract: An electronic module with EMI protection is disclosed. The electronic module comprises a component (1) with contact terminals (2) and conducting lines (4) in a first wiring layer (3). There is also a dielectric (5) between the component (1) and the first wiring layer (3) such that the component (1) is embedded in the dielectric (5). Contact elements (6) provide electrical connection between at least some of the contact terminals (2) and at least some of the conducting lines (4). The electronic module also comprises a second wiring layer (7) inside the dielectric (5). The second wiring layer (7) comprises a conducting pattern (8) that is at least partly located between the component (1) and the first wiring layer (3) and provides EMI protection between the component (1) and the conducting lines (4).Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2010Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: GE Embedded Electronics OyInventor: Risto Tuominen
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Patent number: 8964369Abstract: In an example, a solid-state data storage system comprises a housing forming an enclosure; a plurality of trays within the enclosure of the housing; a plurality of non-volatile, rewriteable solid-state memory chips mounted to flexible circuit substrates within each of the trays; and a controller configured to apply a power-sequencing scheme that supplies power to active flexible memory strands.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Imation Corp.Inventor: Todd W. Abrahamson
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Patent number: 8958212Abstract: An electronic device includes a circuit board, a connector and an electronic module. The connector includes an insulating body and a first terminal set. The insulating body includes a concave. The first terminal set is fastened on the insulating body and is electrically connected to the circuit board. The electronic module is detachably disposed in the concave and includes a second terminal set. The second terminal set contacts the first terminal set to be electrically connected to the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.Inventors: Pai-Ching Huang, Tsung-Fu Hung, Li-Chien Wu
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Patent number: 8947872Abstract: A holding frame includes a base plate, a first resisting wall, a second resisting wall, two first elastic arms and two second elastic arms. The base plate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first resisting wall extends from the first surface, and the second resisting wall extends from the second surface. The two first elastic arms are formed on the first surface, and face the first resisting wall. The two first elastic arms and the first resisting wall define a first receiving space configured for receiving a first hard disk drive. The two second elastic arms are formed on the second surface, and face the second resisting wall. The two second elastic arms and the second resisting wall define a second receiving space configured for receiving a second hard disk drive.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chin-Ming Chang
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Patent number: 8941986Abstract: A computer system includes a computer case, an enclosure, and a heat dissipating device. The computer case includes a rear plate with a plurality of ventilation holes. The enclosure includes a separating portion to divide the computer case into a first receiving area and a second area. The heat dissipating device includes a first heat sink, a second heat sink, a heat pipe and a fan. The first heat sink is attached to a chip, and the fan communicates with the second heat sink. The first heat sink and the fan are received in the first receiving area, and the second heat sink is received in the second receiving area. The heat pipe extends through the separating portion, and the plurality of ventilation holes, the first heat sink, the fan, the heat pipe, and the second heat sink together defines an air path for air flowing through.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2012Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: ScienBizIP Consulting (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yang Li
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Patent number: 8942001Abstract: A seal structure for an electronic control device having a circuit board housed in a watertight space a housing that is formed by fitting a plurality of fitting members together, has first and second seal portions which are formed at a fitting surface portion between the fitting members that are fitted together. One side of a pair of the fitting members of each of the first and second seal portions is provided with a seal groove, the other side is provided with a protruding line. An auxiliary seal groove and an auxiliary protruding line are formed on opposing surfaces of the seal groove and the protruding line at a merged part where the first and second seal portions meet each other. The auxiliary seal groove and the auxiliary protruding line continuously extend from the seal groove up to an end surface of the protruding line.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Yoshio Kawai, Yuichi Yanagisawa, Hironori Ohhashi