Patents Examined by Robert Brown
  • Patent number: 9383786
    Abstract: A telescoping enclosure for information handling system components is disclosed. The telescoping information handling system component comprises a first enclosure and a second enclosure slidably coupled to the first enclosure. A service loop is configured to electrically couple a first sub-component located in the first enclosure to a second sub-component located in the second enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Kevin Mundt, Jason Adrian
  • Patent number: 9376928
    Abstract: A power system enclosure is provided. The power system enclosure includes a housing accommodating a power source. The power system enclosure further includes an enclosure inlet connected to the housing to allow entry of an intake fluid into the housing. An enclosure exhaust is connected to the housing to route fluid from the housing. Further, a relief damper is disposed in the enclosure exhaust. At least a portion of the relief damper is configured to open when a pressure within the housing exceeds a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Franco Lazzari, Luigi Pedrini, Marco Ghislanzoni, Nicola Müller
  • Patent number: 9367103
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device is arranged in an outer case of an electronic device, and includes an oscillation assembly, an air disturbing member and at least one fixing seat. The oscillation assembly includes a base and an oscillating member provided on the base; and the air disturbing member is connected at a first end to the oscillating member and at an opposite second end to the fixing seat. When an electric power is supplied to the oscillation assembly, the oscillating member is oscillated to thereby vibrate the first end of the air disturbing member, producing a continuous wave of the air disturbing member. The waving air disturbing member in turn disturbs air in the outer case, forcing the air toward a heat source and causing air convection in the outer case to enable largely upgraded heat dissipation efficiency of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Asia Vital Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bor-Haw Chang, Chung-Shu Wang
  • Patent number: 9360887
    Abstract: A display device includes a base (1) and a curvature-adjustable display screen (3) mounted on the base (1). The base (1) includes two supporting legs (11) and a connecting part (15) disposed therebetween. Each of the supporting legs (11) includes a placing part (111) and a mounting part (113) upwardly extending therefrom. The mounting parts (113) are respectively connected to two sides of the display screen (3). The connecting part (15) is disposed between the two placing parts (111) and capable of allowing the two placing parts (111) rotatable relative to each other along with a change of curvature of the display screen (3) and thereby resulting in the base (1) variable with the change of curvature of the display screen (3). Therefore, the curvature of the display screen (3) can be adjusted according to user's viewing needs and the convenience of product use is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chengling Lv, Yajun Yu, Guofu Tang
  • Patent number: 9357673
    Abstract: There is disclosed a digital signage including a display panel, a housing having the display panel arranged in a front surface, the housing comprising an inlet formed in a lower portion of a lateral surface and an outlet formed in an upper portion of a back surface or a top surface, a fan configured to suck air into the housing via the inlet and to blow the air exhausting via the outlet after penetrating a back surface of the display, a pre-filter mounted adjacent to the inlet, the pre-filter comprising a plurality of mesh holes, and a membrane filter configured to penetrate the air having penetrated the pre-filter there through and to filter moisture and foreign substances, such that may have a slim design and exhaust the heat generated from a display panel and a driving circuit board effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Injae Chin
  • Patent number: 9345163
    Abstract: A module is insertable into a cage based on movement along a first axis. The module is to contain an interface card. A mechanism is to move the module along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, to couple the interface card with the cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Raghavan V. Venugopal, Chin-Lung Chiang, Patrick A. Raymond, Chih-Chiang Chen
  • Patent number: 9326415
    Abstract: Provided herein is an apparatus, including a storage compartment; a central partition of the storage compartment, wherein the central partition of the storage compartment provides a housing for a number of connectors for respectively connecting a number of digital data storage devices into both sides of the central partition of the storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventor: Jean Paul Rauline
  • Patent number: 9320169
    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: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Jason D. Adrian, Douglas L. Farley
  • Patent number: 9307655
    Abstract: A circuit board module includes a first circuit board, an electrically conductive structure, a first bump, a second circuit board and an electrically conductive film. The electrically conductive structure and the first bump are disposed on the supporting surface of the first circuit board. The electrically conductive structure and the first bump respectively have a first maximal thickness T1 and a second maximal thickness T2 along the normal direction of the supporting surface. The second circuit board is disposed on the electrically conductive structure and the first bump. The electrically conductive film is disposed between the second circuit board and the electrically conductive structure, and it has a plurality of electrically conductive particles. An average particle diameter D of the electrically conductive particles when undeformed satisfies: 0<T2?T1?D.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Hung Chen, Po-Fu Huang, Chih-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 9268377
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided that includes a base having a first side and a second side, and a lid having a first side and a second side. A hinge device may couple to the base and the lid, and may allow the lid to move relative to the base between the closed state and the opened state. A heat exchange device may be adjacent to the hinge device in an area between the base and the lid. The heat exchange device may receive heat from a component in the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Mark MacDonald, Yoshifumi Yoshi Nishi
  • Patent number: 9232677
