Housing Or Mounting Assemblies With Diverse Electrical Components Patents (Class 361/600)
  • Patent number: 11894935
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system comprising PoE apparatus including midspans, switches and routers that can provide high powered PoE connections that enable the recovery of DC power in sufficient quantities that allow it to be converted to AC power by way of an inverter. The invention also provides a method for providing AC power, data and light to office workstations using a single PoE connection. The invention further comprises a common mode signaling system that operates independently of any TCP/IP signal transmitted through an Ethernet connection wherein said signaling system is adapted to communicate with and control PoE powered devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Inventor: Norman Boemi
  • Patent number: 11854741
    Abstract: A seat plate assembly for fixing a capacitor on a circuit board, including a base plate, a first guard plate, a second guard plate, a third guard plate, a fourth guard plate, a first reinforcing rib and a second reinforcing rib. The first guard plate, the second guard plate, the third guard plate and the fourth guard plate are provided spaced apart on an upper end surface of the base plate in sequence. The first reinforcing rib is configured to connect the first guard plate with the second guard plate. The second reinforcing rib is configured to connect the third guard plate with the fourth guard plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: CAPXON ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Wanhong Zhang, Runshen Wang, Yizhu Lin, Wei Yan, Yang Du
  • Patent number: 11829202
    Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus with multiple screens includes a first screen and a second screen movably coupled to the first screen along an arcuate path to be received in the first screen or moved out of the first screen. The first screen and the second screen face a same side of the portable electronic apparatus. The second screen includes a base, a lifting mechanism disposed on the base, and a display unit. The display unit is disposed on the lifting mechanism to be driven by the lifting mechanism to be lifted or lowered relative to the base. When the second screen is moved out of the first screen and a step is provided between a display surface of the display unit and a display surface of the first screen, the display unit is adapted to be lifted relative to the base through the lifting mechanism to compensate the step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Hung-Chi Chen, Shun-Bin Chen, Huei-Ting Chuang, Pao-Ching Huang
  • Patent number: 11800688
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention discloses a heat dissipation structure and an electronic device including the heat dissipation structure, the heat dissipation structure comprising: at least one heat dissipation plate; at least one rigid plate which forms an opening in one area and is coupled to the upper portion of the at least one heat dissipation plate to support durability of the at least one heat dissipation plate; at least one heat pipe of which at least a portion is accommodated in the opening formed by the at least one rigid plate and is coupled to an area of the at least one heat dissipation plate that faces the at least one heat pipe; and at least one fixing tool which supports the fixing between the at least one heat dissipation plate and the at least one rigid plate. In addition, various embodiments identified through the specification are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haein Chung, Kyungha Koo, Seungjae Bae, Hyunjoong Yoon, Jaeho Chung, Yongwon Cho
  • Patent number: 11765492
    Abstract: A display apparatus may include: a display panel configured to display an image, a supporting member configured to support the display panel, a coupling member in the supporting member, and at least one sound-generating device coupled to the display panel by the coupling member, the at least one sound-generating device being configured to vibrate the display panel to generate sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kwangho Kim
  • Patent number: 11743655
    Abstract: A piezoelectric sound-generating component case that includes a case body for housing a vibrating plate and insert terminals that are provided in the case body for applying a voltage to the vibrating plate. The case body includes a bottom or base and a side wall that projects from the peripheral edge of the bottom. The case body is provided with an opening that opens on the leading end side, in the projection direction, of the side wall. The side wall has thick parts at least on the sides where the insert terminals are provided. In a plan view of the case body, the transverse direction width of the thick parts of the side wall is larger than the transverse direction width of the parts of the side wall that are adjacent to the thick parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuko Yokoi, Tadashi Okuzawa, Koji Yasojima, Ryuuji Morishita
  • Patent number: 11735778
