Patents by Inventor Gregoire Vandenbussche

Gregoire Vandenbussche 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: 20240017860
    Abstract: A docking system for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) includes a docking housing that defines a docking compartment, and a docking assembly coupled to the docking housing and configured to suspend the UAV within the docking compartment. The docking assembly may include a guiding feature configured to receive a docking feature of the UAV and direct the UAV toward a first captured position. The docking assembly may further include an advancement assembly operatively coupled with the guiding feature and configured to move the UAV from the first captured position to a second docked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Keenan A. Wyrobek, Brendan D. Wade, Zoltan Laszlo, Brian Boomgaard, Joshua Liu, Gregoire Vandenbussche, Kevin Nalecz, Radhika Gurumurthy
  • Publication number: 20240010336
    Abstract: A delivery device to deliver a product from an aerial location includes a body defining a payload holding region. The delivery device may further include a coupling mechanism configured to couple the body to a primary vehicle. The delivery device may further include a control feature configured to change a flight characteristic of the body. A method for delivering a product may include positioning a first unmanned aerial vehicle within a threshold distance of a delivery location. The method may further include releasing a second unmanned vehicle from the first unmanned aerial vehicle once the first unmanned aerial vehicle is within the threshold distance. The method may further include causing the second unmanned vehicle to reach the delivery location. The method may further include activating a delivery mechanism to release the product from the second unmanned vehicle to deliver the product to the delivery location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Keenan A. Wyrobek, Brendan D. Wade, Tristan Semmelhack, Devin Williams, Gregoire Vandenbussche, Rajan Gill, Brian Boomgaard
  • Patent number: 9445185
    Abstract: An audio listening device having a damped ball joint type interface between an ear-cup assembly and a headband assembly is provided. For example, the audio listening device can include a headband assembly comprising at least one end; an ear-cup assembly pivotably engaged to the at least one end of the headband assembly by an engagement structure, the engagement structure comprising at least two cooperatively coupled curved surfaces; and a damper rim coupled to the ear-cup assembly and to the at least one end of the headband assembly, wherein the damper rim is configured to at least partially constrict movement of the ear-cup assembly relative to the headband assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brunner, Gregoire Vandenbussche
  • Patent number: 9301039
    Abstract: A headphone includes a pair of right and left headphone units, a resilient band formed substantially into a U shape to be mounted on a human head, and a pair of arm members. Each of the arm members is rotatably coupled via a pivot joint to an end part of the band and supporting one the headphone units. Each of the pivot joints includes a detent hinge for locking into a plurality of rotational positions an arm member relatively to the corresponding end part of the band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brunner, Kenny Sweet, Gregoire Vandenbussche, Chris Fruhauf
  • Patent number: D760687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brunner, Rhys Bonahoom, Gregoire Vandenbussche, Nivay Anandarajah, Christopher Fruhauf
  • Patent number: D778255
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Robert Brunner, Gregoire Vandenbussche, Christopher Fruhauf
  • Patent number: D791103
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brunner, Rhys Bonahoom, Gregoire Vandenbussche, Nivay Anandarajah, Christopher Fruhauf
  • Patent number: D791733
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brunner, Rhys Bonahoom, Gregoire Vandenbussche, Nivay Anandarajah, Christopher Fruhauf
  • Patent number: D832233
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brunner, Gregoire Vandenbussche, Christopher Fruhauf
  • Patent number: D842275
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brunner, Gregoire Vandenbussche
  • Patent number: D843345
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brunner, Rhys Bonahoom, Gregoire Vandenbussche, Nivay Anandarajah, Christopher Fruhauf
  • Patent number: D876389
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brunner, Gregoire Vandenbussche, Christopher Fruhauf
  • Patent number: D889432
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brunner, Rhys Bonahoom, Gregoire Vandenbussche, Nivay Anandarajah, Christopher Fruhauf
  • Patent number: D921609
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brunner, Gregoire Vandenbussche, Christopher Fruhauf
  • Patent number: D925489
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brunner, Rhys Bonahoom, Gregoire Vandenbussche, Nivay Anandarajah, Christopher Fruhauf
  • Patent number: D935437
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brunner, Gregoire Vandenbussche, Christopher Fruhauf
  • Patent number: D950517
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brunner, Rhys Bonahoom, Gregoire Vandenbussche, Nivay Anandarajah, Christopher Fruhauf
  • Patent number: D958113
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brunner, Gregoire Vandenbussche
  • Patent number: D974326
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brunner, Rhys Bonahoom, Gregoire Vandenbussche, Nivay Anandarajah, Christopher Fruhauf
  • Patent number: D1024017
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brunner, Gregoire Vandenbussche