Patents by Inventor James McGrath
James McGrath 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).
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Patent number: 12617357Abstract: Road vehicle comprising an ignition system for the powertrain system comprising in turn a luminous device integral with the passenger compartment of the road vehicle and comprising a movable part configured to move between an off configuration and an on configuration; the luminous device comprising a display device configured to at least partially assume a first colour and a second colour; wherein the display device is configured to switch from the first colour to the second colour when the movable part switches from the off configuration to the on configuration and vice versa when the movable part switches from the on configuration to the off configuration.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2023Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Eugene Whang, Jeremy Bataillou, Anthony Ashcroft, Suhang Zhou, Benoit Louzaouen, Jemima Kiss, Christopher Wilson, Wan Si Wan, Biotz Natera, James McGrath, Roger Guyett, Joseph Luxton, Michael Matas, Patrick Kessler, Maximilian Romani, Vito Conigliaro
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Patent number: 12576761Abstract: A seat for a vehicle having: a base structure configured to be fixed to a floorboard of the vehicle; a cover, which is fixed on top of the base structure, covers the base structure and constitutes the outer part of the seat; and a series of connection devices of magnetic type, each of which has a first body, which is integral with the base structure, and a second body, which is integral with the cover and is configured to be firmly joined to the first body.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2023Date of Patent: March 17, 2026Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Eugene Whang, Jeremy Bataillou, Anthony Ashcroft, Suhang Zhou, Benoit Louzaouen, Jemima Kiss, Christopher Wilson, Wan Si Wan, Biotz Natera, James Mcgrath, Roger Guyett, Joseph Luxton, Michael Matas, Patrick Kessler, Patrizio Moruzzi, Luca Dusini, Marcello Pergola
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Patent number: 12565099Abstract: The control panel for a vehicle and having: a support body having its own front wall; and at least one displaying device which is configured to display information and is housed in the support body in the area of the front wall. The support body is mounted in a rotary manner so as to rotate around a rotation axis between a first position, in which the front wall of the support body is arranged substantially vertically to be viewed and a second position, in which the front wall of the support body is arranged substantially horizontally and faces downward to be hidden from the view.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2023Date of Patent: March 3, 2026Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Eugene Whang, Jeremy Bataillou, Anthony Ashcroft, Suhang Zhou, Benoit Louzaouen, Jemima Kiss, Christopher Wilson, Wan Si Wan, Biotz Natera, James McGrath, Roger Guyett, Joseph Luxton, Michael Matas, Patrick Kessler, Maximilian Romani, Vito Conigliaro, Matteo Lanzavecchia
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Patent number: 12545108Abstract: Content display device for a road vehicle; the content display device comprises a support element configured to be centrally mounted in the area of a dashboard of the road vehicle; at least one screen mechanically connected to the support element and configured to be visible to a passenger and/or to a driver while driving; the support element comprising a perimeter portion surrounding the screen; the device comprising tactile controls, which are arranged in the area of the perimeter portion and are flat relative to the portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2023Date of Patent: February 10, 2026Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Eugene Whang, Jeremy Bataillou, Anthony Ashcroft, Suhang Zhou, Benoit Louzaouen, Jemima Kiss, Christopher Wilson, Wan Si Wan, Biotz Natera, James Mcgrath, Roger Guyett, Joseph Luxton, Michael Matas, Patrick Kessler, Maximilian Romani, Vito Conigliaro
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Patent number: 12496903Abstract: A content display device for a road vehicle; the content display device comprising a support element configured to be mounted centrally at a dashboard of the road vehicle; at least one screen, mechanically connected to the support element and configured to be visible to a passenger and/or a driver while driving; a movement system hinged to the support element and hingeble to the dashboard for alternately rotating the screen towards the driver and/or towards the passenger.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2023Date of Patent: December 16, 2025Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Eugene Whang, Jeremy Bataillou, Anthony Ashcroft, Suhang Zhou, Benoit Louzaouen, Jemima Kiss, Christopher Wilson, Wan Si Wan, Biotz Natera, James Mcgrath, Roger Guyett, Joseph Luxton, Michael Matas, Patrick Kessler, Patrizio Moruzzi, Vito Conigliaro
