Patents Examined by Theron S Milliser
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Patent number: 12379749Abstract: A rotary shaft apparatus includes a base plate and a rotary shaft assembly, the rotary shaft assembly includes a first transmission assembly, a first supporting member and a second transmission assembly, the first transmission assembly is rotatably connected to the base plate around a first axial direction, and the first supporting member is rotatably connected to the first transmission assembly around a second axial direction parallel to the first axial direction, and the second transmission assembly is rotatably connected to the base plate around a third axial direction parallel to the first axial direction, and is movably connected to at least one of the first transmission assembly and the first supporting member.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2022Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.Inventor: Xinwei Liu
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Patent number: 12376244Abstract: A communication device includes a case, a cover, a signal processing module and a signal switching module. The cover whereon the signal processing module is disposed is detachably assembled with the case. The signal switching module is disposed on the case and includes a connection component and a conductive component. The connection element includes a switching element, a chamber, a device port and a module port. The device port is connected to external devices. The switching element is movably disposed inside the chamber. The conductive component is located inside the case, and is spaced from the device port by the switching element when a signal transmission terminal of the signal processing module is inserted into the module port, and further contacts against the device port when the signal transmission terminal is removed from the module port, so as to maintain signal transmission between external devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2023Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: TCC RFTECH Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yu-Kuang Chen
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Patent number: 12366899Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to include a substrate, a keyboard, and a chassis, where a portion of the chassis is between the substrate and the keyboard. A transmission line is embedded in the portion of the chassis between the substrate and the keyboard. In some examples, the portion of the chassis between the substrate and the keyboard that includes the transmission line is a support plate for the keyboard.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Santhosh Ap, Madhurkiran Sreenivasa Reddy, Prakash Kurma Raju, Prasanna Pichumani, Vamshi Krishna Aagiru, Nithesha Ananda
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Patent number: 12353255Abstract: The present application provides an easy-disassemble smart wearables and a connecting assembly thereof. The easy-disassemble smart wearables includes a first component, a second component, a third component and the connecting assembly. The connecting assembly includes a connecting wire, a first smart hinge and a second smart hinge. The connecting wire is embedded in the first component. A first end of the first smart hinge is hinged with a first end of the first component, and a second end of the first smart hinge is connected to the second component by plugging. A first end of the second smart hinge is hinged with a second end of the first component, and a second end of the second smart hinge is connected to the third component by plugging.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2022Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: Solos Technology (Shenzhen) LimitedInventors: Wai Kuen Cheung, Chiu Ming So, Chiu Kan Tsang, Kwok Wah Law
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Patent number: 12349304Abstract: An electronic device includes a chassis casing, a device casing, a latch assembly, a bracket, and a rotating shaft assembly. The chassis casing includes a bottom plate. The device casing is detachably disposed in the chassis casing, and the device casing is provided with a stopper. The latch assembly is disposed at the chassis casing, and the latch assembly includes a sliding member. The bracket is disposed in the chassis casing and at an end of the device casing opposite to the latch assembly. The rotating shaft assembly is respectively connected to the device casing and the bracket. The device casing is adjustable between an installation position and an lifting position via the rotating shaft assembly. The sliding member of the latch assembly is used to fix the stopper, so that the device casing is located at the installation position.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2022Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: WISTRON CORPORATIONInventors: Chia-Hsin Liu, Yu-Jian Wu, Wei Lin
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Patent number: 12349298Abstract: This application relates to a rotating assembly, a foldable mechanism, and a foldable terminal, and relates to the field of terminal technologies. The rotating assembly includes a base, a rotating shaft, and a swing arm, where the base is provided with a rotating shaft through-hole and an arc-shaped first slideway, the first slideway and the rotating shaft through-hole communicate with each other, and axes thereof are parallel to each other; the rotating shaft is provided with an arc-shaped second slideway, an axis of the rotating shaft is parallel to an axis of the second slideway, the second slideway runs through the rotating shaft, and a radius of the second slideway is equal to that of the first slideway; the rotating shaft is located in the rotating shaft through-hole, the first slideway and the second slideway can be connected to each other to form a continuous slideway, and the swing arm is located in the continuous slideway and can slide in the continuous slideway.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2022Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: Honor Device Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yaolei Zhang, Yilin Lu, Haifei Li, Mingqian Gao, Longlong Gong, Bin Yan, Guotong Zhou
