Access Panel Or Opening Patents (Class 174/382)
  • Patent number: 11935841
    Abstract: A semiconductor package structure and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor package structure are provided. The semiconductor package structure includes a device package and a shielding layer. The device package includes an electronic device unit and has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a third surface connecting the first surface to the second surface. The shielding layer is disposed on the first surface and the second surface of the device package. A common edge of the second surface and the third surface includes a first portion exposed from the shielding layer by a first length, and a common edge of the first surface and the third surface includes a second portion exposed from the shielding layer by a second length that is different from the first length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: ADVANCED SEMICONDUCTOR ENGINEERING, INC.
    Inventors: Cheng-Yuan Kung, Hung-Yi Lin, Meng-Wei Hsieh, Yu-Pin Tsai
  • Patent number: 11925009
    Abstract: A method includes obtaining a base housing for electronic components. The base housing attenuates radiation entering the base housing by a base amount. An inner volume of the base housing defined by an inner surface of the base housing experiences attenuated radiation. The method also includes affixing one or more inserts to the inner surface of the base housing to further attenuate the attenuated radiation in corresponding one or more areas of the inner volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Darren Woodman, Phong Dinh
  • Patent number: 11917771
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a housing (7) enclosing a control unit (8) by mechanically forming a starting material (1), wherein the control unit (8) is configured to control particularly a vehicle headlight, comprising the following steps: a) providing an essentially strip-shaped, preferably metal starting material (1), wherein the starting material (1) is subdivided into at least three subareas (4, 5, 6) adjacent to one another, which are separated by fold axes (11, 13); b) forming cooling fins (4a) on a first subarea (4); c) forming a housing bottom (5a) on a second subarea (5); d) forming a housing cover (6a) on a third subarea (6); e) carrying out a folding operation, in which the first subarea (4) is folded about the first fold axis (11) onto the second subarea; f) attaching the control unit (8) to the second subarea (4) [sic]; g) carrying out a folding operation, in which the third subarea (6) is folded about the second fold axis (13) onto the second subarea; h) fixing the first s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Jan Koller, Harald Graf
  • Patent number: 11832695
    Abstract: Wearable or carryable items have multiple compartments that provide RF shielding for personal electronic devices. Different compartments provide different degrees of shielding. Depending on the compartment you use, you may continue to have the ability to receive messages while your body will be protected from the EMF RF exposure, or you can make the device unavailable to the RF network altogether. Wherever you decide to store your devices, this will encourage awareness of usage. You can time-block your usage and now make room for fully present, engaging human experiences. This practice will have an immediate and ever deepening effect on the user's personal and professional life and create a healthier, happier more emotionally balanced population.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Handbag Heidi LLC
    Inventor: Heidi Krauss
  • Patent number: 11751319
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The disclosed electronic device includes a printed circuit board including at least one through-hole, a holder which is positioned through the through-hole and protrudes upward and downward from the printed circuit board, and a solder layer for bonding one area of the holder to one surface of the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyunwoo Chung
  • Patent number: 11700719
    Abstract: A housing wall includes at least one air grid having at least a first layer with a first mesh structure and a second layer with a second mesh structure. The first mesh structure is coextensively arranged with the second mesh structure. The first layer and the second layer are electrically conductively coupled. The first mesh structure includes a first plurality of through-holes. The second mesh structure includes a second plurality of through-holes. The through-holes of the first plurality of through-holes are misaligned compared to through-holes of the second plurality of through-holes such that a nonuniform total through-hole configuration of the air grid is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Johannes Steffens, Josef Koeppl, Martin Kappels, Stefan Dannerbauer, Stefan Aman
  • Patent number: 11616354
    Abstract: A battery pack houses a battery inside a battery case, the battery case (100) includes an opening (450), cables (200, 300) electrically connected with the battery is inserted to the opening, a cable protection member (400) including a through portion (410) is arranged at the opening, the cable protection member is attachable to the opening in at least two different directions, and a position of the through portion to the battery case changes according to an attaching direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: ENVISION AESC JAPAN LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiki Kobayashi, Toru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11606870
