Patents Issued in April 8, 2014
  • Patent number: 8693152
    Abstract: A Power over Ethernet (PoE) Power Device (PD) circuit and a protection circuit of electrostatic discharge (ESD) thereof are provided. The protection circuit of ESD includes a transient voltage suppressor (TVS) and a high-voltage capacitor, wherein the TVS and the high-voltage capacitor are coupled in series between a negative power terminal and a grounding terminal to reduce system malfunctions or damages when ESD or transient voltage surge occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron Corp.
    Inventors: Lung-Fai Tuen, Shan-Hung Wang, Chiu-Hsien Chang
  • Patent number: 8693153
    Abstract: A device for interrupting the flow of electrical power in an electrical distribution system is provided. The device includes a sensor operably coupled to the electrical distribution system. A switching mechanism is coupled to the electrical distribution system, the switching mechanism movable between an open position and a closed position. A controller operably coupled to the sensor and the switching mechanism, the controller having a processor that is responsive to executable computer instructions when executed on the processor incrementing a first counter in a first mode of operation and a second counter in a second mode of operation. Wherein the processor is further responsive to executable computer instructions for switching from the first mode to the second mode in response to a signal from the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
    Inventor: John Witte
  • Patent number: 8693154
    Abstract: A protection relay for protecting an electric system, includes means a manner of a time multiplier value, a manner of calculating, with the received time multiplier value, and an inverse definite time dependency having an exponentiation function. The dependency defines a relationship between an excitation level of an input signal to the relay and an operating time of the relay. The relay further a manner of shifting the dependency to a predefined calculation space, and includes a manner of applying, during execution, the dependency shifted to the predefined calculation space when determining an operating condition of the relay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventors: Kari Vanhala, Petri Koivula
  • Patent number: 8693155
    Abstract: A constant voltage power supply circuit includes an output voltage dependent over-current protection circuit unit and a drooping over-current protection circuit unit. The output voltage dependent over-current protection circuit unit reduces, when an output current which is output from an output terminal of an output control transistor exceeds a first set value which is determined in advance, the output current from the first set value in a manner dependent on a reduction of an output voltage which is output from the output terminal. The drooping over-current protection circuit unit detects, with an external resistor, the output current which is output from the output terminal of the output control transistor, and reduces, when the detected output current exceeds a second set value which is determined in advance and which has a lower value than the first set value, the output voltage while maintaining the output current at the second set value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Keizou Mizui
  • Patent number: 8693156
    Abstract: A protection apparatus for a load circuit is provided which can miniaturize electric wires and semiconductor switches by using a switch circuit simulating the current interruption time characteristics of fuses. A conductor resistance r and a heat resistance R used in each of a heat generation temperature calculation expression and a heat dissipation temperature calculation expression are respectively changed into a pseudo conductor resistance r* and a pseudo heat resistance R*, then the heat generation amount and the heat dissipation amount of the electric wire are calculated, and current temperature of the electric wire is estimated. When the estimation temperature reaches allowable temperature, an electronic switch S1 is turned off to thereby protect the load circuit. As a result, each of the electric wires and the semiconductor switches used in the load circuit can be protected from over heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihide Nakamura, Akinori Maruyama, Keisuke Ueta
  • Patent number: 8693157
    Abstract: A substrate including an ESD protection function includes an insulating substrate, at least one of circuit elements or a wiring pattern and an ESD protection portion. In the ESD protection portion, facing portions of at least one pair of discharge electrodes are disposed in a cavity provided in the insulating substrate so that the ends face each other. The discharge electrodes are electrically connected to the circuit elements and or the wiring pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Noma, Jun Urakawa
  • Patent number: 8693158
    Abstract: A method and apparatus provide an improved EM reverberation chamber which facilitates the dynamic three dimensional (3D) manipulation of EM field polarization within the chamber and produces a uniform field distribution inside the chamber. The chamber includes one or more walls with tunable lumped elements. A controller is provided to generate one or more control signals that are applied to the lumped elements and tunes their impedance in response to the one or more control signals. The result is to generate, within the chamber an electromagnetic field that appears to be random or pseudo-random in polarization, but which is sufficiently uniform in magnitude for EM testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: The University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Weng Cho Chew, Bo Zhu, Lijun Jiang, Qi Dai
