Patents by Inventor Kanth Nalini Kurumaddali

Kanth Nalini Kurumaddali 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).

  • Tapered-fang electronic connector
    Patent number: 9728915
    Abstract: An electronic connector includes a base, and one or more tapered extensions protruding from the base. Each tapered extension includes a nose forming a terminal end of that tapered extension. Each tapered extension further includes first and second connection faces that form respective opposing sides of that tapered extension, and that taper toward each other from the base to the nose. Each tapered extension further includes first and second flank surfaces that form respective opposing sides of that tapered extension, and that taper toward each other from the base to the nose between the first and second connection faces. Each tapered extension further includes a first forward set of plural electrical contacts and a first rearward electrical contact located along the first connection face. Each tapered extension further includes a second forward set of plural electrical contacts and a second rearward electrical contact located along the second connection face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Yazan Aldehayyat, Wei Guo, Ivan Andrew McCracken, Duane Martin Evans, Kanth Nalini Kurumaddali
  • TAPERED-FANG ELECTRONIC CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20160344146
    Abstract: An electronic connector includes a base, and one or more tapered extensions protruding from the base. Each tapered extension includes a nose forming a terminal end of that tapered extension. Each tapered extension further includes first and second connection faces that form respective opposing sides of that tapered extension, and that taper toward each other from the base to the nose. Each tapered extension further includes first and second flank surfaces that form respective opposing sides of that tapered extension, and that taper toward each other from the base to the nose between the first and second connection faces. Each tapered extension further includes a first forward set of plural electrical contacts and a first rearward electrical contact located along the first connection face. Each tapered extension further includes a second forward set of plural electrical contacts and a second rearward electrical contact located along the second connection face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Yazan Aldehayyat, Wei Guo, Ivan Andrew McCracken, Duane Martin Evans, Kanth Nalini Kurumaddali