With Housing Or Chassis Patents (Class 361/752)
  • Patent number: 12373009
    Abstract: An adapter card for mounting expansion card to motherboard includes a card-board, a slot, and a plug. The card-board includes a connecting piece located in the slot for connecting the expansion card to the card-board. The post and the latch are configured for fixing the expansion card, the plug is configured for connecting the card-board to a motherboard. The expansion card is designed with special specifications which cannot be inserted into the regular slot on motherboard, but the adapter card can adapt the expansion card designed to the regular slot on the motherboard, without changing types of the slot on the motherboard, improving efficiency of mounting expansion card. A graphics card test device using the adapter card is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2025
    Assignee: Fulian Precision Electronics (Tianjin) Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Cheng-I Lu
  • Patent number: 12368987
    Abstract: A resin housing having an electronic component and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The resin housing includes an electronic component mounting film that includes a housing made of resin, a base film disposed along an inner surface of the housing, a circuit pattern layer formed on at least a surface opposite to a side of the housing of the base film, and an electronic component connected to the circuit pattern layer and mounted on a surface opposite to the side of the housing of the base film. The electronic component mounting film is integrated with the housing. An impact absorbing layer covers the electronic component of the electronic component mounting film and a periphery of the electronic component. The circuit pattern layer of the electronic component mounting film is not bent around a portion on which the electronic component is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: Nissha Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chuzo Taniguchi, Jun Sasaki, Eiji Kawashima, Yasuisa Takinishi
  • Patent number: 12355347
    Abstract: A power supply device is disclosed and includes a housing, a power board, an output terminal and a DCDC conversion module. The housing includes an accommodation space, and a first opening of a rear plate in communication with the accommodation space. The power board disposed in parallel to the lower plate is at least partially accommodated in the accommodation space, and a peripheral edge is disposed adjacent to the rear plate. The output terminal is disposed in parallel to the lower plate, and passes through the first opening of the rear plate. The DCDC conversion module is accommodated in the accommodation space and includes a primary circuit, a transformer and a secondary circuit. The transformer and the secondary circuit are arranged on the power board in sequence. The secondary circuit is arranged on part of the power board existing the peripheral edge and electrically connected to the output terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Dong, Bing Fan, Dongyu Wang, Weibo Sun
  • Patent number: 12348657
    Abstract: A flexible substrate has a first dynamic region separated from a second dynamic region along a central axis by a central region. One or both of the first dynamic region and/or the second dynamic region define at least one aperture having a major axis oriented substantially parallel with the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC
    Inventors: Ngee J Lee, Caleb Smith, Keith J Pump, Robert Murdock
  • Patent number: 12349326
    Abstract: An anti-magnetic interference component includes a circuit board, a plurality of electronic components disposed on the circuit board, a flexible board, and at least one first electromagnetic shielding film. The flexible board includes a covering portion and two connecting portions. The covering portion can be bend relative to each of the two connecting portions, the two connecting portions is connected to the circuit board, the covering portion can cover and space apart from the circuit board when the covering portion is bend relative to the two connecting portions, causing the covering portion and the circuit board to cooperatively form an accommodation space for receiving the electronic components. The first electromagnetic shielding film is disposed on the covering portion and the two connecting portions, the first electromagnetic shielding film can face the plurality of electronic components when the covering portion covers the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: TRIPLE WIN TECHNOLOGY(SHENZHEN) CO.LTD.
