Patents Examined by Rockshana D Chowdhury
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Patent number: 12160961Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed, including a hinge module, a first and second housing foldable about the hinge module, and a display spanning the housings. The display includes at least one polymer member, a flexible plate including a flexible portion that is bendable connecting first and second planar portions thereof. The flexible portion includes a plurality of support pieces spaced apart from each other via a plurality of slits, and a plurality of Velcro patterns extending lengthwise from the plurality of support pieces. The Velcro patterns of adjacent support pieces are disposed so as to be engaged with one another in a lattice form.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hoyeon Kim, Seongjun Kim, Kwanghee Ryu, Jungchul An, Youngjae Kwon
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Patent number: 12159557Abstract: A display substrate according to an embodiment relates to a display substrate comprising a display panel installation area and a bezel area. The display substrate comprises one surface and the other surface opposite to the one surface, and the display substrate comprises: a first area which is defined as a folding area; and a second area which is defined as an unfolding area, wherein a groove is formed on the one surface or the other surface of the display substrate and formed in the display panel installation area of the first area, and a hole is formed through the one surface and the other surface of the display substrate and formed in the bezel area of the first area.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Duck Hoon Park, Hae Sik Kim, Jee Heum Paik, Sung Won Kang
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Patent number: 12158776Abstract: A dock for a mobile device includes a housing; a mobile device connector disposed at least partially within the housing; a power source connector for coupling a power source to the dock, wherein the power source connector is electrically coupled to the mobile device connector; a controller disposed in the housing for facilitating data transfer between the mobile device and a data device, wherein the controller is electrically coupled to the mobile device connector; a data device connector for coupling the data device to the dock, wherein the data device connector is electrically coupled to the controller; wherein the controller, data device connector, power source connector, and mobile device connector are configured for simultaneously providing data transfer between the mobile device and the data device and charging the mobile device using the power source with a charging current of at least 1 Amp.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: National Products, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey D. Carnevali, Scott Anderson
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Patent number: 12158775Abstract: An electronic device may include a plurality of housings including a first housing and a second housing, wherein the first housing movably connects to the second housing in a moving direction, a display panel in which a screen display area visually exposed to an outside changes depending on a movement of the second housing relative to the first housing, and a lattice plate disposed on a rear surface of the display panel to support the display panel. The display panel may include a flat portion forming the screen display area and comprising a surface substantially forming a flat surface, an edge portion connected to one end portion of the flat portion and comprising at least a partial region which is curved, and a bending portion connected to the other end portion of the flat portion opposite to the edge portion and comprising at least a partial region which bends according to a movement of the first housing relative to the second housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2022Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sungho Ahn, Jihyung Jung, Inkuk Yun, Myunghoon Kwak, Yangwook Kim, Jookwan Lee, Hyunju Hong
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Patent number: 12155959Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display including a plurality of display modules, each of which includes a plurality of light emitting devices; a plurality of wireless power transmitters configured to wirelessly transmit power; a plurality of wireless power receivers configured to receive the power from the plurality of wireless power transmitters, each of the plurality of wireless power receivers including output terminals configured to output the power to the plurality of display modules; and a connector configured to connect the output terminals of the plurality of wireless power receivers to each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sungyong Joo, Taehyuck Kim, Youngchan Park
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Patent number: 12150261Abstract: A hinge component, a foldable screen assembly and a foldable terminal device are provided. The hinge component includes a support assembly and a linkage assembly, the support assembly includes at least three support members, the at least three support members are arranged side by side, and two adjacent support members are movably connected. The linkage assembly is connected with the at least three support members to achieve a mutual linkage of the at least three support members.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.Inventor: Jianwei Liu
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Patent number: 12141368Abstract: An electronic device of the present disclosure includes a body unit, and a keyboard unit disposed on the body unit. The keyboard unit includes a keyboard, a housing that has a frame shape and houses the keyboard, and a plurality of retainers connected to the housing to retain the keyboard. A plurality of retainers are formed of a material having a specific rigidity higher than that of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Hoshika, Tetsuya Adachi, Tatsuo Kuromoto, Riho Fukagawa, Keita Endo, Shintarou Tanaka
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Patent number: 12142873Abstract: An electronic device and a waterproof member of the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a device body, a cable, and a waterproof member. The device body includes a socket. The cable includes a plug unit and a cable body. The plug unit is disposed at one end of the cable body and is adapted to be connected to the socket. The waterproof member is sleeved over at least a portion of the plug unit and includes an elastic material.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORP.Inventors: Te-Wei Chen, Kai-Hsiang Chou
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Patent number: 12144126Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a lower member. The lower member includes a first support layer, a second support layer, and a cover layer. The first support layer includes a first support portion, a first protection portion extending from the first support portion, and at least one of a first groove and a first opening in a region of the first support portion and a region of the first protection portion. The second support layer includes a second support portion, a second protection portion, and at least one of a second groove and a second opening in a region of the second support portion and a region of the second protection portion. The cover layer is attached to the first support layer and the second support layer and corresponds to the first and second non-folding regions and the folding region.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventor: Changmin Park
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Patent number: 12130668Abstract: The present invention provides a motion mechanism applied to an inward-folding flexible screen terminal, comprising an intermediate support structure, left and right support structures, and left and right movable support plates. The intermediate support structure is provided with a synchronous reverse rotation connecting mechanism. The left and right movable support plates are rotatably connected to the left and right support structures at the intermediate support structure, respectively. Rotation of the left and right movable support plates can be directly planned according to the relationship between gears and racks, and the gear indexing circle diameter can be increased in finite space by using virtual center design, so that the racks are driven to generate a larger sliding distance by rotating a small angle, i.e., sliding a chassis to increase the accommodating space of the screen closed state.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: HANGZHOU AMPHENOL PHOENIX TELECOM PARTS CO., LTD.Inventor: Xiaojie Liu
