With Printed Circuit Boards Patents (Class 361/736)
  • Patent number: 11901343
    Abstract: A semiconductor package having an internal heat distribution layer and methods of forming the semiconductor package are provided. The semiconductor package can include a first semiconductor device, a second semiconductor device, and an external heat distribution layer. The first semiconductor device can comprise a first semiconductor die and an external surface comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, and a side surface joining the bottom surface to the tope surface. The second semiconductor device can comprise a second semiconductor die and can be stacked on the top surface of the first semiconductor device. The external heat distribution layer can cover an external surface of the second semiconductor device and the side surface of the first semiconductor device. The external heat distribution layer further contacts an internal heat distribution layer on a top surface of the first semiconductor die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: AMKOR TECHNOLOGY SINGAPORE HOLDING PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Bora Baloglu, Ron Huemoeller, Curtis Zwenger
  • Patent number: 11889657
    Abstract: An electronic control device for suppressing mixing of foreign substances includes a control board including a heat generation component, a housing, a support member that is provided in the housing and supports the board, a heat radiation fin on a surface opposite to a surface of the support member on which the control board is supported, an air cooling fan that intersects an extension direction of the heat radiation fin, and blows wind to the heat radiation fin, a wall portion between the control board and the air cooling fan, and extending from the support member toward the control board, a wiring passage at a top end of the wall portion, a wiring that is laid in the wiring passage, and electrically connects the air cooling fan and the control board, and a cover that covers the housing, and includes a protrusion fitted in the wiring passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventor: Masao Horie
  • Patent number: 11889656
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a body including a containing cavity, a separation component arranged at the containing cavity to divide the containing cavity into a first cavity and a second cavity, a heat generation assembly arranged at the first cavity, and an air guide component arrange at the second cavity to drive airflow at the second cavity to dissipate the heat of the heat generation assembly through the separation component, wherein the second cavity is configured as an air duct of the electronic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
    Inventors: Shenghua Xi, Xin Wei
  • Patent number: 11877418
    Abstract: An assembly of an electronic device includes: an electronics housing for accommodating an electronic component; a base strip attachable to the electronics housing and having a plurality of plug receptacles to which plug modules are attachable; and a locking apparatus for locking the plug modules to the plug receptacles of the base strip. The locking apparatus has an actuating part movable in an actuating direction toward the electronics housing in order to remove the plug modules from the base strip. A spring element is arranged on the electronics housing for preloading the actuating part in relation to the electronics housing counter to the actuating direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Frank Best, Eduard Unger
  • Patent number: 11862894
    Abstract: An energy module storage module cap includes a plate. It further includes a power output terminal about which the plate is molded. It further includes an auxiliary pin about which the plate is molded. It further includes a gasket disposed on the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Lunar Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Erica Viola Lewis, Tanner Bruce DeVoe
  • Patent number: 11812578
    Abstract: An enclosure for receiving a plurality of storage components is provided. The enclosure includes a deck, a top cover, a front panel, a stress distributing member, and a pair of component housings. The front panel is disposed between the deck and the top cover disposed over the deck. The stress distributing member traverses an entire width of the deck and is fastened to the deck and the top cover. A front section is defined between the front panel and the stress distributing member. The component housings are arranged in the front section. Each of the component housings has a front end facing outward the enclosure and a back end facing inward the enclosure. Each of the component housings is configured to receive at least a set of one or more of the storage components, and ends of the stress distributing member extend beyond the front ends of the component housings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: CHENBRO MICOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Wen Wang, Han-Chung Chien, Sheng-Chan Lin, Hao-Hsiang Hsu, Chiung-Wei Lin, An-Hsin Chen
  • Patent number: 11812575
    Abstract: A server system comprises a deck, a front panel arranged on the deck and defining a collecting space; two doors arranged on opposite sides of the deck, and being perpendicular to the front panel; two receiving frame structures arranged between the doors in a back to back arrangement, and configured to receive multiple rows and columns of a plurality of storage drives horizontally, wherein two periphery corridors are each defined between one of the doors and one of the receiving frame structure facing the one door; two circuit boards arranged between the two receiving frame structures, wherein the two circuit boards comprise a plurality of slits, wherein a central corridor is defined between the two circuit boards; a storage cover disposed above the deck over the two periphery corridors, the central corridor, the two receiving frame structures, and the two circuit boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: CHENBRO MICOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Wen Wang, Han-Chung Chien, Sheng-Chan Lin, Hao-Hsiang Hsu, Chiung-Wei Lin, An-Hsin Chen
