Display Device With Housing Structure Patents (Class 345/905)
  • Patent number: 12245389
    Abstract: A display apparatus including a display and a supporter. The supporter being mounted on the display and configured to support the display and rotate the display module between a first position and a second position. The supporter including a drive motor, a first gear, and a detection sensor. The drive motor configured to supply a driving force to rotate the display. The first gear configured to rotate together with the display by receiving the driving force from the drive motor. The detection sensor configured to detect a rotation amount of a second gear configured to rotate in with the first gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Yong Choi, Young Chul Kim, Ji Su Kim, Hun Sung Kim, Sung Yong Park, Jin Soo Shin, Dae Sik Yoon, Yong Yeon Hwang
  • Patent number: 12225683
    Abstract: A thermal module for being disposed in an electronic device comprises a driving device and at least one thermal device. The driving device includes a driving member and a driven member which are connected together, wherein the driving member is adapted to drive the driven member to operate. The at least one thermal device includes a fan, wherein two opposite ends of the fan respectively have a mating portion and a connecting portion. The mating portion is adapted to be connected to the driven member, so that the driving member drives the driven member to drive the fan to rotate. The connecting portion of the fan is adapted to be connected to the mating portion of a fan of another thermal device, so that when the driving member drives the fan to rotate, the fan drives the fan of the another thermal device to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ALPHA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventor: Tzu-Chih Lin
  • Patent number: 12222753
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device. The display device of the present disclosure may include: a display panel; a frame positioned behind the display panel; a back cover covering a rear of the frame and having a hole; and an articulated connector coupled to the frame through the hole of the back cover, wherein the articulated connector may include: a cable reel on which a cable is wound, the cable reel spaced from a boundary of the hole to an inside of the hole; an inner cover covering a rear of the cable reel and fixed to the cable reel; and an outer cover positioned between a perimeter of the inner cover and the boundary of the hole of the back cover and coupled to the inner cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sanghoon Kim, Kangyeung Lee
  • Patent number: 12216490
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device. The display device of the present disclosure may include: a display panel; a frame positioned behind the display panel; a back cover covering a rear of the frame and having a hole; and an articulated connector coupled to the frame through the hole of the back cover, wherein the articulated connector may include: a cable reel on which a cable is wound, the cable reel spaced from a boundary of the hole to an inside of the hole; an inner cover covering a rear of the cable reel and fixed to the cable reel; and an outer cover positioned between a perimeter of the inner cover and the boundary of the hole of the back cover and coupled to the inner cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sanghoon Kim, Kangyeung Lee
  • Patent number: 12164337
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a first surface which displays images and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a supporter disposed on the second surface of the display panel, a roller to which a first end of the display panel and a first end of the supporter are connected and on which the display panel and the supporter are wound, a first case to which a second end of the display panel opposite to the first end of the display panel is connected, a second case which is disposed on the first case and to which an end of the roller is connected, and an elasticity member connected between the first case and the second case, where the second case and the first case at least partly overlap each other and slide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jun Lee, Jin Hwan Choi, Beom Jin Kim, Tae Woong Kim, Jae Ho Ahn
  • Patent number: 12159188
    Abstract: Devices for improving user-interface (UI) controls in an imaging device are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, such imaging devices include a housing having an internal cavity and a window where a flange portion extending around some portion of the window includes touch-enabled UI controls positioned on an exterior surface. On a correspondingly opposite (interior) surface of the flange portion there exists a printed circuit board (PCB) with touch-sensors that correspond to the UI controls. To increase the efficacy of the touch-controls, a spring element is positioned behind the PCB to bias the PCB towards the rear surface of the interior surface of the flange portion and reduce and/or eliminate an air gap between said surface and the sensor(s) and/or the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Darran Michael Handshaw, Yuly Mitelman, Mark Drzymala, Edward Barkan
  • Patent number: 12153467
    Abstract: Provided is a port replicator including: a body having an opening; a terminal accommodated in the body and exposed from the opening; a shaft provided in the body; a retainer that rotatably holds the body about a rotation axis of the shaft; and one or more elastic bodies attached to the body and pressing the body in a predetermined rotation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Shino, Akira Iwamoto, Shinji Fujita
  • Patent number: 12106687
