Computer Related Housing Or Mounting Assemblies Patents (Class 361/679.02)
  • Patent number: 11829207
    Abstract: A hinge includes a base frame, a support frame and a transmitting mechanism. The base frame includes front and rear ends. The transmitting mechanism includes a first sliding plate, a second sliding plate and a transmitting assembly. The first and second sliding plates are connected with and slidable relative to the base frame in a front-rear direction. The transmitting assembly includes a rotating axle unit and a linkage unit. The rotating axle unit is movable with the support frame to cause sliding movements of the first and second sliding plates and a pivoting of the linkage unit relative to the base frame so as to shift the first and second sliding plates between retracted and projecting states.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: FOSITEK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Han Lin, Yung-Chih Tseng
  • Patent number: 11824292
    Abstract: A connector consisting of a body, a first slot, a second slot, a first terminal, and a second terminal is disclosed. The first slot is provided on the body to receive a first printed circuit board (PCB). The second slot is provided on the body to receive a second PCB. The first slot and the second slot are separate and distinct slots. When the first PCB and the second PCB are received in the first slot and the second slot, respectively, the first terminal electrically connects the first PCB and the second PCB, and the second terminal connects to only the second PCB. Providing the first slot on the connector allows adding expansion cards, control cards, and the like to enhance functionality of computing systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Jung Chen, Hou-Hsien Chang
  • Patent number: 11822505
    Abstract: A computing system includes a processing unit and a network device. The processing unit includes a first baseboard management controller (BMC), an external network interface coupled to the first BMC, and a first internal network interface coupled to the first BMC. The network device includes a second BMC and a second internal network interface coupled to the second BMC. The second internal network interface of the network device is connected to the first internal network interface of the processing unit. The first BMC is configured to transfer data between an external network and the second BMC via (i) the external network interface, (ii) the first internal network interface, and (iii) the second internal network interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Wei-Hung Lin, Yen-Ping Tung
  • Patent number: 11718179
    Abstract: A system is provided for streaming media content in a vehicle. The system includes a personal media streaming appliance system configured to connect to a media delivery system and receive media content from the media delivery system at least via a cellular network. The personal media streaming appliance system operates to transmit a media signal representative to the received media content to a vehicle media playback system so that the vehicle media playback system operates to play the media content in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Mats Barvesten, Johan Oskarsson, Andreas Cedborg, Björn Nilsson
  • Patent number: 11702866
    Abstract: A support assembly for displaying a portable article having a frame to engage the portable article and a blocking assembly configured with a plurality of arms to maintain the portable article in a display position on the frame. One of the arms is part of a first component. At least a first connector on the first component and at least a first connector on the frame are configured so that the first component can be moved in a first direction: a) from a pre-assembly position, spaced from the frame, towards the frame; and b) into an operative position to thereby cause the at least first connector on the first component to engage the at least first connector on the frame. In the operative position, the first component is substantially blocked from translating relative to the frame in a direction transversely to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Se-Kure Controls, Inc.