    Inventor: Chin-Ting Chen
  • Patent number: 12349303
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include an electronic package. In an embodiment, the electronic package comprises a package substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite from the first surface, and a die on the first surface of the package substrate. In an embodiment, the electronic package further comprises a socket interface on the second surface of the package substrate. In an embodiment, the socket interface comprises a first layer, wherein the first layer comprises a plurality of wells, a liquid metal within the plurality of wells, and a second layer over the plurality of wells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Karumbu Meyyappan, Kyle Arrington, David Craig, Pooya Tadayon
  • Patent number: 12342495
    Abstract: An electronics enclosure includes: a housing having a floor, a ceiling, a rear wall, a pair of side walls, and a door mounted to one of the side walls that define an internal cavity; a first generally vertically-disposed mounting blade; first electronic equipment mounted on the first mounting blade; and a first sliding mechanism mounted to the housing and to the first mounting blade, the sliding mechanism configured to permit the first mounting blade and the first electronic equipment to move between a retracted position, in which the first mounting blade is positioned in the internal cavity, and an extended position, in which the first mounting blade is positioned forwardly of the internal cavity to facilitate access to the first electronic equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: OUTDOOR WIRELESS NETWORKS LLC
    Inventor: Guilibaldo Ruiz
  • Patent number: 12342476
    Abstract: A wireless remote controller includes a housing including front and rear enclosures defining a PCB cavity, a PCB disposed within the PCB cavity, a switch, communication circuitry to generate wireless signals, and a button to actuate the switch. The button includes a button body having a button portion and first and second button sidewalls having a retaining finger to engage the support board. The button width is substantially the same as the housing width. The wireless remote controller may include a mounting cavity formed in a rear surface of the housing which includes first and second converging cavity sidewall extending from a base. A mounting plate removably secures the wireless remote controller to a wall and includes first and second converging mount sidewalls each including a rail. The cavity sidewalls and the mount sidewalls include a first and second rail and a first and second channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding, LLC
    Inventors: John R. Johnson, Michael Crist, John Peter Roquemore
  • Patent number: 12295468
    Abstract: An electronic device case is provided. The electronic device case includes a first body, a first connection part coupled to the first body, a second body, a second connection part coupled to the second body and movably connected to the first connection part, an accommodating space formed by the first body and the second body, a first magnet fixed on the first connection part and including a first portion, and a second magnet fixed on the second connection part and including a second portion having a same polarity as the first portion. The electronic device case is transitioned, by movement of the second connection part with respect to the first connection part, to a first state in which the accommodating space is opened, and a second state in which the accommodating space is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoonseok Kang, Yongbum Kim, Kyungyub Lee, Changhyung Lee, Hwangyun Cho
  • Patent number: 12300457
    Abstract: Embodiments included herein are directed towards an apparatus for actuating a switch of an operator control device, and related methods. Embodiments of the present disclosure may include a trigger shaped to mate with the operator control device. The trigger may include an integrated preload portion formed, at least in part, within the trigger. The trigger may further include an integrated actuator portion formed, at least in part, at an interfacing portion of the trigger. The integrated actuator portion may be configured to interface with the switch of the operator control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Stoner, Jeffrey M. Smith
  • Patent number: 12302490
    Abstract: A signal transmission structure, an electronic device, and a PCB. The signal transmission structure includes a reference ground layer and a signal layer disposed above the reference ground layer. The signal layer includes a plurality of signal transmission lines are disposed in parallel along a line width direction having gaps therebetween. The reference ground layer includes a first reference area, and the first reference area is an orthographic projection area, at the reference ground layer, of two of the plurality of signal transmission lines and a gap between the two signal transmission lines. The first reference area is provided with a plurality of notches, and the plurality of notches is located on an orthographic projection, in the first reference area, of the two signal transmission lines, and the notches are distributed in an array at intervals along a line length direction of the signal transmission lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Puwei Bai
  • Patent number: 12302518
