Patents by Inventor George Villanueva

George Villanueva 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).

  • Patent number: 7140900
    Abstract: A retainer includes a base member operable to be snapped onto a connector and a retaining member positioned substantially perpendicular to the base member for securely retaining the card coupled to the connector. The base member has an inner open area with dimensions substantially matching corresponding outside dimensions of the connector for a snug fit. The retaining member has a proximal section slidably coupled to a distal section. The proximal section is fixedly coupled to the base member. A length of the distal section is extensible beyond the proximal section to securely retain the card coupled to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventor: George Villanueva
  • Publication number: 20060084358
    Abstract: A water spraying amusement device for allowing a user to shoot water for entertainment purposes from a handgrip worn on the knuckles and connected to a pressurizing pump worn on the user's forearm. The pressurizing pump is connected to a pressurized water tank worn either on the user's back or around the user's midsection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2005
    Publication date: April 20, 2006
    Inventors: Sandra Taylor, Robert Muhammad, George Villanueva, Yvonne Villanueva
  • Patent number: 6970354
    Abstract: A processor retainer assembly prevents inadvertent removal of a processor from a circuit board socket by forces exerted on an information handling system that are translated from a heat sink to the processor by the coupling of thermal grease between the heat sink and the processor. A retention frame couples to a motherboard around the processor socket to support movement of the processor retainer between open and closed positions. A securing device hinge rotationally couples the processor retainer to the retention frame and a securing device latch locks the processor retainer in the closed position to restrict movement of the processor from the socket. A heat sink contacts the processor through an opening in the processor retainer. Heat sink supports extending from the retention frame engage the heat sink so that a single processor retainer assembly retains the processor in the socket and the heat sink proximate to the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: George Villanueva, Daniel S. Carr
  • Publication number: 20050030718
    Abstract: A processor retainer assembly prevents inadvertent removal of a processor from a circuit board socket by forces exerted on an information handling system that are translated from a heat sink to the processor by the coupling of thermal grease between the heat sink and the processor. A retention frame couples to a motherboard around the processor socket to support movement of the processor retainer between open and closed positions. A securing device hinge rotationally couples the processor retainer to the retention frame and a securing device latch locks the processor retainer in the closed position to restrict movement of the processor from the socket. A heat sink contacts the processor through an opening in the processor retainer. Heat sink supports extending from the retention frame engage the heat sink so that a single processor retainer assembly retains the processor in the socket and the heat sink proximate to the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: George Villanueva, Daniel Carr
  • Patent number: 5938641
    Abstract: Needle housing of simple springless syringe retracts into casing tube's barrel after use to avoid accidental needle sticks. A lip at the barrel's forward end and a far end of a rim of the needle housing together form a partial forward end wall. The plunger's plug is sealably and frangibly attached at forward end of plunger to interior portion of plunger and to an arm running lengthwise through plunger. An injection needle housing has a rim bonded to the exterior of the forward end of the syringe barrel, a projecting needle for injecting the fluid, an interior female cavity whose walls are shaped to sealably receive and lock the plug after the plug leaves the barrel during injection and a stabilizing lip containing breakaway points whose lower and upper portions are on each side of the partial forward end wall of the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1999
    Inventor: George Villanueva