Component Mounting Or Support Means Patents (Class 361/807)
  • Patent number: 11612197
    Abstract: An apparatus having components that are interconnectable without fasteners. A first component includes a male connection portion including a connection wall defining a non-circular, closed-geometric shape, and one or more grooves extending along a least a portion of an outer side of the connection wall. A second component includes a female connection portion including a capture wall defining a shape within which the connection wall fits in a first orientation and a second orientation. The second orientation is a fastened state achieved via a rotational twist action of the first component with respect to the second component. One or more protrusions extend inwardly from the capture wall. The one or more protrusions are sized to engage the one or more grooves of the connection wall of the first component when the connection wall is oriented in the second orientation within the capture wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Rory Korathu-Larson, LLC
    Inventor: Rory Korathu-Larson
  • Patent number: 11606865
    Abstract: A process of fabricating an electromagnetic circuit includes providing three laminate sheets, forming a first feature in a first laminate sheet of the three laminate sheets, and forming a second feature in a second laminate sheet of the three laminate sheets. The second feature is aligned with the first feature when aligning the second laminate sheet with the first laminate sheet. The process further includes stacking the three laminate sheets so that the first laminate sheet is positioned above and aligned with the second laminate sheet and the second laminate sheet is positioned above and aligned with the third laminate sheet. The first feature and the second feature define a contiguous element. The process further includes filling the contiguous element with an electrically conductive material to form an electrically continuous conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Mikhail Pevzner, Gregory G. Beninati, James E. Benedict, Andrew R. Southworth
  • Patent number: 11600209
    Abstract: A display assembly has a planar region and an edge bending region that are connected to each other. The display assembly includes a display panel, and a first support portion fixedly connected to a portion of the display panel located in the edge bending region. The first support portion includes a plurality of first support bars, and the plurality of first support bars are spaced apart in a width direction of the edge bending region. Materials of the plurality of first support bars are rigid materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Meiling Gao
  • Patent number: 11602062
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing with portions that slide relative to each other. A display may be supported on a surface of the housing such as on a front face of the housing. The housing portions may slide between an unexpanded state in which the display has an unexpanded viewable area on the front face and an expanded state in which the display has an expanded viewable area on the front face that is greater than the unexpanded viewable area. The housing portions may have interior regions that contain electrical components. The display may be formed from a flexible display substrate. A portion of a flexible display may be stored in an interior region of the housing when the housing is in the unexpanded state. In the unexpanded state, the flexible display may have one or more bends and may double back on itself one or more times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael B. Wittenberg, Owen D. Hale, Tatsuya Sano
  • Patent number: 11592867
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sliding mechanism and an electronic device. The sliding mechanism is used in the electronic device, and includes a sliding rail assembly and a driving assembly. The sliding rail assembly includes at least one fixing member and at least one sliding rail, the fixing member is fixed to a housing assembly of the electronic device and provided with a first sliding groove, and the sliding rail has an end slidably limited in the first sliding groove. The driving assembly is fixed to the housing assembly, coupled to the sliding rail, and configured to drive the at least one sliding rail to slide outwards from a retracted state to an extended state from the housing assembly and to slide inwards towards the retracted state of the housing assembly from the extended state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhenhua Liu
  • Patent number: 11589486
    Abstract: A display device includes a display part including a display panel in which a plurality of pixels is defined, a roller fastened with the display part and configured to wind or unwind the display part, a roller support unit configured to support the roller at both sides of the roller, and a first grounding unit including a body accommodated inside the roller so as to be movable and a contact portion connected to an outer surface of the body and brought into contact with the roller support unit as the body moves, thus maintaining and enhancing continuity of grounding and maximizing the effect of improving EMI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: EunSup Yoon, Jun Park, SeungHyun Cho
  • Patent number: 11580888
    Abstract: A stretchable display panel, a method for compensating a threshold voltage of a transistor in the stretchable display panel, and a computer readable storage medium. The stretchable display panel includes: a base substrate; a transistor on the base substrate, the transistor includes a gate electrode layer and an active layer that are at least partially stacked; and a voltage compensation layer, the voltage compensation layer is located between the transistor and the base substrate, wherein the voltage compensation layer is applied with a compensation voltage that depends on a stretching amount of the stretchable display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Libin Liu, Qian Yang