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Patent number: 12346153Abstract: A glass window includes a first non-folding area, a folding area, and a second non-folding area disposed in a first direction, a first filling layer, a pattern glass disposed below the first filling layer and including an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, and a second filling layer disposed below the pattern glass, the pattern glass includes at least one first pattern part including a groove pattern disposed on an upper surface of the folding area, a first non-pattern part adjacent to the at least one first pattern part of the folding area, at least one second pattern part including a groove pattern disposed on a lower surface of the folding area, and a second non-pattern part adjacent to the at least one second pattern part of the folding area.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Sunghoon Kim, Seongtaek Lee, Seungho Kim, Kyung-Man Kim, Dawoon Kim, Sanghoon Kim, Yuri Kim, Min-Hoon Choi, Seongjin Hwang
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Patent number: 12335424Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device may include a first housing, a second housing connected to the first housing via a hinge structure, an electronic component, a flexible display being configured to be foldable according to rotation, a heat dissipation sheet arranged under the flexible display, and a first adhesive layer configured to bond the flexible display and the heat dissipation sheet to each other. The heat dissipation sheet may include a first portion corresponding to the first housing, a second portion corresponding to the second housing, and a third portion interconnecting the first portion and the second portion and corresponding to the hinge structure. The third portion may include a structure that protrudes or is folded at least once with respect to the first portion and the second portion. The first adhesive layer may include a first opening corresponding to the third portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2023Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Dongkee Jung, Kyuhwan Lee, Haejin Lee, Juhee Han
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Patent number: 12326762Abstract: A flip function assembly, applied to an electronic device, where the electronic device includes an installation base, and the flip function assembly includes a driving mechanism, a connecting rod transmission mechanism, and a functional module, where the driving mechanism includes a first driving component, and the connecting rod transmission mechanism includes a first connecting rod and a second connecting rod, where a first end of the first connecting rod is connected to the first driving component, and a second end of the first connecting rod is hinged to the functional module, a first end of the second connecting rod is hinged to an installation base, a second end of the second connecting rod is hinged to the functional module, and the first driving component drives the first connecting rod to move, so that the second connecting rod drives the functional module to rotate.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.Inventor: Chaoyang Lu
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Patent number: 12327938Abstract: An electronic module includes a first wiring board, a second wiring board, and an intermediate connection member. The intermediate connection member includes an insulator, a plurality of first wirings supported by the insulator and arranged at intervals in a second direction intersecting a first direction, a plurality of second wirings supported by the insulator and arranged at intervals in the second direction, and a metal layer supported by the insulator and interposed between the plurality of first wirings and the plurality of second wirings so as to oppose the plurality of first wirings and the plurality of second wirings in a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction. A part of the metal layer sandwiched in the insulator is bonded to one of the first wiring board or the second wiring board by a conductive first bonding member.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2022Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsutoshi Hasegawa, Noritake Tsuboi, Satoru Higuchi
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Patent number: 12324109Abstract: An electronic display board system, an electronic display board and a support platform are provided. The electronic display board includes a display panel, a housing and a first magnetic attraction structure. The display panel includes a display surface on a display side; the housing is connected to the display panel, and includes a first connecting surface on a side away from the display panel, and the first connecting surface and the display surface have a first angle; and the first magnetic attraction structure is fixed on the housing and located between the first connecting surface and the display panel, the first magnetic attraction structure includes a first magnetic attraction portion and a second magnetic attraction portion configured to attract each other upon approaching each other.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yunpeng Wu, Lei Cao, Yao Zhang, Qiang Wang, Shijie Cao
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Patent number: 12324119Abstract: A latch assembly may include a guide base configured to fixedly couple to a circuit board and having a guiding feature, an axis configured to rotatably couple to the circuit board and having a driving feature, and a sliding latch including a guide feature configured to mechanically engage with the guiding feature to constrain movement of the sliding latch in a linear direction relative to the circuit board and a drive feature configured to mechanically engage with the driving feature such that in a first rotational position of the axis relative to the circuit board, the driving feature mechanically drives the sliding latch to a first position relative to a connector of the circuit board and in a second rotational position of the axis relative to the circuit board, the driving feature mechanically drives the sliding latch to a second position relative to the connector.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2023Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Rong Yu Wang, Hsu Min Jen, Chun Hsiung Wang, Shu Hao Lu
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Patent number: 12298817Abstract: An electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing, a hinge device that foldably couples the first housing and the second housing to each other, and at least one electrical connection member that connects a component included in the first housing and a component included in the second housing, to each other. The hinge device may include at least one hinge, at least one first hinge bracket that connects the hinge and the first housing to each other, at least one second hinge bracket that connects the hinge and the second housing to each other, and a support that supports the at least one electrical connection member, where the support may be fixed via the same fastening structure as the first hinge bracket.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2022Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyunjoong Yoon, Gyunghoon Lee, Yongwon Cho