    Abstract: A charger having a heat insulating structure is provided. The charger includes: a case having one side at which an opening is formed and the other side to which a terminal portion is coupled; a printed circuit board having a front surface and a rear surface on which electronic components are mounted, respectively, and inserted into the case through the opening of the case; a heat insulating member disposed inside the case and formed to cover the electronic components mounted on the rear surface of the printed circuit board to block heat generated from the electronic components of the printed circuit board from being transferred to an entire surface of the case; and a cover closing the opening of the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: SOLUM Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: HyunSu Kim, JunKyu Lee
  • Patent number: 11528784
    Abstract: A door for a household microwave appliance includes a perforated electrically conductive lattice configured to cover a viewing opening of the door and having a plurality of microholes arranged in a regular pattern. The microholes have a rectangular basic shape with rounded corners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Haugeräte GmbH
    Inventors: Wojciech Gwarek, Markus Kuchler
  • Patent number: 11451047
    Abstract: A circuit includes a detector and controller circuit configured to detect a high field RF (radio frequency) electromagnetic fields indicating a potential of an electromagnetic pulse event capable of damaging electrical equipment connected to a power grid. The circuit also includes controller receiving an input from the detector circuit, the controller being included within a shielded enclosure and configured to initiate an event in response to detection of the high field electromagnetic pulse field to remove the electrical equipment from the power grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TechHold, LLC
    Inventors: David Anderson, Greg Fuchs, Frederick R. Faxvog
  • Patent number: 11355884
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a receptacle connector, a shielding cage and a partitioning element. The shielding cage has a receiving cavity. The partitioning element is provided to the receiving cavity and partitions the receiving cavity into a first module passageway and a second module passageway, the partitioning element includes a compartment frame and a grounding gasket assembled to a front end of the compartment frame, the compartment frame has a first partitioning wall and a second partitioning wall which respectively correspond to the first module passageway and the second module passageway, the grounding gasket integrally has a front plate, a first panel and a second panel, the first panel and the second panel together clamp the first partitioning wall and the second partitioning wall, the first panel and the second panel and the front plate are integrally connected by bulging portions at certain corners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Che-Yuan Yang
  • Patent number: 11323214
    Abstract: A fault-tolerant command and control system including a plurality of flight devices, a plurality of flight computers, a distribution network including a plurality of switches and cables connecting the plurality of flight devices to the plurality of flight computers, and a power source connected to the distribution network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Joby Aero, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott MacAfee, JoeBen Bevirt, Jason Ryan
  • Patent number: 11277947
    Abstract: An electromagnetic and radiation shielding system includes an enclosure shaped to define a room interior which is accessible through a single passageway, and a door assembly for selectively enclosing the passageway. The door assembly includes a frame mounted within the passageway in conductive contact with a metal skin incorporated into the enclosure, a door with a conductive rear face which is adapted to selectively enclose the passageway, and a seal for selectively establishing continuous, peripheral contact between the frame and the rear face of the door when the door is disposed in its closed position. In this manner, the door assembly cooperates with the enclosure to form an electromagnetic barrier around the room interior in all directions. Additionally, both the enclosure and the door are constructed with a layer of radiation-shielding material to form a radiation barrier around the room interior in all directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: NEW ENGLAND LEAD BURNING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Seth Warnock, Rodney Gebert, Frank Leban
  • Patent number: 11272632
    Abstract: Examples may include techniques for use of a latch to secure a device inserted in a host computing system. The latch including a housing having holes or ports and an active contacts pad to receive external communication or control links routed through the holes or ports and to further route the communication or control links to circuitry at the device. The latch also including a securing pin attached to a lever to secure the device to the host computing system when the lever is engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jorge U. Martinez Araiza, Paul J. Gwin, John K. Grooms
  • Patent number: 11241631
