Patents Issued in March 12, 2024
  • Patent number: 11930566
    Abstract: An electrically heated aerosol-generating system configured to receive an aerosol-forming article is provided, including a tubular portion configured to receive the aerosol-forming article; and a heater element including an end face, the heater element being disposed proximate an end of the tubular portion so that the end face is proximate an end of the aerosol-forming article when the aerosol-forming article is inserted into the tubular portion, the system being configured to supply a first amount of electrical energy to the heater element to heat the heater element to a first temperature, and to supply a second amount of electrical energy to the heater element to maintain the heater element at a second temperature, wherein a difference between the first and second temperatures is at least about 100° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
    Inventors: Julien Plojoux, Dani Ruscio, Olivier Greim
  • Patent number: 11930567
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a first set of LED modules, a second set of LED modules, a first lens, a second lens and a driver. The first lens covers the first set of LED modules. The second lens covers the second set of LED modules. The driver supplies a first driving current and a second driving current respectively to the first set of LED module and the second set of LED modules. The driver electively turns on and turns off the first set of LED modules and the second set of LED modules in a first mode and in a second mode. The first light span in the first mode is partially overlapping the second light span in the second mode. The first light span has a smaller span angle than the second light span.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: XIAMEN LEEDARSON LIGHTING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Wenjin Peng, Junjie Lin, Lei Zhang, Chunteng Chen, Ruixiang Lin
  • Patent number: 11930568
    Abstract: A controller for controlling a light source module including a first LED array and a second LED array includes a first driving terminal and a second driving terminal. The controller is operable for turning on a switch between a power converter and the first LED array by the first driving terminal to deliver electric power from the power converter to the first LED array in a first sequence of discrete time slots, and for turning on a second switch between the power converter and the second LED array by the second driving terminal to deliver electric power from the power converter to the second LED array in a second sequence of discrete time slots, where the first sequence of discrete time slots and the second sequence of discrete time slots are mutually exclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: O2Micro Inc.
    Inventors: Rong Hu, Yung-Lin Lin, Naoyuki Fujita
  • Patent number: 11930569
    Abstract: An LED matrix lighting device for illuminating a lighting pattern with even intensity. The LED matrix lighting device includes a plurality of LEDs, a collimating lens in front of each LED for collimating light of the LED, and a light refracting element in front of collimating lenses arranged to refract light of at least a first part of the LEDs with a different refraction angle than at least a second part of the LEDs. The disclosure further relates to a machine vision system, a method, and a computer program product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Procemex Oy
    Inventor: Jari Ritoniemi
  • Patent number: 11930570
    Abstract: An illumination device, system, and method are provided herein for emulating sunlight along a daytime or nighttime locus. Color temperature is determined using a first color temperature curve that includes data representative of a first color temperature as a function of a time of day. In response to a request to a change in brightness of one or more LED chains, a target color temperature output as a function of the current time of day is determined using a second color temperature curve based on the requested change in brightness. The second color temperature curve includes the target color temperature corresponding to the determined current time of day. The target color temperature output includes a lesser change in color temperature at solar noon than the change in color temperature at sunrise and sunset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Nav Sooch, Horace C. Ho, Rebecca Frank, Jason E. Lewis, Ryan Matthew Bocock
  • Patent number: 11930571
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) luminaire phase-dimming driver comprises a first power supply circuit, a second power supply circuit, and an interface control circuit. The second power supply circuit is configured to convert a constant voltage generated from the first power supply circuit into an output direct-current (DC) voltage to dim an external LED luminaire in response to a phase-dimming signal abstracted from a phase-cut mains voltage no matter whether the external LED luminaire is originally dimmable or not. The second power supply circuit is further configured to receive a pulse-width modulation (PWM) signal and to control the output DC voltage in response to the PWM signal. The interface control circuit comprises a relay switch configured to sense the phase-dimming signal and to control switching between an intermediate voltage and the output DC voltage to operate the external LED luminaire without flickering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Aleddra Inc.
