Patents by Inventor Felipe Alonso Varela
Felipe Alonso Varela 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).
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Patent number: 10637148Abstract: An apparatus includes a radio frequency (RF) feed and an extruded member made of metal and coupled to the RF feed. The extruded member includes a first surface that includes a first slot having a first width and a first length, and a second slot having a second width and a second length. The second width is at least 1.2 times greater than the first width. The second slot intersects the first slot at an angle with respect to the first slot that is between 70 and 110 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2018Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Eswarappa Channabasappa, Anuj Dron, Adrian Napoles, Felipe Alonso Varela, Miguel Angel Morales
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Patent number: 10019029Abstract: A housing for an electronic device includes a single rear housing assembly coupled to the cover glass of a display assembly. The rear housing assembly includes a metal rear chassis with two layers of injection molded material formed on at least the chassis side regions. The first injection molded layer includes a high reinforcing agent content percentage to provide increased stiffness, and the second injection molded layer includes a low reinforcing agent content percentage, which provides less structural support than the first injection molded layer, but an improved aesthetic appearance.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2015Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Michael Xingyi Yu, Brandon Michael Potens, Kelly Erin Johnson, Mark Novak, Ge PengJin, Robert Cong Liang, Angel Wilfredo Martinez, Srivatsan Subbarayan, Mandar Nilkanth Kulkarni, Marc Anthony Zampino, Felipe Alonso Varela, Michael Christopher Kouxommone
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Patent number: 9210240Abstract: According to one aspect, a portable electronic device that includes a base portion and a sliding portion. The sliding portion is adapted to be coupled to the base portion and slideable relative thereto between a closed position and an open position. The device also includes a flex connector coupled to the sliding portion, the flex connector having a connector end, a dynamic region, and an intermediate coupler between the connector end and the dynamic region. The device also includes a guide base slidably coupled to the sliding portion, the guide base being adapted to be mechanically coupled to the intermediate coupler so as to secure the flex connector to the guide base before the sliding portion is coupled to the base portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2011Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Aaron Robert Allen, Shawn Glenfield Bernard, Patrick Yves Mas, Martin Earl Holman, IV, Felipe Alonso Varela
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Patent number: 9092057Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a touch-sensitive display exposed by a front of the housing, an actuator disposed between a back and the front of the housing and configured to move the touch-sensitive display and the front of the housing relative to the back when actuated, and functional components comprising memory and a processor coupled to the memory and the touch-sensitive display.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2011Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Felipe Alonso Varela, Aaron Robert Allen, Martin Earl Holman, IV
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Patent number: 9020570Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a lower housing and an upper housing slidable relative to the lower housing between closed and open positions. The upper housing includes an auxiliary input device and a display. A primary flex connector electrically connects the lower and upper housings. At least one secondary flex connector may electrically connect the primary flex connector to the auxiliary input device or the display. The upper housing may include a cover plate that is removable to allow access to at least a portion of the flex connectors.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2011Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Aaron Robert Allen, Felipe Alonso Varela, Rohit Krishna Koppal, Shawn Glenfield Bernard
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Patent number: 8862190Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a lower housing and an upper housing coupled to the lower housing and slidable relative thereto between closed and open positions. The upper housing includes a cover plate affixed to a rear of the upper housing. The cover plate may conceal at least one electrical connector housed in the upper housing, and may be removable to allow access to at least a portion of the at least one electrical connector. The cover plate may be configured to maintain the lower and upper housings in a generally uniform spaced apart relationship as the upper housing moves between the closed and open positions.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Aaron Robert Allen, Felipe Alonso Varela, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Patrick Yves Mas
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Patent number: 8660622Abstract: The disclosure is directed at a roller assembly for a mobile communication device having a top portion and a bottom portion, the top and bottom portions slidably connected, the roller assembly comprising a slide plate; a guide plate including guide rails for receiving the slide plate; an actuator connected to the slide plate and the guide plate; a shuttle portion, located within the slide plate; and a cam portion for engaging with the shuttle portion, the cam portion including an intermediate detent portion; whereby when the slide plate is moved between open and closed potions, the slide plate can be stopped in an intermediate position by the intermediate detent portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2010Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: BlackBerry LimitedInventors: Martin Earl Holman, IV, Aaron Robert Allen, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Felipe Alonso Varela
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Publication number: 20120314386Abstract: According to one aspect, a portable electronic device that includes a base portion and a sliding portion. The sliding portion is adapted to be coupled to the base portion and slideable relative thereto between a closed position and an open position. The device also includes a flex connector coupled to the sliding portion, the flex connector having a connector end, a dynamic region, and an intermediate coupler between the connector end and the dynamic region. The device also includes a guide base slidably coupled to the sliding portion, the guide base being adapted to be mechanically coupled to the intermediate coupler so as to secure the flex connector to the guide base before the sliding portion is coupled to the base portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Aaron Robert Allen, Shawn Glenfield Bernard, Patrick Yves Mas, Martin Earl Holman, IV, Felipe Alonso Varela
