Patents Examined by Zachary M. Pape
  • Stylus and holder device associated therewith
    Patent number: 9268379
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a stylus and stylus holder for a computing device. According to one embodiment, the stylus holder includes a connector configured to attach to a port of the computing device for establishing an electrical connection therewith. The stylus holder further includes a fastener for facilitating attachment with the stylus while also providing at least one of data and power to said stylus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Britt C Ashcraft, Ki Bok Song, Eric Chen
  • Fan chassis, fan unit, and communication device
    Patent number: 9265175
    Abstract: A fan chassis includes: a wall panel; and an upper panel that is connected to an upper end of the wall panel, and a lower panel that is connected to a lower end of the wall panel. A cross sectional shape of the upper panel and the lower panel is substantially U-shape. The wall panel includes a plurality of projections to be inserted into mounting holes of a fan. At least either one of the upper panel and the lower panel includes a through hole into which an upper end part or a lower end part of the fan is to be fitted. An inner dimension between the upper panel and the lower panel is shorter than an outer dimension of the fan in a vertical direction. The upper panel and the lower panel deform elastically in a direction in which the upper panel and the lower panel move apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Yoshida, Sadaaki Miyamoto
  • Continuous loop cooling for an electronic device
    Patent number: 9265179
    Abstract: A continuous loop of thermally conductive material is provided with a first portion in frictional contact with a casing of an electronic device and a second portion located within a cooling region. The loop is advanced such that the first portion is located within the cooling region and the second portion is in frictional contact with the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bret P. Elison, Phillip V. Mann, Arden L. Moore, Arvind K. Sinha
  • Inductor component and printed wiring board incorporating inductor component and method for manufacturing inductor component
    Patent number: 9265158
    Abstract: A printed wiring board includes a core substrate having a cavity and having first and second surfaces, an inductor component accommodated in the cavity, a filler resin filling a gap formed between the substrate and component in the cavity, and a buildup layer formed on the first surface of the substrate and the component. The component has a coil layer, a second insulation layer formed on the coil layer, an electrode formed on the substance layer, and a via conductor formed in the substance layer and connecting the coil layer and the electrode, the component is accommodated in the cavity such that the electrode faces the first surface of the substrate, and the buildup layer includes an interlayer insulation layer formed on the first surface of the substrate and the component, a conductive layer formed on the insulation layer, and a connection via conductor connecting the conductive layer and electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: IBIDEN Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Mano, Shinobu Kato, Takashi Kariya
  • Distribution structure of wire harness
    Patent number: 9257822
    Abstract: A wire group of a branch line or a trunk line of a wire harness is covered with a corrugated tube in proximity to an external interfering material projecting from a vehicle body panel. A corrugated clamp is fit fixedly on an end side of the branch portion of the corrugated tube, an outer surface of a vehicle body locking box of the corrugated clamp is brought into abutment with the vehicle body panel having the external interfering material projecting therefrom, and the distance between an outer surface of the wire group covered with the corrugated clamp and the corrugated tube fitted thereon and the external interfering material is larger than the dimension of projection of the external interfering material from the vehicle body panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Kitamura
  • Liquid cooled data center with alternating coolant supply lines
    Patent number: 9258931
    Abstract: Methods of preventing overheating of computer equipment in a cabinet when a supply coolant to a cooler in the cabinet fails. An example embodiment is a data center that includes a plurality of cabinets configured to house computer equipment. At least two coolant supply lines from which the cabinets receive coolant are made available, with each of the supply lines providing the coolant to multiple cabinets. Moreover, the cabinets are arranged in rows and columns such that the cabinets along a row are spaced closer together than the cabinets along a column. Furthermore, each row of the cabinets receives coolant from alternating coolant supply lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Madhusudan K. Iyengar, Roger R. Schmidt
  • Electronic component casing
    Patent number: 9247677
    Abstract: An electronic component casing includes: an inclined portion that projects from an upper surface so as to increase in height gradually from one side; a step portion that descends as a continuation of an upper end of the inclined portion or descends via a plane connected to the upper end; and a planar portion connected to a lower end of the step portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mikio Naruse, Takaya Ishii
  • Power pole isolated heat pipe inverter assembly
    Patent number: 9241430
    Abstract: A power pole inverter is provided. The power pole inverter includes a housing assembly, a capacitor assembly, a number of arm assemblies, a number of heat sinks, and a support assembly. The housing assembly includes a number of sidewalk. The housing assembly sidewalls defining an enclosed space. The capacitor assembly is coupled to the housing assembly. Each arm assembly includes a plurality of electrical components and a number of electrical buses. Each the electrical bus includes a body with terminals, each the terminal structured to be coupled to, and in electrical communication with, the capacitor assembly, each arm assembly including a neutral terminal. Each arm assembly is coupled to, and in electrical communication with, the capacitor assembly. The support assembly includes a non-conductive frame assembly. The support assembly is structured to support each the heat sink in isolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jonathan Charles Crouch, Irving Albert Gibbs, Wesley Byron Johnson, Paul Thomas Murray, Ron Carl Schueneman
  • Flexible display with display support
    Patent number: 9235239
    Abstract: A display system includes a continuous flexible display and two main display supports being hingeable with respect to each other between a closed storage position and a planar configuration for fixing the flexible display in an open position. At least one additional display support supports a segment of the flexible display located between the said respective portions of the flexible display in the open position. This additional display support is movable with respect to the display segment between a non-operational position and a support position when the two main display supports are moved between the storage position and the planar position, such that in the open position substantially the whole surface of the display is supported by the respective display supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Creator Technology B.V.