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Patent number: 12485849Abstract: Road vehicle comprising a powertrain system; an ignition system for the powertrain system comprising in turn a slot integral with the passenger compartment of the road vehicle and configured to receive and accommodate a key for the ignition of the road vehicle; wherein the ignition system comprises a detection system, configured to detect the presence or absence of the key at the slot, and a control unit, which is connected to the detection system and to the powertrain system and is configured to enable the power supply to the powertrain system only when the key is detected at the slot.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2023Date of Patent: December 2, 2025Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Eugene Whang, Jeremy Bataillou, Anthony Ashcroft, Suhang Zhou, Benoit Louzaouen, Jemima Kiss, Christopher Wilson, Wan Si Wan, Biotz Natera, James Mcgrath, Roger Guyett, Joseph Luxton, Michael Matas, Patrick Kessler, Maximilian Romani, Vito Conigliaro
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Patent number: 12485758Abstract: A control panel for a vehicle and having: a digital screen; a pointer, which can be arranged on the digital screen and is mounted in a movable manner so as to move on the digital screen; and an actuator device configured to move the pointer on the digital screen. The pointer is movable so as to be arranged on the digital screen and to be arranged beside the digital screen and without overlap on the digital screen. The actuator device transmits the motion to the pointer through a contactless magnetic coupling.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2023Date of Patent: December 2, 2025Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Eugene Whang, Jeremy Bataillou, Anthony Ashcroft, Suhang Zhou, Benoit Louzaouen, Jemima Kiss, Christopher Wilson, Wan Si Wan, Biotz Natera, James Mcgrath, Roger Guyett, Joseph Luxton, Michael Matas, Patrick Kessler, Benedetto Vigna, Maximilian Romani, Vito Conigliaro, Matteo Lanzavecchia
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Patent number: 12461602Abstract: Content display device for a road vehicle; the content display device comprises a support element configured to be centrally mounted in the area of a dashboard of the road vehicle; at least one screen mechanically connected to the support element and configured to be visible to a passenger and/or to a driver while driving; the support element comprising a perimeter portion surrounding the screen; the device comprising mechanical controls arranged on and protruding from the perimeter portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2023Date of Patent: November 4, 2025Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Eugene Whang, Jeremy Bataillou, Anthony Ashcroft, Suhang Zhou, Benoit Louzaouen, Jemima Kiss, Christopher Wilson, Wan Si Wan, Biotz Natera, James McGrath, Roger Guyett, Joseph Luxton, Michael Matas, Patrick Kessler, Maximilian Romani, Vito Conigliaro, Giacomo Medici, Alessandro Pilichi
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Patent number: 12447878Abstract: Seat for a vehicle and having: a base structure configured to be fixed to a floorboard of the vehicle; and a cover that covers the base structure and constitutes the outermost part of the seat. The cover has at least one reversible component which is fixed to the rest of the seat in a separable manner and has two opposite faces, each capable of being arranged outwards or, alternatively, inwards reversing the orientation of the reversible component.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2023Date of Patent: October 21, 2025Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Eugene Whang, Jeremy Bataillou, Anthony Ashcroft, Suhang Zhou, Benoit Louzaouen, Jemima Kiss, Christopher Wilson, Wan Si Wan, Biotz Natera, James Mcgrath, Roger Guyett, Joseph Luxton, Michael Matas, Patrick Kessler, Patrizio Moruzzi, Luca Dusini, Marcello Pergola
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Patent number: 12391119Abstract: A control panel for a vehicle and having: a main digital screen having at least one through opening made within it and completely surrounded by the main digital screen; a secondary digital screen, which is arranged behind the main digital screen in the area of the through opening of the main digital screen so that it is visible through the through opening; a pointer, which can be arranged between the main digital screen and the secondary digital screen and is mounted in a movable manner so as to move on the secondary digital screen; and an actuator device configured to move the pointer on the secondary digital screen.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2023Date of Patent: August 19, 2025Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Eugene Whang, Jeremy Bataillou, Anthony Ashcroft, Suhang Zhou, Benoit Louzaouen, Jemima Kiss, Christopher Wilson, Wan Si Wan, Biotz Natera, James McGrath, Roger Guyett, Joseph Luxton, Michael Matas, Patrick Kessler, Benedetto Vigna, Maximilian Romani, Vito Conigliaro, Matteo Lanzavecchia
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Patent number: 12337753Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a steering wheel and an activation device operable to cause the motor vehicle to switch to an activation state, in which the motor vehicle becomes responsive to one or more specific commands of a driver, characterized in that the steering wheel comprises a transparent portion and a light emission device configured to light the transparent portion when the motor vehicle switches to the activation state by the activation device.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2023Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Eugene Whang, Jeremy Bataillou, Anthony Ashcroft, Suhang Zhou, Benoit Louzaouen, Jemima Kiss, Christopher Wilson, Wan Si Wan, Biotz Natera, James McGrath, Roger Guyett, Joseph Luxton, Michael Matas, Patrick Kessler, Patrizio Moruzzi, Gianluca Fumarola, Vito Conigliaro