  • Patent number: 8693159
    Abstract: A method and system for diagnostic coverage of safety components monitors the state of a safety chain and each of the safety devices in the chain. A fault condition is detected if one of the safety devices indicates that the safety chain should be open but the safety chain indicates that it is closed. In order to prevent an inadvertent reset of the fault condition by opening the safety chain via a second safety device, the fault condition is latched until the monitoring system verifies that the faulty safety device has been corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek W. Jones, Kevin M. Zomchek, Richard Galera
  • Patent number: 8693160
    Abstract: A charged particle induction apparatus and method comprising a high power light emitting means, such as a laser array, in operable communication with a high energy output means to accomplish initiation of at least two concentric plasma channels in atmosphere extending from the Earth's surface to the charge-rich upper atmosphere, including the ionosphere, for the transmission of charged particles therethrough to ground using the surrounding atmosphere as an insulator. The transmitted energy is drawn down (due to an artificially created potential) through the conductive plasma channels to collection means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Glenn Lane Family Limited Liability Limited Partnership
    Inventor: Glenn Lane
  • Patent number: 8693161
    Abstract: Self-balancing, corona discharge for the stable production of electrically balanced and ultra-clean ionized gas streams is disclosed. This result is achieved by promoting the electronic conversion of free electrons into negative ions without adding oxygen or another electronegative gas to the gas stream. The invention may be used with electronegative and/or electropositive or noble gas streams and may include the use of a closed loop corona discharge control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Gefter, Leslie W. Partridge, Lyle Dwight Nelson
  • Patent number: 8693162
    Abstract: A multi-layered capacitor includes three or more capacitor layers. A first layer includes a first DC-biased, tunable capacitor. A second layer, acoustically coupled to the first layer, includes a second DC-biased, tunable capacitor. A third layer, acoustically coupled to the second layer, includes a third DC-biased, tunable capacitor. Each dielectric of the first, second, and third capacitors has a resonance of about the same frequency, within 5%, and inner electrodes of the first, second, and third capacitors have a resonance of about the same frequency, within 5%. The resonance of each layer is a function of at least thickness, density, and material. The first, second, and third layers are biased to generate destructive acoustic interference, and the multi-layer capacitor is operable at frequencies greater than 0.1 GHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Mircea Capanu, Andrew Cervin-Lawry, Marina Zelner
  • Patent number: 8693163
    Abstract: A device includes a substrate having a front surface and a back surface opposite the front surface. A capacitor is formed in the substrate and includes a first capacitor plate; a first insulation layer encircling the first capacitor plate; and a second capacitor plate encircling the first insulation layer. Each of the first capacitor plate, the first insulation layer, and the second capacitor plate extends from the front surface to the back surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: An-Jhih Su, Chi-Chun Hsieh, Tzu-Yu Wang, Wei-Cheng Wu, Hsien-Pin Hu, Shang-Yun Hou, Wen-Chih Chiou, Shin-Puu Jeng
  • Patent number: 8693164
    Abstract: An electrical multi-layered component includes a monolithic base member that has a plurality of ceramic layers and electrode layers disposed one on top of the other in alternating fashion. The base member includes two end surfaces opposite to one another and two side surfaces opposite to one another. The multi-layered component includes a plurality of external electrodes and a plurality of internal electrodes designed into the electrode layers. The internal electrodes at least partially overlap and form overlap areas. Each internal electrode is associated with a respective external electrode. At least one first internal electrode extending from an end surface overlaps with at least one second internal electrode (8) extending from an opposite end surface. At least a third internal electrode extends from an end surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Epcos AG
    Inventors: Thomas Feichtinger, Georg Krenn
  • Patent number: 8693165
    Abstract: A device for generating electrical energy from the heat dissipated by a heat source, comprising: a capacitor comprising two electrodes between which a ferroelectric material is present, said capacitor being arranged so as to be positioned to capture all or part of the heat dissipated by said heat source; a capacitive element a first electrode of which is connected to a first electrode of said capacitor; a recovery circuit interposed between the second electrode of said capacitor and the second electrode of the capacitive element, and able to have the current flowing between said second electrodes pass through it. a mechanism adapted to move the capacitor with respect to the heat source, said mechanism having at least one arm able to move between two positions, the capacitor being closer to the heat source in one of the two positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: STMicroelectronics (Crolles 2) SAS
