Patents Issued in February 20, 2024
  • Patent number: 11910508
    Abstract: A two-way load control system comprises a power device, such as a load control device for controlling an electrical load receiving power from an AC power source, and a controller adapted to be coupled in series between the source and the power device. The load control system may be installed without requiring any additional wires to be run, and is easily configured without the need for a computer or an advanced commissioning procedure. The power device receives both power and communication over two wires. The controller generates a phase-control voltage and transmits a forward digital message to the power device by encoding digital information in timing edges of the phase-control voltage. The power device transmits a reverse digital message to the controller via the power wiring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Mark S. Taipale, Timothy P. Gredler, Akshay Bhat
  • Patent number: 11910509
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling average power delivered to coils of a flexible induction cooktop having a plurality of coils that are arranged adjacent to one another in a non-overlapping manner to form an array. The method includes: a) identifying a group of the plurality of coils that are underlying one or more cookware items; b) providing power to at least one coil of the group of coils underlying one or more cookware items; and c) at the same time, not providing power to coils of the group of coils underlying the cookware items that are adjacent to the at least one coil to which power is provided to prevent interaction between adjacent coils of the group of coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Andrea Gallivanoni, Cristiano Vito Pastore
  • Patent number: 11910510
    Abstract: The aerosol-generating article (9) comprises a casing (8) and a plurality of aerosol-generating particles (1) arranged in the casing. The aerosol-generating particles of the plurality of aerosol-generating particles comprise a core of susceptor material, which core of susceptor material is coated with aerosol-forming substrate. Also disclosed is an aerosol-forming pellet (3) and a method for forming aerosol-generating pellets. The method comprises the steps of providing a plurality of particles, filling the plurality of particles into a cavity of a predefined shape and compacting the plurality of particles in the cavity, thereby forming an aerosol-generating pellet having the shape of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
    Inventors: Noelia Rojo-Calderon, Rui Nuno Batista
  • Patent number: 11910511
    Abstract: An induction heating cooking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of heating coils each including an inner circumferential coil provided on an innermost circumferential side and an outer circumferential coil provided on an outermost circumferential side; and a supporting base that is provided below the plurality of heating coils, and support the plurality of heating coils. The supporting base is formed in the shape of a flat plate and made of a nonmagnetic body, and has a plurality of openings under the outer circumferential coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Ikuro Suga, Hayato Yoshino
  • Patent number: 11910512
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a cooking cavity, a microwave module, a convection module, an upper heater module and a lower heater module. A turntable is rotatably mounted in the cooking cavity. The cooking appliance is operable for, and related methods may include, activating at least one of the microwave module, the upper heater module, the lower heater module, and the convection module, while also rotating the turntable within the cooking cavity within the cooking cavity. The cooking appliance is further operable for, and related methods may also include rotating the turntable in a back-and-forth motion during at least a portion of a cook cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Heimerdinger
  • Patent number: 11910513
    Abstract: An electronic vaporization device with activation protection is provided. The electronic vaporization device includes a heater for heating a vaporizable material and a compartment housing the vaporizable material, said compartment being thermally connected to the heater. The electronic vaporization device further includes a power source providing electric power to the heater, said electric power being converted to thermal power. The electronic vaporization device further includes two or more contact points disposed on the outside surface of the electronic vaporization device. The electric power is provided when the two or more contact points are physically connected to an object having a resistance within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN GEEK VAPE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenlong Lu, Xianghui Wang, Renjie Gao
  • Patent number: 11910514
    Abstract: Apparatus to neutralize static electricity present on the surface of containers (100; 10?) and/or of nests (200; 300) comprising a plurality of seatings (212; 312) according to a positioning matrix (M1) and able to receive, resting on them, an ordered group of said containers (100; 100), wherein the apparatus comprises an extraction member (15) configured to engage at least one part of said ordered group of containers (100; 100?), in order to perform at least one relative lifting movement with respect to the nest (200; 300) so as to at least partly extract the containers (100; 100?) engaged from the respective seatings (212; 312), and at least one ionizing device (19) configured to be relatively mobile with respect to the extracted containers and/or with respect to the nest (200; 300), while said group of containers (100; 100?) extracted is in said raised condition, along a path that develops in the proximity of the containers (100; 100?) extracted and/or in the proximity of said nest (200; 300), so as to ion
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: I.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A.
