Patents by Inventor Gary Michael Cristiano

Gary Michael Cristiano 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).

  • Portable electronic device and method of coupling power thereto
    Patent number: 6141569
    Abstract: A novel portable electronic device including a first housing portion (106) having a first battery (135) integrally associated with the first housing portion and a second housing portion (104) having a second battery (102) operatively coupled to an external surface of the second housing portion. Also, a method for coupling power to a portable electronic device comprises steps of providing a recessed region in a first housing portion for receiving a first battery and operatively coupling a second battery to an external surface of a second housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert N. Weisshappel, James Robert Brunette, Scott David Beutler, Stephen John Gaynes, James Dennis Domoleczny, Sr., Albert Leo Nagele, Gary Michael Cristiano
  • Portable electronic device and method for coupling power thereto
    Patent number: 5857148
    Abstract: A novel portable electronic device comprising a first housing portion (106) having a first battery (135) integrally associated with said first housing portion and a second housing portion (104) having a second battery (102) operatively coupled to an external surface of the second housing portion. Also, a method for coupling power to a portable electronic device comprises steps of providing a recessed region in a first housing portion for receiving a first battery and operatively coupling a second battery to an external surface of a second housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert N. Weisshappel, James Robert Brunette, Scott David Beutler, Stephen John Gaynes, James Dennis Domoleczny, Sr., Albert Leo Nagele, Gary Michael Cristiano