Plural Mounting Or Support Patents (Class 361/810)
  • Patent number: 11940684
    Abstract: A display device or an electronic device with high portability and browsability is provided. A display device which includes two display panels that overlap with each other and in which the area of a portion where the two display panels overlap with each other is variable is provided. The larger the area where the two display panels overlap with each other is, the smaller the display device becomes. The first display panel includes a first region that performs display. The second display panel includes a second region that performs display, and a third region that is adjacent to the second region and transmits visible light. When the third region overlaps with the side of a surface which performs display of the first region, display can be performed using a seamless large display region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Yanagisawa, Nozomu Sugisawa, Natsuko Takase
  • Patent number: 11920612
    Abstract: A attachment structure enabling more efficient work in performing maintenance of a fan of a fan unit and a more stable electrical connection between a main body of an electrical equipment and a fan unit. A attachment structure configured to detachably attach a fan unit including a fan and a casing housing the fan to/from a main body of an electrical equipment includes a guide mechanism configured to guide a slide motion of sliding the casing in one direction relative to the main body to dispose the casing at a mounting position, and a retaining mechanism configured to restrict movement of the casing relative to the main body in a direction opposite the one direction when the casing is disposed at the mounting position by the slide motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventor: Shingo Odauchi
  • Patent number: 11853546
    Abstract: At least one processor included in an electronic device can acquire first motion data about the motion of the electronic device through at least one motion sensor, acquire second motion data about a motion of an external device through a connector included in the electronic device, determine, on the basis of the first motion data and the second motion data, the folding angle between the electronic device and the external device connected to the electronic device, and determine, on the basis of the determined folding angle, an input mode that sets whether to display a user interface on a display or whether to block an input signal received through the connector. Various other embodiments identified through the specification are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gijae Lee, Jebin Lee, Sunggu Kim, Jiyoung Kim, Daehee Cho, Hoon Choi, Bumryong Hong, Pilwon Seo, Jiwoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11815727
    Abstract: A bladed chassis system facilitates installation of the bladed chassis system and replacement of the blades at the chassis. For example, a front panel of the blade can be opened either upwardly or downwardly at the discretion of the user. Blades can be inserted and removed from the front and/or the rear of the bladed chassis system at the discretion of the user. Cables can be routed to the rear of the chassis system from either of two sides at the discretion of the user. The blades carried by the chassis have fiber management trays that can be rotationally oriented in any desired rotational position at the discretion of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Ray Wells, Rodney C. Schoenfelder, Cyle D. Petersen, Kamlesh G. Patel, Jonathan R. Kaml, Matthew Holmberg, James J. Solheid, Dennis Krampotich
  • Patent number: 11749427
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an extruding device configured to dispense a dielectric material though an orifice, a wire feed device configured to feed a conductive wire through the orifice, and a cutting device configured to sever the wire. It also includes an electronic controller configured to control the extruding device, the wire feed device, and the cutting device. The electronic controller commands the extruding device to dispense the dielectric material though the orifice, the wire feed device to feed the wire through the orifice, and the cutting device to sever the wire, thereby forming a dielectric substrate encasing a plurality of wires. The electronic controller further commands the extruding device to form an opening defined in the substrate in which plurality of electrically conductive wires is exposed and a location feature on the substrate located with a positional tolerance less than or equal to 1 mm relative to the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Jared Bilas, David R. Peterson, Gerald A. Rhinehart, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11751346
    Abstract: The present application discloses a rotating device and a display device, which relate to a field of electronic technologies. The rotating device includes: a first member including an anti-rotation groove and at least one first connecting portion; and a second member including an anti-rotation protrusion and at least one second connecting portion. The first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are rotationally connected, and the anti-rotation protrusion enters the anti-rotation groove to prevent the first connecting portion from rotating along a first direction with respect to the second connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: YUNGU (GU'AN) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuhua Wu, Qi Shan, Liwei Ding, Fu Liao, Yongfeng Zhao, Jia Liu
