Patents by Inventor Makiko Kawamura
Makiko Kawamura 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).
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Publication number: 20230079950Abstract: A magnetic alignment assembly can be incorporated into an electronic device to facilitate alignment with another device. The magnetic alignment assembly can include a main magnet (e.g., a square or rectangular magnet) having a magnetic dipole in an axial direction and a ring magnet coaxial with the main magnet. The ring magnet can be smaller than the main magnet. The ring magnet can be positioned between the main magnet and an interface surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Brennan K. Vanden Hoek, Makiko Kawamura Brzezinski, Miranda L. Daly
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Publication number: 20220407356Abstract: A transmitter coil module for inclusion in an accessory device can include a transmitter coil capable of operating at either of two different operating frequencies. The low frequency can be in a range from about 300 kHz to about 400 kHz, and the high frequency can be in a range from about 1 MHz to about 2 MHz. To provide efficient charging at both frequencies, the transmitter coil can be formed from a compound, or multi-stranded, wire. A control module can also be provided that is external to the transmitter coil module The control module can include, for example, a printed circuit board having control circuitry to generate alternating current in the transmitter coil at either the high frequency or the low frequency.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventor: Makiko Kawamura Brzezinski
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Publication number: 20220407355Abstract: In a wireless charging system, a transmitter coil of a wireless charger device and a receiver coil of a portable electronic device can operate at either of two different operating frequencies. The low frequency can be in a range from about 300 kHz to about 400 kHz, and the high frequency can be in a range from about 1 MHz to about 2 MHz. To provide efficient charging at both frequencies, the transmitter and receiver coils can be formed from a compound, or multi-stranded, wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Makiko Kawamura Brzezinski, Eric X. Zhou, Brennan K. Vanden Hoek, Saining Ren
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Publication number: 20160308294Abstract: Board-to-board connectors are disclosed. The board to board connectors include a plurality of external connection structures, and a plurality of receptacle contacts. Each receptacle contact may be coupled to a corresponding external connection structure. Each receptacle contact may include an opening for receiving a plug contact for a corresponding plug side board-to-board connector, and an engaging feature where at least a portion of the engaging feature extends into a portion of the opening. The opening may have a receptacle alignment feature designed to correspond with a plug alignment feature on the plug side board-to-board connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Trent K. Do, Brian S. Lau, Robert Scritzky, Aaron N. Miletich, George Tziviskos, Makiko Kawamura Brzezinski
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Patent number: 7862353Abstract: An electrical connector housing has a housing body and a U-shaped lever that is connected to the housing body in a manner that the U-shaped lever can both pivot and slide relative to the housing body. The U-shaped lever engages a mounting structure so that the U-shaped lever pivots from a pre-engaged position to an engaged, extended position in order to draw a female electrical terminal into secure connection with a male electrical terminal and, simultaneously therewith, the housing body is drawn into sealing contact with the mounting structure. From the engaged, extended position, the U-shaped lever slidably moves to an engaged, retracted position relative to the housing body. The electrical connector housing and the mounting structure constitute an electrical connector assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2010Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: J. S. T. CorporationInventors: Vikas Azad, Makiko Kawamura, Ping Chen
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Patent number: 7766706Abstract: A female terminal assembly includes a core terminal part and a generally U-shaped clip part. The core terminal part is fabricated from an electrically-conductive material and includes a generally U-shaped channel member. The generally-U-shaped channel member defines a generally U-shaped channel extending therethough and an opening into the generally U-shaped channel by a pair of side members interconnected together by a base member. The generally U-shaped clip part is fabricated from a stiff yet resilient material and includes a generally U-shaped clip part channel member defining a generally U-shaped clip part channel. The generally U-shaped clip part is sized to substantially cover the generally U-shaped channel member and is operative to apply opposing compression forces to generally the pair of side members of the U-shaped channel member urging the pair of side members towards each other and into the generally U-shaped channel.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2008Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: J. S. T. CorporationInventors: Makiko Kawamura, Ping Chen
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Publication number: 20100124857Abstract: A female terminal assembly includes a core terminal part and a generally U-shaped clip part. The core terminal part is fabricated from an electrically-conductive material and includes a generally U-shaped channel member. The generally-U-shaped channel member defines a generally U-shaped channel extending therethough and an opening into the generally U-shaped channel by a pair of side members interconnected together by a base member. The generally U-shaped clip part is fabricated from a stiff yet resilient material and includes a generally U-shaped clip part channel member defining a generally U-shaped clip part channel. The generally U-shaped clip part is sized to substantially cover the generally U-shaped channel member and is operative to apply opposing compression forces to generally the pair of side members of the U-shaped channel member urging the pair of side members towards each other and into the generally U-shaped channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2008Publication date: May 20, 2010Applicant: J.S.T. CorporationInventors: Makiko Kawamura, Ping Chen