    Abstract: In some examples, a high-energy-density battery pack device includes a circuit board and at least two casing structures mounted on the circuit board. In some examples, the high-energy-density battery pack device also includes at least two cells electrically connected in series or in parallel through the circuit board. In some examples, each cell of the at least two cells is positioned in a casing structure of the at least two casing structures. In some examples, the respective casing structure surrounds the respective cell with an opening on one end of the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: Honeywell Limited, AeroELT, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart Inkpen, Joshua Swamidas, Bill Conway, Dana Linfield, Ruth Abraham, Carl Weisser, Vic Weglarz
  • Patent number: 11690194
    Abstract: An electrical apparatus includes an electrical device that generates heat and a fan unit. A case of the electrical device includes a first opening and a second opening. A case of the fan unit includes a third opening and a fourth opening. The case of the electrical device and the case of the fan unit are configured such that a space sandwiched between a recess of the case of the electrical device and the support rail and a space sandwiched between a recess of the case of the fan unit and the support rail constitute an air flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kohei Arimoto
  • Patent number: 11683892
    Abstract: A display device, includes: a substrate including a display front portion, a display curved portion, a non-display curved portion, and a non-display rear portion; a display layer attached to the display front portion and the display curved portion; a member attached to an inner side of the substrate, and including articulations attached to an inner side of the non-display curved portion; and a window attached to an outer side of the display layer; wherein: the display layer is attached to an outer side of the substrate; at least a portion of the display curved portion forms a first generally curved surface; at least a portion of the non-display curved portion forms a second generally curved surface; the non-display rear portion forms a substantially flat surface; at least one of the articulations has a cross-sectional width that decreases in a direction away from the substrate; and at least one of the articulations contacts each other to form the second generally curved surface of the non-display curved porti
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sunho Kim, Hyun Kim, Juchan Park, Sun Hee Lee, Seonbeom Ji
  • Patent number: 11667205
    Abstract: An inductive charging unit for a vehicle includes a trough-shaped base support having a base surface and the base surface has laterally enclosing side walls where the base surface and the side walls form a trough. The charging unit further includes a top surface opposite the base surface and a primary coil for inductive coupling to a secondary coil associated with the vehicle, where the primary coil is disposed in the trough. A filling material is disposed in the trough and surrounds the primary coil so as to fix the primary coil mechanically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Detlef Helm, Josef Krammer, Florian Niedermeier
  • Patent number: 11641547
    Abstract: A sound box assembly for a display apparatus, includes: a housing defining a chamber therein, and a connecting part connected to the housing, and being configured to be connected with the display apparatus; and a loudspeaker arranged in the chamber of the housing, a sound-image center being disposed at a center position of the display apparatus when the loudspeaker playing sound. The loudspeaker includes a squawker arranged at a middle portion of the housing, a woofer and a tweeter. One of the woofer and the tweeter is arranged above the squawker and the other one of the woofer and the tweeter is arranged below the squawker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yihui Zhou, Fuyu Wang, Shihwei Lu
  • Patent number: 11641037
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery module including a plurality of batteries arranged sequentially in a length direction and a cushion pad disposed between two adjacent batteries in the length direction. The cushion pad can include a main body portion and an extending portion extending outwardly from an end surface of the main body portion in a height direction. The extending portion can include a pair of convex portions and a concave portion between the pair of convex portions. The design can ensure that the cushion pad does not exceed the corresponding surface of the battery in the height direction when pressed, and thus does not affect the flatness of the corresponding surface of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Shaozhen Chen, Lilei Su, Renwei Zheng, Zhiming Chen
  • Patent number: 11616205
    Abstract: A flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display panel configured to wind around a winding axis unit, and a cushion unit arranged on the flexible display panel, wherein the cushion unit is arranged on a surface of the flexible display panel facing a circumferential surface of the winding axis unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dongwook Choi
  • Patent number: 11594119
    Abstract: Methods and systems of providing a connection status of a battery powered end point device. One system includes an end point device associated with a facility. The end point device including a housing including a receiving portion and a lid portion and a boss protruding from an inner surface of the lid portion. The end point device also includes a switch associated with the receiving portion of the housing and an electronic processor communicatively coupled to the switch. The electronic processor is configured to monitor a current position of the switch. The electronic processor is also configured to, in response to determining that the current position of the switch is opened, determine a status of the end point device and provide a visual indication of the status of the end point device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Zurn Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Long L. Le, Keith C. Mercer, Adesola Adesope, Vipresh B. Jain, Arindam Chakraborty