    Inventors: Thomas Skotnicki, Stéphane Monfray
  • Patent number: 8693166
    Abstract: A capacitor includes a first collector made of metal foil, a first electrode layer placed on a surface of the first collector and mainly containing a carbonaceous material, a resin layer provided on the first electrode layer, a second electrode provided on the resin layer and mainly containing a carbonaceous material, a second collector provided on the second electrode layer and made of metal foil, a case accommodating the first collector, the first electrode layer, the resin layer, the second electrode, and the second collector therein, and an electrolyte accommodated in the case. The resin layer has a non-woven fabric form of fibers made of resin irregularly bonded to one another. The fibers of the resin layer intertwine with the first electrode layer. The fibers of the resin layer intertwine with the first electrode layer. This capacitor can be thin and small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Kondou, Hideki Shimamoto, Yukihiro Shimasaki
  • Patent number: 8693167
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a lead wire, a functional element, and an outer housing. The lead wire includes a leader electrode made of metal containing aluminum, a metal wire containing tin, and a welded section formed by welding a first end of the metal wire to a first end of the leader electrode. A second end of the leader electrode is connected to the functional element. The outer housing seals the functional element therein such that a second end of the metal wire is led out therefrom. The lead wire further includes a resin film coating the welded section at least at a portion not covered with the outer housing. Resin material for the resin film has pierce strength of 0.05 MPa/?m per unit thickness or greater and an elastic coefficient of 10 GPa or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yano, Douyuu Hachisu, Junji Yamane
  • Patent number: 8693168
    Abstract: There is provided an electrochemical capacitor including a lid; a case having a via, and forming a liquid chamber together with the lid; an electric storage element housed in the liquid chamber; an electrolyte housed in the liquid chamber; a wiring having a via part arranged within the via, and connecting an inside to an outside of the liquid chamber; an extraction electrode connected to the via part; an overcoating layer for coating the extraction electrode, and having an opening to expose a partial region of the extraction electrode; and a conductive adhesive layer for fixing the electric storage element to the overcoating layer, and electrically connecting the electric storage element to the extraction electrode through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Hagiwara, Katsuei Ishida
  • Patent number: 8693169
    Abstract: A loadcenter is equipped with a unitary neutral bus bar capable of receiving AFI and GFI circuit breakers having either a plug-on-neutral connection or a wire-neutral connection. The neutral bus bar is connected to line neutral and has a rolled rail that is formed by rolling an end of a conductive plate and bending the plate at a transition portion to position the rolled rail above and at an angle of a major flat surface of an extension of the neutral bus bar. Wire-capture apparatuses secured along an edge of an extension of the neutral bus bar can capture wires from circuit breakers that lack an internal connection to a neutral plug-on mounting jaw or that lack a neutral plug-on mounting jaw altogether.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Mauricio Diaz, Hildegard Peralta, Ezequiel Salas
  • Patent number: 8693170
    Abstract: A control assembly including: a variable-speed drive for controlling an electric charge, the variable speed drive including a rear attachment mechanism for attaching same to a mounting and a power terminal board receiving a power via power lines; and an electrical interrupter connected to the power lines to control or protect the variable-speed drive. The electrical interrupter is electrically connected to the power terminal board of the variable-speed drive, and the control assembly includes attachment means for mechanically attaching the electrical interrupter to the variable-speed drive only.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Schneider Toshiba Inverter Europe SAS
    Inventors: Jerome Barreau, Frederic Leon
  • Patent number: 8693171
    Abstract: A support for a fragile and/or brittle front piece includes a base plate member and a rim. The support is shaped to receive a specifically shaped piece of brittle material, such as ceramic, sapphire, precious or semi precious stone. The piece of brittle material has a front surface, a rear surface and sides. The rear surface is secured to a base plate of the support and a rim of the support surrounds the edges of the piece of brittle material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: David Bureau, Tim Porter, Caroline Millar, Kris Laurent
  • Patent number: 8693172