    Inventors: Lazaro Fraiman, John W. Manser, David M. Adams
  • Patent number: 11700700
    Abstract: A latching apparatus has a first component and a second component. The first component is made of a first material and includes a distal end, a proximal end, and an indention between the distal end the proximal end. The distal end includes a mating tab, whereas the proximal end includes a flange member for fixing the first component to a lid of a housing. The second component is made of a second material and is coupled to the mating tab. The second component includes a receiving element for engaging with a securing element of the housing. The latching element includes a pressing region formed in one of the first component and the second component between the indention and the receiving element. The first material has a higher flexibility that the second material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER, INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Jung Chen, Hou-Hsien Chang
  • Patent number: 11672089
    Abstract: Support systems for electronic devices such as display screens are described and have support connector portions configured to connect to support devices such as adjustable mount supports. The support devices have magnetic elements, and the display devices have magnetic sensors configured to detect the magnetic fields emitted from the support devices. A relationship between the magnetic fields detected and target magnetic field values is determined to provide an output signal or indicator of the propriety of the support device used or the propriety of its connection to the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Simon S. Lee
  • Patent number: 11653470
    Abstract: A tool-free support mounting structure is provided, including a base, a handle, and a support. The handle and the support are slidably connected along a first direction; the support and the base are clamped through a limiting slot and a limiting bulge; a slot width direction of the limiting slot is consistent with the first direction, and a slot depth direction is a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; when the limiting bulge is embedded in the limiting slot, the handle and the base are clamped through a fixing slot taking a slot depth direction as the first direction, and a fixing bulge; and an opening used for guiding the fixing bulge to enter, along the second direction, is formed in a notch of the fixing slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: INSPUR SUZHOU INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng Zhang, Zhanlin Niu
  • Patent number: 11624945
    Abstract: A display device includes: a panel including a display screen and a side face that extends along a periphery of the display screen; a backlight located on a side of the panel opposite to the display screen to radiate light on the panel; a case, for containing the backlight, including a bottom that faces the panel with the backlight in between and a side wall that stands at a periphery of the bottom and faces the side face of the panel; and a combining member provided between the side face of the panel and the side wall to combine the panel and the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Ken Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 11620923
    Abstract: A display device including a substrate; a first electrode on the substrate; a partitioning wall on the first electrode that includes a first opening that overlaps the first electrode; a touch detection electrode on the partitioning wall; a low refractive layer on the partitioning wall and the touch detection electrode, the low refractive layer including a second opening that overlaps the first opening; and a high refractive layer on the low refractive layer. Planar shapes of the first opening and the second opening are polygons, each including a series of sides, and a distance between one side of the first opening and the second opening is different than another side of the first opening and the second opening in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kang Wook Heo, Beohm Rock Choi, Hae Young Yun, Jung-Hyun Cho, Won Hak Choi
  • Patent number: 11573615
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed of a power delivery module that includes a power delivery board rotatable about a first axis between a first orientation and a second orientation. A first pair of electrical contacts, one positive and one negative, is on a first side of the board, and a second pair of electrical contacts, one positive and one negative, is on a second side of the board. The second positive contact is directly opposite the first negative contact and the second negative contact is directly opposite the first positive contact. A clip module is coupled to the power delivery board and includes a pair of power clips to engage with and electrically couple to the first or the second pairs of contacts. The clip module is rotatable about a second axis parallel to and spaced apart from the first axis between a first position where the power clips engage the first pair of contacts and a second position where the power clips engage the second pair of contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventor: Tianyi Gao
  • Patent number: 11545318
    Abstract: A keyboard having a total recycled and renewable content of equal to or greater than 35 wt. %, based on the total weight of the keyboard is described. The keyboard contains a key cap containing a mechanically recycled polycarbonate polymer or a chemically recycled cellulose based polymer, a pair of cross arms forming a scissor-shaped structure containing a polymeric composition containing 60 wt. % to 100 wt. % of a polyoxymethylene polymer, and 0 wt. % to 40 wt. % of a filler containing glass, and a back light module containing a renewably source polycarbonate polymer or a chemically recycled polyester polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. Abbatiello, Xinhua Tian