    Inventors: Mattia Chianura, Sergio Manera
  • Patent number: 11910515
    Abstract: An electromagnetic pump for pumping an electrically conductive liquid, including a first conduit section and a second conduit section. The electromagnetic pump further includes a current generator arranged to provide an electric current through the liquid in the first conduit section and the liquid in the second conduit section such that a direction of the electric current is intersecting the flow of the liquid in the first conduit section and in the second conduit section, and a magnetic field generating arrangement arranged to provide a magnetic field passing through the liquid in the first conduit section and the second conduit section such that a direction of the magnetic field is intersecting the flow of the liquid and the direction of the electric current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: EXCILLUM AB
    Inventors: Ulf Lundström, Björn Hansson, Per Takman, Tomi Tuohimaa
  • Patent number: 11910516
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a heat dissipation structure that includes a first printed circuit board; a thermal diffusion member arranged in parallel to the first printed circuit board; a second printed circuit board which is arranged to be separated from the first printed circuit board and which is electrically connected with the first printed circuit board; and a heat transfer member of which at least a partial area faces a heat dissipation member, and of which at least another partial area, formed to be bent, is arranged to face one surface of the second printed circuit, and additional other various embodiments are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hongki Moon, Yoonsun Park, Seunghoon Kang, Kyungha Koo, Seyoung Jang, Woojune Jung
  • Patent number: 11910517
    Abstract: A system including a point of load converter module (POL). The POL module includes a point of load printed circuit board. At least one inductor is mounted to the point of load printed circuit board. The POL module includes a power network. The point of load converter module is configured to be surface mounted. The system includes a heat sink including a first leg configured to be surface mounted adjacent the point of load printed circuit board, a second leg configured to be surface mounted adjacent the point of load printed circuit board opposite the first leg, and a cap portion connecting the first leg to the second leg. The heat sink is sized and shaped to encompass the POL and configured to connect to the power network. The power network may be a PGND network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: AcLeap Power Inc.
    Inventors: John Andrew Trelford, Alok K. Lohia, Arturo Silva
  • Patent number: 11910518
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of mounting a heat sink through a printed circuit board to reach a component on the opposite side of a board. The heat sink is passed through a window in the board to contact a component at a predetermined pressure optimized for thermal performance at minimum stress. The heat sink is affixed in place on the printed circuit board using through-hole pins which can be soldered to maintain the heat sink's position and the predetermined pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CANADA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Matthew Milyavsky
  • Patent number: 11910519
    Abstract: An integrated circuit/printed circuit board (IC-PCB) assembly comprises a PCB and a heatsink plate. The PCB has a first side including a first patterned conductive layer with one or more thermal pads onto which one or more heat slugs of one or more ICs mount, and a second, opposing side including a second patterned conductive layer with a heatsink plate receiving pad onto which the heatsink plate mounts. The heatsink plate has one or more posts that project from a mounting surface of the heatsink plate, and when the heatsink plate is mounted to the heatsink plate receiving pad, each post extends from the second side of the PCB, through a matching hole in the PCB, and to an associated thermal pad located on the first side of the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Eridan Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas A. Kirkpatrick, Quentin Diduck
  • Patent number: 11910520
    Abstract: Vias may be established in printed circuit boards or similar structures and filled with a monolithic metal body to promote heat transfer. Metal nanoparticle paste compositions, such as copper nanoparticle paste compositions, may provide a ready avenue for filling the vias and consolidating the metal nanoparticles under mild conditions to form each monolithic metal body. The monolithic metal body within each via can be placed in thermal contact with one or more heat sinks to promote heat transfer. Adherence of the monolithic metal bodies within the vias may be promoted by a coating upon the walls of the vias. A tin coating, for example, may be particularly suitable for promoting adherence of a monolithic metal body comprising copper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Kuprion Inc.
