Patents by Inventor Richard J. Froese

Richard J. Froese 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: 11955696
    Abstract: A device includes a display and a housing. The housing surrounds the display and has four corners defining portions of an exterior surface of the device. The housing includes a first housing segment defining at least part of a first corner of the four corners and configured to operate as an antenna; a second housing segment defining at least part of a second corner of the four corners; and a third housing segment defining at least part of a third corner of the four corners. The third corner forms part of the housing diagonally opposite the second corner. The housing further includes a non-conductive housing component that structurally couples the first housing segment to another portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Kevin M. Froese, Paul U. Leutheuser, Martin J. Auclair, Christopher J. Durning, Jun Ham, Lucy E. Browning, Sawyer I. Cohen, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Donald J. Parr
  • Patent number: 4848421
    Abstract: Pouch filling apparatus having a horizontal rotatable drum, an inclined spout plate rotatably mounted above the drum and a metering wheel mounted above the spout plate. A plurality of duck bill spouts are mounted on the spout plate and a plurality of cams are mounted on the drum. The duck bill spouts carry cam followers that engage the cams as the inclined spout plate moves the spouts downwardly with respect to the drum that carries the cams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: R. A. Jones & Co. Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Froese, Mark A. Leonhardt, Michael J. Roy