H05K7/1427

ADJUSTABLE CARRIER WITH CHANGEABLE CORE AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLIES

A carrier assembly configured to facilitate manufacture of a printed circuit board assembly includes a bottom frame defining a generally rectangular configuration and having a length and a width. The bottom frame is adjustable to vary at least one of the length or the width thereof. The assembly further includes a core releasably positionable on the bottom frame and configured to support a circuit board thereon. A carrier assembly system includes the bottom frame and a plurality of cores. Methods of manufacturing printed circuit board assemblies utilizing carrier assemblies are also provided.

COOKING APPLIANCE
20230119872 · 2023-04-20 ·

A cooking appliance according to a concept of the disclosure includes: a cooking room; and a door configured to open or close the cooking room, wherein the door includes: a door body forming an accommodating space in which a printed circuit board is accommodated; a front panel positioned in front of the door body to cover the accommodating space; and a panel bracket fixed to the front panel and configured to detachably couple the front panel with the door body, and the accommodating space is exposed to an outside of the cooking appliance upon separating of the front panel from the door body.

ELECTRIC DEVICE

The electric device has a first seal part, including, between a first case and a second case, a groove portion prepared at one side and a projection portion prepared at another side, where those portions are joined by sealing material; a second seal part, including, between the opening part of the first case and a peripheral part of the connector, a groove portion prepared at one side and a projection portion prepared at another side, where those portions are joined by the sealing material; and a third seal part, including, among the first case, the second case, and the peripheral part of the connector, a groove portion prepared at one side and a projection portion prepared at another side, as a combination, or a projection portion prepared at one side and a groove portion prepared at another side, as a combination, where those portions are joined by the sealing material.

MECHANICAL INTEGRATION OF BUTTONS FOR PIEZO-ELECTRIC ACTUATORS
20230062569 · 2023-03-02 ·

A piezo-electric actuator on the side of a mobile device will enable pressure exerted by the user to be sensed at the conventional button locations, while providing a haptic feedback. Unfortunately, mechanical integration of piezo-electric actuators at the side of a mobile device is challenging. A mobile device in accordance with the present disclosure comprises a PCB; an outer frame surrounding the PCB; and a switch. The switch comprises: a first piezo-electric actuator configured to generate a first actuator voltage signal in response to a first force applied by a user, and to generate a first haptic feedback to the user in response to a first haptic voltage signal transmitted from the controller thereto; and a first virtual button in the outer frame configured to transmit the first force to the first piezo-electric actuator, and to transmit the first haptic feedback to the user.

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BOARD AND POWER MODULE
20220330447 · 2022-10-13 · ·

An electric circuit board includes an insulating substrate, a metal plate, and a brazing material with which the insulating substrate and the metal plate are joined together. The metal plate has a side surface over which recessed portions are scattered. The side surface of the metal plate has lines in regions around the recessed portions. The metal plate is made of copper or a copper alloy. The brazing material has a side surface that is continuous with the side surface of the metal plate. The brazing material is a silver-copper brazing alloy. A ratio of copper on the side surface of the brazing material is higher than a copper component ratio of the silver-copper brazing alloy.

ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE (EMI) FILTER UNIT AND ASSOCIATED METHODS
20230065118 · 2023-03-02 · ·

A filter unit is provided to retrofit within signal lines that couple analog cockpit gauges to transducers in rotorcraft systems. The filter unit may include a housing assembly and an electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter assembly housed therein. The filter assembly may include a printed circuit board (PCB) having conductive PCB traces and a signal line input connector configured to connect to multiple transducer signal lines. The filter assembly may also include a signal line output connector configured to connect to multiple analog cockpit gauge signal lines and a plurality of common mode chokes electrically connected between the signal line input connector and the signal line output connector. Each common mode choke may be positioned on the PCB so that it does not electrically/magnetically interfere with the other common mode chokes of the plurality of common mode chokes.

PORTABLE PAPERLESS RECORDER
20230164942 · 2023-05-25 ·

Exemplary embodiments of a portable paperless recorder are disclosed. According to one exemplary embodiment, a portable paperless recorder may include a recorder body, having a signal acquisition board and a main circuit board. The main circuit board is plugged into the signal acquisition board, and comprises a manual reset power loss protection circuit of the microprocessor reset of the paperless recorder. The signal acquisition board comprises an adapter component for connecting the external terminal, and one side of the adapter component comprises a channel cross-connect board for leading through the connection of the external terminal and the adapter components. The channel cross-connect board is engaged with the upper end of the recorder body. In the present disclosure, the signal acquisition board having the adapter component is attachedly connected with the recorder body by screwing. The channel cross-connect board is engaged to the recorder body to further convenience the assembly and disassembly of the signal acquisition board, the channel cross-connect board and the recorder body. When the manufacturers produce paperless recorders with different interfaces, no major changes are required to the paperless recorders for reducing the manufacturing costs.

Electronic device having a housing with embedded antenna
11469493 · 2022-10-11 · ·

Electronic device having at least one main antenna (1) where such antenna is formed as a conductive layer on walls of a housing (10) of the electronic device through a laser direct structuring process and has a first portion (2, 3) on an internal part of the housing, a second portion (4) forming a junction area on an edge between an interior part and an exterior part of the housing and a third portion (5) on an outer part of the housing in electrical continuity with the first portion through the junction area.

Coated High Permeability Metal Shield For Reducing Electronic Noise In Wearable Devices
20230110268 · 2023-04-13 ·

A high permeability metal (mu-metal) shield is placed in close proximity of a main logic board (MLB) of a wearable device, such as an earbud, to reduce eNoise. Radio frequency current flow induced by an antenna radiator will flow over the MLB and its associated ground plane, including the mu-metal shield. To reduce an impact of the mu-metal shield on antenna performance, a coating process is done on the mu-metal shield, by developing a thin layer of high conductivity, low permeability copper or silver on top of the mu-metal.

Converter
11470747 · 2022-10-11 · ·

This converter comprises: a housing having heat dissipation fins formed on the top surface thereof; a printed circuit board disposed in the inner space of the housing; and a bus bar, the bottom surface of which is in surface contact with the top surface of the printed circuit board, wherein the heat dissipation fins and the bus bar can be disposed overlapping each other in a vertical direction to enhance heat dissipation efficiency and can be further reduced in weight.