  • Patent number: 11540404
    Abstract: A supporting structure includes a supporting structure body and a fixing member fixedly connected to the supporting structure body. The supporting structure body is located in a gap inside a bending part of a bending structure of a display apparatus, a first end of the bending structure is fixedly connected to a front surface of a display panel in the display apparatus, a second end of the bending structure is located on a back of the display panel, and the first end and the second end are opposite ends. The display apparatus further includes a housing at least wrapping the bending part of the bending structure, and the fixing member is fixedly connected to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Baofeng Sun, Shangchieh Chu, Yonghong Zhou, Xiaofei Luo, Yanyan Yang
  • Patent number: 11531370
    Abstract: A tool insertion structure and an electronic device are provided. The tool insertion structure includes a base, a body and an elastic element. The body includes a sleeve portion having an insertion space for a tool. The body is movable between a first position and a second position and relative to the base. The elastic element is connected to the base and the body to provide a force for moving the body from the second position to the first position. The size of the insertion space varies as the body moves between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Qisda Corporation
    Inventor: Han-Hsiang Liao
  • Patent number: 11510335
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for providing a blanking panel. One embodiment includes a blanking panel for an information technology (IT) rack. The IT rack may have a width for receiving hardware into a rack space unit. The IT rack may have a plurality of vertical mounting beams that define the width. The blanking panel may include a cover that is sized and shaped to cover a front portion of the rack space unit on the IT rack and a plurality of rack connectors that connect the blanking panel to the plurality of vertical mounting beams. In some embodiments, the blanking panel includes a rotating pin, where at least one of the plurality of rack connectors is rotatably connected to permit rotation of the rotating pin around a second axis and where the rotating pin includes a pivot joint, to permit the rotating pin to rotate around a first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventor: Abdullah Saleh Alharbi
  • Patent number: 11490539
    Abstract: An expansion card frame is configured to be mount on a casing of a server chassis and is configured for installations of a riser card and an expansion card. The expansion card frame includes a side plate and a top plate. The side plate is configured for the installation of the riser card. The riser card is configured for an insertion of the expansion card. The top plate is connected to a side of the side plate and configured to cover the riser card. The top plate has at least one assembling structure, and the at least one assembling structure of the top plate is configured to be assembled with at least one assembling structure of an assembling frame so that the top plate, the side plate, and the assembling frame together form an accommodation space for accommodating a disk drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignees: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shuai Zhang
  • Patent number: 11477898
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. An embodiment of the present invention may provide a display device comprising: a display panel; a module cover which is positioned at the rear of the display panel and to which the display panel is coupled; a frame which is positioned at the rear of the module cover and to which the module cover is coupled; a housing which is positioned below the module cover and is fixed to the frame; and a front cover which covers or opens the display panel and the housing while moving up and down on the frame, wherein the housing comprises: a base fixed inside the housing; and a cabinet which pivots about one side of the base and has a receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Seunggyu Kang, Jonggil Pyo
  • Patent number: 11477902
    Abstract: A cartridge-based computing system includes a display stand that connects to a compute module cartridge including a first securing member, a second securing member, and a release member coupled to the second securing member. The display stand defines a securing aperture that engages the first securing member when the compute module cartridge is connected to the display stand, which causes the first securing member to engage a securing element on the display stand and move it into engagement with the second securing member to connect the compute module cartridge to the display stand. The securing element may then be engaged by the release member to move it out of engagement with the second securing member, and into engagement with the first securing member to cause the securing aperture to disengage the first securing member and disconnect the compute module cartridge from the display stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Derric Christopher Hobbs, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Cyril Keilers, Jonathan C. Giffen, Tzu-wei Tai, Jake Lavallo
  • Patent number: 11476224
