For Portable Computer Patents (Class 361/679.55)
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Patent number: 8837128Abstract: The present application describes various embodiments regarding an apparatus and method for providing an electrical component for a portable computing device. More specifically a method and apparatus are disclosed for mounting the electrical component to machined mounts extending from an interior sidewall of the portable computing device housing. The machined mounts allow the electrical component to be suspended above an inner surface of the portable computing device so that the electrical component does not interfere with audio output or aesthetics of a speaker grill drilled into the portable computing device housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2014Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Charles A. Schwalbach, Brandon S. Smith
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Patent number: 8837133Abstract: A display module includes a front frame, a rear housing, and a trimming board. The front frame includes a first positioning hole and a clamping hole. The rear housing includes a second positioning hole. The front frame is engaged with the rear housing. The second positioning hole communicates with the first positioning hole. The trimming board includes a bolt structure and a clamping structure. The bolt structure is adapted to pass through the first positioning hole and the second positioning hole for preventing the front frame from separated from the rear housing. The clamping hole is used for the clamping structure to pass through and prevent the clamping structure from separating from the clamping hole.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Inventec CorporationInventors: Dong-Sen Chen, Ming-Jheng Huang, Chun-Hsien Yu, Chun-Chi Lin
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Patent number: 8837145Abstract: A battery ejecting structure with the pad function is applied to a portable electronic device which comprises a housing and a battery. The battery ejecting structure of the present invention comprises a pad, a pushing element and a blocking element. The pad is located movably in a container of the housing and comprises a fixed member. The pushing element is located in the housing, and the fixed member of the pad is connected to the pushing element through the housing. The pushing element comprises a lock structure for locking the battery in an initial position. The blocking element is located movably in the container next to the pad. While the blocking element is disengaged from the container, the pushing element is moved from the initial position to a release position by the movement of the pad to unlock the battery.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Chi-Min Huang, Yao-Ting Lee
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Patent number: 8837142Abstract: The invention relates to a system for protecting a portable computing device wherein the system comprises a device housing adapted to protectively encase a portable computing device, a protectively hardened user input device in communication with the device housing, and a protectively hardened display in communication with the device housing. When the portable computing device is encased within the device housing, a user of the portable computing device can operate the portable computing device via the protectively hardened user input device and the protectively hardened display. The device housing may further comprise sealing elements, insulating elements, and shock-absorbing elements.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2012Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Technology Advancement Group, Inc.Inventors: John Arthur McEwan, James Stewart McEwan
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Publication number: 20140254078Abstract: A portable computer includes a first housing having a first wall defining a first opening and a surface surrounding the opening and having an inside periphery. A first component is removably received within the opening and defines a body with an outer periphery that is inset with respect to the inner periphery of the opening. A first locking member is removably attached within the opening. The first locking member defines an outer periphery extending along the inner periphery of the first opening of the housing. The first locking member also defines a second opening having an inner periphery that is inset with respect to the outer periphery of the first component body such that a portion of the first locking member overlies a first portion of the first component body. A second portion of the first component is exposed within the opening of the first locking member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventor: Yoshimichi Matsuoka
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Publication number: 20140254091Abstract: A mobile computer includes: an operation casing 2 including a right side face 2g, a top surface 2a, and a back surface 2d; a lid component 4 configured to cover a battery insertion/detachment opening 6a formed in the right side face 2g; and an engaged component 5 formed on the top surface 2a. The lid component 4 includes: a securing portion 4e secured to a part of the operation casing 2; a lid portion 4a configured to cover the battery insertion/detachment opening 6a; an engaging portion 4d having an engagement hole 4f that engages with the engaged component 5; a first bent portion 4c configured to connect between the securing portion 4e and the lid portion 4a; and a second bent portion 4b configured to connect between the lid portion 4a and the engaging portion 4d, so as to be integrated into the lid component 4.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Akira IWAMOTO, Yuji SUMINO
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Patent number: 8830677Abstract: The present invention is to provide an engaging structure applicable to a display device and including a housing and an inflatable element, wherein the housing serves as a protective case of the display device and is formed with at least one assembly hole, and the inflatable element is formed with at least one connecting portion, such that, when the housing is assembled into an accommodating space of the inflatable element and the inflatable element is fully inflated, the connecting portion is engaged in the corresponding assembly hole. Thus, the portions of the inflatable element that correspond in position to the accommodating space are tightly pressed against the sides of the housing other than the side where a screen is installed at the display device. Since the inflatable element is lightweight and occupies a tiny space while in a deflated state, it will effectively reduce storage space and transportation costs.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Hannstar Display CorporationInventors: Yi-Chung Chiu, Chien-Kun Hsu, Chu-Fang Yang
