Patents by Inventor Ali Ent

Ali Ent has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240102603
    Abstract: A system can include a display device that includes a rectangular housing that includes two short sides, two long sides, and a back side that includes a first arrangement of magnets located centrally at a long lever arm distance from each of the two short sides and a short lever arm distance from each of the two long sides; and a stand that includes a base, a flap and a hinge that couples the flap to the base, where the flap includes a second arrangement of magnets, wherein the first arrangement of magnets and the second arrangement of magnets provide an asymmetric magnetic attraction force that couples the rectangular housing to the flap, and where the asymmetric magnetic attraction force between the display device and the stand is weaker at the long lever arm distance and stronger at the short lever arm distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Jung Hwan Hong, Ali Ent, Ghwang Hyun Lim, Alden Rose, Jeffrey E. Skinner
  • Publication number: 20240103565
    Abstract: A system can include a display device that includes a rectangular housing that includes a back side that includes a first arrangement of magnets; and a stand that includes a base, a flap and a hinge that couples the flap to the base, where the flap includes a second arrangement of magnets, where the first arrangement of magnets and the second arrangement of magnets provide a first magnetic attraction force that couples the rectangular housing to the flap in a first position and a second magnetic attraction force that couples the rectangular housing to the flap in a second position, where, in the second position, the rectangular housing is rotated by 90 degrees with respect to the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Jung Hwan Hong, Ali Ent, Ghwang Hyun Lim, Alden Rose, Jeffrey E Skinner
  • Publication number: 20240103585
    Abstract: A system can include a display device that includes a display device housing, a display, a display side, a back side, a back side flap and a flap hinge that couples the back side flap to the housing; and an input device that includes an input device housing, a support flap and a support flap hinge that couples the support flap to the input device housing, where the support flap includes a coupling that couples the support flap to the back side flap of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Jeffrey E Skinner, Ali Ent, Ghwang Hyun Lim, Alden Rose, Jung Hwan Hong
  • Publication number: 20240103566
    Abstract: A system can include a display assembly that includes a rectangular housing that includes a back side that includes a raised portion and an attachment surface adjacent to the raised portion; and a stand that includes a base, a joint assembly and a coupling that magnetically couples to the attachment surface of the display assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Ghwang Hyun Lim, Jung Hwan Hong, Ali Ent, Alden Rose, Jeffrey E Skinner
  • Publication number: 20240103569
    Abstract: A case can include a base that includes at least one input device; a display device holder; a hinge that couples the base and the display device holder; and a flexible back end that automatically extends backwardly responsive to opening rotation of the display device holder with respect to the base via the hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Ghwang Hyun Lim, Jung Hwan Hong, Ali Ent, Alden Rose, Jeffrey E. Skinner
  • Publication number: 20240106271
    Abstract: A system can include a power cable that includes a plug and a cord; and a power supply unit that includes wireless charging circuitry and a disk shaped body that includes a recess, a power connector disposed in the recess and a cable notch as a passage from the recess to an outer perimeter of the disk shaped body, where the power connector is electrically coupled to the wireless charging circuitry and where the plug couples to the power connector and the cord passes through the cable notch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Jung Hwan Hong, Ali Ent, Ghwang Hyun Lim, Alden Rose, Jeffrey E Skinner
  • Patent number: 11927990
    Abstract: A computing device can include a housing that includes a shell and a shell cover, where the shell cover includes a keyboard; and an electronic component secured in a component bay of the shell by a latch accessible upon displacement of the shell cover, where the component bay includes an electrical bay contact and bay magnets, where the electronic component includes an electrical component contact and component magnets, and where the component magnets are coupled to the latch and move responsive to actuation of the latch to lock the electronic component in the component bay via a magnetic attraction force between the bay magnets and the component magnets that mates the electrical bay contact and the electrical component contact and to unlock the electronic component for removal from the component bay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Perelli, Ali Ent
  • Patent number: 11914426
    Abstract: A computing device can include a processor; memory accessible to the processor; a display housing that includes a display operatively coupled to the processor, display housing bumper supports and peripheral display housing bumpers mounted to the display housing bumper supports; a base housing that includes base housing bumper supports and peripheral base housing bumpers mounted to the base housing bumper supports; and a hinge assembly that couples the display housing and the base housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Perelli, Ali Ent
  • Publication number: 20240053797
    Abstract: A system can include a processor; memory accessible to the processor; a base housing; a display housing that includes a display operatively coupled to the processor, a display side, and a back side that includes a back side mobile device docking surface; a hinge assembly that couples the display housing and the base housing; and mobile device control circuitry that, responsive to docking of a mobile device to the back side mobile device docking surface, issues a mobile device operational control command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Alden Rose, Ghwang Hyun Lim, Ali Ent, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Jung Hwan Hong
