Patents by Inventor Sophia Scipio

Sophia Scipio 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).

  • Locking mechanism for a cover for a housing of an electronic device
    Patent number: 8600043
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a housing for an electronic device. The housing comprises: a back housing defining an interior compartment of the device; a receptacle to receive a first locking feature from a cover for the electronic device; and at least one moveable second locking feature in the receptacle to engage the first locking feature to hold the cover to the back housing. In the back housing the second locking feature is selectively moved from a first engaged position with the first locking feature to a second disengaged position with the first locking feature when a predefined force is applied at a specific location at the back housing or the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Sophia Scipio, Jean-Charles Mas
  • LOCKING MECHANISM FOR A COVER FOR A HOUSING OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20110005798
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a housing for an electronic device. The housing comprises: a back housing defining an interior compartment of the device; a receptacle to receive a first locking feature from a cover for the electronic device; and at least one moveable second locking feature in the receptacle to engage the first locking feature to hold the cover to the back housing. In the back housing the second locking feature is selectively moved from a first engaged position with the first locking feature to a second disengaged position with the first locking feature when a predefined force is applied at a specific location at the back housing or the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Douglas Wayne MOSKOWITZ, Sophia SCIPIO, Jean-Charles MAS
  • Back housing for a handheld electronic device
    Patent number: D655288
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Janice Leigh de Jong, Shannon Tyler Moore, Todd Andrew Wood, Donald Somerset McKenzie, Kevin Roy Sugden, Amanda Adelaide Hancock, Marco Sixtus Ferrari, Sophia Scipio