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Patent number: 8832469Abstract: Apparatus and systems provide processing capabilities and power-line networking capabilities. An in-wall computing device has a power connector for receiving an Alternating Current (AC) signal from a power source and a housing that is sized for installation into an electrical wall box. The device may have internal data injection circuitry for injecting data into the AC signal or may have internal data receiving circuitry for extracting data from the AC signal. A system includes at least two in-wall computing devices, each having a power connector for receiving an AC signal from a power source. A first device has a user input interface and internal data injection circuitry for transmitting user input data to a second device over the AC signal. The second device has internal data receiving circuitry for extracting the user input data and controlling peripherals attached to peripheral ports of the device according to the data.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2011Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: American Megatrends, Inc.Inventor: Clas Gerhard Sivertsen
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Publication number: 20140247551Abstract: An electronic device, including: a first body, a second body, a first coupling member and a second coupling member; in the case where the first body and the second body are located in a first relative position, the first body and the second body are coupled together by cooperation between the first coupling member and the second coupling member; and in the case where the first body and the second body are located in a second relative position different from the first relative position, the first body and the second body are decoupled from each other by cooperation between the first coupling member and the second coupling member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2014Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: Lenovo (Beijing) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xiaosong Xia, Liang Han
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Patent number: 8824142Abstract: Surfaces for electromagnetic shielding, retaining electrostatic charge and indeed collecting ion current in EHD fluid mover designs may be formed as or on surfaces of other components and/or structures in an electronic device. In this way, dimensions may be reduced and packing densities increased. In some cases, electrostatically operative portions of an EHD fluid mover are formed as or on surfaces of an enclosure, an EMI shield, a circuit board and/or a heat pipe or spreader. Depending on the role of these electrostatically operative portions, dielectric, resistive and/or ozone robust or catalytic coatings or conditioning may be applied.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Panasonic Precision Devices Co., Ltd.Inventors: Nels Jewell-Larsen, Kenneth A. Honer, Ron Goldman, Matthew K. Schwiebert
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Patent number: 8824140Abstract: A handheld computing device that includes an enclosure having structural walls formed from a glass material that can be radio-transparent. The enclosure can be formed from a hollow glass tube or two glass members bonded together. A laser frit bonding process may be used to hermetically seal the two glass members together to create a water resistant electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2011Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christopher D. Prest, Emery A. Sanford
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Publication number: 20140240923Abstract: An electronic device includes a first electronic unit having a top surface, a first pivot side and a receiving groove, a second electronic unit having a second pivot side pivoted to the first pivot side, an internal module movably received in the receiving groove, and first and second magnetic units respectively disposed on the second pivot side and the internal module. The second electronic unit is pivotable between covering and opening positions that covers and that is distant from the top surface, respectively. The second magnetic unit is magnetically attracted by the first magnetic unit to move one side of the internal module out of the receiving groove and toward the second pivot side when the second electronic unit is in the opening position.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: Wistron CorporationInventor: Shih-Jeh Lin
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Patent number: 8817457Abstract: A reversible folio for a tablet computer has a tablet shell with a cavity removably receiving the tablet computer. A proximal edge of the tablet shell has a symmetrical profile different from a non-symmetrical profile of the table computer. A keyboard pivotally and removably coupled to the tablet shell. A channel is pivotally coupled to an edge of the keyboard. An interior of the channel removably receiving the proximal edge of the tablet shell, and has a symmetrical profile mating with the symmetrical profile of the tablet shell. The channel and proximal edge have first and second symmetrical magnet arrays, respectively. The proximal edge of the tablet shell physically mates with the channel of the keyboard, and the second magnet array of the tablet shell magnetically mates with the first magnet array of the channel, in both a first orientation and an opposite second orientation.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2014Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: ZAGG Intellectual Property Holding Co.Inventors: Jim Colby, Dan Oakeson
