Patents Examined by Robert Brown
  • Patent number: 8867231
    Abstract: An electronic module package that includes an electronic module configured to receive input signals and process the input signals to provide output signals. The module package also includes an interposer having a board substrate with opposite mounting and substrate surfaces. The mounting surface has a mounting array of electrical contacts. The substrate surface has a module array of electrical contacts and a component array of electrical contacts. The electronic module is attached to the substrate surface and electrically coupled to the module array. The interposer includes first conductive pathways that electrically couple the module array and the mounting array and also includes second conductive pathways that electrically couple the module array and the component array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Lee Jacobo Jose Roitberg, Terry R. Billger
  • Patent number: 8861197
    Abstract: A portable electronic module includes a bezel, a glass panel device, a first limiting member, a backlight device, a second limiting member, and a back cover. The glass panel device is fixed onto the bezel. The first limiting member is disposed at a first side of the glass panel device. The backlight device is disposed on the glass panel device. The second limiting member is disposed at a second side of the glass panel device for limiting the backlight device cooperatively with the first limiting member. The back cover covers the backlight device and is detachably connected to the bezel for containing the glass panel device and the backlight device cooperatively with the bezel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Song-Nine Tsai, Cheng-Shing Liu, Jen-Hao Liu
  • Patent number: 8848364
    Abstract: A daughterboard can include an airflow path or opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Lee Crane, Tom J. Searby
  • Patent number: 8848394
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) circuit is configured for impedance matching, such as for mitigating noise. In connection with an example embodiment, an RF circuit includes a transceiver in a substrate, and a conductive ring-type of material in the substrate and around at least a portion of the transceiver circuit. An upper conductive ring material is over the substrate and separated from the conductive ring-type material by an insulating layer. The upper conductive ring material is configured to generate an inductance that matches input impedance characteristics of the transceiver circuit. In some implementations, the upper conductive ring material connects a gate input pin of the circuit with the gate of an input transistor of an amplifier in the transceiver, and exhibits an impedance that matches the impedance of the input transistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventor: Cristian Andrei
  • Patent number: 8843771
    Abstract: A server rack system includes a management network switch, servers, a power supply unit, fan units, and an integrated management module (IMM). Management network ports of baseboard management controllers (BMCs) of the servers are connected to the management network switch. A management network port of the power supply unit is connected to the management network switch. Management network ports of the fan units are connected to the management network switch. A management network port of the IMM is connected to the management network switch. The IMM communicates with the BMCs of the servers, the fan units, and the power supply unit through the management network switch, so as to obtain operation states of the servers, the fan units and the power supply unit, or control operations of the servers, the fan units and the power supply unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventor: Hao-Hao Wang
  • Patent number: 8830673
    Abstract: A server including a chassis, an electronic module, a fan module and a handle is provided. The chassis has a first wedging portion. The electronic module is disposed in the chassis. The fan module is disposed in the chassis and is adjacent to the electronic module. The handle is pivotally connected to the fan module and has a second wedging portion, and the first wedging portion is used for wedging the second wedging portion. When the handle is rotated, the fan module is moved relatively to the first wedging portion for entering or exiting the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventor: Ho-Wen Kuo
  • Patent number: 8824140
    Abstract: A handheld computing device that includes an enclosure having structural walls formed from a glass material that can be radio-transparent. The enclosure can be formed from a hollow glass tube or two glass members bonded together. A laser frit bonding process may be used to hermetically seal the two glass members together to create a water resistant electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Prest, Emery A. Sanford
  • Patent number: 8813529
    Abstract: Anti-theft device for an inverter assembly including an inverter having a housing with a rear panel, a mounting plate to which the inverter is attached and a locking pin connected at one end to the mounting plate and extending through a hole in the rear panel of the inverter housing when the inverter is in a mounted position, wherein the locking pin includes an opening at the other end through which a U-lock can be inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventor: Andreas Donth
  • Patent number: 8811012
    Abstract: A slim portable device is provided in which a main body includes a main Printed Circuit Board (PCB), an information Input/Output (I/O) device disposed on the main PCB in parallel relation with the main PCB, an antenna disposed along a partial frontal periphery of the information I/O device, and at least one battery disposed substantially co-planar with the main PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Nam Moon, Sang-In Baek
  • Patent number: 8811009
    Abstract: An air duct includes a top wall and a blocking plate. The top wall includes a limiting block, a resilient arm, and a pair of hooks. A latching slot is defined between the pair of hooks. The blocking plate is rotatably secured to the top panel and includes a body and a shaft connected to the body. The shaft is rotatably engaged in the latching slot. The limiting block and the resilient arm abut two opposite surfaces of the body and block the body preventing the blocking plate from rotating relative to the top wall. The blocking plate is adapted to abut an electronic component and guide airflow towards the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Li-Ping Chen
  • Patent number: 8807364
    Abstract: There is provided a receptacle for a modular telematic unit. An exemplary receptacle comprises a body, at least one housing, and at least one solar panel. The body comprises at least two rails positioned opposite from each other. The housing is configured to be detachably slid into the rails. The solar panel is configured to be detachably slid into the rails. An outer surface of the solar panel, when slid into the rails, is slanted at an angle ? relative to at least one outer surface of the body. The outer surface of the body is positioned opposite the solar panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Deutsche Post AG