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Patent number: 12284299Abstract: A component for an electronic device include a housing and a plastic substrate. The plastic substrate is disposed in, and adjacent to, the housing, A thermoplastic overlayer is insert molded into the housing. The plastic substrate is disposed between the housing and the thermoplastic overlayer after the insert molding. The plastic substrate and the thermoplastic overlayer can share at least one common incision penetrating the thermoplastic overlayer and at least partially penetrating the plastic substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2017Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLCInventor: Byoungkwan Sohn
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Patent number: 12282356Abstract: An electronic device includes: a display part including a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area, a first folding area, a third non-folding area, and a second folding area, where the first folding area is disposed between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area and folded to have a first radius of curvature, and the second folding area is disposed between the second non-folding area and the third non-folding area and folded to have a second radius of curvature greater than the first radius of curvature; and a functional part disposed adjacent to the first non-folding area of the display part and having a predetermined thickness in a thickness direction of the display part. The functional part includes an electronic module disposed on an upper surface of the functional part, and the electronic module includes at least one of a camera module and a driving module.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2022Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kiho Lim, Duk-Woon Choi, Sung-Hyun Kim, Young-Su Kim, Osung Seo, Myeongil Choi
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Patent number: 12277004Abstract: An electronic device may include: a housing including a first housing and a second housing, a hinge connecting the first housing and the second housing to be rotatable, a display module including a display panel including a first area disposed in the first housing, a second area disposed in the second housing, and a folding area disposed in the hinge part, a first plate supporting the first area of the display panel, and a second plate supporting the second area of the display panel, a third plate disposed under the first plate, and a fourth plate disposed under the second plate. At least a part of at least one of the third plate and the fourth plate may be disposed between the first plate and the second plate to support at least some of the folding area of the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Heebo Shim, Hosang Nam, Kyunghoon Hyun
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Patent number: 12279381Abstract: A display device including a display panel extending along a first direction and including a folding portion, a metal layer including a first metal layer and a second metal layer spaced apart from each other in the folding portion, a first adhesive layer disposed at edges of the first and second metal layers, and a first compressible member disposed on the first metal layer and a second compressible member disposed on the second metal layer, in which the first and second compressible members each has a thickness greater than a thickness of the first adhesive layer, the first and second compressible members include a polymer, the first and second compressible members do not overlap in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the display panel, and the first adhesive layer and the first compressible member are disposed on the same surface of the first metal layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Yun Jae Kim, Dong Cheol Kim, Jae Chun Park, Mun Sik Ham
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Computer with function expansion mechanism and function expansion method without removal of computer
Patent number: 12271226Abstract: A computer with a function expansion mechanism includes a computer host and a function expansion device. The computer host includes a base and a functional base cover covering the base. A bottom surface of the base has a first opening, and the base is provided therein with a connector exposed from the first opening. The function expansion device includes an expansion seat, a top surface of the expansion seat has a second opening, and the expansion seat is provided therein with a docking connector exposed from the second opening. The computer host is stacked and assembled by the bottom surface at the top surface of the function expansion device, such that the first opening and the second opening are in communication with each other and the connector and the docking connector are mutually docked, thereby achieving an effect of function expansion without removal of a computer.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Hsin-Chih Chou, Juei-Chi Chang, Wan-Lin Hsu, Kun-Cheng Lee -
Patent number: 12274015Abstract: An electronic assembly includes a shaft assembly and housings arranged oppositely. The shaft assembly includes a first shaft case, first rotating members, and rotating units. The first rotating members are at least partially disposed at two opposite sides of the first shaft case. Each of the first rotating members has one end rotatably connected with the first shaft case and the other end connected with the housings. The rotating units are at least partially disposed at the two opposite sides of the first shaft case. Each of the rotating units includes a second rotating member and a movable plate. The second rotating member has one end rotatably connected with the first shaft case and the other end connected with the movable plate. The movable plate has one end connected to the housings.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2022Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventors: Zekuan Zheng, Jie Li
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Patent number: 12265429Abstract: A device can include a housing that comprises a front side that includes a display operatively coupled to display circuitry and a back side that comprises a ferromagnetic surface, a hinge assembly, and a recess; and a ferromagnetic panel transitionable via the hinge assembly from a storage position in the recess to a bridge position that covers the ferromagnetic surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Thomas Perelli, Ali Ent, Ashley Martin Cichocki