  • Patent number: 11715857
    Abstract: Embodiments include enclosures for protecting electronics such as circuit board and battery assemblies in high-pressure environments. Customized pressure distribution structures are positioned around the electronics. The pressure distribution structures include cavities that are sized to distribute pressure across the electronics in a predetermined manner based on known pressure tolerances of components or portions of the electronics. The pressure distribution structures may include various features such as vias for enhancing thermal conductivity. The enclosure may be sealed and surrounded by an envelope. Methods for manufacturing such enclosures are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Aqua Satellite, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Alan Eustace
  • Patent number: 11705427
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate having contact pads disposed thereon and traces interconnecting the contact pads. A first integrated circuit (IC) die is mounted on the substrate and includes a predefined set of circuit components arranged on the first IC die in a first geometrical pattern, which is non-symmetrical under reflection about a given axis in a plane of the die. A second IC die is mounted on the substrate and includes the predefined set of circuit components arranged on the second IC die in a second geometrical pattern, which is a mirror image of the first geometrical pattern with respect to the given axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Ido Bourstein
  • Patent number: 11676910
    Abstract: Two conductive reference layers are embedded in a semiconductor package substrate. The embedded reference layers facilitate low electromagnetic noise coupling between adjacent signals for semiconductor device package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Bok Eng Cheah, Seok Ling Lim, Jenny Shio Yin Ong, Jackson Chung Peng Kong, Kooi Chi Ooi
  • Patent number: 11665824
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a substrate, a switching device, a capacitor device, a first via, a second via, a third via and a fourth via. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface and includes a plurality of copper layers including M positive copper layers and N negative copper layers. The M positive copper layers and the N negative copper layers are alternated. The switching device is disposed on the first surface and includes a switching positive terminal and a switching negative terminal. The capacitor device is disposed on the first surface and includes a capacitor positive terminal and a capacitor negative terminal, and the capacitor device forms a capacitor area. The projections of the adjacent positive and negative copper layers and the capacitor area on the first surface at least partially overlap with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Da Jin, Shengli Lu
  • Patent number: 11632856
    Abstract: A circuit assembly is provided and includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having a circuit element region and defining a trench surrounding an entirety of the circuit element region, a circuit element disposed within the circuit element region of the PCB; and a Faraday wall. The Faraday wall includes a solid, unitary body having a same shape as the trench. The Faraday wall is disposed within the trench to surround an entirety of the circuit element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Andrew Southworth, Kevin Wilder, James Benedict, Mary K. Herndon, Thomas V. Sikina, John P. Haven
  • Patent number: 11622465
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a field termination assembly (FTA) providing for ease of mounting to a support rail. The FTA provides a lever on a base that cushions against shocks and vibrations during shipment and operation while a housing is mounted on a base secured to a support rail. The base includes a dampener feature which makes it more capable of meeting operation and transportation vibration and shock requirements even for marine applications while still providing high channel density and cable count.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Dawa Pakimo, Jaison Cherian, Peter Vermaas
  • Patent number: 11621244
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a device includes: a first die array including first integrated circuit dies, orientations of the first integrated circuit dies alternating along rows and columns of the first die array; a first dielectric layer surrounding the first integrated circuit dies, surfaces of the first dielectric layer and the first integrated circuit dies being planar; a second die array including second integrated circuit dies on the first dielectric layer and the first integrated circuit dies, orientations of the second integrated circuit dies alternating along rows and columns of the second die array, front sides of the second integrated circuit dies being bonded to front sides of the first integrated circuit dies by metal-to-metal bonds and by dielectric-to-dielectric bonds; and a second dielectric layer surrounding the second integrated circuit dies, surfaces of the second dielectric layer and the second integrated circuit dies being planar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chen-Hua Yu, Chuei-Tang Wang, Chieh-Yen Chen, Wei Ling Chang
  • Patent number: 11569087
