Patents by Inventor Anthony Ernest Hillyerd

Anthony Ernest Hillyerd 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).

  • Patent number: 11281260
    Abstract: The description relates to devices and device adjustment. One example can include a first portion that defines a cam pivot. The example can also include a height adjuster comprising a wedge and a positioning loop positioned over the cam pivot, such that rotation of a cam on the cam pivot to contact one cam follower of the positioning loop that moves the wedge toward another component or to contact an opposite cam follower of the positioning loop that moves the wedge away from the another component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Colin Michael Ravenscroft, Kevin Chen, Jason Dale Brown, Anthony George Picardo, Anthony Ernest Hillyerd, Brian David Bitz, David Michael Lane
  • Publication number: 20210089091
    Abstract: The description relates to devices and device adjustment. One example can include a first portion that defines a cam pivot. The example can also include a height adjuster comprising a wedge and a positioning loop positioned over the cam pivot, such that rotation of a cam on the cam pivot to contact one cam follower of the positioning loop that moves the wedge toward another component or to contact an opposite cam follower of the positioning loop that moves the wedge away from the another component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Colin Michael Ravenscroft, Kevin Chen, Jason Dale Brown, Anthony George Picardo, Anthony Ernest Hillyerd, Brian David Bitz, David Michael Lane
  • Publication number: 20140132550
    Abstract: Electrical contact and connector techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a computing system includes a computing device and an input device that are configured to be physically and communicatively coupled using a projection that is configured to be disposed within a channel, communication contacts that are configured to contact contacts within the channel to support the communicative coupling; and a protrusion disposed on the projection, the protrusion configured to be received within a cavity formed as part of the channel. The protrusion includes an electrical contact that is configured to be self-cleaning due to movement of the protrusion in relation to the cavity and is configured to transfer power between the input device and the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Ivan Andrew McCracken, Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin, Anthony Ernest Hillyerd, Summer L. Schneider, Duane Martin Evans, Yazan Aldehayyat, Brian David Bitz, David Paul Platt, Gene Robert Obie