  • Patent number: 11589491
    Abstract: An electronic component set includes a plurality of electronic components and a holding member that holds the plurality of electronic components. Each of the plurality of electronic components includes an identification unit. The plurality of electronic components are held by the holding member to allow an optical reader to read the identification unit of the each of the plurality of electronic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seita Takahashi, Tomoyuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11558980
    Abstract: A solid-state drive device includes a first module including a first region containing a volatile main memory device and a controller device and a second region containing a first nonvolatile memory device, a second module disposed on the first module and having a third region containing a second nonvolatile memory device, the second module being connected to the first module, and a heat dissipating member disposed on the second module as vertically juxtaposed with the first and second modules. The heat dissipating member has a protruding portion protruding toward the first module and in direct thermal contact with the first region, and a plate-shaped portion having a main surface in direct thermal contact with the third region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Chul Hur, Do Il Kong
  • Patent number: 11529995
    Abstract: A hollow-chamber profile for fastening a battery module in a vehicle includes a first side wall and a second side wall which lies opposite the first side wall, where the first side wall and the second side wall are connected to one another via a bottom wall. Additionally, the hollow-chamber profile has a top wall which lies opposite the bottom wall, where the top wall is designed to interact with at least one fastening device for fastening the battery module. The hollow-chamber profile has at least one intermediate wall which extends between the side walls from the top wall in the direction of the bottom wall, where a wall thickness of the at least one intermediate wall is dimensioned in such a way that the fastening device can be introduced at least partially into the wall thickness of the at least one intermediate wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Simon Haerle, Philip Raettich
  • Patent number: 11532499
    Abstract: Semiconductor processing apparatuses and methods are provided in which an electrostatic discharge (ESD) prevention layer is utilized to prevent or reduce ESD events from occurring between a semiconductor wafer and one or more components of the apparatuses. In some embodiments, a semiconductor processing apparatus includes a wafer handling structure that is configured to support a semiconductor wafer during processing of the semiconductor wafer. The apparatus further includes an ESD prevention layer on the wafer handling structure. The ESD prevention layer includes a first material and a second material, and the second material has an electrical conductivity that is greater than an electrical conductivity of the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsai-Hao Hung, Ping-Cheng Ko, Tzu-Yang Lin, Fang-Yu Liu, Cheng-Han Wu
  • Patent number: 11462793
    Abstract: The vehicle battery case structure includes a top plate and a bottom plate, a side plate provided around the bottom plate, a partition plate provided in a lattice shape on the top surface of the bottom plate to form a plurality of regions for accommodating the battery pack with the side plate, a slit portion into which the side plate and the partition plate can be inserted, and a fixing portion to which the top plate is fixed, and a fastening member bonded to the top surface of the bottom plate at the intersection of the side plate and the partition plate and at the intersection of the partition plates in a state in which at least one of the side plate and the partition plate is inserted into the slit portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ayaka Kagami, Yasuhide Matsuo
  • Patent number: 11432451
    Abstract: A work machine including: a tape feeder with taped lead components having multiple leads to supply the lead components in a state of being detached from the taped components extended to a supply position; a mounting head to mount the lead components supplied by the tape feeder onto a board; an imaging device; and a control device having an imaging section to image an identification object, the identification object being on the taped components and capable of identifying the polarity of each of the multiple leads, and a determination section to determine whether an actual polarity disposition, which is the polarity disposition of each of the multiple leads, and a set polarity disposition, which is the polarity disposition of each of the multiple leads set in advance, match each other based on image data obtained by imaging with the imaging section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Noriaki Iwaki
  • Patent number: 11424606
