Patents by Inventor Brian A. Wilk

Brian A. Wilk 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: 7757363
    Abstract: A semiconductor wafer may be secured to a wafer support system by causing a supported surface of the semiconductor wafer to be at a lower gas pressure than an exposed surface of the semiconductor wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Wilk, Frank Joyce, Douglas Kreager, Thomas A. Repko
  • Patent number: 7362310
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a keyboard may be moved to a location behind a display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Brian A. Wilk, Shawn S. McEuen, Justin Huttula, Alton W. Hezeltine
  • Patent number: 7272006
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a microchannel structure that has microchannels formed therein. The microchannels are for transporting a coolant and are intended to be proximate to an integrated circuit to transfer heat from the integrated circuit to the coolant. The apparatus further includes a cover positioned on the microchannel structure. The cover has formed therein a right-angle passage to provide fluid communication between a first port on a lower horizontal surface of the cover and a second port on a vertical surface of the cover. The cover includes a plurality of tabs. Each tab extends from a respective corner of the cover. The tabs each have an aperture formed therein. The apertures are shaped and sized to receive a fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Rajiv K. Mongia, Himanshu Pokharna, Eric DiStefano, Shawn S. McEuen, Brian A. Wilk
  • Publication number: 20070076374
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a microchannel structure that has microchannels formed therein. The microchannels are for transporting a coolant and are intended to be proximate to an integrated circuit to transfer heat from the integrated circuit to the coolant. The apparatus further includes a cover positioned on the microchannel structure. The cover has formed therein a right-angle passage to provide fluid communication between a first port on a lower horizontal surface of the cover and a second port on a vertical surface of the cover. The cover includes a plurality of tabs. Each tab extends from a respective corner of the cover. The tabs each have an aperture formed therein. The apertures are shaped and sized to receive a fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: Rajiv Mongia, Himanshu Pokharna, Eric DiStefano, Shawn McEuen, Brian Wilk
  • Publication number: 20060290058
    Abstract: An action figure game piece is disclosed. The game piece comprises a game figure character adapted for movement a distance over a surface and a mechanism for indicating the distance of movement over the surface. A method of playing an action figure game on the surface is also disclosed. The method comprises providing for each player a plurality of the game pieces, each game piece having an indicium indicating a point value, a mechanism for indicating a distance the game piece has moved over the surface, and a mechanism for attacking an opponent player's game pieces. The method also comprises selecting for each player a group of the game pieces having point values summing to a predetermined value and selecting a number of actions each player can take per player's turn. An action comprises either a move, comprising moving a game piece a distance up to the particular game piece's point value, or an attack, comprising actuation of the particular game piece's attacking mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: December 28, 2006
    Applicant: HASBRO, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Wilk, David Kunitz, Thomas McCarthy, Henry Winters
  • Publication number: 20060179632
    Abstract: A semiconductor wafer may be secured to a wafer support system by causing a supported surface of the semiconductor wafer to be at a lower gas pressure than an exposed surface of the semiconductor wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2006
    Publication date: August 17, 2006
    Inventors: Brian Wilk, Frank Joyce, Douglas Kreager, Thomas Repko
  • Patent number: 7055229
    Abstract: A semiconductor wafer may be secured to a wafer support system by causing a supported surface of the semiconductor wafer to be at a lower gas pressure than an exposed surface of the semiconductor wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Wilk, Frank Joyce, Douglas Kreager, Thomas A. Repko
  • Publication number: 20060055675
    Abstract: According to some embodiments, a keyboard may be moved to a location behind a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Brian Wilk, Shawn McEuen, Justin Huttula, Alton Hezeltine
  • Publication number: 20050139228
    Abstract: A semiconductor wafer may be secured to a wafer support system by causing a supported surface of the semiconductor wafer to be at a lower gas pressure than an exposed surface of the semiconductor wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2003
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Brian Wilk, Frank Joyce, Douglas Kreager, Thomas Repko
  • Publication number: 20050133997
