Patents Examined by Tuan T. Dinh
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Patent number: 11240921Abstract: Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to a display device and an electronic device including the same, and for example, to a display device with a filler flow restricting structure for preventing and/or reducing part of a filler from projecting to the outside of the display device in the process of manufacturing the display device and an electronic device including the same. According to an embodiment, a display device comprises a window, a first substrate spaced apart from the window member to define a space, an optical adhesive disposed between the window and the first substrate and configured to attach the window with the first substrate, and a filler flow restricting structure disposed in the space between the window member and the first substrate and formed in a specified area of the first substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seongju Cho, Jooyoung Kang, Jonghwa Kim
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Patent number: 11231434Abstract: A sensor unit includes a circuit board including, on a first surface, a plurality of electrode pads to which a plurality of mounting terminals of an inertial sensor are respectively attached via connecting members. The first surface of the circuit board includes an insulating layer provided on the outer side of the plurality of electrode pads in a plan view, includes, in a portion overlapping a center region further on the inner side than the mounting terminals of the inertial sensor in the plan view, a first region where the insulating layer is not provided, and includes, from the first region to the outer side of the inertial sensor in the plan view, a second region where the insulating layer is not provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Inventors: Taketo Chino, Yoshikuni Saito
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Patent number: 11221513Abstract: An electronic device includes display layers such as liquid crystal display layers and a backlight unit that provides illumination for the display layers. The backlight unit includes light-emitting diodes that emit light into the edge of a light guide film. To minimize the inactive area of the display, the light-emitting diodes are tightly spaced to approximate a line light source instead of point light sources. Color and/or luminance compensation layers are incorporated at various locations within the backlight structures to ensure that the backlight provided to the display layers is homogenous. A thin-film transistor layer of the display is coupled to a printed circuit board by a flexible printed circuit. The flexible printed circuit has additional solder mask layers to improve robustness, encapsulation, and traces with a varying pitch.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Supriya Goyal, Yuxi Zhao, Xinsheng Chu, Chan Hyuk Park, Min Tao, Wenyong Zhu
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Patent number: 11219122Abstract: A sensor unit includes a physical quantity sensor, a connecter to be coupled to the outside, a board on which the physical quantity sensor and the connecter are installed, and a container accommodating the board. The board is provided with a first region in which the connecter is installed, a second region in which the physical quantity sensor is installed, and a coupling region disposed between the first and second regions and having a sectional area S3 that is smaller than a sectional area S1 of the first region and a sectional area S2 of the second region in a sectional view as seen in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the first region and the second region are arranged, and a region in the second region of the board on the coupling region side is attached to the container via a fixation member.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Inventors: Kenta Sato, Yasushi Yoshikawa
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Patent number: 11217519Abstract: A flexible display panel and a display device are provided. The flexible display panel includes a bending region and a display region. The bending region includes a plurality of metal wirings; each metal wiring is in long strip shape and includes a metal strip; a plurality of openings are defined through the metal strip. In the width direction of the metal strip, a ratio of a minimum distance from a point of an edge of the one of the openings to a neighboring side of the metal strip to a minimum width of the metal strip ranges from 0.1 to 0.7. A wiring structure of the bending region can prevent a stress concentration of the bending region, enhance a strength during a bending process, and avoid a breakage of the metal wiring.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Inventor: Xuesi Qin
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Patent number: 11217131Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of circuit testing technologies and discloses a flexible circuit board and a test fixture. The flexible circuit board comprises: a flexible body which has a first crimping portion and an extension portion, the first crimping portion being used to be laminated with a second crimping portion of a substrate to be tested; a first electrically connected structure which is located on a first side of the flexible body, arranged on the first crimping portion, and used to be laminated with a second electrically connected structure on the second crimping portion; a support structure which is located on the first side of the flexible body and includes a first support portion and a second support portion; the first support portion is arranged on the extension portion and configured to support the extension portion in the laminating state.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Huijian Xia, Ning Xu