    Abstract: Example embodiments provide a device that includes a housing with a surface with a cable pass-through hole, and a plate mounted against a surface of the housing, such that the plate includes a base which is affixed to the housing surface, and a protruding portion which extends vertically from the base, and the protruding portion has a support element which protrudes in a horizontal direction with respect to the base so a cable may rest against the protruding portion while being passed through the cable pass-through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Biamp Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Charles D. Gollnick, Joshua Beltran, Mark Ureda, Rashid Skaf, Joseph E. Andrulis, Doug S. Wright
  • Patent number: 11327549
    Abstract: A system having multiple racks with a power supply unit (PSU) in each rack, and multiple grids including an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) in each grid to supply power to each PSU. A console determines an amount of wear levelling and an amount of workload to be supported by each UPS. The console configures each UPS based upon the determined amount of wear levelling and the determined amount of workload to be supported by the UPS. Furthermore, the console facilitates an adjustment of a power capping value in each PSU to conform with the configuration of each UPS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Smruti Ranjan Debata, Ravishankar Kanakapura Nanjundaswamy
  • Patent number: 11244842
    Abstract: An processing apparatus includes a first illumination portion and a first imaging portion. The first illumination portion irradiates ta second inner surface on an opposite side of a second outer surface and a third inner surface on an opposite side of a third outer surface via a first outer surface of the electronic component with irradiation light in a state where the electronic component is disposed on a first inspection position. The first imaging portion captures an image of a first internal corner portion formed by the second inner surface and the third inner surface, based on the first irradiation light emitted from the first outer surface after being specularly reflected on the second inner surface and the third inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: UENO SEIKI CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yotaro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 11217947
    Abstract: An intelligent power connecting device includes two connecting units to be connected and on-off units. The connecting units have conductor parts, insulation parts, and trigger units; the on-off units are electrically connected with the trigger units; delay units can be connected in series between the on-off units and the trigger units. A short circuit or electric leakage caused by instant electric conduction of the connector in a connecting process can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: ARGANGLE TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD
    Inventor: Gang Zhou
  • Patent number: 10990135
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic device having a component-protecting structure that may waterproof and dustproof components exposed to the outside of the electronic device. According to the present disclosure, since the protection cover is pivotably supported by the hinge structure, the protection cover may be prevented from being broken even when the user continuously opens and closes the protection cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: LSIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sang-Oh Joo
  • Patent number: 10985648
    Abstract: An apparatus for power monitoring and voltage suppression comprising a reference node, a first transformer, a second transformer, a third transformer, a resistive element, a ground fault indicator, a current detector, a power quality meter, and a meter power supply is provided. The transformers have first sides and secondary sides, with the secondary sides connected in series. The resistive element and the ground fault indicator are connected in parallel to the secondary sides of the transformers. The circuit connecting the secondary sides, the resistive element, and the ground fault indicator is not electrically connected to ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Applied Energy LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Princinsky, William Hinton
  • Patent number: 10955945
    Abstract: A peripheral device with accessory identification capability includes a device body and at least one accessory. The device body includes a processing unit disposed therein. The at least one accessory is releasably attached to the device body and selectively coupled to the processing unit. When the at least one accessory is attached to the device body and coupled to the processing unit, the processing unit identifies the at least one accessory and instructs at least one function of the device body to be performed, based on at least one identification code of the identified at least one accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignees: DEXIN ELECTRONIC LTD., DEXIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ho-Lung Lu, Shu-Sheng Chen
  • Patent number: 10729027