    Inventor: Chungho Hsia
  • Patent number: 11930572
    Abstract: A system for emitting light (such as a luminaire) includes a first light emitting diode (LED) string and a first LED driver that is electrically connected in parallel to the first LED string. The system also may include a second (or more) LED string(s), each associated with an additional LED driver. One-way conductors and normally-open switches are used so that if one LED driver fails, the remaining LED driver(s) will deliver power to the failed driver's LED string so that the light remains operational, but with a reduced brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: George Albert Dederich, Benjamin David Vollmer, Isaac P. Dost, Walten Peter Owens
  • Patent number: 11930573
    Abstract: A power supply device is provided. The power supply device includes a power converter and a controller. The controller controls the power converter to generate an output power. The controller includes a first detection circuit and a second detection circuit. The first detection circuit detects the output power to obtain a first detection result. The first detection result is a variation of an output current value of the output power. The second detection circuit detects electrical characteristics other than the output current value to obtain a second detection result. The controller determines whether to limit output of the output power according to a relationship between the first detection result and the second detection result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Power Forest Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Rong-Jie Tu, Hung-Chih Chiu, Chien-Lung Lee
  • Patent number: 11930574
    Abstract: A controllable lighting device may utilize a controllable impedance circuit to conduct a load current through an LED light source. The controllable impedance circuit may be coupled in series with a first switching device, which may be rendered conductive and non-conductive via a pulse-width modulated signal to adjust an average magnitude of the load current. The controllable lighting device may further comprise a control loop circuit that includes a second switching device. The second switching device may be rendered conductive and non-conductive in coordination with the first switching device to control when a feedback signal is provided to the control loop circuit and used to control the LED light source. The control loop circuit may be characterized by a time constant that is significantly greater than an operating period of the load current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Stuart W. DeJonge, Robert C. Newman, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11930575
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a lamp lighting assembly and lighting fixture. The lamp lighting assembly includes an anti-lightning-strike rectifier module, a high-voltage linear drive module, and a lighting module. The anti-lightning-strike rectifier module includes a first input terminal and a first output terminal, to convert an input current/input voltage of the first input terminal into a safe current/safe voltage and output the safe current/safe voltage to the first output terminal, and the anti-lightning-strike rectifier module is soldered to a pluggable fiberglass board. The high-voltage linear drive module includes a second input terminal and a second output terminal, the second input terminal is electrically connected to the first output terminal, and the second output terminal is electrically connected with the lighting module to drive the lighting module to work, and the high-voltage linear drive module and the lighting module are arranged on a substrate outside the fiberglass board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: OPPLE LIGHTING CO., LTD., SUZHOU OPPLE LIGHTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xianjiang Diao
  • Patent number: 11930576
    Abstract: An image forming device includes an LED head, a main controller board and an LED controller board. The main controller board comprises a main controller, a voltage output circuit, a first voltage terminal, a second voltage terminal. The voltage output circuit outputs a first voltage via the first voltage terminal and the second voltage via the second voltage terminal. The LED controller board includes a third voltage terminal, a fourth voltage terminal and an LED controller. The third voltage terminal is connected to the first voltage terminal, and the fourth voltage terminal is connected to the second voltage terminal. The LED controller board outputs a voltage according to the first voltage to the LED head. The LED controller is connected to the fourth voltage terminal. A voltage according to the second voltage is input to the LED controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Masato Sueyasu
  • Patent number: 11930577
    Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a computing device is described. The computing device includes a housing and a light source to illuminate through a window in the housing. The computing device also includes a controller. The controller determines a usage level of a processor of the computing device. The controller also adjusts a characteristic of the light source based on a determined usage level of the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Po-Hsien Lin, An Chih Chu
  • Patent number: 11930578
