Patents by Inventor Ken Silverman

Ken Silverman 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).

  • Anodized electroplated aluminum structures
    Patent number: 10508350
    Abstract: Anodized electroplated aluminum structures and methods for making the same are disclosed. Cosmetic structures according to embodiments of the invention are provided by electroplating a non-cosmetic structure with aluminum and then anodizing the electroplated aluminum. This produces cosmetic structures that may possess desired structural and cosmetic properties and that may be suitable for use as housing or support members of electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Silverman, Ronald Moller, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher D. Prest, Rimple Bhatia, Paul Choiniere, Lucy Elizabeth Browning, Masashige Tatebe
  • Volumetric 3D display
    Patent number: 10401636
    Abstract: A drive system for a projection screen in a swept surface volumetric 3D display is disclosed. The drive system causes the projection screen to reciprocate through an excursion distance at a screen reciprocating frequency relative to a projection system. The drive system includes an actuator arrangement for generating an input reciprocating force substantially at the screen reciprocating frequency through an input excursion distance and a support structure for the projection screen. The support structure includes a resonant mounting arrangement for the projection screen. The resonant mounting arrangement is operably connected to the actuator arrangement and configured to allow the projection screen to reciprocate through the excursion distance. The resonant mounting arrangement is configured to have a resonant frequency substantially equivalent to the screen reciprocating frequency on actuation of the actuator arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Voxon, Co
    Inventors: Sean Frederick Keane, Alan Jackson, Gavin Finlay Smith, William Joseph Tamblyn, Ken Silverman
  • Volumetric 3D Display
    Publication number: 20170371172
    Abstract: A drive system for a projection screen in a swept surface volumetric 3D display is disclosed. The drive system causes the projection screen to reciprocate through an excursion distance at a screen reciprocating frequency relative to a projection system. The drive system includes an actuator arrangement for generating an input reciprocating force substantially at the screen reciprocating frequency through an input excursion distance and a support structure for the projection screen. The support structure includes a resonant mounting arrangement for the projection screen. The resonant mounting arrangement is operably connected to the actuator arrangement and configured to allow the projection screen to reciprocate through the excursion distance. The resonant mounting arrangement is configured to have a resonant frequency substantially equivalent to the screen reciprocating frequency on actuation of the actuator arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Sean Frederick Keane, Alan Jackson, Gavin Finlay Smith, William Joseph Tamblyn, Ken Silverman
  • ANODIZED ELECTROPLATED ALUMINUM STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20150284868
    Abstract: Anodized electroplated aluminum structures and methods for making the same are disclosed. Cosmetic structures according to embodiments of the invention are provided by electroplating a non-cosmetic structure with aluminum and then anodizing the electroplated aluminum. This produces cosmetic structures that may possess desired structural and cosmetic properties and that may be suitable for use as housing or support members of electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Ken Silverman, Ronald Moller, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher D. Prest, Rimple Bhatia, Paul Choiniere, Lucy Elizabeth Browning, Masashige Tatebe
  • Methods for forming electroplated aluminum structures
    Patent number: 9133559
    Abstract: Anodized electroplated aluminum structures and methods for making the same are disclosed. Cosmetic structures according to embodiments of the invention are provided by electroplating a non-cosmetic structure with aluminum and then anodizing the electroplated aluminum. This produces cosmetic structures that may possess desired structural and cosmetic properties and that may be suitable for use as housing or support members of electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ken Silverman, Ronald Moller, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher D. Prest, Rimple Bhatia, Paul Choiniere, Lucy Elizabeth Browning, Masashige Tatebe
  • ANODIZED ELECTROPLATED ALUMINUM STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20130008796
    Abstract: Anodized electroplated aluminum structures and methods for making the same are disclosed. Cosmetic structures according to embodiments of the invention are provided by electroplating a non-cosmetic structure with aluminum and then anodizing the electroplated aluminum. This produces cosmetic structures that may possess desired structural and cosmetic properties and that may be suitable for use as housing or support members of electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Ken Silverman, Ronald Moller, Peter Russell-Clarke, Christopher D. Prest, Rimple Bhatia, Paul Choiniere, Lucy Elizabeth Browning, Masashige Tatebe