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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D638011 | Portable computer | 05/17/2011 |
| 7940519 | Portable electronic apparatus A portable electronic apparatus including a host and a display unit pivotally connected to the host is provided. The display unit includes a panel module, a first plate having a plate body and a plurality of positioning structures provided on the plate body, and a s... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938563 | Portable computer and keyboard illuminating device thereof A keyboard illuminating device for a portable computer includes a battery module and an illuminating module. The battery module can supply power to the portable computer and includes a housing. The illuminating module is disposed on the battery module and is powered... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7933130 | Embedded seat slot structure An embedded seat slot structure is disposed at a device having an opening. The embedded seat slot structure includes a cover, an interlocking portion, and a base. The cover covers the opening. The interlocking portion is pivotally connected with the device via a fir... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7925314 | Foldable electronic device A foldable electronic device including a first frame, a second frame, a first connecting rod, and a second connecting rod is provided. The first connecting rod has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end and the second end are respectively pivoted on one... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924237 | Antenna device An antenna device including a substrate, a ground layer, a first feeding element, a second feeding element, a first control circuit and a second control circuit is provided. The substrate has a top surface and a lower surface. The ground layer disposed on the lower ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922502 | Electronic device with hidden I/O interface module An electronic device with a hidden I/O interface module is disclosed. The electronic device includes a container and a surface with an opening, container and the opening communicate with each other. The container includes a first position and a second position. The ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7917775 | Power supply system A power supply system suitable for being located in a computer is provided. The system includes a first voltage regulator module (VRM), a second VRM, a first switch unit, and a second switch unit. The first VRM is used to supply a first power. The second VRM is used... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7916462 | Portable computer with a rotary positioning structure A portable computer with a rotary positioning structure is disclosed, which includes a first body, a second body, a shaft including a first part disposed on the first body and a second part disposed on the second body, a seat disposed to the first body, and a button... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7915861 | Battery replaceable pack and electronic device with battery replaceable pack A battery replaceable pack for a portable electronic device is provided. The battery replaceable pack includes a containing casing, at least one battery, a protecting circuit board, and a connector. The protecting circuit board has a charging circuit and a detecting... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7911783 | Portable computer with projecting function A portable computer with a projecting function includes a main body, a display module, a pivot, and a projection module. The display module is connected to the main body via the pivot and capable of rotating relative to the main body. The projection module is dispos... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7903423 | Electronic device with optical disc drive An optical disk drive (ODD) disposed in the base of a notebook computer is provided. The front end of the tray of the ODD has a panel having a body with a side edge, a guide member and a fastening member. The guide member is connected to the body, and it can move re... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7903003 | Electronic module with track identification function and keypad identification function An electronic module with a track identification function and a keypad identification function is provided. The electronic module includes a touch-control element and a driver. The driver has a track identification mode and a keypad identification mode. When the dri... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7900091 | Method for recovering basic input output system and computer device thereof The invention discloses a method for recovering a basic input output system (BIOS) and a computer device thereof. The computer device of the invention includes a motherboard, a power button, a BIOS storage unit, and an embedded controller. The BIOS storage unit is d... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7899979 | Computer and built-in flash memory storage device thereof A computer comprises a mother board. A CPU, a chipset and a flash memory storage device are configured on the mother board. Wherein, the chipset is coupled to the CPU and coupled to the flash memory storage device through a USB bus, so that the CPU is able to access... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7898528 | Notebook computer with hidden touch pad A notebook computer with a hidden touch pad. The notebook computer includes a main portion, a display, and a touch pad. The main portion includes a housing, and the housing includes a receiving portion. The display is connected to the main portion in a rotatable man... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7894184 | Portable electronic device with an actuating element to lift input/output modules A portable electronic device includes a screen module, a main body module and an input/output module. The screen module is pivotally connected with the body module. The input/output module is electrically connected with the main body module. An actuating element is ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7890687 | Motherboard and interface control method of memory slot thereof The invention provides a motherboard and an interface control method of a memory slot thereof. The motherboard includes a plurality of slot groups, a bus, and an interface controller. Each of the slot groups includes a first memory slot and a second memory slot conn... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889486 | Display device and rotatable stand thereof A display device including a rotatable stand and a display module provided on the rotatable stand is provided. The rotatable stand includes a base, a sleeve provided on the base, a composite washer, and a rotatable structure. One end of the sleeve is connected with ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7886313 | Optical disc drive An optical disc drive is suitable to read data of an optical disc. The optical disc drive includes a housing, a turntable and an ejecting mechanism. The turntable has a chuck claw holds at an opening of the optical disc. The ejecting mechanism includes a button, a r... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7886179 | Method for adjusting working frequency of chip A method for adjusting the working frequency of a chip is provided. The method detects a frequency adjustment range of a graphic chip when a system is booted. Then, an application program in full screen mode is executed, and a control hot key is enabled. Afterwards,... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7884765 | Array antenna and electronic apparatus using the same An array antenna and an electronic apparatus using the array antenna are provided. The array antenna includes a plurality of antenna units, a first connection line, and a second connection line. Each of the antenna units includes a rectangular radiation region, a fi... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7884589 | Controllable power supply device with step-up function A controllable power supply device with a step-up function including a constant voltage generator, a programmable voltage generator, a first switch and a linear regulator is provided. The constant voltage generator is used to provide an initial voltage. The programm... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7883241 | Electronic device and heat dissipation unit thereof A heat dissipation unit is provided. The heat dissipation unit includes a fan, a heat sink and a light source. The heat sink includes a plurality of heat dissipating fins, a light transmitting plate, an air inlet and an air outlet, wherein the heat dissipating fins ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7881060 | Heat-dissipation module and electronic apparatus having the same An electronic apparatus including a circuit board having multiple heat generating elements and a heat-dissipation module is provided. The heat-dissipation module includes a heat-dissipation plate and a heat pipe set. The heat-dissipation plate having a first surface... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7849300 | Method for changing booting sources of a computer system and a related backup/restore method thereof A method for changing a booting source when a first operating system is being executed is disclosed. The method is utilized in a computer system having a first storage device storing the first operating system and a second storage device storing a second operating s... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7849249 | Mother-board having multiple graphics interfaces A mother-board includes a chipset, a switch, and first and second PCI Express X16 graphics interfaces. The switch has first and second switch circuits. The switch selectively turns on one of the first and second switch circuits according to a control signal. The fir... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7872862 | Fixing device A fixing device for detachably fastening an electronic element inside thereof is described. Two fastening modules are respectively disposed on the two opposite inner walls of a housing. A positioning disk is rotatably connected with the positioning frame and has a c... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7872370 | Portable electronic device A portable electronic device disposed in a car is provided. The portable electronic device includes a power switch, a vibration sensor and a controller. The power switch is used for providing a first power at a first state and providing a second power at a second st... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7859832 | Portable computer and fixing structure thereof A fixing structure for mounting a data storage device in a computer body is provided. The data storage device has two opposite side surfaces. The fixing structure includes two mounting brackets and at least one pull strap. Each mounting bracket is disposed to a corr... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7859325 | CPU core voltage supply circuit A CPU core voltage supply circuit includes a reference voltage generator, a differential operation amplifier, a power element, a feedback circuit and a first capacitor. The reference voltage generator outputs a first reference voltage. The differential operation amp... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7857659 | Electronic device with stretchable USB receptacle An electronic device having a stretchable USB receptacle is provided. An extending connecting cable is added to the USB receptacle on the electronic device. In normal condition, the connecting cable is accommodated in a cable reel to make the USB receptacle accommod... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7857629 | Dual in-line connector A connector having a number of SMT pads and a number of in-line package pins is provided. The connector can be applied to both a peripheral component interconnection (PCI) card and a peripheral component interconnection express (PCIE) card. The number of the connect... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7857628 | Electronic device and connector and card insertion method thereof A connector is provided. The connector is for connecting an electronic card. The electronic card comprises a first card side and a second card side, a first notch formed on the first card side, and a second notch formed on the second card side. The connector compris... | 12/28/2010 |
| D629797 | Portable computer | 12/28/2010 |
| 7855897 | Electronic device An electronic device including a first portion, a second portion, and a circuit board is provided. The first portion has a first surface including a first conductive region. The second portion has a second surface including a second conductive region and a second no... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7852632 | Heat dissipation module and detachable expansion card using the same A heat-dissipation module dissipating heat for a heat-generating element on circuit board and including a heat-transferring base, a base, a first heat-dissipation unit, a heat pipe and a second heat-dissipation unit is provided. One surface of the heat-transferring ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7839633 | Foldable computer chassis A foldable computer chassis includes a first plate having multiple first fixing shafts and second fixing shafts, multiple second plates connected to two opposite edges of the first plate by the first fixing shafts, and multiple third plates movably and rotatably con... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7836345 | Personal computer diagnostic test before executing operating system A personal computer component diagnostic method is executed to recognize the status or potential problems of a computer before executing an operating system. The personal computer component diagnostic method comprising: calling a BIOS program; executing a component ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7835145 | Portable computer A portable computer includes a host, a supporting frame, a displayer, two latches and a drive member. The supporting frame is pivotally connected with the host and having a straight sliding slot and a curved sliding slot. The displayer has two sliding members, which... | 11/16/2010 |