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing provided with an accommodating space and a first opening communicated with the accommodating space; a functional unit movably disposed in the accommodating space; a drive device disposed in the housing, the drive device is connected with the functional unit, and the drive device drives the functional unit to retract into the accommodating space through the first opening, or at least partially extend out of the accommodating space; and a rolling body disposed on a side wall of the accommodating space, and during movement of the functional unit relative to the side wall of the accommodating space, the rolling body is in rotational contact with the functional unit, and an extending direction of the side wall is parallel to a moving direction of the functional unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiang Feng
  • Patent number: 12300135
    Abstract: A display apparatus is disclosed that includes a display panel and a controller. The display panel includes a first edge extending in a first direction, a second edge extending in a second direction that intersects the first direction, and a display area where an image is displayed. The controller is configured to obtain information to bend the display panel and, in response, to bend the display panel to a bent display panel. In the bent display panel, the first edge has a first display-panel curvature and the second edge has a second display-panel curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeonghee Won, Jungtae Park, Youngseok Seo
  • Patent number: 12302522
    Abstract: A housing for an electronic circuit comprises tub-shaped lower and upper parts and a rectangular printed circuit board, PCB. The lower part comprises PCB supports and molded position fixing formations on opposite inner walls and first parts of latching apparatuses, for connecting to the upper part, on opposite outer walls. The formations positionally fix the PCB by engaging into matching fixing slots therein. The PCB has, in each corner, a slot parallel to the inner walls with the supporting elements forming elongate, resilient tabs, the length of the slots greater than the spacing of the respective slot from the adjacent PCB edge. The upper part comprises pins protruding out of the plane of the edge and pressing the resilient tabs out of the PCB plane into the lower part, with the housing assembled, and, on opposite outer walls, second parts of the latching apparatus for connecting to the lower part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Adrian Homutescu
  • Patent number: 12298823
    Abstract: There is provided an electronic apparatus which improves an external appearance and which easily ensures the strength of an exterior member. In the electronic apparatus, an upper surface of an exterior panel (20A) has, on a peripheral portion of the upper surface, a first position (P1), a second position (P2) defined on an opposite side of a center (P0) of the upper surface from the first position (P1), a third position (P3), and a fourth position (P4) defined on an opposite side of the center (P0) of the upper surface from the third position (P3). A line (L1) that connects the first position (P1) and the second position (P2) to each other and is formed along the upper surface is a curve bulging to a lower side, and a line (L2) that connects the third position (P3) and the fourth position (P4) to each other and is formed along the upper surface is a curve bulging to an upper side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventors: Yujin Morisawa, Yasuhiro Ootori, Keiichi Aoki, Shinya Tsuchida
  • Patent number: 12300843
    Abstract: A power storage module includes: a stack of a plurality of power storage cells; a resin plate placed on the stack of the plurality of power storage cells; a flexible printed circuit board placed on the resin plate and having an electric circuit electrically connected to the plurality of power storage cells; and an element provided on the electric circuit. The flexible printed circuit board is fixed to the resin plate at a fixation position including a first fixation portion and a second fixation portion. The first fixation portion and the second fixation portion are separated from each other by a first distance (L1) along the stacking direction, and the element is provided at a position separated from the first fixation portion or the second fixation portion by a second distance (L2) along the stacking direction, the second distance (L2) being less than or equal to ? of the first distance (L1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Takatoshi Kageyama, Yasumasa Kojima, Takashi Inamura
  • Patent number: 12289874
    Abstract: An electronic assembly includes a printed circuit board (PCB), an electronic component coupled to the PCB, an electrically conductive fence coupled to the PCB and surrounding a perimeter of the electronic component, and a fan assembly. The fan assembly includes a housing coupled to the fence and disposed over the electronic component and a plurality of fan blades configured to rotate within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Kubo, Yinjuan He, Kristina A. Babiarz, Noell G. Johnson, Sean M. Grove, Sina Bigdeli, Sivesh Selvakumar
  • Patent number: 12279392
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic control device capable of suppressing outflow of a sealing material to the outside and reducing defective attachment of a bracket. The electronic control device 1 to be attached to a bracket 2 includes a cover 4 (first housing) and a case 3 (second housing) fitted to the cover 4. The cover 4 (first housing) includes a first flange 4F and a first groove portion 31 filled with a sealing material 5. The case 3 (second housing) includes a second flange 3F overlapping the first flange 4F, and a case protrusion 33 (protrusion) fitted to the first groove portion 31 and embedded in the sealing material 5. The first flange 4F of the cover 4 (first housing) has a second groove portion 41 present at a position that is closer to the outside than the first groove portion 31 is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta Yakuzawa, Toshikazu Shigyo