    Abstract: Display assemblies are provided. One or more electronic display subassemblies are mounted to a framework at an elevated position. An unobstructed zone is located below each of the electronic display subassemblies and within the framework. Electronic components are provided within a base portion of the framework. A panel may extend above each of the electronic display subassemblies and within the framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
    Inventors: William Dunn, Mike Brown
  • Patent number: 12096580
    Abstract: A waterproof electronic device includes a shell, a first electronic module, a second electronic module, and a flexible printed circuit FPC. A first compartment and a second compartment which are in communication with each other through a through hole are formed in the shell. The through hole is used for the FPC to pass through. The first and second electronic module are arranged in the first and second compartment respectively. The first electronic module is coupled to the second electronic module by the FPC which passes through the through hole. An opening in communication with the through hole is provided on the shell. A magnetic colloidal structure is arranged in the through hole, where the magnetic colloidal structure seals the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Honor Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiujuan Yang, Wenhao Wang, Mingchuan Li
  • Patent number: 12051350
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display including a main area, a first sub area extending in a first direction, and a second sub area extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a display driver integrated circuit (IC) for scanning a scan signal and a data voltage to the display, and a processor operatively connected to the display and the display driver IC, wherein the processor is configured to control the display driver IC to supply the scan signal to at least some areas among the main area, the first sub area, and the second sub area of the display, to control the display driver IC to partially scan a data voltage to an area in which a screen is to be displayed among the main area, the first sub area, and the second sub area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moonsun Kim, Hyoungtak Cho, Dahee Kim, Sukdong Kim, Soohyun Seo, Wonkyu Sung, Yeonggyu Yoon, Changhan Lee, Hyunju Hong
  • Patent number: 12039894
    Abstract: Display assemblies are provided. One or more electronic display subassemblies are mounted to a framework at an elevated position. An unobstructed zone is located below each of the electronic display subassemblies and within said framework. Wiring and electronic components may extend along some of the framework and may be covered by cladding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Manufacturing Resources International, Inc.
    Inventors: William Dunn, Mike Brown
  • Patent number: 11994685
    Abstract: A head-mounted display system includes a positioning and stabilising structure structured and arranged to hold a display unit in an operational position over a user's face in use and an interfacing structure for the display unit constructed and arranged to be in opposing relation with the user's face. The interfacing structure comprises a substantially continuous face engaging surface adapted to contact the user's face around a periphery of the user's eyes. The interfacing structure comprises silicone. The interfacing structure is configured and arranged such that force applied to the user's face is distributed around the periphery thereof. The interfacing structure comprises a first compliance at a first region and a second compliance at a second region, wherein the first region and the second region are configured around the periphery of the interfacing structure to allow selective distribution of the force onto the user's face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Ian Andrew Law, Aaron Samuel Davidson, Stewart Joseph Wagner
  • Patent number: 11981272
    Abstract: An exterior member that includes a housing in which a cable is to be housed; a first projection that is formed on an inner peripheral surface of the housing and that is formed so as to protrude toward an inside of the housing from the inner peripheral surface of the housing; and a first radiation film that covers a surface of the first projection and that has a higher emissivity than the surface of the first projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuyuki Saito
  • Patent number: 11971752
    Abstract: A computing device is described that includes a display assembly, a base assembly, and a main hinge to enable the display assembly to be closed against the base assembly, and to enable the display assembly to be opened apart from the base assembly. The display assembly includes a main display portion that overlaps the base assembly when the display assembly is closed against the base assembly and a peripheral display portion that extends past an edge of the base assembly. The computing device includes a display folding assembly to bend the peripheral display portion into a concealed position in response to the display assembly being closed against the base assembly, and to deploy the peripheral display portion into a viewable position in response to the display assembly being opened apart from the base assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Derek Kyle Joseph Kanas
  • Patent number: 11960334
    Abstract: Cable assemblies for providing electrical communication between hinged sections of an electronic device are described. The cable assemblies can include a cover that covers one or more cables that run through a hinge region of the electronic device. The cable and cover can be drawn over a mandrel of the hinge region. The cover and the portions of the mandrel can be visible to a user at the hinge region of the electronic device. The cover can be sufficiently rigid to guide a path of the cable and protect the cable from bending beyond a prescribed angle during rotation of the electronic device at the hinge region. The cover can also be sufficiently rigid to prevent ceasing or folding of the cover and the cable during rotation of the electronic device at the hinge region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Mikael M. Silvanto, Bartley K. Andre, Adam T. Garelli, Simon Regis Louis Lancaster-Larocque, Robert Y. Cao, Dinesh C. Mathew, Jacob S. Kononiuk, Robert J. Lockwood, Bryan W. Posner, Kevin M. Keeler, Bruce E. Berg, Yi-Chen Kuo, Kevin M. Robinson, Houtan R. Farahani
