Patents by Inventor Luke Schwartzel

Luke Schwartzel 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: 11917780
    Abstract: The description relates to hinged devices. One example relates to a device that has a first portion hingedly secured along a spine and a second portion hingedly secured along the spine. The example can also include a first spine cover secured relative to the spine and extending into the first portion and a second spine cover secured relative to the spine and extending into the second portion. An extent to which the first spine cover extends into the first portion and the second spine cover extends into the second portion is controlled by an angular orientation of the first and second portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Devin Caplow-Munro, Denys Yaremenko, Brett Tomky, Luke Schwartzel, Anne Pirie, Errol Mark Tazbaz
  • Publication number: 20230315160
    Abstract: Hinged computing devices often connect two components via one or more hinges, using either a door-hinge style or other conventional hinge style. Presenting a continuous visual impression of the computing device to the user, with any gaps covered, provides protection to internal components and suggests a higher overall quality of the computing device to the user. Using conventional hinges, achieving a 360-degree range of motion is difficult, and often requires a pair of hinges connected by a spine to accommodate the respective thicknesses of the two hinged components in all orientations. However, using a pair of conventional hinges connected by a spine to achieve a 360-degree range of motion can yield a variable gap between the spine and the hinged components. The presently disclosed technology is directed to mechanically deterministic sliding covers that conceal these variable gaps, while still maintaining a 360-degree range of motion of the computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Luke SCHWARTZEL, Brett TOMKY, Devin Samuel Jacob CAPLOW-MUNRO, Denys YAREMENKO, Errol Mark TAZBAZ, Anne Maristella PIRIE
  • Publication number: 20230292455
    Abstract: The description relates to hinged devices. One example relates to a device that has a first portion hingedly secured along a spine and a second portion hingedly secured along the spine. The example can also include a first spine cover secured relative to the spine and extending into the first portion and a second spine cover secured relative to the spine and extending into the second portion. An extent to which the first spine cover extends into the first portion and the second spine cover extends into the second portion is controlled by an angular orientation of the first and second portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Devin CAPLOW-MUNRO, Denys YAREMENKO, Brett TOMKY, Luke SCHWARTZEL, Anne PIRIE, Errol Mark TAZBAZ
  • Publication number: 20150198980
    Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that could include a circuit board coupled to a plurality of electronic components (which includes any type of components, elements, circuitry, etc.). One particular example implementation of the electronic device may include a display portion and a keyboard portion (e.g., having about the same length and width as the display portion). The keyboard portion can include a cradle dock that allows the keyboard portion to be removably connected to the display portion in a first configuration. A viewing angle of the display portion can be changed when the cradle dock is rotated about an axis of rotation on the keyboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Inventors: Russell Aoki, Ralph Miele, Luke Schwartzel