    Abstract: Improvements in a holder for a game controller that allows a game controller to sit in a vertical on a stand or holder. The storage in a vertical orientation reduces the footprint of the controller on a desk or shelf. This also allows for better visual appearance of the controller as it sits on a desk. The holder further places the controller in a position where it can be more quickly retrieved for use. A power storage that powers the controller to extend operating time of the controller. The face plate can include indicia that match a gaming system or a game and the face plate can be removed or replaces. A charge indicator extends through the face plate. The controller can be used in the holder without restrictions of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Inventor: Jonathan Blake Buller
  • Patent number: 11229797
    Abstract: A connector arrangement (3) for establishing a two-pole electric contact between components of an implantable medical device (4) includes: a first connector portion (1) including a first contact element (11) and a pin receptacle (12); and a second connector portion (2) including a second contact element (21) and a contact pin (22). The connector arrangement (3) is configured to assume a connected state wherein the first contact element (11) is in contact with the second contact element (21) and the contact pin (22) is received in the pin receptacle (12). At least a part of the first connector portion (1) and/or at least a part of the second connector portion (2) is mounted on a printed circuit board (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Inventors: Martin Henschel, Kathy Hartmann-Bax, Torsten Oertmann
  • Patent number: 11056636
    Abstract: An oscillator includes a substrate having a first substrate main surface and a substrate side surface, and a lid body bonded to the substrate and including a metal material, in which the substrate includes a substrate body having a first substrate body main surface corresponding to the first substrate main surface and a substrate body side surface corresponding to the substrate side surface, and provided with a cutout portion in the substrate body side surface, a side surface wiring provided along the cutout portion, a filling member provided in the cutout portion, and an insulating coating member provided on the first substrate body main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Norio Nomura
  • Patent number: 10828852
    Abstract: Systems and methods for embedding electronics in a housing using additive manufacturing are provided. In certain embodiments, a system includes a housing made using an additive manufacturing process. The system also includes at least one electronics assembly that is embedded into the housing during the additive manufacturing process, wherein one or more electronic components on the at least one electronic assembly are isolated from the material used to form the housing. Further, the system includes an electrical connector coupled to at least one electronic component in the one or more electronic components, wherein the electrical connector provides an electrical connection between the at least one electronic assembly and system electronics that are outside the housing, wherein the electronic assembly is environmentally sealed within the housing from the environment outside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Pedro Luis Lebron
  • Patent number: 10798816
    Abstract: Tamper-respondent assemblies are provided which include an enclosure with an edge surface, and a tamper-respondent sensor. The tamper-respondent sensor covers, at least in part, the edge surface and an inner surface of the enclosure. The sensor includes at least one tamper-detect circuit. The tamper-detect circuit(s) includes a conductive trace(s) in a tamper-detect pattern. The tamper-respondent sensor includes exposed regions and unexposed regions of the conductive trace(s) at the edge surface of the enclosure to facilitate an adhesive directly contacting the at least one conductive trace in the exposed regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: James A. Busby, Arthur J. Higby, David C. Long, Michael J. Fisher, Russell A. Budd, Michel Turgeon, Sylvain Tetreault
  • Patent number: 10763565
    Abstract: System and method of applying pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF) to a human user's body. Here an electrically isolated antenna is applied to a portion of the body. This antenna is connected to a PEMF power source comprising a modified Blumlein dual transmission line transformer circuit with emphasis on miniaturization. Each transmission line comprises a substantially planar PC board mounted conducting strip configured in a meander pattern, and separated from at least one split ground plane by at least one substantially planar dielectric material and at least one split ground plane. This in turn is powered by a low voltage power supply, resonant transformer. The Blumlein circuit is charged and discharged by a processor controlled high-speed switch according to user selected time settings, and can produce outputs substantially above 1 kV. Relative to prior art devices, the system enables much smaller, lighter, and less costly PEMF implementations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Inventor: Ronald Patrick Green
  • Patent number: 10716433
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a cooking apparatus including a main body including a cooking compartment configured to cook food using microwaves, and a door configured to open or close the cooking compartment, wherein the door includes a door frame in which an opening is formed so that the cooking compartment is visible therethrough, and a shielding plate including a substrate and a multi-shielding layer, with which the substrate is coated to prevent microwaves in the cooking compartment from leaking to an outside, and coupled at the opening. The door of the cooking apparatus allows an inside of the cooking compartment to be better seen from the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin O Kim, Jee Yong Kim, Min-Gyu Jung, Ki Du Kim, Ah Hyun Bae