    Inventor: Alfred A. Zinn
  • Patent number: 11910521
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatus and methods for a power electronics assembly that includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and an electrical insulation portion. The PCB includes a plurality of embedded power devices and a substrate layer having a plurality of metal inverse opal (MIO) portions. The electrically insulating portion is positioned between each of the MIO portions. The plurality of MIO portions is thermally coupled to the plurality of embedded power devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Feng Zhou, Ercan Dede, Hiroshi Ukegawa
  • Patent number: 11910522
    Abstract: A flexible circuit board, a method for manufacturing the flexible circuit board, and a display device are provided. The flexible circuit board includes: a plurality of driving signal lines arranged with mutually insulate-gates, wherein the driving signal lines comprise at least two voltage signal lines arranged adjacent to each other; at least one isolation protecting line, the isolation protecting line being located between the two voltage signal lines arranged adjacent to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Display Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tingting Wang, Qi Wang, Yan Yan
  • Patent number: 11910523
    Abstract: In an embodiment a bus bar includes a first interface and a second interface, a filter element electrically connected between the first and the second interface and a first rail between the first interface and the second interface, wherein the first rail includes a central section with a metal sheet and a dielectric material at least partially covering the central section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TDK Electronics AG
    Inventors: Fabian Beck, Zilong Kuang
  • Patent number: 11910524
    Abstract: A number of user interface devices are described. In one example, a user interface device includes a lens having a graphic visible through the lens, a transparent circuit film comprising a top surface and a bottom surface, a reflector film bonded to the bottom surface of the transparent circuit film, the reflector film including an embossed area which defines a pocket between the reflector film and the bottom surface of the transparent circuit film, a light emitting diode (LED) bonded to the bottom surface of the transparent circuit film and positioned within the pocket between the reflector film and the bottom surface of the transparent circuit film, and a layer of transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive interposed between the bottom surface of the lens and the top surface of the transparent circuit film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Fulton, Matthew Shannon
  • Patent number: 11910525
    Abstract: Structures are described having thin flexible polymer substrates with electrically conductive films on each opposing surface while having high optical transmittance and good optical properties. The structures can have total thicknesses of no more than about 30 microns and good flexibility. Processing approaches are described that allow for the coating of the very thin structures by providing support through the coating process. The structures are demonstrated to have good durability under conditions designed to test accelerated wear for touch sensor use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: C3 Nano, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaofeng Chen, Byunghwan Kang, Jackie Chen, Yadong Cao, Vicki Luo, Arthur Yung-Chi Cheng, Andrew Hyeongjoo Moon, Xiqiang Yang, Ajay Virkar
  • Patent number: 11910526
    Abstract: A wired circuit board includes a metal supporting layer, an insulating base layer and a conductor layer from bottom to top. A peripheral edge of the insulating base layer includes an extension part extending further outward relative to the metal supporting layer. The metal supporting layer has a thickness T1 of 50 ?m or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato Takakura, Daigo Tsubai, Hiroaki Machitani
  • Patent number: 11910527
    Abstract: A substrate with an electronic component embedded therein includes: a core layer having a through-portion; an electronic component disposed in the through-portion; an encapsulant disposed on a lower surface of the core layer, disposed in at least a portion of the through-portion, and covering at least a portion of a lower surface of the electronic component; and a build-up structure disposed on an upper surface of the core layer, and including a plurality of insulating layers, a plurality of wiring layers, and a plurality of via layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Song I Kim, Mi Sun Hwang
  • Patent number: 11910528
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a panel, a circuit board, a first flexible wiring board, and a first IC chip. The panel includes a curved display surface, a mounting portion curved, and a plurality of first pads disposed at intervals on the mounting portion. The circuit board is a plate-like. The first flexible wiring board has a first end portion mounted on the plurality of first pads and a second end portion connected to the circuit board. The first IC chip is mounted on the mounting portion and electrically connected to the first flexible wiring board. A first center of the first flexible wiring board is closer to a third center of the panel than a second center of the first IC chip in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Hideaki Abe
