Patents Examined by Rashen E Morrison
  • Patent number: 10390454
    Abstract: An equipment rack with a compact adjustable cable management arm is disclosed. The equipment rack includes a plurality of chassis slots arranged vertically. Each chassis slot is operable to hold at least one removable electronic device. A pair of side rails supports the plurality of chassis slots. An adjustable cable management arm is located on one end of the side rails. The adjustable cable management arm has at least a first vertical position allowing access to one of the chassis slots. The adjustable cable management arm has a second vertical position allowing access to another of the chassis slots blocked by the cable management arm when the cable management arm is in the first vertical position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Jung Chen, Chih-Hsiang Lee, Chih-Wei Lin, Wei-Chih Yang
  • Patent number: 10390443
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a housing, at least one roller positioned inside the housing, a display unit including a display panel and a module cover having at least one apron, of which at least a portion is connected to each other, and a driver including a motor assembly, an upper bar coupled to an upper part of the display unit, and at least one support portion having one side coupled to both ends of the upper bar and the other side coupled to the motor assembly and moving up and down the upper bar. Both ends of the at least one apron bend in a forward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hoyoung Kim, Changwan Noh, Kyeongdong Kim
  • Patent number: 10389967
    Abstract: A removable attachment structure includes a movable module and a latching module. The movable module includes a first receiving groove. The latching module includes a first mounting portion and a latching subassembly on the first mounting portion. One end of the latching subassembly and the first mounting portion defines an entrance, the entrance allows the movable module to enter into or come out of the latching module. For latching, the movable module vertically enters into the entrance and is driven to the latching subassembly until the latching subassembly is completely received in the first receiving groove. For unlatching, the movable module is driven in opposite direction until the latching subassembly is disengaged from the latching part, thereby disengaging the movable module from the entrance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignees: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Na Wang, Cheng-Fa Chung
  • Patent number: 10379634
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: a touchpad module; a cover including a touch operation portion configured to cover a face of the touchpad module and a button opening formed along a horizontal side portion of the touch operation portion; an operation button arranged in the button opening; and a base member, arranged on an opposite side of the cover with respect to the touchpad module and the operation button, configured to support the touchpad module and the operation button, an end portion of the base member on the touchpad module side being arranged closer to the operation button than a central portion in a vertical side direction of the touchpad module when viewed from a thickness direction of the touchpad module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Fujitsu Client Computing Limited
    Inventors: Ryu Komatsu, Takashi Abe
  • Patent number: 10375840
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention is a transparent display device. The transparent display device according to the present invention comprises: a frame having first and second apertures; a transparent display panel disposed on the first aperture of the frame; and a control module, disposed on the second aperture of the frame, for controlling the transparent display panel, wherein the frame is installed to cover the front surface of the door unit of a certain product or is separated from the front surface of the door unit of the certain product, and wherein an extension frame extended from an edge of the frame toward the door unit of the certain product can engage with the side of the edge of the door unit of the certain product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaeho An, Jongmin Park
  • Patent number: 10365696
    Abstract: An industrial input/output device with movable connector is provided. The industrial input/output device with movable connector is controlled to make the first connector provide connection or not by moving a moving link thereof. Therefore, the technical effect of preventing the interruption of the operation of the industrial input/output device can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: MOXA INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Chun Huang, Chung-Kun Hou
  • Patent number: 10359814
    Abstract: An apparatus for protecting connectors protruding from a metal enclosure of a hardware canister includes an enclosure that includes one or more components, wherein a portion of the one or more components protrudes out of a first side of the enclosure. The apparatus further includes a first extendable member assembly coupled to a lower interior surface of the enclosure, wherein the first extendable member assembly includes, a first structure coupled to a first compressible member, wherein a force applied to the first structure at the first side of the enclosure translates to the first compressible member and a lower edge of the first structure located below a lower edge of the one or more components, wherein a length of the first structure in an extended state is longer than a length of the protruding portion of the one or more components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bulent Abali, Paul G. Crumley