    Abstract: An action figure game piece is disclosed. The game piece comprises a game figure character adapted for movement a distance over a surface and a mechanism for indicating the distance of movement over the surface. A method of playing an action figure game on the surface is also disclosed. The method comprises providing for each player a plurality of the game pieces, each game piece having an indicium indicating a point value, a mechanism for indicating a distance the game piece has moved over the surface, and a mechanism for attacking an opponent player's game pieces. The method also comprises selecting for each player a group of the game pieces having point values summing to a predetermined value and selecting a number of actions each player can take per player's turn. An action comprises either a move, comprising moving a game piece a distance up to the particular game piece's point value, or an attack, comprising actuation of the particular game piece's attacking mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Applicant: HASBRO, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Wilk, David Kunitz, Thomas McCarthy, Henry Winters
  • Publication number: 20050040598
    Abstract: An action figure game piece is disclosed. The game piece comprises a game figure character adapted for movement a distance over a surface and a mechanism for indicating the distance of movement over the surface. A method of playing an action figure game on the surface is also disclosed. The method comprises providing for each player a plurality of the game pieces, each game piece having an indicium indicating a point value, a mechanism for indicating a distance the game piece has moved over the surface, and a mechanism for attacking an opponent player's game pieces. The method also comprises selecting for each player a group of the game pieces having point values summing to a predetermined value and selecting a number of actions each player can take per player's turn. An action comprises either a move, comprising moving a game piece a distance up to the particular game piece's point value, or an attack, comprising actuation of the particular game piece's attacking mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Publication date: February 24, 2005
    Inventors: Brian Wilk, David Kunitz, Thomas McCarthy, Henry Winters
  • Patent number: 6859055
    Abstract: The present invention includes an assembly for testing a socket. The assembly includes a plurality for probe pins extending from a housing. The housing includes a chamfered alignment guide for aligning the probe pins with openings in the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Brian Wilk
  • Patent number: 6837058
    Abstract: A tablet air cooling dock. In one embodiment, the dock includes a cooling unit a tablet cradle to receive and support a tablet computer. The cradle includes a passageway to receive air from the cooling unit and to provide the air to a vent of the tablet computer. In one embodiment, the tablet cradle is pivotally mounted to provide multiple viewing positions of the tablet computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Shawn S. McEuen, Brian Wilk, Himanshu Pokharna
  • Publication number: 20040261421
    Abstract: A tablet air cooling dock. In one embodiment, the dock includes a cooling unit a tablet cradle to receive and support a tablet computer. The cradle includes a passageway to receive air from the cooling unit and to provide the air to a vent of the tablet computer. In one embodiment, the tablet cradle is pivotally mounted to provide multiple viewing positions of the tablet computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Shawn S. McEuen, Brian Wilk, Himanshu Pokharna
  • Publication number: 20040261422
    Abstract: A tablet air cooling dock. In one embodiment, the dock includes a cooling unit a tablet cradle to receive and support a tablet computer. The cradle includes a passageway to receive air from the cooling unit and to provide the air to a vent of the tablet computer. In one embodiment, the tablet cradle is provitally mounted to provide multiple viewing positions of the tablet computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Shawn S. McEuen, Brian Wilk, Himanshu Pokhama
  • Publication number: 20020109513
    Abstract: The present invention includes an assembly for testing a socket. The assembly includes a plurality for probe pins extending from a housing. The housing includes a chamfered alignment guide for aligning the probe pins with openings in the socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventor: Brian Wilk
  • Patent number: 6315586
    Abstract: A computer assembly card actuator for inserting peripheral cards into slots on a motherboard. The card actuator is capable of imparting a sufficient and even force to seat the peripheral card in the slot without imparting a residual force after the peripheral card has been seated, which reduces the likelihood of damage to the peripheral card and/or the motherboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Frank W. Joyce, Brian Wilk
  • Patent number: D796502
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Reese Bowes, Sayan Lahiri, Bo Qiu, Jianfang Olena Zhu, Brian A. Wilk, Kevin J. Daniel, Ana M. Yepes, Guodong Zhang
  • Patent number: D801334
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Reese Bowes, Sayan Lahiri, Bo Qiu, Jianfang Olena Zhu, Brian A. Wilk, Kevin J. Daniel, Ana M. Yepes, Guodong Zhang
  • Patent number: D805046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sayan Lahiri, Nicholas J. Klein, Brian A. Wilk, Christine Kim, Jianfang Zhu, Aleksander Magi