    Abstract: In a wiring member, an element connection portion, a plate connection portion, and an upper surface portion are at height positions different from one another. The element connection portion has a through hole, and the plate connection portion has a through hole and a chamfer. The upper surface portion which is not connected to another portion, has projections asymmetrically disposed on both side surfaces thereof. Owing to these features, the type, the orientation, and the front and the back of the wiring member can be easily distinguished. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent incorrect assembling of the wiring member in a semiconductor module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kensuke Takeuchi, Takashi Nagao
  • Patent number: 11456770
    Abstract: A wireless terminal cover is attached to a plate-like wireless terminal. The wireless terminal cover includes a bottom part that is in contact with the backside of the attached wireless terminal while covering the backside and is made of a dielectric having a relative dielectric constant of 1 to 10, wall parts that are in contact with the sides of the attached wireless terminal while surrounding the sides and are made of the dielectric, and a plurality of conductive elements placed in line on at least one of the bottom part and the wall part. The conductive elements are formed such that the length of the longest one of lines, each of which connects any two points on the conductive elements, is 0.1 to 0.4 times the effective wavelength of radio waves in the dielectric, the radio waves being used for radio communications by the wireless terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: FCNT LIMITED
    Inventors: Yohei Koga, Ken Shoji, Norio Ozaki
  • Patent number: 11402878
    Abstract: A display device according embodiment of the present disclosure may include a display main body, an image capturing unit which slides between a first position accommodated inside the display main body and a second position protruding outside the display main body, a guide body provided inside the display main body and slidingly guiding the image capturing unit, and a torsion spring connecting the image capturing unit and the guide body to apply an elastic force to the image capturing unit. The direction of the elastic force applied to the image capturing unit by the torsion spring may change when the image capturing unit passes through a third position located between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Hohyung Kim
  • Patent number: 11390053
    Abstract: A display device in one example includes a display panel, a supporting frame supporting the display panel, and an adhesive between the display panel and the supporting frame. The supporting frame includes a case, and a thermal shape changing part constituting a portion of the case. The thermal shape changing part includes a shape memory material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: A-Ram Sohn, Jae-Chul Hwang, Won-Bong Jang, Hye-Ran Park
  • Patent number: 11385737
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a cover plate, a display module, and a touch module. The touch module includes a substrate, a touch sensing layer, and a trace. The substrate includes a main body portion and an extending portion connected to each other. The main body portion is located between the cover plate and the display module. The extending portion extends to a side of the display module away from the cover plate. The touch sensing layer is disposed on the main body portion. The trace is coupled to the touch sensing layer and extends on the extending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: TPK Touch Systems (Xiamen) Inc.
    Inventors: Junjie Zheng, Yanjun Xie, Junping Yang
  • Patent number: 11367665
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reconstituted wafer- and/or panel-level package comprising a glass substrate having a plurality of cavities. Each cavity is configured to hold a single IC chip. The reconstituted wafer- and/or panel-level package can be used in a fan-out wafer or panel level packaging process. The glass substrate can include at least two layers having different photosensitivities with one layer being sufficiently photosensitive to be capable of being photomachined to form the cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Heather Debra Boek, Paul Bennett Dohn, Jin Su Kim, Aize Li, Hugh Michael McMahon, Jun Ro Yoon
  • Patent number: 11329492
    Abstract: The invention provides a docking charging circuit and an electronic device, including a power supply side module and a receiving side module that can be docked with each other, wherein the power supply side module further includes a power supply side drive unit, a power generating unit, a first switch unit and a first intermediate terminal, and the receiving side module further includes a second intermediate terminal, a first resistance circuit and a second resistance circuit, with the control of the first switch unit by the power supply side drive unit, the first switch unit can be controlled to be turned on when in positive connection to realize power supply, and the first switch unit can be controlled to be turned off when in reverse connection to avoid damage to the devices in the power supply side module and the receiving side module caused by power supply during the reverse connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI YAOHUO MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hongxia Tao
  • Patent number: 11282797
    Abstract: A high frequency module having a groove for shielding formed in a sealing resin layer achieves downsizing without damaging wiring electrodes formed on a wiring board or mounting components. A manufacturing method of a high frequency module includes mounting components on an upper surface of a wiring board, and then forming a sacrificial layer for forming a groove. The method further includes forming a sealing resin layer for sealing the components and the sacrificial layer, and dissolving and removing the sacrificial layer to form the groove for shielding. Finally, the method includes forming a shield film coating the surface of the sealing resin layer, and the high frequency module is manufactured. With this method, even when the groove is formed at a position overlapping with the component or a surface layer wiring electrode, the high frequency module can be downsized without damaging the component or the surface layer wiring electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Nomura, Toru Komatsu