  • Patent number: 10362706
    Abstract: Examples herein relate to server systems with hinge mechanisms. In one example, a server system includes a first enclosure and a second enclosure, the first and second enclosure each include a front end and a back end disposed opposite to each other, the front end having an opening. The server system further includes a hinge mechanism, the hinge mechanism connecting an upper edge of the back end of the first enclosure to an upper edge of the front end of the second enclosure. The first enclosure is adapted to rotate around the hinge mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Geoffrey Sun, Chun-han Lin, Chang Yu Chen, Ku-Hsu Nien, Tse-Jen Sung
  • Patent number: 10356891
    Abstract: A printed circuit board includes a substrate base including first and second inner base layers, a plurality of cover base layers, and a screw hole extending from a top to a bottom surface of the substrate base. At least one first cover base layer is disposed on the first inner base layer. At least one second cover base layer is disposed on the second inner base layer. A heat pipe is disposed along an interface between the first and second inner base layers. A ground conductive layer is disposed on at least one of the top surface and the bottom surface of the substrate base at an edge of the screw hole. A first heat dissipating structure is positioned between the top and bottom surfaces of the substrate base. The first heat dissipating structure is connected to the heat pipe and is in direct contact with the ground conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jung-Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10349544
    Abstract: In an electronic device, a socket side first fitting part and a socket side second fitting part, which constitute one shape of a recess and a projection, are formed near a hinge on a principal surface of a socket of a second unit from which a first unit is detachable. In a state in which a principal surface of an input unit and a principal surface of the socket are substantially parallel to each other, an input unit side first fitting part and an input unit side second fitting part, which constitute another shape of the recess and the projection, are formed on the principal surface of the input unit so as to respectively fit to the socket side first fitting part and the socket side second fitting part of the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke Katsuyama, Kenichi Shindo, Futoshi Kuriyama
  • Patent number: 10340969
    Abstract: A cover is described that is magnetically attached to a tablet device. The cover includes at least as flap. In the described embodiment, the flap includes a plurality of segments. The cover includes a number of magnets formed into a number of magnetic arrangements that provide a number of useful features associated with the cover and the tablet device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel G. Smith, Taylor Harrison Gilbert
  • Patent number: 10342151
    Abstract: A method of maintaining a circuit card in a card rack and a circuit card rack system are disclosed. A card rack including a laterally oriented clamping slot is provided. The clamping slot is at least partially formed from a temperature-contractible material. A circuit card having a clamped side region is provided. At least a portion of the clamped side region is inserted into the clamping slot. A predetermined temperature differential is applied to the clamping slot to reduce a longitudinal dimension of at least a portion of the clamping slot. A compressive force is exerted on the portion of the clamped side region which is located longitudinally within the clamping slot, via thermal expansion of the clamping slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Martin Brokner Christiansen, Leonard George Chorosinski, H. Craig Heffner, Stanley Katsuyoshi Wakamiya
  • Patent number: 10337665
    Abstract: A stand includes a supporting assembly and a hinge assembly. The supporting assembly comprises a holder and a support that for moving relative to each other. The hinge assembly includes a fixing component and at least one assembling component. The fixing component is for assembling to an electronic device, and the electronic device includes a display. The at least one assembling component is pivoted on the fixing component for being assembled to the holder or the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventors: Yuju Liu, I-Chun Chen
  • Patent number: 10334748
    Abstract: Top-mount cable management structures are provided to mount to an upper surface of an electronics rack, over a cable pass-through in the upper surface. The cable management structure includes a base structure to mount to the upper surface of the rack, and reside over the cable pass-through. The base structure includes a sidewall with at least one cable opening to allow one or more cables which pass-through the cable pass-through to also pass-through the sidewall of the base structure. A cover structure is provided mounted to the base structure. The base and cover structures together define a substantially enclosed housing disposed over the cable pass-through when the cable management structure is operatively positioned over the upper surface of the electronics rack and the one or more cables pass-through the at least one cable opening in the sidewall of the base structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: William P. Kostenko, John G. Torok, Steven C. McIntosh
