Patents by Inventor J. Cooper

J. Cooper 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: 20210135361
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with antennas for receiving signals in first and second ultra-wideband communications bands. The antennas may include a resonating element formed from conductive traces on a dielectric substrate. The substrate may be mounted to an underlying flexible printed circuit. A fence of conductive vias may extend from the resonating element, through the substrate and the flexible printed circuit, to a ground plane on the flexible printed circuit. The fence may form a return path for the antenna. A shielding ring may be formed on the substrate. Additional fences of vias may couple the shielding ring to the ground plane. If desired, the resonating element may include a patch that is not shorted to the ground plane. The fences of vias, the conductive traces, and the ground plane may form a continuous antenna cavity for the resonating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Aaron J. Cooper, Amin Tayebi, Carlo di Nallo, Zheyu Wang
  • Patent number: 10957978
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an antenna for receiving signals in first and second ultra-wideband communications bands. The antenna may include a first arm that radiates in the first band and a second arm that radiates in the second band. The antenna may be fed by a stripline. A microstrip may couple the stripline to the first and second arms and may be configured to match the impedance of the stripline to the impedance of the first and second arms in the first and second bands, respectively. Sets of antennas tuned to different frequencies may be fed by the same transmission line and may collectively exhibit a relatively wide bandwidth. A conductive shielding layer or other conductive components may be layered over the antennas to mitigate cross-polarization interference at the antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron J. Cooper, Amin Tayebi, Carlo Di Nallo, Vinh T. Le
  • Patent number: 10931013
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with antennas for receiving signals in first and second ultra-wideband communications bands. The antennas may include a resonating element formed from conductive traces on a dielectric substrate. The substrate may be mounted to an underlying flexible printed circuit. A fence of conductive vias may extend from the resonating element, through the substrate and the flexible printed circuit, to a ground plane on the flexible printed circuit. The fence may form a return path for the antenna. A shielding ring may be formed on the substrate. Additional fences of vias may couple the shielding ring to the ground plane. If desired, the resonating element may include a patch that is not shorted to the ground plane. The fences of vias, the conductive traces, and the ground plane may form a continuous antenna cavity for the resonating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Aaron J. Cooper, Amin Tayebi, Carlo di Nallo, Zheyu Wang
  • Patent number: 10903566
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry that includes antenna structures used to determine the position and orientation of the electronic device relative to external wireless equipment. The electronic device may include a housing having a planar conductive layer, a first slot antenna that includes a first bent slot element in the planar conductive layer, and a second slot antenna that includes a second bent slot element in the planar conductive layer. The first and second bent slot elements may be configured to receive radio-frequency signals at the same frequency. The first and second bent slot elements may have the same shape. The electronic device may include control circuitry configured to measure a phase difference between the radio-frequency signals received by the first and second slot antennas. The control circuitry may identify an angle of arrival of the received radio-frequency signals based on the measured phase difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Carlo Di Nallo, Mattia Pascolini, Aaron J. Cooper, Amin Tayebi
  • Publication number: 20200411986
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with an antenna for receiving signals in first and second ultra-wideband communications bands. The antenna may include a first arm that radiates in the first band and a second arm that radiates in the second band. The antenna may be fed by a stripline. A microstrip may couple the stripline to the first and second arms and may be configured to match the impedance of the stripline to the impedance of the first and second arms in the first and second bands, respectively. Sets of antennas tuned to different frequencies may be fed by the same transmission line and may collectively exhibit a relatively wide bandwidth. A conductive shielding layer or other conductive components may be layered over the antennas to mitigate cross-polarization interference at the antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron J. Cooper, Amin Tayebi, Carlo Di Nallo, Vinh T. Le
  • Publication number: 20200379526
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a frame configured to receive and support an electronic component, a shell defining an internal volume sized to encompass the frame and the electronic component, the shell being slidably removable from the frame, the electronic component positioned within the internal volume and including an aperture, and a sealing member including a seal body and a compressible lip extending from the seal body, the sealing member at least partially surrounding the electronic component. The compressible lip is oriented such that the shell compresses the lip in a direction against the seal body at a first position adjacent to the electronic component and in the direction against the seal body at a second position adjacent to the electronic component opposite the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Bart K. Andre, Edward J. Cooper, Brett W. Degner, Houtan R. Farahani, Steven A. Gerasimoff, William H. Greenbaum, James T. Handy, Daniel D. Hershey, PengYuan Huang, Eric A. Knopf, Richard D. Kosoglow, Mariel L. Lanas, Michael E. Leclerc, Michael D. McBroom, Rodrigo Dutervil Mubarak, David C. Parell, Sabrina K. Paseman, Eric R. Prather, Jacob W. Rutheiser, Christopher G. Siegel, Cheng-Han Yang, James M. Cuseo, Francesco Ferretti