  • Patent number: 11910529
    Abstract: A display device is provided and includes a display panel including a display area that displays an image and a pad area disposed at least at a side of the display area, and a flexible circuit film electrically connected to the pad area. The flexible circuit film includes connection pads, a first measurement pad, and a second measurement pad. The connection pads are arrayed in a first direction and inclined with respect to a reference line extending in a second direction different from the first direction, the first measurement pad is disposed adjacent to a first side of the connection pads, and the second measurement pad is disposed adjacent to a second side of the connection pads. The connection pads are between the first measurement pad and the second measurement pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sehui Jang, Chongguk Lee
  • Patent number: 11910530
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electronics assembly, includes obtaining or producing an electronics module, which includes a first circuitry on a first surface at a first side of a circuit board, at least one electronics component on the circuit board in electrical connection with the first circuitry, and at least one first connection portion on the first surface and/or an adjacent side surface at a peripheral portion of the circuit board, wherein the at least one first connection portion is electrically connected to or comprised in the first circuitry. The method further includes arranging the electronics module on a second substrate including a second connection portion connected to a second circuitry on a surface of the second substrate and arranging electrically conductive joint material onto the first and second connection portions to extend between them for electrically connecting the electronics module to the second circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TACTOTEK OY
    Inventors: Vinski Bräysy, Ilpo Hänninen, Pälvi Apilo, Mikko Heikkinen, Topi Wuori, Mikko Sippari, Heikki Alamäki
  • Patent number: 11910531
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board (PCB) may have one or more coin cell batteries mounted thereto such that the flexibility of the flexible PCB is maintained. The flexible PCB has one or more battery contact pads fabricated thereon. Each battery contact pad includes a pattern of metalized vias each extending from a top surface to a bottom surface of the flexible PCB. A coin cell battery may be positioned over or under the battery contact pad. Conductive light curable epoxy is applied to and in each metalized via to contact and adhere to the coin cell battery to form a conductive path from the battery through the battery contact pad to printed conductors on the flexible PCB. Methods of mounting one or more coin cell batteries to a flexible PCB are also provided, as are other aspects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Ascensia Diabetes Care Holdings AG
    Inventor: Igor Y. Gofman
  • Patent number: 11910532
    Abstract: A component mounting machine automatically arranges backup pins at positions designated in a production job. A control device configured to control an operation of each of the component mounting machines determines whether a backup pins exists at a position where the backup pin cannot be automatically arranged in the arrangement of the backup pins designated in the production job, and when the backup pin exist at a position where the backup pin cannot be automatically arranged, excludes the backup pins at the position from the arrangement of the backup pins designated in the production job not to be automatically arranged, and automatically arranges only the other backup pins at the positions designated in the production job.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideya Kuroda, Hiroyoshi Sugita
  • Patent number: 11910533
    Abstract: The invention relates to a thermode for connecting at least two components, comprising a tip having a body portion with at least two contact surface portions connected to and spaced apart from one another by a recess configured to receive a portion of one of the at least two components; and a support portion having at least one supporting surface portion configured to support a further component (being the other of the at least two components, wherein the contact surface portions and the supporting surface portion are configured to receive the at least two components between them and wherein one or both of the contact surface portions and the supporting surface portion are moveable relative to and towards one another to exert heat and/or pressure on the at least two components located between the contact surface portions and the supporting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: PRAGMATIC PRINTING LTD.
