Patents Examined by Nidhi Thaker
  • Patent number: 11340650
    Abstract: A display apparatus with improved assembility, productivity and quality. The display apparatus includes: a display panel; a rear chassis covering a rear surface of the display panel, and the rear chassis including a coupling protrusion protruding toward the display panel; a reflective sheet including a fixing hole in which the coupling protrusion is inserted, and rested on a front surface of the rear chassis when the coupling protrusion is inserted in the fixing hole; and a substrate coupled to the rear chassis in a front direction of the reflective sheet such that the reflective sheet is prevented from being separated from the rear chassis, wherein a plurality of light sources configured to irradiate light toward the display panel are mounted on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun-Jin Kim, Kyoungyoon Lee, Heongseog Lee
  • Patent number: 11340666
    Abstract: A data storage device fixing structure includes a mounting frame, a resisting member, and a limiting member. The resisting member is movably arranged on the mounting frame and configured to resist a data storage device. The resisting member includes a resisting portion. The limiting member is provided on the resisting member and provided with a fixing portion. The fixing portion extends into the data storage device located in the mounting frame to fixedly mount the data storage device. When the limiting member is moved, the fixing portion is separated from the data storage device, the resisting member is pulled, and the resisting portion drives the data storage device to move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Fulian Precision Electronics (Tianjin) Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Hung-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 11334125
    Abstract: An information handling system bezel provides a dynamic visual effect with layers of patterns coupled to the information handling system housing that provide a dynamic visual effect for an end user as the end user viewing angle changes. For example, an outer layer of the bezel has a first pattern, such as parallel vent lines, an inner layer of the bezel has a second pattern, such as geometric shapes, and a middle layer has both the first and second patterns aligned with the outer and inner layers to provide the dynamic visual effect based upon viewing angle through the outer layer to the inner layer, such as with a contrasting color of the first and/or second patterns at the middle layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventors: Richard Andrew Crisp, Wei-Ti Kuo, Richard William Guzman, Zackery William Bennett
  • Patent number: 11314280
    Abstract: Systems and methods are involved with but are not limited to an apparatus including a first frame shaped and sized to receive a tablet-shaped computing device; and a second frame shaped and sized to receive the first frame. In addition, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: PIONEER SQUARE BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Cooper Ferren, Michael Heecheol Kim, Jaimie Emerald Chan
  • Patent number: 11294426
    Abstract: Systems and methods are involved with a tablet case assembly including a case frame for removably containing a tablet computing device, the case frame including a tablet containment area that is obscured from view when the case frame contains a tablet computing device; a keyboard assembly including a keyboard, and an engagement member coupled to the keyboard, the engagement member for removably engaging with the posterior side of the third wall of the case frame; and at least one fastener for removably securing the engagement member of the keyboard assembly with the posterior side of the third wall of the case frame. In addition, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: PIONEER SQUARE BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Lewis Piper, Michael Cooper Ferren
  • Patent number: 11262795
    Abstract: A novel electronic device is provided. Alternatively an electronic device of a novel embodiment is provided. An electronic device includes a support and a display portion. The support has a first curved surface. The display portion is provided over the support. The display portion has a top surface and a side surface in contact with at least one side of the top surface. The side surface has a second curved surface. The top surface includes a first display region. The side surface includes a second display region. The first display region and the second display region are continuously provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Kuwabara, Masaaki Hiroki
  • Patent number: 11231754
    Abstract: A hinge structure includes a first rotary bracket that rotates about a first virtual axis and a second rotary bracket that rotates about a second virtual axis The hinge structure also includes a fixed bracket that includes the first rotary bracket and the second rotary bracket fixed thereto. The hinge further structure includes a first rotary member, a second rotary member, a first arm and a second arm. Additionally, the hinge structure includes a cam part that includes bumpy structures. A first elastic body is mounted on the first rotary member and supports at least one side of the cam part and second elastic body is mounted on the second rotary member and supports at least an opposite side of the cam part. The hinge structure also includes a support bracket that supports the first elastic body and the second elastic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaeho Kang, Minsung Lee, Seunghyun Hwang, Chungkeun Yoo, Jungjin Kim, Jongyoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11226659
