Patents by Inventor Teodor Dabov
Teodor Dabov 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: 11353725Abstract: An electronic assembly including eyewear and/or an eyewear case having a support structure and a conductive contact surface supported by the support structure. The eyewear case includes electronic components, an electrical contact surface adapted to engage the conductive contact surface of the eyewear, a first magnet attached to the electrical contact surface, and a second magnet that is positioned to attract or repel the first magnet.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: John Bernard Ardisana, II, Teodor Dabov, Yoav Ben-Haim
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Patent number: 11322959Abstract: A case for an electronics-enabled eyewear device includes a body defining an opening leading to a storage chamber that is sized for retaining the eyewear device. A cover depends from the body and is movable between an open position, in which the opening is exposed, and a closed position, in which the opening is covered by the cover. A battery is mounted to the body for charging the electronics-enabled eyewear device. A detector is positioned on either the body or the cover for detecting when the cover is in the open position or the closed position. A display displays a charge state of the battery when the cover is in the open position.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: John Bernard Ardisana, II, Emily Lauren Clopp, Teodor Dabov, Mathias Hintermann, Jinwoo Kim, Jun Lin, Ashutosh Y. Shukla
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Patent number: 11304316Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided that contain multiple housing portions. The housing portions may be coupled together using hinges. The hinges may include hinges based on a three-bar linkage, hinges based on a four-bar linkage, hinges with slotted members, hinges formed from flexible support structures, and hinges based on flexible housing structures. Flexible displays may be mounted to the housing portions overlapping the hinges. When the housing portions in a device are rotated relative to each other, the flexible display may bend. The hinge may be configured to allow the flexible display to be placed in a front-to-front configuration in which an active side of the display faces itself or a back-to-back configuration. Engagement structures may be used to help the housing grip external objects and to hold the housing portions together. The hinges may be provided with rotational detents to help hold the flexible display in desired positions.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Andrew J. M. Janis, Teodor Dabov
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Publication number: 20210399405Abstract: An antenna system comprises a combination of a loop antenna and a non-loop antenna. The loop antenna and the non-loop antenna is connected in common to a transceiver mechanism or signal feed mechanism. The non-loop antenna is in some embodiments provided by a dipole conductor. An eye-wear device incorporates the antenna system, a loop conductor and a dipole conductor of the antenna system being integrated in a body of the eyewear device. The loop conductor may be provided by a lens ring that extends around a lens held by the body. The lens ring may serve both as loop conductor and as a lens retention mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Mathias Andreas Hintermann, Pat Kusbel, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Ugur Olgun, Russell Douglas Patton, Patrick Timothy McSweene Simons, John Bernard Ardisana, II, Teodor Dabov, Ashutosh Y. Shukla
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Publication number: 20210294120Abstract: An eyewear device has a lens retention mechanism that establishes electrical contact between onboard electronics and a lens ring by a resiliently compressible electrical contact member, such as a spring washer, located within a housing defined by a body of the eyewear device. The retention mechanism can further include a lock screw that is selectively engageable with the lens ring to allow disposal between retention and release of a lens by the lens ring, the lock ring being captured in the housing such as to resist removal of the lock screw from the housing when the lens ring is released for lens removal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2020Publication date: September 23, 2021Inventors: John Bernard Ardisana, II, Teodor Dabov, Mathias Andreas Hintermann, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Ashutosh Y. Shukla
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Publication number: 20210232181Abstract: An electronic device having a housing structure that is configured to receive at least one glass cover is disclosed. The glass cover serves to cover a display assembly provided within the electronic device. The glass cover can be secured to the housing structure so as to facilitate providing a narrow border between an active display area and an outer edge of the housing structure. The enclosure for the electronic device can be thin yet be sufficiently strong to be suitable for use in electronic devices, such as portable electronic devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Christopher M. Werner, Emery A. Sanford, Stephen Brian Lynch, Teodor Dabov, Fletcher R. Rothkopf