    Inventors: Robert Sjang Josine van Dijk, Volker Barnhart Verschoor, Johannes Cornelis Adriaan Hamers, Michael Johannes Anna Maria Walters, Rik Kruidhof
  • Display apparatus
    Patent number: 9237299
    Abstract: Discussed is a display apparatus which facilitates to minimize a thickness by innovatively removing a case and some portions of a set cover, which have been regarded as indispensible structures for the display apparatus, and simultaneously facilitates to realize a good sense of beauty in the display apparatus by a novel design, wherein the display apparatus comprises a set cover which has a space prepared by a sidewall; a display panel which includes lower and upper substrates bonded to each other; and a guide frame which supports the display panel, and seals a gap between a sidewall of the set cover and a lateral side of the display panel, wherein the guide frame is provided in the set cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoung Sang Yoon, Kyung Jae Park, Chang Hee Choi
  • Cooling device, printed circuit board unit, and electronic device
    Patent number: 9237677
    Abstract: A cooling device includes: a heat sink and a heat pipe that are connected with each other; a metal plate that is connected with the heat pipe; an elastic member that is provided in the metal plate; and a securing member that is attachable with a printed circuit board on which a heating part is mounted, is able to be secured to the elastic member to be elastically deformed such that the metal plate is pushed to the heating part, and is able to position the metal plate in a state where the securing member is not secured to the elastic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shuji Honda, Masao Honda
  • Storage system and a method of cooling storage media within a data storage system
    Patent number: 9232683
    Abstract: The invention provides a data storage system and a method of cooling storage media within a data storage system. The data storage system comprises an enclosure; plural drawer structures each containing plural storage media such as disk drives, wherein the storage media are arranged such that air can pass vertically within the system through and between at least 2 of the plural drawers thereby to cool the disk drives in the system by a vertical flow of air within the system; and air flow generating means to generate a vertical flow of air through the drawers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: David M. Davis, Alexander C. Worrall
  • Frequency converter unit
    Patent number: 9231490
    Abstract: A frequency converter unit includes a unit body, input bus bar means and output bus bar means. The input bus bar means have a plurality of input side bus bars spaced apart in a first direction, and the output bus bar means have a plurality of output side bus bars spaced apart in the first direction, which is perpendicular to an installation direction of the frequency converter unit. Each of the plurality of input side bus bars and the plurality of output side bus bars includes an aperture configured to connect the bus bar to a counterpart contact in a frame with a bolt-nut connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: ABB TECHNOLOGY OY
    Inventors: Mika Silvennoinen, Mika Vartiainen, Jani Hakala
  • Main circuit switchgear
    Patent number: 9219354
    Abstract: There is provided a main circuit switchgear that includes a breaker; a leg part that supports the breaker; a disconnector that is connected to the breaker; a leg part that supports the disconnector; a metal container that accommodates therein the breaker and the disconnector and includes a bottom plate in which an opening is provided at a position corresponding to a position of the leg part, where the leg part is fixed onto the bottom plate, and a support frame that includes a top panel on which the bottom plate is placed and a leg part that supports the top panel, where the leg part is fixed onto the top panel via the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Manabu Kawakami, Toru Yamashita, Hirokazu Otani, Daisuke Yoshida
  • Liquid-cooling module and electronic device using the same
    Patent number: 9215832
    Abstract: A liquid-cooling module includes a liquid-providing component, a liquid-receiving component and at least one heat dissipating assembly. The liquid-providing component has a liquid inlet and a plurality of liquid-providing openings, while the liquid inlet is used for being connected to a cooler. The liquid-receiving component has a plurality of liquid-receiving openings and a liquid outlet, and the liquid outlet is used for being connected to the cooler. The at least one heat dissipating assembly includes a flow tube. One end of the flow tube is detachably connected to one of the plurality of liquid-providing openings, and the other end of the flow tube is connected on one of the plurality of liquid-receiving openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: MSI COMPUTER (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hung Chang, Min-Lang Chen