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a host, a display, a sliding plate, and a keyboard. The host has an operating surface. The display is pivoted to the host. The sliding plate is slidably disposed in the host, where the display is mechanically coupled to the sliding plate, and the sliding plate includes a plat portion and a recess portion that are arranged side by side. The keyboard is integrated to the host. The keyboard includes a key structure, where the key structure includes a key cap and a reciprocating element, and the key cap is exposed from the operating surface of the host. The reciprocating element is disposed between the key cap and the sliding plate and has a first end connected to the key cap and a second end contacting the sliding plate. The second end is located on a sliding path of the plat portion and the recess portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Hung-Chi Chen, Shun-Bin Chen, Huei-Ting Chuang, Yen-Chieh Chiu, Yu-Wen Lin, Yen-Chou Chueh, Po-Yi Lee
  • Patent number: 11226656
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a computer, including: a display component, having a display surface; a main body, including a central processor unit and having a reference surface; and a connector component, configured to connect the display component and the main body and to maintain a relative position of the display component and the main body to be at least in a first state and a second state. In the first state, a first angle is between the display surface and the reference surface; in the second state, a second angle is between the display surface and the reference surface, the first angle is different from the second angle, and the second angle is not zero; and in the first state and in the second state, the main body is located on a side of the display component facing away from the display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hu Zhu
  • Patent number: 11226657
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first display and a second display. The first display includes a first display body having a first side, a positioning recess located at the first side, and an engagement recess located in the positioning recess. The second display is detachably mounted at one side of the first display body, includes a second display body, a positioning protrusion, and a pendulum hook, and has a second side. The positioning protrusion is connected to the second side and has a cavity configured to accommodate the pendulum hook pivotally connected to the positioning protrusion and including an engagement protrusion. The positioning protrusion is inserted into the positioning recess. The second side contacts the first side. The engagement protrusion is configured to move out of the cavity and be engaged with the engagement recess or move away from the engagement recess and move back to the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Yi-Hsuan Yang, Wu-Chen Lee, Cheng-Nan Ling, Chia-Bo Chen
  • Patent number: 11209866
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device includes a first casing, a second casing, a hinge structure and a foldable display. The hinge structure includes a first frame, a second frame, a plurality of first hinge block sets and a plurality of second hinge blocks, wherein the first frame is connected to the first casing and the second frame is connected to the second casing. The two adjacent first hinge block sets are connected by one of the second hinge blocks. The foldable display includes a first bonding portion secured to the first casing, a second bonding portion secured to the second casing and a foldable portion located between the first bonding portion and the second casing, wherein the foldable portion is aligned with the hinge structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventor: Yan-Lin Kuo
  • Patent number: 11199876
    Abstract: A flexible display device that includes a first body, a second body located side by side with the first body and is able to move relative to the first body, a flexible display that can change an area exposed to the outside by relative movement between the first body and the second body, and a link part fixed to one side of the first body and the second body, respectively, and that is deformable between the first body and the second body, so as to guide the second body to move toward the first body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Minjong Lee, Sunggyu Koh, Jongkyu Ju
  • Patent number: 11188119
    Abstract: A device holder includes a base, a hinge, and an arm. The base includes a mounting feature configured to affix the device holder to a portable computer device, and the hinge is connected to the base. The arm is connected to the hinge and opposes the base. The arm is rotatable with respect to the base to change the device holder between a stowed configuration, when the arm is positioned alongside the base, and a deployed configuration, when the first arm is positioned away from the base. In addition, the device holder is configured to hold a peripheral device of the portable computer device when the device holder is in the deployed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Richard Roberts
  • Patent number: 11188121
    Abstract: Systems and methods are involved with but are not limited to an apparatus including a traylike structure including one or more apertures being positioned along one or more of a first wall portion, a second wall portion, a third wall portion, and a fourth wall portion; and a flangelike structure including one or more protrusions being positioned to extend from one or more of a first lower interior surface of a first elongated member, a second lower interior surface of a second elongated member, and a third lower interior surface of the third elongated member to engage with the one or more apertures of the traylike structure thereby coupling the flangelike structure with the traylike structure. In addition, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: PIONEER SQUARE BRANDS, INC.