    Abstract: A mounting system for a flat panel display includes a back assembly, a pair of arm assemblies, and a mounting assembly. Back assembly can include a slide plate connected to arm assemblies allowing arm assemblies and mount assembly to be horizontally shifted without the need to remove the mount from the wall and reattach it. Arm assemblies can include substantially hollow arms having removable covers for storing wires connected to display therein. Mounting assembly can include a tilt head that provides a path of rotation about a substantially horizontal axis that extends proximate the center of gravity of the mount and a flat panel display mounted thereon, allowing for easy adjustment and rotation of display, Mounting assembly can also include a pair of brace arms each comprised of two members configured to allow mount assembly to be expanded to mount various sized displays without extending beyond the width of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Milestone AV Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Scott Russell, Nick Stanek, Joel W. Pfister
  • Patent number: 8693173
    Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus may include a front panel, wherein an entire front surface of the front panel is made of a transparent material. The display apparatus may also include at least one frame attached to a rear surface of the front panel to support the front panel, a display module attached to the frame to output a three-dimensional (3D) image, a layer on a front surface of the front panel, wherein light output from the layer and light output from the display module have a phase difference of 10 nm or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yunjoo Kim, Jaeho Kim, Doyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 8693174
    Abstract: A touch display assembly structure is disclosed, which includes a capacitor type touch panel, a display panel, a plastic side frame, and an adhesive layer. The plastic side frame includes a side frame edge and a support piece disposed inner the side frame edge. The support piece is disposed between the touch panel and the display panel. The support piece has an opening to expose a display area of the display panel. The adhesive layer bonds the capacitor type touch panel and the support piece. There is an air layer disposed between the touch panel and the display panel. The material of the support piece includes polyphenylene sulfide. The thickness of the support piece is less than 0.4 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventor: Kuo-Cheng Chen
  • Patent number: 8693175
    Abstract: A cover lifting structure is suitable for a body of an electronic device. The body has a recess. The cover lifting structure includes a first rotating member, a second rotating member, an elastic member and a pushing member. The first rotating member pivoted to the body with a first axis. The second rotating member pivoted to the first rotating member with a second axis. The elastic member is propped against the first and the second rotating members. The first rotating member closes the recess, and the second rotating member contacts against the pushing member in a first state. The first rotating member opens the recess, and the second rotating member moves away from the pushing member in a second state. In a third state, the first rotating member closes the recess, and the second rotating member falls behind a stroke to the first rotating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Shin-Min Lee
  • Patent number: 8693176
    Abstract: A drainage system is provided for draining liquid accidentally spilled on a casing having a plurality of pushbuttons on a surface of the casing. The drainage system for a pushbutton casing may comprise a liquid collecting receptacle, a counter-bore, and a drainage exit. The counter-bore may have a sidewall. The liquid collecting receptacle may be operatively interfacing the casing. The drainage exit may be disposed on the sidewall of the counter-bore. An end opening of the counter-bore may be in connection with a drainage exit. The end opening of the counter-bore may be disposed to allow liquid entering the drainage exit out of the end opening of the counter-bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Takayuki Morino
  • Patent number: 8693177
    Abstract: A hinge mechanism and a foldable ergonomic keyboard having the same are disclosed. The hinge mechanism includes a pair of operating modules and a linking unit. Each operating module has an accommodating housing, a locking assembly received in the accommodating housing, a latch member connected to one end of the accommodating housing for controlling a displacement of the locking assembly, and a spherical member received in the accommodating housing. The other end of the accommodating housing is formed with a positioning slot. The linking unit has two ends respectively passed through the positioning slots and connected to the spherical members. The hinge mechanism connects two input sections via the accommodating housings, and the latch member can selectively arranged to press tightly the spherical member in the accommodating housing or release the spherical member. Thus, the two input sections can be adjusted in different postures or folded condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignees: Lite-On Electronics (Guangzhou) Limited, Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Fu-Kuang Chen
  • Patent number: 8693178
    Abstract: An input device fixing structure includes an input device and a housing case. The input device is disposed with at least one first magnetic component, and the housing case is disposed with at least one second magnetic component. The second magnetic component and the first magnetic component are adsorbed with each other through a magnetic force, so that the input device is fixed on the housing case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Inventor: Li Yin Ho