  • Patent number: 11543858
    Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus with multiple screens includes a first screen and a second screen movably coupled to the first screen along an arcuate path to be received in the first screen or moved out of the first screen. The first screen and the second screen face a same side of the portable electronic apparatus. The second screen includes a base, a lifting mechanism disposed on the base, and a display unit. The display unit is disposed on the lifting mechanism to be driven by the lifting mechanism to be lifted or lowered relative to the base. When the second screen is moved out of the first screen and a step is provided between a display surface of the display unit and a display surface of the first screen, the display unit is adapted to be lifted relative to the base through the lifting mechanism to compensate the step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Hung-Chi Chen, Shun-Bin Chen, Huei-Ting Chuang, Pao-Ching Huang
  • Patent number: 11539305
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a modular arrangement of a converter for the electrical supply of a multi-phase electric motor. The modular arrangement includes multiple output stage modules, each module having a separate first housing. An output stage module is provided for each phase of the electric motor, wherein the output stage module has a phase intermediate circuit and an inverter circuit, together forming a commutation cell. The phase intermediate circuit supplies DC voltage and is electrically connected to the inverter circuit. The disclosure also relates to a motor arrangement and an aircraft having a motor arrangement of this type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventor: Marco Bohlländer
  • Patent number: 11490544
    Abstract: A method of fixing a flexible printed circuit (FPC) and a mobile terminal are provided. The mobile terminal includes: a rear cover; a first FPC fixedly connected to the rear cover; a front housing provided with a battery accommodation compartment; in case that a battery is installed in the battery accommodation compartment, there is a gap between the battery and the first FPC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaojun Yi, Shiwen Xiao
  • Patent number: 11474003
    Abstract: A monitoring system is disclosed for automatically estimating and monitoring the alignment of tracks of a track-type vehicle. The track-type vehicle includes an undercarriage and two tracks. Each track includes a chain with a plurality of chain links and articulated joints. The monitoring system includes at least one undercarriage sensor fixable on the undercarriage, at least one chain sensor fixable on the chain of each of the two tracks, and a processor configured to combine the detections of the sensors to determine the alignment direction of the tracks and to compare the determined direction with a reference alignment direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: BERCO S.P.A., THYSSEN KRUPP AG
    Inventors: Francesco Grenzi, Enrico Maggiolini, Piero Bruno
  • Patent number: 11469068
    Abstract: A circuit interrupter adapted to be detachably connected to a rail system includes a housing having a notch disposed thereon adapted to receive a first leg of the rail system. An engagement member having a notch disposed therein adapted to receive a second leg of the rail system is slideably carried by the housing such that the notch in the engagement member is moveable in a first plane toward and away from the notch in the housing between an engaged position and a disengaged position. An actuation member is slideably carried by the housing and is moveable in a second plane, different than the first plane, between an actuated position and an unactuated position, movement of the actuation member in the second plane being translated into movement of the engagement member in the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Carling Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Fasano
  • Patent number: 11387612
    Abstract: Various cellular tower plate connection systems are detailed herein. Such systems can include an antenna plate assembly. This assembly can include an antenna plate and antenna port connectors attached to a first side of the antenna plate. Cable connectors may be present that are attached to a second side of the antenna plate opposite the first side of the antenna plate. The assembly can include a first attachment mechanism that secures antenna port connectors to antenna ports of an antenna system. The antenna port connectors may be arranged on the first side of the antenna plate such that the antenna port connectors mate with the antenna ports of the antenna system in a single possible orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: DISH Wireless L.L.C.
