Patents by Inventor Giles D. McWilliam

Giles D. McWilliam 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).

  • Pivoting structure coupled to a rotatable housing structure
    Patent number: 8179473
    Abstract: Disclosed are pivoting structures and methods of pivoting structure. The pivoting structures can include a movable shutter plate including an aperture, pivotally fastened to a supporting plate by the pivot pin, and having a slot that receives a slot pin of a rotator, the movable shutter configured to move across the rotator as the first housing and second housing change their orientations with respect to one another. In a particular position, an aperture of the moveable shutter plate is aligned with an aperture of the first housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger W. Harmon, Giles D. McWilliam
  • PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING HINGE ASSEMBLY WITH USER INTERFACE ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20080112113
    Abstract: A portable electronic device, for example, a cellular telephone, (100) including a hinge assembly (106) interconnecting first and second housing portions, wherein the housing portions are pivotal about respective non-collinear pivot axes, and a user-interface element, for example, an image capture or a display device, disposed on the hinge assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: MOTOROLA, INC.
    Inventors: MICHAEL J. SAWADSKI, ROGER J. JELLICOE, GILES D. McWILLIAM, KARL R. VOSS
  • Cordless phone
    Patent number: D580406
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: General Instrument Corporation
    Inventors: Michael F. Paradise, Christopher G. Franck, Giles D. McWilliams
  • Communication device
    Patent number: D597993
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Renee M. Garnham, Giles D. McWilliam
  • Communication device
    Patent number: D600226
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Motorola Inc
    Inventors: Yoo Jung Ahn, Giles D. McWilliam
  • Communication device
    Patent number: D600227
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Motorola Inc.
    Inventors: Yoo Jung Ahn, Giles D. McWilliam
  • Communication device
    Patent number: D606959
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoo Jung Ahn, Giles D. McWilliam
  • Communication device
    Patent number: D606960
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoo Jung Ahn, Giles D. McWilliam
  • Communication device
    Patent number: D609677
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Renee M Garnham, Giles D McWilliam
  • Set top box
    Patent number: D610103
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: General Instrument Corporation
    Inventors: John M. Miller, Carl W. Gomes, II, Charles R. Herrmann, Giles D. McWilliam, Jon Godston
  • Communication device
    Patent number: D613262
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoo Jung Ahn, Giles D McWilliam
  • Set top box
    Patent number: D616398
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: General Instrument Corporation
    Inventors: John M. Miller, Carl W. Gomes, II, Charles R. Herrmann, Giles D. McWilliam, Jon Godston
  • Communication device
    Patent number: D622692
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Giles D. McWilliam, Timothy J. Sutherland
  • Portable modem
    Patent number: D622713
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Won Suk Chung, Giles D. McWilliams
  • Communication device
    Patent number: D629779
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoo Jung Ahn, Giles D. McWilliam
  • Communication device
    Patent number: D638814
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy J. Sutherland, Yoo Jung Ahn, Giles D. McWilliam
  • Communication device
    Patent number: D640218
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoo Jung Ahn, Giles D. McWilliam
  • Communication device
    Patent number: D640661
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Yiting Hu, Giles D McWilliam, Mark D Zaveson
  • Computer terminal
    Patent number: D659134
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoo Jung Ahn, Mark D. Janninck, Giles D. McWilliam, James E. Wicks
  • Card reader
    Patent number: D711876
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Giles D. McWilliam, Christopher Green