Patents by Inventor Edith Silver Walker

Edith Silver Walker 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).

  • CONNECTION HUB WITH INTEGRATED SWITCH FOR PRIVATE AND NON-PRIVATE MODES
    Publication number: 20240184728
    Abstract: A connection hub includes a housing coupled to a universal serial bus (USB) cable that includes a plug for electronic devices. A housing of the connection hub includes a number (N) of ports and switches. The connection hub includes 1-to-N connections between the USB cable and the N ports, where each of the N ports includes a data line and/or a power line. The switches each include a mechanical component that is movable between a first position that activates a private mode and a second position that deactivates the private mode. A data line of a particular port is disabled when the private mode is activated, and a particular power line of the particular port is enabled when either the private mode is activated and when the private mode is deactivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Jason Sean Gagne-Keats, David John Evans, V, James Kim, Evan Jackson, Nicholas Franco, Edith Silver Walker
  • Connection hub with integrated switch for private and non-private modes
    Patent number: 11899603
    Abstract: A connection hub includes a housing coupled to a universal serial bus (USB) cable that includes a plug for electronic devices. A housing of the connection hub includes a number (N) of ports and switches. The connection hub includes 1-to-N connections between the USB cable and the N ports, where each of the N ports includes a data line and/or a power line. The switches each include a mechanical component that is movable between a first position that activates a private mode and a second position that deactivates the private mode. A data line of a particular port is disabled when the private mode is activated, and a particular power line of the particular port is enabled when either the private mode is activated and when the private mode is deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: OSOM PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Sean Gagne-Keats, David John Evans, V, James Kim, Evan Jackson, Nicholas Franco, Edith Silver Walker