Patents by Inventor Ann Torres
Ann Torres 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: 10288937Abstract: A display system with a distributed LED backlight includes: providing a plurality of tile LED light sources, each tile LED light source having a tile and a plurality of similar LED light sources on each tile connected for emitting light therefrom; orienting the plurality of tile LED light sources for illuminating a display from the back of the display; and integrating the plurality of tile LED light sources into a thermally and mechanically structurally integrated distributed LED tile matrix backlight light source.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Michael D. Hillman, Gregory L. Tice, William Sauway Law, Sean Bailey, Ann Torres, Efrain Alcorta, Perry Anderson
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Patent number: 10254795Abstract: An attachable article or device, such as a wristband, includes a flexible electronic display disposed thereon in a manner that is bendable or conformable to a user's wrist or other curved surface, and that enables various images to be displayed on the electronic display in a manner that is easily viewable to the user. The article further includes a connection mechanism that releasably connects the two ends of the article together. The article can, in some cases, include two different sized tail segments. As the shorter tail segment of the article tends to be subjected to more stress over time, the article can be structured in a manner that mitigates the amount of stress to which the shorter tail segment is subjected to over time, while at the same time maintaining a maximum, viewable display area on the shorter tail and longer tail segments of the article, particularly when the shorter tail segment is curved to a greater degree (e.g., when curved around a user's wrist).Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: FLEXTERRA, INC.Inventors: Hjalmar Edzer Ayco Huitema, Ann Torres
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Publication number: 20160327987Abstract: An attachable article or device, such as a wristband, includes a flexible electronic display disposed thereon in a manner that is bendable or conformable to a user's wrist or other curved surface, and that enables various images to be displayed on the electronic display in a manner that is easily viewable to the user. The article further includes a connection mechanism that releasably connects the two ends of the article together. The article can, in some cases, include two different sized tail segments. As the shorter tail segment of the article tends to be subjected to more stress over time, the article can be structured in a manner that mitigates the amount of stress to which the shorter tail segment is subjected to over time, while at the same time maintaining a maximum, viewable display area on the shorter tail and longer tail segments of the article, particularly when the shorter tail segment is curved to a greater degree (e.g., when curved around a user's wrist).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Hjalmar Edzer Ayco Huitema, Ann Torres
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Publication number: 20160231624Abstract: A display system with a distributed LED backlight includes: providing a plurality of tile LED light sources, each tile LED light source having a tile and a plurality of similar LED light sources on each tile connected for emitting light therefrom; orienting the plurality of tile LED light sources for illuminating a display from the back of the display; and integrating the plurality of tile LED light sources into a thermally and mechanically structurally integrated distributed LED tile matrix backlight light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2016Publication date: August 11, 2016Inventors: Michael D. Hillman, Gregory L. Tice, William Sauway Law, Sean Bailey, Ann Torres, Efrain Alcorta, Perry Anderson
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Patent number: 9316863Abstract: A display system with a distributed LED backlight includes: providing a plurality of tile LED light sources, each tile LED light source having a tile and a plurality of similar LED light sources on each tile connected for emitting light therefrom; orienting the plurality of tile LED light sources for illuminating a display from the back of the display; and integrating the plurality of tile LED light sources into a thermally and mechanically structurally integrated distributed LED tile matrix backlight light source.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Michael D. Hillman, Gregory L. Tice, William Sauway Law, Sean Bailey, Ann Torres, Efrain Alcorta, Perry Anderson
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Patent number: 9166402Abstract: ESD protection apparatus disclosed herein include an ESD trigger circuit to sense the occurrence of an ESD event and an ESD discharge device to provide a low impedance path to ground through which to discharge energy associated with the ESD pulse. Some embodiments also include a VDD turn-on clamp to prevent the ESD discharge device from switching to a conductive state during a VDD power-on event. Some embodiments further include a VDD glitch clamp to prevent a switching pulse triggered by a transient disruption in the VDD supply from propagating to the ESD discharge device and causing the ESD discharge device to conduct in the absence of an ESD event.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Kyle Clifton Schulmeyer, Cynthia Ann Torres
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Patent number: 8982517Abstract: An electrostatic discharge (ESD)-triggered protection apparatus includes a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit includes an ESD trigger circuit to sense an ESD pulse and to generate a switching pulse responsive to the ESD pulse; a first ESD discharge device communicatively coupled to the ESD trigger circuit and responsive to the switching pulse to transfer a current generated by the ESD pulse to the ground rail; a control circuit that generates a control signal in response to the switching pulse. The second circuit includes at least one trigger cell buffer that is configured to receive the control signal and to control a second ESD discharge device such that the current generated by the ESD pulse is transferred to the ground rail.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2013Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: Cynthia Ann Torres, Timothy Alan Rost, Senthil Kumar Sundaramoorthy, Victor James Nuss