  • Patent number: 11563311
    Abstract: An assembly includes a mounting bracket; a member; a guide disposed in the member; and a slider, the slider configured to move between a first position and a second position relative to the member, the slider being configured to move within the guide. The slider has a first end and a second end, the first end opposite the second end. The first end includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion configured to provide a contact for application of a force in a first direction and the second portion configured to provide a contact for application of a force in a second direction. The second direction is opposite the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Justin Dubrosky, Louis K. McLinden, III
  • Patent number: 11551585
    Abstract: A display-screen stretch and retraction driving mechanism and an electronic apparatus are provided. The electronic apparatus has a flexible display screen. The flexible display screen includes a first end and a second end arranged opposite to each other. The mechanism includes a housing, a driving assembly and a movable assembly. The housing is configured to be connected to the first end. The driving assembly includes a driving portion connected with the housing, and a movable portion in transmission connection with the driving portion. The movable portion is configured to move relative to the driving portion. The movable assembly is in transmission connection with the movable portion and connected with the flexible display screen. The movable assembly is configured to be driven by the driving assembly to drive the second end to move away from or close to the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhenhua Liu
  • Patent number: 11553609
    Abstract: A reel and a display device are provided. The display device includes the reel, the reel includes a reel body, and the reel body is cylindrical. The reel body is provided with a first ring mounting groove along an extending direction of a length of a cylinder, and a depth of the first ring mounting groove corresponds to a thickness of a flexible display screen to be mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yapeng Cheng, Seungkyu Choi
  • Patent number: 11545639
    Abstract: A display device includes: a flexible display panel; a support member below the flexible display panel and having a rigid property; a first impact absorption member below the support member and having a modulus of 0.01 Mpa to 500 Mpa; and a housing having at least a portion below the first impact absorption member and configured to accommodate the flexible display panel, the support member, and the first impact absorption member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jaiku Shin
  • Patent number: 11521522
    Abstract: A display-screen supporting mechanism and an electronic apparatus are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a display screen with a first end and a second end arranged oppositely, a housing and a movable assembly; the first end is connected with the housing, the second end is connected with the movable assembly, and the movable assembly may be moved relative to the housing, such that the second end is close to or away from the first end; and the mechanism includes a fixed supporting member configured to be connected with the housing and a movable supporting member configured to be connected with the movable assembly. One of the fixed and movable supporting members is provided with a guide groove, the other is provided with a guide rail, and the fixed and movable supporting members are movably connected by means of the guide groove and the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhenhua Liu
  • Patent number: 11497127
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for fabricating a rear cover glass and a flexible display device including a first body, a second body configured to be movable relative to the first body, a flexible display disposed on a front surface of the first body and a rear surface of the second body and configured such that a size of an area exposed to the front surface of the first body and a size of an area exposed to the rear surface of the second body vary as the first body and the second body are moved relative to each other, and a rear cover glass mounted on the second body and disposed to cover at least a part of the rear surface of the second body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Insu Song, Insun Lee, Sunggab Kim, Seungyeop Song, Minsoo Kim, Seongcheol Lee
  • Patent number: 11497130
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a mobile terminal including: a body including a first frame and a second frame configured to slide in a first direction with respect to the first frame and slide in a second direction; a flexible display configured to cover a part of the body, wherein a front surface area of the flexible display is configured to vary according to the sliding of the second frame; and a rolling hinge disposed on a rear surface of the flexible display and deformable in response to bending deformation of the flexible display. The rolling hinge includes: a first rolling sheet including a first hinge hole; a second rolling sheet overlapping with the first rolling sheet, wherein the second rolling sheet includes a second hinge hole overlapping at least partially with the first hinge hole; and a first rivet configured to penetrate the first hinge hole and the second hinge hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Insu Song, Jaewook Lee, Insun Lee, Kiseong Mun
