Patents by Inventor Gad Shannan

Gad Shannan 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).

  • Method and apparatus for accentuating graphical elements on a mobile handset housing
    Patent number: 7373180
    Abstract: A transparent mobile handset housing with graphical elements such as alphanumeric characters, icons, and logos positioned directly onto the housing with visibility enhanced through backlighting. The transparent housing is covered with an opaque coating and omitted portions of the opaque coating form a negative image of the graphical elements, or the housing is left transparent and opaque graphical elements are coated onto the housing. A backlighting source from within the housing, such as an array of light emitting diodes or an electroluminescent panel, provides illumination to the housing. In the case of negatively imaged graphical elements, the graphical elements are illuminated. In the case of opaque graphical elements, the surrounding transparent housing is illuminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Kyocera Wireless Corp.
    Inventors: Jeff Swanson, Jeff Wendorff, Ted Santos, Ivan Brosseau, Gad Shannan
  • Method and apparatus for accentuating graphical elements on a mobile handset housing
    Publication number: 20020177470
    Abstract: A transparent mobile handset housing with graphical elements such as alphanumeric characters, icons, and logos positioned directly onto the housing with visibility enhanced through backlighting. The transparent housing is covered with an opaque coating and omitted portions of the opaque coating form a negative image of the graphical elements, or the housing is left transparent and opaque graphical elements are coated onto the housing. A backlighting source from within the housing, such as an array of light emitting diodes or an electroluminescent panel, provides illumination to the housing. In the case of negatively imaged graphical elements, the graphical elements are illuminated. In the case of opaque graphical elements, the surrounding transparent housing is illuminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2001
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Jeff Swanson, Jeff Wendorff, Ted Santos, Ivan Brosseau, Gad Shannan
  • Dual spray pattern actuator for aerosol product
    Patent number: D536970
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: WD-40 Company
    Inventors: Gad Shannan, Douglas John Todd, Francois Duval, Ivan Brousseau, Predrag Pudar