    Abstract: A power line carrying signal pixel control light emitting diode system includes a micro-control circuit, an alternating-current power detector and a plurality of light emitting diode lamps. The micro-control circuit includes a first switch and a micro-control module. When the light emitting diode lamps are required to be controlled to light, the micro-control module detects a voltage status of an alternating-current power through the alternating-current power detector. The micro-control module continuously switches a conduction status of the first switch within a half-wave cycle along a voltage change of the alternating-current power to change a voltage transmitted to the light emitting diode lamps to generate a plurality of lighting control signals. The light emitting diode lamps are configured to receive the lighting control signals and light based on the lighting control signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SEMISILICON TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventor: Wen-Chi Peng
  • Patent number: 11930579
    Abstract: Disclosed is a performance directing system that simultaneously controls cheering lighting devices of audiences by linking a performance hall and a remote place. According to an embodiment of the inventive concept, it is possible to identically implement and provide performance directing effects on audience seats of a performance hall to audiences at a remote place. Accordingly, audiences at the remote place may have the same experience as watching a performance at an actual performance site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventor: Ji Sun Choi
  • Patent number: 11930580
    Abstract: Provided is a cooking apparatus. The cooking apparatus includes a cabinet having a cooking space therein, a tray on which an object to be cooked is placed on a top surface thereof, and a pair of elevation devices configured to connect both side surfaces of the inside of the cabinet to both side surfaces of the tray, the pair of elevation devices being configured so that the tray is insertable into and withdrawable from the cooking space. Each of the pair of elevation devices includes a fixed rail fixed to a side surface of the cabinet, a movable rail configured to move in a front and rear direction along the fixed rail in a state of being connected to the fixed rail, and an arm member having one end rotatably connected to an outer surface of the movable rail and the other end connected to a side surface of the tray to elevate the tray. The arm member includes a front arm and a rear arm, which are disposed to be spaced apart from each other in the front and rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Kyoungjoon Park, Jaekyung Yang, Eunkyoung Yoon, Yongsoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11930581
    Abstract: A modular laser-produced plasma X-ray system includes a liquid metal flow system enclosed within a low-pressure chamber, the flow system including a liquid metal, wherein in at least one location on the liquid metal forms a metal target directly illuminated by laser pulses, a circulation pump within the liquid metal flow system for circulating the liquid metal, a laser pulse emitter configured to transmit laser pulses into the chamber via a laser window, focusing optics, located between the emitter and the metal target, the focusing optics directing the laser pulses to strike the metal target at a target location to form X-ray pulses, and an X-ray window positioned within the chamber to enable the X-ray pulses to exit the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: Brown University, Research Instruments Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel John DeCiccio, Christoph Rose-Petruck
  • Patent number: 11930582
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming torsional magnetic reconnection, and converting stored magnetic energy into charged particle kinetic energy and particle acceleration, is claimed. A torsional magnetic reconnection apparatus generally comprises (1) a vacuum environment housing (2) a plurality of conducting coils to form a magnetic field fan-spine topology and (3) a plasma generation device providing an azimuthal magnetic field perturbation such that current sheets are formed and magnetic reconnection processes can occur. Electric current energization of the plurality of conducting coils generates a potential magnetic fan-spine topology. A simultaneous capacitor bank discharge forms and axially drives a plasma sheath, featuring an azimuthal magnetic field, toward the fan-spine magnetic null that forces the diffusion of magnetic flux through the plasma. This magnetic to plasma kinetic energy conversion process accelerates charged particles far away from the reconnection region along open magnetic field lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SunBeam Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: David Lawrence Chesny, Norton Brice Orange
  • Patent number: 11930583
    Abstract: A system for heat conditioning an area of Earth includes an Earth-orbiting satellite. The satellite includes a power supply, a precursor gas supply, and one or more double helicon plasma beam generators coupled to the power supply and the gas supply and configured to generate a high-density plasma and further configured with a magnetic nozzle to maintain a shape of the beam; therefore, the top surface area of the beam is maximized. The generated high-density plasma provides enhanced electromagnetic waves absorption, reflection, and deflection of incoming solar light and electromagnetic radiation, thereby, reducing the heat striking the area of the Earth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventor: Ali Kaddoura
  • Patent number: 11930584
