Patents by Inventor Jeffrey A. Apgar

Jeffrey A. Apgar 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).

  • Rotational apparatus for communication
    Patent number: 8199493
    Abstract: An apparatus including: a first housing and a second housing joined at a joint that is configured to enable relative rotational movement of the first housing and the second housing. The first housing includes a first grounded portion and a first coupling element. The second housing includes a second grounded portion and a second coupling element. The apparatus has a first configuration in which the first housing and the second housing have been rotated to a first relative orientation at which the first coupling element and the second coupling element are aligned and a radio frequency current path is formed between the first grounded portion and the second grounded portion via the first coupling element and the second coupling element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Apgar, Huan-Sheng Hwang, Edward Liljegren, Lizhi Zheng
  • Rotational apparatus for communication
    Publication number: 20110043970
    Abstract: An apparatus including: a first housing and a second housing joined at a joint that is configured to enable relative rotational movement of the first housing and the second housing. The first housing includes a first grounded portion and a first coupling element. The second housing includes a second grounded portion and a second coupling element. The apparatus has a first configuration in which the first housing and the second housing have been rotated to a first relative orientation at which the first coupling element and the second coupling element are aligned and a radio frequency current path is formed between the first grounded portion and the second grounded portion via the first coupling element and the second coupling element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Jeffrey Apgar, Huan-Sheng Hwang, Edward Liljegren, Lizhi Zheng
  • Apparatus with swivel hinge and associated method
    Publication number: 20100331059
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a first housing member, a second housing member, and a rotatable hinge. The first housing member includes a first magnet. The second housing member includes a second magnet. The second magnet is opposite the first magnet. The rotatable hinge is between the first housing member and the second housing member. The rotatable hinge includes an aperture and a central axis. The aperture is adapted to be accessible from an exterior portion of the apparatus. The first housing member and the second housing member are rotatable about the central axis. The aperture extends through the first housing member and the second housing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Jeffrey Apgar, Edward Liljegren
  • Portable hose reel
    Patent number: D352232
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Assignee: Suncast Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey A. Apgar
  • Housing for power amplifier with integral fan
    Patent number: D383116
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 2, 1997
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Gerard Hoss, Jeffrey Alan Walter, Jeffrey Apgar
  • Raised platform with integrated ramps
    Patent number: D1007095
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventors: Jeffrey Allen Apgar, Eric Jeffrey Apgar