Patents by Inventor Hugh M. Collins

Hugh M. Collins 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: 5828965
    Abstract: Portable wireless telephone handset with a flap movable upon a housing. In a first position the flap is close to a speaker to enable the flap to be disposed near to a user's ear for the user to receive personal low volume sound from the speaker. In a second position, the flap is further from the speaker to detract from use of the speaker near to the user's ear. In the second position of the flap, the speaker operates in loudspeaker mode. A switch is provided to change the speaker between loudspeaker and low volume sound mode, the switch operation being dependent upon flap position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Northern Telecom Limited
    Inventors: Michael Brown, Laura A. Mahan, Andre J. Van Schyndel, Hugh M. Collins, Frederic Simard, Christopher M. Forrester
  • Patent number: 5276584
    Abstract: Electronic unit of printed circuit board with electronic components on one side and its other side in heat conducting contact with a heat sink enables the electronic components to be sealed from ambient atmosphere and thus unpackaged chips may be used. The units are mountable in a support frame with air cooling passages of the heat sinks extending vertically for convected cooling air. In each unit, a resistor network may extend into a cavity formed in a heat exchange rib and an electronic chip, perhaps unpackaged in the sealed environment, may be in heat conductive relationship with the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1994
    Assignee: Northern Telecom Limited
    Inventors: Hugh M. Collins, Hasler R. Hayes, John S. Moss, Clifford D. Read, Tristano F. Nicoletta, John B. Drayton, David J. Pell, Roman Katchmar
  • Patent number: 5218516
    Abstract: Electronic module of printed circuit board with electronic components on one side and its other side in heat conducting contact with a heat sink enables the electronic components to be sealed from ambient atmosphere and thus unpackaged chips may be used. The modules are mountable in a support frame with air cooling passages of the heat sinks extending vertically for convected cooling air. In each module, a resistor network may extend into a cavity formed in a heat exchange rib and an electronic chip, perhaps unpackaged in the sealed environment, may be in heat conductive relationship with the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Assignee: Northern Telecom Limited
    Inventors: Hugh M. Collins, Hasler R. Hayes, John S. Moss, Clifford D. Read, Tristano F. Nicoletta, John B. Drayton, David J. Pell, Roman Katchmar