    Abstract: A plasma actuator includes: a dielectric layer; a first electrode provided on the obverse surface of the dielectric layer; a second electrode provided, on the reverse-surface side of the dielectric layer, in one direction from the first electrode; a floating conductor pair that is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode and that has an obverse-surface conductor provided on the obverse surface of the dielectric layer and a reverse-surface conductor provided on the reverse-surface side of the dielectric layer, the obverse-surface conductor and the reverse-surface conductor being electrically connected to each other, electrically insulated from the first electrode and the second electrode, and positioned in the order of the reverse-surface conductor and the obverse-surface conductor in the one direction from the first electrode in plan view; and a power source connected to the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventor: Takehiko Segawa
  • Patent number: 11930585
    Abstract: An apparatus for a material synthesis technology by microwave plasma torch with atmospheric pressure and high temperature. The apparatus includes a plasma torch system and a material growth system. In the plasma torch system, the cutting-edge breakdown happens through inputting the high-power microwave. Then the stable plasma torch with atmosphere pressure and high temperature is achieved in precursor at the open-end of the cylindrical metal tube. The precursors are decomposed by the plasma torch with high temperature and the active particles for material growth are achieved. In the material growth system, the motion and ingredients proportion of negative and positive icons or particles in the active particle beam are controlled by the adjustable static electric field in the space between the plasma torch and material growth space. The material-controlled growth is implemented by the heating system and the adjustable static electrical field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Chengdu Landmarks Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ye Bai, Dashuai Li
  • Patent number: 11930586
    Abstract: A wiring substrate includes: an insulating substrate including a base portion comprising a through hole having a first opening and a second opening, and a frame portion located on the base portion; and a heat dissipator disposed on a side of the base portion that is opposite to the frame portion so as to block the second opening, wherein an inner surface of the through hole faces a side surface of the heat dissipator with a clearance being provided between the inner surface of the through hole and the side surface of the heat dissipator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Hamachi
  • Patent number: 11930587
    Abstract: Provided are a flexible printed circuit board and a display device. The flexible printed circuit board comprises a main flexible printed circuit board and a connection flexible printed circuit board having different outlines. Both printed circuit boards are single-layer boards or double-layer boards. The main flexible printed circuit board comprises a bonding region, a device mounting region, a first connection region and signal lines. The signal lines include a first signal line positioned between the device mounting region and the first connection region, and a second signal line positioned between the device mounting region and the bonding region. The connection flexible printed circuit board comprises a second connection region, a third connection region and a third signal line positioned between the second connection region and the third connection region. The two flexible printed circuit boards are connected by means of the first connection region and the second connection region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fan Li, Hengzhen Liang, Yunhan Xiao, Lianbin Liu
  • Patent number: 11930588
    Abstract: There are provided a signal transmission apparatus and a signal transmission method for use therewith, the apparatus using a small-sized connector configuration and a flexible printed circuit board to prevent a decrease in the quality of a differential signal. The flexible printed circuit board has signal transmission paths for transmitting the differential signal. At least one of connector connection parts of the flexible printed circuit board has a first connection part column and a second connection part column obtained by arranging a plurality of signal line connection parts, the signal line connection parts being connection parts between the signal transmission paths and intra-connector wiring. Each of the signal line connection parts in the connection part columns is configured to be connected with the signal transmission path formed on the back side of the flexible printed circuit board by way of a VIA (through-hole) formed between the first connection part column and the second connection part column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sota Hatano
  • Patent number: 11930589
    Abstract: A printed wiring board includes a lower layer including conductor layers and insulating layers, a conductor layer formed on the outermost insulating layer in the lower layer, and a solder resist layer formed on the conductor layer such that the solder resist layer is covering the conductor layer on the outermost insulating layer, and a two-dimensional code structure formed on the lower layer and including the conductor layer and a portion of the solder resist layer such that the portion of the solder resist layer has openings forming exposed portions of the conductor layer and that the openings of the solder resist layer and the exposed portions of the conductor layer form the two-dimensional code structure. The conductor layer includes a portion corresponding to the two-dimensional code structure such that the portion of the conductor layer has a residual copper rate that allows the two-dimensional code structure to be read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Hayashi
