Patents by Inventor Cathal Loughnane

Cathal Loughnane 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: 8800937
    Abstract: A laptop stand configured to support a laptop computer on a surface at a plurality of angles includes a platen configured to support the laptop computer. A leg is pivotally coupled to the platen. A support arm is slide coupled to the platen and pivotally coupled to the leg. A latch is coupled to the support arm and is configured to latch and to unlatch from the platen at a plurality of latch points. The latch at the plurality of latch points positions the support arm at a first plurality of angles with respect to the platen and the leg. The latch at the plurality of latch points also positions the platen and the leg at a second plurality of angles with respect to one another. The latch is configured to slide with respect to the platen to move the support arm to rotate the leg with respect to the platen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Chia Feng Lee, Hsin-Hao Hsu, Li-Jen Chien, Simone Chevalley, Sylvain Sauvage, Alain Tabasso, Cathal Loughnane
  • Patent number: 8721204
    Abstract: A keyboard having improvements to the combination wave and curve keyboards of the prior art. In one embodiment, the invention provides a wave shape on a keyboard palm rest. In another embodiment, the invention provides a unique combination of a QWERTY keyboard, with both a wave and a curve, where the D and K keys are the low points of the wave. In another embodiment, a combination of more than one lateral waves and a constant radius curve is provided. Yet another embodiment provides the combination of a curved keyboard and a straight number pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Sylvain Sauvage, Lorenzo Mandelli, Eugene Canavan, Cathal Loughnane
  • Publication number: 20110002724
    Abstract: A keyboard includes a base having sets of mounts formed thereon. The keyboard also includes a set of keycaps. Each keycap includes a key top and a support mechanism, which is coupled to the key top and coupled to an associated one of the sets of mounts. The support is configured to lower and raise the key top. Each of the key tops includes a convex-rounded edge surrounding a concave-rounded base. A radius of curvature of the convex-rounded edge is approximately 1.0 to 3.0 millimeters, and a radius of curvature of the concave-rounded base is approximately 32 to 33 millimeters. The keyboard further includes a control circuit coupled to the base and configured to detect downward movement of the keycaps and send a transmission signal to a computer wherein the transmission signal includes information for one of the keycaps downward movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicant: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Sylvain Sauvage, Cathal Loughnane
  • Patent number: D634748
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company L.P.
    Inventors: Lawrence Lam, Cathal Loughnane, Richard Gioscia
  • Patent number: D648338
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Guy Raeber, Aaron Lee, Marten Helwig, Cathal Loughnane
  • Patent number: D671943
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Greg Dizac, Marten Helwig, Peter Sheehan, Cathal Loughnane
  • Patent number: D680947
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Guy Raeber, Aaron Lee, Marten Helwig, Cathal Loughnane
  • Patent number: D688243
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Rudy Widiaman, William D. Webb, II, Jae Pyung Lee, James Cathal Loughnane
  • Patent number: D697470
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Guy Raeber, Aaron Lee, Marten Helwig, Cathal Loughnane, Jean-Christophe Hemes
  • Patent number: D700570
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Guy Raeber, Aaron Lee, Marten Helwig, Cathal Loughnane, Jean-Christophe Hemes
  • Patent number: D742879
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Marten Helwig, Cathal Loughnane, James Lynch, Darragh Luttrell, Cathal Gorey, Martin Gleeson, Greg Dizac, Padraig Mcloughlin, Arnaud Perret-Gentil, Vincent Mayor, Rory McGarry
  • Patent number: D748630
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Marten Helwig, Cathal Loughnane, Jean-Christophe Hemes, Darragh Luttrell, Christian Blandin, Stephen Harvey
  • Patent number: D749076
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Marten Helwig, Cathal Loughnane, James Lynch, Darragh Luttrell, Cathal Gorey, Martin Gleeson, Greg Dizac, Padraig McLoughlin, Arnaud Perret-Gentil, Vincent Mayor, Rory McGarry
  • Patent number: D763501
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS, S.A.
    Inventors: Rory McGarry, George Barrett, Florent Cuchet, Cathal Loughnane
  • Patent number: D768633
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Marten Helwig, Katharine Pulford, Cathal Loughnane, James Lynch, Michael Nolan
  • Patent number: D790455
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
    Inventors: Rory McGarry, George Barrett, Florent Cuchet, Cathal Loughnane
  • Patent number: D792882
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Marten Helwig, Katharine Pulford, Cathal Loughnane, James Lynch, Michael Nolan, Padraig McLoughlin, Tommy Zhu
  • Patent number: D690259
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Guy Raeber, Aaron Lee, Marten Helwig, Cathal Loughnane, Jean-Christophe Hemes
  • Patent number: D690281
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: David Carr, Steve McGarry, Neil O'Connell, Chris LaBrutto, Andreas Connellan, Cathal Loughnane, Diarmuid MacMahon
  • Patent number: D690287
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.
    Inventors: Peter Belfanti, Steve McGarry, Neil O'Connell, Chris LaBrutto, James Rennick, Cathal Loughnane, Diarmuid MacMahon