Patents by Inventor Bouziane Yebka

Bouziane Yebka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20210262883
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an electronic device, including: a device component; a pressure sensor integrated into a surface lining of the device component; and at least one adaptive gap-filling component situated between the surface lining of the device component and a wall of the electronic device that at least partially surrounds the device component. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Bouziane Yebka, Tin-Lup Wong, Philip John Jakes
  • Publication number: 20210249708
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an electronic device, including: a battery pack stack comprising at least two battery packs; wherein the battery pack stack comprises at least one cumulative heat reducing component positioned between the at least two battery packs. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Bouziane Yebka, Philip John Jakes, Tin-Lup Wong
  • Patent number: 11063306
    Abstract: A method can include powering circuitry via a lithium ion battery; during the powering, determining a discharge rate of the lithium ion battery; and, based at least in part on the determined discharge rate, adjusting a cut-off voltage for the lithium ion battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Bouziane Yebka, Joseph Anthony Holung, Tin-Lup Wong, Philip John Jakes
  • Patent number: 11063453
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a device, including: a display device disposed in a device housing; a main battery disposed in the device housing; a supplemental battery disposed proximate to the display device; and a processor operatively coupled to the display device. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Bouziane Yebka, Joseph Anthony Holung, Philip John Jakes, Tin-Lup Wong, Joseph David Plunkett
  • Publication number: 20210203026
    Abstract: One embodiment provides an information handling device, including: an electronic component; and a tape strip comprising: a top surface; and a bottom surface; wherein each of the top surface and the bottom surface comprise alternating sections of adhesive areas and non-adhesive areas; wherein the electronic component is adhered to the top surface of the tape strip via an adhesive connection between the adhesive areas located on the top surface of the tape strip and a bottom surface of the electronic component and wherein the tape strip is adhered to the information handling device via another adhesive connection between the adhesive areas. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Bouziane Yebka, Tin-Lup Wong, Philip John Jakes, Jeremy Robert Carlson
  • Patent number: 11038361
    Abstract: In one aspect, a battery includes at least one anode, at least one cathode, and electrolyte between the at least one anode and at least one cathode. The at least one cathode comprises at least a first charging material and at least a second charging material different from the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Bouziane Yebka, Joseph Anthony Holung, Tin-Lup Wong, Philip John Jakes
  • Patent number: 11025078
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a device, including: a device housing; a display device disposed in the device housing; a main battery disposed in the device housing; a supplemental battery operatively coupled to the main battery in a parasitic arrangement, wherein the main battery draws power from the supplemental battery; and a processor operatively coupled to the display device. Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Bouziane Yebka, Joseph Anthony Holung, Tin-Lup Wong, Philip John Jakes
  • Patent number: 10975207
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for attaching structures. One system includes: a device having a first structure attached to a second structure; a first polymer coupled to the first structure, wherein the first polymer has a first temperature profile and a first shape; and a second polymer coupled to the second structure. The second polymer has a second temperature profile and a second shape. The second shape interlocks the first shape. The first polymer and the second polymer secure the first structure to the second structure in response to the first polymer and the second polymer being in a first temperature range. The first polymer and the second polymer release the first structure from the second structure in response to the first polymer and the second polymer being in a second temperature range different from the first temperature range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Bouziane Yebka, Philip John Jakes, Tin-Lup Wong
  • Patent number: 10971780
    Abstract: A device can include a processor; memory accessible by the processor; a battery bay that includes a first surface; a battery package disposed in the battery bay and operatively coupled to the processor, where the battery package includes a second surface; and materials disposed between the first surface and the second surface, where the materials include an adhesive and a thermoplastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Bouziane Yebka, Philip John Jakes, Tin-Lup Wong
  • Patent number: 10886508
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a device, including: a battery; and a tape strip comprising: a top surface; a bottom surface; and at least one elevatable section, wherein the at least one elevatable section comprises an area, situated in the top surface, containing an adhesive; wherein the top surface is composed of a non-adhesive substance on all portions of the top surface not associated with the area and wherein the bottom surface is composed of the adhesive on all portions of the bottom surface not associated with the at least one elevatable section; wherein the battery is adhered to the top surface of the tape strip via an adhesive connection between the area containing the adhesive and a bottom surface of the battery, wherein the tape strip is adhered to the device via another adhesive connection between the bottom surface of the tape strip and an inner portion of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Bouziane Yebka, Tin-Lup Wong, Philip John Jakes, Jeremy Robert Carlson
  • Patent number: 10840720
    Abstract: For selectively restricting the charge level of a battery, methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed. One apparatus includes a battery, a temperature sensor that measures a temperature of the battery, a processor, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. Here, the processor selects a maximum charge level using the temperature of the battery, where the maximum charge becomes less than a full charge level of the battery in response to the battery temperature being above a threshold temperature. Moreover, the processor restricts charging of the battery to the maximum charge level in response to the temperature of the battery being above the threshold temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Bouziane Yebka, Larry Glenn Estes, Jeremy Robert Carlson, Philip John Jakes
  • Patent number: 10819122