    Abstract: An engine control unit (ECU) includes a housing; a cover sealingly engaged with the housing so as to define an interior space; a circuit board disposed in the interior space; and a fastener coupling together the circuit board, the housing and the cover, the fastener serving to limit an amount of deflection of the housing relative to the housing. The circuit board and the cover are constructed and arranged to define an airflow path from an outer surface of the cover to the interior space. The airflow path allows for a leak test to be performed on the ECU, wherein upon an affirmative determination that results of the leak test shows no leaks in the ECU, sealant seals the airflow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies USA, LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Su, Kevin D Moore, Ravi Kiran Kothamasa, Leonardo Ramon Haoava Salazar
  • Patent number: 10705120
    Abstract: A testing system for electrical interconnects having a removable device under test printed circuit board (DUT PCB) that electrically connects with the electrical testing components of the system. A removable top plate is placed on top of the DUT PCB and is locked in place by a plurality of locking posts that selectively connect to cam surfaces in the top plate that pull the top plate down sandwiching the DUT PCB between the top plate and the electrical testing components of the system. An actuator is also presented that presses the device under test into the electrical interconnect at increments where tests are performed on one, some or all of the contact points of the electrical interconnect. This information is then analyzed and graphed to assist with determine the optimum force and/or height to use during actual use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: MODUS TEST, LLC
    Inventors: Lynwood Adams, Jack Lewis
  • Patent number: 10665495
    Abstract: A substrate attachment/detachment device which clamps and holds a substrate by means of first and second retaining members of a substrate holder, the device comprising a first holder retainer configured to hold the first retaining member in a first posture; and a second holder retainer configured to be movable in a linear manner toward and away from the first holder retainer, capable of holding the second retaining member in the first posture and a second posture which is substantially orthogonal to the first posture, configured to push the second retaining member against the first retaining member in the first posture to lock the first and second retaining members to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: EBARA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshio Yokoyama, Yoshitaka Mukaiyama, Takuya Tsushima
  • Patent number: 10660241
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for controlling a supply air temperature adjustment for a cooling unit to optimize operation of the cooling unit with respect to at least one of room air temperature and humidity requirements. The system uses a controller for implementing: a machine learning module configured to select which portion or portions of acquired data pertaining to operation of the cooling unit will be utilized; and a neural network model which uses information supplied by the machine learning module and learns an operational behavior of the cooling unit, and wherein the machine learning module performs supervised learning and regression for the neural network model, and wherein the neural network model uses information supplied by the machine learning module for generating an output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Vertiv Corporation
    Inventor: Craig A. Brunstetter
  • Patent number: 10651120
    Abstract: A display panel, a display module, and an electronic device are provided. The display panel includes a flexible substrate. The flexible substrate includes a bending portion, and a position of the bending portion corresponds to a position of a bending area of the display panel. The bending portion is provided with at least one buffer hole, and a buffer material is provided in the buffer hole and on a rear surface of the bending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chewen Tsai
  • Patent number: 10601245
    Abstract: A power redundant system includes a switch module, a power-supplying module and a control unit. The switch module includes switch units. Each switch unit switches a power as an input power. The power-supplying module includes power-supplying units. Each power-supplying unit is connected to a switch unit correspondingly and converts the input power into an output power and supplies the output power to a load. The control unit controls the switch units to switch one of input sources of the power as the input power. If one of the switch units or power-supplying units is not operational, an electric power supplied by the power-supplying units connected to the remaining switch units correspondingly is greater than or equal to an electric power required by the load. When one of the input sources is abnormal, the control unit controls the switch units to switch to another input source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Wu, Chien-Yu Lin, Chih-Chiang Chan
  • Patent number: 10579103
    Abstract: A flexible display is disclosed. The flexible display includes a substrate having a pixel array and a metal sheet disposed on the substrate and covering the pixel array. The metal sheet includes a groove that extends from one side to the other side of the metal sheet and has a predetermined depth. The groove includes at least one first groove extended in a first direction and at least one second groove extended in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongyoon Kim, Younyeol Yu, Haeyoon Jung