    Abstract: A display apparatus may include a base substrate including a first portion and a second portion smaller than the first portion, a plurality of pixels disposed on the first portion, a protection substrate disposed below the base substrate, and a groove disposed in a portion of the protection substrate and overlapped with the second portion. The groove may include a first region extending in a first direction, and a second region and a third region, which are arranged along the first direction, wherein the first region is interposed between the second region and the third region. The first and second portions may be arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a width of each of the second and third regions may be larger than a first width of the first region, when measured in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Horyun Chung, Sejoong Shin, Jungsik Nam, Taekyoung Hwang
  • Patent number: 11558975
    Abstract: A server system comprises a deck, a front panel arranged on the deck and defining a collecting space; two doors arranged on opposite sides of the deck, and being perpendicular to the front panel; two receiving frame structures arranged between the doors in a back to back arrangement, and configured to receive multiple rows and columns of a plurality of storage drives horizontally, wherein two periphery corridors are each defined between one of the doors and one of the receiving frame structure facing the one door; two circuit boards arranged between the two receiving frame structures, wherein the two circuit boards comprise a plurality of slits, wherein a central corridor is defined between the two circuit boards; a storage cover disposed above the deck over the two periphery corridors, the central corridor, the two receiving frame structures, and the two circuit boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: CHENBRO MICOM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chien-Wen Wang, Han-Chung Chien, Sheng-Chan Lin, Hao-Hsiang Hsu, Chiung-Wei Lin, An-Hsin Chen
  • Patent number: 11553595
    Abstract: A printed circuit board comprises N power switching cells operating in parallel and respectively comprising a transistor leg, at least one decoupling capacitor and a gate driver circuit. Each transistor leg comprises respective first and second transistors in series, a drain of the first transistor being connected to a positive DC line, a source of the second transistor being connected to a negative DC line, a source of the first transistor being connected to a drain of the second through a connection middle-point connected to an output terminal. Each gate driver circuit controls respective switching ON and OFF of the corresponding first and second transistors. The N transistor legs of the corresponding N power switching cells are positioned to substantially form a convex polygon having N edges of substantially the same length, each one of the N transistor legs being positioned along one of the edges of the convex polygon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: IDÉNERGIE INC.
    Inventors: Handy Fortin-Blanchette, Pierre Blanchet
  • Patent number: 11537184
    Abstract: A wearable display device includes a device body, a heat dissipation processing module, and an inflation actuation module. The device body includes a front cover, a side cover, a fillable gas bag, a circuit board, and a microprocessor. The heat dissipation processing module includes a first actuator corresponding to the microprocessor for performing heat exchange for the microprocessor. The inflation actuation module includes a base member, a gas communication channel, a second actuator, and a valve component. When the second actuator and the valve component are driven, the valve component is opened to control gas introduction of the second actuator, and the second actuator is actuated to transmit the gas to the gas communication channel for gas collection, and the second actuator further transmits the gas to the fillable gas bag for inflating the fillable gas bag, so as to allow a user to wear the wearable display device stably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MICROJET TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao-Jan Mou, Ta-Wei Hsueh, Yu-Tzu Chen, Shou-Cheng Cheng, Chi-Feng Huang, Yung-Lung Han, Tsung-I Lin
  • Patent number: 11522443
    Abstract: An inverter apparatus includes a main circuit substrate, an EMC filter substrate, a control substrate, and a panel. The main circuit substrate is configured to convert electric power and includes an output terminal through which the electric power is output from the inverter apparatus. The EMC filter substrate is provided on the main circuit substrate and configured to reduce propagation of electromagnetic noise. The EMC filter substrate includes a first input terminal through which the electric power is input to the inverter apparatus. The control substrate is provided on the EMC filter substrate so that the EMC filter substrate is sandwiched between the main circuit substrate and the control substrate. The control substrate is configured to control the main circuit substrate. The panel is provided on the control substrate so that the control substrate is sandwiched between the EMC filter substrate and the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YASKAWA DENKI
    Inventors: Ryosuke Tsumagari, Shigekatsu Nagatomo, Yuto Kubo, Yuki Tokimatsu
  • Patent number: 11495760
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel having a display area and a non-display area, the non-display area being disposed at a peripheral portion of the display area and having a bending area; an integrated circuit (IC) disposed in the non-display area to drive the display panel; a first layer formed between the display area and the IC and covering the bending area; and a first member covering the IC and the first layer and overlapping with the bending area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyu Bong Jung
  • Patent number: 11412619