    Inventors: Greg Ivey, Richard Ripp, Jr., Anand Menon, Jeffrey McSchooler
  • Patent number: 11294134
    Abstract: A bladed chassis system facilitates installation of the bladed chassis system and replacement of the blades at the chassis. For example, a front panel of the blade can be opened either upwardly or downwardly at the discretion of the user. Blades can be inserted and removed from the front and/or the rear of the bladed chassis system at the discretion of the user. Cables can be routed to the rear of the chassis system from either of two sides at the discretion of the user. The blades carried by the chassis have fiber management trays that can be rotationally oriented in any desired rotational position at the discretion of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Ray Wells, Rodney C. Schoenfelder, Cyle D. Petersen, Kamlesh G. Patel, Jonathan R. Kaml, Matthew Holmberg, James J. Solheid, Dennis Krampotich
  • Patent number: 11293971
    Abstract: A control unit comprises a processing device with an electrical connection; a diagnostic circuit, which is electrically connected to the connection; and a sheathing, which completely insulates the connection electrically. At the same time, the diagnostic circuit comprises an electrical interface and is configured to sample an electrical signal at the connection and provide the result via the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Mohammad Kabany, Thomas Maier
  • Patent number: 11259422
    Abstract: A capacitor carrier assembly includes a carrier, a capacitor disposed in the carrier and electrically conductive connection terminals that support the carrier with respect to another electronic component or device such as a printed circuit board. Each connection terminal has a body portion that is electrically connected to one capacitor lead of the pair of capacitor leads at a connection location, and a device connection portion that protrudes from the carrier. Leads of the capacitor and the connection locations are encapsulated by wall structures of the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: Robert Bosch LLC, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Stremersch, Ligor Manushi, Kenneth Bouman, Hadwan Hadwan, John Janson, Andrew Yermak, Alexander Tsang, Mark Ryskamp, Jesus Antonio Marin Bello, Jeff Reuter
  • Patent number: 11164861
    Abstract: A monolithic electronic device includes a plurality of rigid portions arranged in a polyhedron shape and a plurality of in-plane and out-of-plane deformable portions connecting the plurality of rigid portions to each other. Each of the plurality of rigid portions has an outer side and an opposing inner side. The inner of each of the plurality of rigid portions face an inside of the polyhedron shape. At least some of the plurality of rigid portions include semiconductor devices on both the outer and inner sides. The plurality of rigid portions and the plurality of in-plane and out-of-plane deformable portions are monolithic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventor: Muhammad Mustafa Hussain
  • Patent number: 11129237
    Abstract: A system for controlling assets via smart power switching devices having at least one beacon, at least one switch, and at least one battery selector. The at least one switch is a power controlling device programmed to control a plurality of assets. The at least one beacon, the at least one switch, and the at least one battery selector connect through a wireless mesh network. The at least one beacon, the at least one switch, and the at least one battery selector each communicate via wireless communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: NODESIMPLE LLC
    Inventor: Matthew Neber
  • Patent number: 11108230
    Abstract: A portable power manager device (100) includes a DC power bus (110) and a plurality of device ports (141, 142, and 143). A primary device port (143) is connectable to the DC power bus over a primary power channel that does not include a DC to DC power converter. A plurality of secondary device ports (141, 142) is each connectable to the DC power bus over a different reconfigurable power channel (151, 152). Each reconfigurable power channel includes a single one-way DC to DC power converter (220, 221). Each reconfigurable power channel is configurable by a digital data processor as one of three different circuit legs (230, 232, and 234). Leg (230) provides output power conversion. Leg (232) provides input power conversion. Leg (234) provides bi-directional power exchange without power conversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Galvion Soldier Power, LLC
    Inventors: David N. Long, Nicholas J. Piela, I
  • Patent number: 10772245
    Abstract: Systems and methods for thermal management for high power density EMI shielded electronic devices. In one embodiment, an electronic module comprises: a circuit board; at least one integrated circuit mounted to the circuit board; at least one electro-magnetic interference (EMI) shield fence mounted to the circuit board, wherein the at least one integrated circuit is mounted within a perimeter defined by the EMI shield fence; a heatsink EMI shield lid secured onto the at least one EMI shield fence, wherein the heatsink EMI shield lid seals the at least one integrated circuit within the at least one EMI shield fence; wherein the heatsink EMI shield lid comprises a spring loaded thermal interface in conductive thermal contact with the at least one integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Craig
  • Patent number: 10756060
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment comprises a substrate and a first semiconductor chip provided above the substrate. A second semiconductor chip is provided above the first semiconductor chip. A spacer chip is provided between the first semiconductor chip and the second semiconductor chip with regard to a direction orthogonal to a mount surface of the substrate, the spacer chip being made of a first resin material. A first adhesive material is provided between the spacer chip and the substrate or the first semiconductor chip. A second adhesive material is provided between the spacer chip and the second semiconductor chip. A second resin material covers the first and second semiconductor chips and the spacer chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MEMORY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuki Uchida, Takeshi Watanabe, Ken Hayakawa, Ayana Amano, Yuki Sugo, Reishuku Ikebe