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Patent number: 8817467Abstract: A sliding protective device for an electronic product having a first portion and a second portion is disclosed. The protective device comprises a top cover, a bottom cover, a fixing element, and a sliding element, wherein the fixing element is provided at an inner surface of one of the aforementioned covers to be fixed to the first portion of the electronic product; the sliding element is provided at an inner surface of the other one of the aforementioned covers to be slidably engaged with two lateral sides of the second portion of the electronic product; whereby, when the electronic product is being opened, the second portion of the electronic product can slide along the sliding element, so that the protective device can be always smoothly attached to the outer surfaces of the electronic product, so that the protective device can be prevented from being bulged or wrinkled.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Inventors: Yia-Yuan Ore Yang, Ko-An Chen
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Patent number: 8817466Abstract: An ejector for stylus includes a housing, an ejecting module and an operating member. The housing defines a retaining slot for retaining the stylus. The ejecting module includes a pushing member and an elastic member retained in the retaining slot. The pushing member defines a latching slot. The operating member includes an elastic arm and a latching arm extending from the elastic arm. The latching arm includes a latch opposite to the elastic arm. The latch is latched in the latching slot to fix the pushing member in the retaining slot and compressing the elastic member. The latch is detached from the latching slot and the compressed elastic member is released to drive the pushing member to push the stylus out of the retaining slot, when an external force is applied to curve the elastic arm.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignees: Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industry Co., Ltd., FIH (Hong Kong) LimitedInventor: Lang-Ping Xie
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Publication number: 20140233180Abstract: A pistol-grip module includes a handle and a coupling member that is configured to couple, mechanically and electrically, to a battery compartment of an active frame. The active frame, which includes at least one electrically powered device, is intended to receive a data-capture device, such as a smart phone. In versions of the pistol-grip module that include a trigger, the trigger can be used to actuate the electrically powered device of the active frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Infinite PeripheralsInventors: John G. Vargas, Ralph Ignacio, Patrick Dutt
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Patent number: 8811010Abstract: An exemplary electronic device includes a container, a fan assembly and a duct received in the container. The fan assembly includes a centrifugal fan and a fin group thermally contacting an electronic component in the container. An air passage is defined between each adjacent fins of the fin group. An inner side of the fin group is mounted on an outlet of the centrifugal fan. A bottom surface of the fin group and an inner surface of the container cooperatively define a first channel therebetween. The duct includes an inlet and a first outlet. Airflow guided by the centrifugal fan flows through the duct and the first channel to cool a bottom end of the fin group, then is absorbed into the centrifugal fan from an inlet of the centrifugal fan, and then flow through the air passages of the fin group to cool a central portion the fin group.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2012Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhen-Yu Wang, Chang-Shen Chang, Ben-Fan Xia
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Patent number: 8811004Abstract: A display device includes a cover having an inner surface, and a resilient piece having a first through hole formed in a main plate thereof and two arm units respectively extending from two opposite lateral ends of the main plate and fixed to the inner surface. A display panel includes a protruding portion corresponding in position to the resilient piece, and a second through hole registered with the first through hole. A bezel includes a third through hole registered with the second through hole. The shock absorbing positioner includes a positioning post inserted consecutively and frictionally through the third, second and first through holes to fix together the bezel, the display panel and the resilient piece.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2012Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventor: Li-Wei Liu
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Patent number: 8811011Abstract: A notebook computer includes a display device, a main body, a pivoting component, and a foldable device. The display device includes a connection end. The pivoting component is pivoted to the connection end. The foldable device includes two arm components, each arm component includes a first supporting pole and a second supporting pole. Each first supporting is rotatably connected to the main body. Each second supporting pole is rotatably connected between the pivoting component and the first supporting pole.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Bo Tian, Kang Wu
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Patent number: 8811012Abstract: A slim portable device is provided in which a main body includes a main Printed Circuit Board (PCB), an information Input/Output (I/O) device disposed on the main PCB in parallel relation with the main PCB, an antenna disposed along a partial frontal periphery of the information I/O device, and at least one battery disposed substantially co-planar with the main PCB.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2012Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jung-Nam Moon, Sang-In Baek
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Patent number: 8811007Abstract: A docking station for supporting an electronic device in two positions includes a main body, and first and second supporting members projecting from the main body. The main body cooperates with the first supporting member to support the electronic device in the first position with the main body being stable on a first plane; and the first member cooperates with the second member to support the electronic device in the second position with the main body being stable on a second plane different from the first plane.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Cong-Bing Zhou
