Patents by Inventor Leonardo Aldana
Leonardo Aldana 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: 8870036Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for use with a pressurized container having a push valve. The dispensing apparatus includes an enclosure adapted to enclose at least a portion of the pressurized container. A pour actuator is movable between a released position and an actuated position, and controls a plunger. When the pour actuator is moved to the actuated position, the plunger depresses the push valve of the pressurized container to permit contents of the pressurized container to be dispensed out of the dispensing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2013Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: Koolatron CorporationInventors: Arun Kulkarni, Leonardo Aldana
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Patent number: 8853998Abstract: A dock for receiving a portable electronic device, including: a housing comprising an aperture; a support coupled to an inner wall of the housing; and a charging connector received in the support and movable relative to the housing for charging the portable electronic device when the charging connector extends through the aperture, wiring of the charging connector for electrically communicating with a power source; wherein the charging connector is movable relative to the housing in response to a magnetic force.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2011Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Assignee: Blackberry LimitedInventors: Leonardo Aldana, Ming-Lun Dave Ma
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Patent number: 8780549Abstract: An electronic device support has a receptacle with an electronic device receiving cavity and a first magnetic indexing part. A base is hingedly coupled to the receptacle and has a second magnetic indexing part. The first and second magnetic indexing parts are configured to allow the receptacle to rotate relative to the base when rotationally apart from a specified orientation and to magnetically support the receptacle when in the specified orientation.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventor: Leonardo Aldana
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Publication number: 20140072312Abstract: A dock for receiving a portable electronic device. The dock includes a housing comprising an aperture in a recess for receiving and supporting the portable electronic device, and a communication assembly disposed in the housing and moveable relative to the housing. The communication assembly includes a dock optical transceiver disposed in the aperture for aligning with a device optical transceiver when the portable electronic device is disposed in the recess, and magnets coupled to the optical transceiver for aligning with complementary magnets of the portable electronic device to facilitate engagement and disengagement of the portable electronic device with the dock and to facilitate alignment of the dock optical transceiver with the device optical transceiver when the portable electronic device is engaged with the dock.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Inventors: Leonardo ALDANA, Jacob Warren KIMBRELL, Mark Peter LAMM
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Patent number: 8662298Abstract: A mobile electronic device cover has a first cover portion with a first edge surface along a perimeter thereof. A second cover portion has a second edge surface along a perimeter thereof. A magnetic clasp has a first part in the first portion of the cover adjacent the first edge surface and a second part in the second portion of the cover adjacent the second edge surface. The magnetic clasp is adapted to magnetically hold the first edge surface meeting the second edge surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2012Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Leonardo Aldana, Felipe Oliveira Simoes
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Patent number: 8657613Abstract: There is provided an electrical charger including a base unit and an adaptor unit. The base unit is configured for being coupled to an electronic device. The adaptor unit is configured for being coupled to a power supply. The base unit includes an electrical connector plug. The external surfaces of the base unit and the adaptor unit include co-operating external geometries that provide a visual indication whether the electrical connector plug is disposed, relative to the adaptor unit, in the electrically coupled state or in an electrically uncoupled state.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2012Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Kasra Youssefi-Shams, Felipe Oliveira Simoes, Leonardo Aldana
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Publication number: 20130329360Abstract: An electronic device support has a receptacle with an electronic device receiving cavity and a first magnetic indexing part. A base is hingedly coupled to the receptacle and has a second magnetic indexing part. The first and second magnetic indexing parts are configured to allow the receptacle to rotate relative to the base when rotationally apart from a specified orientation and to magnetically support the receptacle when in the specified orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Inventor: Leonardo Aldana
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Publication number: 20130309966Abstract: A mobile wireless communications system may include a mobile wireless communications device that may include a portable housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a processor carried by the portable housing and coupled to the wireless transceiver. The mobile wireless communications device may also include a near-field communication (NFC) device coupled to the processor. An NFC carrying case may carry and communicate with the mobile wireless communications device. The NFC carrying case may include a base panel to carry the mobile wireless communications device, and a removable cover panel coupled to the base panel. The NFC carrying case may also include pairs of discontinuous NFC circuit segments carried by the removable cover panel and switch assemblies carried by the removable cover panel. Each switch assembly may selectively couple a respective pair of discontinuous NFC circuit segments to establish NFC communication with the NFC device.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2012Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Leonardo ALDANA, John Ivan SCHARKOV, Andrew Douglas SMART
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Publication number: 20130278566Abstract: A mobile electronic device has a sensor responsive to a magnetic field. A cover for the device has a body portion defining an interior cavity for receiving the mobile electronic device. A magnet and a ferrous metal element are carried by the cover. The ferrous metal element is magnetized by the magnet and positioned to be adjacent the sensor when the mobile electronic device is received in the interior cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2012Publication date: October 24, 2013Applicant: Research in Motion LimitedInventor: Leonardo ALDANA