  • Patent number: 12279382
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a hinge housing extending in a direction of a rotational axis, a first housing connected to one side of the hinge housing in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis to rotate about the rotational axis relative to the hinge housing, a second housing connected to an opposite side of the hinge housing in a direction perpendicular to the rotational axis to rotate about the rotational axis relative to the hinge housing, and a flexible display including a bending area at least partially disposed in the hinge housing and formed to be a flat surface or a curved surface, a first area extending from the bending area in one direction perpendicular to the rotational axis, and a second area extending from the bending area in an opposite direction perpendicular to the rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dooryong Kim, Yunsik Kim, Jaemyung Cho, Jingook Kim, Yonghee Jang, Sinyoung Park
  • Patent number: 12273474
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a hinge structure, a first housing structure, a second housing structure that is foldable with the first housing structure, a foldable housing, a flexible display, a first mid-plate disposed on one side of the first housing structure, a second mid-plate disposed on one side of the second housing structure, a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) extending between the first mid-plate and the second mid-plate, a first sealing member that seals a first opening formed in the first mid-plate, and a second sealing member that seals a second opening formed in the second mid-plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gidae Kim, Moohyun Baek, Minsung Lee, Jongchul Choi
  • Patent number: 12264870
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator door, comprising a door housing, a door liner, a decorative strip connected between the door liner and the door housing, a thermal insulation chamber formed between the door housing and the door liner, and a storage device mounted on the door liner. The refrigerator door further comprises a power supply module used to supply power to the storage device. The power supply module has a pre-embedded component fixed in the thermal insulation chamber and exposed by the door liner, a power supply line passing through the pre-embedded component from the thermal insulation chamber and leading out, and a connection mechanism disposed between the pre-embedded component and the storage device and electrically connected to the power supply line. The refrigerator door of the present invention can prevent the occurrence of leakage during a foaming process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenchun Wang, Hao Zhang, Enpin Xia, Xuan Ji
  • Patent number: 12267976
    Abstract: Provided are a chassis ear apparatus and a mounting method thereof. The chassis ear apparatus includes a shell, wherein a chassis ear seat is detachably mounted on a back surface of the shell, and the chassis ear seat is configured to be fixed to a rack after a server is installed into the rack; a printed circuit board is arranged at a front surface of the shell, the printed circuit board is installed from the front surface of the shell and is detachably mounted on the chassis ear seat, and the printed circuit board is connected to a mainboard inside the server via a signal cable; and the signal cable penetrates through a gap between the shell and the chassis ear seat and is inserted into a cable socket on a front surface of the printed circuit board from the front surface of the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: SUZHOU METABRAIN INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hui Tian, Yu Zou, Yunwu Peng
  • Patent number: 12266875
    Abstract: Shown is an assembly or securing a printed circuit board to a plug body, having a contact element with a holding face facing against a plugging direction of the contact element, and a securing member, that can be transferred into a securing position, in which the printed circuit board is secured by the securing member in a positive fit manner against the plug direction at the holding face. Further shown is a method of securing a printed circuit board at the plug body, wherein a holding face of a contact element facing against a plug direction is inserted through an opening in the printed circuit board and subsequently a securing member is transferred to a securing position, in which the printed circuit board is secured by the securing member in a positive fit manner against the plug direction at the holding face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Ralf Schwan
  • Patent number: 12262103
    Abstract: A vehicular camera assembly includes a printed circuit board, a metallic shield element at least partially enclosing the printed circuit board, and a housing at least partially enclosing the shield element. The housing includes a front housing portion accommodating a lens. An imager is disposed at the printed circuit board and is optically aligned with the lens. The camera assembly includes an electrical connector for electrically connecting an electrical connecting element of the printed circuit board to a wire harness of a vehicle. The shield element includes at least one seam, with one or more seams including a respective gap between opposing edge regions of the shield element and an overlapping tab that extends from one of the opposing edge regions that at least partially closes the respective seam. The housing and the shield element are in contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Nazar F. Bally, James L Smith, Jonathan D. Conger