  • Patent number: 11930590
    Abstract: In a described example, an apparatus includes: a package substrate having a planar die mount surface; recesses extending into the planar die mount surface; and a semiconductor device die flip chip mounted to the package substrate on the planar die mount surface, the semiconductor device die having post connects having proximate ends on bond pads on an active surface of the semiconductor device die, and extending to distal ends away from the semiconductor device die having solder bumps, wherein the solder bumps form solder joints to the package substrate within the recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Tianyi Luo, Osvaldo Jorge Lopez, Jonathan Almeria Noquil, Satyendra Singh Chauhan, Bernardo Gallegos
  • Patent number: 11930591
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a flexible substrate includes a support plate including a first surface, a line portion located on the first surface and including a first side surface and a second side surface on an opposite side to the first side surface and a protective member which covers the line portion, in contact with the first surface. The line portion includes a flexible insulating base located on the first surface and a wiring layer disposed on the insulating base, the protective member is separated from at least a part of the first side surface via an air layer and from at least a part of the second side surface via an air layer, and the air layers extend along the line portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Takumi Sano
  • Patent number: 11930592
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a flexible printed circuit board comprising a housing, a first printed circuit board disposed in an inner space of the housing, a second printed circuit board disposed so as to be spaced apart from the first printed circuit board, a connection part electrically connecting the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board and connected to the second printed circuit board, and a coupling part including a bent part extending from the connection part and capable of being at least partially bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seonghun Seo
  • Patent number: 11930593
    Abstract: A stretchable display device comprises a display panel that includes a stretchable substrate where a plurality of emission elements is disposed, wherein the stretchable substrate is stretchable in at least one of a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a printed circuit film that includes a first driving circuit chip generating a drive control signal to be applied to the display panel and a second driving circuit chip receiving image data from outside and transferring the image data to the first driving circuit chip, wherein the printed circuit film is stretchable in at least one of the first direction and the second direction with respect to a stretch direction of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hohyun Keum, Mingyu Kang
  • Patent number: 11930594
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adhesive film for a multilayer printed-wiring board, in which a property of filling irregularities is excellent even when silica filler is highly filled. Specifically, there is provided an adhesive film for a multilayer printed-wiring board, which includes a resin composition layer that is obtained by forming a layer of a resin composition containing: (A) a novolac type phenolic resin in which a dispersity (Mw/Mn) of a weight average molecular weight (Mw) and a number average molecular weight (Mn) ranges from 1.05 to 1.8; (B) an epoxy resin represented by general formula (1); and (C) inorganic filler, on a support film. An average particle size of the (C) inorganic filler in the resin composition layer is 0.1 ?m or more, and a content of the (C) inorganic filler in a resin solid content ranges from 20% to 95% by mass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: RESONAC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aya Kasahara, Yasuyuki Mizuno, Hikari Murai
  • Patent number: 11930595
    Abstract: The present application provides a circuit material and a circuit board containing the same. The circuit material comprises a conductive metal layer and a dielectric substrate layer, and an adhesive layer arranged therebetween, wherein the adhesive layer is made of a material which comprises an adhesive composition comprising a resin component and a non-resin component, wherein the resin component is composed of unsaturated polyphenylene ether resin, SBS resin and maleimide resin; and the non-resin component comprises an initiator; and the adhesive layer is obtained by applying the adhesive composition dissolved in a solvent onto the surface of the conductive metal layer or the dielectric substrate layer in the form of a solution, or by applying to a release material and removing the release material after partially curing or completely curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Shengyi Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weifeng Yin, Cui Huo, Rui Liu, Yongjing Xu, Shanyin Yan
  • Patent number: 11930596
    Abstract: Described herein are dielectric polymer films and printed circuit boards, such as multilayer and high-density interconnect printed circuit board comprising at least one dielectric polymer film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Thintronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Tarun Amla, Stefan J. Pastine
  • Patent number: 11930597