  • Patent number: 11474026
    Abstract: An optical fingerprint assembly includes: a fingerprint sensor configured to collect a light signal for fingerprint identification; a color temperature sensing unit configured to collect a light signal for color temperature detection; a fingerprint signal processing circuit connected to the fingerprint sensor and configured to process the light signal collected by the fingerprint sensor to generate a fingerprint signal; a color temperature signal processing unit connected to the color temperature sensing unit and configured to process the light signal collected by the color temperature sensing unit to generate a color temperature signal; and a control unit connected to the fingerprint signal processing circuit and the color temperature signal processing unit, the control unit being configured to generate fingerprint information according to the fingerprint signal and to generate color temperature information of ambient light according to the color temperature signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhongsheng Jiang
  • Patent number: 11470734
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a front surface that displays an image, and a rear surface, wherein the display panel is foldable with respect to a folding axis extending in a first direction; and a metal plate disposed on the rear surface of the display panel, wherein the metal plate includes a first body and a second body that are arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction; a patterned portion disposed between the first body and the second body to overlap the folding axis in a thickness direction of the display device; and at least one protrusion protruding parallel to the folding axis from an edge of at least one of the first body, the second body, and the patterned portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Yong Sim, Yun Jae Kim, Jin Hyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 11435782
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a first frame; a second frame configured to move from the first frame in a first direction to switch the mobile terminal from a first state to a second state and to slidably move toward the first frame in a second direction to switch the mobile terminal from the second state to the first state; a slide frame configured to move in the first direction or the second direction with respect to the second frame; a flexible display including a first region coupled to the first frame, a second region coupled to the slide frame, and a third region disposed between the first region and the second region, the third region flexibly bending around the second frame; and a drive unit configured to move the second frame in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Inseok Yoo, Wonseok Joo
  • Patent number: 11437187
    Abstract: A tablet stand is disclosed which incorporates a near field antenna configuration which couples to a near field antenna in the back of a tablet and provides a near field antenna coupling region for near field communication at the front of the tablet. The stand may be completely passive and use conductive antenna elements and passive resonance matching circuit elements to provide efficient coupling. In another aspect a thin profile passive keyboard adapted for use with a near field enabled tablet is provided. In another aspect a mounting bracket or holder, embedded antenna, and passive keyboard combination is provided adapted for converting a tablet into a notebook type configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Ezero Technologies LLC
    Inventor: David L. Henty
  • Patent number: 11425832
    Abstract: A display device is provided, which includes at least two display parts and at least one bending part. The bending part is disposed between two adjacent display parts. When the bending part is bent, the display parts are located on different planes. The display parts can be hidden on different planes by bending of the bending part. Meanwhile, controlling the two display parts by a same driving chip also reduces complication of the system, which solves a technical problem of current display devices being not conducive to hiding independent display of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zengjian Jin
  • Patent number: 11408189
    Abstract: A guardrail system can include, in some aspects, a guardrail base defining an effective support length of the guardrail system; and a base extension lockably engagable with the guardrail base and extending the effective support length upon engagement with the guardrail base, the effective support length defined by a combined portion of the guardrail base and the base extension that rotate together upon any rotation of the guardrail base about an X-axis of the guardrail system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventor: Charles J. MacKarvich
  • Patent number: 11369029
    Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a rollable display device, including a scroll and a flexible screen. The scroll includes a housing and a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft is rotatably disposed in the housing, and the flexible screen includes a connecting end, the flexible screen is coupled to the rotating shaft through the connecting end, and the flexible screen is configured to be retractably wound on the rotating shaft. The flexible screen includes a cover film and an adhesive frame. The cover film includes a connecting section adjoining the connecting end. The adhesive frame is disposed on a side of the connecting section of the cover film facing the rotating shaft. The connecting section is coupled to the rotating shaft through the adhesive frame, and an orthographic projection of the connecting section on a plane perpendicular to an axial direction of the rotating shaft is arc-shaped or spiral-shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaofei Luo, Shangchieh Chu, Yanyan Yang, Baofeng Sun