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Patent number: 8804324Abstract: In embodiments of a flexible display overcenter assembly, an overcenter assembly includes a first flange integrated in a first housing part of a foldable electronic device. The device includes a flexible display, and the first housing part is integrated with a first section of the flexible display. The overcenter assembly also includes a second flange integrated in a second housing part of the foldable electronic device, and the second housing part is integrated with a second section of the flexible display. The first and second flanges are implemented to fold and form a radius that supports the flexible display in a closed position of the device. Hinge assemblies are implemented to movably couple the first and second housing parts of the foldable electronic device, and the flexible display bends through a pivot axis of the hinge assemblies when the first and second housing parts of the device are closed.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David D. Bohn, Paul M. O'Brien, Christopher B. Fruhauf
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Patent number: 8804327Abstract: The portable workstation includes a portable housing and a plurality of office modules disposed therein. The office modules include a computer module, a scanner module, printer module and a projector module. The computer module is the main interface for operating the other modules. A plurality of fans are disposed at the rear of the housing to cool the interior of the housing by expelling heated air generated by the different modules during use. The fans and all the modules are connected to a single rechargeable battery module. The various modules contained in the housing provide the user with all the necessary tools to perform any task at any locale.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2012Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: UMM Al-Qura UniversityInventor: Misa'a Abdul Jabbar Al-Khayyat
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Patent number: 8804331Abstract: Various computing devices and methods of thermally managing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of thermally managing a computing device is provided where the computing device includes a housing that has a wall adapted to contact a body part of a user, a circuit board in the housing, and a semiconductor chip coupled to the circuit board. The method includes placing a first heat spreader in thermal contact with the semiconductor chip and the circuit board but separated from the wall by a gap.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2011Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: ATI Technologies ULCInventor: Gamal Refai-Ahmed
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Patent number: 8804332Abstract: A handheld computer having a housing with a midframe construction is described. The housing includes a front shell and a back shell coupled to a midframe. The handheld computer also includes two accessory slots for a stylus or other devices on the left and right sides of the housing. The handheld computer also includes an infrared port which is an integral portion of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2007Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Francis James Canova, Jr., Jeffrey C. Hawkins, Traci Angela Neist, Dennis Joseph Boyle, Robert Gregory Twiss, Amy Aimei Han, Elisha Avraham Tal, Madeleine Francavilla
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Patent number: 8797735Abstract: An exemplary electrical device includes a first main body; a second main body; and a rotatable mechanism pivotally connected the first main body and the second main body. The rotatable mechanism includes a first rotation unit and a second rotation unit. The first rotation unit is capable of making the first main body rotate around a second rotation axis in a plane perpendicular to the second rotation axis. The second rotation unit is capable of making the first main body rotate relative to the second main body around a first rotation axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hai-Qian Ge, Yue-Ping Liu, Che-Yu Chou, Qun Huang, Tai-Shan Zhu
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Patent number: 8797727Abstract: Laptops are described herein. The laptops include a display body and a keyboard body. The laptops further include a hinged cover. The hinged cover can be in a closed position for preventing access and/or protecting electronic components. Further, methods of protecting electronic components of a laptop are also described herein.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Britt C. Ashcraft, Eric Chen, Sana Syecia Ali
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Patent number: 8797734Abstract: An electronic apparatus has a trapezoidally shaped first housing having a first side portion, a second side portion, slanted side portions, a bottom surface portion, and a top surface portion, the second side portion having a width smaller than a width of the first side portion and being parallel to the first side portion, the slanted side portions connecting end points of the first side portion with respective end points of the second side portion. The electronic apparatus has a second housing and a connecting portion connecting the first side portion of the first housing with the second housing such that the second housing is capable of being opened and closed with respect to the top surface portion of the first housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2008Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Fujitsu LimitedInventors: Katsuichi Goto, Kaito Tanaka, Hiroyuki Fujita, Kazuhiro Fujiwara
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Patent number: 8797721Abstract: Improved housings for electronic devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, an electronic device housing can have one or more outer members (e.g., exposed major surfaces), such as front or back surfaces, that are formed of glass. The one or more glass surfaces can be part of outer member assemblies that can be secured to other portions of the electronic device housing. In other embodiments, apparatus, systems and methods for robustly attaching a cover portion of an electronic device to a bottom portion, e.g., a housing portion, of the electronic device are described. The electronic device can be portable and in some cases handheld.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2010Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: David Pakula, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Scott Myers