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are disclosed. By disposing a binding film over a gap between adjacent circuit boards, and then forming connection wires on the binding film, connections between different circuit boards are achieved. The present disclosure solves a problem of high costs caused by traditional flexible circuit boards and connectors, thereby saving a large number of connectors and flexible circuit boards, and thereby reducing costs significantly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Peishan Cheng
  • Patent number: 11930598
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure relate to apparatus and methods for producing a downhole electrical component, having steps of providing a non-conductive polymer substrate, establishing an active area on the non-conductive polymer substrate, patterning the active area on the non-conductive polymer substrate with a conductive material through an additive manufacturing process and incorporating the patterned non-conductive polymer substrate into a final arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Swapna Arun Kumar, Srinand Karuppoor
  • Patent number: 11930599
    Abstract: A constitutive device quality determination server is communicably connected to an inspection device via the internet, the inspection device performing an inspection on a constitutive device configuring a board work machine by operating the constitutive device in accordance with to a type of the inspection, and includes an inspection data acquisition section that designates a predetermined type of the inspection for the inspection device and acquires inspection data obtained by the inspection by the inspection device, a determination section that determines quality of the constitutive device based on the acquired inspection data, and a transmission section that transmits a quality determination result determined by the determination section to a terminal device communicably connected over the internet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazumi Hoshikawa, Hiroshi Murakami
  • Patent number: 11930600
    Abstract: A three-dimensional measurement apparatus measures measurement targets placed in a target measurement area on a measurement object. The apparatus includes: a measurement module that: is positioned with respect to the target measurement area, and includes: a first irradiator that irradiates the target measurement area with predetermined light for height measurement; a second irradiator that irradiates the target measurement area with predetermined patterned light for three-dimensional measurement; and an imaging device that takes an image of the target measurement area; and a control device that moves the measurement module in a height direction and successively positions the measurement module at a predetermined height position determined by mapping, and performs, based on image data taken by irradiating the target measurement area with predetermined patterned light, three-dimensional measurement to the measurement targets at the predetermined height position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: CKD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takayuki Shinyama, Tsuyoshi Ohyama, Norihiko Sakaida
  • Patent number: 11930601
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a printed wiring board includes forming a seed layer on a surface of a resin insulating layer, applying a dry film onto the seed layer using a laminating roll device, cutting the dry film applied onto the seed layer to a predetermined size, applying pressure and heat to the dry film, forming a plating resist on the seed layer from the dry film using photographic technology, forming an electrolytic plating film on part of the seed layer exposed from the resist, removing the resist from the seed layer, and removing the part of the seed layer exposed from the electrolytic plating film. The applying of the pressure and heat includes applying the pressure and heat to the dry film applied onto the seed layer such that the pressure and heat are applied to the entire surface of the dry film cut to the predetermined size simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Kadowaki, Tomomi Kano
  • Patent number: 11930602
    Abstract: A shell structure includes a shell and a shielding cover. The shell has an accommodating space, the accommodating space has an inner wall, and the inner wall has a first buckling portion. The shielding cover is arranged in the accommodating space, the shielding cover has an outer wall, the outer wall corresponds to the inner wall, and the outer wall has a second buckling portion corresponding to the first buckling portion. The first buckling portion and the second buckling portion are buckled with each other to limit relative degrees of freedom of the shell and the shielding cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Inventor: Po-Sheng Lee
  • Patent number: 11930603
    Abstract: A display system comprises a display of one or more display surfaces, each formed from a plurality of display modules arranged in proximity. Each display module comprising light-emitting elements configured to collectively display information. The display system also comprises one or more tension members and one or more base supporting members connected to the one or more tension members and positioned proximate to one or more of the display modules located at a vertical base of the display. The one or more base supporting members are coupled to the display modules located at the vertical base such that the one or more base supporting members provide underlying support to the plurality of display modules. The one or more tension members and the one or more base supporting members support the weight of the display when the one or more tension members are connected to a support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Daktronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kent Shane Miller, Ashton Flowers, Jon Settingsgard