  • Publication number: 20240036615
    Abstract: A computing device can include a processor; memory accessible to the processor; a display housing that includes a display operatively coupled to the processor; a base housing that includes a keyboard operatively coupled to the processor, a shell and a component space access hatch that define a component space, and a controllable latch to lock and unlock the component space access hatch; a hinge assembly that couples the display housing and the base housing; and circuitry operatively coupled to the keyboard and the controllable latch that unlocks the component space access hatch responsive to receipt of a code from the keyboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Perelli, Ali Ent
  • Publication number: 20240036601
    Abstract: A computing device can include a processor; memory accessible to the processor; a display housing that includes a display and a camera; a base housing that includes a keyboard and a camera viewfinder display for the camera; and a hinge assembly that couples the display housing and the base housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Perelli, Ali Ent
  • Publication number: 20240036610
    Abstract: A computing device can include a processor; memory accessible to the processor; a display housing that includes a display operatively coupled to the processor, display housing bumper supports and peripheral display housing bumpers mounted to the display housing bumper supports; a base housing that includes base housing bumper supports and peripheral base housing bumpers mounted to the base housing bumper supports; and a hinge assembly that couples the display housing and the base housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Perelli, Ali Ent
  • Publication number: 20240036602
    Abstract: A computing device can include a first shell that includes a first bay; a second shell that includes a second bay; a hinge assembly that couples the first shell and the second shell; and a display assembly positionable in the first bay and positionable in the second bay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Perelli, Ali Ent, Dhruvi Suresh Fulfagar, Aaron M Stewart
  • Publication number: 20240036616
    Abstract: A computing device can include a housing that includes a shell and a shell cover, where the shell cover includes a keyboard; and an electronic component secured in a component bay of the shell by a latch accessible upon displacement of the shell cover, where the component bay includes an electrical bay contact and bay magnets, where the electronic component includes an electrical component contact and component magnets, and where the component magnets are coupled to the latch and move responsive to actuation of the latch to lock the electronic component in the component bay via a magnetic attraction force between the bay magnets and the component magnets that mates the electrical bay contact and the electrical component contact and to unlock the electronic component for removal from the component bay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Perelli, Ali Ent
  • Publication number: 20240036604
    Abstract: An assembly can include a clamshell computing device that includes a display, a keyboard and a side connector; and a clamshell dock that includes an auxiliary display and a side connector that mates with the side connector of the clamshell computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Perelli, Ali Ent
  • Publication number: 20230418329
    Abstract: A system can include a dock that includes a base housing that includes a planar docking surface; and a keyboard housing that magnetically couples to the planar docking surface, where the keyboard housing includes a keyboard that includes depressible keys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Ali Ent, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Alden Rose, Jung Hwan Hong, Ghwang Hyun Lim
  • Publication number: 20230418540
    Abstract: A method can include detecting presence of a first display device adjacent to a second display device, where the first display device includes a first display and the second display device includes a second display; responsive to the detecting, automatically rendering a graphical user interface to one or more of the first display and the second display; and responsive to receipt of input via the graphical user interface, transmitting content from the second display device to the first display device for rendering to the first display according to the input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Skinner, Ali Ent, Ghwang Hyun Lim, Alden Rose, Jung Hwan Hong
  • Publication number: 20230418330
    Abstract: A system can include a display housing that includes a display, a frame, a display side, and a back side; and a cellular phone coupling that couples a cellular phone to the display housing with a portion of the cellular phone extendable a distance beyond an edge of the frame of the display housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Ali Ent, Ghwang Hyun Lim, Jung Hwan Hong, Alden Rose, Jeffrey E. Skinner
  • Publication number: 20230421990
    Abstract: A method can include receiving by a mobile device, an identifier transmitted wirelessly from a tagged device; accessing proximity information using the identifier and the mobile device; performing a wireless ranging protocol using the mobile device to determine a distance from the mobile device to the tagged device; and establishing a control session for control of the tagged device using the mobile device, where the distance is within a distance limit specified by the proximity information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Alden Rose, Ali Ent, Ghwang Hyun Lim, Jeffrey E. Skinner, Jung Hwan Hong
  • Publication number: 20230195176
    Abstract: A device can include a housing that comprises a front side that includes a display operatively coupled to display circuitry and a back side that comprises a ferromagnetic surface, a hinge assembly, and a recess; and a ferromagnetic panel transitionable via the hinge assembly from a storage position in the recess to a bridge position that covers the ferromagnetic surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Perelli, Ali Ent, Ashley Martin Cichocki