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Patent number: 8550857Abstract: There is provided an electrical charger including a base unit and an adaptor unit. The base unit is configured for being coupled to an electronic device, and includes an electrical connector plug which includes a plurality of electrical connector plug contacts. The adaptor unit is configured for being coupled to a power supply, and includes a plurality of adaptor unit contacts and a receiving aperture defining an opening for an electrical connector plug receiving receptacle configured for receiving the electrical connector plug.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2012Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Kasra Youssefi-Shams, Felipe Oliveira Simoes, Leonardo Aldana
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Patent number: 8545247Abstract: A dock for receiving a portable electronic device, including a housing comprising an aperture; a support coupled to an inner wall of the housing, a portion of the support being elastically deformable; and a connector received in the support and extending through the aperture for electrically communicating with the portable electronic device, wiring of the connector for transferring data to an electronic device; wherein the portion of the support elastically deforms in response to non-axial movement of at least a portion of the connector.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2012Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Leonardo Aldana, Ming-Lun Dave Ma, Dietmar Frank Wennemer, Felipe Oliveira Simoes
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Publication number: 20130219834Abstract: A mobile electronic device cover has a first cover portion with a first edge surface along a perimeter thereof. A second cover portion has a second edge surface along a perimeter thereof. A magnetic clasp has a first part in the first portion of the cover adjacent the first edge surface and a second part in the second portion of the cover adjacent the second edge surface. The magnetic clasp is adapted to magnetically hold the first edge surface meeting the second edge surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2012Publication date: August 29, 2013Inventors: Leonardo Aldana, Felipe Oliveira Simoes
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Patent number: 8502097Abstract: The present technology provides a bridge-style push-button with anchoring, a device comprising same, and a method of assembly. The push-button comprises a first anchor portion for coupling to the device, a second anchor portion for coupling to the device, a resilient bridge portion suspended between the anchor portions, and an actuating portion mounted on the bridge portion. The first anchor portion is mounted along a differently oriented axis from the second anchor portion. The first and second anchor portions may be slideably mounted, rotatably mounted, or both. The device comprises anchor sites for mounting of the push-button. The method of assembly comprises coupling the first anchor portion to the device before the second anchor portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2010Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Leonardo Aldana, Felipe Oliveira Simoes, Marc Élis Meunier
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Publication number: 20130196597Abstract: A mobile wireless communications system may include a mobile wireless communications device including a portable housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a processor carried by the portable housing and coupled to the wireless transceiver. The mobile wireless communications device may further include a near-field communication (NFC) device coupled to the processor. The system may include an adjacent NFC device configured to communicate directly with the mobile wireless communications device. The adjacent NFC device may include a plurality of pairs of discontinuous NFC circuit segments, and a respective switch assembly configured to selectively coupled each pair of discontinuous NFC circuit segments to establish NFC communication with the NFC device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2012Publication date: August 1, 2013Applicant: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Leonardo Aldana, Felipe Oliveira Simoes
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Patent number: 8480418Abstract: There is provided an electrical charger including a charger assembly and a locking assembly. The charger assembly includes a base unit configured for being electrically coupled to an electronic device, and an adaptor unit configured for being electrically coupled to a power supply. The external surfaces of the base unit and the adaptor unit include co-operating external geometries that provide a visual indication whether the charger assembly is disposed in the locked state or the unlocked state.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2012Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Kasra Youssefi-Shams, Felipe Oliveira Simoes, Leonardo Aldana
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Patent number: 8475187Abstract: There is provided an electrical charger including a charger assembly and a locking assembly. The charger assembly includes a base unit configured for being electrically coupled to an electronic device, and an adaptor unit configured for being electrically coupled to a power supply. The external surfaces of the base unit and the adaptor unit include co-operating external geometries that provide a visual indication whether the charger assembly is disposed in the locked state or the unlocked state.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2011Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Kasra Youssefi-Shams, Felipe Oliveira Simoes, Leonardo Aldana
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Publication number: 20130023161Abstract: There is provided an electrical charger including a base unit and an adaptor unit. The base unit is configured for being coupled to an electronic device, and includes an electrical connector plug which includes a plurality of electrical connector plug contacts. The adaptor unit is configured for being coupled to a power supply, and includes a plurality of adaptor unit contacts and a receiving aperture defining an opening for an electrical connector plug receiving receptacle configured for receiving the electrical connector plug.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2012Publication date: January 24, 2013Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Kasra YOUSSEFI-SHAMS, Felipe Oliveira SIMOES, Leonardo ALDANA
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Patent number: D696240Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2013Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Younghwan Kim, Leonardo Aldana, Alina Claudia Oprea
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Patent number: D712350Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2013Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Dustin Jonathan Smith, Anders Fahrendorff, Ryan James Rutter, Leonardo Aldana, Todd Andrew Wood
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Patent number: D712391Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2013Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Younghwan Kim, Leonardo Aldana, Michelle Hui Jun Zheng