  • Patent number: 11930604
    Abstract: Systems involve implementations such as a first case assembly including a base including an interior surface and an exterior surface, first, second, and third side walls and an interior surface at least partially bounding an interior area to receive at least a portion of a portable electronic device, and a coupler assembly including a portion of the exterior surface of the base; and an accessory assembly configured to provide at least one electric communication or power function for the portable electronic device, wherein the accessory assembly being sized and shaped to couple with the coupler assembly of the case assembly. Other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Pioneer Square Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Riley Edwin Lynch, Quentin Wade Forbes
  • Patent number: 11930605
    Abstract: An in-vehicle electric device of this disclosure is provided in a front compartment of a vehicle and includes: at least one electronic component; a case in which the electronic component is accommodated; a connector connected to the electronic component inside the case and projecting rearward from a surface of the case; a fastening portion extended from a lower part of the case and fastened to a vehicle body of the vehicle; and a protective wall formed integrally with the fastening portion such that the protective wall extends upward along a first side face of the connector from the lower part of the case and projects further rearward from a rear end surface of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yuuki Teraoka
  • Patent number: 11930606
    Abstract: A display device includes: a display module comprising a first non-folding area, a second non-folding area, and a folding area between the first non-folding area and the second non-folding area; a first plate under the display module at the first non-folding area; and a second plate under the display module at the second non-folding area and spaced apart from the first plate, at least one of the first or second plates comprising: a first support layer; a second support layer facing the first support layer; and an encapsulation layer between the first and second support layers along an edge of the first and second support layers and encapsulating a separation space formed between the first and second support layers in a corresponding non-folding area of the first and second non-folding areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungsang Ahn, Hyun Chul Jeong, Wonju Choi
  • Patent number: 11930607
    Abstract: A field-replaceable unit is reversibly secured in place using two captive fasteners. Each fastener includes a telescoping knob that rotates 180 degrees in a first direction to engage a latch mechanism and rotates 180 degrees in the opposite direction to disengage the latch mechanism. The knob automatically extends when the latch mechanism is disengaged. The knob alternately extends and retracts in response to being successively pressed when the latch mechanism is engaged. The knob has two cutaways formed along outside edges to facilitate a two-finger grip for knob rotation and pulling the unit out of another module. A circular groove centered on an axis of rotation of the knob has a contrasting coloration and provides a visual and tactile indication of know location. A nub indicates rotational position of the knob.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Amrita Sidhu Maguire, Ilhan C Gundogan, Keith C Johnson, Jason J Duquette
  • Patent number: 11930608
    Abstract: A system and method for an overhead display assembly for positioning a display monitor above an electronic gaming machine are provided. The overhead display assembly may include a monitor frame securable to a display monitor, the monitor frame including at least one roller mechanism that is pivotally coupled to the monitor frame. The overhead display assembly may also include a support stanchion configured to extend vertically relative to a gaming machine, the support stanchion including an upper end that is vertically displaced above the electronic gaming machine. Finally, the overhead display assembly may include a track mechanism coupled to an upper end of the support stanchion and presenting a track portion configured to engage with the roller mechanism to support the display monitor and the monitor frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventors: Robert Wand, Frank Rodriguez, Timothy Seckel
  • Patent number: 11930609
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a rear housing of a display device comprising a first portion corresponding to a first region of a backboard of the display device and a second portion corresponding to a second region of the backboard of the display device; the first portion comprises a top wall which circumferentially surrounds an annular side wall having a notch, and the side wall is provided with a terminal hole corresponding to a connection terminal on a mainboard of the display device; the second portion is provided on a notch side of the first portion, and the second portion comprises a central portion corresponding to the notch of the first portion, and side portions on opposite sides of the central portion, the central portion is provided with a connection wall covering the notch, and the connection wall is provided with a terminal hole corresponding to a connection terminal on the mainboard of the display device. The present disclosure also relates to a display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: Hefei BOE Vision-Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zuoyan Xi
  • Patent number: 11930610