  • Patent number: 12262518
    Abstract: A circuit board assembly includes a circuit board, a noise source and a shielding cover. The circuit board has an upper surface, a lower surface and a plurality of grounding areas. The lower surface faces away from the upper surface, and the grounding areas are located at the lower surface. The noise source is located at the upper surface of the circuit board. The shielding cover includes a covering body and a plurality of elastic grounding arms. The covering body is in contact with the upper surface and covers the noise source. The elastic grounding arms are connected to the covering body. The elastic grounding arms are in contact with the lower surface of the circuit board and respectively in electrical contact with the grounding areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignees: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yu Shu Tai, Chih-Cheng Li
  • Patent number: 12262499
    Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly of an electric power supply module and of a protective device for said module, said assembly being intended to equip an air-conditioning unit, in particular for a motor vehicle, said power supply module comprising a housing provided with regions allowing penetration of liquid into the housing, the protective device extending at least partially facing said regions so as to cause the liquid to flow beyond said regions, depending on the orientation of said power supply module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Sébastien Colinet, Serif Karaaslan
  • Patent number: 12255120
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a power module, a circuit package, and a joint portion joining the power module and the circuit package. The circuit package includes a semiconductor element, a wiring layer electrically connected with the semiconductor element, a heat conductive member, and a second mold resin portion sealing the semiconductor element and the heat conductive member. The wiring layer includes a connecting portion connected with the heat conductive member. One of the connecting portion or the heat conductive member is joined with a signal wire in the power module via the joint portion. The heat conductive member penetrates the second mold resin portion in a thickness direction of the semiconductor element. The heat conductive member and the connecting portion are arranged in a straight line in the thickness direction of the semiconductor element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MIRISE Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Kato, Takeshi Endo, Kazuhiro Tsuruta
  • Patent number: 12255581
    Abstract: A rapid shutdown device for rapidly de-energizing a photovoltaic module system is disclosed. The rapid shutdown device includes power lines connected to a photovoltaic string of modules on a roof of a structure. A high voltage switch on a first power line is disconnected when the high voltage switch is open. The rapid shutdown device includes a gate drive circuit that receives an electronic photovoltaic string status signal associated with an operating status of the photovoltaic string. The date drive circuit may determine that the operating status indicates the presence of a hazard based on the electronic photovoltaic string status signal. Based on the presence of the hazard, the rapid shutdown device generates a high voltage switch command signal to cause the high voltage switch to open to disconnect the photovoltaic string from an electrical connection to a grid power supply, thereby enhancing protection of the string and safety for responders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: GAF Energy LLC
    Inventors: Babak Farhangi, Hasib Amin, Lewis Abra, Richard Perkins
  • Patent number: 12255580
    Abstract: A rapid shutdown device for rapidly de-energizing a photovoltaic module system is disclosed. The rapid shutdown device includes power lines connected to a photovoltaic string of modules on a roof of a structure. A high voltage switch on a first power line is disconnected when the high voltage switch is open. The rapid shutdown device includes a gate drive circuit that receives an electronic photovoltaic string status signal associated with an operating status of the photovoltaic string. The date drive circuit may determine that the operating status indicates the presence of a hazard based on the electronic photovoltaic string status signal. Based on the presence of the hazard, the rapid shutdown device generates a high voltage switch command signal to cause the high voltage switch to open to disconnect the photovoltaic string from an electrical connection to a grid power supply, thereby enhancing protection of the string and safety for responders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: GAF Energy LLC
    Inventors: Babak Farhangi, Hasib Amin, Lewis Abra, Richard Perkins
  • Patent number: 12256506
    Abstract: A wireless switching controller for media devices is provided, including a main body and a remote controller. The remote controller includes a first housing having a cavity, the main body includes a main device body and a clamping component, and the clamping component is rotatably connected to the main device body through a rotating shaft. The remote controller is communicated with the main device body through a wireless communication manner. The main device body is partially or completely detachably accommodated in the cavity, and a transmission unit is disposed between the remote controller and the main device body for transmitting electrical power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Inventor: Yuanhui Zhang