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Patent number: 12130669Abstract: A support plate includes a support plate body and a plurality of through holes. The support plate body has at least one patterned region. The plurality of through holes are disposed in the at least one patterned region, and penetrate through the support plate body in a thickness direction of the support plate body. A projection of each through hole on a first plane perpendicular to the thickness direction of the support plate body is strip-shaped.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Haoran Wang, Fangxu Cao, Liming Dong, Paoming Tsai
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Patent number: 12133344Abstract: A display device includes first and second display modules and first and second turning pieces that include a first coupling piece, a first turning piece, a second turning piece, and a third turning piece, a second coupling piece and a guiding device. When the first and second display modules are switched between folding and unfolding, the first turning piece pivots relative to the first coupling piece and the second turning piece, and the third turning piece pivots relative to the second coupling piece and the second turning piece. When the display module is switched from folded to unfolded, the other side of the first display module relative to the side is pulled, the side of the first display module is guided by one end of the guiding device and slides to the other end, the first and second display modules are symmetrically unfolded with the side edge as the center.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2023Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: STAR ASIA VISION CORPORATIONInventors: Chien-Feng Chang, Tsung-Huai Lee, Yu-Hung Hsiao, Chan-Peng Lin, Shang-Chien Wu
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Patent number: 12127451Abstract: Disclosed are a display panel and a display apparatus. The display panel is divided into a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The non-display area is provided with a fan-out area. The display panel includes: a substrate and a first power wire arranged on the substrate. The first power wire is located in the non-display area. At least part of an orthographic projection of the first power wire on the substrate is located in the fan-out area. The first power wire is provided with a plurality of first hollow parts in a direction perpendicular to the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Linhong Han, Shikai Qin, Tingliang Liu, Yi Zhang
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Patent number: 12124295Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are described for a mount for a computing device.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: NEWPOWER, INC.Inventor: Thomas Shaffer
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Patent number: 12111697Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first housing provided with an opening therein, a first reel rotatably disposed in the first housing, a second reel rotatably disposed in the first housing, a flexible display panel, and a flexible support plate. The second reel and the first reel are arranged at intervals and extend in a same direction. A first end of the flexible display panel is connected to the first reel and wound on the first reel, and a first end of the flexible support plate is connected to the second reel and wound on the second reel. The flexible display panel and the flexible support plate are configured such that when the flexible display panel and the flexible support plate extend out of the first housing through the opening, the flexible support plate is capable of gradually attaching to the first housing to support the flexible display panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaofei Luo, Shangchieh Chu, Yanyan Yang
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Patent number: 12114447Abstract: An electronic device includes a first housing, a hinge apparatus, a second housing, and a flexible display, where two opposite ends of the hinge apparatus are connected to the first housing and the second housing, and the flexible display is mounted on the first housing and the second housing, wherein a thickness of one end that is of the second housing and that is close to the hinge apparatus is different from a thickness of one end that is of the second housing and that is away from the hinge apparatus, and wherein, in a folded state, a thickness of one end that is of the electronic device and that is close to the hinge apparatus is different from a thickness of one end that is of the electronic device and that is away from the hinge apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Bo Huang, Weihua Mao, Zhixiao Xu, Bo Wu, Peng Zha
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Patent number: 12108552Abstract: An electronic device comprises a first structure including a first plate providing a first surface and a second surface and a second structure coupled to surround at least a portion of the first structure and configured to guide the first structure in a direction parallel with the first surface or the second surface. The device also includes a roller mounted on an edge of the second structure and a flexible display including a first area mounted on the first surface and a second area extending from the first area. The device also includes at least one support sheet mounted on the roller and wound around the roller as the roller rotates. The support sheet is wound around the roller when the second area is received inside the second structure, and is unfolded inside the second area when the second area is exposed to the outside of the second structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2023Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joongyeon Cho, Taekyung Lee, Gisoo Lim, Byunghun Cho, Bongsuk Choi, Jongchul Choi, Changryong Heo
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Patent number: 12107398Abstract: The “STRUCTURAL PROFILE FOR ELECTRICAL CABINET” comprises a profile that presents a front sealing area and is positioned in relation thereto at 90°, a side sealing area, an inner fixing wall, an inner fixing side, an inner fixing tab, an outer fixing wall, an outer fixing side and a central barrier.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2020Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Inventor: Melquisedec Francisquini
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Patent number: 12105564Abstract: A display device including: a display module including a display folding portion and a display curved portion adjacent to the display folding portion, wherein the display curved portion has a curvature when the display folding portion is folded; and a window disposed on the display module, the window including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and having first grooves overlapping the display folding portion and second grooves overlapping the display curved portion, wherein the first grooves are formed in the first surface of the window and the second grooves are formed in the second surface of the window.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2022Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Dawoon Kim, Kyungman Kim, Sanghoon Kim, Sunghoon Kim, Seungho Kim, Yuri Kim, Min-Hoon Choi, Seongjin Hwang
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Patent number: 12101423Abstract: A rolling display arrangement for an electronic device includes a display module, a shaft module, and at least one transmission module, the transmission module being configured to transfer rotational movement of the shaft module and the transmission module to linear movement of the display module. Such a rolling display arrangement allows the display module to slide linearly.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2021Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xueqiang Li, Miika Keskinen, Mika Ojanto