Patents by Inventor Jeffrey D. Bricker

Jeffrey D. Bricker 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).

  • Patent number: 11689038
    Abstract: A dual electronic device wireless charger provided with a base with a socket configured to receive an inner charging module; the inner charging module coupled to the base by a cable; and an outer charging element of the base provided concentric around the socket. The inner charging module movable from a compact mode seated within the socket to an expanded mode displaced apart from the base. In the compact mode the dual electronic device wireless charger may wirelessly charge an electronic device via the inner charging module or the outer charging element and in the expanded mode both the inner charging module and the outer charging element may wirelessly charge separate electronic devices, simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Xentris Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Vivek Patel, Norikiyo I. Honda, Michael Joseph Culen, Jeffrey D. Bricker
  • Publication number: 20220069600
    Abstract: A dual electronic device wireless charger provided with a base with a socket configured to receive an inner charging module; the inner charging module coupled to the base by a cable; and an outer charging element of the base provided concentric around the socket. The inner charging module movable from a compact mode seated within the socket to an expanded mode displaced apart from the base. In the compact mode the dual electronic device wireless charger may wirelessly charge an electronic device via the inner charging module or the outer charging element and in the expanded mode both the inner charging module and the outer charging element may wirelessly charge separate electronic devices, simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Vivek Patel, Norikiyo I. Honda, Michael Joseph Culen, Jeffrey D. Bricker
  • Patent number: 7354006
    Abstract: A configurable track segment for use in creating track layouts for toy vehicles is easily reconfigurable between three different configurations: having a male connector structure at one end thereof and a female connector structure at the other end thereof, having male connector structures at both ends thereof, and having female connector structures at both ends thereof. The configurable track segment includes a center piece and two end pieces. Each of the two end pieces has a male connector structure extending from one end thereof and a female connector structure formed at an opposite end thereof. The end pieces are attached to the center piece by link structures such that the end pieces may be rotated with respect to the center piece to present either the male or female connector structures thereof at the respective end of the track segment formed by the end piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: RC2 Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Bricker