  • Patent number: 12250765
    Abstract: An anti-interference surface mount electronic component includes a surface mount electronic component body having an outer side adapted to be grounded. An anti-interference layer unit is disposed on the outer side of the surface mount electronic component body. The outer side of the surface mount electronic component body includes two electrodes disposed in two symmetric directions extending along a planar surface. The two electrodes together define a separation area on the outer side of the surface mount electronic component body. The separation area includes a grounding end. The anti-interference layer unit includes a first anti-interference layer formed of an anti-interference coating. The first anti-interference layer is disposed around the separation area and an outer side of the grounding end and is spaced from each of the two electrodes. The first anti-interference layer includes an opening facing the grounding end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Kaotek Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Keng-Kuei Su
  • Patent number: 12235697
    Abstract: Disclosed is a modular energy system that comprises a first module, comprising a first panel, and a first connector attached to the first panel. A portion of the first connector extends past a first edge of the first panel. The modular energy system further comprises a second module, comprising a second panel, and a second connector attached to the second panel. The second connector is aligned with a second edge of the second panel, and the second connector defines a cavity. The second module is coupled to the first module, wherein the portion of the first connector that extends past the first edge of the first panel is positioned within the cavity defined by the second connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Madeleine C. Jayme, Ryan M. Asher, William B. Weisenburgh, II, Joshua M. Henderson
  • Patent number: 12235548
    Abstract: The present application provides a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display panel includes an upper substrate and a lower substrate that are arranged opposite to each other, a liquid crystal layer, a first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer, wherein the first electrode layer is disposed on a side of the upper substrate close to or away from the liquid crystal layer, the second electrode layer is disposed on a side of the upper substrate away from the first electrode layer, and the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer are electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Liang Li
  • Patent number: 12230877
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device may include a housing including a plate including a first surface, and a support bracket including a (1-1)th side wall extending from an edge of the first surface and a (1-2)th side wall separated from the (1-1)th side wall by a first segmented portion, a camera bracket electrically connected to the (1-2)th side wall of the housing, and a printed circuit board disposed within the housing. An antenna pattern provided on the support bracket may include a conductive portion forming at least a portion of the (1-1)th side wall, and a ground portion connected to the conductive portion may be located between the camera bracket and the first segmented portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Woongeun Kwak, Jungsik Park, Sunghyup Lee, Heeseok Jung
  • Patent number: 12225700
    Abstract: A display panel, a display module and a manufacture method thereof, and a communication device are provided. The display panel includes a display substrate and a multiplexing circuit arranged on a first surface of the display substrate. The display panel further includes a wave-absorbing material layer arranged on a second surface of the display substrate. The wave-absorbing material layer is configured to absorb electromagnetic wave interference signals. The second surface is a surface opposite to the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao Wang, Binfeng Feng, Yonghui Luo, Fei Li, Yupeng Chen, Jiaxiang Wang, Zijie Zhang, Qifeng Li
  • Patent number: 12219721
    Abstract: A memory device and an electronic device is provided. The memory device may include a memory module including a module board and a memory connector located on one side of the module board, a first enclosure placed above the memory module and a second enclosure placed below the memory module, wherein the first enclosure includes a first main cover which covers upper faces of the module board and the memory connector, at least one clamping hole which penetrates the main cover at a position overlapping the memory connector, an inter-device fastening pillar protruding downward from a lower face of the first main cover, and a coupling hole which is located inside the inter-device fastening pillar on a plane and penetrates the inter-device fastening pillar and the main cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuf Cinar, Jae Hong Park, Han Hong Lee, Seon Gyun Baek, Won-Gi Hong
  • Patent number: 12219664