  • Patent number: 11951836
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle instrument panel, including: a plurality of displays; a cover glass covering the plurality of displays; and a first frame of a metal material that supports the plurality of displays by being press-fitted to the cover glass with the plurality of displays interposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyungpil Kang, Yongjoon Sohn
  • Patent number: 11914241
    Abstract: A high-brightness liquid crystal display device includes a display module; a temperature controller abutting a back surface of the display module, a first ventilation channel being formed in the temperature controller; and fans disposed on the display module in correspondence to the first ventilation channel of the temperature controller. The fans form an airflow that flows through the first ventilation channel, to adjust the temperature of the display module. According to the present invention, the temperature controller abuts the back surface of the display module to implement temperature control on the back surface of the display module. The back surface of the display module is a lamp panel, and the temperature controller abuts the lamp panel. The airflow formed by the fans quickly reduces and increases the temperature of the lamp panel, thereby ensuring that the lamp panel works at an appropriate environmental temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Keewin Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qianzhong Zhang, Wen Li, Feng Zhou
  • Patent number: 11903153
    Abstract: A display assembly for an imaging device including a display panel, a display, a first control unit, a second control unit and a thermally insulating layer, and a housing. The thermally insulating layer divides the housing in at least a first cavity including the first control unit and a second cavity including the second control unit. The thermally insulating layer preventing heat generated in the first cavity or the second cavity from reaching the other cavity and including an electrically conductive material to at least partially shield electromagnetic radiation generated in the first or the second cavity from reaching the other cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Ficosa Adas, S.L.U.
    Inventors: Daniel Abad Garcia, Xavier Armengol
  • Patent number: 11886251
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first body, a second body rotatably connected to the first body, and a flexible body. The flexible body includes a fixed part fixed to a surface of the first body, and a movable part disposed at the first body and capable of moving to protrude from at least one side of the first body or be accommodated at the first body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventor: Jia Liu
  • Patent number: 11871531
    Abstract: A computer device and a host module thereof are provided. The host module includes a case, a motherboard, and a power supply unit. The case includes a first side plate, a second side plate, a front panel, a rear panel, and a separation structure. The rear panel is located on an opposite side of the front panel. The first side plate, the second side plate, the front panel, and the rear panel enclose an internal space. The separation structure is located in the internal space, extends from the first side plate to the second side plate, and divides the internal space into a first part and a second part. The second part is located under the first part. The motherboard is disposed in the first part. The power supply unit is disposed in the second part, and is electrically connected to the motherboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yung-Hsiang Chen, Marco Da Ros, Li-Wei Hung, Li-Hsiang Chiu
  • Patent number: 11843598
    Abstract: A foldable device includes: a display; a touch panel configured to detect a touch input; a sensing interface configured to detect an angle of the foldable device; and a controller configured to activate the display unit when the angle detected by the sensing unit as the foldable device is unfolded is equal to or greater than a first angle, and activate the touch panel when the angle detected by the sensing unit is equal to or greater than a second angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dae-myung Kim
  • Patent number: 11839039
    Abstract: A rollable display device includes: a soft display panel; a main roller for winding or unwinding the soft display panel; an actuator coupled to the soft display panel to ascend and descend the soft display panel; a housing having the main roller mounted therein, wherein an opening extending in a first direction is defined in a top of the housing to retract and extend the soft display panel therethrough; and an elastic portion having one end coupled to a perimeter of the opening and protruding to cover at least a portion of the opening, wherein the elastic portion includes a rubber portion having a predetermined length along the first direction. The rollable display device may minimize exposure of an interior of the housing to prevent foreign substances from entering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dongkyoon Han, Kyungmin Jeong, Taesung Cha, Heegun Park, Hyeongjun Kwon
  • Patent number: 11829208