  • Patent number: 10735570
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a first body including a first display; and a second body hinge-coupled to the first body, the second body including a second display, wherein the first display includes a first flat display and a first curved display positioned on a side of the first body and extended and curved from the first flat display, wherein the second display includes a second flat display and a second curved display positioned on a side of the second body and extended and curved from the second flat display, wherein at least a portion of the first and second curved displays is deactivated when an outer surface of the first curved display faces an outer surface of the second curved display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Haklim Lee, Sanghyuk Im, Sunglyong Cha, Jongbeom Han
  • Patent number: 10732200
    Abstract: A micro inertial measurement system includes a housing, a sensing module, and a damper. The sensing module includes a rigid sensing support, a measuring and controlling circuit board mounted on the rigid sensing support and an inertial sensor set on the measuring and controlling circuit board. The inertial sensor includes a gyroscope and an accelerometer. The sensing module is mounted in the housing. The damper is mounted in the housing and set in the gap between the sensing module and the inside wall of the housing. By use of the above-mentioned structure, the noise immunity of the inertial measuring system can be greatly improved, and the volume and weight of the inertial measuring system can be greatly reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SZ DJI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tao Wang
  • Patent number: 10701805
    Abstract: A composite substrate includes a flat cable and a mounting board. The flat cable includes a first end portion and a second end portion, and a first bonding portion, a circuit portion, and a second bonding portion in this order in the length direction from the first end portion toward the second end portion. A positioning hole is disposed between the first end portion and the first bonding portion in the length direction. Another positioning hole is disposed between the second end portion and the second bonding portion in the length direction. The mounting board includes a mounting land conductor and a convex portion. The convex portion is fitted in the positioning hole. The mounting land conductor is bonded by surface mounting to an external connection conductor of the first bonding portion and an external connection conductor of the second bonding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shingo Ito
  • Patent number: 10615366
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate including a bent area between a first area and a second area, and bent about a bending axis, a display unit over an upper surface of the substrate at the first area, and a protective film over a lower surface of the substrate that is opposite to the upper surface, and including an opening corresponding to the bent area, wherein an inner side surface of the opening is inclined with respect to the lower surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Junghoon Han, Kwansu Kim, Yongjin Kim, Jiseok Ryu, Jinwoo Park
  • Patent number: 10440812
    Abstract: In some examples, a computing device may include a heatsink, a thermal spreader, a first thermal pad located between the heatsink and the thermal spreader, a circuit board comprising a plurality of components, and a second thermal pad located between the thermal spreader and the circuit board. A plurality of standoffs may be located between the heatsink and the circuit board. Each standoff of the plurality of standoffs may pass through a corresponding spring of a plurality of springs and pass through a corresponding mounting hole of a plurality of mounting holes in the thermal spreader. Each screw of a plurality of screws may engage with a corresponding standoff of the plurality of standoffs. The plurality of springs may cause the thermal spreader and the second thermal pad to a relatively uniform amount of pressure to each component of the plurality of components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products L. P.
    Inventors: Qinghong He, Hou-Chun Huang
  • Patent number: 10359593
    Abstract: A bladed chassis system facilitates installation of the bladed chassis system and replacement of the blades at the chassis. For example, a front panel of the blade can be opened either upwardly or downwardly at the discretion of the user. Blades can be inserted and removed from the front and/or the rear of the bladed chassis system at the discretion of the user. Cables can be routed to the rear of the chassis system from either of two sides at the discretion of the user. The blades carried by the chassis have fiber management trays that can be rotationally oriented in any desired rotational position at the discretion of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Ray Wells, Rodney C. Schoenfelder, Cyle D. Petersen, Kamlesh G. Patel, Jonathan R. Kaml, Matthew Holmberg, James J. Solheid, Dennis Krampotich
  • Patent number: 10199075
    Abstract: A method and playback device for controlling a working state of a mobile terminal, and a storage medium are provided. The mobile terminal is communicated with a playback device, and the playback device includes a sensor, a detector and a transmitter. The method includes: determining, by the sensor, that a current state of the playback device is in an inactive state; detecting, by the detector, whether the mobile terminal is in a working state; and sending, by the transmitter, to the mobile terminal an instruction for instructing the mobile terminal to shift into a standby state when the mobile terminal is in the working state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xingsheng Lin, Zhiyong Feng, Xuanran Wang
  • Patent number: 10181665
