Patents by Inventor Joshua P. Davies
Joshua P. Davies 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).
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Patent number: 11846129Abstract: A camera housing includes a first and second housing portion and a draw latch. The first housing portion includes a monolithic panel base hinge. The second housing portion is pivotally coupled to the first housing portion. The draw latch secures the first and second housing portions to enclose a camera. The draw latch is coupled to the first housing portion and coupleable to the second housing portion. The draw latch includes a draw hook and a mid-linkage. The mid-linkage includes a draw hook hinge end, a draw hook lip end, and first and second segments. The draw hook hinge end rotatably connects to the draw latch. The first segment couples first sides of the draw hook hinge end and the draw hook lip end to one another. The second segment couples the draw hook hinge end and the draw hook lip end together. The mid-linkage is plastic and substantially rigid.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Evan L Coons, Joshua P. Davies, Todd Lewis
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Publication number: 20220349226Abstract: A camera housing includes a first and second housing portion and a draw latch. The first housing portion includes a monolithic panel base hinge. The second housing portion is pivotally coupled to the first housing portion. The draw latch secures the first and second housing portions to enclose a camera. The draw latch is coupled to the first housing portion and coupleable to the second housing portion. The draw latch includes a draw hook and a mid-linkage. The mid-linkage includes a draw hook hinge end, a draw hook lip end, and first and second segments. The draw hook hinge end rotatably connects to the draw latch. The first segment couples first sides of the draw hook hinge end and the draw hook lip end to one another. The second segment couples the draw hook hinge end and the draw hook lip end together. The mid-linkage is plastic and substantially rigid.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2022Publication date: November 3, 2022Inventors: Evan L. Coons, Joshua P. Davies, Todd Lewis
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Patent number: 11401743Abstract: A camera housing includes a simplified draw latch for securing a first portion and a second portion of the camera housing together. The draw latch can include a draw hook and a wireform mid-linkage. The draw latch enables a user to easily open and close a camera housing, and to establish an air-tight or water-tight seal between the housing portions for use in various activities, including scuba diving.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Evan L. Coons, Joshua P. Davies, Todd Lewis
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Patent number: 11261630Abstract: A camera housing includes a simplified draw latch for securing a first portion and a second portion of the camera housing together. The draw latch can include a draw hook and a mid-linkage. The draw latch enables a user to easily open and close a camera housing, and may also allow a user to establish an air-tight or water-tight seal between the housing portions for use in various activities, including scuba diving.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Evan L. Coons, Joshua P. Davies, Todd Lewis
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Patent number: 10904414Abstract: Dual-lens assemblies and cameras including dual lens-assemblies that include a first lens barrel securing a first lens having a first optical axis and a second lens barrel securing a second lens having a second optical axis are disclosed. In one dual-lens assembly, the first optical axis is approximately parallel to and spaced from the second optical axis by a lateral offset, axial lengths of the first lens barrel and the second lens barrel are approximately equal, and the first lens and the second lens are oriented in opposite directions at opposing ends of the first lens barrel and the second lens barrel.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Adeel Abbas, Joshua P. Davies, William H. Tolbert
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Publication number: 20200259978Abstract: Dual-lens assemblies and cameras including dual lens-assemblies that include a first lens barrel securing a first lens having a first optical axis and a second lens barrel securing a second lens having a second optical axis are disclosed. In one dual-lens assembly, the first optical axis is approximately parallel to and spaced from the second optical axis by a lateral offset, axial lengths of the first lens barrel and the second lens barrel are approximately equal, and the first lens and the second lens are oriented in opposite directions at opposing ends of the first lens barrel and the second lens barrel.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Adeel Abbas, Joshua P. Davies, William H. Tolbert
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Patent number: 10574871Abstract: Dual-lens assemblies and cameras including dual lens-assemblies that include a first lens barrel securing a first lens having a first optical axis and a second lens barrel securing a second lens having a second optical axis are disclosed. In one dual-lens assembly, the first optical axis is approximately parallel to and spaced from the second optical axis by a lateral offset, axial lengths of the first lens barrel and the second lens barrel are approximately equal, and the first lens and the second lens are oriented in opposite directions at opposing ends of the first lens barrel and the second lens barrel.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Adeel Abbas, Joshua P. Davies, William H. Tolbert
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Publication number: 20190345747Abstract: A camera housing includes a simplified draw latch for securing a first portion and a second portion of the camera housing together. The draw latch can include a draw hook and a mid-linkage. The draw latch enables a user to easily open and close a camera housing, and may also allow a user to establish an air-tight or water-tight seal between the housing portions for use in various activities, including scuba diving.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2019Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Evan L. Coons, Joshua P. Davies, Todd Lewis
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Publication number: 20190342476Abstract: Dual-lens assemblies and cameras including dual lens-assemblies that include a first lens barrel securing a first lens having a first optical axis and a second lens barrel securing a second lens having a second optical axis are disclosed. In one dual-lens assembly, the first optical axis is approximately parallel to and spaced from the second optical axis by a lateral offset, axial lengths of the first lens barrel and the second lens barrel are approximately equal, and the first lens and the second lens are oriented in opposite directions at opposing ends of the first lens barrel and the second lens barrel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventors: Adeel Abbas, Joshua P. Davies, William H. Tolbert