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Patent number: 7632148Abstract: An electrical connector includes a shield cover forming a shield cover cavity that receives a grounding assembly and a terminal mounting block. A conduit is integrally connected to the shield cover and receives at least one cable assembly therethrough for connection to the terminal mounting block. The grounding assembly disposed between the conduit and terminal mounting block clamps an exposed wire shielding portion of the at least one cable assembly for electrically grounding the same upon fastening the electrical connector to an electrically-conductive support surface. An O-ring-like cable seal seals the at least one cable assembly in the conduit. An O-ring-like shield cover seal extends externally of and circumferentially about the shield cover to seal the electrical connector when the electrical connector is received in a barrier wall recess formed by a barrier wall structure. The electrical connector and the barrier wall structure form an electrical connector assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2009Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: J.S.T. CorporationInventors: Makiko Kawamura, Ping Chen
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Patent number: D752044Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2014Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Brad G. Boozer, Makiko Kawamura Brzezinski, Tyler Scott Bushnell, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Colin Ely, M. Evans Hankey, Phillip M. Hobson, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Eric Steven Jol, Benjamin Jordan Kallman, Duncan Robert Kerr, David Nazzaro, Trevor Jordan Ness, Marc A. Newson, David Pelletier, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Fletcher Rothkopf, Peter Russell-Clarke, Jason Christopher Sauers, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Samuel Bruce Weiss, Christopher M. Werner, Eugene Antony Whang, Michael Benjamin Wittenberg, Stephen Paul Zadesky, Rico Zörkendörfer
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Patent number: D768634Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Brad G. Boozer, Makiko Kawamura Brzezinski, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Phillip M. Hobson, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Eric Steven Jol, Duncan Robert Kerr, David Nazzaro, Trevor Jordan Ness, Marc A. Newson, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Fletcher Rothkopf, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Stephen Paul Zadesky, Rico Zörkendörfer
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Patent number: D790517Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2016Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Brad G. Boozer, Makiko Kawamura Brzezinski, Tyler Scott Bushnell, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Colin Ely, M. Evans Hankey, Phillip M. Hobson, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Eric Steven Jol, Benjamin Jordan Kallman, Duncan Robert Kerr, David Nazzaro, Trevor Jordan Ness, Marc A. Newson, David Pelletier, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Fletcher Rothkopf, Peter Russell-Clarke, Jason Christopher Sauers, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Samuel Bruce Weiss, Christopher M. Werner, Eugene Antony Whang, Michael Benjamin Wittenberg, Stephen Paul Zadesky, Rico Zörkendörfer
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Patent number: D791771Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Brad G. Boozer, Makiko Kawamura Brzezinski, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Phillip M. Hobson, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Eric Steven Jol, Duncan Robert Kerr, David Nazzaro, Trevor Jordan Ness, Marc A. Newson, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Fletcher Rothkopf, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Stephen Paul Zadesky, Rico Zörkendörfer
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Patent number: D853390Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Brad G. Boozer, Makiko Kawamura Brzezinski, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, M. Evans Hankey, Phillip M. Hobson, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Eric Steven Jol, Duncan Robert Kerr, David Nazzaro, Trevor Jordan Ness, Marc A. Newson, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Fletcher Rothkopf, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Eugene Antony Whang, Stephen Paul Zadesky, Rico Zörkendörfer
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Patent number: D874458Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Brad G. Boozer, Makiko Kawamura Brzezinski, Tyler Scott Bushnell, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Colin Ely, M. Evans Hankey, Phillip M. Hobson, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Eric Steven Jol, Benjamin Jordan Kallman, Duncan Robert Kerr, David Nazzaro, Trevor Jordan Ness, Marc A. Newson, David Pelletier, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Fletcher Rothkopf, Peter Russell-Clarke, Jason Christopher Sauers, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Samuel Bruce Weiss, Christopher M. Werner, Eugene Antony Whang, Michael Benjamin Wittenberg, Stephen Paul Zadesky, Rico Zörkendörfer
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Patent number: D947839Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Jeremy Bataillou, Brad G. Boozer, Makiko Kawamura Brzezinski, Tyler Scott Bushnell, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Colin Ely, M. Evans Hankey, Phillip M. Hobson, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Eric Steven Jol, Benjamin Jordan Kallman, Duncan Robert Kerr, David Nazzaro, Trevor Jordan Ness, Marc A. Newson, David Pelletier, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Fletcher Rothkopf, Peter Russell-Clarke, Jason Christopher Sauers, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Anna-Katrina Shedletsky, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Samuel Bruce Weiss, Christopher M. Werner, Eugene Antony Whang, Michael Benjamin Wittenberg, Stephen Paul Zadesky, Rico Zörkendörfer