    Abstract: Provided herein is an apparatus, including a chassis defining a storage compartment; a printed circuit board, wherein the printed circuit board is substantially parallel to a floor of the storage compartment; and a number of connectors mounted on the printed circuit board, wherein the number of connectors are configured to respectively connect to a number of digital data storage devices oriented substantially parallel to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventor: Jean Paul Rauline
  • Patent number: 9232671
    Abstract: An exemplary stand structure includes a base board, telescopic supporting rods, and a holding base. The supporting rods are retractable into the base board with the holding base detachably engaged on the base board. When the base board needs to be supported in a slanting orientation, the holding base is detached from the base board, the supporting rods depart from the base board, and the supporting rods are extended to lengths and locations at which the holding base is in a desired position to support the base board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhi-Jun Shi
  • Patent number: 9192061
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes: a first housing; a second housing; and a hinge. The first housing is substantially flat, substantially rectangular and substantially parallepiped shaped, and includes a display comprising a screen. The second housing is substantially flat, substantially rectangular and substantially parallelepiped shape, and includes a keyboard. The hinge rotatably connects a first corner of the first housing and a second corner of the second housing with each other. The electronic device is capable of taking at least: a first configuration in which the first housing covers the keyboard and in which the first housing and the second housing are overlapped in a thickness direction; and a second configuration in which a shorter side of the first housing is aligned with a longer side of the second housing and in which the first housing and the second housing intersect each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Yuji Nakajima
  • Patent number: 9173321
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a chassis, an air-guiding housing mounted in the chassis, and an airflow control member. The chassis includes a base panel with a plurality of ventilation holes. The air-guiding housing comprises an airflow passage aligned with the plurality of ventilation holes. The airflow control member includes a shielding plate attached on the base panel. The airflow control member is movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the shielding plate is located beside the air-guiding housing, and the airflow passage is communicated with the plurality of ventilation holes for allowing air flowing to an outside of the chassis via the plurality of ventilation holes. In the second position, the shielding plate is located between the air-guiding housing and the base panel for closing the plurality of ventilation holes and preventing air flowing to the outside of the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignees: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (WuHan) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lin Yu, Zhi-Ping Wu
  • Patent number: 9141136
    Abstract: A carrying case includes a frame member to retain a tablet computer and a base member coupled to the frame member. The frame member includes a recess with a protruding lip to receive a first edge of the tablet computer as it is inserted into the carrying case, and a retractable latching mechanism to secure a second, opposite edge of the tablet computer. The retractable latching mechanism can be moved to a retracted position to enable the second edge of the tablet computer to be inserted within the frame member and then released to a non-retracted position to secure the second edge of the tablet computer within the frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Parle Innovation, Inc.
    Inventor: Arthur M. Shulenberger
  • Patent number: 9135548
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing security for authentication devices—such as electronically readable cards or ID badges with embedded RFID chips or NFC capability—may include an envelope or pocket-like case for carrying an electronically readable card, having an electrically conductive, non-opaque sleeve that can be moved to cover or expose the electronically readable card and that prevents information on the card from being electronically read when covered yet still allows the card to be seen when covered. In one or more embodiments, the sleeve may be a wire mesh that is flexible enough to be compressed to expose the card yet stiff (or rigid) enough to be extended to cover the card and that is transparent enough to allow reading visual information on the surface of the card when covering the card. Protection can be switched off by a mechanical switch that leaves the protection normally on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: PAYPAL, INC.
    Inventor: Matthew Wilczynski
  • Patent number: 9134757
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided that includes a base having a first side and a second side, and a lid having a first side and a second side. The electronic device may also include a heat exchanger provided at the base. The heat exchanger may have a first surface exposed to outside the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshifumi Nishi, Mark MacDonald, Douglas Heymann
  • Patent number: 9118141
    Abstract: A retention device (2) for positioning a heat sink (3) includes a base (21), a lever (22) and a pressing tab (23), the pressing tab (23) includes a first pushing portion (233) and a second pushing portion (232) for pressing the heat sink (3), the first pushing portion (233) includes an upper surface (2330) and a lower surface opposite (2331) to the upper surface (2330), the second pushing portion (232) includes a top surface (2320) and a bottom surface (2321) opposite to the top surface (2320), the distance between the upper surface (2330) and the lower surface (2331) is smaller than the distance between the top surface (2320) and the bottom surface (2321).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Cheng-Chi Yeh
  • Patent number: 9110310
    Abstract: This invention discloses a device comprising multiple functional layers with multiple energization elements formed on substrates, wherein at least one functional layer comprises an electrical energy source. In some embodiments, the present invention includes a component for incorporation into ophthalmic lenses that has been formed by the stacking of multiple functionalized layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall B. Pugh, Frederick A. Flitsch, Daniel B. Otts, James Daniel Riall, Adam Toner
  • Patent number: 9107295
    Abstract: A multilayer printed circuit board may comprise at least one printed circuit board front end that is thermally conductively metalized. An apparatus with such a printed circuit board is also proposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Wilfried Lassmann, Christian Büttner