Patents by Inventor Eric M. Leong

Eric M. Leong 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).

  • Patent number: 10162442
    Abstract: A compliant support for a display device is described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes an external enclosure configured to assume a mobile computing device configuration and one or more computing components secured by and disposed within the external enclosure. The one or more computing components are configured to perform one or more operations that are specified by software. A display device is secured to the external enclosure such that the display device is viewable by a user, the display device supporting touchscreen functionality. A compliant support is disposed between the one or more computing components and the display device, the compliant support configured to reduce deflection of the display device by compression of the compliant support, the deflection caused in response to contact against a surface of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chien-Hui Wen, Adam Petri, Stephan Alexander Cummings, Eric M. Leong, Kabir Siddiqui
  • Patent number: 9448591
    Abstract: Compliant supports hover a battery above pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) when testing a computing device and before the battery is bonded to an enclosure. The compliant supports are placed along a surface of the enclosure such that at least a portion of each of the compliant supports extends above the PSA. The compliant supports apply an upwards force on the battery to maintain a gap between the battery and the PSA. After electrical testing of the computing device, the battery is brought into contact with the PSA while retaining at least one of the compliant supports in the enclosure. In some embodiments, a downwards force is applied to the battery to overcome the upwards force from the compliant supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Eric M. Leong, John Terpsma
  • Publication number: 20150241923
    Abstract: Compliant supports hover a battery above pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) when testing a computing device and before the battery is bonded to an enclosure. The compliant supports are placed along a surface of the enclosure such that at least a portion of each of the compliant supports extends above the PSA. The compliant supports apply an upwards force on the battery to maintain a gap between the battery and the PSA. After electrical testing of the computing device, the battery is brought into contact with the PSA while retaining at least one of the compliant supports in the enclosure. In some embodiments, a downwards force is applied to the battery to overcome the upwards force from the compliant supports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Eric M. Leong, John Terpsma
  • Publication number: 20150091839
    Abstract: A compliant support for a display device is described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes an external enclosure configured to assume a mobile computing device configuration and one or more computing components secured by and disposed within the external enclosure. The one or more computing components are configured to perform one or more operations that are specified by software. A display device is secured to the external enclosure such that the display device is viewable by a user, the display device supporting touchscreen functionality. A compliant support is disposed between the one or more computing components and the display device, the compliant support configured to reduce deflection of the display device by compression of the compliant support, the deflection caused in response to contact against a surface of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Hui Wen, Adam Petri, Stephan Alexander Cummings, Eric M. Leong, Kabir Siddiqui