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Publication number: 20140211417Abstract: A handheld computing device and handheld music player are disclosed. The handheld computing device includes a seamless enclosure formed from an extruded tube. The extruded tube includes open ends and internal rails which serve as a guide for slidably assembling an operational assembly through the open ends of the extruded tube, a reference surface for positioning the operational assembly relative to an access opening in the seamless enclosure, and a support structure for supporting the operational assembly during use. The handheld music player includes an elongated extruded tube extending along a longitudinal axis. The elongated extruded tube has a first open end and a second open end opposite the first open end, and defines an internal lumen which is sized and dimensioned for slidable receipt of operational components of the handheld music player. The lumen includes rails for guiding the operational components to their desired position within the lumen.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Stephen Paul Zadesky, Stephen Brian Lynch
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Publication number: 20140211416Abstract: An electronic device includes a first body, a second body and a hinge module. The hinge module includes a first pivot component, a second pivot component and a sliding component. The first pivot component fixed on the first body has a positioning portion. The second pivot component is fixed on the second body. The first pivot component is pivoted to the second pivot component. The sliding component slidably disposed at the second pivot component has a positioning structure. When the positioning structure is on a moving path of the positioning portion and the first pivot component rotates and drives the positioning portion to arrive at the positioning structure, the positioning structure interferes with the positioning portion to position the first pivot component. When the first pivot component rotates reversely, the positioning portion pushes the sliding component and the positioning structure moves away from the moving path.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: Wistron CorporationInventor: Chin-Lung Fan
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Patent number: 8792237Abstract: An electronic device includes a main body and a support mechanism assembled within the main body. The main body includes a bottom plate and a hinged portion adjacent to an edge of the main body, the bottom plate defines an ejecting hole. The support mechanism includes a rotating assembly rotatably hinged to the hinged portion, and a support assembly movably assembled with the rotating assembly, a distal end of the support assembly aligns with the ejecting hole of the bottom plate. The support assembly is capable of being partially ejected out by the rotating assembly to pass through the ejecting hole of the bottom plate, and exposed to the outside of the main body to support the whole electronic device in a use mode. The support assembly is also capable of being retracted back into the main body in an unused state.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2012Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ji-Bing Guo
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Publication number: 20140204528Abstract: A portable computer includes a main body, a battery, a back shell, and a latch. The battery is attached to the main body. The battery defines a latching slot. The latch extends from an inner surface of the back shell. The latch is inserted into the latching slot of the battery, so that the back shell is mounted to the main body and covers the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 25, 2013Publication date: July 24, 2014Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: WEN-CHI HUANG, CHIA-WEI TING
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Publication number: 20140204529Abstract: A security apparatus for securing a portable device includes a housing having a first housing portion configured to partially surround a first portion of the portable device, and a second housing portion configured to partially surround a second portion of the portable device. The second housing portion is selectively secured to the first housing portion when the housing is engaged with the portable device. The security apparatus also includes an attachment device extending from the housing. The attachment device is configured to engage a locking head. The security apparatus further includes a modular accessory coupled to the housing. The modular accessory is connected to the housing when the first and second housing portions are secured together to surround the portable device. The modular accessory is only removable from the housing when the first and second housing portions are disconnected from the portable electronic device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2014Publication date: July 24, 2014Inventors: Ryan White, John A. Venida, Jonathan Stacey, Wilson Shu Chiu Tse
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Patent number: 8787017Abstract: A mobile terminal is disclosed, by which a user is facilitated to detach a battery cover from a terminal body and by which the exterior beauty of the mobile terminal is enhanced. The present invention includes a body including a rear case having a front part and a rear part, a battery received in the body, a battery cover detachably provided between the front part and the rear part to protect the battery against external environment, a guide member fixed to an inner surface of one end portion of the battery cover, a moving member received in the guide member to be guided by the guide member to move in front and rear directions, and a hooking member provided within the body, the hooking member including a hooking surface engaged with the moving member to fix the battery cover to the body.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2012Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Inseok Yoo, Youngkyu Kim, Huiseob Byun, Myoungdae Han, Chiyoung Kim, Changbai Won