    Inventors: Neil Davies, Stephen Devenport, Richard Price
  • Patent number: 11910534
    Abstract: A mounting device includes: an application part applying paste on a substrate to form an application body; a bonding part forming a mounted body by mounting a chip component on the substrate via the application body; a first imaging part imaging the application body after application processing and before mounting processing to acquire first image information; a second imaging part imaging the mounted body after the mounting processing to acquire second image information; and a control part controlling the application part, the bonding part, and the first and second imaging parts, and obtains a 3D application body shape (first shape) from the first image information as a first shape and calculates a 3D mounted body shape (second shape) from the second image information. The control part evaluates the application processing or the mounting processing based on the first and the second shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SHINKAWA LTD.
    Inventors: Tomonori Nakamura, Koji Matsushita, Hiroshi Omata, Masahito Tsuji, Keiichi Hiruma, Mitsuteru Sakamoto, Ryo Urahashi, Takaya Kinjo, Shota Nakano, Akira Sekikawa
  • Patent number: 11910535
    Abstract: A printed circuit board stack structure includes a first printed circuit board, a second printed circuit board, and a filling glue layer. The first printed circuit board has at least one overflow groove, and includes first pads and a retaining wall surrounding the first pads. The second printed circuit board is disposed on the first printed circuit board, and includes second pads and conductive pillars located on some of the second pads. The conductive pillars are respectively connected to some of the first pads to electrically connect the second printed circuit board to the first printed circuit board. The filling glue layer fills between the first and the second printed circuit boards, and covers the first pads, the second pads, and the conductive pillars. The retaining wall blocks the filling glue layer so that a portion of the filling glue layer is accommodated in the overflow groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Unimicron Technology Corp.
    Inventors: Ming-Hao Wu, Shih-Lian Cheng
  • Patent number: 11910536
    Abstract: In a direct-ink-writing (DIW) method for printing a strain gauge array circuit, several insulating strips are printed on the upper layer of the first circuit layer after the first circuit layer has been printed and cured, and the second circuit layer is then printed at the insulating strips. The functional layer of a strain gauge is printed and covered thereon without contacting the insulating strips; the head and tail electrodes of the functional layer are respectively connected to two layers of circuit layers; and finally, a layer of insulating material is printed for encapsulation. DIW is used to complete the whole printing. A new insulating method is used in a cross part of two silver lines of a row-column compound circuit. The local glue dispensing is changed to printing the insulating strips in routing regions, and ensures the strain transmission efficiency from the strain gauge substrate to the functional layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Peishi Yu, Junhua Zhao, Lixin Qi, Zhiyang Guo, Yu Liu
  • Patent number: 11910537
    Abstract: Pattern transfer printing (PTP) systems and methods are provided to improve the quality, accuracy and throughput of pattern transfer printing. PTP systems comprise a tape handling unit for handling a tape with pattern transfer sheets sections and for controllably delivering the pattern transfer sheets one-by-one for paste filling and consecutively for pattern transfer, with the tape moving from an unwinder roll to a re-winding roll. PTP systems further comprise a paste filling unit which enables continuous paste filling using a supporting counter roll opposite to the paste filling head, a wafer handling unit controllably delivering wafers for the pattern transfer in a parallelized manner that increases throughput, a paste transfer unit with enhanced accuracy and efficiency due to exact monitoring and wafer alignment, as well as a print quality control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Wuhan DR Laser Technology Corp,. LTD
    Inventors: Gad Igra, Eyal Cohen, Eran Yunger, Moshe Finarov, Tao Xu, Jing Shi, Weiguo Tong, Zhigang Li
  • Patent number: 11910538
    Abstract: In one example, an electronic device housing may include a substrate, an insulating adhesive layer formed on a surface of the substrate, a patterned electroless plating layer formed on the insulating adhesive layer, and a patterned electrolytic plating layer formed on the patterned electroless plating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Yi-Chen Chen, Kun Cheng Tsai, Kuan-Ting Wu, Ying-Hung Ku, Hsueh Chen Hung
  • Patent number: 11910539
    Abstract: A process chamber for carrying out thermal processes in the manufacture of an electronic assembly with at least one opening for moving in and/or removing the electronic assembly; a supply of a protective gas; a controllable protection device arranged at the opening to reduce escape of the protective gas from the process chamber; and a control that can control the protection device such that, when the electronic assembly passes through the opening, an opening cross section of the opening is provided, which corresponds to the cross section of the electronic assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: REHM THERMAL SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventor: Paul Wild
