Patents by Inventor Laura Anne Steenburgh

Laura Anne Steenburgh 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).

  • Biasing component for raising and lowering a keyboard for a handheld communication device
    Patent number: 9100470
    Abstract: A clamshell or slide type of handheld wireless communication device can include a biasing component to raise or lower a keyboard relative to a first housing of the device. The biasing component can raise the keyboard when the communication device is opened and can lower the keyboard when the communication device is closed. When the keyboard is raised, the keyboard can be flush with or above the first housing or sides of the first housing of the communication device. When the keyboard is lowered, the keyboard can be below the first housing of the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: David Ryan Walker, Laura Anne Steenburgh
  • BIASING COMPONENT FOR RAISING AND LOWERING A KEYBOARD FOR A HANDHELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100311477
    Abstract: A clamshell or slide type of handheld wireless communication device can include a biasing component to raise or lower a keyboard relative to a first housing of the device. The biasing component can raise the keyboard when the communication device is opened and can lower the keyboard when the communication device is closed. When the keyboard is raised, the keyboard can be flush with or above the first housing or sides of the first housing of the communication device. When the keyboard is lowered, the keyboard can be below the first housing of the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: David Ryan Walker, Laura Anne Steenburgh