  • Patent number: 10580567
    Abstract: A coil component includes: a body including a magnetic material and a coil of which both ends are externally exposed; intermetallic compounds disposed on the exposed both ends of the coil; and external electrodes disposed on the body to cover the intermetallic compounds. The external electrodes include: conductive resin layers disposed on outer surfaces of the body to contact the exposed both ends of the coil and including base resins, a plurality of metal particles disposed in the base resins, and conductive connecting parts surrounding the plurality of metal particles and contacting the intermetallic compounds. The coil component further includes electrode layers disposed on the conductive resin layers and contacting the conductive connecting parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoon Hee Lee, Bon Seok Koo, Yeon Tae Kim, Chang Hak Choi, Jung Min Kim
  • Patent number: 10551570
    Abstract: A plug of a connector that performs optical transmission is provided with an optical connection unit. The optical connection unit includes a lens that is provided on a side surface of the optical connection unit and performs optical connection with a lens provided on an optical connection unit of a receptacle in a direction orthogonal to an inserting/removing direction of the plug, and a locating surface that is provided on the side surface of the optical connection unit and abuts on a locating surface of the receptacle to determine a position of the optical connection unit in a mating condition of the plug into the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akihiro Yodogawa, Hideki Kamitsuna, Ryo Nagase
  • Patent number: 10502375
    Abstract: A light fixture includes a circuit board having a plurality of light-emitting elements, and a plurality of collimators positioned adjacent the circuit board. Each of the collimators includes a first end positioned adjacent one of the light-emitting elements, a second end, and an interior wall extending between the first end and the second end. The wall is curved to internally reflect the light output of the associated light-emitting element and focus the light through the second end and provide a light distribution. The light fixture further includes a beam controlling optic positioned adjacent the second end of the plurality of collimators to modify the light output from the plurality of collimators to provide a modified light distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Connie Anna Steadman, Shawn Ard Wilcox
  • Patent number: 10506707
    Abstract: A flexible display device including; a base film; a display sheet formed over the base film; and a structural pattern formed below the base film for moving a neutral plane with respect to a bending stress applied to the display sheet to a layer having relatively low rupture point among the layers consisting of the display sheet. The neutral plane is moved to a layer having a relative low rupture point in a flexible display device by forming the structural patterns so that the bending stress applying to the layer having a relative low rupture point can be minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: LMS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jang Hee Cho, Chang Hyo Lee, Sung Sik Cho, Yong Il Kim, Joon Hwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 10503685
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a first tube, a case, a substrate, a memory, a controller, and a first layer. The case is connected to the first tube. The substrate includes a first portion inside the first tube. The first layer covers an inner face of the first tube, is interposed between the first portion and the first tube, and has a thermal conductivity higher than a thermal conductivity of the first tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Toshiba Memory Corporation
    Inventor: Masayuki Dohi
  • Patent number: 10488441
    Abstract: A printed circuit board includes a high voltage section, a high current conductor which is arranged in the high voltage section, and a low voltage section which is separated from the high voltage section. For this purpose, the low voltage section has shielding layers which shield the low voltage section from the high voltage section. A signal processing device is embedded between the shielding layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Stefan Dünsbier
  • Patent number: 10454273
    Abstract: A method for generating a net load forecast for a utility grid, the grid including intermittent distributed energy resources and loads, comprising: defining two or more load forecast zones, each zone being associated with a load profile type and a climate zone type; assigning each of the loads to one of the zones based on the load profile and climate zone types associated with the load; assigning each of the energy resources to at least one of the zones based on the climate zone type associated with the energy resource; for each zone, generating an electrical energy consumption forecast for loads, an electric power generation forecast for energy resources, and a net load forecast from the electrical energy consumption and electric power generation forecasts; combining the net load forecast for each zone to generate the net load forecast for the grid; and, presenting the net load forecast on a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: GREEN POWER LABS INC.