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Patent number: 11063338Abstract: An antenna system comprises a combination of a loop antenna and a non-loop antenna. The loop antenna and the non-loop antenna is connected in common to a transceiver mechanism or signal feed mechanism. The non-loop antenna is in some embodiments provided by a dipole conductor. An eyewear device incorporates the antenna system, a loop conductor and a dipole conductor of the antenna system being integrated in a body of the eyewear device. The loop conductor may be provided by a lens ring that extends around a lens held by the body. The lens ring may serve both as loop conductor and as a lens retention mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Mathias Andreas Hintermann, Pat Kusbel, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Ugur Olgun, Russell Douglas Patton, Patrick Timothy McSweeney Simons, John Bernard Ardisana, II, Teodor Dabov, Ashutosh Y. Shukla
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Patent number: 10983557Abstract: An electronic device having a housing structure that is configured to receive at least one glass cover is disclosed. The glass cover serves to cover a display assembly provided within the electronic device. The glass cover can be secured to the housing structure so as to facilitate providing a narrow border between an active display area and an outer edge of the housing structure. The enclosure for the electronic device can be thin yet be sufficiently strong to be suitable for use in electronic devices, such as portable electronic devices.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Christopher M. Werner, Emery A. Sanford, Stephen Brian Lynch, Teodor Dabov, Fletcher R. Rothkopf
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Publication number: 20210048691Abstract: Eyewear devices including a tether and methods for identifying proper installation of the tether are disclosed. An eyewear device includes transmission lines extending through the temples to electrical and electronic components positioned adjacent to edges of a frame. A tether is attached to the temples to enable power and communication flow between the electrical and electronic components rather than through the frame. Proper installation is identified based on communications passing between the electrical and electronic components via the tether.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Yoav Ben-Haim, Varun Sehrawat, Teodor Dabov, John Bernard Ardisana
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Patent number: 10877293Abstract: An eyewear device has a lens retention mechanism that establishes electrical contact between onboard electronics and a lens ring by a resiliently compressible electrical contact member, such as a spring washer, located within a housing defined by a body of the eyewear device. The retention mechanism can further include a lock screw that is selectively engageable with the lens ring to allow disposal between retention and release of a lens by the lens ring, the lock ring being captured in the housing such as to resist removal of the lock screw from the housing when the lens ring is released for lens removal.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: John Bernard Ardisana, II, Teodor Dabov, Mathias Andreas Hintermann, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Ashutosh Y. Shukla
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Publication number: 20200323089Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided that contain multiple housing portions. The housing portions may be coupled together using hinges. The hinges may include hinges based on a three-bar linkage, hinges based on a four-bar linkage, hinges with slotted members, hinges formed from flexible support structures, and hinges based on flexible housing structures. Flexible displays may be mounted to the housing portions overlapping the hinges. When the housing portions in a device are rotated relative to each other, the flexible display may bend. The hinge may be configured to allow the flexible display to be placed in a front-to-front configuration in which an active side of the display faces itself or a back-to-back configuration. Engagement structures may be used to help the housing grip external objects and to hold the housing portions together. The hinges may be provided with rotational detents to help hold the flexible display in desired positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Andrew J. M. Janis, Teodor Dabov
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Patent number: 10775844Abstract: A minimum Z height handheld electronic device and methods of assembly is described. The electronic device includes a single seamless housing having a front opening and a cover disposed within the front opening and attached to the seamless housing without a bezel.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Teodor Dabov, HuiLeng Lim, Kyle Yeates, Stephen Brian Lynch
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Publication number: 20200271961Abstract: Eyewear that includes a frame supporting an optical element. The frame has a first side and a second side. The eyewear also includes a temple adjacent the first side of the frame. The temple includes a first portion adjacent the frame and a second portion releasably connected to the first portion. An electronic device is provided in the releasable second portion. The electronic device may be passive or active, such as a battery configured to power the eyewear. The electronic device may communicate with an electronic component in the first portion, and may also operate independently when the second portion is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: John Bernard ARDISANA, II, Yoav BEN-HAIM, Teodor DABOV, Varun Sehrawat