  • Patent number: 11366523
    Abstract: A portable computer includes a display portion comprising a display and a base portion pivotally coupled to the display portion. The base portion may include a bottom case and a top case, formed from a dielectric material, coupled to the bottom case. The top case may include a top member defining a top surface of the base portion and a sidewall integrally formed with the top member and defining a side surface of the base portion. The portable computer may also include a sensing system including a first sensing system configured to determine a location of a touch input applied to the top surface of the base portion and a second sensing system configured to determine a force of the touch input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Christiaan A. Ligtenberg, Brett W. Degner, Ron A. Hopkinson, Asif Hussain, Dinesh C. Mathew, Mikael M. Silvanto, Chang Zhang, Zheng Gao, Robert Y. Cao, Keith J. Hendren, Bryan W. Posner, Simon R. Lancaster-Larocque, Alex J. Lehmann
  • Patent number: 11330724
    Abstract: A disclosed electronic device includes a housing having an opening, a roll mounted in the housing, a flexible display wound on the roll and being extendable and retractable through the opening based on a rotation direction of the roll, and a roll guide configured to guide the roll to move in a direction capable of constantly maintaining a proceeding direction of the flexible display toward the opening in the housing, based on a variation in a wound length of the flexible display on the roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyung-sun Lee, Yu-su Kim, Toshikazu Takayanagi
  • Patent number: 11330715
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a motherboard, a bridging device, and an add-in card. The motherboard includes a processor, a first circuit board, and a first connector. The processor is coupled to the first connector through the first circuit board. The bridging device includes a second circuit board and a second connector and is disposed on the motherboard and coupled to the first connector. The second connector is coupled to the first connector through the second circuit board. The add-in card includes a third circuit board and a peripheral circuit and is disposed on the bridging device and coupled to the second connector. The peripheral circuit is coupled to the second connector through the third circuit board. The processor is coupled to the peripheral circuit through a signal path including the first circuit board, the first connector, the second circuit board, the second connector, and the third circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Wiwynn Corporation
    Inventors: Tzu-Yu Wei, Yi-Tang Chen, Yi-Shian Chen, Chi-Hsiang Hung, Kuan-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 11307615
    Abstract: Accessory devices for portable electronic devices are described. An exemplary accessory device can include a first segment coupled to a second segment via a first hinge assembly. The accessory can include a third segment coupled to the second segment via a second hinge assembly such that the second segment is positioned between the first and third segments. The accessory device can be arranged between a closed configuration and a configuration of a stand that supports the portable electronic device at a viewing angle. At the support configuration, the second segment can be at an acute angle relative to the first segment to shift the center of gravity of the system towards the middle. The third segment can be suspended above the first segment and be inclined outwards. The hinge assemblies of the system can be sufficiently stiff to withstand the weight of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aidan N. Zimmerman, Bradley J. Hamel, Christopher J. Stringer, Markus Diebel, Sung-Ho Tan, Mikael M. Silvanto, Kevin M. Robinson, Daniel L. McBroom, Michael D. McBroom
  • Patent number: 11300994
    Abstract: Some implementations can include an all-in-one computer system and associated methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Norial Prince Bain
  • Patent number: 11280369
    Abstract: A uniform distribution support structure of rotary shaft link assembly includes a rotary shaft assembly and a support assembly. The rotary shaft assembly has multiple connection members. Each connection member is formed with a hollow section and a perforation. A guide face is disposed in each hollow section. A spacer shaft rod is disposed between each two adjacent connection members. Each spacer shaft rod is formed with a through hole. A guide arched face is disposed in each through hole. The support assembly has a support member and a lateral support member passing through the through holes and the hollow sections. Multiple opposite guide arched faces are disposed on the support member. Multiple opposite guide faces are disposed on the lateral support member. The guide faces and the guide arched faces respectively abut against the opposite guide faces and the opposite guide arched faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: First Dome Corporation
    Inventor: An Szu Hsu
  • Patent number: 11246232