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes system components and a battery pack. The battery pack includes one or more cell balancing resistors, plural battery cells in a circuit with the one or more cell balancing resistors, at least one processor, and storage accessible to the processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the processor to determine whether a threshold amount of time has accrued during which the device has not been operated on battery power and, responsive to a determination that the threshold amount of time has accrued, employ the one or more cell balancing resistors of the battery pack to reduce the charge level of the plural battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Larry Glenn Estes, Jeremy Robert Carlson, Bouziane Yebka
  • Publication number: 20200291196
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for attaching structures. One system includes: a device having a first structure attached to a second structure; a first polymer coupled to the first structure, wherein the first polymer has a first temperature profile and a first shape; and a second polymer coupled to the second structure. The second polymer has a second temperature profile and a second shape. The second shape interlocks the first shape. The first polymer and the second polymer secure the first structure to the second structure in response to the first polymer and the second polymer being in a first temperature range. The first polymer and the second polymer release the first structure from the second structure in response to the first polymer and the second polymer being in a second temperature range different from the first temperature range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Bouziane Yebka, Philip John Jakes, Tin-Lup Wong
  • Publication number: 20200280032
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a device, including: a battery; and a tape strip comprising: a top surface; a bottom surface; and at least one elevatable section, wherein the at least one elevatable section comprises an area, situated in the top surface, containing an adhesive; wherein the top surface is composed of a non-adhesive substance on all portions of the top surface not associated with the area and wherein the bottom surface is composed of the adhesive on all portions of the bottom surface not associated with the at least one elevatable section; wherein the battery is adhered to the top surface of the tape strip via an adhesive connection between the area containing the adhesive and a bottom surface of the battery, wherein the tape strip is adhered to the device via another adhesive connection between the bottom surface of the tape strip and an inner portion of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Bouziane Yebka, Tin-Lup Wong, Philip John Jakes, Jeremy Robert Carlson
  • Patent number: 10680450
    Abstract: Battery malfunction is limited by accelerating battery discharge once battery voltage reaches a low voltage threshold. This can be done programmatically and/or using a hardware arrangement that shorts the battery to ground when the low voltage threshold is reached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Bouziane Yebka, Jeremy Robert Carlson, Tin-Lup Wong, Philip John Jakes
  • Patent number: 10474201
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a base subassembly and a display subassembly. A hinge is rotatably coupled to the base subassembly and the display subassembly. The hinge allows the base subassembly and the display subassembly to rotate about an operating axis to change a rotational orientation of the display subassembly relative to the base subassembly. An elevation mechanism is operatively coupled to the hinge. The elevation mechanism includes a support tray disposed in the base subassembly that holds the mechanical elements. The elevation mechanism is responsive to torque that changes the rotational orientation of the display subassembly such that the elevation mechanism lifts the support tray when the display subassembly is moved to an upright position and lowers the support tray when the display subassembly is moved to a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Joseph Anthony Holung, Chihui Chen, Tin-Lup Wong, Bouziane Yebka
  • Publication number: 20190324497
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a base subassembly and a display subassembly. A hinge is rotatably coupled to the base subassembly and the display subassembly. The hinge allows the base subassembly and the display subassembly to rotate about an operating axis to change a rotational orientation of the display subassembly relative to the base subassembly. An elevation mechanism is operatively coupled to the hinge. The elevation mechanism includes a support tray disposed in the base subassembly that holds the mechanical elements. The elevation mechanism is responsive to torque that changes the rotational orientation of the display subassembly such that the elevation mechanism lifts the support tray when the display subassembly is moved to an upright position and lowers the support tray when the display subassembly is moved to a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Joseph Anthony Holung, Chihui Chen, Tin-Lup Wong, Bouziane Yebka
  • Publication number: 20190312443
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes system components and a battery pack. The battery pack includes one or more cell balancing resistors, plural battery cells in a circuit with the one or more cell balancing resistors, at least one processor, and storage accessible to the processor. The storage includes instructions executable by the processor to determine whether a threshold amount of time has accrued during which the device has not been operated on battery power and, responsive to a determination that the threshold amount of time has accrued, employ the one or more cell balancing resistors of the battery pack to reduce the charge level of the plural battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Larry Glenn Estes, Jeremy Robert Carlson, Bouziane Yebka
  • Patent number: 10439418
    Abstract: In one aspect, a device includes a processor, at least one system component accessible to the processor, a battery accessible to the processor and that provides power to the processor and the at least one system component, a display accessible to the processor and powered by the battery, and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to permit charging of the battery at a first rate during a first charging instance and to permit charging of the battery at a second rate during a second charging instance, where the second rate is slower than the first rate and the second charging instance is subsequent to the first charging instance. The instructions are also executable to provide an indication regarding the availability of again charging the battery at the first rate subsequent to the first charging instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Bouziane Yebka, Philip John Jakes, Tin-Lup Wong
  • Publication number: 20190305564
    Abstract: For selectively restricting the charge level of a battery, methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed. One apparatus includes a battery, a temperature sensor that measures a temperature of the battery, a processor, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. Here, the processor selects a maximum charge level using the temperature of the battery, where the maximum charge becomes less than a full charge level of the battery in response to the battery temperature being above a threshold temperature. Moreover, the processor restricts charging of the battery to the maximum charge level in response to the temperature of the battery being above the threshold temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Bouziane Yebka, Larry Glenn Estes, Jeremy Robert Carlson, Philip John Jakes