Patents by Inventor Gerald William O'Grady

Gerald William O'Grady 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).

  • Integrated battery and media decoder for a portable host device, and methods of operating and manufacturing the same
    Publication number: 20020175665
    Abstract: An integrated accessory for a host device includes a media decoder, a battery coupled to the media decoder operationally to provide power to the media decoder, and a connector to couple the accessory to a host device. Within the integrated accessory, the battery is coupled to the connector so as to allow the battery operationally to provide power to the host device, in addition to the media decoder. In one embodiment, the battery, the media decoder and the connector are integrated within a housing that is configured to be removably coupled to the host device. The host device may be a portable device (e.g., a notebook computer, PDA, a mobile phone, a wristwatch, a camera, etc.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2001
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Gerald William O'Grady, Mark Ainsley Jacob, Conor Thomas Ryan, Sean Patrick Mitchell