Patents by Inventor Karstem Aagaard

Karstem Aagaard 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).

  • Self operating opening mechanism for use in a hand-held electronic device
    Patent number: 7231188
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mechanism (300, 400) and method (500) for rotating at least a first and second housing elements (120, 220) of a device (100) with respect to one another. The first and second housing elements (120, 240) have a common axis of rotation (190), which is substantially perpendicular to a front surface of the device (100). The mechanism (300, 400) includes a wheel (310, 410) having a rounded outer edge (312, 412), which engages a rounded surface (144) of a first housing element (220), which extends at least partly around the axis of rotation (190). The wheel (310, 410) is coupled to the second housing element (120) at a center point (316, 416) about which the wheel (310, 410) is adapted to rotate. The wheel (310, 410) further includes a contact point (318, 418) offset from a center point (316, 416).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Godston, Karstem Aagaard, Brian Hassemer, Fabio Moneta
  • Self operating opening mechanism for use in a hand-held electronic device
    Publication number: 20040018862
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mechanism (300, 400) and method (500) for rotating at least a first and second housing elements (120, 220) of a device (100) with respect to one another. The first and second housing elements (120, 240) have a common axis of rotation (190), which is substantially perpendicular to a front surface of the device (100). The mechanism (300, 400) includes a wheel (310, 410) having a rounded outer edge (312, 412), which engages a rounded surface (144) of a first housing element (220), which extends at least partly around the axis of rotation (190). The wheel (310, 410) is coupled to the second housing element (120) at a center point (316, 416) about which the wheel (310, 410) is adapted to rotate. The wheel (310, 410) further includes a contact point (318, 418) offset from a center point (316, 416).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Jon Godston, Karstem Aagaard, Brian Hassemer, Fabio Moneta