  • Computer Architecture
    Patent number: 9207729
    Abstract: An internal component and external interface arrangement for a cylindrical compact computing system is described that includes at least a structural heat sink having triangular shape disposed within a cylindrical volume defined by a cylindrical housing. A computing engine having a generally triangular shape is described having internal components that include a graphics processing unit (GPU) board, a central processing unit (CPU) board, an input/output (I/O) interface board, an interconnect board, and a power supply unit (PSU).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Brett W. Degner, Caitlin Elizabeth Kalinowski, Richard D. Kosoglow, Joshua D. Banko, David H. Narajowski, Jonathan L. Berk, Michael E. Leclerc, Michael D. McBroom, Asif Iqbal, Paul S. Michelsen, Mark K. Sin, Paul A. Baker, Harold L. Sontag, Wai Ching Yuen, Matthew P. Casebolt, Kevin S. Fetterman, Alexander C. Calkins, Daniel L. McBroom
  • Electronic device including a movable baffle to enhance cooling
    Patent number: 9201475
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first body, a second body, a baffle and a drive mechanism. The second body includes an opening the bottom surface thereof, and the baffle is disposed on the bottom surface to cover the opening. The baffle moves with respect to the second body and has a raised portion. The drive mechanism includes a pivot, a linkage and a sliding member. The pivot connects the first body and the second body. The linkage is sleeved over the pivot. The sliding member is connected to the linkage and has a pushing portion. While the first body rotates with respect to the second body, the pivot rotates with the first body and drives the linkage to push the sliding member. In the meantime, the sliding member displaces to push the raised portion by the pushing portion, so that the baffle moves and exposes part of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chung Hsin Wu, Shu Mu Lin
  • Fixing assembly
    Patent number: 9196565
    Abstract: A fixing assembly includes a fixing frame, a fixing member, and a fastening member. The fixing frame includes a frame body and a guiding wall portion. The frame body is disposed between a circuit board and a heatsink. The guiding wall portion is connected to the frame body and has an elongated hole. The thicknesses of the guiding wall portion are reduced toward the frame body. The fixing member abuts against the guiding wall portion and is located over the heatsink. The fixing member has a screw hole communicated with the elongated hole. The fastening member is fastened to the screw hole via the elongated hole. The fastening member is retained by the elongated hole to move relative to the guiding wall portion along the elongated hole, so as to move the fixing member toward or away from the heatsink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignees: Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ching-Cheng Lee
  • Mobile terminal
    Patent number: 9196963
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a terminal body having a ground; a first conductive member and a second conductive member mounted in the terminal body, and spaced from each other and configured to transmit and receive a radio signal; a feed connection portion connected to the first conductive member and configured to feed-connect the first conductive member to the ground; and a first ground connection portion connected to the second conductive member and configured to ground-connect the second conductive member to the ground. Further, the first conductive member and the second conductive member are connected to each other so as to form a loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hanphil Rhyu, Sungjoon Hong, Sungjung Rho, Jaegon Lee
  • Portable computing device with cover providing access and control of applications
    Patent number: 9189020
    Abstract: A protective cover is utilized with a portable computing device, where the portable computing device includes a front surface that includes a display. The protective cover includes a sheet including a front surface and a rear surface, where the sheet has a suitable dimension to cover at least the display of the computing device when the protective cover is connected with the computing device. The sheet further includes a cut-out section that facilitates viewing of a reduced area of the display when the protective cover is connected with the computing device. The protective cover further includes at least one electrically conductive contact member located on the rear surface and configured to engage with at least one contact member of the computing device when the protective cover is connected with the front surface of the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Nguyen Nguyen, Mak Vaziri, Saeed Seyed, Kenneth S. Mak