  • Patent number: 11910540
    Abstract: Embodiments and fabrication methods for a printed circuit board comprising two or more electrically conductive layers, including at least a first conductive layer opposing and adjacent to a second conductive layer. Also including one or more electrically non-conductive layers including at least a first non-conductive layer disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. A first copper pad is included on the first conductive layer. A second copper pad is included on the second conductive layer. There is a conductive via extending through the first non-conductive layer and electrically connecting the first copper pad to the second copper pad and solder mask material on the first copper pad around the via.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventors: Pui Yin Yu, Hong Tu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11910541
    Abstract: A display device includes a flexible display and a support frame. The flexible display includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion there between. The support frame includes a first display support supporting the first portion, a second display support supporting the second portion, and a third display support supporting the third portion. The third display support is connected to the first display support and the second display support. The first display support and the second display support are rotatably connected between a configuration for maintaining the flexible display in a closed position and a configuration for maintaining the flexible display in an open position. The third display support includes a panel movable according to the rotation of the first display support and the second display support, such that the panel contacts the third portion of the flexible display in an open position of the flexible display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Robert Sjang Josine Van Dijk, Volker Barnhart Verschoor, Johannes Cornelis Adriaan Hamers, Michael Johannes Anna Maria Walters, Rik Kruidhof
  • Patent number: 11910542
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, modes, and methods for mounting one or more electronic housings to each other and to a rack mount system, a table mount system, or wall mount system. The mounting system includes a first pair of matching sliding panels that interface with each other in a slidingly engaging manner. Each of the first pair of sliding panels can be mounted to housings prior to being engaged with each other; the engagement of the first pair of sliding panels removably fixes the two housings together; additional housings can be fixed to the first two in a substantially similar manner. The first pair of sliding panels includes a U-shaped sliding panel and a C-shaped sliding panel, and according to a second embodiment, a second pair of sliding panels includes a C-shaped sliding panel and a Pi-shaped sliding panel. The second pair of sliding panels operates in a substantially similar manner as the first pair of sliding panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CRESTRON ELECTONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Albert Pedoeem, David Paolazzi, Gregory Sorrentino
  • Patent number: 11910543
    Abstract: An electronic display comprises a support system comprising a plurality of support chassis, each support chassis comprising a plurality of chassis components each formed from one or more pieces of sheet metal, wherein the plurality of chassis components are welded together with a plurality of laser weld joints to form the support chassis having a front wall with a planar or substantially planar front mounting face, and a plurality of planar or substantially planar side walls, wherein the planar or substantially planar mounting faces of the plurality of support chassis are aligned to collectively form a front mounting surface, and a plurality of display modules mounted to the front mounting face, wherein each display module comprises an array of light-emitting element pixels, wherein the plurality of display modules collectively form a display surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Daktronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Hillman, Jeff Haliburton, Lincoln Hahn, Matt Kurtenbach, Ivan Vargas, Jason Young, Joshua Roiger
  • Patent number: 11910544
    Abstract: A control unit having a connection structure for connecting components of the control unit to a base plate which eliminates the need for separate fasteners. The control unit includes circuitry mounted to a PCB, and the PCB is pre-assembled to a base plate, to form a pre-assembly. During assembly, the PCB and the base plate are aligned when placed in a tooling device which clamps and holds the pre-assembly in place during the over molding process. The circuitry is over molded with an epoxy material, such that the epoxy material flows from a top side of the PCB to underneath the base plate, and the PCB is fixed to the base plate without the use of fasteners such as screws, or adhesive materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies USA, LLC
    Inventors: Uwe Stephan, Donald J. Zito
  • Patent number: 11910546
