Patents Examined by Rockshana Chowdhury
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Patent number: 9301389Abstract: A display apparatus includes a flexible display panel configured to display an image, and a bending control portion including a plurality of blocks on a rear side of the display panel, the plurality of blocks being connected to each other and rotated toward the display panel at a predetermined angle, wherein first side surfaces of the blocks are spaced part from each other at a first distance, first side surfaces of the blocks being adjacent to front surfaces of the blocks facing the display panel, wherein second side surfaces of the blocks are adjacent to each other and substantially parallel to each other, the second side surfaces of the blocks being adjacent to rear surfaces of the blocks opposite the front surfaces of the blocks, and wherein the blocks are rotatable toward the display panel with respect to a border therebetween, such that the first distance decreases.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2013Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Gilhwan Yeo, Jeongho Lee
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Patent number: 9285838Abstract: An electronic device including a first body, a second body, a linking member, a plurality of keys, and an actuating module is provided. The first body has a display surface and the second body is adapted to be connected to the first body. The linking member is disposed within the second body. The keys are movably connected to the second body. The actuating module is disposed within the second body and located between the linking member and the keys. The linking member moves via a relative movement between the first body and the second body, so that the actuating module pushes the keys to move from the inside of the second body to the outside of the second body.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2013Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Yao-Tsung Yeh, Kun-Hsin Liu, Wei-Hao Lan, Yen-Hsiao Yeh, Hong-Tien Wang, Shi-Kuan Chen, Chun-Huang Yu, Shih-Chin Chou
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Patent number: 9274569Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to a memory module comprising a PCB and a detachable assembly. The PCB has a terminal portion and a free portion away from the terminal portion. The detachable assembly includes a plurality of metal members disposed on the free portion of the PCB. Thereby, user can averagely force the metal members to install or detach the memory module from a memory slot of a computer system to prevent the interference of outer ESD to affect the normal function of PCB.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2013Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: ADATA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Yujen Yang
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Patent number: 9274564Abstract: An electronic device may include a housing enclosing electronic components, the housing including an aperture on a top portion of the housing, a keyboard within the aperture of the housing, the keyboard comprising multiple keys, and an antenna extending around a subset of the multiple keys.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2013Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Yuan-Jen Chang, Ajay Chandra Venkata Gummalla
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Patent number: 9253899Abstract: An electronic device including: a protrusion portion that projects towards a bottom face of a groove from the opposite side face of a second hook portion, that is inserted into the groove, and that makes close contact with a sealing material; and a cut-away portion that is formed to a side wall portion positioned further to the casing inside out of a pair of side wall portions forming the groove, the cut-away portion being formed at a position corresponding to a first hook portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2013Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Manabu Hongo, Yoshifumi Kajiwara, Hiroyuki Takita, Hiroshi Kubo, Satoshi Watanabe, Shingo Yamaguchi, Satoshi Kanbayashi, Yasuhiro Ite
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Patent number: 9223354Abstract: A grid connected keyboard which includes a keyboard base; and a removable keyboard positioned with respect to the keyboard base. The removable keyboard include a keyboard grid having a plurality of spaces; a plurality of keyboard keys positioned within the spaces of the keyboard grid; and fastening means between the keyboard grid and each of the plurality of keyboard keys for maintaining the keyboard keys within the spaces of the keyboard grid. The fastening means allows movement of the keyboard keys in a direction perpendicular to a plane that contains the keyboard grid. The removable keyboard, including the plurality of keyboard keys, are removable from the keyboard base as a unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.Inventors: Wayne M. Delia, Mozhgan Eslami, Gautam Majumdar
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Patent number: 9225134Abstract: Disclosed is a penetration and assembly structure for a flexible circuit board with a hinge assembly. With a pre-folding line formed on a pre-prepared flexible circuit board serving as a center line, a connection section of the flexible circuit board is folded to a terminal distribution section, and then, the connection section and an extended sheet are wound up in a direction towards the terminal distribution section to form the connection section into a rolled body with the extended sheet wrapped around the rolled body to provide an effect of protection. The rolled body is then inserted through a bore of a hinge assembly so that after the rolled body completely passes through the bore of the hinge assembly, the extension section of the flexible circuit board is located in the bore of the hinge assembly and the first end and the second end are respectively set at opposite ends of the bore of the hinge assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2013Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Advanced Flexible Circuits Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gwun-Jin Lin, Chih-Heng Chuo, Kuo-Fu Su
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Patent number: 9220177Abstract: A display system includes a display panel that displays information and a movement apparatus that moves the display panel. The movement apparatus includes: a slide mechanism configured to move the display panel linearly relative to a base chassis; a right-and-left tilt mechanism configured to change an angle of a display surface of the display panel in a right-and-left direction; an up-and-down tilt mechanism configured to change an angle of the display surface of the display panel in an up-and-down direction; and a rotation mechanism configured to rotate the display panel on a rotation axis orthogonal to the display surface of the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2013Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: FUJITSU TEN LIMITEDInventor: Masashi Hida