  • Patent number: 11265451
    Abstract: Disclosed is a camera module capable of being detachably arranged on and operating with a host of a mobile terminal cooperatively and used in combination with the host. The camera module comprising a main board, a battery, a capturing assembly, and a housing. The main board defines a first mounting hole. The battery is stacked on the main board. The battery defines a second mounting hole corresponding to the first mounting hole. The capturing assembly includes a bracket and a camera. The camera is installed on the bracket, and the bracket is contained in a space defined by both the first and the second mounting holes. The camera is arranged through the first mounting hole. The incident surface of the camera is protruded out of the first mounting hole. The housing is arranged on the main board and the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Zimei Yang, Maozhao Huang
  • Patent number: 11259423
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to multilayer housings. In one example, multilayer housing can include a first continuous layer comprising copper, plastic, graphene, aluminum, titanium, magnesium, or combinations thereof, a void layer on the first continuous layer, wherein the void layer comprises from (5) volume percent (vol. %) to (95) vol. % voids; and a second continuous layer on the void layer, wherein the second continuous layer comprises copper, plastic, graphene, aluminum, titanium, magnesium, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kuan-Ting Wu, Kevin Voss, Ai-Tsung Li, Wei Kuang Chu, Wei-Chung Chen
  • Patent number: 11217537
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display device including a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; and a first identification number (ID) pattern positioned on a first side surface of the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Hyun Kong, Bum-Sik Seo, Gyu-Bum Jang, Bu-Yeon Kim, Hye-Rim Kim
  • Patent number: 11209685
    Abstract: A display device includes: a panel including a display screen and a side face that extends along a periphery of the display screen; a backlight located on a side of the panel opposite to the display screen to radiate light on the panel; a case, for containing the backlight, including a bottom that faces the panel with the backlight is between and a side wall that stands at a periphery of the bottom and faces the side face of the panel; and a combining member provided between the side face of the panel and the side wall to combine the panel and the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Ken Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 11182991
    Abstract: Security system fitted in a device, the security system comprising a command element that is actuatable by an operator at least to a first position and to a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Valérie Ehle, Annick Eyraud, Yannick Buchet, David Fabron
  • Patent number: 11176532
    Abstract: This electronic device has: a device body 10 that has a power switch 12; and a cover 20. The cover 20 has a cover body 21 that can be slid and removed, a switch window 24, a switch door 22, and a sliding member 23 that can slide from a first position located below to a second position located above. The device body 10 has a projection 10p. The sliding member 23 has a claw 23f. The lower end 22L of the switch door 22 comes into contact with the upper end 23U of the sliding member 23 when the door is closed, whereas contact with the upper end 23U ceases when the door is opened. A side surface 23fs of the claw 23f of the sliding member 23 comes into contact with a side surface 10ps of the projection 10p of the device body 10 when the sliding member 23 is at the first position, whereas contact with the side surface 10ps ceases when the sliding member is at the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Oda
  • Patent number: 11140789
    Abstract: An integrated frame assembly can include an inner mounting frame having first, second, third sidewall, and fourth sidewalls, a first corner proximate the first and fourth sidewalls, a second corner proximate the first and second sidewalls, a third corner proximate the second and third sidewalls, and a fourth corner proximate the third and fourth sidewalls. Corner components can be connected to the inner mounting frame and include a first corner component proximate the first corner, a second corner component proximate the second corner, a third corner component proximate the third corner, and a fourth corner component proximate the fourth corner. An outer frame can surround the first, third sidewall, and fourth sidewalls. Housing(s) can be proximate to the first, second, third, or fourth sidewall to enhance structural rigidity of the integrated frame assembly. The housing(s) can include antenna(s) and speaker(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin David Gossett
  • Patent number: 11112351
    Abstract: A method and a system for detecting defects in plated-through hole by partially submerging a printed circuit board in a fluid bath. The method includes partially submerging a printed circuit board on a first side and measuring a capillary height difference within a plated-through hole and the surrounding fluid bath. The method further includes partially submerging the printed circuit board on a second side and measuring a second capillary height difference within the plated-through hole and the surrounding fluid bath. The method also includes comparing the measured values with predetermined values to determine the quality of the plated-through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric J Campbell, James Anderl, Sarah K. Czaplewski-Campbell, Jason T. Wertz, Brandon M. Kobilka