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Patent number: 8326381Abstract: A mobile device is described herein in which the mobile device can have a base portion that can include a guide base and can also have a slider portion that can include a sliding plate. The slider portion can be slidably engaged with the base portion and can move relative to the base portion. The mobile device can also include a cover plate that can be slidably engaged with the guide base of the base portion and the sliding plate of the slider portion. In one arrangement, the cover plate can be configured to selectively cover a slot of the sliding plate. As an example, when the slider portion moves from a closed position to an open position, the cover plate can move in substantially the same direction as the slider portion due to a friction coefficient between the cover plate and the sliding plate being greater than a friction coefficient between the cover plate and the guide base.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Research In Motion LimitedInventors: Martin Earl Holman, IV, Rohit Krishna Koppal, Felipe Alonso Varela, Aaron Robert Allen, James C. Infanti, Patrick Yves Mas
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Publication number: 20120038562Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a touch-sensitive display exposed by a front of the housing, an actuator disposed between a back and the front of the housing and configured to move the touch-sensitive display and the front of the housing relative to the back when actuated, and functional components comprising memory and a processor coupled to the memory and the touch-sensitive display.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2011Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Martin Earl Holman, IV, Aaron Robert Allen, Felipe Alonso Varela
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Publication number: 20110201390Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a lower housing and an upper housing slidable relative to the lower housing between closed and open positions. The upper housing includes an auxiliary input device and a display. A primary flex connector electrically connects the lower and upper housings. At least one secondary flex connector may electrically connect the primary flex connector to the auxiliary input device or the display. The upper housing may include a cover plate that is removable to allow access to at least a portion of the flex connectors.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Inventors: Aaron Robert Allen, Felipe Alonso Varela, Rohit Krishna Koppal, Shawn Glenfield Bernard
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Publication number: 20110199721Abstract: An electronic device includes a front portion comprising a housing, a display exposed by a front of the housing, and a slider plate clamped to a back of the housing. The electronic device also includes a base comprising an input device on one surface thereof, the base being slidingly engaged with the slider plate to slide the base between a closed position in which the input device is disposed between the front portion and the base and an open position in which the input device is exposed for use, and functional components disposed in at least one of the front portion and the base, the functional components comprising memory and a processor coupled to the memory and the display.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Aaron Robert Allen, Felipe Alonso Varela, Martin Earl Holman, IV, Rohit Krishna Koppal, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz
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Publication number: 20110201389Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a lower housing and an upper housing coupled to the lower housing and slidable relative thereto between closed and open positions. The upper housing includes a cover plate affixed to a rear of the upper housing. The cover plate may conceal at least one electrical connector housed in the upper housing, and may be removable to allow access to at least a portion of the at least one electrical connector. The cover plate may be configured to maintain the lower and upper housings in a generally uniform spaced apart relationship as the upper housing moves between the closed and open positions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2011Publication date: August 18, 2011Inventors: Aaron Robert ALLEN, Felipe Alonso VARELA, Douglas Wayne MOSKOWITZ, Patrick Yves MAS
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Publication number: 20110143823Abstract: A mobile device is described herein in which the mobile device can have a base portion that can include a guide base and can also have a slider portion that can include a sliding plate. The slider portion can be slidably engaged with the base portion and can move relative to the base portion. The mobile device can also include a cover plate that can be slidably engaged with the guide base of the base portion and the sliding plate of the slider portion. In one arrangement, the cover plate can be configured to selectively cover a slot of the sliding plate. As an example, when the slider portion moves from a closed position to an open position, the cover plate can move in substantially the same direction as the slider portion due to a friction coefficient between the cover plate and the sliding plate being greater than a friction coefficient between the cover plate and the guide base.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Inventors: Martin Earl Holman, IV, Rohit Krishna Koppal, Felipe Alonso Varela, Aaron Robert Allen, James C. Infanti, Patrick Yves Mas
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Publication number: 20100234080Abstract: The disclosure is directed at a roller assembly for a mobile communication device having a top portion and a bottom portion, the top and bottom portions slidably connected, the roller assembly comprising a slide plate; a guide plate including guide rails for receiving the slide plate; an actuator connected to the slide plate and the guide plate; a shuttle portion, located within the slide plate; and a cam portion for engaging with the shuttle portion, the cam portion including an intermediate detent portion; whereby when the slide plate is moved between open and closed potions, the slide plate can be stopped in an intermediate position by the intermediate detent portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Martin Earl Holman, IV, Aaron Robert Allen, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Felipe Alonso Varela