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Patent number: 9189026Abstract: A waterproof structure including a housing, a display element assembled to the housing, and a sealing member is provided. The housing has a frame and an opening located on a plane. A portion of the display element is exposed out of the opening. The sealing member disposed between the housing and the display element has a first portion extending toward the opening from the frame and parallel to the plane and a second portion squeezed by the housing and the display element. A first end of the second portion next to the opening leans against the housing, and a second end of the second portion far away from the opening leans against the display element. A gap along a direction between the first portion and the display element is equal to or greater than deformation of the second portion along the direction, wherein the direction is orthogonal to the plane.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2014Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Getac Technology CorporationInventors: Gwo-Shiang Lee, Kun-Yu Tsai, Ting-Wei Liang
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Patent number: 9189015Abstract: A computer apparatus includes a base and a display device. The base includes a first casing and a ferromagnetic unit fastened to the first casing. The display device includes a second casing having a connecting side portion and a magnetic unit. In a first use state, the connecting side portion of the second casing is adjacent to the first casing of the base, and an angle formed therebetween is adjustable. The magnetic unit is fastened to the connecting side portion of the second casing, and magnetically attracts ferromagnetic unit of the base, thereby permitting sliding of the display device relative to the base without separating therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2013Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Tien Chung Tseng, Chen Yi Liang, Hung Chih Chen
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Patent number: 9177694Abstract: A wire harness includes a wire harness main body having at least one electric wire and a protective member formed by formed by hot pressing a non-woven member in a state where the non-woven member covers at least a portion of the wire harness main body. The protective member includes a first compressed portion extending along a longitudinal direction of the wire harness main body and being hot pressed to a first degree of compression, and a second compressed portion extending along the longitudinal direction of the wire harness main body, projecting further than the first compressed portion, and being hot pressed to a second degree of compression lower than the first degree of compression.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2012Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Yasuhiro Kajiwara
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Patent number: 9158341Abstract: A portable computer includes a base, a keyboard module, a pushing assembly, a display module, and a sliding assembly. The base includes a front end and a rear end. The keyboard module includes two keyboard portions; each keyboard portion is moveably combined with the base by at least one moving structure. The pushing assembly includes two pushing elements combined moveably with the base. The display module includes a connecting end and a support portion. The sliding assembly includes a slide corresponding element disposed in the base and a sliding element pivoted on the connecting end and moved along the slide corresponding element. When the connecting end moves towards the front end with the slide element, the pushing assembly pushes and moves the moving structures by the slide element, and the two keyboard portions are separated; then the connecting end is moved through the keyboard module with the slide element.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Yen-Chang Lai, Shang-Mao Lee, Chun-Chien Chen, Hung-Chih Chen
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Patent number: 9092194Abstract: An electronic device includes a base, a rotating element and a sliding element. The rotating element is pivoted to the base. The sliding element is slidably disposed on the base. When the rotating element is rotated relative to the base and an included angle between the two is greater than a specific angle, the sliding element slides from a first position to a second position relative to the base.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2012Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Hsiao-Ling Chan, Yung-Hsiang Chen, Hsin Lu, Wei-Chih Hsu, Chien-I Lin, Kun-Yen Liu
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Patent number: 9066175Abstract: A portable device includes a display module and a keyboard module. The display module includes a display casing, at least one speaker and at least one sound output opening. The speaker is accommodated in the display casing for outputting sounds. The sound output opening is used for transmitting the sounds from the speaker. The keyboard module includes a keyboard casing and a plurality of keys. The keyboard casing includes a sound guide chamber therein and at least one sound input opening for receiving the sounds from the sound output opening. The sound input opening is spatially communicated with the sound guide chamber. The keys are disposed on the keyboard casing. Two adjacent keys define a gap therebetween, and this gap is spatially communicated with the sound guide chamber.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2013Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chun-Sen Chang, Tai-Jung Sung, Jung-Wen Chang
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Patent number: 9013866Abstract: A driving mechanism for driving a display module to move relative to a host module includes a display module fixing component disposed in the display module, a host module fixing component movably disposed in the host module, and a pivoting component. An end of the pivoting component is pivotally connected to the display module fixing component and another end of the pivoting component is fixed to the host module fixing component. The pivoting component drives the host module fixing component to move as being pivoted by the display module fixing component. The driving mechanism further includes at least one protruding structure disposed on the host module fixing component and capable of moving relative to an inner side of the host module in line contact manner or point contact manner as the pivoting component drives the host module fixing component to move.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Lee-Hua Yu, Hua-Chung Tseng
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Patent number: 8971051Abstract: A chip card ejecting mechanism includes a base body, a push member, a rotating member and an elastic member resisting between the base body and the rotating member. The base body includes a guiding member defining a hole and having a number of guiding rails. Each guiding rail includes a resisting surface and a guiding surface. The push member includes a push rod extending through the hole and a number of active gears. Each active gear defines an active cooperative surface. The rotating member includes a number of the passive gears. Each passive gear includes a passive cooperative surface. When the push member is pressed toward the rotating member by a transient external force, the rotating member compresses the elastic member until the active cooperative surface arrives at the guiding surface, the elastic member releases and drives the passive cooperative gears to slide along the first sliding slot.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) LimitedInventor: Hua-Xiang Liang