    Abstract: Personal computing device covers having stands are disclosed. A disclosed example apparatus includes a protective cover to at least partially cover a personal computing device. The cover includes a fixed panel to be thermally coupled to a chassis of the personal computing device to define a heatsink of the personal computing device, and a foldable panel to be rotatably coupled to the fixed panel via a hinge to support the personal computing device to stand at an angle from a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff Ku, Juha Paavola, Mark Carbone, Shantanu Kulkarni, Mikko Makinen, Gustavo Fricke
  • Patent number: 11930611
    Abstract: Systems are provided where a chassis houses an Information Handling System (IHS). The chassis includes a motherboard with one or more CPUs configured to operate as a root complex for a PCIe switch fabric that includes a plurality of PCIe devices of the IHS. The chassis also includes an I/O module providing I/O capabilities for the motherboard. The I/O module includes a network controller configured to allocate network bandwidth for use by a hardware accelerator sled installed in the chassis, unless an integrated network controller is detected as a component of a hardware accelerator baseboard installed in the hardware accelerator sled. The I/O module also includes a PCI switch configured to operate with the CPUs as the root complex of the PCIe switch fabric and further configured to operate with the hardware accelerator baseboard as the root complex of the PCIe switch fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Douglas Simon Haunsperger, Walter R. Carver, Bhavesh Govindbhai Patel
  • Patent number: 11930612
    Abstract: A configurable multi-orientation device mount rack system includes a rack including a first rack shelf. A first device housing is defined by the rack and the first rack shelf. A first device mounting subsystem is included on the rack and that is configurable to mount each of a plurality of devices in the first device housing and to the rack in a first orientation. A second device mounting subsystem is included on the first rack shelf and that is configurable to mount each of a plurality of devices in the first device housing and to the rack in a second orientation that is different than the first orientation. As such, each of a plurality of devices may be positioned in and mounted to the rack in the first device housing in either a “vertical”/side-by-side orientation or a “horizontal”/stacked orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Shree Rathinasamy, Maunish Shah
  • Patent number: 11930613
    Abstract: An electronic assembly includes a chassis having electronic module mounting positions. The electronic assembly also includes a respective electronic module received in each electronic module mounting position and having a module cooling gas passageway. Each electronic module has a module glide surface. The electronic assembly includes a respective sealing retainer coupled between the chassis and each electronic module. The sealing retainer has a cooling gas passageway aligned with a chassis cooling gas passageway and the module cooling gas passageway. The sealing retainer includes a retainer body having a retainer glide surface, and a gas sealing gasket carried by the retainer body. The module glide surface and the retainer glide surface have respective cooperating features so that the respective electronic module is maintained in spaced relation from the sealing gasket as the respective electronic module is slidably inserted into a seated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: EAGLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Clarke O. Fowler, Lawrence Ludwig, III
  • Patent number: 11930614
    Abstract: A server includes a casing, a storage device, and a storage device frame assembly. The casing includes a first side plate. The storage device frame assembly includes a support frame and a handle. The support frame accommodates the storage device and is removably mounted on the first side plate. The handle includes a pivotable component and a slidable component. The pivotable component is pivotably disposed on the support frame. The slidable component is slidably disposed on the pivotable component. The slidable component is slidable between a first position and a predetermined position relative to the pivotable component, a longitudinal axis of the slidable component in the first position is non-parallel to the longitudinal axis of the slidable component in the predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: WIWYNN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wei Chen Lin
  • Patent number: 11930615
    Abstract: An apparatus cools electronic circuitry. An enclosure surrounds the circuitry. Air intake holes are in an upper portion of a first panel that faces a first direction. Air exhaust holes are in an upper portion of a second panel that faces a second direction opposite the first. Air plenum piece is disposed within the enclosure, and a substantially planar portion extends from a first panel inner wall and ends a distance from a second panel inner wall. At least one tab extends from the substantially planar portion to an upper panel inner wall. The air plenum piece divides an enclosure interior into a first volume, enclosed by the first panel inner wall, substantially planar portion, at least one tab, and upper panel inner wall, into which the air intake holes open and a second volume into which the air exhaust holes open. The second volume is a remaining interior volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Crestron Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: William P Rehak, Albert Pedoeem, Alec J Magrini, Sanjay Upasani