    Abstract: A flexible circuit (FC) comprises a primary dielectric layer having a plurality of substantially parallel conductive circuit traces disposed therein and a secondary dielectric layer extending from or attached to the primary dielectric layer, wherein the secondary dielectric layer does not have any conductive circuit traces disposed therein, and wherein at least one of the primary and secondary dielectric layers defines an alignment feature for wrapping and securing the FC about a central structure. A method of wrapping and securing the FC about a central stricture comprises wrapping the FC about the central structure while aligning each alignment feature with a respective complimentary alignment feature such that the FC fully encompasses the central structure and is secured thereabout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: David R. Peterson, Joseph Sudik, Jr., Jared Bilas
  • Patent number: 11379009
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include a housing including a front plate, a back plate disposed to the opposite side of the front plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the front plate and the back plate, wherein at least a part of the back plate is constructed of a conductive material, and the side member includes an opening, a touch screen display disposed between the front plate and the back plate, a female connector disposed inside the opening, constructed to house a meal connector an external male connector, and including a plurality of pins, a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) disposed inside the space and including a ground plane, a circuit electrically coupled to the ground plane and/or mounted thereon to cut off leak current from the PCB, a first conductive path constructed between the circuit and a first point of at least part of the back plate, and a second conductive path constructed between at least one of the pins and a second point of at least part
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiseob Hyun, Jicheng Zheng, Beom-Mun Kim, Seung-Hun Kim, Choel-Hwi Kwon, Jaehyung Seo, Yongmin Shin, Hyun-Suk Choi
  • Patent number: 11375606
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic apparatus including a printed board, a plurality of connectors mounted on the printed board, a plurality of communication control circuits that is mounted on the printed board and that controls communication through corresponding ones of the plurality of connectors, and a shield member disposed to face the printed board, in which an annular ground pattern surrounding, without interruption, a shield area including the plurality of communication control circuits is formed on a front surface of the printed board, the plurality of connectors is all disposed outside the ground pattern surrounding the shield area, and the shield member covers the shield area and is fixed to the printed board such that a portion facing the ground pattern is electrically connected to the ground pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Tetsufumi Nozawa
  • Patent number: 11375617
    Abstract: An electronic device and associated methods are disclosed. In one example, the electronic device includes a first rigid substrate, a second rigid substrate, a flexible substrate comprising a first portion attached to the first rigid substrate, a second portion attached to the second rigid substrate, a middle portion connecting the first portion to the second portion, wherein the middle portion is bent, and metallic traces therethrough, and a component forming a direct interface with the middle portion of the flexible substrate, the component electrically coupled to the metallic traces. In selected examples, the device further includes a casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Tin Poay Chuah, Bok Eng Cheah, Jackson Chung Peng Kong
  • Patent number: 11363747
    Abstract: A system and method are directed to a fan board sled assembly comprising a fan circuit board including a first end and an opposing second end, a fan cage module including a front section for receiving and removably securing the first end of the fan circuit board to the fan cage module, and a guide bracket including a base section for receiving and removably securing the second end of the fan circuit board to the guide bracket. The fan cage module further includes a back section for receiving one or more fan bodies. The combined fan circuit board, fan cage module and guide bracket are a single integrated unit insertable and extractable from a chassis opening of a computer chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng, Chia-Chun Chen, Chun Chang
  • Patent number: 11323041
    Abstract: A higher-current device is implemented by increasing cross-sectional areas of terminals while securing solderability during mounting. The device makes securing of a creepage distance between terminals compatible with a reduction in package size. A semiconductor device 1 is provided with a package 2, a semiconductor circuit 3, a control circuit 6, a plurality of main terminals 7 and control terminals 8. Each main terminal 7 is configured of a plurality of subterminals S1, S2 and S3 arranged at mutually neighboring positions and projecting from the package 2. Distal end portions of the subterminals S1, S2 and S3 making up the same main terminal 7 are bent toward a mounting surface on which the semiconductor device 1 is mounted and the bending positions of the subterminals S1, S2 and S3 are configured to differ between the mutually neighboring subterminals S1 and S2, and subterminals S2 and S3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11309272
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a display device, includes: providing an adhesive tape including: an adhesive conductive layer on a base film, a cutting width corresponding to a width of an adhesive tape attaching area of a substrate and provided in plurality including cutting widths adjacent to each other along the base film, and an interval between the cutting widths adjacent to each other; within the interval, providing a plurality of half-cuts in the adhesive tape, to provide a multi-cut adhesive tape; and pressing the multi-cut adhesive tape to the substrate, at a first portion of the multi-cut adhesive tape which corresponds to the cutting width, to separate the first portion of the multi-cut adhesive tape from the base film and attach the first portion of the multi-cut adhesive tape to the substrate at the adhesive tape attaching area thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Sic Min, Min Jung Na, Sang Won Yeo, Jong In Lee, Chang Sub Jung
