Patents by Inventor Daniel D. Hershey

Daniel D. Hershey 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: 20230223681
    Abstract: An electronic device may have an upper housing and a lower housing separated by a slow. A substrate may be mounted in the lower housing and may have an inner surface facing an interior of the lower housing and an outer surface facing the slot. Ventilation port openings may extend from the outer surface to the inner surface. Ribs in the substrate may separate the ventilation port openings. The ribs may include notches at the inner surface. An antenna may include conductive traces within multiple ventilation port openings and extending through the notches. The conductive traces may be offset from the outer surface. The outer surface of the substrate may be free from conductive material from the antenna. This may serve to maximize antenna efficiency while protecting the antenna from external forces and debris or other contaminants that pass through the slot during use of the electronic device over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Joel D. Barrera, Jerzy S. Guterman, Michael J. Williams, Daniel D. Hershey, Zachary S. Chase, Xuyao Shi
  • Patent number: 11071228
    Abstract: A rack system for one or more computing systems is described. The rack system may include support structures, or rack structures, and a housing affixed or un-affixed to the support structures. The rack system may include rails, including telescoping rails, affixed to the support structures and coupled to the computing system. When the rack system is in a closed position, the computing system is positioned within the housing. When the rack system is in an open position, the computing system is removed from the housing and the components of the computing system are accessible. In the open position, only components on one surface of the circuit board are accessible. However, the computing system can rotate, thereby placing the components on the opposing surface of the circuit board in an accessible position. Alternatively, the housing can be affixed to the computing system, and include modifications for access to the computing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel D. Hershey, Christoph M. Pistor, Bartley K. Andre, Richard D. Kosoglow, Michael D. McBroom, Shravan Bharadwaj, Jonathan L. Berk, Houtan R. Farahani, James M. Cuseo, William R. Allan, II, David C. Parell, Eric A. Knopf, Seth G. McFarland
  • Patent number: 10942548
    Abstract: A computing device includes one or more microphones that function seamlessly with other components within the computing device. In one embodiment, a microphone opening is disposed underneath a keyboard with a channel from the microphone to an opening between the keyboard webbing and a keycap of the keyboard. In another embodiment, two microphones can be spaced apart from a keyboard region of the device and a third microphone can be disposed underneath the keyboard region with an channel from the microphone to an opening between the keyboard webbing and a keycap of the keyboard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Renda, David M. Rockford, Jonathan L. Berk, Chanjuan Feng, Daniel K. Boothe, Daniel D. Hershey
  • Publication number: 20200379526
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a frame configured to receive and support an electronic component, a shell defining an internal volume sized to encompass the frame and the electronic component, the shell being slidably removable from the frame, the electronic component positioned within the internal volume and including an aperture, and a sealing member including a seal body and a compressible lip extending from the seal body, the sealing member at least partially surrounding the electronic component. The compressible lip is oriented such that the shell compresses the lip in a direction against the seal body at a first position adjacent to the electronic component and in the direction against the seal body at a second position adjacent to the electronic component opposite the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Bart K. Andre, Edward J. Cooper, Brett W. Degner, Houtan R. Farahani, Steven A. Gerasimoff, William H. Greenbaum, James T. Handy, Daniel D. Hershey, PengYuan Huang, Eric A. Knopf, Richard D. Kosoglow, Mariel L. Lanas, Michael E. Leclerc, Michael D. McBroom, Rodrigo Dutervil Mubarak, David C. Parell, Sabrina K. Paseman, Eric R. Prather, Jacob W. Rutheiser, Christopher G. Siegel, Cheng-Han Yang, James M. Cuseo, Francesco Ferretti
  • Publication number: 20200383206
    Abstract: Computer modules that can have a high-capacity, can simplify the design of a computer system housing the modules, can utilize system resources in a highly configurable manner, can provide a variety of functionality, and can be readily inserted into, and removed from, a computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Brett W. Degner, Michael E. Leclerc, Eric R. Prather, Scott J. Campbell, James M. Cuseo, Rodrigo Dutervil Mubarak, Ian A. Guy, Daniel D. Hershey, Mariel L. Lanas, Michael D. McBroom, David C. Parell, Bartley K. Andre, Danny L. McBroom, Houtan R. Farahani
  • Publication number: 20200097053
    Abstract: A computing device includes one or more microphones that function seamlessly with other components within the computing device. In one embodiment, a microphone opening is disposed underneath a keyboard with a channel from the microphone to an opening between the keyboard webbing and a keycap of the keyboard. In another embodiment, two microphones can be spaced apart from a keyboard region of the device and a third microphone can be disposed underneath the keyboard region with an channel from the microphone to an opening between the keyboard webbing and a keycap of the keyboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Renda, David M. Rockford, Jonathan L. Berk, Chanjuan Feng, Daniel K. Boothe, Daniel D. Hershey
  • Publication number: 20200100383
    Abstract: A rack system for one or more computing systems is described. The rack system may include support structures, or rack structures, and a housing affixed or un-affixed to the support structures. The rack system may include rails, including telescoping rails, affixed to the support structures and coupled to the computing system. When the rack system is in a closed position, the computing system is positioned within the housing. When the rack system is in an open position, the computing system is removed from the housing and the components of the computing system are accessible. In the open position, only components on one surface of the circuit board are accessible. However, the computing system can rotate, thereby placing the components on the opposing surface of the circuit board in an accessible position. Alternatively, the housing can be affixed to the computing system, and include modifications for access to the computing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel D. HERSHEY, Christoph M. PISTOR, Bartley K. ANDRE, Richard D. KOSOGLOW, Michael D. MCBROOM, Shravan BHARADWAJ, Jonathan L. BERK, Houtan R. FARAHANI, James M. CUSEO, William R. ALLAN, II, David C. PARELL, Eric A. KNOPF, Seth G. MCFARLAND
  • Patent number: 10268236
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a metal housing. The metal housing may have an upper housing in which a component such as a display is mounted and a lower housing in which a component such as a keyboard is mounted. Hinges may be used to mount the upper housing to the lower housing for rotation about a rotational axis. A slot-shaped opening may separate the upper and lower housing. Flexible printed circuits with ground traces may bisect the slot-shaped opening to form three electrically isolated slots each of which is aligned with a respective cavity antenna. The antennas may have antenna grounds formed from portions of the metal housing and other conductive structures. Resonating elements for the antennas may be supported by an elongated ventilation port structure along the rear edge of the lower housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jerzy S. Guterman, Joel D. Barrera, Kevin M. Robinson, Daniel D. Hershey
  • Publication number: 20170212554
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a metal housing. The metal housing may have an upper housing in which a component such as a display is mounted and a lower housing in which a component such as a keyboard is mounted. Hinges may be used to mount the upper housing to the lower housing for rotation about a rotational axis. A slot-shaped opening may separate the upper and lower housing. Flexible printed circuits with ground traces may bisect the slot-shaped opening to form three electrically isolated slots each of which is aligned with a respective cavity antenna. The antennas may have antenna grounds formed from portions of the metal housing and other conductive structures. Resonating elements for the antennas may be supported by an elongated ventilation port structure along the rear edge of the lower housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Jerzy S. Guterman, Joel D. Barrera, Kevin M. Robinson, Daniel D. Hershey