    Abstract: An information handling system display peripheral includes a peripheral camera in a cavity that extends out to capture visual images for communication through a cable to the display peripheral and from the display peripheral to the information handling system. The camera peripheral separates from the display peripheral with removal from the cavity and extension of the cable from a spool so that the camera peripheral can capture visual images from a variety of positions around the display peripheral, such as by resting on a support surface with feet that extend out from the camera peripheral or by coupling to a surface with an adhesive tape on a back side of the camera peripheral.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Ghee Beng Ooi, Surendran Ramachanthiran, Chih Hao Kao
  • Patent number: 11809226
    Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a display part having a first coupling part provided on the bottom part thereof; and a support member having, at the upper part thereof, a second coupling part slidably coupled to the first coupling part so as to support the bottom part of the display part at the lower part thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Sungmin Park
  • Patent number: 11797063
    Abstract: A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device comprises a main body, a flexible display, two pivoting modules and a central shaft. The flexible display is pivotably disposed on the main body. The pivoting modules are connected between the flexible display and the main body for pivotally connecting the flexible display to the main body. The central shaft penetrates through the pivoting modules along an axis. The flexible display gradually bends inward to form a curved surface along with the flexible display pivoting from a close status to an open status with respect to the main body about the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SYNCMOLD ENTERPRISE CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Hao Huang, Ching-Hui Yen, Chien-Cheng Yeh
  • Patent number: 11789102
    Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging device includes at least one magnetic shielding element, an electrical component and a coil arrangement including at least two coil rings. In an embodiment, the coil rings are arranged offset along a longitudinal direction of a patient receptacle and the coil arrangement is embodied to form a magnetic field in an inner volume surrounded partially by the coil rings and at least partially including the patient receptacle. Further, in an embodiment, the shielding element and the electrical component outside of the inner volume are arranged in the longitudinal direction centrally between the coil rings and the shielding element shields the electrical component from the magnetic field outside of the inner volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
    Inventor: Volker Model
  • Patent number: 11769945
    Abstract: An electronic device provided includes a host device and a display device. The host device includes a base shell and a handle, wherein the base shell has a first accommodating space and a fourth accommodating space. The handle has a second accommodating space and a third accommodating space. The electronic device further includes a first array antenna, a second array antenna, and a third array antenna. The first array antenna, the second array antenna, and the third array antenna are respectively arranged in three of the first accommodating space, the second accommodating space, the third accommodating space, and the fourth accommodating space, wherein the first array antenna, the second array antenna, and the third array antenna respectively have a first beam, a second beam, and a third beam facing a first axis. Accordingly, the electronic device provides stable connection quality and a higher transmission rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuo-Heng Cheng, Chia-Chun Kao
  • Patent number: 11765841
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a control panel for an apparatus, in particular for a domestic appliance. The control panel (10) comprises at least one front panel (12) including at least one cut-out (14). The control panel (10) comprises at least one inner panel (16) including a peripheral rabbet (18). Said peripheral rabbet (18) encloses at least partially the circumference of the inner panel (16), so that a smaller flat front portion and a bigger flat rear portion of said inner panel (16) are formed. The control panel (10) comprises at least one support frame (20) including at least one recess (22) at its front side. The support frame (20) is connected or connectable to the rear side of the front panel (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Jürgen Feser, Sebastian Boss, Klaus Winkelmann, Alessandro Parrella
  • Patent number: 11736643
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses methods and systems for managing multiple scan requests received at a multi-function device. The method includes receiving a scan request from a remote computing device of a remote user. Before executing the scan request, two conditions are checked. It is checked if document is present on a scanning platform of the multi-function device and further it is checked if one or more activities on a user interface of the multi-function device, are being performed. Based on the presence of the document on the scanning platform and the one or more activities on the user interface, the scan request received from the remote user is disallowed. This way, multiple scanned requests are managed at the multi-function device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Shankaranarayanan Thillainayagam, Sudhakar Navamani, Surendranath Narayanan Arunachalam, Umapathy Bomman
  • Patent number: 11729920
    Abstract: A display device including: a display panel configured to display an image; and a winder configured to fix a first end portion of the display panel thereinto, wherein the winder includes a first fixing portion including a first external surface which is curved, and a second fixing portion that includes a second external surface which is curved and that faces the first external surface, wherein the first end portion of the display panel may be interposed between the first external surface and the second external surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Sung Kim, Tae An Seo, Jung Hun Lee, Jin Hwan Choi