  • Patent number: 11271338
    Abstract: An electrical connection assembly includes a circuit board and a connector mounted on the circuit board. The connector has a housing and a contact received in the housing. The contact has an elastic arm extending out from a surface of the housing and a connection pin extending out from a side face of the housing. The elastic arm electrically contacts an electrical contact pad on a moving bracket and the connection pin electrically contacts the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken Sakai, Pai R. Rajendra, Yulin Feng, Lei Pan, Tian Xia
  • Patent number: 11258035
    Abstract: A flexible display device and an electronic device including the same are disclosed. The flexible display device includes a magnetic body group, which is adhered to a lower plate provided under a display panel by the force of magnetic attraction. Therefore, the flexible display device has improved reliability in spite of frequent folding and unfolding operations and is capable of facilitating a rework process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Inventors: Jun-Hyung Kim, Tae-Woo Kim, Jung-Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 11252820
    Abstract: A power converter module includes a multilayer printed circuit board, a switching device, a capacitor device, a first via, a second via, a third via and a fourth via. The multilayer printed circuit board has a first surface and a second surface and includes a plurality of copper layers including a plurality of positive copper layers and negative copper layers. The plurality of positive copper layers and the negative copper layers are disposed in staggered arrangement. The switching device is disposed on the first surface and includes a switching positive terminal and a switching negative terminal. The capacitor device is disposed on the first surface and includes a capacitor positive terminal and a capacitor negative terminal, and the capacitor device forms a capacitor area. The projections of the adjacent positive and negative copper layers and the capacitor area on the first surface at least partially overlap with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Da Jin, Junguo Cui, Cheng Cheng, Shengli Lu
  • Patent number: 11239450
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method for manufacturing a display panel. The method includes providing a hardness-variable material layer and a flexible layer on the hardness-variable material layer, and bonding a chip to the flexible layer. The hardness-variable material layer is set to be in a hard state before bonding the chip to the flexible layer. After bonding the chip to the flexible layer, the hardness-variable material layer is peeled off. The hardness-variable material layer is set to be in a flexible state before peeling off the hardness-variable material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuanjie Xu
  • Patent number: 11233754
    Abstract: A system and method for communicating messages over a communication channel is disclosed wherein a user content that would ultimately make a user message is generated by a first user at a first application or widget and sent to a chat server for subsequent sending to a second user for viewing via the second user's application or widget. The refresh frequency of the user content between the first user and the server is at every up to 500 milliseconds while the send rate between the server and the second widget is at or after at least 500 milliseconds. Accordingly, the second user is able to preview the first user's message before the first user's message is ultimately written and manually sent to the second user by the first user. The second user is here able to preview the user content at up to 500 millisecond refresh rates, thereby giving the second user a real-time preview into what is being generated by the first user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: LIVECHAT SOFTWARE S.A
    Inventor: Konrad Kruk
  • Patent number: 11206731
    Abstract: A communication module includes: a substrate; a supplementary substrate disposed to surround an electronic element mounted on a lower surface of the substrate; a molding material configured to seal an electronic element mounted on an upper surface of the substrate; and a shielding layer disposed on a side surface and an upper surface of the molding material, a side surface of the supplementary substrate, and a side surface of the substrate. The supplementary substrate includes: a plurality of first pads disposed on an upper surface of the supplementary substrate; a plurality of second pads disposed on a lower surface of the supplementary substrate; a plurality of vias connecting the plurality first pads to the plurality of second pads; and a ground pad disposed on the side surface of the supplementary substrate. The ground pad includes an extender connected to a corresponding first pad and a corresponding second pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Bo Hyun Seo
  • Patent number: 11196196
    Abstract: A connection apparatus includes: a housing case, where the housing case includes a first side face and a second side face that are intersected and disposed adjacent to each other; a first connector, disposed on the first side face and configured to be connected to a connector of a first line card, so that the connection apparatus is orthogonally connected to the first line card; and a second connector, disposed on the second side face and connected to the first connector. The second connector is configured to be connected to a connector of a network board. The connection apparatus can improve a capacity of the communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhao Zhang, Yu Tian
  • Patent number: 11139732