    Abstract: An explosion-proof structure having a housing that houses an electronic device, a cover member that covers a first ventilation port formed on one surface of the housing at least in a normal direction to the one surface, an opening/closing member that opens and closes a second ventilation port formed between the one surface and the cover member, and a rotation support portion provided at a peripheral portion of the first ventilation port and that supports the opening/closing member, the opening/closing member rotating around the rotation support portion, using the rotation support portion as a center of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsuru Hano
  • Patent number: 11910547
    Abstract: A protection device for an electrical cabinet is divided into a plurality of compartments, the protection device including a rain guard and an air manifold formed as an integral unit. The rain guard is designed to cover a section of an electrical cabinet and thus prevent water from falling on it. The air manifold includes at least one first pipe fluidically connected to a second pipe. Each first pipe intended to be connected to a corresponding air-circulation opening of a compartment, and the second pipe being intended to be connected to an air-circulation means in order thus to allow air to be circulated in the plurality of compartments. A cabinet is provided with such a protection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: Benjamin Boisnier, Loîc Lemasson, Philippe Pierre Avignon
  • Patent number: 11910548
    Abstract: Embodiments of systems and methods for providing a fragmented cooling kickstand for Information Handling Systems (IHSs) are described. In some embodiments, an IHS may include a plurality of components and a housing configured to hold the plurality of components, where the housing includes a vent located under a kickstand when at least a portion of the kickstand is in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Allen B. McKittrick, Pomin Shih, Deeder M. Aurongzeb
  • Patent number: 11910549
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first cover, a second cover coupled to the first cover to slide, a display in which a size of an exposed region is changed corresponding to the sliding of the second cover, a panel support disposed on one side of a back surface of the display with respect to a front surface of the display on which a screen is displayed, and a rotation shaft contacting at least a portion of the panel support and rotating corresponding to the sliding of the second cover, and an attractive force may be formed between the portion of the rotation shaft and the portion of the panel support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungchan Ko, Donghun Kim, Jooho Seo, Hangil Song
  • Patent number: 11910550
    Abstract: A display includes a frame body and an optical film. Each of the first side wall and the third side wall of the frame body has a first positioning structure. Two end portions of each of the second sidewall and the fourth sidewall are bent toward the accommodating space to form second positioning structures. The optical film includes first positioning pieces and second positioning pieces. The first positioning pieces are respectively at the first side and the third side of the optical film, and each of the first positioning structures passes through a corresponding one of the first positioning pieces. The second positioning pieces respectively extend along a direction parallel to the first side or the third side of the optical film, and each of the second positioning pieces corresponds to a corresponding one of the second positioning structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: AUO DISPLAY PLUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hsin-Yi Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11910551
    Abstract: The disclosure provides textured glass components as well as electronic device cover assemblies and enclosures which include the textured glass components. In some cases, a protruding portion of the glass component includes a textured region provided over a camera assembly of the electronic device. One or more openings may be provided in the textured region. The textured region may be configured to provide a translucent or hazy appearance to the electronic device while providing a desirable “feel” to the electronic device and level of cleanability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jason P. Shannon, Andi M. Limarga
  • Patent number: 11910552
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing. The device may include metal structures such as a metal member forming a portion of the housing, a portion of a strap, or other portions of the device. A gold-containing coating such as a layer of elemental gold or a gold alloy may cover the metal member to provide the metal member with a gold appearance or other desired appearance. To protect the metal member and the gold-containing coating, the metal member and gold-containing coating may be covered with a protective coating layer such as an organic protective layer. The organic protective layer may have a fluoropolymer layer with thiol coupling groups to promote adhesion to the gold-containing layer or may contain a polymer layer with silane and thiol coupling groups that serves as an adhesion promotion layer for an overlapping fluoropolymer layer with silane coupling groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Manish Mittal, Brian S. Tryon, James A. Yurko, Jing Zhou, Matthew S. Rogers, Naoto Matsuyuki
  • Patent number: 11910553