    Abstract: Systems for monitoring a sump pump are provided. A system includes a power adapter designed to receive power from a power source. The power adapter is provided in the form of a controller establishing a wireless connection a wireless network and a housing having a first receptacle and a second receptacle. The first receptacle and the second receptacle are designed to accept a float-switch input and a sump pump input, respectively. The float-switch input and the sump pump input are electrically coupled to controller and the power source when accepted by the first receptacle and the second receptacle, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Pentair Flow Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Hassan Khalid, Nicola Sgambelluri, Brian Broga, Brian Boothe, Dan Featherstone
  • Patent number: 12212085
    Abstract: It is aimed to prevent the damage of terminal fittings. A connector device (A) is provided with a case formed with an opening portion in a front surface and having an open lower surface, and a board connector including L-shaped terminal fittings and a housing to be mounted into the opening portion. The terminal fitting includes a penetrating portion extending in a front-rear direction and a board connecting portion extending downward from a rear end of the penetrating portion and to be accommodated into the case. The housing includes a terminal holding member for holding the penetrating portions penetrating therethrough, the terminal holding member being mounted into the opening portion from behind, and a protecting member separate from the terminal holding member, the protecting member surrounding front end parts of the penetrating portions by being mounted into the opening portion from front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Makino, Toshikazu Sakurai
  • Patent number: 12200856
    Abstract: A circuit board has an upper face and a lower face. The circuit board comprises at least two circuits, with each of the at least two circuits comprising at least one conductor track and at least one current carrying electronic component. The circuit board has at least one through-hole which is provided with at least one insulating unit. The at least one insulating unit is arranged in the at least one through-hole and so is mechanically connected to the circuit board and thus is positioned between a first circuit and at least one second circuit of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: HARTING Electric Stiftung &Co. KG
    Inventor: Norbert Kropiewnicki
  • Patent number: 12200872
    Abstract: A control device for a motor vehicle is provided. The control device includes a printed circuit board having a first side and an edge. The first side of the printed circuit board is delimited by the edge. The control device includes at least one electronic component arranged on the first side of the printed circuit board and electrically conductively connected to the printed circuit board). The control device also includes a first conductor loop formed as a resistor and arranged on the first side of the printed circuit board. The first conductor loop is arranged between the edge and the electronic component. The control device also includes an encapsulation of the printed circuit board. The encapsulation surrounds at least the first side, the at least one electronic component and the first conductor loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Bock, Johannes Brunner, Christian Walda, Karin Beart, Jens Heinrich
  • Patent number: 12171081
    Abstract: A crossbar is provided that is operable to be removably installed in a sled for a modular server and/or information handling system, for example a network equipment building system. The crossbar includes a frame, a keystone portion of the frame forming a keystone air duct, and a riser guide extending from the frame. The keystone portion is operable to direct air flow through the keystone air duct towards a heat sink and/or a CPU. The riser guide is operable to align a riser to be plugged into a motherboard installed in the sled. The frame is operable to be a structural component that is substantially coupled to the sled chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: ZT Group Int'l, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Dennis Marcade, Ellie Elsu, Mark Hammond, Vladimir Igor Lipnevici, Bradley Andrew Jackson
  • Patent number: 12160969
    Abstract: A card support is provided that passively and automatically adapts to variations in the length of an electronic card. When a card is inserted into a slotted bar of the card support, variations in the length of that card are adjusted for by the compression or expansion of a spring disposed between the slot and a supporting face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: ZT Group Int'l, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Hammond, Vladimir Igor Lipnevici, Michael Dennis Marcade
  • Patent number: 12150259
    Abstract: A container that has a mechanical tolerance compensatory element includes a housing, an electronic assembly, a cover, and an attachment member. The housing defines an electronic assembly recess. The electronic assembly is disposed within the electronic assembly recess and contacts the housing. The cover is attached to the housing, has a center, and defines an attachment member portion, a slot, and a first projection. The slot is disposed between the attachment member portion and the center of the cover. The first projection extends into the electronic assembly recess and contacts the electronic assembly such that the electronic assembly is retained between the housing and the cover. The attachment member is disposed at the attachment member portion defined by the cover and attaches the cover to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Georg Nickol, Dominik Fischer
  • Patent number: 12150253
