Patents by Inventor Stephen Jayanathan

Stephen Jayanathan 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).

  • Pins for connector alignment
    Patent number: 9077121
    Abstract: Connector receptacles that may help maintain registration or alignment between a printed circuit board, a connector receptacle, and an opening in a device enclosure. One example may provide a connector receptacle having a housing including a passage. A pin may be placed in the passage such that a first portion extends away from a front of the housing and a rear portion extends away from a rear of the housing. The front portion may be arranged to fit in a cavity or opening in an inside surface of a device enclosure, while the rear portion may be arranged to fit in a cavity or opening in a top surface of a printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Funamura, Zheng Gao, Laura DeForest, Stephen Jayanathan
  • PINS FOR CONNECTOR ALIGNMENT
    Publication number: 20140113482
    Abstract: Connector receptacles that may help maintain registration or alignment between a printed circuit board, a connector receptacle, and an opening in a device enclosure. One example may provide a connector receptacle having a housing including a passage. A pin may be placed in the passage such that a first portion extends away from a front of the housing and a rear portion extends away from a rear of the housing. The front portion may be arranged to fit in a cavity or opening in an inside surface of a device enclosure, while the rear portion may be arranged to fit in a cavity or opening in a top surface of a printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Funamura, Zheng Gao, Laura DeForest, Stephen Jayanathan
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: D709894
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Fetterman, Stephen Jayanathan, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Connector
    Patent number: D759656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bartley K. Andre, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Matthew William Blum, Houtan R. Farahani, Stephen Jayanathan
  • Component of an electronic device
    Patent number: D767572
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer, Houtan Farahani, Stephen Jayanathan, Christine Laliberte, Matthew William Blum, Ari Parsons Miller, David P. Tarkington, Edward T. Sweet, Derryk Davis
  • Component of an electronic device
    Patent number: D825570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer, Houtan Farahani, Stephen Jayanathan, Christine Laliberte, Matthew William Blum, Ari Parsons Miller, David P. Tarkington, Edward T. Sweet, Derryk Davis
  • Component of an electronic device
    Patent number: D874464
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer, Houtan Farahani, Stephen Jayanathan, Christine Laliberte, Matthew William Blum, Ari Parsons Miller, David P. Tarkington, Edward T. Sweet, Derryk Davis
  • Component of an electronic device
    Patent number: D893496
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer, Houtan Farahani, Stephen Jayanathan, Christine Laliberte, Matthew William Blum, Ari Parsons Miller, David P. Tarkington, Edward T. Sweet, Derryk Davis
  • Component of an electronic device
    Patent number: D926764
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer, Houtan Farahani, Stephen Jayanathan, Christine Laliberte, Matthew William Blum, Ari Parsons Miller, David P. Tarkington, Edward T. Sweet, Derryk Davis