Patents by Inventor Allen Reber

Allen Reber 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).

  • Contactless camera privacy shutter assembly
    Patent number: 11940723
    Abstract: A computing device includes: a housing supporting a transparent panel to define an enclosure; a camera supported within the enclosure, the camera having a field of view extending through the transparent panel; and a privacy shutter supported within the enclosure, between the transparent panel and the camera, the privacy shutter having a shutter magnet, and being movable via magnetic activation between (i) an enabled position obstructing the field of view, and (ii) a disabled position clearing the field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Zebra Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence Allen Stone, David William Reber, Dennis Barrett
  • Modular Dock for Mobile Computing Devices
    Publication number: 20240077908
    Abstract: A dock for a computing device includes: a cradle configured to receive a first edge of the computing device; a body extending from the cradle, the body having: (i) a first mounting surface configured to removably support a first accessory module in a first volume adjacent to the computing device, and (ii) a second mounting surface configured to removably support, independently of the first accessory module, a second accessory module in a second volume disjoint from the first volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Lawrence Allen Stone, David William Reber, Brian D. Ryder, Chad Chaumont, Dennis Barrett
  • Device and method for transport and storage
    Patent number: 9700894
    Abstract: A journal transport and storage device for moving, transporting and storage of a pulverizer journal assembly is provided. The device includes a base and a frame extending from the base defining a shaped configuration to support at least a portion of the pulverizer journal assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Mark Andrew Fuller, Allen Reber, Michael Webster
  • DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORT AND STORAGE
    Publication number: 20150082753
    Abstract: A journal transport and storage device for moving, transporting and storage of a pulverizer journal assembly is provided. The device includes a base and a frame extending from the base defining a shaped configuration to support at least a portion of the pulverizer journal assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Mark Andrew Fuller, Allen Reber, Michael Webster