  • Patent number: 10714430
    Abstract: Electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding structures for use inside an electronic system are provided, which allow access for mold compound or cables by using baffle-like features on the shield's sides and/or top, as well as methods for shielding components from EMI, or for containing EMI. The structures block external RF from sensitive components and reduce EMI emission from internal, RF generating components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: OCTAVO SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Masood Murtuza, Peter Robert Linder, Gene Alan Frantz
  • Patent number: 10673210
    Abstract: An electrical enclosure, such as a Motor Control Centers (MCC), can include a ventilation system providing airflow while protecting from both ingress of solid objects as small as 1.0 millimeter and egress of gasses from an arc flash by providing a protective mesh with holes having a dimension of less than 1 millimeter, a bracket coupled to the mesh for providing a rigid support, and a flap configured to seal against the bracket and block the mesh in response to a pressure wave produced by an arc flash. The flap, normally open for airflow, can close in response to the pressure wave, by bending at a perforation line to move the flap toward the mesh. The electrical enclosure can also include a normally closed exhaust system. The exhaust system can be configured to open in response to the pressure wave to allow the gasses to escape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Troy M. Bellows, Piotr Badura, Daniel Jastrzebski, Maciej Lewandowski, Artur Wiertek, Pawel Kokula, Slawomir Styczen
  • Patent number: 10649491
    Abstract: A portable and mobile deployable data center (DDC) is disclosed that includes various components that enables the DDC to have multiple functions including, computing, data storage and retrieval, communications and routing. A DDC includes a rugged case that is suitable for harsh environments, an interconnection mechanism, a plurality of hot swappable computing assemblies that include the functionality of readers and portable computing devices, and a plurality of hot swappable power supplies. The DDC includes computer assemblies, computing devices, and readers, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Amouse Digital Devices Corporation
    Inventor: Michael Arnouse
  • Patent number: 10644670
    Abstract: A radiofrequency filter utilizing a common mode choke both as a traditional common mode choke as well as the inductance in a low pass filter. Filter topology as well as component selection is optimized for wide band operation. Common mode chokes allow differential currents to pass with little attenuation while common mode currents are effectively presented with an inductance in the common current path. This inductance is used in a low pass filter configuration to present an even higher attenuation to common mode currents. The use of multiple chokes and/or differing core materials contributes to wider band operation without pronounced resonances. The capacitance used in the low pass filter is connected in a way as to reduce its effect on the data signals while still being effective in filtering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Inventor: John Gordon Ramsey
  • Patent number: 10492336
    Abstract: A subrack assembly can be configured for use with a subrack that includes an installation space for electronic circuit boards, an air distribution duct, an air collecting duct, and a slot. A fan tray can be configured to be slidably and removably received in the slot and can include panel and support one or more electric fans. The panel of the fan tray can at least partly define a first air chamber within the fan tray, and, in cooperation with the subrack, can define a second air chamber within the subrack, with the panel separating the second air chamber from the first air chamber. The one or more electric fans can be configured to drive an air flow through the first and second air chambers, the air collecting duct, and the air distribution duct, to cool the electronic circuit boards within the installation space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Schoff GmbH
    Inventors: Dietmar Mann, Oliver Kistner, Heinz Euchner
  • Patent number: 10448464
    Abstract: A microwave oven or multifunctional oven with microwave heating function. The oven includes a cavity with an open front side and a front frame enclosing at least partially a front portion of the cavity. The cavity and the front frame include metal sheet. The front frame is connected to the cavity by fixing elements. A gap is formed between the cavity and the front frame. The gap encloses at least partially the front portion of the cavity and the front frame encloses the gap. The oven includes a door covering the open front side and the gap in a closed state of the door. The gap is at least partially filled by a gasket at least part of which includes one or more materials having low heat conductivity, so that the front frame is thermally decoupled from the cavity by the part of the gasket or the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Electrolux Home Products Corporation N.V.