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Publication number: 20200249718Abstract: An electronic device having a housing structure that is configured to receive at least one glass cover is disclosed. The glass cover serves to cover a display assembly provided within the electronic device. The glass cover can be secured to the housing structure so as to facilitate providing a narrow border between an active display area and an outer edge of the housing structure. The enclosure for the electronic device can be thin yet be sufficiently strong to be suitable for use in electronic devices, such as portable electronic devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Inventors: Christopher M. Werner, Emery A. Sanford, Stephen Brian Lynch, Teodor Dabov, Fletcher R. Rothkopf
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Publication number: 20200233238Abstract: Eyewear that includes a frame supporting an optical element. The frame has a first side and a second side. The eyewear also includes a temple adjacent the first side of the frame. The temple includes a first portion adjacent the frame and a second portion releasably connected to the first portion. The eyewear also includes an electrical connector embedded within the first portion of the temple. The second portion conceals the electrical connector from an exterior of the eyewear when the second portion connects to the first portion in a concealed state, and exposes the electrical connector from the exterior of the eyewear when disconnected from the first portion in an exposed state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2019Publication date: July 23, 2020Inventors: John Bernard Ardisana, II, Yoav Ben-Haim, Teodor Dabov, Varun Sehrawat
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Patent number: 10705568Abstract: A handheld computing device is disclosed. The handheld computing device includes a seamless housing formed from an extruded metal tube. The extruded tube includes open ends and internal rails which serve as a guide for slidably assembling an operational assembly through the open ends of the extruded tube, a reference surface for positioning the operational assembly relative to an access opening in the seamless housing, and a support structure for supporting the operational assembly during use.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2016Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Teodor Dabov, Phillip M. Hobson, Anthony Montevirgen
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Patent number: 10695852Abstract: An assembly of mechanical components includes a solder joint between two metal components. A mounted component is retained on one side of a support structure by a solder joint on the other side of the support structure between a retainer and a connector that is fast with the mounted component and extends through the support structure. The retainer is of sheet metal construction, so that a height of the solder joint is no more than the thickness of the retainer, thus providing a low-profile joint.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Teodor Dabov, John Bernard Ardisana, II, Ashutosh Y. Shukla
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Patent number: 10687592Abstract: A woven fabric includes light transmissive fibers woven into the fabric to provide a visual display. The fabric may be used as a tether to releasably connect a portable electronic device to a user. The light transmissive fibers may transmit light to convey information to the user. The fabric may also be used as part of the housing of an electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Douglas J. Weber, Teodor Dabov
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Patent number: 10694624Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided that contain multiple housing portions. The housing portions may be coupled together using hinges. The hinges may include hinges based on a three-bar linkage, hinges based on a four-bar linkage, hinges with slotted members, hinges formed from flexible support structures, and hinges based on flexible housing structures. Flexible displays may be mounted to the housing portions overlapping the hinges. When the housing portions in a device are rotated relative to each other, the flexible display may bend. The hinge may be configured to allow the flexible display to be placed in a front-to-front configuration in which an active side of the display faces itself or a back-to-back configuration. Engagement structures may be used to help the housing grip external objects and to hold the housing portions together. The hinges may be provided with rotational detents to help hold the flexible display in desired positions.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Andrew J. M. Janis, Teodor Dabov
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Patent number: D891419Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2019Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Jeremy Bataillou, Daniel J. Coster, Teodor Dabov, Daniele De Iuliis, Erik Geddes Pieter De Jong, M. Evans Hankey, David Glenn Havskjold, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Duncan Robert Kerr, Wey-Jiun Lin, Tyson Benner Manullang, Anthony Montevirgen, Shin Nishibori, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Emery Artemus Sanford, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer