Patents by Inventor Kris Laurent

Kris Laurent 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: 8693171
    Abstract: A support for a fragile and/or brittle front piece includes a base plate member and a rim. The support is shaped to receive a specifically shaped piece of brittle material, such as ceramic, sapphire, precious or semi precious stone. The piece of brittle material has a front surface, a rear surface and sides. The rear surface is secured to a base plate of the support and a rim of the support surrounds the edges of the piece of brittle material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: David Bureau, Tim Porter, Caroline Millar, Kris Laurent
  • Patent number: 8150484
    Abstract: A housing for an apparatus for portable wireless transmission, the apparatus for portable wireless transmission having an antenna element arranged to be able to resonate at a particular highest resonant operating frequency to send/receive transmissions substantially in a significant radiating direction. The housing comprises one or more metal piece areas arranged to, when assembled with the apparatus for the portable wireless transmission, be located over the antenna element in a significant radiating direction in electrical isolation from an electrical ground of the apparatus. The metal piece area(s) comprise a plurality of metal pieces arranged with the housing to be substantially electrically isolated from surrounding metal with dimensions having effective lengths of at most five-tenths of a wavelength for the highest resonating operating frequency of the antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Kris Laurent, Stuart Williams, Caroline Millar
  • Publication number: 20100315765
    Abstract: A support for a fragile and/or brittle front piece includes a base plate member and a rim. The support is shaped to receive a specifically shaped piece of brittle material, such as ceramic, sapphire, precious or semi precious stone. The piece of brittle material has a front surface, a rear surface and sides. The rear surface is secured to a base plate of the support and a rim of the support surrounds the edges of the piece of brittle material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Applicant: NOKIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Bureau, Tim Porter, Caroline Miller, Kris Laurent
  • Publication number: 20090069061
    Abstract: A housing for an apparatus for portable wireless transmission, the apparatus for portable wireless transmission having an antenna element arranged to be able to resonate at a particular highest resonant operating frequency to send/receive transmissions substantially in a significant radiating direction. The housing comprises one or more metal piece areas arranged to, when assembled with the apparatus for the portable wireless transmission, be located over the antenna element in a significant radiating direction in electrical isolation from an electrical ground of the apparatus. The metal piece area(s) comprise a plurality of metal pieces arranged with the housing to be substantially electrically isolated from surrounding metal with dimensions having effective lengths of at most five-tenths of a wavelength for the highest resonating operating frequency of the antenna element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Kris Laurent, Stuart Williams, Caroline Millar