    Abstract: A substrate connection structure includes: a first substrate having a first conductive pattern and a first screw insertion hole disposed therein; a second substrate having a second conductive pattern and a second screw insertion hole disposed therein; a connector having a main body with an arrangement hole and a connection terminal; a restriction member arranged in the arrangement hole and having a screw through hole; a screw; and an attachment having a female screw. One end of the connection terminal is soldered on the first conductive pattern. The screw penetrates the second screw insertion hole, the screw through hole and the first screw insertion hole, and screwed into the attachment, so that the first substrate, the restriction member and the second substrate are connected each other, and the second conductive pattern is electrically connected to the other end of the connection terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Ooshiro, Tatsuo Saito
  • Patent number: 10113875
    Abstract: A module includes a first rigid substrate including an analog circuit; a second rigid substrate including a digital circuit; a third rigid substrate including an angular velocity sensor; a first connecting portion that connects the first rigid substrate and the second rigid substrate so as to electrically connect the analog circuit and the digital circuit, and that has flexibility; and a second connecting portion that connects the first rigid substrate and the third rigid substrate so as to electrically connect the analog circuit and the angular velocity sensor, and that has flexibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Masayasu Sakuma, Yoshihiro Kobayashi, Shojiro Kitamura, Taketo Chino, Michiharu Ogami
  • Patent number: 10007295
    Abstract: An electronic device having a housing structure that is configured to receive at least one glass cover is disclosed. The glass cover serves to cover a display assembly provided within the electronic device. The glass cover can be secured to the housing structure so as to facilitate providing a narrow border between an active display area and an outer edge of the housing structure. The enclosure for the electronic device can be thin yet be sufficiently strong to be suitable for use in electronic devices, such as portable electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher M. Werner, Emery A. Sanford, Stephen Brian Lynch, Teodor Dabov, Fletcher R. Rothkopf
  • Patent number: 9967458
    Abstract: The client terminal includes a candidate display control unit configured to control a candidate for a reference captured image to be displayed on a display unit, the reference captured image being retrieved based on a preliminary captured image obtained by preliminary image capture in an imaging unit and being referred to during actual image capture, and a detailed information output control unit configured to control detailed information to be output, the detailed information being attached to a reference captured image selected from among the displayed candidates for the reference captured image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Kimura, Tomohisa Tanaka, Osamu Ooba, Ken Miyashita
  • Patent number: 9606763
    Abstract: A folding electronic device is disclosed. The folding electronic device includes a first flexible display, a second flexible display, a hinge mechanism and an image data generation unit. The first flexible display, which includes a first pixel matrix disposed at a first primary flat part and at a first bending part, enables a user to observe light beams emitted from the first primary flat part and the first bending part that bends to define a first inner side face in a front view direction. The second flexible display, which includes a second pixel matrix disposed at a second primary flat part and a second bending part, enables said user to observe light beams emitted from the second primary flat part and the second bending part that bends to define a second inner side face in the front view direction. The first flexible display is connected to the second flexible display via the hinge mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD
    Inventors: Yasumichi Tsukamoto, Moriyuki Tsuchihashi
  • Patent number: 9444370
    Abstract: To reduce attenuation of vibration in provision of a tactile sensation when both of a piezoelectric element for providing a tactile sensation and a piezoelectric element for transmitting sound are provided to a panel, an electronic device 1 includes a panel 10, a first piezoelectric element 31 and a second piezoelectric element 32 that are attached to the panel 10, and a control unit 50 for controlling such that the second piezoelectric element 32 is driven to output sound and, when the panel 10 detects a contact, such that the first piezoelectric element 31 is driven, and that the control unit 50, when the panel 10 detects the contact, controls such that the second piezoelectric element 32 is driven as well as the first piezoelectric element 31.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventor: Jun Takeda
  • Patent number: 9343831
    Abstract: Into one housing, another housing interlocks, and a penetrating hole into which a lock member for maintaining the interlocking state between the connectors is insertable and from which the inserted lock member is removable when releasing the interlocking state is formed in the other housing. A lock section is attached at a position corresponding to the penetrating hole in the inner wall of the one housing facing the other housing when the connectors are interlocked with each other, and is composed to be lockable with the lock member inserted into the penetrating hole. A connector is a pair of members attached to both ends of the lock section facing each other so as to interpose the lock section in between, and is connected to a circuit board positioned on the outside of the first housing in a state covering a portion of the one housing along with the lock section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kosuke Ozeki
  • Patent number: 9241418
    Abstract: A surface mount device in which a pin adapter that is integrally formed with a plurality of pins connects a base board and a main board is provided to enable an automatic mounting, to enable a reflow soldering, to increase the flexibility of design, and to satisfy requirements of customers. In the surface mount device, a pin adapter 5 that is formed integrally with a plurality of pins 6 is placed on a base board 1, the base board 1 and the main board 2 are connected by inserting the tips of the pins 6 into the corresponding locations of the main board 2, the leg portions of the pin adapter 5 are folded toward inside, and opening sections 52 are formed at the leg portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayuki Ishikawa, Shinichi Sato, Kazuo Akaike
  • Patent number: 9201202
