| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 361686000 | Input/output device support | 34 |
| 20080212274 | AIR DUCT FOR DIRECTING AIRFLOW IN A COMPUTER ENCLOSURE - An air duct ( | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080212275 | QUICK CONNECT/DISCONNECT CABLE APPARATUS FOR COMPUTER PERIPHERALS - A quick connect/disconnect cable apparatus is provided having a housing with a first housing component and a second housing component. The first housing component is separable from the second housing component at an interface. The first housing component has first connecting parts at the interface. The second housing component has corresponding mating second connecting parts at the interface. The first housing component further includes a plurality of ports located on at least one first housing component surface. The plurality of ports are adapted to allow a plurality of peripheral computer devices to connect to the plurality of ports. The second housing component further includes means for allowing one or more cables to connect between the second housing component and a computer. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080212276 | MODULAR SERVER ARCHITECTURE WITH ETHERNET ROUTED ACROSS A BACKPLANE UTILIZING AN INTEGRATED ETHERNET SWITCH MODULE - A modular server system includes a midplane having a system management bus and a plurality of blade interfaces on the midplane. The blade interfaces are in electrical communication with each other. A server blade is removeably connectable to one of the plurality of blade interfaces on the midplane. The server blade has a server blade system management bus in electrical communication with the system management bus of the midplane, and a network interface to connect to a network. A media blade is removeably connectable to one of the plurality of blade interfaces on the midplane, and the media blade has at least one storage medium device. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080225477 | Electronic device and housing - The invention provides an electronic device that is environment-friendly and capable of achieving satisfactory noise prevention effect at low cost, and a housing implementing such electronic device. The housing has an electronic circuit disposed therein, and includes a component exposure section in which part of a conductive component disposed in the housing is exposed outward, a plate section made of a conductive material having a predetermined thickness, and spreading at a distance from the component exposure section, and a bridge section with the overall thickness thereof larger than the thickness of the plate section, extending along the component exposure section and electrically connecting the plate section and the conductive component. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080232061 | Portable Electronic System - A portable electronic system including a body and a dock is described. The body has a waterproof first connector and a first attracting portion, wherein the first connector has a plurality of electrical terminals. The dock has a second connector and a second attracting portion, wherein the second connector has a plurality of retractable pogo pins. When the body is placed on the dock to make the first connector connected to the second connector, the magnetic force between the second attracting portion and the first attracting portion makes the electrical terminals compress the retractable pogo pins to a critical distance to achieve the electrical connection between the body and the dock. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080239658 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE BEARING SEAT - An electronic device bearing seat includes a casing, a hook, a first resilient element, an ejector, a second resilient element, a pivot, a connecting rod and an ejecting button. The casing has a first opening and a second opening. The hook is movably provided in the first opening and includes a first withstanding post and a recess. The first resilient element is disposed between the casing and the hook. The ejector is movably provided in the second opening and is detachably fastened in the recess. The ejector includes a second withstanding post. The second resilient element is disposed between the casing and the ejector. The shaft is disposed in the casing. The connecting rod is rotatably disposed at and passed by the pivot and pushes against the first and second withstanding post. The ejecting button is movably disposed on the casing and abuts against the connecting rod. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080247132 | Cable Management System - A cable management system includes a cable base comprising a first end, a second end, and a resilient member that is operable to allow a rest distance between the first end and the second end to be changed. A plurality of cables are partially housed in the cable base, wherein each cable includes a first section that extends from the first end of the cable base and a second section that extends from the second end of the cable base. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080253079 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF SELECTING FUNCTIONALITY OF A PORTABLE COMPUTER - Methods and systems of selecting functionality of a portable computer. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods comprising inserting a portable computer into a cradle unit, and implementing a functionality by the portable computer (the functionality selected at least in part by interaction between the portable computer and the cradle unit). | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080259555 | MODULAR BLADE SERVER - A blade server includes a chassis; a first plurality of bays in the chassis, wherein the first plurality of bays is adapted to receive and at least partially house a plurality of CPU modules, and wherein the first plurality of bays is accessible through a first side of the chassis; a second plurality of bays in the chassis, wherein the second plurality of bays is adapted to receive and at least partially house a plurality of PCI-Express modules, and wherein the second plurality of bays is accessible through a second side of the chassis; and a midplane board arranged to pass a PCI-Express signal between at least one of the plurality of CPU modules and at least one of the plurality of PCI-Express modules. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080266782 | Waterproof keyboard device - A keyboard device includes a substrate having top and bottom surfaces, and through holes extending from the top surface to the bottom surface. The bottom surface is formed with an air guide groove unit in fluid communication with each through hole. A sealing layer is mounted sealingly on the bottom surface of the substrate such that the through holes and the air guide groove unit constitute an air passage. A wiring board is mounted on the substrate. When a key cap disposed above a corresponding through hole in the substrate is pressed downwardly, a resilient tubular support member disposed between the key cap and the wiring board deforms such that air in the support member is urged into the air passage. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266783 | Docking station for portable media player or storage device - A docking station is provided which includes a housing having a receptacle bay and an electrical connector disposed within the receptacle bay. The receptacle bay of the docking station may be configured to receive a plurality of types and/or sizes of portable media players or storage devices therein. The electrical connector may be configured to transmit digital signals from and/or to the portable media player or storage device. The docking station may also include a height adjustment mechanism for adjusting the height of the electrical connector relative to the receptacle bay. A user interface may be provided for controlling the digital signals. Additionally, the docking station may also include an audio output port, a video output port, a USB port, or a combination thereof. Furthermore, the docking station may also include a speaker assembly and/or a video assembly to receive digital signals from the portable media player or storage device. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266784 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus is configured to be provided with a communication line socket provided on a backside surface of a casing of the electronic apparatus, metallic terminals provided in the communication line socket, and abutment sections each of which is provided in the vicinity of the communication line socket, and is given a predetermined height from the metallic terminals in an insertion direction of the communication line socket. By virtue of the above configuration, even if it is tried to insert a wrong plug into the communication line socket by mistake, the wrong plug abuts against the abutment sections, and the insertion is stopped on the way. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080278907 | FASTENING APPARATUS - A fastening apparatus for fastening at least an interface card includes a fixed support frame and at least a movable fastening structure. Additionally, the fastening structure can be utilized to perform a fastening or un-fastening operation with high speed on a plurality of interface cards simultaneously in the computer chassis without using any screws. Thus, the disclosed fastening apparatus can reduce cost of assembly and repair of the computer, and also can reduce time for assembly and repair of the computer. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278908 | IMAGE SETTING DEVICE - An image setting device for sensing whether an image of a rotatable image capturing device needs to be set is disclosed. The rotatable capturing device has a photographic element and is capable of rotating in an electronic device. The image setting device includes a one-way magnetism sensor having a sensing direction and a magnet. The one-way magnetism sensor is capable of rotating with the photographic element. The magnet may be provided at the electronic device, and an N-S pole direction of the magnet is parallel to the sensing direction of one-way magnetism sensor. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080285227 | Modular small size computer system - A modular small size computer system is disclosed that may be used in a very limited workspace environment in the close proximity of other people without the ability of such people being able to view the information on the display screen. The modular small size computer system includes four main elements: a nano-processor unit, a power supply, visual display goggles for projecting a virtual display screen, a mouse/input device, and a keyboard. The modular small size computer system may be a stand-alone system or configured to attach to the laptop, tablet notebook, or desktop computer that will serve as the primary computer. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080291620 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A CERAMIC COMPONENT - An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may include a component made of a ceramic material. The electronic device may also include circuitry configured to transmit signals. The signals may pertain to input received through the component. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080291621 | System and method for information handling system adaptive venting and cooling - An information handling system cooling system operates according to a thermal profile selected by a thermal profile manager based upon venting detected as available through a chassis wall. Venting through the chassis is provided, in part, by vent openings formed in a blank coupled to the chassis. A first thermal profile is selected if the blank is detected coupled to the chassis. A second thermal profile is selected if the blank is replaced with a component. The thermal profile is selected based upon detection of the component by the information handling system or, alternatively, by detection of the blank coupled to the chassis. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080298010 | Card holder and bracket in computer system - In a computer system, a card holder is removably attached to a bracket to hold an add-in card in an I/O connector. The card holder is capable of being slid onto the bracket and a side edge of the add-in card. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080304228 | Multi-Purpose Structural Support I/O Member For A Server - The teachings of the present disclosure provide a housing for a modular component of an information handling system. The housing may include a wall member generally defining a first plane, one or more holes formed in the wall member, and one or more structural support members adjacent to the one or more holes. The one or more structural supports may extend from the first plane defined by the wall member to resist deformation of the wall member in at least one direction. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080310097 | Blade Device Enclosure - A blade device enclosure has a chassis configured to selectively house a plurality of configurations of full-high and half-high blade devices, an administrator module, and at least one input/output device. The blade device enclosure also has a printed circuit board including a passive high-speed midplane configured to electronically couple the blade devices to the administrator module and the at least one input/output device. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080310098 | CIRCUIT BOARD - A circuit board is used in common for the first electronic apparatus as the first configuration and for the second electronic apparatus as the second configuration, and the circuit board includes an area which is used in common for installing the first electronic device in installing the circuit board into the first electronic apparatus, and for installing the second electronic device in installing the circuit board into the second electronic apparatus, wherein the first electronic device is used only for the first electronic apparatus, and the second electronic device is used only for the second electronic apparatus. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080316699 | Plate combination type computer housing - A plate combination type computer housing comprises a bottom plate, a first plate, a second plate, a third plate, a fourth plate, a upper plate and four fixing rods. Whereby, the number of molds for manufacturing the housing can be reduced so as to save the production cost, and it is unnecessary to process screw locking to allow the four fixing rods to be respectively coupled to the first plate, the second plate, the third plate and the fourth plate such that the assembly is easier to reduce the assembly time substantially and hence, no screws and no fixing rods are exposed outside the computer housing to influence the modeling design of an outlook of the computer housing. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080316700 | One-Touch Release Apparatus - An apparatus controlled by one touch operation for releasing and propping components is disclosed. The apparatus includes a base, a prop device with a resilient piece and an ejecting pin, a reciprocating device located between the base and the prop device, and a stabilizing device fixed on the base. The reciprocating device includes a reciprocating piece and a reciprocating base fixed on the reciprocating piece. The stabilizing device includes a stabilizing base and a movable latch connected to the prop device for limiting the ejecting pin of the prop device. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090009956 | CASE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND INTERFACE CARD RETAINING ASSEMBLY THEREOF - A case of an electronic device and an interface card retaining assembly thereof are used for retaining interface cards in the case. A circuit board is disposed in the case, and the circuit board has at least one expansion slot. The interface card retaining assembly includes an interface card cradle and a functional expansion card. The interface card cradle is pivoted to the case, for swinging relative to the case. The functional expansion card is mounted to the interface card cradle, and when the interface card cradle leans against the circuit board, the functional expansion card is inserted into the expansion slot of the circuit board, so as to electrically connect to the circuit board. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009957 | DOCKING STATION FOR HAND HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A docking system is disclosed. The docking system includes a single docking station and a plurality of inserts that are placed in the docking station so that the docking station can accommodate hand held devices with differing sizes and shapes. The docking system is configured with a docking station and insert that matingly engage with one another via a rotating action. The docking system is also configured with a latching retention mechanism that secures the insert to the docking station when the insert is rotated into engagement with the docking station. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090016015 | System and Method for Information Handling System Battery With Integrated Communication Ports - Space along the perimeter of a portable information handling system is made available for I/O connections with external devices by integrating I/O ports into a battery housing having some length extending along the perimeter. The I/O ports interface with the information handling system with wires running through the battery housing from the I/O ports to a location aligned with connectors of the information handling system, such as in a chassis bay sized to accept the battery housing. In one embodiment, the battery housing has a first portion for containing battery cells and a second portion that couples to the first portion, the second portion having selected I/O ports for selective configuration of the information handling system with desired I/O ports. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090021907 | Modular high-density computer system - A modular high-density computer system has an infrastructure that includes a framework component forming a plurality of bays and has one or more cooling components. The computer system also has one or more computational components that include a rack assembly and a plurality of servers installed in the rack assembly. Each of the one or more computational components is assembled and shipped to an installation site separately from the infrastructure and then installed within one of the plurality of bays after the infrastructure is installed at the site. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090027847 | Combinational Power Cord for Multimedia Use - A combinational power cord for multimedia use includes one or more multimedia power devices mutually connected to provide power and to enable data transmission among different multimedia devices. The combinational power cord is extensible by connecting a plurality of multimedia power devices to provide power and signal connection at the same time without any circuit redesign, thereby fulfilling the data transmission requirements and connectivity of different multimedia devices. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027848 | NOTEBOOK AND ASSEMBLING AND DISSEMBLING MECHANISM FOR DATA STORAGE DEVICE THEREOF - An assembling and dissembling mechanism for a data storage device suited to assemble and disassemble a data storage device in a casing having an opening includes a fastener having a connecting portion and a first fastening portion and a push button slidingly disposed at the opening of the casing. The connecting portion is fixed at the data storage device and is connected to the first fastening portion. The push button has a second fastening portion and a pushing portion which are disposed in the casing. The second fastening portion is suitable to be fastened with the first fastening portion to install the data storage device in the casing. When the push button slides by a predetermined distance, it drives the second fastening portion to be separated from the first fastening portion, and the pushing portion pushes the first fastening portion to disassemble the data storage device. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027849 | FUNCTION EXPANSION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM - A function expansion device has a housing containing an electronic component and a locking mechanism having a lock-releasing member attached to the housing and movable between a locking position in which the member contacts the housing and a lock-releasing position to which the member moves in response to a lock-releasing operation. The locking mechanism locks an electronic device so that it cannot be removed when the lock-releasing member is in the locking position and unlocks the electronic device in response to an operation of moving the lock-releasing member from the locking position to the lock-releasing position. The housing and the lock-releasing member have respective holes which communicate with each other when the lock-releasing member is in the locking position. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090034186 | Interface Card Fastener - A computer case with a function for fastening an interface card having an extension piece is provided. The computer case includes a positioning portion protruding from a surface of the computer case and having a connecting surface, and an interface card fastener mounted on the surface of the computer case and having a pressing surface pressing the extension piece of the interface card against the connecting surface. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090040713 | SERVER ENCLOSURE - A server enclosure includes a chassis having a sidewall, a securing bracket secured to the chassis, a receiving member attached to the securing bracket, and a switch module for powering the server on/off. The securing bracket includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall perpendicularly extending therefrom. The receiving member is secured to the second sidewall of the securing bracket and includes a first sidewall abutting the first sidewall of the securing bracket. The switch module includes a printed circuit board. The switch module is received in the receiving member with the printed circuit board parallel to the first sidewall thereof. The second sidewall of the securing bracket abuts on the receiving member to enclose the switch module therein. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090059511 | DOCK STATION AND MINI-PROJECTOR BEING MUTUALLY INTEGRATED - A dock station and a mini-projector being mutually integrated is provided. The dock station includes a dock station body, a projector interface and a power management unit. The dock station body is employed for connecting at least an electronic apparatus. The projector interface is employed for connecting the mini-projector and the dock station body. The power management unit is disposed in the dock station body. The dock station uses the mini-projector to play AV data in the electronic apparatus. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090059512 | PROTOCOL FOR REMOTE USER INTERFACE FOR PORTABLE MEDIA DEVICE WITH DYNAMIC PLAYLIST MANAGEMENT - Remote user interfaces for portable media devices provided improved access by accessories to media assets and metadata stored in a database of a portable media device, enhancing a user's ability to control operation of the portable media device using a remote user interface provided by the accessory. In one example, an accessory can determine whether the database of the portable media device was updated while the portable media device was disconnected from the accessory. In a second example, an accessory can create and manage a playlist for the portable media device and can incorporate into the playlist tracks already queued for playback when the accessory connects to the portable media device. In a third example, an accessory can obtain database navigation history and initialize a database navigation interface to match the database navigation history. | 03-05-2009 |