    Abstract: A display device, when fully unfolded, has a first display area, a first bendable area, and a second display area along a first direction, the first bendable area connecting the first display area with the second display area. The display device includes: a flexible display screen including a light exiting surface and an opposite light non-exiting surface; a support structure including an elastic support net including first and second ends along the first direction; and a support layer located on a light non-exiting surface side of the flexible display screen and including a first stop portion located in the second display area. The first end is fixed to the support layer in the first display area; and when the flexible display screen is fully unfolded, the elastic support net is loosened and the second end is in contact with the first stop portion to support the first bendable area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: WuHan TianMa Micro-electronics CO., LTD
    Inventors: Qifeng Zhu, Fang Wan, Jiang Chen
  • Patent number: 11234336
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a display device. The display device includes a display panel in which a plurality of pixels is defined; a back cover which overlaps the display panel; a roller which winds or unwinds the back cover and the display panel and includes a flat portion and a curved portion; and a fixing member which is configured to fix the back cover to the roller and on the flat portion and a part of the curved portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hoiyong Kwon, JiHun Song
  • Patent number: 11225146
    Abstract: The operating device (10) for a vehicle is provided with a housing (12) having a front wall (14). On the front wall (14) there is at least one operating element (18) which can be operated manually starting from an initial position for the purpose of inputting a command or activating a function. The operating element (18) has associated therewith a switch (32) having a switching member (36) upon which the operating key acts when manually operated. A supporting element (24) is also situated in the housing (12) at a distance from the operating element (18), on which supporting element (24) the switch (32) associated with the operating element (18) is situated, wherein the supporting element (24) has a flexible bar (40) having an upper surface (42) facing the operating element (18) and a lower surface (44) facing away from the upper surface (42), and the switch (32) is situated on the flexible bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: BEHR-HELLA THERMOCONTROL GMBH
    Inventor: Egbert Lamminger
  • Patent number: 11229128
    Abstract: A display device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hoyoung Kim, Haesuk Choi, Kyeongdong Kim
  • Patent number: 11227516
    Abstract: A flexible display device is disclosed. The flexible display device includes a first body, a second body, a flexible display, a first wheel, and a second wheel. The first wheel and the second wheel may be rotatably coupled to the first body. A lateral surface of the first wheel comes into contact with a first rolling surface of the second body in a first contact direction, and a lateral surface of the second wheel comes into contact with a second rolling surface of the second body in a second contact direction, wherein the first contact direction and the second contact direction are symmetrical to each other about a reference surface. When the second body moves relative to the first body in a first direction or in a direction opposite to the first direction, the first wheel and the second wheel roll on the first rolling surface and the second rolling surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: A Ram Shin, Sung Lyong Cha, Dong Jun Choi, Gil-Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 11219133
    Abstract: A display module including a cover plate, a first separating plate and a second separating plate, and a first display panel and a second display panel is provided. The cover plate is divided into a first block, a second block, and a connecting section between the first block and the second block. The first separating plate and the second separating plate are disposed on the cover plate respectively corresponding to the first block and the second block and are separated from each other. The first display panel and the second display panel are respectively disposed on a side of the first separating plate opposite to the cover plate and a side of the second separating plate opposite to the cover plate. In the display module, rigidity of the first separating plate and rigidity the second separating plate are respectively greater than rigidity of the cover plate, and the second block is rotatable relative to the first block based on the connecting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Han-Ping Kuo, Jien-Feng Huang
  • Patent number: 11205603
    Abstract: A semiconductor package including at least one integrated circuit component and a glue material is provided. The at least one integrated circuit component has a top surface with conductive terminals and a backside surface opposite to the top surface. The glue material encapsulates the at least one integrated circuit component, wherein a first lateral thickness of the glue material is smaller than a second lateral thickness of the glue material, the second lateral thickness is parallel to the first lateral thickness, and the first lateral thickness is substantially coplanar with the top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng-Cheng Hsu, Shin-Puu Jeng
  • Patent number: 11199876
    Abstract: A flexible display device that includes a first body, a second body located side by side with the first body and is able to move relative to the first body, a flexible display that can change an area exposed to the outside by relative movement between the first body and the second body, and a link part fixed to one side of the first body and the second body, respectively, and that is deformable between the first body and the second body, so as to guide the second body to move toward the first body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Minjong Lee, Sunggyu Koh, Jongkyu Ju
  • Patent number: 11201008