  • Patent number: 11698662
    Abstract: A foldable mechanism and a display device including the foldable mechanism are disclosed. The foldable mechanism includes a first folding hinge, a second folding hinge, a third folding hinge, a fourth folding hinge, a first casing, a second casing, a third casing, and a fourth casing. The foldable mechanism is multifunctional and has both inward bending and outward bending functions, so that the display device can operate in three display states: a tablet display state, a mobile phone display state, and a notebook display state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGYCO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenxu Xianyu, Zhuo Zhang, Zikang Feng
  • Patent number: 11686948
    Abstract: A head-mounted display system includes a positioning and stabilising structure structured and arranged to hold a display unit in an operational position over a user's face in use and an interfacing structure for the display unit constructed and arranged to be in opposing relation with the user's face. The interfacing structure comprises a substantially continuous face engaging surface adapted to contact the user's face around a periphery of the user's eyes. The interfacing structure comprises silicone. The interfacing structure is configured and arranged such that force applied to the user's face is distributed around the periphery thereof. The interfacing structure comprises a first compliance at a first region and a second compliance at a second region, wherein the first region and the second region are configured around the periphery of the interfacing structure to allow selective distribution of the force onto the user's face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ResMed Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Ian Andrew Law, Aaron Samuel Davidson, Stewart Joseph Wagner
  • Patent number: 11656661
    Abstract: Apparatuses and systems can mitigate the ingress of debris such as small foreign particles or fluids passing into a joint of an electronic device. Some aspects of the systems prevent particles from passing between a flexible cable and a mandrel surface used to limit bending of the cable. Other aspects provide particle relief features including gaps, grooves, or reduced-size sections of the mandrel so that particles can pass into them and thereby cause no damage or pass out of the electronic device. Another aspect provides a protective layer configured to limit pressure applied to the cable by particles or other contaminants. These apparatuses and systems can improve the life and durability of the mandrel and cable, thereby improving the reliability of operating the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Karan Bir, Adam T. Garelli, Bryan W. Posner, Denis H. Endisch, Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque
  • Patent number: 11656660
    Abstract: Cable assemblies for providing electrical communication between hinged sections of an electronic device are described. The cable assemblies can include a cover that covers one or more cables that run through a hinge region of the electronic device. The cable and cover can be drawn over a mandrel of the hinge region. The cover and the portions of the mandrel can be visible to a user at the hinge region of the electronic device. The cover can be sufficiently rigid to guide a path of the cable and protect the cable from bending beyond a prescribed angle during rotation of the electronic device at the hinge region. The cover can also be sufficiently rigid to prevent ceasing or folding of the cover and the cable during rotation of the electronic device at the hinge region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Mikael M. Silvanto, Bartley K. Andre, Adam T. Garelli, Simon Regis Louis Lancaster-Larocque, Robert Y. Cao, Dinesh C. Mathew, Jacob S. Kononiuk, Robert J. Lockwood, Bryan W. Posner, Kevin M. Keeler, Bruce E. Berg, Yi-Chen Kuo, Kevin M. Robinson, Houtan R. Farahani
  • Patent number: 11644613
    Abstract: The light source device includes a rear vessel, a light source substrate, a plurality of light-emitting diodes, a front cover, and a light diffuser. The rear vessel has a bottom plate and a first lower side plate connected to the bottom plate. The light source substrate is accommodated in the rear vessel. The plurality of light-emitting diodes is located over the light source substrate. The front cover has an upper plate and a first upper side plate connected to the upper plate, is located over the rear vessel, and accommodates the rear vessel. The light diffuser is accommodated in the front cover, is located over the plurality of light-emitting diodes, and is spaced away from the plurality of light-emitting diodes. The first lower side plate and the first upper side plate each have a notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Rina Yamamoto, Ken Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11635788
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and a host device thereof, the mobile terminal comprising a display device and a host device, the host device including a body and a support assembly, and the body defining an accommodating groove; wherein the support assembly includes a first support piece and second support piece are rotatably connected to the body, and the support assembly has a folded state and an unfolded state; when the support assembly is in the folded state, the first support piece and the second support piece are accommodated within the accommodating groove; when the support assembly in the unfolded state, the first support piece and the second support piece are rotated out of the accommodating groove; the first support piece and the second support piece define a clamping groove, and when the display device is clamped in the clamping groove, the display device stands vertically or slantwise on the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jie Li