    Abstract: Power electronic module comprising a plurality of semiconductor power electronic components electrically connected to an electrical support, and a cooling device in thermal contact with each component, each component being present between the electrical support and the cooling device and being mounted on the electrical support via at least one electrically conductive spring element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Toni Youssef, Stéphane Joseph Azzopardi, Rabih Khazaka, Donatien Henri Edouard Martineau
  • Patent number: 11095065
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a housing having a socket opening, and a pair of sliding grooves are formed on the socket opening. A guiding piece is formed at a bottom of each sliding groove, and the guiding piece includes a positioning section and a guiding section. A power socket passes through the sliding grooves along the guiding section, and one side of the power socket is abutted against the positioning section so as to contact the socket opening. A cover plate is provided with a pair of clips corresponding to the sliding grooves, and the clips are inserted into the pair of sliding grooves and abutted against a side of the power socket for positioning the power socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: CHICONY POWER TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih-Yuan Chang
  • Patent number: 11089704
    Abstract: A data storage enclosure for storing data on digital storage media has a lid that secures to a base. The enclosure has an upper insulating block that is located adjacent the lid and a lower insulating block that is located in the base. Each insulating block has a corresponding cover that overlays and protects its respective block. A storage unit has outer thermal management layers and a center layer located therebetween. The thermal management layers each contain a corresponding heat absorber that absorbs energy and changes from solid to liquid as the temperature of the storage unit begins to rise to excessive temperatures. The center layer contains a digital storage drive that is connected to a flexible cable that is connected to a sacrificial connector. When assembled, the insulating blocks and covers constrain and hold the storage unit and flexible cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventor: Patrick Scott Heller
  • Patent number: 11064618
    Abstract: The application discloses an electronic device including a motherboard and a housing structure. The motherboard has a first surface and a second surface. The housing structure includes a first casing, a first cushion, a second casing, and a second cushion. The first casing has at least one first fixing member. The first cushion covers the first surface, is accommodated in the first casing and has at least one first through hole. The second casing has at least one second fixing member. The second cushion covers the second surface, is accommodated in the second casing and has at least one second through hole. A peripheral edge of the first cushion is attached to a peripheral edge of the second cushion, and the first fixing member may be fixed to the second fixing member through the first through hole and the second through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kuan-Ting Lin, Wen-Cheng Tsai, Jr-Hung Huang, Danny Sun, Ho-Ching Huang, Nien-Yu Chang, Ming-Ke Chou
  • Patent number: 11027679
    Abstract: An electrical device configured to be provided in a vehicle includes a first case; and a second case that is fastened to the first case by a bolt. A side surface of the first case is provided with a columnar projection that extends along the side surface. The columnar projection is provided with a bolt insertion hole through which the bolt is inserted, the bolt insertion hole extending along the side surface. A center line of the bolt insertion hole is located closer to a center of the first case than a center line of the columnar projection is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Keisuke Yuki
  • Patent number: 10973126
    Abstract: An integrated circuit includes a nexus and a first, a second, a third, and a fourth circuit board. Each of the first and second circuit boards is coupled to opposing sides of the nexus, and each of the third and fourth circuit boards is coupled to opposing sides of the second circuit board. The integrated circuit is transitionable between a first, open configuration, in which the first, second, third and fourth circuit boards and the nexus are substantially coplanar, and a second configuration, in which the first, second, third and fourth circuit boards and the nexus are coupled to one another to define a cavity therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Chi Min Seow, Jaimeen Kapadia, Richard S. Lech, Michael Zemlok, Mark H. Macleod
  • Patent number: 10965059
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first board configured as a printed circuit board having an electronic circuit component mounted thereon; a second board configured as a printed circuit board having an electronic circuit component mounted thereon; a board-to-board connector configured to electrically connect the first board and the second board, the board-to-board connector including a first terminal on the first board and a second terminal on the second board, the second terminal being configured to be connected to the first terminal; and a grip member on the second board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Tagashira
  • Patent number: 10959358
    Abstract: An electronic component module includes: electronic components mounted on a substrate, each of the electronic components having terminals located on a side, upper, and/or lower surface thereof; and a shield that is located on the substrate, has side plates surrounding the electronic components, and is supplied with a ground potential, wherein in an electronic component closest to one side plate of the side plates among one or more electronic components, in each of which at least one terminal of the terminals is located on the side and/or upper surface, a terminal a first distance of which to the one side plate is shortest among the at least one terminal is a first terminal supplied with the ground potential, and a second distance each of second terminals not supplied with the ground potential to the one side plate is greater than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taiji Ito