    Inventors: Michael Wittmann, Trevor Specht, Tobias Schutz, Benjamin Himmelein
  • Patent number: 10374572
    Abstract: A radiofrequency filter utilizing a common mode choke both as a traditional common mode choke as well as the inductance in a low pass filter. Filter topology as well as component selection is optimized for wide band operation. Common mode chokes allow differential currents to pass with little attenuation while common mode currents are effectively presented with an inductance in the common current path. This inductance is used in a low pass filter configuration to present an even higher attenuation to common mode currents. The use of multiple chokes and/or differing core materials contributes to wider band operation without pronounced resonances. The capacitance used in the low pass filter is connected in a way as to reduce its effect on the data signals while still being effective in filtering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Inventor: John Gordon Ramsey
  • Patent number: 10238017
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a multi-piece shield comprising a fence, a lid, and an insert. The lid attaches to the fence, which is attached to the circuit board. The lid is a relatively thick, flexible material for supporting the insert. The lid has a recess so that the insert can be recessed into the lid to position the insert closer to the circuit for enhanced heat absorption. The insert is made of a thicker heat absorbing material than the lid, again to facilitate heat absorption. The insert can be press-fit into the recess of the lid. The lid can have a dovetail configuration to retain the insert in the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: A.K. Stamping Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Arthur Kurz, Mark Andrews, Michael Schneider
  • Patent number: 10215787
    Abstract: A radio wave measurement device enabling highly sensitive measurements of radio waves at an extremely low temperature is disclosed. The radio wave measurement device has a radiation-blocking filter through which a targeted radio wave is transmitted, a radio wave-transparent material to reflect a non-targeted electromagnetic wave included in radio waves, and a radio wave detector which are placed in a vacuum vessel, in which the radio waves are transmitted through the radiation-blocking filter, the non-targeted electromagnetic wave included in the radio waves is reflected toward the radiation-blocking filter by the radio wave-transparent material and collected as heat into the radiation-blocking filter, and the heat is exhausted out of the system, allowing the radio waves transmitted through the radio wave-transparent material to be measured with high sensitivity by the radio wave detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignees: INTER-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CORPORATION, HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION
    Inventors: Osamu Tajima, Shugo Oguri
  • Patent number: 10215384
    Abstract: A fixture for an elongate structure includes an extension module having a housing secured therearound. The extension module includes a longitudinal body portion having first connector and a second connector. One or more access ports extend through the longitudinal body portion and into an interior area of the longitudinal body portion. The extension module includes a first seating surface and a second seating surface. The housing includes a first axial cover extending radially and a second axial cover each extending radially outward from the longitudinal body. The first axial cover and the second axial cover are axially spaced apart from one another and define a space therebetween and around the longitudinal body portion. A circumferential cover extends circumferential around radially outermost edges of the first axial cover and the second axial cover and surrounding the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: The Pennsylvania Globe Gaslight Co.