  • Patent number: 10331180
    Abstract: A securing apparatus for mounting a PCI or memory card comprises a mounting member and a base. The mounting member comprises a first fastening portion and a second fastening portion. The first fastening portion is connected to the second fastening portion through a fulcrum. The securing apparatus secures the memory card on an electronic device without the need for screws or other means of fixing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ya-Nan Wang, Gong-Wen Zhang, Han-Yu Li
  • Patent number: 10331171
    Abstract: A display device is able to prevent peeling-off and falling-off of a component while promoting improvement of appearance quality and downsizing of the display device itself. The display device includes a display panel, cover glass which is disposed on the front-face side of the display panel, a back-face cover which is disposed on the back-face side of the display panel, a bezel member having a vertical wall which is disposed upright on the inner-face side of an outer peripheral edge of the back-face cover and surrounds a peripheral edge of the display panel and a cushion member which is fixed to the bezel member and protects an outer peripheral end face of the cover glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: NEC PERSONAL COMPUTERS, LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Seino
  • Patent number: 10320105
    Abstract: Printed circuit boards and solid state drives including the same are provided. The printed circuit boards may include a base portion including chip pads that are configured to be connected to semiconductor chips, an edge portion extending from one side of the base portion and including interface pads, guide portions, and protrusions. Each of the guide portions may protrude from a respective one of opposing ends of the edge portion in a first direction and may have a first width, and the guide portions may be spaced apart from each other. Each of the protrusions may protrude from a respective one of the guide portions and may have a second width that is less than the first width. A distance between the protrusions may be substantially equal to a distance between the guide portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ilhan Yun
  • Patent number: 10317957
    Abstract: Modular dense storage arrays are disclosed. In some embodiments, a modular storage array may include a chassis configured to receive a plurality of drive bay modules, a first of the plurality of drive bay modules configured to receive a first plurality of storage drives in the absence of a drive adaptor, each of the first plurality of storage drives having a first form factor, and a second of the plurality of drive bay modules configured to receive a second plurality of storage drives in the absence of the drive adaptor, each of the second plurality of storage drives having a second form factor different from the first form factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Jason D. Adrian, Douglas L. Farley
  • Patent number: 10310558
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a number of embodiments related to a fabric having one or more embedded wires, with the computer node integrated into the fabric that has a base conductive fabric and one or more system leads coupled to the base conductive fabric to electrically couple a computer node removably seated in the computer node seat with one or more embedded wires in the fabric, where the computer node seat has a thickness or a flexibility substantially similar to the fabric and is substantially flat. In other embodiments, the computer node may include a single housing or double housing and may attach to the computer node seat such that a portion of the computer node is disposed both above and below a plane of the computer node seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Eric Lewallen
  • Patent number: 10306753
    Abstract: Tamper-respondent assemblies and fabrication methods are provided which incorporate enclosure-to-circuit board protection. The tamper-respondent assemblies include a circuit board, and an enclosure mounted to the circuit board along an enclosure-to-board interface. The enclosure facilitates enclosing at least one electronic component coupled to the circuit board within a secure volume. A tamper-respondent electronic circuit structure facilitates defining the secure volume, and includes one or more tamper-detect circuits including at least one conductive trace disposed, at least in part, within the enclosure-to-board interface. The conductive trace(s) includes stress rise regions to facilitate tamper-detection at the enclosure-to-board interface. An adhesive is provided to secure the enclosure to the circuit board. The adhesive contacts, at least in part, the conductive trace(s) of the tamper-detect circuit(s) at the enclosure-to-board interface, including at the stress rise regions of the conductive trace(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kathleen Ann Fadden, James A. Busby, David C. Long, John R. Dangler, Alexandra Echegaray, Michael J. Fisher, William Santiago-Fernandez