Patents by Inventor Caroline Millar

Caroline Millar 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: 9056430
    Abstract: A casing wall for an apparatus, the casing wall comprising including a chassis and casing wall elements integrated into the chassis, the casing wall elements each including a surface exposed to a user, the chassis defining a continuum between the integrated casing wall elements to provide structural rigidity to the casing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Vertu Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Hutch Hutchison, Caroline Millar
  • Patent number: 8693171
    Abstract: A support for a fragile and/or brittle front piece includes a base plate member and a rim. The support is shaped to receive a specifically shaped piece of brittle material, such as ceramic, sapphire, precious or semi precious stone. The piece of brittle material has a front surface, a rear surface and sides. The rear surface is secured to a base plate of the support and a rim of the support surrounds the edges of the piece of brittle material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: David Bureau, Tim Porter, Caroline Millar, Kris Laurent
  • Patent number: 8150484
    Abstract: A housing for an apparatus for portable wireless transmission, the apparatus for portable wireless transmission having an antenna element arranged to be able to resonate at a particular highest resonant operating frequency to send/receive transmissions substantially in a significant radiating direction. The housing comprises one or more metal piece areas arranged to, when assembled with the apparatus for the portable wireless transmission, be located over the antenna element in a significant radiating direction in electrical isolation from an electrical ground of the apparatus. The metal piece area(s) comprise a plurality of metal pieces arranged with the housing to be substantially electrically isolated from surrounding metal with dimensions having effective lengths of at most five-tenths of a wavelength for the highest resonating operating frequency of the antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Kris Laurent, Stuart Williams, Caroline Millar
  • Publication number: 20100127605
    Abstract: A casing wall for an apparatus, the casing wall comprising including a chassis and casing wall elements integrated into the chassis, the casing wall elements each including a surface exposed to a user, the chassis defining a continuum between the integrated casing wall elements to provide structural rigidity to the casing wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Hutch Hutchison, Caroline Millar
  • Patent number: 7674992
    Abstract: A mobile device operable with keys 14 having characters 16 engraved onto the surface of the keys. To provide back illumination, visual traces of the characters are provided by a plurality of holes 18 made to the keys to provide spot light outlets adapted to collectively define the traces. The holes can be drilled and the key caps can be made of steel or other metals. The grooves 16 can be closed by a translucent material such as resin to block the ingress of dirt into the holes 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Vertu Limited
    Inventors: Mark Hutchison, Caroline Millar
  • Patent number: 7629547
    Abstract: Present invention enables to illuminate an artwork or alphanumerics of related key(s) of an electrical device from above with illumination module situated in the vicinity of the artwork or alphanumerics. Present invention also enables the use of opaque material in the keys or in the keypad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Heath, Caroline Millar, Hutch Hutchison, Pekka Juhana Pihlaja
  • Publication number: 20090295736
    Abstract: A key includes a key body made of sapphire and a supporting body made of a silicone elastomer. The key body is bonded through a physical vapour deposition layer to the supporting body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kristopher Laurent, Caroline Millar
  • Publication number: 20090069061
    Abstract: A housing for an apparatus for portable wireless transmission, the apparatus for portable wireless transmission having an antenna element arranged to be able to resonate at a particular highest resonant operating frequency to send/receive transmissions substantially in a significant radiating direction. The housing comprises one or more metal piece areas arranged to, when assembled with the apparatus for the portable wireless transmission, be located over the antenna element in a significant radiating direction in electrical isolation from an electrical ground of the apparatus. The metal piece area(s) comprise a plurality of metal pieces arranged with the housing to be substantially electrically isolated from surrounding metal with dimensions having effective lengths of at most five-tenths of a wavelength for the highest resonating operating frequency of the antenna element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Kris Laurent, Stuart Williams, Caroline Millar
  • Publication number: 20070246336
    Abstract: Present invention enables to illuminate an artwork or alphanumerics of related key(s) of an electrical device from above with illumination module situated in the vicinity of the artwork or alphanumerics. Present invention also enables the use of opaque material in the keys or in the keypad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Inventors: Jonathan Heath, Caroline Millar, Hutch Hutchison
  • Publication number: 20040214618
    Abstract: A mobile device operable with keys 14 having characters 16 engraved onto the surface of the keys. To provide back illumination, visual traces of the characters are provided by a plurality of holes 18 made to the keys to provide spot light outlets adapted to collectively define the traces. The holes can be drilled and the key caps can be made of steel or other metals. The grooves 16 can be closed by a translucent material such as resin to block the ingress of dirt into the holes 18.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Applicant: Vertu Limited
    Inventors: Mark Hutchison, Caroline Millar