    Inventor: Marcia LaFemina
  • Patent number: 10165695
    Abstract: An apparatus for installing a high and low voltage conversion circuit, a high and low voltage conversion system and a power source are described. The apparatus includes: a first housing made of an insulation material and a second housing made of a metallic material, each being provided with two openings at both ends respectively in same direction; first and second housings are fixed, and are in contact on at least part of surfaces thereof; a first cavity and a second cavity are formed in first and second housings for installing a high-voltage circuit and a low-voltage circuit respectively, a high voltage terminal connected with high-voltage circuit and a low voltage terminal connected with low-voltage circuit are inserted through one opening of first housing and one opening of second housing respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Delta Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yicong Xie, Weiqiang Zhang, Baoyu Liu
  • Patent number: 10028119
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an invention for pairing a plurality of wireless devices using wireless communications is disclosed. A method for pairing a plurality of devices comprises attenuating a pairing signal emitted from a wireless device within a pairing enclosure during a pairing procedure. A power level of the pairing signal that is emitted through the pairing enclosure is received at a pairing signal receiver. The pairing procedure is permitted to continue when the power level of the pairing signal is less than a predetermined power level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: FREELINC TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Douglas Howard Dobyns
  • Patent number: 9867279
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a printed circuit board; a conductive casing; and a connecting part. The printed circuit board is mounted with an electronic component to configure a predetermined electronic circuit. The conductive casing stores the printed circuit board. The connecting part is arranged between the conductive casing and the printed circuit board, and is configured to be capacitively coupled with a conductor pattern of the printed circuit board so as to guide radiation noise from the printed circuit board to the conductive casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Ueyama, Takaomi Hasegawa, Makoto Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9626516
    Abstract: An ElectroMagnetic Pulse (EMP) emitter can be positioned to introduce an EMP burst or series of EMP bursts into a passageway, such as a passageway providing access relative to a secure area. The EMP burst or series of EMP bursts can be introduced into the passageway at an intensity configured for rendering inoperable an electronic device, such as a device capable of data storage and transport through the passageway. Such an arrangement may be used for the prevention of theft, sabotage, or release of data maintained within the secure area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Brock Robert Gardner
  • Patent number: 9609467
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an invention for pairing a plurality of wireless devices using wireless communications is disclosed. A method for pairing a plurality of devices comprises attenuating a pairing signal emitted from a wireless device within a pairing enclosure during a pairing procedure. A power level of the pairing signal that is emitted through the pairing enclosure is received at a pairing signal receiver. The pairing procedure is permitted to continue when the power level of the pairing signal is less than a predetermined power level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: FREELINC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Douglas Howard Dobyns
  • Patent number: 9470769
    Abstract: An electrically earthed protecting sleeve that reduces the electromagnetic energy propagation from a magnetic bore to the outer environment surrounding a magnet. The sleeve has a distal portion located within an open bore of an magnetic resonance device (MRD) and a proximal portion attachable to an aperture of the MRD. The sleeve accepts a non-imaged portion of a body portion inserted within the bore while the imaged portion protrudes from the distal end of sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: ASPECT IMAGING, LTD.