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Patent number: 8787016Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided that contain multiple housing portions. The housing portions may be coupled together using hinges. The hinges may include hinges based on a three-bar linkage, hinges based on a four-bar linkage, hinges with slotted members, hinges formed from flexible support structures, and hinges based on flexible housing structures. Flexible displays may be mounted to the housing portions overlapping the hinges. When the housing portions in a device are rotated relative to each other, the flexible display may bend. The hinge may be configured to allow the flexible display to be placed in a front-to-front configuration in which an active side of the display faces itself or a back-to-back configuration. Engagement structures may be used to help the housing grip external objects and to hold the housing portions together. The hinges may be provided with rotational detents to help hold the flexible display in desired positions.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2011Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Andrew J. M. Janis, Teodor Dabov
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Publication number: 20140198443Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus includes a casing including a base and an upper cover, and an electronic processing module disposed in the base. The base includes a first engagement structure having a lock slot. The upper cover includes a plate member and a second engagement structure mounted on the plate member. The second engagement structure is presented as a cantilever structure and includes a locking part and a detaching part connected to the locking part. The base and the upper cover are engaged such that the locking part is locked in the lock slot. The detaching part can be moved so as to detach the locking part from the lock slot. Therefore, a user can detach the locking part from the lock slot by the detaching part without any tools, which greatly reduces the complexity of the detachment of a casing of a conventional portable electronic apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: Wistron CorporationInventors: Chen-Yi Liang, Hung-Chih Chen
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Patent number: 8780539Abstract: A multipart computer housing is described. The multipart computer housing includes at least a structural support layer and a body. The body includes at least an outer layer formed of lightweight flexible material and an inner layer attached to the outer layer. The inner layer is connected to the support layer forming a load path between the inner layer and the structural support layer. A load applied to the multipart computer housing is transferred by way of the load path to the support layer without substantially affecting the outer layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: John Raff, Bartley K. Andre, Laura DeForest, John DiFonzo, Zheng Gao, Michelle Goldberg, Bradley J. Hamel, Timothy S. Hibbard, Ron Hopkinson, William F. Leggett, Chris Ligtenberg, Gavin J. Reid, Charles A. Schwalbach
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Patent number: 8780544Abstract: A flat cable arranging structure and a slider electronic apparatus therewith are disclosed. The slider electronic apparatus includes two casings movably connected to each other, a flat cable connected to the two casings respectively, and a flat cable arranging structure. The flat cable arranging structure is disposed in one of the two casings and includes a movement-guiding structure, a pushing-against part, and a forcing mechanism. The movement-guiding structure is fixedly disposed. The pushing-against part is disposed to be connected to the movement-guiding structure and is capable of being confined by the movement-guiding structure to move in a specific direction. The flat cable partially winds the pushing-against part. The forcing mechanism is disposed to at least contact the pushing-against part to keep the flat cable in a tensile stretch state. Thereby, the flat cable can be stretched all the time so as not to intertwine together.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Wistron CorporationInventors: Chen-Yi Liang, Chun-Chien Chen
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Patent number: 8777174Abstract: A laptop computer support platform for resting a portable personal computer on. The computer support platform having a non-rigid base structure having one or several risers to establish an air gap between the non-rigid base and the laptop computer. The air gap acts as an insulating medium and contributes to a thermal cooling effect of the laptop computer.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2010Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Bosign AktiebolagInventor: Harald Hynell
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Publication number: 20140192481Abstract: A case for an electronic device is provided. The case includes a battery, an interface to receive electrical current from an external power source, and a computer processor. The computer processor is configured to execute computer-readable instructions to receive a communication from the electronic device, limit the received electrical current to a current limit, and allocate the electrical current among the battery and the electronic device based on the received communication.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: 1 Oak Technologies, LLCInventors: James John Wojcik, Adam Douglas Center, Abhishek Joshi, Adam Benzion
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Publication number: 20140192482Abstract: A securing device for securing an electric device having a groove is disclosed. The securing device comprises a base and a buckle-hook module. The base covers a portion of the electric device and has a connecting part corresponding to the groove. An operating unit and a buckle-hook unit of the buckle-hook module are rotatably disposed in the connecting part. The operating unit has a first position and a second position. The buckle-hook unit has an insert part. A resetting unit of the buckle-hook module is disposed between the buckle-hook unit and the connecting part, so that the buckle-hook unit is rotated to and fro. When the operating unit is moved from the first position to the second position, the insert part inserts into the groove, for securing the electric device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: TWINHEAD INTERNATIONAL CORPORATIONInventor: TSOU-KAI LIN
