Patents Examined by Sagar Shrestha
  • Patent number: 11864333
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a first rotating component, a second rotating component, a flexible display panel, and a supporting part. The first rotating component is capable of rotating about a first center line; the second rotating component is capable of rotating about a second center line; the flexible display panel is capable of being wound around the first rotating component, and a first end of the flexible display panel is configured to move away or close to the first rotating component under an action of an external force; the supporting part is capable of being wound around the second rotating component, and a first end of the supporting part being configured to move away or close to the second rotating component under the action of the external force. The flexible display panel and the supporting part have a laminated portion in mutual lamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Liming Dong
  • Patent number: 11856717
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display, a cover coupled to the display and providing therein a space for accommodating parts, a plurality of printed circuit boards accommodated in the cover, and a mounting portion coupled to the display, accommodated in the cover, and having a first mounting protrusion formed thereon, wherein the printed circuit boards are mounted on the first mounting protrusion, wherein the first mounting protrusion includes a plurality of mounting grooves, wherein the printed circuit boards are mounted in the plurality of mounting grooves, wherein the plurality of mounting grooves are defined at positions spaced apart from each other in a length direction of the first mounting protrusion such that the plurality of the printed circuit boards are disposed to be spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sungsik Son
  • Patent number: 11849550
    Abstract: A key retention device and a portable dock for the key retention device are disclosed. The key retention device includes a key holder and a base. The key holder is rotatably coupled to the base. The base includes pins that extend into a cavity of the key holder when the key holder is in a closed position and do not extend into the cavity when the key holder is in an open position. The base includes a finger that prevents users from inserting an electronic key into the key holder when the key holder is in the closed position. The key retention device can receive the portable dock and lock the key holder in the locked position when a user input is received. The user input can be provided to the key retention device to remove an electronic key from the portable dock or to remove the portable dock altogether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Knox Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Shaun Pedersen, Tamara Hatzinger
  • Patent number: 11846997
    Abstract: A connection rod and a swing arm are separately rotatably connected to a primary shaft component, and an axis around which the swing arm rotates and an axis around which the connection rod rotates are different, so that the swing arm and the connection rod rotate and slide relative to each other. The swing arm or the connection rod drives a support plate to rotate, so that the primary shaft component and the support plates can encircle to form, when the mobile terminal is completely folded, space that accommodates a folded part of a flexible display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li Liao, Kenji Nagai, Changliang Liao, Ding Zhong, Tao Huang
  • Patent number: 11844185
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical equipment, in particular for electrical or hybrid vehicles, comprising a casing, said casing comprising a casing element comprising a side wall and defining an inner space. The side wall of the casing element comprises a material offset towards the inner space thereof forming a zone for connecting the positive terminal and the negative terminal of the electrical energy source such that said material offset overlaps the first electrical conductor and the second electrical conductor only making visible, from the outside of said side wall, the positive visible terminal and the negative visible terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Guillaume Tramet, Roger Deniot
  • Patent number: 11839042
    Abstract: A display device includes a window, a display module on a rear surface of the window, and including a folding area, and a non-folding area adjacent to the folding area, and a protective cover on a rear surface of the display module, and including a cover portion configured to cover the folding area and the non-folding area of the display module, and holding portions extending in a first direction, or in a second direction crossing the first direction, from the cover portion, and protruding outside the display module when viewed in a plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yunjae Kim, Minseop Kim, Bugyoon Yoo, Munsik Ham
  • Patent number: 11839036
    Abstract: A flexible display device is provided. The flexible display device includes a first housing, a second housing, a rolling mechanism, a flexible display screen, and a support plate mechanism. The flexible display screen can be retracted or expanded relative to the rolling mechanism. When the flexible display screen is completely expanded, a second support surface of a support plate and a first support surface of the second housing support the flexible display screen with their whole surfaces, thereby preventing the flexible display screen from collapsing and deforming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zikang Feng
  • Patent number: 11812565
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a flexible display panel, a drive board that drives the display panel, a flexible board that connects the display panel and the drive board, a core to which the drive board is fixed, rolls up the display panel and the flexible board, and a connection member including a plate-shaped member that is layered on the display panel, connects the display panel and the core, and is rolled up around the core along with the display panel and the flexible board. The plate-shaped member includes a first part overlapping the display panel and curved when the display panel is rolled up around the core and a second part overlapping the flexible board and curved when the flexible board is rolled up around the core. In a roll-up direction, an elongation rate of the second part is smaller than that of the first part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: JOLED INC.