  • Patent number: 8693179
    Abstract: A detachable touch structure for a portable electronic device is disclosed. The detachable touch structure comprises a flexible board, a flexible touch panel, a control module, and a linkage element; the flexible touch panel is superimposedly disposed on the flexible board; the control module is connected with the flexible board and electrically connected with the flexible touch panel, and the control module comprises two sliding slot structures each comprising a first sliding slot and a second sliding slot communicated with each other; the linkage element comprises two positioning levers, the linkage element has one end pivotally connected with the flexible board and the other end movably connected with each one of the sliding slot structures via each one of the positioning levers respectively. When two ends of the flexible board are bended by force, the detachable touch structure can be in a tablet form or a mouse form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Ren-Jing Wei
  • Patent number: 8693180
    Abstract: A display module having an improved assembly structure is provided. The display module includes a frame, a display panel, and a glue. The frame has a side wall and a supporting part, wherein the supporting part has a supporting surface and the side wall is formed on the periphery of the supporting surface. A groove is formed on the supporting surface adjacent to the side wall and is distributed along the side wall. The display panel is disposed within the frame and has a bottom face and a side face. The bottom face is supported by the supporting surface of the supporting part. The side face faces the side wall and forms a gap with the side wall. The glue is filled in the gap and adheres the side wall to the side face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Jia-Lang Hsu, Chih-Wei Wen, Ching-Chieh Pai, Cheng-Wei Li
  • Patent number: 8693181
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first body, a second body and a battery base. The second body is pivoted to the first body and has a first block. The battery base is pivoted to the first body and has a second block. When the second body rotates relative to the first body, the first block is driven to contact the second block and push the second block for driving the battery base to pivot relative to the first body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Huai-Te Tseng, Ching-Fu Yang
  • Patent number: 8693182
    Abstract: A fixing mechanism for storage device includes a frame, and a detent component. One sidewall of the frame has a latch member. The detent component is movably disposed on the sidewall of the frame, and has a pressing component and an operating component. The operating component is disposed with at least one stop block. When the operating component is moved relative to the frame to a press position, the pressing component pushes the latch member to engage with the storage device, the stop block is embedded in the frame, and the detent component is held in the press position. Accordingly, the storage device may be fixed to the frame rapidly without using any screw, the operating procedure is dramatically simplified, and the space occupied by the fixing mechanism and the manufacturing cost are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignees: Lite-On Electronic (Guangzhou) Limited, Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Po-Hsiu Kuo, Chih-Li Liu, Yung-Lung Liu, Chuan-Chieh Tseng
  • Patent number: 8693183
    Abstract: An adapter for a ruggedized personal digital assistant (RPDA) may include a generally L-shaped housing with first and second legs. The first leg may have a generally tubular shape and may include a protruding ridge that is slidable in a stylus groove of the RPDA. The first leg may include a connector for a multi-function cable and an opening for a communication cable. The second leg may include a power connector for engaging the power-in port of the RPDA and a serial data connector for engaging the serial data port of the RPDA. A multi-function cable assembly may be disposed in the first leg and may connect to the multi-function cable connector. Inside the first leg, the multi-function cable assembly may split into a plurality of cables for connecting to the RPDA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Patti Alameda, David J. Rychalsky, James Ireland
  • Patent number: 8693184
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a housing, a fan module, a heat-dissipating module, and a channel. The housing includes a first heat-dissipating vent and a second heat-dissipating vent. The fan module is disposed in the housing and includes a first outlet and a second outlet. The first outlet is substantially aligned with the first heat-dissipating vent and has a first airflow. The second outlet has a second airflow. The heat-dissipating module is disposed in the housing between the first outlet and the first heat-dissipating vent. The channel is located between the second outlet and the second heat-dissipating vent for guiding the second airflow out of the housing from the second heat-dissipating vent. The temperature of the first heat-dissipating vent is higher than that of the second heat-dissipating vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chang-Yuan Wu, Hui-Lian Chang
  • Patent number: 8693185