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Publication number: 20140198415Abstract: ESD protection apparatus disclosed herein include an ESD trigger circuit to sense the occurrence of an ESD event and an ESD discharge device to provide a low impedance path to ground through which to discharge energy associated with the ESD pulse. Some embodiments also include a VDD turn-on clamp to prevent the ESD discharge device from switching to a conductive state during a VDD power-on event. Some embodiments further include a VDD glitch clamp to prevent a switching pulse triggered by a transient disruption in the VDD supply from propagating to the ESD discharge device and causing the ESD discharge device to conduct in the absence of an ESD event.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2013Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Kyle Clifton Schulmeyer, Cynthia Ann Torres
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Publication number: 20120120633Abstract: A display system with a distributed LED backlight includes: providing a plurality of tile LED light sources, each tile LED light source having a tile and a plurality of similar LED light sources on each tile connected for emitting light therefrom; orienting the plurality of tile LED light sources for illuminating a display from the back of the display; and integrating the plurality of tile LED light sources into a thermally and mechanically structurally integrated distributed LED tile matrix backlight light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2012Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Michael D. HILLMAN, Gregory L. Tice, William Sauway Law, Sean Bailey, Ann Torres, Efrain Alcorta, Perry Anderson
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Patent number: 8104911Abstract: A display system with a distributed LED backlight includes: providing a plurality of tile LED light sources, each tile LED light source having a tile and a plurality of similar LED light sources on each tile connected for emitting light therefrom; orienting the plurality of tile LED light sources for illuminating a display from the back of the display; and integrating the plurality of tile LED light sources into a thermally and mechanically structurally integrated distributed LED tile matrix backlight light source.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2008Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Michael D. Hillman, Gregory L. Tice, William Sauway Law, Sean Bailey, Ann Torres, Efrain Alcorta, Perry Anderson
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Publication number: 20090135583Abstract: A display system with a distributed LED backlight includes: providing a plurality of tile LED light sources, each tile LED light source having a tile and a plurality of similar LED light sources on each tile connected for emitting light therefrom; orienting the plurality of tile LED light sources for illuminating a display from the back of the display; and integrating the plurality of tile LED light sources into a thermally and mechanically structurally integrated distributed LED tile matrix backlight light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2008Publication date: May 28, 2009Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Michael D. HILLMAN, Gregory L. Tice, William Sauway Law, Sean Bailey, Ann Torres, Efrain Alcorta, Perry Anderson
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Patent number: 6546745Abstract: A simple one-piece, flexible, lightweight and portable shade apparatus for an evaporative or “swamp” cooler that can collapse for transport or storage and does not require tools or equipment for installation whereby it does not blemish or deface the cooler unit or the attached dwelling in any way.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2001Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Inventors: Mary Ann Torres, Deborah Dean Stalker
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Publication number: 20030037558Abstract: A simple one-piece, flexible, lightweight and portable shade apparatus for an evaporative or “swamp” cooler that can collapse for transport or storage and does not require tools or equipment for installation whereby it does not blemish or deface the cooler unit or the attached dwelling in any way.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2001Publication date: February 27, 2003Inventors: Mary Ann Torres, Deborah Dean Stalker
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Patent number: 5946177Abstract: A circuit (100) ensures electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection during an ESD event. The ESD circuit (100) has a current shunting device (135), a RC trigger circuit (125) and a RC delay circuit (130). The shunting device (135) is connected between two IC power supply rails, and provides the primary current path for a positive ESD event referenced from one power supply rail (V.sub.DD 105) to the other (V.sub.ss 110). The trigger circuit (125) initially activates the shunting device into a low resistance conductive state in response to an ESD event. The RC delay circuit (130) serves to maintain the shunting device in the conductive state, initially produced by the trigger circuit (125), for the remaining duration of the ESD event. A large capacitor required to achieve the delay time in this RC circuit may be eliminated by utilizing the gate-to-body capacitance in the existing shunting device (135).Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 1998Date of Patent: August 31, 1999Assignee: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: James Wesley Miller, Cynthia Ann Torres, Troy L. Cooper