Patents by Inventor Daniël Dhondt

Daniël Dhondt 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).

  • Publication number: 20240113774
    Abstract: A first data connector for communicating data with a second data connector includes a data communication interface including adjacent radiofrequency antenna elements, wherein a plurality of the adjacent radiofrequency antenna elements forms a radiofrequency data antenna array and another radiofrequency antenna element of the adjacent radiofrequency antenna elements forms a radiofrequency control channel antenna element, each radiofrequency antenna element of the radiofrequency data antenna array being configured to communicate a subchannel signal of the data to a corresponding radiofrequency data antenna element of a data communication interface of the second data connector bidirectionally. The radiofrequency control channel antenna element is configured to manage data communications through the radiofrequency data antenna array. An attachment interface is positioned on the first data connector and configured to removably attach the first data connector to the second data connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Marc HARPER, Apoorva SHARMA, Daniel DHONDT
  • Publication number: 20230363504
    Abstract: The description relates to devices, such as user-serviceable devices. One example can include a chassis defining a cavity accessible through a rear side and a rear cover positioned against the chassis over the rear side. The device can be configured to allow movement between the rear cover and the chassis substantially parallel to the rear side to lock the rear cover against the chassis and to allow movement in an opposite direction to unlock the rear cover and further configured to impart a biasing force on the rear cover substantially perpendicular to the rear side. The device can also include a release that can be engaged through the chassis to cause the movement of the rear cover in the opposite direction to unlock the rear cover and allow the biasing force to move the rear cover substantially perpendicularly to the rear side away from the chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Casey ZELIG, Ryan EYLANDER, Daniel DHONDT
  • Publication number: 20230299614
    Abstract: A wireless charging system for a planar wireless accessory includes a receiving coil positioned within the planar wireless accessory and a transmitting coil positioned within a planar electronic device. The transmitting coil generates a magnetic flux that is received by the receiving coil to charge a battery of the planar wireless accessory when the planar wireless accessory is positioned relative to the planar electronic device according to a select charging configuration of multiple user-selectable charging configurations. The transmitting coil and the receiving coil are shaped and positioned to charge the battery at a substantially uniform rate at each different one of the multiple user-selectable charging configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Hanming ZU, Daniel DHONDT, Casey CALLAN, Xin HUANG
  • Publication number: 20230034612
    Abstract: A hinge system has a first body and a second body rotatably connected to one another around a first pivot point. The second body has a top surface and bottom surface positioned opposite one another in a vertical direction of the second body. A translation mechanism is connected to the second body and the first pivot point to displace the first pivot point in the vertical direction relative to the second body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Anthony E. HILLYERD, Christina Ashley YEE, Aseem SINGLA, Robyn Rebecca Reed MCLAUGHLIN, Kaitlyn Marley SCHOECK, Hua WANG, Daniel DHONDT, Brian David BITZ, Joseph Benjamin GAULT
  • Publication number: 20110317855
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing audio connection of a speaker arrangement, with an apparatus for providing audio to the speaker arrangement, using a connection element of the apparatus for providing audio connection, wherein the apparatus for providing audio connection comprises a connection element/connector body, and a user input interface arranged to provide for control of an audio setting of the audio, providable by the speaker arrangement, based on detected movement of the connection element/connector body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mattias Andersson, Zachary Ng, Manuel Gattinger, Lianne Mallett, Nicola Ralston, Edwin Shannon, Shunjiro Eguchi, Joeske Schellen, Alejandro Sanguinetti, Roni Burrell, Tom Jenkins, Daniel Dhondt
  • Publication number: 20100283726
    Abstract: Apparatus for a portable electronic device, the apparatus arranged to detect substantially simultaneous user input from device user interface elements arranged to detect opposing user input, and to provide signalling, upon the detection of said opposing user input, for transferring electronic information content associated with the electronic device to a remote apparatus which is associatable with the electronic device. Apparatus for a portable electronic device, the apparatus arranged to detect movement of the device, relative to a remote apparatus which is associatable with the electronic device, as user input from the device, and to provide signalling, upon the detection of said relative movement, for transferring electronic information content associated with the electronic device to the remote apparatus which is associatable with the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mattias Andersson, Roni Burrell, Shunjiro Eguchi, Tom Jenkins, Daniel Dhondt, Edwin Shannon, Alejandro Sanguinetti, Zachary Ng, Lianne Mallett, Nicola Ralston, Manuel Gattinger, Joeske Schellen, Simon Dearsley
  • Publication number: 20100250128
    Abstract: Apparatus for providing navigational information to a secondary visual user interface of a portable electronic device, the device having primary and secondary visual user interfaces respectively located on different faces of the device, the primary visual user interface for use as a main user output interface of the device and the secondary visual user interface for providing a comparatively simple level of user output, wherein the primary and secondary visual user interfaces are respectively arranged such that the primary user output interface can provide a higher level of navigational information than the secondary user output interface, wherein the apparatus comprises circuitry for providing navigational information to the secondary visual user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2007
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Roni Burrell, Tom Jenkins, Daniel Dhondt, Edwin Shannon, Shunjiro Eguchi, Joeske Schellen, Alejandro Sanguinetti, Zachary Ng, Manuel Gattinger, Lianne Mallett, Mattias Andersson, Nicola Ralston
  • Patent number: D588589
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel Dhondt
  • Patent number: D589015
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Daren Leith, Daniël Dhondt
  • Patent number: D590386
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Daren Leith, Daniel Dhondt
  • Patent number: D590822
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Daren Leith, Daniel Dhondt
  • Patent number: D612829
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Daren Leith, Daniël Dhondt
  • Patent number: D713830
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel Dhondt
  • Patent number: D714243
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel Dhondt
  • Patent number: D722580
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel Dhondt
  • Patent number: D745483
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: MICROSOFT MOBILE OY
    Inventor: Daniel Dhondt
  • Patent number: D752005
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT MOBILE OY
    Inventors: Daniel Dhondt, Antti Kangaskoski, Chia-En Lu
  • Patent number: D877714
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Dhondt, Tsitsi Kolawole, Jari Heiskanen, Erika Kelter, Neil O'Connell, Eric P. Witt, Jason Lin, Michael Bohan, Yuenkeen Cheong, Hundraj S. Gopal
  • Patent number: D878327
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Dhondt, Tsitsi Kolawole, Jari Heiskanen, Erika Kelter, Neil O'Connell, Eric P. Witt, Jason Lin, Michael Bohan, Yuenkeen Cheong, Hundraj S. Gopal