    Abstract: An electronic display which can be mounted above a paved surface in an outdoor environment. A surface or plate is placed behind the electronic display to define a gap where cooling air can be drawn through said gap in order to cool the electronic display. A plurality of ribs may be placed within the gap and in thermal communication with the electronic display. The density of the ribs may be varied according to the inlet and exhaust openings for the cooling air. The ribs may be placed at a higher density near the exhaust to account for the increase in temperature of the cooling air as it travels through the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
    Inventors: William Dunn, Chris Tran, Tim Hubbard
  • Patent number: 8693186
    Abstract: A heat transferring module adapted to an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes at least one heat source and a plurality of ready-to-heat elements. The heat transferring module includes at least one water head, at least two loop heat pipes, at least two pumps, and a working fluid. The water head is thermally connected to the heat source. The loop heat pipes are connected to the water head respectively, and at least one of the loop heat pipes is thermally connected to the ready-to-heat elements. Each pump is connected to the corresponding loop heat pipe. The working fluid flows into the water head and at least one of the loop heat pipes by at least one of the pumps, so heat generated by the heat source is transferred to at least one of the ready-to-heat elements. A method of starting up an electronic device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Getac Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Chi-Jung Wu
  • Patent number: 8693188
    Abstract: An electronic mobile device includes a base that defines a guide path and a translation support that is pivotally supported by the base. The electronic mobile device further includes a movable assembly translatably connected to the translation support opposite the base. The movable assembly includes a guide follower that follows the guide path. As such, the movable assembly translates relative to the translation support as the movable assembly and the translation support pivot relative to the base to move the movable assembly to a plurality of operating configurations relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Martin Earl Holman, IV, Bruce Alan Ivanik, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz
  • Patent number: 8693189
    Abstract: A case is provided for a tablet computer, comprising: a tablet securing unit configured to hold a tablet computer in a tablet cavity; one or more hand grips on a first end of the tablet securing unit, the one or more hand grips extending from the tablet securing unit; a palette grip located in the middle of the first end of the tablet securing unit and extending from the tablet securing unit, the palate grip having a hole; a handle connected to the one or more hand grips; a support beam formed on a back side of the tablet securing unit, the support beam being configured to support the tablet computer; and a rubber lip formed on a front side of the tablet securing unit around a periphery of the tablet cavity, the rubber lip being configured to hold the tablet computer in the tablet cavity against the support beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Inventor: Gregory Thomas
  • Patent number: 8693190
    Abstract: A casing structure and a locking mechanism thereof for portable electronic apparatus are disclosed. The casing structure includes an apparatus casing, an electronic device casing, and a door. The electronic device casing is engaged to the apparatus casing in a detachable way. The door is engaged to the apparatus casing in an open-able way to cover an open of the apparatus casing. The locking mechanism is mainly disposed on the apparatus casing and can be operative to lock or unlock the electronic device casing and the door simultaneously. Thereby, a user can quickly detach the electronic device casing and open the door to maintain or replace components in the apparatus casing, which avoids the complicated operation of opening the casing in the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Hung-Chi Chang
  • Patent number: 8693191
    Abstract: A lock device includes a first magnetic component, an electromagnetic member, an electromagnetic lock module and a second magnetic component. The first magnetic component is disposed inside a first casing movably in a first direction. The electromagnetic member is disposed inside a second casing movably in a second direction. The electromagnetic lock module is disposed inside the second casing for magnetizing the electromagnetic member, such that the electromagnetic member is moved in the second direction to attract the first magnetic component when the second casing is closed to the first casing. The second magnetic component is disposed inside the first casing and for activating the electromagnetic member when moving to a first activating position in the first direction, such that the electromagnetic lock module stops magnetizing the electromagnetic member, so as to release attraction between the electromagnetic member and the first magnetic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventor: Tao Xu
  • Patent number: 8693192
    Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a main body, a casing and a supporting unit. The casing is detachably connected to the main body. The supporting unit is connected to the casing and is rotatable relative to the casing. When the supporting unit rotates to a first position, the supporting unit supports the main body. When the supporting unit rotates to a second position, the casing and the main body are separated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: ASUSTeK COMPUTER Inc.