  • Patent number: 11009909
    Abstract: A novel electronic device is provided. Alternatively an electronic device of a novel embodiment is provided. An electronic device includes a ring portion and a display portion. The display portion is flexible. The display portion has a top surface and a first side surface in contact with at least one side of the top surface. The first side surface has a curved surface. The top surface includes a first display region. The first side surface includes a second display region. The first display region and the second display region are continuously provided. The electronic device is mounted such that the ring portion is in contact with a user's finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideaki Kuwabara, Masaaki Hiroki
  • Patent number: 11011224
    Abstract: A memory device includes a metal structure, a first dielectric layer, a bottom electrode, a second dielectric layer, a resistance switching layer, and a top electrode. The first dielectric layer surrounds the metal structure. The bottom electrode is in contact with a top surface of the metal structure. The second dielectric layer surrounds the bottom electrode, in which a top surface of the bottom electrode is higher than a top surface of the second dielectric layer. The resistance switching layer is over the bottom electrode. The top electrode is over the resistance switching layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kuo-Chi Tu, Chu-Jie Huang, Sheng-Hung Shih, Nai-Chao Su, Wen-Ting Chu
  • Patent number: 10948757
    Abstract: A display device to be set in a position at an angle to a horizontal plane includes a display pane, a frame, and a tape. The display panel is configured to display images. The frame includes a frame portion surrounding a display area of the display panel. The tape is disposed between the display panel and the frame portion. The tape includes segments disposed along the frame portion. The segments include a lower segment extending along a lower section of the frame portion including end portions bending toward an upper section of the frame portion when the display device is set at the angle to the horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Koshu Yonemura
  • Patent number: 10908639
    Abstract: A portable information device includes a first chassis member, a second chassis member, a hinge mechanism, a display and a bezel member provided to bridge an outer peripheral edge portion of the display and an outer peripheral edge portion of the first and second chassis members. The bezel member is arranged farther away from the inner surfaces of the first and second chassis members than a rotation center of the hinge mechanism. The bezel member has a buffer portion at least at a position overlapping a bent portion of the display. The buffer portion can absorb compressive force F applied thereto as the first and the second chassis members are folded from a flat opened state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Shibayama, Fumitake Mizoguchi, Kazuya Tatsuno, Takehito Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 10901254
    Abstract: A display device includes: a panel including a display screen and a side face that extends along a periphery of the display screen; a backlight located on a side of the panel opposite to the display screen to radiate light on the panel; a case, for containing the backlight, including a bottom that faces the panel with the backlight in between and a side wall that stands at a periphery of the bottom and faces the side face of the panel; and a combining member provided between the side face of the panel and the side wall to combine the panel and the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Ken Hirabayashi
  • Patent number: 10901539
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes a circuit substrate and a clickpad that is mounted to the circuit substrate. The apparatus includes an input device other than the clickpad, which is mounted to the circuit substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Tony Moon, Ricky Thomas Burks
  • Patent number: 10879520
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a cell and a battery, wherein the cell comprises a body including a first electrode tab; and a choke that triggers after the temperature reaches a certain value to reduce the current passing through it; the choke is electrically connected to the first electrode tab, and a product of the length of connection path from the choke to the first electrode tab and a cooling coefficient of the connection path is smaller than a difference between a first temperature of the first electrode tab and a second temperature of the choke, wherein the second temperature of the choke is a temperature when the choke is triggered. In the above-mentioned cell, if the trigger action of the choke is timely, the body of the cell can be prevented from reaching the overcharge state, and the choke in the above-mentioned cell can further effectively protect the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Haiyang Nan, Chuantao Song, Zhiwen Xiao, Zuchao Liu, Xinru Su, Wei Huang
  • Patent number: 10816409