  • Patent number: 11601614
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display apparatus in which a plurality of accommodation grooves in which a plurality of cables connected to a display unit is standardized and accommodated is formed on a rear surface of the display unit and the plurality of accommodation grooves has a length in the same direction as a plurality of patterns formed on the rear surface of the display unit. The display apparatus includes a display unit in which a plurality of patterns having the same direction is formed on a rear surface thereof, a stand coupled to the display unit to support the display unit, a cable connection portion configured to connect a plurality of cables to the display unit, and accommodation grooves recessed on a rear surface of the display unit to have the same direction as the plurality of patterns and provided in a number corresponding to the plurality of cables such that the plurality of cables is accommodated therein, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Ho Lee, Jang Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11602063
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes: first and second casings; a frame movably assembled to the second casing; and a flexible display having first and second ends opposite to each other and first and second display areas. The second casing is movably assembled to the first casing to form a drawer configuration and slide relative to the first casing to switch between drawn-out and retracted states. The first end is connected to the first casing. The second end to the frame. In the retracted state, the flexible display is bent so the second display area is contained in the first and second casings. In a process from the retracted state to the drawn-out state, the second casing is drawn out from the first casing and drives the frame to move in the same direction to expand and flatten the second display area. A portable electronic device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Wen, Chun-Hsien Chen, Hui-Ping Sun, Yen-Chou Chueh
  • Patent number: 11547771
    Abstract: An apparatus includes, among other components, a frame adapted to be connected to the exterior surface of a device that has a touchscreen. A retractable cover is operatively connected to the frame. The size of the retractable cover is equal to at least the size of the touchscreen, and the retractable cover is positioned to extend so as to cover the touchscreen. At least one ultraviolet light is also operatively connected to the frame. The ultraviolet light is positioned to direct ultraviolet lighting toward the touchscreen when the retractable cover extends to cover the touchscreen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Seemit Praharaj, Douglas K. Herrmann, Chu-Heng Liu, Paul J. McConville, Jason M. LeFevre, Linn C. Hoover, David A. VanKouwenberg
  • Patent number: 11546988
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a printed circuit board attached to the display panel and including a ground potential supply terminal, a circuit, and a wiring pattern electrically coupling the ground potential supply terminal and the circuit, and a housing that contacts a coupling place provided to the wiring pattern and is attached to the printed circuit board through the coupling place. The wiring pattern includes a terminal wiring pattern electrically coupled with the ground potential supply terminal, a circuit wiring pattern branched from a branch part at a predetermined position on the terminal wiring pattern and electrically coupled with the circuit, and a housing wiring pattern branched from the branch part of the terminal wiring pattern and electrically coupled with the coupling place, and the circuit wiring pattern and the housing wiring pattern are uncoupled with each other at any place other than the branch part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Kohei Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 11540400
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device including a display apparatus. The display apparatus includes: a side frame; at least two display modules installed on the side frame and including a first display module and a second display module, display screens of the display modules facing a same direction; and a back housing installed on the side frame. An accommodation space is formed between the back housing and the side frame, the first display module is disposed in the accommodation space, a first surface of the back housing away from the display screen and a second surface of the second display module away from the display screen are located on a same plane and form an outer surface of the display apparatus away from the display screen, and the second display module is a display module other than the first display module among the at least two display modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: K-TRONICS (SUZHOU) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiuhe Zhou, Jun Li
  • Patent number: 11537168
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first display and a second display. The first display includes a first display body having a first side, a positioning recess located at the first side, and an engagement recess located in the positioning recess. The second display is detachably mounted at one side of the first display body, includes a second display body, a positioning protrusion, and a pendulum hook, and has a second side. The positioning protrusion is connected to the second side and has a cavity configured to accommodate the pendulum hook pivotally connected to the positioning protrusion and including an engagement protrusion. The positioning protrusion is inserted into the positioning recess. The second side contacts the first side. The engagement protrusion is configured to move out of the cavity and be engaged with the engagement recess or move away from the engagement recess and move back to the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Yi-Hsuan Yang, Wu-Chen Lee, Cheng-Nan Ling, Chia-Bo Chen
