Patents by Inventor Jose Efrain Alcorta

Jose Efrain Alcorta 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).

  • Slider assembly for a housing of a mobile computing device
    Patent number: 8233948
    Abstract: A mobile computing device is provided that includes a front housing segment and a back housing segment. The front housing segment includes a first front slot and a first front securement feature or cleat. The back housing segment includes a first back slot and a first securement feature or cleat. The front housing segment and the back housing segment are positioned so that the first back securement feature is received and slideably engaged with the first front slot, and the first front securement feature is received and slideably engaged with the first back cleat. A combination of (i) the first back securement feature being received and slideably engaged with the first front slot, and (ii) the first front securement feature being received and slideably engaged with the first back securement feature, enable the front housing segment and the back housing segment to slide along a path that includes an extended position and a contracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Michael Francisco, Troy Hulick, Yoshimichi Matsuoka, Jose Efrain Alcorta, David Northway, Troy Carter, Heather Lynn Klaubert, Susanne Meissner
  • Incorporating a portable digital music player into a vehicle audio system
    Patent number: 7668576
    Abstract: A carriage receives and secures a portable digital music player in a vehicle audio system. The carriage is mechanically engagable with a dock of the vehicle audio system. Access and control over a portable digital music player received and secured by the vehicle audio system may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: DashJack, Inc.
    Inventors: Jesse Ellenbogen, Sung Kim, Scott M. DeWinter, Jose Efrain Alcorta, William Richardson Jones, III, Perry Anderson
  • SLIDER ASSEMBLY FOR A HOUSING OF A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090147471
    Abstract: A mobile computing device is provided that includes a front housing segment and a back housing segment. The front housing segment includes a first front slot and a first front securement feature or cleat. The back housing segment includes a first back slot and a first securement feature or cleat. The front housing segment and the back housing segment are positioned so that the first back securement feature is received and slideably engaged with the first front slot, and the first front securement feature is received and slideably engaged with the first back cleat. A combination of (i) the first back securement feature being received and slideably engaged with the first front slot, and (ii)the first front securement feature being received and slideably engaged with the first back securement feature, enable the front housing segment and the back housing segment to slide along a path that includes an extended position and a contracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Francisco, Troy Hulick, Yoshimichi Matsuoka, Jose Efrain Alcorta, David Northway, Troy Carter, Heather Lynn Klaubert, Susanne Meissner