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Patent number: 12296682Abstract: A road vehicle comprising a vehicle dashboard, comprising in turn an exposed surface visible from within the passenger compartment; a content display device comprising a projection device which can be rolled up and unrolled, provided with a foldable screen; the projection device further comprising a support structure on which the rear main surface of the foldable screen is mounted; the support structure being rollable and unrollable around a winding axis, arranged within the vehicle dashboard; the vehicle dashboard further comprising a slit on the exposed surface and configured to be traversed by the foldable screen and by the support structure during the rolling up and/or unrolling of the projection device.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2023Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Eugene Whang, Jeremy Bataillou, Anthony Ashcroft, Suhang Zhou, Benoit Louzaouen, Jemima Kiss, Christopher Wilson, Wan Si Wan, Biotz Natera, James Mcgrath, Roger Guyett, Joseph Luxton, Michael Matas, Patrick Kessler, Patrizio Moruzzi, Vito Conigliaro
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Publication number: 20250122615Abstract: A method of cleaning a chamber of a plasma processing device to remove depositions formed after the plasma processing device has been used to deposit a dielectric material including silicon and carbon by introducing a first cleaning gas mixture into the chamber through a first gas inlet in a first introducing step; generating a first plasma in the chamber from the first cleaning gas mixture in a first cleaning step; introducing a second cleaning gas mixture into a remote plasma source in a second introducing step; generating a second plasma in the remote plasma source from a second cleaning gas mixture in a remote plasma generating step; and performing a second cleaning step by allowing fluorine radicals from the second plasma to enter the chamber and introducing a third cleaning gas mixture into the chamber at the same time as the fluorine radicals from the second plasma.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2024Publication date: April 17, 2025Inventors: Matthew EDMONDS, William ROYLE, Caitlin Lane JONES, Daniel GOMEZ-SANCHEZ, Kathrine CROOK, Constantine FRAGOS, James MCGRATH
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Patent number: 12227075Abstract: Road vehicle comprising a passenger compartment configured to accommodate a driver and at least one passenger alongside the driver; a vehicle dashboard; a steering wheel; a content display device comprises: a support element hinged in the area of a central portion of the vehicle dashboard, at the front between a driver's seat and a passenger's seat; at least one screen mechanically connected to the support element and configured to be visible to a passenger and/or to a driver while driving; a time measurement system, in particular a chronograph; the vehicle comprises mechanical controls arranged, namely mounted, in the area of the steering to give instructions to the time measurement system.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2023Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: FERRARI S.P.A.Inventors: Jonathan P. Ive, Eugene Whang, Jeremy Bataillou, Anthony Ashcroft, Suhang Zhou, Benoit Louzaouen, Jemima Kiss, Christopher Wilson, Wan Si Wan, Biotz Natera, James Mcgrath, Roger Guyett, Joseph Luxton, Michael Matas, Patrick Kessler, Maximilian Romani, Vito Conigliaro
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Patent number: D1041683Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2023Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: James O'Callaghan, Graham Coult, Vladimir Marinov, Peter Lenk, Stefan Behling, David Summerfield, David Nelson, James McGrath, Roger Ridsdill-Smith, James Bishop, Rafe Bertram, Robert Bridger, Jonathan P Siegel
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Patent number: D1080022Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2022Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Stefan Behling, David Summerfield, David Nelson, James McGrath, Wolfgang Muller, Krzysztof Szymanski, Rafe Bertram, Lorenzo Poli, Bernd Richter, Robert Bridger, Jonathan P. Siegel, Vasco Agnoli, Casey Feeney
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Patent number: D1078099Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jonathan P. Siegel, Christopher M. Green, James Andrus, David del Villar Fernandez, David Nelson, Stefan Behling, David Summerfield, James McGrath, Ed Wright, Bo Yoon, Ton Men Banh
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Patent number: D1097202Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: October 7, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christopher Daniel Peak, Jonathan P. Siegel, Christopher M. Green, David Nelson, Stefan Behling, David Summerfield, James McGrath, Peter Han, Adrian Parkinson
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Patent number: D1116157Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2023Date of Patent: March 3, 2026Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christopher M. Green, Doo Ho Lee, Patrick O'Brien, Jonathan P. Siegel, Deverell Smith, Stefan Behling, James Mcgrath, David Summerfield
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Patent number: D1130784Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2024Date of Patent: June 16, 2026Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: James O'Callaghan, Graham Coult, Vladimir Marinov, Peter Lenk, Stefan Behling, David Summerfield, David Nelson, James Mcgrath, Roger Ridsdill-Smith, James Bishop, Rafe Bertram, Robert Bridger, Jonathan P. Siegel