  • Patent number: 10950536
    Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes an electro-mechanical interface having angled signal interconnects, wherein, the angling of the signal interconnects is to reduce noise coupling between the angled signal interconnects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Zhen Zhou, Jun Liao, Xiang Li, Kevin Stone, Daqiao Du, Tae-Young Yang, Ling Zheng, James A. McCall
  • Patent number: 10908648
    Abstract: Disclosed is a foldable display apparatus in which a crack prevention layer is disposed on a surface of a display panel. The crack prevention layer includes thin film pattern portions disposed along a folding axis of the foldable display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jaihyuk Choi, Sukwon Jung, Myungsoo Huh
  • Patent number: 10910450
    Abstract: A chip on film package structure including a flexible film and a chip is provided. The flexible film includes a main body and a first wing body. The main body includes a main bonding portion configured to be bonded to a first substrate. The first wing body includes a first extending part and a first bent part. The first extending part is extended from a side of the main body. The first bent part is configured to be bent to a second substrate and having a first wing bonding portion. The first wing bonding portion is configured to be bonded to the second substrate. The first substrate and the second substrate are stacked on top of each other. The chip mounted on and electrically connected to the main body. A display device is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Novatek Microelectronics Corp.
    Inventor: Ying-Neng Huang
  • Patent number: 10897830
    Abstract: A power control unit is located inside a housing chamber of a driving unit of a vehicle, and the power control unit includes a casing housing a power conversion device. The casing includes casing segments, and fastening parts are located around the casing segments. The casing segments are fastened to each other with bolts at the fastening parts, and the fastening parts include a specific fastening part on which a shear load concentrates when a load is input into the casing, and an ordinary fastening part other than the specific fastening part. The specific fastening part has an induction portion inducing plastic deformation, which is configured to lower an elastic limit of the specific fastening part when the load is input into the casing, such that the specific fastening part undergoes plastic deformation earlier than the ordinary fastening part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenjiro Shiba, Keisuke Yuki, Takuya Yashiki
  • Patent number: 10897021
    Abstract: A display device including a display panel having a display area and a non-display area, the non-display area being disposed at a peripheral portion of the display area and having a bending area; an integrated circuit (IC) disposed in the non-display area to drive the display panel; a first layer formed between the display area and the IC and covering the bending area; and a first member covering the IC and the first layer and overlapping with the bending area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyu Bong Jung
  • Patent number: 10893615
    Abstract: A printed circuit board composite and a method for producing same. In the method for producing the printed circuit board composite, a first printed circuit board, in particular a sensor carrier printed circuit board, is connected in a form-fitting manner to a second printed circuit board, in particular a supporting printed circuit board. There is also described a printed circuit board composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: CPT Zwei GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Rietsch, Andreas Plach, Andreas Albert, Mathias Strecker, Hassene Bel Haj Said, Johannes Bock, Thengis Greifenstein
  • Patent number: 10856409
    Abstract: A junction between two circuit board segments can be made using a flexible printed circuit board (PCB), permitting the two circuit board segments to be movably positioned with respect to one another, while maintaining electrical connections between the board segments through the junction. Such a design with flexible PCB junctions can allow a single, foldable board with multiple board segments to be used in place of a set of multiple circuit boards that must couple together using connectors and cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chun-Han Chuang, Ying-Che Chang
  • Patent number: 10772190
    Abstract: Heat-removal assemblies with springs on opposing sides of a support structure and methods for using the same are provided. Heat may be removed from a heat-generating assembly of an electronic device by a heat-removal assembly that may include a heat-dissipating subassembly (e.g., a heat spreader and/or a heat pipe) and a fastener subassembly. The fastener subassembly may be configured to press the heat-dissipating subassembly against the heat-generating assembly for enabling the heat-dissipating subassembly to be thermally coupled to the heat-generating assembly for removing heat therefrom. In order for the fastener subassembly to provide an even pressure distribution across the heat-dissipating subassembly for such heat removal and/or to limit deformation of one or more portions of the electronic device during such heat removal, the fastener subassembly may include two springs positioned on opposite sides of a circuit board that may be supporting the heat-generating assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Kristopher P. Laurent, Brett W. Degner