    Inventors: Megan Elizabeth Zumel Manzano, Michael Cooper Ferren, Jaimie Emerald Chan, Brian Lewis Piper
  • Patent number: 11181949
    Abstract: Keyboards are disclosed that are retractable. Movable magnetic or mechanical linkage elements are configured to reposition keycaps and stabilizers between different relative positions. Structures in a movable layer can act on the keycaps or stabilizers to move the keycaps and stabilizers into a retracted position for storage and for saving space in an electronic device. The stabilizers can be scissor mechanisms, butterfly mechanisms, and similar devices. The movable layer can be moved in response to rotation of a hinge or other mechanical element in the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ian A. Guy, Ari P. Miller, Edward J. Cooper, Houtan R. Farahani, Kevin M. Robinson, Riley E. Brandt
  • Patent number: 11163336
    Abstract: An electronic device may comprise: a first housing including a first upper surface, a first lower surface, a first side, and a second side disposed opposite the first side; a second housing including a third side and a second upper surface; a connecting member for connecting the first housing and the second housing to be rotatable; a first window extending from the first upper surface to the first side and formed of a first material; a second window extending from the first lower surface of the first housing to the second upper surface and formed of a second material; and a flexible display mounted in the first housing and the second housing and mounted along the first window and the second window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Songhee Jung, Taesung Kim, Hyunchang Shin, Donghui Kim, Jongkon Bae, Dongkyoon Han
  • Patent number: 11157039
    Abstract: A display device comprises: a cabinet including a receiving part having an open front surface; a movable plate disposed in the front of the receiving part to be slidable to the left or right and including a first opening formed to be vertically elongated; a display module held on the front surface of the movable plate to selectively cover the front surface of the receiving part according to a position of the movable plate; and a mount bracket fixed onto the rear surface of the display module and having one end which is inserted into the first opening and is then lowered to be fastened to the movable plate, whereby the display device can easily hold a display module and improve use of a space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hansoo Kim, Woohyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11157048
    Abstract: A memory module with a screen includes a memory substrate, a power conversion module, a screen control module, and a screen. The memory substrate includes a plurality of memory components and a connection interface. The power conversion module is disposed on the memory substrate and electrically connected to the connection interface. The screen control module is disposed on the memory substrate and electrically connected to the connection interface and the power conversion module. The screen is disposed on the memory substrate, and the screen is electrically connected to the power conversion module and the screen control module to receive a voltage output from the power conversion module and a display signal output from the screen control module. A motherboard module including a memory module with a screen is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: GAGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Cheng Chen, Tse-Hsien Liao, Chun-Chien Lee, Chen-Te Hsu
  • Patent number: 11143936
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein provide a cover for obscuring an opening found on a housing of a computing device. As an example, the housing includes a bezel that includes the opening extending through the bezel. The cover includes a pin disposed on a first end of the cover, wherein the pin is insertable into a hole along the bezel. The housing includes features to swivel a second end of the cover opposite the first end in either a first or second position. In the first position, the second end is to obscure a viewing portion of the opening, and in the second position, the second end is to expose the viewing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Derek Kanas, Chan-Woo Park
  • Patent number: 11144103
    Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a processor, a temperature sensor, a main board on which the processor and the temperature sensor are mounted, a main body including a first surface and a second surface, an input device disposed on the first surface and the main board disposed on the second surface, wherein the first surface and second surface define a hollow in which the main board is disposed, a display, height adjuster disposed between the first and second surfaces and including a connection terminal connected to the processor, an extendable bar connected to the connection terminal, and a spacer connected to the extension bar. The processor implements the method, including in response to receiving a detection signal from the temperature sensor, control actuation of the height adjuster to cause expansion or contraction of the hollow by movement of the first and second surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byungwook Yoo