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for sending and receiving data communications across management data channels. The techniques comprise a quad small form-factor pluggable (QSFP) transceiver module configured to send and receive a plurality of data signals, a plurality of enhanced small form-factor pluggable (SFP+) transceiver cage devices, and a plurality of management cables. Each of the SFP+ transceiver cage devices is configured to interface with an SFP+ transceiver module. Each of the management cables is configured to interface with the QSFP transceiver module and corresponding ones of the SFP+ transceiver cage devices. Furthermore, each of the management cables operates as a data channel to manage data flow between the QSFP transceiver module and the corresponding ones of the SFP+ transceiver cage devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David Lai, Norman Tang, Liang Ping Peng, Anthony Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9042119
    Abstract: A lightweight radio/CD player for vehicular application is virtually “fastenerless” and includes a case and frontal interface formed of polymer based material that is molded to provide details to accept audio devices such as playback mechanisms (if desired) and radio receivers, as well as the circuit boards required for electrical control and display. The case and frontal interface are of composite structure, including an insert molded electrically conductive wire mesh screen that has been pre-formed to contour with the molding operation. The wire mesh provides EMC, RFI, BCI and ESD shielding and grounding of the circuit boards via exposed wire mesh pads and adjacent ground clips. The major components and subassemblies self-interconnect by integral guide and connection features effecting “slide lock” and “snap lock” self-interconnection. The major components and subassemblies self-ground by establishing an interference fit with exposed, resilient, embossed portions of wire mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Edgar Glenn Hassler
  • Patent number: 9042118
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a television receiver includes: a housing; a circuit board arranged in the housing; an electronic component mounted on the circuit board; a reinforcing member comprising a first surface in contact with the circuit board, and a second surface located on an opposite side of the first surface and exposed to an inside of the housing; a component contained in the housing, the component comprising a first supported area located at a distance from a surface of the circuit board; and a support member configured to support the component, the support member comprising a first end portion fixed to the first supported area of the component, and a second end portion fixed to the second surface of the reinforcing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Koichiro Takeguchi, Shigeo Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9019721
    Abstract: A connection port module is mounted to a side wall of a housing of an electronic device. The electronic device includes a control circuit. The connection port module includes a rotating box, a circuit board, and at least one connection port. The rotating box is formed with at least one opening. The circuit board is electrically coupled to the control circuit. The connection port corresponds in number to the opening and is electrically coupled to the circuit board. The connection port is disposed correspondingly to the opening. The rotating box is pivotable relative to the housing between a first position and a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Hsun Chen, Chih-Yi Wang, Cheng-Hung Lin
  • Patent number: 9019718
    Abstract: Electrical connectors, electrical modules, and systems are provided. In one aspect, an electrical connector includes a housing defining a side surface, an electrical conductor supported by the housing and including an engagement portion proximate the side surface of the housing. The engagement portion is adapted to engage another electrical conductor of another electrical connector. The connector also includes a magnet supported by the housing proximate the side surface of the housing, a projection extending from the side surface of the housing, and a receptacle defined in the side surface of the housing. In other aspects, an electrical module includes at least one of these electrical connectors. In further aspects, a system includes a plurality of these modules and the modules are selectively couplable together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: littleBits Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Aya Bdeir
  • Patent number: 9013887
    Abstract: A display device includes a panel module, a frame, and a fixing device, wherein the panel module has a panel connecting part. The frame has a frame connecting part whose location corresponds to the location of the panel connecting part. The fixing device includes a joint unit and a fixing unit. The joint unit is used for accommodating the panel connecting part and the frame connecting part. The fixing unit is connected to the joint unit such that the frame can be fixed on the panel module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Chih-Sheng Chou, Chia-Lun Yeh
  • Patent number: 8997769
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for the shielding of outdoor electrical equipment from inclement weather, the system comprising: a plurality of support brackets affixed to the outdoor electrical equipment; a support frame disposed in the support brackets; a waterproof cover disposed over the frame; an apron depending from the cover, configured to cover electrical connections on a side of the outdoor electrical equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: GenTent Safety Canopies, LLC
    Inventor: Mark A. Carpenter
  • Patent number: 8995149
    Abstract: The invention discloses a keyboard device including a keyboard and a support for protecting the keyboard or accommodating a portable information processing device. The support of the invention is capable of rotate in a direction away from the keyboard to be at a supporting state. The support of the invention is also capable of rotate in a direction toward the keyboard to cover whole of the top of the keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignees: Darfon Electronics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., Darfon Electronics Corp.