    Inventors: Shaul Bilu, Zahi Inbar, Amiel Raziel Greenberg, Eran Toledo
  • Patent number: 9307683
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an apparatus for reducing and constraining EMI (electronic magnetic radiation) emissions without affecting the internals of data storage system components. A baffle is attached to the exterior of the housing of a data storage system component by baffle mounts. The baffle is operable between a closed position, where the baffle blocks EMI emitted by connectors on the data storage system component, and an open position, where the connectors are not blocked allowing for servicing and cable management. The baffle may comprise an EMI absorbing material and be tuned to meet specific EMI requirements. The baffle mounts offsets the baffle from the data storage system component and the baffle includes a number of holes to allow airflow. The adjustable EMI baffling apparatus does not interfere with other mounted components while the data storage system component is mounted in a cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin B. Mortensen, Robert Harvey
  • Patent number: 9179538
    Abstract: Electronic components on a substrate may be shielded using electromagnetic shielding structures. Insulating materials may be used to provide structural support and to help prevent electrical shorting between conductive materials and the components. The shielding structures may include compartments formed using metal fences that surround selected components or by injection molding plastic. The shielding structures may be formed using metal foil wrapped over the components and the substrate. Electronic components may be tested using test posts or traces to identify components that are faulty. The test posts or traces may be deposited on the substrate and may be used to convey test signals between test equipment and the components. After successful testing, the test posts may be permanently shielded. Alternatively, temporary shielding structures may be used to allow testing of individual components before an electronic device is fully assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James H. Foster, James W. Bilanski, Amir Salehi, Ramamurthy Chandhrasekhar, Nicholas Unger Webb
  • Patent number: 9029714
    Abstract: An electromagnetically shielded enclosure that is portable and lightweight with a double perimeter entry seal. The electromagnetically shielded enclosure can be used for applications such as testing and security and can be scaled from a bench top unit to a large field deployed enclosure. The electromagnetically shielded enclosure has a novel entry seal that eliminates the electromagnetic leakage that is common around the entry areas of such enclosures. The entry seal of the electromagnetically shielded enclosure is made up of a door having a first perimeter closure material and a second perimeter closure material and an enclosure opening having a first perimeter closure and a second perimeter closure where the first perimeter closure material aligns with the first perimeter closure and the second perimeter closure material aligns with the second perimeter closure. This double perimeter entry seal provides for electromagnetic isolation within the electromagnetically shielded enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Select Fabricators, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary William Winch, Brian Donald Smith
  • Patent number: 8993899
    Abstract: Various systems of an electronic deice and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. In some embodiments, a routing assembly is provided that may not only route a cable along a circuit board, but that may also shield and electronic component or secure an electronic component to the circuit board. In some other embodiments, there is provided a mechanism for electrically coupling two components of an electronic device that may also be visually appealing in the context of other portions of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shayan Malek, Benjamin J. Pope, Daniel W. Jarvis, Tang Yew Tan, Richard H. Dinh, Robert J. Steinfeld, Ramachandran Chundru
  • Patent number: 8981238
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a base body, which has a top side and also an underside lying opposite the top side. The base body has connection locations at its underside. An electronic component is arranged at the base body at the top side of the base body. The base body has at least one side area having at least one point of inspection having a first region and second region. The second region is embodied as an indentation in the first region. The first and the second region contain different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Osram Opto Semiconductor GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Zitzlsperger, Stefan Grötsch
  • Patent number: 8964385
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided in one example embodiment and includes a faceplate having a plurality of slots arranged on a front portion of the faceplate, a top plate attached to a top portion of the faceplate, and a screen attached to the faceplate and the top plate. A channel may be disposed behind the faceplate and between a bottom surface of the top portion of the faceplate, a bottom surface of the top plate and a top surface of the screen. The screen may include a plurality of openings. In a specific embodiment, the apparatus may be removably attached to a removable line card of a switch. In a specific embodiment, air may be guided through the slots, by a fan operating behind the apparatus, along the channel and through the plurality of openings to one or more heat generating components on the line card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mandy Hin Lam, Phillip S. Ting, Susheela Nanjunda Rao Narasimhan
  • Patent number: 8952272