  • Patent number: 10801551
    Abstract: A power transmission device includes a quill shaft having a first end and a second end, a first shaft engaged with the first end of the quill shaft, and a second shaft engaged with the second end of the quill shaft. An ejector orifice is provided at the second end of the quill shaft distal from the first shaft such that the ejector orifice forms an oblique angle with respect to the quill shaft, and the ejector orifice is adapted to eject a fluid therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan W. Ottow, Nathan J. Cooper
  • Publication number: 20200316225
    Abstract: Targeted non-surgical administration of a nucleic acid formulation to the suprachoroidal space (SCS) of the eye of a human subject permits effective treatment of ocular disorders, including posterior ocular or choroidal maladies. In one embodiment, the method comprises inserting a hollow microneedle into the eye at an insertion site and infusing a nucleic acid formulation through the inserted microneedle and into the suprachoroidal space of the eye. The infused nucleic acid formulation flows within the suprachoroidal space away from the insertion site. In one embodiment, the fluid nucleic acid formulation comprises nucleic acid nanoparticles consisting of one molecule of nucleic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Donna Taraborelli, Jesse Yoo, Glenn Noronha, Mark J. Cooper, Robert C. Moen, Daniel White, Rick McElheny
  • Publication number: 20200304216
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with wireless circuitry that is tested in a test system. The test system may include test probes. Circuitry under test may wirelessly transmit test signals. The test probes may receive the test signals at multiple locations. Circuitry may measure direct current (DC) voltages generated by the test probes and may convert the voltages to electric field magnitudes. A test host may process the electric field magnitudes to determine whether the circuitry under test exhibits a satisfactory radiation pattern. The test probes may include dielectric substrates and one or more dipole elements coupled to respective diodes. The dipole elements may include indium tin oxide (ITO) and may include first and second sets of orthogonal dipole elements. Transmission lines coupled to the dipole elements may include ITO and may form low pass filters that convert rectified voltages produced by the diodes into the DC voltages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron J. Cooper, Amin Tayebi, Breanna E. Bredesen, Carlo Di Nallo, Michael J. Williams, Nikolaj P. Kammersgaard, Qian Zhang, Tyler R. Roschuk
  • Patent number: 10765384
    Abstract: A system and method that acquire (i) at least a reference image including one of a preoperative image of a surgical site with skeletal and articulating bones and a contralateral image on an opposite side of the patient from the surgical site, and (ii) at least an intraoperative image of the site after an implant has been affixed to the articulating bone. The system generates at least one reference landmark point on at least one anatomical feature on the articulating bone in the reference image and at least one intraoperative landmark point on that anatomical feature in the intraoperative image. The reference and intraoperative images are compared, and differences between the orientation of the articulating bone in the two images are utilized to analyze at least one of offset and length differential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Noah D. Wollowick, Andrew J. Cooper
  • Patent number: 10761571
    Abstract: This application relates to a portable electronic device. The portable electronic device includes a housing including (i) a first case, and (ii) a second case that is capable of pivoting relative to the first case. The portable electronic device further includes a linkage assembly that includes a first joint that is joined to the first case, a second joint that is joined to the first case, a third joint that is joined to the second case, where the second and third joints define a first link, and a fourth joint that is joined to the second case, the first and fourth joints defining a second link, where when an input motion is applied at the second link, the second link oscillates to cause the first link to move such that the first and second cases pivot between a closed configuration and an open configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Edward J. Cooper, Ari P. Miller, Kevin M. Robinson, Ian A. Guy
  • Patent number: 10758198
    Abstract: A system and method for analyzing images to optimize orthopaedic functionality at a site within a patient, including obtaining at least a first, reference image of the site, or a corresponding contralateral site, the first image including at least a first anatomical region or a corresponding anatomical region. At least a second, intra-operative results image of the site is obtained. At least one stationary base with at least two base points is selected to serve as a reference for both images during analysis including at least one of scaling, calculations, and image comparisons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Noah D. Wollowick, Andrew J. Cooper, Xiu Jiang, Cameron Albert
  • Patent number: 10752999
    Abstract: An article that includes a structured substrate having a macro-porous structure that defines a plurality of pores, and a metallic nano-crystalline coating on at least a portion of the structured substrate, where the metallic nano-crystalline coating defines an average grain size less than about 20 nanometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Claude Rice, Maxwell Layman, Robert F. Proctor, Philip M. Bastnagel, Mark E. Bartolomeo, Jonathan Michael Rivers, Eric Handa, Aaron Martin, Christopher I. Hamilton, Jonathan P. Acker, Nathan J. Cooper
  • Publication number: 20200264735