    Inventors: Ting-Fang Hsieh, Chen-Yang Wu, Yuan Yu, Min-Che Kao, Chun-Wen Chen
  • Patent number: 8693193
    Abstract: In a power converter in which semiconductor modules are arranged on both surfaces of a cooler for downsizing, an excellent connection between control boards and a low inductance connection between smoothing capacitors and the semiconductor modules are performed at the same time. The semiconductor modules are disposed on both surfaces of the cooler, and control boards that control the semiconductor modules are arranged opposite to the respective semiconductor modules. The semiconductor modules and the cooler are held between the control boards. A current detector or a terminal block is disposed at a position perpendicular to a surface on which the cooler and the semiconductor modules contact each other, opposite to the cooler. The respective control boards disposed on both surfaces of the cooler are electrically connected by using wirings provided in the current detector or the terminal block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Ishibashi, Toshio Watanabe, Shinsuke Idenoue
  • Patent number: 8693194
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a body frame, a rear frame which is pivotably attached to the body frame, a hole which is formed in a front wall of the body frame, a first heat dissipating member which is placed on the front wall to cover the hole, a thermal conductive member which contacts a portion of the first heat dissipating member at a storage space side and is placed in the hole, a semiconductor chip which is placed on the rear frame, and a second heat dissipating member which is placed on the rear frame to be in contact with the semiconductor chip and receive heat from the semiconductor chip. The second heat dissipating member being in contact with the thermal conductive member in the storage space when the rear frame closes an opening at the rear side of the body frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kiyotaka Nihashi, Isao Tsubouchi
  • Patent number: 8693195
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a chassis that further includes at least one receiving buttress. The chassis defines an enclosure, and the at least one buttress protrudes a portion of a first electronic device outside the enclosure by preventing further insertion of the first electronic device into the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: David G. Rohrer, Glenn C. Simon
  • Patent number: 8693196
    Abstract: A heat dissipation module suitable for a host apparatus is provided. The heat dissipation module has a shell body. The shell body has a heat conductive side and an air outlet-inlet side. The air outlet-inlet side has an air outlet and an air inlet. A contact sink having a fixing portion and a contact portion is installed on the heat conductive side such that the contact portion contacts a position requiring heat dissipation in the host apparatus. A heat conductive tube is disposed in the shell body between the fixing portion of the contact sink and the air outlet. A heat dissipation fin is disposed on the air outlet. A waterproof fan is installed on the air outlet. The shell body and the contact sink define an enclosure having waterproof edges except for openings on the air outlet-inlet side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Getac Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Chi-Jung Wu
  • Patent number: 8693197
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat sink device, suitable to the heat dissipation of a high-power medium-voltage drive power cell. The device comprises a heat dissipation substrate having a first surface, a second surface and an inner layer between the first surface and the second surface; a heat pipe having an evaporation section and a condensation section. The evaporation section is buried in the inner layer of the heat dissipation substrate, and the condensation section is used to dissipate the heat from the evaporation section to the air. The power elements of the high-power medium-voltage drive power cell are disposed on the first surface and the second surface, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ai-Xing Tong, Yu-Ming Chang, Hong-Jian Gan, Shao-Cai Ma, Jian-Ping Ying
  • Patent number: 8693198
