Patents by Inventor Matthew Sean Hilliard

Matthew Sean Hilliard 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).

  • Publication number: 20240143040
    Abstract: A computing device can include a processor; memory accessible by the processor; a first housing that includes a first pair of axles; a second housing that includes a second pair of axles and a display operatively coupled to the processor; and a hinge assembly that couples the first housing and the second housing, where the hinge assembly includes a first bar supported by one of the first pair of axles and one of the second pair of axles, a second bar supported by another one of the first pair of axles and another one of the second pair of axles, and an alignment mechanism for the first bar and the second bar, where the first bar and the second bar overlap at an angle of 180 degrees of the first housing and the second housing and cross at angles other than 180 degrees of the first housing and the second housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventor: Matthew Sean Hilliard
  • Patent number: 11432417
    Abstract: An assembly can include a chassis that includes a chamber and an opening; a cover movable for access to the chamber via the opening; a cover latch; and a cover latch release that includes a push panel operatively coupled via a linkage to a pull panel that includes a finger grip surface, where the linkage rotates the pull panel responsive to rotation of the push panel to expose the finger grip surface, and where further rotation of the pull panel releases the cover latch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Matthew Sean Hilliard
  • Publication number: 20110189894
    Abstract: The disclosure describes devices that are used in conjunction with a pair of (single wattage) compact fluorescent lamps (CFL). In some embodiments, the devices can emulate the behavior of a 3-way incandescent bulb used in a standard 3-way lamp socket. Such can allows people to retain the benefits of their existing Edison-base (E26d) 3-way lamps with the improved energy efficiency and color temperature of modern CFL technology in a cost effective and flexible way. Light fixture conversion kits for allowing an incandescent lamp to accept CFL bulbs are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Donald G. Hirsh, Matthew Sean Hilliard