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a navigation application with a novel declutter navigation mode. In some embodiments, the navigation application has a declutter control that when selected, directs the navigation application to simplify a navigation presentation by removing or de-emphasizing non-essential items that are displayed in the navigation presentation. In some embodiments, the declutter control is a mode-selecting control that allows the navigation presentation to toggle between normal first navigation presentation and a simplified second navigation presentation, which below is also referred to as a decluttered navigation presentation. During normal mode operation, the navigation presentation of some embodiments provides (1) a representation of the navigated route, (2) representations of the roads along the navigated route, (3) representation of major and minor roads that intersect or are near the navigated route, and (4) representations of buildings and other objects in the navigated scene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Berk, Bradley L. Spare, Edward J. Cooper
  • Publication number: 20200266539
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with antennas for receiving signals in first and second ultra-wideband communications bands. The antennas may include a resonating element formed from conductive traces on a dielectric substrate. The substrate may be mounted to an underlying flexible printed circuit. A fence of conductive vias may extend from the resonating element, through the substrate and the flexible printed circuit, to a ground plane on the flexible printed circuit. The fence may form a return path for the antenna. A shielding ring may be formed on the substrate. Additional fences of vias may couple the shielding ring to the ground plane. If desired, the resonating element may include a patch that is not shorted to the ground plane. The fences of vias, the conductive traces, and the ground plane may form a continuous antenna cavity for the resonating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron J. Cooper, Amin Tayebi, Carlo di Nallo, Zheyu Wang
  • Patent number: 10724143
    Abstract: There is disclosed an electrochemical deblocking solution for use on an electrode microarray. There is further disclosed a method for electrochemical synthesis on an electrode array using the electrochemical deblocking solution. The solution and method are for removing acid-labile protecting groups for synthesis of oligonucleotides, peptides, small molecules, or polymers on a microarray of electrodes while substantially improving isolation of deblocking to active electrodes. The method comprises applying a voltage or a current to at least one electrode of an array of electrodes. The array of electrodes is covered by the electrochemical deblocking solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: CustomArray, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl Maurer, John J. Cooper
  • Patent number: 10717668
    Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to edge sealing techniques for vacuum insulating glass (VIG) units. More particularly, certain example embodiments relate to techniques for providing localized heating to edge seals of units, and/or unitized ovens for accomplishing the same. In certain example embodiments, a unit is pre-heated to one or more intermediate temperatures, localized heating via at least one substantially two-dimensional array of heat sources is provided proximate to the peripheral edges of the unit so as to melt frits placed thereon, and cooled. In certain non-limiting implementations, the pre-heating and/or cooling may be provided in one or more steps. An oven for accomplishing the same may include multiple zones for performing the above-noted steps, each zone optionally including one or more chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: GUARDIAN GLASS, LLC.
    Inventors: Hong Wang, David J. Cooper
  • Patent number: 10703667
    Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to edge sealing techniques for vacuum insulating glass (VIG) units. More particularly, certain example embodiments relate to techniques for providing localized heating to edge seals of units, and/or unitized ovens for accomplishing the same. In certain example embodiments, a unit is pre-heated to one or more intermediate temperatures, localized heating (e.g., from one or more substantially linear focused IR heat sources) is provided proximate to the peripheral edges of the unit so as to melt frits placed thereon, and cooled. In certain non-limiting implementations, the pre-heating and/or cooling may be provided in one or more steps. An oven for accomplishing the same may include multiple zones for performing the above-noted steps, each zone optionally including one or more chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: GUARDIAN GLASS, LLC
    Inventor: David J. Cooper
  • Publication number: 20200203095
    Abstract: Key assemblies having a foldable stabilizer are disclosed. The stabilizer can be positioned under a keycap to help guide the keycap and limit rotation or movement when the key is pressed. The stabilizer can have a pointed-star shape with multiple folding axes and can have multiple points of connection or linkage to the keycap or other surrounding components. The stabilizer can unfold or flatten as the keycap is pressed and can fold as the keycap is raised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Ian A. Guy, Ari P. Miller, Edward J. Cooper, Houtan R. Farahani, Kevin M. Robinson
  • Publication number: 20200201910
    Abstract: A system for providing a graph protocol for forming a decentralized and distributed graph database is disclosed. The system involves receiving, from a device, a bid request to generate a graph on a graph protocol network via the graph protocol. A plurality of masternodes in the system may transmit ask requests associated with providing storage and computation power to service the bid request. If the system determines that the requirements of the bid request match or correlate with the requirements of the ask request, the system may select any masternodes having matching or correlating ask requests to service the ask request. The system may then arrange the masternodes into a unique artificially-intelligent router of the graph protocol network. The system may then proceed to generate the graph on the graph protocol network by utilizing the masternodes of the router and may process any queries associated with the generated graph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: Graphen, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthieu L. Gavaudan, Peiqi Jin, Yang Yang, Ching-Yung Lin, Hal J. Cooper