    Abstract: One embodiment of a molded shield can include a cavity to conform to and receive an electrical component, a slit to conform to and receive a metal frame and a metal layer coupled to the top and lateral sides of the molded shield. In one embodiment, the molded shield can be formed from silicon and can include material to enhance electrical conductivity. The molded shield can couple to the metal frame which in turn can be coupled to ground with the resulting configuration acting to reduce electrical emissions. The molded shield can transfer heat away from the electrical component through conduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shayan Malek, Scott A. Myers, Michael B. Wittenberg
  • Publication number: 20150034379
    Abstract: A cable magnet ring of adjustable length and able to include anti-EMI magnets of different strengths includes a bracket and a number of pairs of magnetic blocks. The bracket includes a first connecting member and a second connecting member detachably mounted to the first connecting member. The magnetic blocks are detachably received in the first and second connecting members. The first connecting member is movable relative to the second connecting member, to adjust a length of the bracket. Through holes for receiving a cable are defined in the shape of each pair of magnetic blocks, in the first connecting member, and in the second connecting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: FENG GU, QIANG CHAI
  • Publication number: 20150027772
    Abstract: An electromagnetic shielding tool that includes a metallic cloth and two bracket body portions. The two bracket body portions each include two elongated portions and a coupling portion, and respectively hold a first outer edge portion and a second outer edge portion on the side opposite to the first outer edge portion among four outer edge portions of the metallic cloth so as to form a ring that surrounds the periphery of electrical wires. The two elongated portions are made of a conductive material, are joined to the metallic cloth in the state of being arranged in series along an outer edge portion of the metallic cloth, and form a ring shape due to being combined with each other on two sides of the electrical wires. The coupling portion couples end portions of the two elongated portions to each other and holds the two elongated portions in the ring shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Hashimoto, Kouji Fukumoto, Toshiya Hirooka, Akihiro Nagafuchi, Hiroyuki Matsuoka, Takuya Tate
  • Patent number: 8929087
    Abstract: An electromagnetic shield for a storage device comprising a printed circuit board (PCBA) defining a plated through hole defining a generally cylindrical plated surface. The electromagnetic shield may comprise a top surface and sides oriented generally perpendicular to the top surface. One or more of the sides comprise a press-fit connector configured for removable insertion in the plated through hole. The press-fit connector may comprise at least one resilient member defining a longitudinal axis and configured to resiliently bow out in a direction generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis during insertion and press against the plated surface of the through hole to displace plating material formed thereon to form a gas-tight seal between the at least one resilient member and the plated surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce A. Cariker
  • Patent number: 8921711
    Abstract: Leakage of electromagnetic noise from a wiring substrate is suppressed. A wiring substrate (1) includes a multilayered wiring layer, a structure (8) of a conductor, and an electromagnetic wave absorber (5). An electronic component (2) which is an example of an electromagnetic noise generation source is mounted on the wiring substrate (1). The electronic component (2) has a high-frequency circuit. The structure (8) is formed using the multilayered wiring layer, and is arranged so as to enclose the electronic component (2) in plan view with an opening (4) in the enclosure. The electromagnetic wave absorber (5) is arranged so as to cover the opening (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hisashi Ishida
  • Patent number: 8913395
    Abstract: This is directed to connecting two or more elements using an intermediate element constructed from a material that changes between states. An electronic device can include one or more components constructed by connecting several elements. To provide a connection having a reduced or small size or cross-section and construct a component having high tolerances, a material can be provided in a first state in which it flows between the elements before changing to a second state in which it adheres to the elements and provides a structurally sound connection. For example, a plastic can be molded between the elements. As another example, a composite material can be brazed between the elements. In some cases, internal surfaces of the elements can include one or more features for enhancing a bond between the elements and the material providing the interface between the elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Scott Myers, Mattia Pascolini, Richard Dinh, Trent Weber, Robert Schlub, Josh Nickel, Robert Hill, Nanbo Jin, Tang Tan
  • Patent number: 8890004
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a cage having an upper wall, a lower wall, and side walls that extend from the upper wall to the lower wall. The side walls have exterior sides. The cage includes an interior cavity and a divider that extends between the side walls and divides the interior cavity into at least two internal compartments. The cage includes a front end that is open to the internal compartments. The side walls have front edges at the front end. The internal compartments are configured to receive pluggable modules therein through the front end. An electromagnetic interference (EMI) cover is mounted to the divider such that the EMI cover is engaged with and electrically connected to the divider. The EMI cover includes a flap that wraps around the front edge of a corresponding side wall. The flap overlaps and engages the exterior side of the corresponding side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Evan Charles Wickes, Michael Warren Fogg, Steven David Dunwoody, Richard James Long