    Inventors: Alexandre Pavlovski, Dmitriy Anichkov
  • Patent number: 10372085
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate having a through-hole. The display device also includes a display unit formed on the substrate and surrounding the through-hole, and the display unit is configured to display an image and includes pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Nyeng Kang, Keum Nam Kim, Jong Hyun Choi
  • Patent number: 10368453
    Abstract: A housing for receiving electrical and/or electronic components includes a housing base part and a housing cover which covers the housing base part and which is supported on the housing base part and/or fastened to the housing base part at least by a spacer bolt. The housing cover has an opening. The spacer bolt is integrally or substance bonded to an edge of the opening and the spacer bolt closes the opening. An electronic control unit and a method for producing the housing or the control unit are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Gregory Drew
  • Patent number: 10347882
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus from which a battery is detachable is disclosed. A battery includes a first surface including a first end portion and a second end portion in a direction parallel to the first surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A battery accommodating part is configured to accommodate the battery with the first surface of the battery exposed from the battery accommodating part. A cover is configured to cover the battery in the battery accommodating part. A first restraint part is configured to restrain the first end portion from moving toward the cover and is covered with the cover. A second restraint part is configured to restrain the second end portion from moving toward the cover and is covered with the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Takahashi, Taisuke Imazu
  • Patent number: 10332704
    Abstract: An arc protection system for an electrical enclosure having an electrical component positioned in an interior thereof. The system includes two busbars and at least one arc routing device positioned in the interior and an arc containment device defining a cavity and including an electrode assembly positioned within the cavity, wherein the electrode assembly is electrically coupled to the two busbars. The system also includes at least one arc routing device having a first end proximate the electrical component and a second end proximate the arc containment device. The at least one arc routing device is operative to i) attract arc plasma generated during an arc event at the electrical component, and ii) transport the arc plasma to the arc containment device, wherein the arc containment device is configured to transfer electrical energy of the arc plasma to an exterior of the electrical enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Srinivas Naga Palvadi, Triloka Chander Tankala, Karthik Kondaveeti
  • Patent number: 10320959
    Abstract: Transparent structures for portions of electronic device housings are disclosed. The transparent structures are formed from multiple layers of transparent (optically clear) materials. The multiple layers can include at least an outer glass layer and one or more other transparent layers that can be either glass or polymer layers. The multiple layers can be bonded together with one or more lamination layers. Accordingly, multi-layer transparent structures that are formed from multiple layers bonded together are able to be not only thin but also sufficiently strong and resistant to damage. The multi-layer transparent structures are well suited for use in consumer products, such as consumer electronic devices (e.g., portable electronic devices).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Derek W. Wright, Justin R. Wodrich, Benjamin M. Rappoport
  • Patent number: 10314166
    Abstract: A printed wiring board for mounting a semiconductor element includes an insulating substrate, a first conductor structure on first side of the substrate, and a second conductor structure on second side of the substrate. The substrate has a first area and a second area outside the first area such that when a semiconductor element is mounted on the first side, the first area is directly below the element, the first structure has a first area conductor structure in the first area and a second area conductor structure in the second area, and the first structure is formed such that first ratio is set greater than second ratio, where the first ratio is obtained by dividing volume of the first area structure by area of the first area structure, and the second ratio is obtained by dividing volume of the second area structure by area of the second area structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuhisa Kuroda, Hirofumi Futamura
  • Patent number: 10248601
    Abstract: A system includes at least one industrial control and automation field device and a remote terminal unit (RTU). The RTU includes input/output (I/O) terminals configured to be coupled to the field devices. The RTU also includes one or more I/O modules having one or more reconfigurable I/O channels configured to be coupled to the I/O terminals. Each reconfigurable I/O channel is configurable as an analog input, an analog input supporting digital communication, an analog output, an analog output supporting digital communication, a digital input, a digital output, and a pulse accumulator input. The RTU further includes at least one processing device configured to control a configuration of each of the one or more reconfigurable I/O channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Paul F. McLaughlin, David A. Eisner, Jason T. Urso
  • Patent number: 10242816
    Abstract: A control board drivers with polycarbonate membrane that includes drivers with an adhesive polycarbonate membrane and electronic circuits, with an opening for passing a connection FLET between the membrane and a SLAVE module, and a five-way cable projecting from the SLAVE module. The five-way cable has two data communication wires, two feeding wires and one spare wire that connects the SLAVE module and a MASTER module. The adhesive membrane, along with the SLAVE module and the MASTER module, allow for the replacement of all components (drivers) in an electric control board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Inventor: Fábio Landi Da Costa
  • Patent number: 10242802
    Abstract: An electronic component body includes an internal electrode that is partially extended to a surface of the electronic component body and is connected to an external electrode including a conductive material-containing resin layer including a conductive material and a resin layer and a plated layer covering the conductive material-containing resin layer. The conductive material-containing resin layer includes metal particles as the conductive material, and the plated layer extends from the surface of the conductive material-containing resin layer into the conductive material-containing resin layer such that the plated layer coats at least some of the metal particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kota Zenzai