    Inventors: Frank Josefiak, Hassan Aftabruyan, Stefan Heimerl, Julian Baugatz, Andreas Wiechmann
  • Patent number: 8801442
    Abstract: A device for positioning at least one multiple round plug on a profiled support, including an adapter with a plurality of external functional surfaces wherein a first functional surface having latch-type profiles is provided for snap fastening the adapter onto the profiled support, and a further functional surface, offset from the first functional surface is provided with a retaining device for releasable attachment of the housing of a round plug. The adapter includes at least one space which is open toward at least one external functional surface and through which flexible cables can pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: LQ Mechatronik-Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Jose Quero, Steffen Lentmaier, Mike Wenzel
  • Patent number: 8797725
    Abstract: A power adapter device is to be applied to an electronic device, and includes a power adapter and a carrying pad. The power adapter includes a power adapter body, which has a pad-connecting end and a pad-storing end opposite to said pad-connecting end. The carrying pad has a free end, and an adapter-connecting end opposite to the free end and connected to the pad-connecting end. The carrying pad is switchable with respect to the power adapter body between an unfolded state, where the carrying pad is unfolded at one side of the power adapter body with the free end remote from the power adapter body, and a stored state, where the carrying pad is folded toward the power adapter body with the free end being close to the pad-storing end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Ren-Jing Wei
  • Patent number: 8787037
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a shielding member, an electric circuit, and a filter capacitor. The electric circuit has an output line and is arranged inside the shielding member. The filter capacitor is arranged outside the shielding member to be connected to the output line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Shimpei Sakoda, Yasuhiro Koike, Hiroaki Asano, Kiminori Ozaki, Sergey Moiseev
  • Patent number: 8767395
    Abstract: Provided is a slim-type cradling apparatus for a portable terminal. The disclosed cradling apparatus includes a cradling body and a retaining device interworking with rotation of the cradling body to support a closed state and a rotated state of the cradling body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chung-Keun Yoo
  • Patent number: 8743562
    Abstract: A cam system includes a beam including a plurality of coupling features. A first handle is operable to be coupled to the beam using the coupling features. A plurality of cam elements are each operable to be coupled to the beam at different locations along the beam using the coupling features. A plurality of cam brackets are each operable to be mounted to a first member having a first connector. The coupled-together beam, first handle, and cam elements are operable to be coupled a second member having a second connector such that, with the cam brackets mounted to the first member, the engagement of the cam elements with the cam brackets mate the first connector and the second connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Corey D. Hartman, Alejandro Z. Rodriguez, Russell Smith
  • Patent number: 8717757
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a casing whereinside an accommodating space is formed, a signal terminal disposed on a lateral wall of the accommodating space, a stylus accommodated inside the accommodating space of the casing in a movable manner, a push-pop mechanism disposed inside the accommodating space of the casing for fixing the stylus at a corresponding position according to depth of the accommodating space whereinto the stylus enters, and a connector for inserting into the accommodating space of the casing so as to electrically connect with the signal terminal to transmit a corresponding signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Su-Kai Hsu
  • Patent number: 8699221
    Abstract: A notebook computer cooling pad capable of temperature detection and fan-speed adjustment is equipped with heat-dissipating fans, a control panel and plural movably deposited temperature sensors, so that when a notebook computer is placed on the notebook computer cooling pad, a user may be informed of real-time temperature readings related to different locations of the notebook computer and use the use the fan-speed adjusting button to adjust a rotational speed of the heat-dissipating fans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Inventor: Cheng Yu Huang
  • Patent number: 8693202
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit includes a first flexible film; a first interconnection layer on the first flexible film, wherein the first interconnection layer includes a first end portion to be connected to a first electrode of a touchscreen, and a second end portion; a second flexible film; a second interconnection layer on the second flexible film, wherein the second interconnection layer includes a first end portion to be connected to a second electrode of the touchscreen, and a second portion; an adhesive layer that bonds the first flexible film and the second flexible film; a first cover film on the first interconnection layer with the first and second end portions of the first interconnection layer being exposed; and a second cover film on the second interconnection layer with the first and second end portions of the second interconnection layer being exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Yoshifusa
  • Patent number: 8599576
    Abstract: Equipment and systems for protecting electronics against damage or upsets from electromagnetic pulse (HEMP or EMP), intentional electromagnetic interference (IEMI), and high power RF weapons are disclosed. This equipment can include a shielding arrangement includes a metallic enclosure having an interior volume defining a protected portion and an unprotected portion separated by an electromagnetically shielding barrier, and having a portal providing access to the protective portion and including an access opening, a shielding cover sized to cover the access opening, and an electromagnetically sealing gasket positioned around a perimeter of the access opening. The shielding arrangement also includes one or more filters positioned at least partially within the unprotected portion and along the electromagnetically shielding barrier to dampen electromagnetic signals and/or power signals outside a predetermined acceptable range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Emprimus, LLC
    Inventors: Frederick R. Faxvog, Greg Fuchs, Wallace Jensen, David Blake Jackson, Bill Volna, Gale Nordling, James Nicholas Ruehl