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a temperature-sensing device and a server, with the server including a chassis and a mainboard. A temperature-sensitive element is disposed at an inlet of the chassis, and the temperature-sensitive element is used for converting a temperature sensed in the inlet of the chassis to a temperature sensing data. The mainboard is disposed in the chassis and includes a temperature sensor and a host. An external temperature-sensing channel of the temperature sensor is communicatively connected to the temperature-sensitive element for transferring the temperature sensing data to the host. The function of sensing the temperature in the inlet of the chassis of the server can be implemented by the temperature sensing device and the server disclosed in the present disclosure, which reducing the product manufacturing costs. There is no need to test I2C signals on a temperature-sensor board, which reducing labor costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignees: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jian-Fei Liu
  • Patent number: 10761274
    Abstract: Fiber optic connectors and adapters may be automatically secured and released via a management system. Such automation may inhibit accidental and/or unauthorized insertion of fiber optic connectors into adapter ports. The automation also may inhibit accidental and/or unauthorized removal of the fiber optic connectors from the adapter ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Paul John Pepe, Joseph C. Coffey
  • Patent number: 10754387
    Abstract: Provided is a lead wiring line formed on a reinforcement film, and the lead wiring line includes a portion overlapping a bottom portion of a recessed portion in a plan view and a portion overlapping a head portion of a protruding portion in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takao Saitoh, Yohsuke Kanzaki, Masaki Yamanaka, Yi Sun, Seiji Kaneko
  • Patent number: 10727694
    Abstract: The present application discloses a wireless charging device. The wireless charging device comprises: a portable container, the portable container being provided with an induction coil and a mounting base for mounting a mobile device, when the mobile device is mounted in the mounting base, the induction coil and the mobile device forming a closed loop; and a wireless charging terminal, the wireless charging terminal comprising an electrified coil, the electrified coil being electrified with an alternating current so as to generate a magnetic field, when the induction coil is located in the magnetic field, an induction current will be generated in the induction coil and the mobile device can be charged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junhuan Liu, Tianxiao Zhao, Ruifeng Yang, Huaxu Yang, Tong Li
  • Patent number: 10720087
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method to configure an illuminated surface on a device, and to generate illuminated patterns on a hard surface and to disclose an embodiment in an apparatus that applies the invention. The graphical patterns may include text and/or symbols as illuminated surfaces on the device. The invention may be used in all types of equipment and apparatus, where there is a demand for a high quality user interaction surfaces including graphics patterns on the surface, with a very nice looking expression/display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: BANG & OLUFSEN A/S
    Inventor: Jan Phuklin Prichystal
  • Patent number: 10686848
    Abstract: An image communication system includes a first communication terminal including first circuitry and a second communication terminal including second circuitry. The first circuitry of the first communication terminal transmits, to the second communication terminal, first image data representing a first image and second image data representing a second image. The first circuitry of the first communication terminal transmits, to the second communication terminal, position information indicating a predetermined position on the first image. The second circuitry of the second communication terminal combines, based on the position information, the second image with the first image at the predetermined position on the first image to generate a combined image. The second circuitry of the second communication terminal displays, on a display, the combined image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Yohhei Ohmura, Kenichiro Morita, Takafumi Takeda, Hidekuni Annaka, Takeshi Homma, Mayu Hakata
  • Patent number: 10678305
    Abstract: A display device includes first and second set frames disposed adjacent to each other, a panel disposed above the first and second set frames, and a folding hinge disposed between the first set frame and the second set frame. The folding hinge includes a plurality of segmented members, the plurality of segmented members including at least a first segmented member having a first protrusion shaft and a second segmented member having a first groove movably coupled to the first protrusion shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin-Suk Lee, Seung-O Jeon, Young-Joon Yun, Hyeong-Gwang An
  • Patent number: 10649576
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a connector detachable from part of an electronic device including a display, and a cover connected to the connector, wherein the cover is capable of covering at least part of the display of the electronic device, and wherein the cover includes a window configured to expose the at least part of the display when the cover covers at least part of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Cheul Moon, Andy Kim
  • Patent number: 10636417
    Abstract: A method of obtaining a grammar model to perform speech recognition includes obtaining information about a state of at least one device, obtaining grammar model information about the at least one device based on the obtained information, and generating a grammar model to perform the speech recognition based on the obtained grammar model information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chi-youn Park, Cheong-jae Lee, Nam-hoon Kim, Kyung-min Lee, Jae-won Lee