    Abstract: Provided is a heat-dissipating waterproof structure having both excellent heat dissipation ability and high waterproofness. A heat-dissipating waterproof structure (300) provided between a top part (203) of a casing (200) to accommodate a heat source (102) and the heat source (102) includes a water receiving part (301) that guides a liquid having entered into the casing (200) through an outlet (203A) provided in the top part (203) of the casing (200), and a water guide channel (302) that guides the liquid having been guided by the water receiving part (301) to be discharged to outside of a space where the heat source (102) is accommodated, and the water receiving part (301) has at least a sloping surface which gradually becomes higher the further it is from being immediately above the heat source (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Yagi, Kiyotaka Yokoyama, Akira Katsumata, Wataru Imura
  • Patent number: 11910554
    Abstract: Implementations are described for a modular power distribution unit (PDU) for a rack-mountable power tray or power shelf. The modular PDU includes a housing defining an input face and an opposing output face, and a plurality of power cables extending to the input face. The modular PDU further includes one or more second power connectors arranged at the output face, and distribution circuitry configured to distribute power from a first power bus and a second power bus to the one or more second power connectors. The modular PDU further includes one or more fasteners configured to attach the output face of the housing to the face of the power tray or power shelf, wherein the one or more second power connectors are retained in a coupled configuration with the one or more first power connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas P. Arduini, Sung K. Baek
  • Patent number: 11910555
    Abstract: A method is provided for positioning a data center rack relative to a rack-supporting frame. The method includes: affixing at least one left guiding member and at least one right guiding member to the to left and right vertical support units; affixing at least one front rack-locating member to a front side of the data center rack; lifting the data center rack; inserting the data center rack between the left and right vertical support units until the at least one front rack-locating member abuts front end surfaces of the vertical support units or the at least one left and right guiding members; affixing at least one rear rack-locating member to a rear side of the data center rack; and lowering the data center rack so that the front and rear rack-locating members are supported by the at least one left guiding member and the at least one right guiding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: OVH
    Inventors: Henryk Klaba, Jules Hermann Bonenfant, Valentin Cartigny
  • Patent number: 11910556
    Abstract: An example computing system includes an I/O module that is securable to the computer chassis. The I/O module includes a gear rack. In additional implementations, the computing system includes a fastening assembly which has a fastener configured to receive an external rotational force from a user. In other implementations, the fastening assembly includes a thread mechanism having first and second portions. The first portion of the thread mechanism are rotatably fixed to the fastener. In other implementations, the fastening assembly includes a gear rotatably fixed to the second portion of the thread mechanism, the gear being configured to engage a gear rack coupled to the I/O module. Upon receiving the external rotational force, the thread mechanism also causes (a) the gear to rotate and (b), in turn, linear movement of the gear rack to (c) secure or unsecure the I/O module relative to the computer chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Jung Chen, Kun-Pei Liu, Ming-Lun Ku
  • Patent number: 11910557
    Abstract: Several transportable datacenters are described. The transportable datacenters include transport systems allowing them to be transported between an assembly location and an operating location. The transportable datacenters also include a ventilation system for cooling processors positioned in racks in the datacenters. The ventilation system draws cold air from the environment, through processor bays containing the processors and then exhausts the air back to the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Digital Shovel Holdings Inc.
    Inventor: Scot Arthur Johnson
  • Patent number: 11910558
    Abstract: A system may include a chassis comprising a plurality of bays, each of the plurality of bays configured to receive a respective modular information handling system, a shared infrastructure comprising a plurality of components which are shared by modular information handling systems received in the plurality of bays, and a chassis management controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of bays and configured to determine a power consumption for each respective modular information handling system and if the power consumption for a respective modular information handling system exceeds a maximum sled connector current limit for the respective modular information handling system, communicate a message to the respective modular information handling system to power down the respective modular information handling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Geoffrey A. Dillon, Craig A. Klein, Arun Muthaiyan, Nagesh Babu Venkata Doddapaneni, Mark Tsai