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Patent number: 11206731Abstract: A communication module includes: a substrate; a supplementary substrate disposed to surround an electronic element mounted on a lower surface of the substrate; a molding material configured to seal an electronic element mounted on an upper surface of the substrate; and a shielding layer disposed on a side surface and an upper surface of the molding material, a side surface of the supplementary substrate, and a side surface of the substrate. The supplementary substrate includes: a plurality of first pads disposed on an upper surface of the supplementary substrate; a plurality of second pads disposed on a lower surface of the supplementary substrate; a plurality of vias connecting the plurality first pads to the plurality of second pads; and a ground pad disposed on the side surface of the supplementary substrate. The ground pad includes an extender connected to a corresponding first pad and a corresponding second pad.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Bo Hyun Seo
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Patent number: 11187946Abstract: A display device includes: a display substrate including an upper surface, a lower surface facing the upper surface, and a side surface connected to the upper surface and the lower surface; a plurality of drivers disposed on the side surface of the display substrate; and a connection wiring film attached to the side surface of the display substrate, and electrically connecting the drivers.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Changsoo Lee, Byoungsun Na
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Patent number: 11191198Abstract: A shield package is disclosed including: a package in which an electronic component is mounted on a substrate, the electronic component being sealed with sealing material; and a shield layer including a first layer and a second layer that are sequentially laminated on the package, in which the first layer made from a conductive resin composition having 100 parts by mass of a binder component, 400 parts by mass to 1800 parts by mass of metal particles, and 0.3 part by mass to 40 parts by mass of a curing agent, the metal particles include at least spherical metal particles and flaky metal particles, and the second layer made from a conductive resin composition containing a binder component, metal particles haying an average particle diameter of 10 nm to 500 nm, metal particles having an average particle diameter of 1 ?m to 50 ?m, and a radical polymerization initiator.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: TATSUTA ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Umeda, Kazuhiro Matsuda, Hajime Nakazono, Hidetoshi Noguchi
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Patent number: 11184975Abstract: According to one embodiment is a flexible circuit comprising a flexible base, a conductive polymer supported by the base, and an integrated circuit component having an elongated electrical contact, wherein the elongated electrical contact penetrates into the conductive polymer, thereby providing a robust electrical connection. According to methods of certain embodiments, the flexible circuit is manufactured using a molding process, where a conductive polymer is deposited into recesses in a mold, integrated circuit components are placed in contact with the conductive polymer, and a flexible polymer base is poured over the mold prior to curing. In an alternative embodiment, a multiple-layer flexible circuit is manufacturing using a plurality of molds.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2018Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITYInventors: Alexandros Charalambides, Carmel Majidi
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Patent number: 11178753Abstract: Bus bars are soldered to a wiring pattern of a printed board to which the bus bars are connected, and the bus bars are screwed to the printed board. Tips of bolts passing through holes in the bus bars and holes in the punted board may be tightened using nuts. The holes in the printed board may be electrically connected to the wiring pattern.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideyuki Sasao, Takashi Imasato
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Rivet spacer for compromising assembling between two parts secured to each other via screw structure
Patent number: 11177191Abstract: An independent loading mechanism for use with a CPU connector includes a metallic frame cooperating with a back plate module to sandwich a printed circuit board therebetween. A plurality of screw nut units are provided around the four corners of the frame. A plurality of hollow spacers are secured to the corresponding through holes of the frame so as to allow the corresponding screw nut units moveable relative to the frame along the vertical direction within a range larger than a thickness of the frame, thus avoiding improper interference between the screw nut units and the corresponding screw posts of the back plate module during sequential screwing.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Shan-Yong Cheng, Fang-Jwu Liao, Ting-Yao Hung -