    Inventor: Chih-Hao Chen
  • Patent number: 8982571
    Abstract: Electronic equipment includes a first water cutoff member and a second water cutoff member on the periphery of a hole communicating from outside with a space in which an electric component such as an electric circuit board is provided. This can prevent liquid, dust, and the like, which enter a first housing from outside, from entering the space. Thus, the electric component, etc. placed in the space can be prevented from being damaged due to an electric short-circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Reiji Matsumura, Takeshi Mori, Masato Murakata, Kenichi Shindo
  • Patent number: 8970243
    Abstract: A test carrier 10A comprises: a base board 21A which holds a die 90; and a cover board 31A which is laid over the base board 21A so as to cover the die 90. The test carrier 10A comprises a seal member 24 which is interposed between the base board 21A and the cover board 31A and which surrounds the die 90.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Advantest Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinari Kogure, Takashi Fujisaki, Kiyoto Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8964402
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a wiring board including a first electrode and a second electrode, a semiconductor device mounted on the wiring board and including a first terminal and a second terminal, an interposer provided between the wiring board and the semiconductor device, the interposer including a conductive pad and a sheet supporting the conductive pad, the conductive pad having a first surface on a side of the wiring board and a second surface on a side of the semiconductor device, a first solder connecting the first electrode positioned outside of an area in which the interposer is disposed with the first terminal positioned outside of the area, a second solder connecting the second electrode positioned inside of the area with the first surface of the conductive pad, and a third solder connecting the second terminal positioned inside of the area with the second surface of the conductive pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Teru Nakanishi, Nobuyuki Hayashi, Masaru Morita, Yasuhiro Yoneda
  • Patent number: 8964406
    Abstract: A battery backup unit (BBU) system and apparatus is provided for securing and communicating with a BBU for use with optical network terminals (ONTs) and/or residential gateways. In various aspects, the BBU system is configured to eliminate the possibility for reversing the polarity of the backup battery. The BBU system also provides an integrated communication circuit for receiving a variety of connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: ESPI LLC
    Inventor: Christopher T. Wacker
  • Patent number: 8953310
    Abstract: A cover is described that is magnetically attached to a tablet device. The cover includes at least as flap. In the described embodiment, the flap includes a plurality of segments where the first segment includes a first plurality of edge attach magnets arrayed along a first edge of the flap and where a second segment includes a second plurality of edge attach magnets arrayed along a second edge of the flap opposite the first edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Inventors: Samuel G. Smith, Jared A. Sartee, Florence W. Ow, Andrew D. Lauder, Jeremy C. Franklin
  • Patent number: 8947891
    Abstract: The present invention provides a back frame of flat panel display device, a mold for back frame, and a backlight system. The back frame includes at least two primary assembling pieces and the two primary assembling pieces are joined to form a main frame structure of the back frame. The at least two primary assembling pieces that are in direct contact for joining or indirect joining to form the main frame structure of the back frame are set in mutual rotation symmetry of a predetermined angle with respect to each other. The back frame, the mold for back frame, and the backlight system of the present invention, through providing at least two primary assembling pieces and the at least two primary assembling pieces being set in mutual rotation symmetry of a predetermined angle with respect to each other, make it possible for one set of mold to be shared by various primary assembling pieces so as to reduce the cost of mold and thus lowering the manufacturing costs of a backlight system and a back frame thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Chun Hsiao, Chong Huang, Cheng-Wen Que, Yi-Cheng Kuo
  • Patent number: 8942005
    Abstract: An electronics module is provided for utilization onboard an airborne object. In one embodiment, the electronics module includes a housing having a cavity therein, a first printed circuit board (PCB) disposed in the cavity, a second PCB disposed in the cavity above the first PCB, and a supportive interconnect structure. The supportive interconnect structure includes a substantially annular insulative body and a plurality of vias. The substantially annular insulative body extends around an inner circumferential portion of the housing between the first PCB and the second PCB to support the second PCB and to axially space the second PCB from the first PCB. The plurality of vias is formed through the substantially annular insulative body and electrically couples the first PCB to the second PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Chris E. Geswender