    Inventor: Takahiro Seki
  • Patent number: 11809232
    Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a flexible display panel including at least one bending area and at least two non-bending areas, at least one support layer, and at least one glue layer, wherein, the glue layer is disposed between the support layer and the flexible display panel. Through a plurality of methods to bond the panel and the support layer in the bending area of a display screen and a theoretical calculation formula for a reasonable spacing without glue, the present disclosure can allow the display screen to receive less constraints from mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yali Liu
  • Patent number: 11812542
    Abstract: A circuit module 2 comprises: a wiring structure 4; at least one electronic component 6a, 6b arranged on the upper surface of the wiring structure 4; an insulating resin layer 8 which is provided on the upper surface of the wiring structure 4 and in which at least one electronic component 6a, 6b is embedded; and a metal layer 10 provided on the upper surface of the insulating resin layer 8. The surface roughness of the portion S1 directly above each electronic component on the upper surface of the insulating resin layer 8 is expressed as R1. The surface roughness of the portion S2 other than the portion directly above all the electronic components on the upper surface of the insulating resin layer 8 is expressed as R2. At least one R1 satisfies the condition: R1>R2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuichi Takizawa, Hironori Sato, Atsushi Yoshino, Hideki Kachi
  • Patent number: 11805606
    Abstract: A sliding display apparatus comprises a display panel including first to fourth side surfaces, a case configured to accommodate the display panel, a cover configured to cover an opened upper surface of the case and including a hole provided at one side thereof, a wire driving part connected to at least one wire connected to a lower surface of the display panel, and a sliding controlling part configured to control the wire driving part, and an upper portion of the display panel is exposed through the hole provided at the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YeongRak Choi, SeokHyo Cho
  • Patent number: 11805609
    Abstract: A display module and display device that may suppress a greenish defect and reduce a bezel area while improving a heat-dissipation performance and a shock absorption function include an integral cushion plate including at least one protrusion protruding from and extending along an edge portion of a body with the cushion plate placed on a lower surface of a display panel, and the protrusion brought into contact with a cover member. Further, the protrusion of the cushion plate is bent to have an inclined part so that the protrusion does not contact the side surface of the display panel and contacts the cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chanhyeok Park, Chikyung Sung
  • Patent number: 11805610
    Abstract: A display device includes a main body including a display module for outputting an image and bendable, a bending module located at a center of a back surface of the main body, a pair of links, wherein each link has one end coupled to the bending module and extends in a horizontal direction, and link brackets respectively located at left and right ends of the main body, wherein the other end of each link is connected to each link bracket. The bending module changes angles of the pair of links, and, when the angle of the link changes, the other end of the link slides in the horizontal direction with respect to the link bracket. The main body includes an inner sheet disposed on a back surface of the display module, a cover bottom disposed on a back surface of the inner sheet, and a middle cabinet for covering perimeters of the display module, the inner sheet, and the cover bottom and forming a side surface appearance of the display device. The link bracket is disposed overlapping the middle cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jonggil Pyo, Chulki Kim, Seunggyu Kang, Jaehun Lee
  • Patent number: 11805604
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel; a first support disposed on the display panel and including a housing, a movable part supported for slidable movement relative to the housing, and an elastic part having one side supported by the housing to press the movable part, and a body disposed on the first support and including an inner space overlapping the first support and a second support disposed in the inner space and supporting one side of the movable part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ji Heon Lee
  • Patent number: 11805612
    Abstract: A device having fool-proofing structure is configured to be inserted into a cabinet along a first direction and includes a case and an elastic sheet module. The elastic sheet module is disposed on a side of the case and includes a first end disposed on the case, a second end opposite to the first end, a first protrusion portion and a second protrusion portion. The first protrusion portion is adjacent to the second end, protrudes from the case and is configured to abut against the cabinet. The second protrusion portion is farther from the second end than the first protrusion portion, protrudes from the case, and is configured to make the second end and the first protrusion portion move toward the interior of the case as being pressed by a force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Ching-Tang Chang, Chi-Shou Ho, Chen-Chiang Su, Guan-Chen Yin
  • Patent number: 11805607
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a display module including a curvature area configured to be folded about an axis substantially parallel to a first direction, a first flat area, and a second flat area spaced from the first flat area in a second direction crossing the first direction with the curvature area therebetween, and a support member below the display module, and including a first plate, a second plate below the first plate, and a first spacer pattern between the first plate and the second plate, and including main spacers and sub spacers, the main spacers being longer than the sub spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Dispiay Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Minsok Jang
  • Patent number: 11800670
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a compute device, a side cover, and a bezel. The side cover is placed in physical communication with the compute device. The side cover includes a mounting latch that rotates between an open position and a closed position. When in the closed position, the mounting latch securely mounts the compute device on a component. When bezel is placed in physical communication with the side cover, the bezel locks the mounting latch in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Richard Guzman, Peter Clark, Sean O'Donnell, Kevin Keller
  • Patent number: 11800660
    Abstract: A supporting apparatus for supporting a flexible display screen includes a support frame including an overturning curved surface; and a driving mechanism disposed at a side, away from the overturning curved surface, of the support frame. The driving mechanism includes an adjustable rod configured to extend or contract in an adjustment direction; an axial direction of the overturning curved surface is perpendicular to an adjustment direction of the adjustable rod; and the adjustable rod is configured to be connected with the display screen overturned along the overturning curved surface, and the adjustable rod is configured to push the support frame to move during extension and to pull the display screen to move during contraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Baoguang Lan
  • Patent number: 11797066
    Abstract: A power supply unit (PSU) housing configured to receive a PSU is disclosed. The PSU housing includes a top panel, a bottom panel opposite to the top panel, a first side panel, a second side panel opposite to the first side panel, and a PSU cover. The first side panel and the second side panel define a width of the PSU housing. The PSU cover extends along the width of the PSU housing. The PSU cover includes a first elongated plate and a second elongated plate, which are perpendicular to each other. The PSU cover is rotatable relative to the top panel, such that (i) in a first orientation, the first elongated plate of the PSU cover is above and parallel to the top panel, and (ii) in a second orientation, the second elongated plate of the PSU cover is about flush and parallel to the top panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng, Jen-Jia Liou, Chun-Chen Hsu
  • Patent number: 11800655
    Abstract: Provided is a Light Emitting Diode (LED) display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN LEYARD OPTO-ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming Liu, Xuechao Sun