Patent number: 11178760Abstract: According to one embodiment, a printed circuit board includes a base substrate, a first pad located on the base substrate, a second pad located on the base substrate alongside the first pad with respect to a first direction X with a gap therebetween and a solder resist covering the base substrate and including a cavity portion in a position overlapping the first pad and the second pad, the solder resist including a first protruding portion projecting in a second direction crossing the first direction and a second protruding portion projecting in the second direction on an opposite side to the first protruding portion, and the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion each overlap the gap, an end of the first pad on a gap side, and an end of the second pad on a gap side.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA ELECTRONIC DEVICES & STORAGE CORPORATIONInventors: Kiyokazu Ishizaki, Nobuhiro Yamamoto
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Patent number: 11171126Abstract: Systems and devices for enabling the use of SIP subsystems to make a configurable system having a unique interconnecting scheme creates appropriate connections between the SIP components and/or subsystems such that desired characteristics and features for the configurable system are provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: OCTAVO SYSTEMS LLCInventors: Masood Murtuza, Gene Alan Frantz, Neeraj Kumar Reddy Dantu
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Patent number: 11166363Abstract: An electrical node includes a substrate for accommodating a functional element. The substrate includes a first side and an opposite second side, and hosting a number of connecting elements. The functional element includes an electronic component and conductive traces. The electrical node also includes a first material layer defining a protective covering. The first material layer defining at least a portion of the exterior surface of the nod arranged to reduce at least thermal expansion and/or mechanical deformation related stresses between one or more elements included in the node, adjacent the node and/or at least at a proximity thereto.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: TACTOTEK OYInventors: Antti Keränen, Tomi Simula, Mikko Heikkinen, Jarmo Sääski, Pasi Raappana, Minna Pirkonen
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Patent number: 11166391Abstract: An electronic module, more particularly a control module or sensor module for a motor vehicle transmission, has a circuit board having a first side and a second side facing away from the first side, electronic components arranged on the first side, and a casting compound arranged on the first side. The casting compound covers the electronic components. The circuit board has a through-hole connecting the first side to the second side. A sensor element covering the through-hole is arranged on the first side of the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Uwe Liskow
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Patent number: 11166364Abstract: An electrical node includes a substrate for accommodating a functional element. The substrate includes a first side and an opposite second side, and hosting a number of connecting elements. The functional element includes an electronic component and conductive traces. The electrical node also includes a first material layer defining a protective covering. The first material layer defining at least a portion of the exterior surface of the nod arranged to reduce at least thermal expansion and/or mechanical deformation related stresses between one or more elements included in the node, adjacent the node and/or at least at a proximity thereto.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: TACTOTEK OYInventors: Antti Keränen, Tomi Simula, Mikko Heikkinen, Jarmo Sääski, Pasi Raappana, Minna Pirkonen
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Patent number: 11153967Abstract: A high-frequency module (1) includes a component (3a) mounted on an upper surface (2a) of a substrate (2), a second sealing resin layer (4) stacked on the upper surface (2a) of the substrate (2), a component (3b) mounted on a lower surface (2b) of the substrate (2), a first sealing resin layer (5) stacked on the lower surface (2b) of the substrate (2), and a first terminal assembly (6) and a second terminal assembly (7) that are mounted on the lower surface (2b) of the substrate (2). The first terminal assembly (6) is mounted on a four-corner portion of the substrate (2) and includes a connection conductor (6a) thicker than a connection conductor (7a) of the second terminal assembly (7).Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Shinichiro Banba
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Patent number: 11116072Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a semiconductor chip having cross-talk noise cancellation circuitry disposed between a disturber trace and a trace to be protected from cross-talk noise emanating from the disturber trace. The trace is to be coupled to a receiver disposed on a different semiconductor chip.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Jun Liao, Zhen Zhou, James A. McCall, Jong-Ru Guo, Xiang Li, Yunhui Chu, Zuoguo Wu
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Patent number: 11114372Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a main body having a top and a bottom; and upper pins placed on the top of the main body, and lower pins placed on the bottom of the main body, in which each of the upper pins has a first protruding portion protruding toward outside from a side or the top of the main body, and each of the lower pins has a second protruding portion protruding toward outside from the side or the bottom of the main body.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jungjae Kim, Heejung Hong, Soondong Cho, Hyungjin Choe