Patents by Inventor John Alfred Whitmore

John Alfred Whitmore 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).

  • Mobile wireless communications device with shunt component and related methods
    Patent number: 9621694
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing including at least one electrically conductive housing portion configured to function as an antenna. The mobile wireless communications device may also include a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, and wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the PCB and including at least one circuit element carried by the PCB. The mobile wireless communications device may also include at least one current shunt component coupled between the at least one electrically conductive housing portion and the at least one circuit element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventors: Joshua Kwan Ho Wong, John Alfred Whitmore, Adrian Matthew Cooke, Steven Eugene Downs, Jari Kristian Van Wonterghem
  • Mobile wireless communications device with an integrated battery/antenna and related methods
    Patent number: 9413057
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a cellular transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a battery carried by the portable housing and comprising a pair of electrodes and an electrolyte therebetween. The mobile wireless communications device may further include a wireless communications circuit carried by the portable housing and configured to wirelessly communicate via at least one of the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Joshua Kwan Ho Wong, John Alfred Whitmore, Ying Tong Man
  • Mobile wireless communications device with electrically conductive continuous ring and related methods
    Patent number: 9293807
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing that may include an electrically conductive continuous ring defining a perimeter of the portable housing. The electrically conductive continuous ring may be configured to function as an antenna. The mobile wireless communications device may further include a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing and may include an electrically conductive layer defining a ground plane. The mobile wireless communications device may further include wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the PCB and coupled to the antenna. The mobile wireless communications device may also include an electrically conductive shorting member coupled between the electrically conductive continuous ring and the ground plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventors: Joshua Kwan Ho Wong, John Alfred Whitmore, Adrian Matthew Cooke, Steven Eugene Downs, Jari Kristian Van Wonterghem
  • Mobile wireless communications device including a slot antenna and related methods
    Patent number: 8941550
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing and a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing. The mobile wireless communications device may also include at least one electronic component carried by the PCB and an electrically conductive enclosure coupled to the PCB and having a top spaced above the PCB over the at least one electronic component. The top of the electrically conductive enclosure may have a slot therein defining a slot antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: John Alfred Whitmore, Ying Tong Man
  • MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONTINUOUS RING AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20140232604
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing that may include an electrically conductive continuous ring defining a perimeter of the portable housing. The electrically conductive continuous ring may be configured to function as an antenna. The mobile wireless communications device may further include a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing and may include an electrically conductive layer defining a ground plane. The mobile wireless communications device may further include wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the PCB and coupled to the antenna. The mobile wireless communications device may also include an electrically conductive shorting member coupled between the electrically conductive continuous ring and the ground plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventors: JOSHUA KWAN HO WONG, JOHN ALFRED WHITMORE, ADRIAN MATTHEW COOKE, STEVEN EUGENE DOWNS, JARI KRISTIAN VAN WONTERGHEM
  • Mobile wireless communications device with electrically conductive continuous ring and related methods
    Patent number: 8774880
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing that may include an electrically conductive continuous ring defining a perimeter of the portable housing. The electrically conductive continuous ring may be configured to function as an antenna. The mobile wireless communications device may further include a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing and may include an electrically conductive layer defining a ground plane. The mobile wireless communications device may further include wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the PCB and coupled to the antenna. The mobile wireless communications device may also include an electrically conductive shorting member coupled between the electrically conductive continuous ring and the ground plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Joshua Kwan Ho Wong, John Alfred Whitmore, Adrian Matthew Cooke, Steven Eugene Downs, Jari Kristian Van Wonterghem
  • MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH SHUNT COMPONENT AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20140099993
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing including at least one electrically conductive housing portion configured to function as an antenna. The mobile wireless communications device may also include a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, and wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the PCB and including at least one circuit element carried by the PCB. The mobile wireless communications device may also include at least one current shunt component coupled between the at least one electrically conductive housing portion and the at least one circuit element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: BLACKBERRY LIMITED
    Inventors: JOSHUA KWAN HO WONG, JOHN ALFRED WHITMORE, ADRIAN MATTHEW COOKE, STEVEN EUGENE DOWNS, JARI KRISTIAN VAN WONTERGHEM
  • Mobile wireless communications device with shunt component and related methods
    Patent number: 8615279
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing including at least one electrically conductive housing portion configured to function as an antenna. The mobile wireless communications device may also include a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, and wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the PCB and including at least one circuit element carried by the PCB. The mobile wireless communications device may also include at least one current shunt component coupled between the at least one electrically conductive housing portion and the at least one circuit element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Joshua Kwan Ho Wong, John Alfred Whitmore, Adrian Matthew Cooke, Steven Eugene Downs, Jari Kristian Van Wonterghem
  • MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE INCLUDING A SLOT ANTENNA AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20130063314
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing and a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing. The mobile wireless communications device may also include at least one electronic component carried by the PCB and an electrically conductive enclosure coupled to the PCB and having a top spaced above the PCB over the at least one electronic component. The top of the electrically conductive enclosure may have a slot therein defining a slot antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: John Alfred Whitmore, Ying Tong Man
  • MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH SHUNT COMPONENT AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20120021701
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing including at least one electrically conductive housing portion configured to function as an antenna. The mobile wireless communications device may also include a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, and wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the PCB and including at least one circuit element carried by the PCB. The mobile wireless communications device may also include at least one current shunt component coupled between the at least one electrically conductive housing portion and the at least one circuit element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Joshua Kwan Ho Wong, John Alfred Whitmore, Adrian Matthew Cooke, Steven Eugene Downs, Jari Kristian van Wonterghem
  • MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE CONTINUOUS RING AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20120019418
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing that may include an electrically conductive continuous ring defining a perimeter of the portable housing. The electrically conductive continuous ring may be configured to function as an antenna. The mobile wireless communications device may further include a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing and may include an electrically conductive layer defining a ground plane. The mobile wireless communications device may further include wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the PCB and coupled to the antenna. The mobile wireless communications device may also include an electrically conductive shorting member coupled between the electrically conductive continuous ring and the ground plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Joshua Kwan Ho Wong, John Alfred Whitmore, Adrian Matthew Cooke, Steven Eugene Downs, Jari Kristian van Wonterghem
  • MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH AN INTEGRATED BATTERY/ANTENNA AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20110275421
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a cellular transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a battery carried by the portable housing and comprising a pair of electrodes and an electrolyte therebetween. The mobile wireless communications device may further include a wireless communications circuit carried by the portable housing and configured to wirelessly communicate via at least one of the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Joshua Kwan Ho Wong, John Alfred Whitmore, Ying Tong Man