Patents by Inventor Felix Alvarez

Felix Alvarez 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: 20120194976
    Abstract: Embodiments of electronic wristwatches are disclosed. According to one embodiment, an electronic wristband can provide additional electrical circuitry or devices that can be made available for use as or with an electronic device. In one embodiment, the electronic device can be a mobile electronic device that can be removably coupled to the electronic wristband which provides the additional circuitry or devices. Advantageously, the electronic device can utilize the additional electrical circuitry or devices provided within the electronic wristband to augment the capabilities of the electronic device. In another embodiment, the electronic device can be integrally formed with the electronic wristband which provides the additional circuitry or devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Albert J. Golko, Mathias W. Schmidt, Felix Alvarez
  • Publication number: 20120080301
    Abstract: A dome switch can include a dome mounted to a circuit board and secured by a sheet constructed from a material that is impermeable to air. To allow air enclosed by a volume between the dome and the circuit board to be expelled when the dome is depressed, the sheet can include at least one venting hole through which air can flow to the environment of the switch. To prevent contaminants from accessing the volume between the dome and the circuit board through the at least one venting hole, the dome switch can include a membrane positioned over the venting hole. The membrane can be constructed from a material that is permeable to air, but impermeable to contaminants. In some cases, the membrane can be constructed from a mesh material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Felix Alvarez, Teodor Dabov, Emery Sanford
  • Publication number: 20120051007
    Abstract: Electronic devices may have housings in which components are mounted. Some of the components may be sensitive to moisture. Other components may be insensitive to moisture and may form openings in a device housing that allow moisture to escape from within the housing. Components may be mounted on substrates such as printed circuit board substrates. Moisture repelling layers and moisture attracting layers may be patterned to form channels and other structures that guide moisture away from sensitive components towards insensitive components. Moisture repelling and attracting layers may also be used to limit the lateral spread of a conformal coating layer when coating components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Felix Alvarez, Kyle H. Yeates
  • Publication number: 20120050958
    Abstract: Electronic devices are provided that have components. A housing protrusion may be interposed between a display cover layer and display components. A button may have a button member. A support structure for a dome switch in the button may have a screw hole. A housing may have screw holes through which a screw passes. The screw may also pass through the screw hole of the support structure to hold the switch structure near the button member. A clip may have a spring. A metal plate may prevent the clip from becoming worn by the spring. A display may be mounted on a ledge in a device housing. The ledge may have gaps with supports and removed corners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Emery Sanford, Wey-Jiun Lin, Felix Alvarez, J. Benjamin Filson, Stephen Brian Lynch
  • Publication number: 20110193751
    Abstract: Certain embodiments may take the form of an electronic device having a metal housing encapsulating operative circuitry for the device. The electronic device includes an attachment member coupled to the metal housing at an attachment point. An antenna is coupled to the attachment member and communicatively coupled to the operative circuitry in the metal housing via the attachment point to enable the electronic device to communicate wirelessly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Albert Golko, Daniel W. Jarvis, Felix Alvarez
  • Patent number: D490786
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott H. Richards, Felix Alvarez, Jorge L. Garcia
  • Patent number: D684966
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Lam, Felix Alvarez Rivera, Gad Amit, Jacqueline Belleau, Yoshikazu Hoshino, Amy Han