    Abstract: A heat exchanger door is provided which includes a door assembly spanning at least a portion of the air inlet or outlet side of an electronics rack. The door assembly includes an airflow opening which facilitates air ingress or egress of airflow through the electronics rack. The door assembly further includes an air-to-coolant heat exchanger and a structural support. The heat exchanger is disposed so that airflow through the airflow opening passes across the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger core and a heat exchanger casing coupled to the core. The core includes at least one coolant-carrying channel which loops through the casing. The structural support is attached to the heat exchanger casing to define with the casing a tubular door support structure. The looping of the coolant-carrying channel(s) through the heat exchanger casing resides within the tubular door support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric A. Eckberg, Howard V. Mahaney, Jr., William M. Megarity, Roger R. Schmidt, Tejas Shah, Scott A. Shurson
  • Patent number: 8693199
    Abstract: A method is provided which includes providing a heat exchanger door that includes a door assembly spanning at least a portion of the air inlet or outlet side of an electronics rack. The door assembly includes an airflow opening which facilitates air ingress or egress of airflow through the electronics rack. The door assembly further includes an air-to-coolant heat exchanger and a structural support. The heat exchanger is disposed so that airflow through the airflow opening passes across the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger core and a heat exchanger casing coupled to the core. The core includes at least one coolant-carrying channel which loops through the casing. The structural support is attached to the heat exchanger casing to define with the casing a tubular door support structure. The looping of the coolant-carrying channel(s) through the heat exchanger casing resides within the tubular door support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric A. Eckberg, Howard V. Mahaney, William M. Megarity, Roger R. Schmidt, Tejas Shah, Scott A. Shurson
  • Patent number: 8693200
    Abstract: A cooling module for cooling a semiconductor is provided and includes a land grid array (LGA) interposer, a substrate with an LGA side and a chip side, a cooler, a load frame attached to the substrate and formed to define an aperture in which the cooler is removably disposable, a spring clamp removably attachable to the load frame and configured to apply force from the load frame to the cooler such that the substrate and the cooler are urged together about the semiconductor and a load assembly device configured to urge the load frame and the LGA interposer together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Evan G. Colgan, Michael A. Gaynes, Jeffrey A. Zitz
  • Patent number: 8693201
    Abstract: An intermediate member includes: a base section including a fixing portion provided on a circuit board along the outer periphery of a switch section, and a cylindrical held portion formed integrally with the upper end of the fixing portion; a operator portion operable to drive the switch section; and a resilient connection portion resiliently connecting the operator portion to the base section. A panel member and the circuit board are fixed in face-to-face pressed engagement with each other with the intermediate member sandwiched therebetween. The operator portion is partly exposed out of an opening portion formed in the panel member, the held portion is held fitted with a cylindrical holding portion provided on the lower surface of the panel member, and the fixing portion is sandwiched between the lower end of the holding portion and the upper surface of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Yamaha Corporation
    Inventor: Kenji Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8693202
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit includes a first flexible film; a first interconnection layer on the first flexible film, wherein the first interconnection layer includes a first end portion to be connected to a first electrode of a touchscreen, and a second end portion; a second flexible film; a second interconnection layer on the second flexible film, wherein the second interconnection layer includes a first end portion to be connected to a second electrode of the touchscreen, and a second portion; an adhesive layer that bonds the first flexible film and the second flexible film; a first cover film on the first interconnection layer with the first and second end portions of the first interconnection layer being exposed; and a second cover film on the second interconnection layer with the first and second end portions of the second interconnection layer being exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Yoshifusa