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Patent number: 10429625Abstract: A spherical camera includes two oppositely-oriented lenses rigidly secured by a unibody dual-lens mount. The unibody dual-lens mount includes two lens barrel that are laterally offset from each other. Each lens barrel secures a lens and has a top, a midsection and a bottom along its axial length, where the midsection is located between the top and the bottom. A first base portion extends radially outward from the bottom of a first lens barrel to join the midsection of a second lens barrel. A second base portion extends radially outward from a bottom of the second lens barrel to join a midsection of the first lens barrel. The base portions may be approximately perpendicular to central axes of the lens barrels. Additionally, the first lens barrel can be approximately parallel to the second lens barrel, and the first base portion can be approximately parallel to the second base portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Joshua P. Davies, William H. Tolbert
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Patent number: 10404901Abstract: Dual-lens assemblies and cameras including dual lens-assemblies that include a first lens barrel securing a first lens having a first optical axis and a second lens barrel securing a second lens having a second optical axis are disclosed. In one dual-lens assembly, the first optical axis is approximately parallel to and spaced from the second optical axis by a lateral offset, axial lengths of the first lens barrel and the second lens barrel are approximately equal, and the first lens and the second lens are oriented in opposite directions at opposing ends of the first lens barrel and the second lens barrel.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Adeel Abbas, Joshua P. Davies, William H. Tolbert
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Publication number: 20190238729Abstract: A housing for a camera includes a housing body having four adjacent walls forming a band. The camera is compressibly secured within the band, each wall in an adjacent pair of walls is coupled via a rounded corner, and an opening is defined in one wall of the housing body. The opening is configured to allow a user of the camera to access a user interface of the camera when the camera is secured into the housing body. The housing includes a latching mechanism coupling two adjacent walls of the housing body and a mounting mechanism extending from a wall of the housing body and configured to secure the housing to a reciprocal mounting mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Rudy Lucas Samuels, Evan L. Coons, Joshua P. Davies, William H. Tolbert, Nicholas Streets
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Patent number: 10306115Abstract: A square camera housing accommodates a square camera with a substantially square profile. The square camera housing includes a latching mechanism to secure the camera in the housing, a mounting mechanism to secure the housing to a mounting device, and multiple openings in the housing body to accommodate the camera interface. These features allow the square camera to be inserted and secured in the square camera housing in one of a plurality of orientations relative to the square camera housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Rudy Lucas Samuels, Evan L. Coons, Joshua P. Davies, William H. Tolbert, Nicholas Streets
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Publication number: 20190063127Abstract: A camera housing includes a simplified draw latch for securing a first portion and a second portion of the camera housing together. The draw latch can include a draw hook and a wireform mid-linkage. The draw latch enables a user to easily open and close a camera housing, and to establish an air-tight or water-tight seal between the housing portions for use in various activities, including scuba diving.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: February 28, 2019Inventors: Evan L. Coons, Joshua P. Davies, Todd Lewis
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Publication number: 20180275377Abstract: A spherical camera includes two oppositely-oriented lenses rigidly secured by a unibody dual-lens mount. The unibody dual-lens mount includes two lens barrel that are laterally offset from each other. Each lens barrel secures a lens and has a top, a midsection and a bottom along its axial length, where the midsection is located between the top and the bottom. A first base portion extends radially outward from the bottom of a first lens barrel to join the midsection of a second lens barrel. A second base portion extends radially outward from a bottom of the second lens barrel to join a midsection of the first lens barrel. The base portions may be approximately perpendicular to central axes of the lens barrels. Additionally, the first lens barrel can be approximately parallel to the second lens barrel, and the first base portion can be approximately parallel to the second base portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Joshua P. Davies, William H. Tolbert
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Publication number: 20180278818Abstract: Dual-lens assemblies and cameras including dual lens-assemblies that include a first lens barrel securing a first lens having a first optical axis and a second lens barrel securing a second lens having a second optical axis are disclosed. In one dual-lens assembly, the first optical axis is approximately parallel to and spaced from the second optical axis by a lateral offset, axial lengths of the first lens barrel and the second lens barrel are approximately equal, and the first lens and the second lens are oriented in opposite directions at opposing ends of the first lens barrel and the second lens barrel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Adeel Abbas, Joshua P. Davies, William H. Tolbert
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Patent number: 10066427Abstract: A camera housing includes a simplified draw latch for securing a first portion and a second portion of the camera housing together. The draw latch can include a draw hook and a wireform mid-linkage. The draw latch enables a user to easily open and close a camera housing, and to establish an air-tight or water-tight seal between the housing portions for use in various activities, including scuba diving.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2014Date of Patent: September 4, 2018Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Evan L. Coons, Joshua P. Davies, Todd Lewis
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Patent number: D821481Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Richard Gioscia, Seung Heon Lee, Derek Yap, Evan L. Coons, Joshua P. Davies
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Patent number: D852259Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Richard Gioscia, Seungheon Lee, Derek Yap, Evan L. Coons, Joshua P. Davies
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Patent number: D911418Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: GoPro, Inc.Inventors: Derek Yap, Evan L. Coons, Joshua P. Davies, Richard Gioscia, Seungheon Lee