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Publication number: 20140192468Abstract: There is provided a portable apparatus including a top layer portion, a bottom layer portion, and a frame layer portion provided between the top layer portion and the bottom layer portion, wherein the frame layer portion is formed of a rigid material and comprises a plurality of compartmented openings, and wherein the compartmented openings are formed as volumes of spaces partitioned by an arrangement of crosspiece portions forming at least a part of the frame layer portion, and a circuitry component constituting a part of the portable apparatus is placed within at least one of the compartmented openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: Sony CorporationInventors: Hiroshi KOTAKA, Hiroyoshi ISHIZUKA
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Patent number: 8773845Abstract: A docking station for an iPad or the like, having a base, a support on the base for releasably holding an iPad, an operating circuit for amplifying an audio signal received from the iPad, and speakers connected to the operating circuit for reproducing sound based on the audio signal amplified by the operating circuit. The support is movable between two angular positions for supporting the iPad in portrait and landscape orientations. The support is also movable to change the direction in which the iPad faces, between left and right orientations.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2011Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Alco Electronics LimitedInventor: Wilson Wai Sing Leung
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Publication number: 20140185233Abstract: In one embodiment an electronic device comprises at least one electronic component and a housing comprising a first section to be rotatable about a first hinge pin extending along a first axis extending proximate a first edge, a second section to be rotatable about a second hinge pin extending along a second axis substantially parallel to the first axis, and at least one connecting arm to be coupled to the first hinge pin and the second hinge pin. Other embodiments may be described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2012Publication date: July 3, 2014Inventors: MARK MACDONALD, SHAWN S. MCEUEN
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Publication number: 20140185223Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes: a first housing including a first wall; a reinforcing member that is overlapped on an inner surface of the first wall and is bonded to the first wall; an electric component including a second wall located at a side opposite to the first wall with respect to the reinforcing member, a third wall located at a side opposite to the reinforcing member with respect to the second wall and spaced from the second wall, and a fourth wall connecting the second wall and the third wall, the electric component being accommodated in the first housing, and a first protrusion that is provided to the reinforcing member and projects toward the fourth wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2013Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yasuo MATSUMOTO, Toshikatsu NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20140185220Abstract: Flexible hinge and removable attachment techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a flexible hinge is configured to communicatively and physically couple an input device to a computing device and may implement functionality such as a support layer and minimum bend radius. The input device may also include functionality to promote a secure physical connection between the input device and the computing device. One example of this includes use of one or more protrusions that are configured to be removed from respective cavities of the computing device along a particular axis but mechanically bind along other axes. Other techniques include use of a laminate structure to form a connection portion of the input device.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2014Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: David Otto Whitt, III, Eric Joseph Wahl, David C. Vandervoort, Todd David Pleake, Rob Huala, Summer L. Schneider, Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin, Matthew David Mickelson, Joel Lawrence Pelley, Timothy C. Shaw, Ralf Groene, Hua Wang, Christopher Harry Stoumbos, Karsten Aagaard
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Patent number: 8767395Abstract: Provided is a slim-type cradling apparatus for a portable terminal. The disclosed cradling apparatus includes a cradling body and a retaining device interworking with rotation of the cradling body to support a closed state and a rotated state of the cradling body.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chung-Keun Yoo
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Patent number: 8767393Abstract: A draining apparatus for a keyboard of an electronic device includes a base for slantingly supporting the keyboard and a protecting film to be covered on the keyboard. The protecting film includes a waterproof sheet and a flange protruding up from edges of the waterproof sheet. The flange defines an outfall adjacent to a bottom end of the flange. In case liquid is spilled on the protecting film, the water may flow downward and islet out through the outfall.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gui-Fu Xiao, Yang Liu, Cheng-Fei Weng
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Patent number: 8767392Abstract: A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a body, an operation interface, a supporting element and an image capturing unit. A receiving recess is formed on the body. The operation interface is disposed on the body. The supporting element is rotated between a first orientation and a second orientation relative to the body, wherein when the supporting element is in the first orientation, the supporting element is in the receiving recess, and when the supporting element is in a second orientation, an angle is formed between the supporting element and the body, wherein the angle is greater than 0 degree. The image capturing unit is disposed in the supporting element.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2011Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: HTC CorporationInventor: Chih-Kuang Wang