    Abstract: A system and method of mounting and electrically contacting a first printed circuit board perpendicularly onto a second printed circuit board within a housing includes inserting the first printed circuit board into an upper part of the housing using a stop surface arranged on an inner side surface of the upper part of the housing and arranged to support the electrical contacting and assembly, locking the first printed circuit board in the upper part of the housing using a locking system, and mounting the upper part of the housing with the locked printed circuit board on a lower part of the housing in which the second printed circuit board is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: ABB AG
    Inventor: Stefan Gutermuth
  • Patent number: 12145052
    Abstract: A game controller for a mobile device, the game controller including a first handle, a second handle, a bridge, and a flat, flexible cable. The first handle is configured to contact and support a mobile device. The first handle includes a user-accessible, first hardware interface on a main body portion of the first handle that is configured to accept touch inputs. The second handle is configured to contact and support the mobile device. The second handle includes a user-accessible, second hardware interface on a main body portion of the second handle that is configured to accept touch inputs. The bridge couples the first handle to the second handle. The bridge is in sliding engagement with the first handle and the second handle. The flat, flexible cable is configured to conduct an electrical signal between the first handle and the second handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Backbone Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Maneet Singh Khaira, Atsushi Shirata, Gregory Robert Cerny, Wei-Jun Wang, Jon Lake
  • Patent number: 12144144
    Abstract: A cooling device for a vehicle electronic control unit, ECU. The cooling device includes a casing for covering the ECU and having a heat absorbing face for absorbing heat from components of the ECU and a heat dissipating face for dissipating absorbed heat. A plurality of fans are mounted to the heat dissipating face and are arranged to direct airflow over respective regions of the heat dissipating face. The fans are independently controllable for being driven at different speeds to vary the cooling of the respective regions of the heat dissipating face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies AG
    Inventors: Jakub Korta, Klaus Kaufmann
  • Patent number: 12135387
    Abstract: A radar device with a housing, with a shield, with an interconnect device, with an electronic circuit arrangement, and with antennas. A circuit arrangement has electronic components, and at least some of the electronic components are arranged on a first side of the interconnect device. The antennas are arranged on a second side of the interconnect device. The shield and the interconnect device, with the components and antennas arranged on it, are surrounded by the housing. The shield has at least one hole, into which at least one of the first components (arranged on the first side of the interconnect device) protrudes, or through which at least one of the components (arranged on the first side of the interconnect device) protrudes. The remaining components (arranged on the first side of the interconnect device), with the exception of connecting elements, are arranged entirely between the first side of the interconnect device and the shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Michael Schulte
  • Patent number: 12136940
    Abstract: Proposed is a mobile device case that accommodates or covers a substrate and an electronic element located on the substrate. The case includes: a case frame made of a high molecular material including a resin and having a cover part for accommodating or covering the substrate and protrusions protruding from the cover part in such a manner as to be extended close to the electronic element; and a metal coating layer formed by coating a metal on a surface of the case frame including the protrusions to improve electromagnetic shielding ability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: IMTECHNOLOGY.CO., LTD
    Inventors: Seung Kyun Ryu, Sook Eun Baek
  • Patent number: 12133342
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, an electronic device is provided. the electronic device may comprise: a housing including a conductive portion and a non-conductive portion; a first substrate; at least one electronic component disposed on the first substrate; a second substrate electrically coupled to the first substrate, the second substrate including a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction; at least one contact member disposed between the first surface of the second substrate and the conductive portion of the housing; and a support member disposed between the first surface of the second substrate and the non-conductive portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Geuna Lee, Jinho Lim, Minsu Jung, Kwonho Son
  • Patent number: 12127359
    Abstract: An object is to provide a technique capable of increasing waterproofness of an electronic unit. An electronic unit includes: a case including an opening; a circuit board housed in the case through the opening; and a cover attached to the opening, wherein a protruding portion is provided on at least one side wall of the case, and the protruding portion includes a step that causes an opening side portion of the side wall to protrude further outward relative to a rear side portion of the side wall, and is provided so as to extend along the periphery of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuya Sumida