  • Patent number: 11462134
    Abstract: A flexible display device is provided, which includes a flexible display assembly, a housing, a scrolling assembly, and an optical assembly. A storage cavity is formed inside the housing. At least one scrolling assembly is fixed to the housing. The flexible display assembly is disposed on the housing and an extension portion of the flexible display assembly extends into the storage cavity above the scrolling assembly. The housing includes a first housing and a second housing that can slide relatively. The at least one scrolling assembly includes at least a hollow shaft, and the optical assembly is nested in the hollow shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhuo Zhang, Fang Wang, Wen Han, Zikang Feng
  • Patent number: 11455016
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods are disclosed for physical keyboards with multi-display computing devices. An example keyboard includes a plurality of keys and a translucent backplate having a first side and a second side. The example keyboard also includes a coating between the first side of the backplate and the plurality of keys, the coating to pass light to illuminate the plurality of keys, and the coating to obscure the plurality keys when viewed from the second side of the backplate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeff Ku, Tim Liu, Yihua Lai, Lance Lin, Gavin Sung
  • Patent number: 11455913
    Abstract: A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a display panel, a back cover which supports the display panel on a rear surface of the display panel, a plurality of flexible films which is electrically connected to one end of the display panel and is disposed on one surface of the back cover, a printed circuit board which is electrically connected to the plurality of flexible films and disposed on the one surface of the back cover, and a roller to which the display panel and the back cover are wound or unwound, and the roller includes a flat portion and a first curved portion and a second curved portion having different radii of curvature. Accordingly, the damage of the plurality of flexible films and the printed circuit board may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoiyong Kwon, JiHun Song
  • Patent number: 11409381
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joohoon Lee, Byunghoon Kang, Changbyung Park
  • Patent number: 11402866
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a backplane, a frame structure and a display device. The backplane provided in the present disclosure is secured to a middle frame in a display panel to form a frame structure of the display panel, the backplane including: a bottom plate and a skirt connected to edges of the bottom plate, wherein at least part of the skirt is provided with a clamping member for securing the backplane to the middle frame, the clamping member is provided with a dismounting structure for disengaging the clamping member from the skirt under an external force so that the backplane is separated from the middle frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: K-TRONICS (SUZHOU) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guangning Hao, Xiaojin Li, Liangbo Wang
  • Patent number: 11385679
    Abstract: A display device according to the present invention comprises: a display module curved in a forward-and-backward direction; a middle module curved to be coupled to a rear side of the display module; and a back module curved to be coupled to a rear side of the middle module, wherein the middle module comprises a plurality of coupling parts arranged spaced apart from each other along a curved direction of the middle module, the back module comprises a plurality of coupling counterparts, which are coupled to the plurality of coupling parts, respectively, and among the plurality of coupling parts and the plurality of coupling counterparts, one is a plurality of protrusion parts protruding in parallel with each other, and the other one is a plurality of hook parts which engage with the plurality of protrusion parts, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jonggil Pyo, Taegon Kim
  • Patent number: 11366265
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a display panel, a light guide plate arranged behind the display panel, a light guide member configured to guide light toward a rear surface of the light guide plate, the light guide member formed of a transparent material and arranged to have a front surface come in contact with the rear surface of the light guide plate, and a light source configured to supply light to the light guide member, wherein the light guide member includes a light guide portion having a width and a length longer than the width and configured to guide widthwise movement of light supplied from the light source and an exit portion protruding forward from the light guide portion to guide the light to be emitted toward the rear surface of the light guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Farid Mukhtarov, Dae Sik Kim, Yasuhiro Nishida
  • Patent number: 11360516
    Abstract: A device incorporating a keyboard (1) and a display (2), constituting two separate workspaces, with a third movable workspace integrated with the keyboard (1) and the display (2), constituting a work and navigation panel (3). The panel (3) is a touch panel. On the back of the display (2) the device is equipped with an additional screen (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: VEDACO SP. Z O.O.
    Inventors: Izabela Kierska, Andrzej Krzysztof Kierski