    Abstract: The object of the invention is an electrical assembly, in particular a capacitive block, comprising a capacitive element, at least one electric connector secured to said capacitive element and a casing having a bottom, a side wall and an aperture through which the capacitive element is inserted, said casing comprising at least one shoulder on the side of the aperture, said shoulder forming a stop configured to receive in abutment said at least one electric connector, so as to support said capacitive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Eloi Mortain, Alwin Moceri
  • Patent number: 11191334
    Abstract: A sterile enclosure to bring a non-sterile hand-held electronic device such as a smartphone or a tablet into a sterile field comprises a rigid frame, a rigid base and a device holder configured to accept the hand-held device thereon. The use of the device holder to contain the hand-held device prior to engaging with the base and positioning the device therein, allows avoiding contamination of sterile components during use. A sterility indicator is also provided to continuously monitor the sterile enclosure for a possible breach in sterility while inside the sterile field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: MDM Medical LLC
    Inventors: Mehran S Aghazadeh, Daniel Michael Ward, Michael Barenboym
  • Patent number: 11170928
    Abstract: An automotive power converter includes a pair of series connected switches and an inductor including a core having a leg, a winding wound around the leg, and a terminal center tapping the switches. The leg includes a plurality of alternating frames and solid blocks arranged to define a continuous contact surface for the winding and to define internal cavities within the leg such that each of the frames surrounds one of the internal cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Baoming Ge, Lihua Chen, Serdar Hakki Yonak
  • Patent number: 11153979
    Abstract: A foldable display module is provided. The foldable display module includes a first support mechanism, a second support mechanism, a first flexible screen, a second flexible screen, a first deformable member, and a second deformable member. When the foldable display module is in a flat state, the first deformable member and the second deformable member both expand in volume, and a portion of the first flexible screen and the second flexible screen both extend to a gap and are seamlessly spliced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhenfei Cai
  • Patent number: 11139265
    Abstract: Anisotropic conductive films, each including an insulating adhesive layer and conductive particles insulating adhesive layer in a lattice-like manner. Among center distances between an arbitrary conductive particle and conductive particles adjacent to the conductive particle, the shortest distance to the conductive particle is a first center distance; the next shortest distance is a second center distance. These center distances are 1.5 to 5 times the conductive particles' diameter. The arbitrary conductive particle, conductive particle spaced apart from the conductive particle by the first center distance, conductive particle spaced apart from the conductive particle by first center distance or second center distance form an acute triangle. Regarding this acute triangle, an acute angle formed between a straight line orthogonal to a first array direction passing through the conductive particles and second array direction passing through conductive particles being 18 to 35°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Seiichiro Shinohara
  • Patent number: 11099462
    Abstract: A combination of a holder and a selfie stick of the present invention includes a case main body; an attachable disk attached to a back surface of the case main body; a case main body supporter formed of an attachable disk coupling part rotatably coupled to the attachable disk, and an extending part configured to extend from the attachable disk coupling part; a folding part hinge-coupled to the case main body supporter to be folded to be spaced apart from the case main body supporter; a folding part supporter elongated in a longitudinal direction of the folding part to support the folding part and serve as a holder and a handle; and a first extendable stick and a second extendable stick configured to space the folding part supporter apart from the folding part to serve as selfie sticks with the folding part and the folding part supporter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: IMAGINE SEA
    Inventor: Sang Soon Lee
  • Patent number: 11073156
    Abstract: A system and apparatus for a ceiling fan electronics assembly including a housing with an interior for housing an electrical system for the ceiling fan. The electrical system can provide a supply of power to the ceiling fan as well as interpret electrical instruction signals for controlling the operation of the ceiling fan. The housing can include a partition separating the interior into a vent section and an electronics section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Hunter Fan Company
    Inventor: Phillip Santolucito
  • Patent number: 11069555
    Abstract: A die attach system is provided. The die attach system includes: a support structure for supporting a substrate; a die supply source including a plurality of die for attaching to the substrate; a bond head for bonding a die from the die supply source to the substrate, the bond head including a bond tool for contacting the die during a transfer from the die supply source to the substrate; a first motion system for moving the bond head along a first axis; and a second motion system, independent of the first motion system, for moving the bond tool along the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: ASSEMBLEON B.V.
    Inventors: Roy Brewel, Richard A. Van Der Burg, Rudolphus H. Hoefs, Wilhelmus G. Van Sprang
  • Patent number: 11049674
    Abstract: Mechanical key design for keyboards often includes rubber or metal dome switches along with scissor mechanisms that offer a desirable feel and overall performance or achieve the key travel necessary to meet shrinking overall keyboard thickness specifications, but not both. Haptic feedback devices offer a user sensory feedback signifying a selection has been made without any physical travel of a keypad, but also may not offer the user a desirable feel and overall performance. The following describes in detail keys or push buttons that offer the user a desirable feel and performance, while meeting shrinking overall keyboard thickness specifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing
    Inventors: David Michael Lane, Thomas Joseph Longo
  • Patent number: 11040763
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a frame assembly for an unmanned aerial vehicle. The frame assembly comprises a housing having an electric chamber and a circuit board assembly disposed in the electric chamber and including a first circuit board and a second circuit board. The electric chamber has an upper opening and a lower opening; and the first circuit board is installed in the electric chamber via the upper opening, and the second circuit board is installed in the electric chamber via the lower opening and spaced apart from the first circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rongming Xiong, Yin Tang, Xianwu Xiong
  • Patent number: 11042195
    Abstract: A mobile terminal able to be switched from a first state to a second state by expanding in a first direction includes a first frame, a second frame movable in a sliding manner from the first frame, a slide frame movable in the first direction or in the second direction with respect to the second frame, a roller coupled to one side of the second frame in a manner of being rotatable in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction, a flexible display unit including a third region bent while surrounding the second frame, and a rolling plate having one surface, wherein the flexible display unit is attached to said one surface of the rolling plate, wherein the roller contains a high friction material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Sungchul Hong, Insu Song, Minsoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11043716
    Abstract: A dual-battery electronic device with a tenon structure comprises a casing, two batteries, and a rotating tenon. The casing has two battery recesses for the two respective batteries. The rotating tenon is rotatably mounted on the casing and disposed between the two battery recesses for selectively engaging at least one of the two batteries. The rotating tenon is capable of being rotated to engage both the batteries, and is capable of being rotated to engage only one of the two batteries. As a result, no matter how the rotating tenon is rotated, the tenon engaging segment fixes at least one of the two batteries in the battery recess. Therefore, when a user replaces one of the two batteries, the rotating tenon keeps engaging the other battery, so as to avoid accidental power off caused by the two batteries falling out together during an inadvertent operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chuntang Hsu
  • Patent number: 11013135
    Abstract: A casing that can be compatible with plural types of substrates and a method for mounting a substrate to a casing are provided. The casing includes, in the inside of the casing, a substrate support portion and a substrate support body. The substrate support portion has a first support portion that can support a first substrate at a first substrate support position in the casing. The substrate support body has a second support portion that can support a second substrate at the first substrate support position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Tagashira
  • Patent number: 11009955
    Abstract: Touch-based input devices, such as a stylus, can provide feedback in the form of shear forces applied to the user. A stylus can produce shear forces that act on a user to provide unique tactile sensations. For example, a shear device can be included at a grip region of a stylus to provide shear sensations at the user's hands (e.g., fingers). The shear forces can be unaligned forces that urge one part of the user's hand in one direction and another part of the user's hand in an opposite direction or that tend to maintain the other part of the user's hand in a stationary location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David H. Bloom, Benjamin G. Jackson, Steven J. Taylor
  • Patent number: 11006536
    Abstract: The housing relates to apparatus, systems, and methods for robust, adaptable, and deployable computing devices and radio systems. An embodiment can be the housing for a C-sUAS that can be deployed to detect, identify, locate and defeat hostile sUASs and locate the sUAS operators and that can be ruggedized and efficiently deployed for use in various power- and space-constrained mobile platforms and at fixed locations. An embodiment can be housing for a C-sUAS that operates under severe environmental conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: CACI, Inc.—Federal
    Inventor: David McDowell