Patents by Inventor Marc D. Williams

Marc D. Williams 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).

  • Publication number: 20250103109
    Abstract: An electronic device such as a laptop computer may have an upper housing and a lower housing. The upper housing may be coupled to the lower housing by a hinge. The upper housing may be rotatable relative to the lower housing between an open position and a closed position. The lower housing may have an upper metal wall, a lower metal wall, and a metal sidewall that couples the lower metal wall to the upper metal wall. The lower metal housing may have a finger scoop in the metal sidewall. The finger scoop may have a surface that is oriented at a non-parallel and non-perpendicular angle to a lateral surface of the upper housing when the upper housing is in the closed position. The device may have an antenna with a radiating slot in the surface of the finger scoop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Michael J Williams, Nikolaos Chiotellis, Joel D Barrera, Jerzy S Guterman, Trevor J Edmonds, Marc Soriano Baliarda, Mahmoud R Amini, Soroush Kamrava
  • Publication number: 20250105490
    Abstract: An electronic device such as a laptop computer may have an upper housing and a lower housing. The lower housing may have a clutch barrel coupled to the upper housing by a hinge. The upper housing may be rotatable relative to the lower housing between an open position and a closed position. The upper housing may have a curved metal surface facing the clutch barrel. The device may have an antenna with a radiating arm on a curved interior surface of a substrate in the clutch barrel. The radiating arm may extend parallel to the curved metal surface. The radiating arm may remain separated from the curved metal surface across its lateral area as the upper housing is rotated from the open position to the closed position. This may ensure that the antenna is provided with a uniform capacitive load from the upper housing at all upper housing positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Nikolaos Chiotellis, Michael J. Williams, Joel D. Barrera, Marc Soriano Baliarda, Ayoub Yari Boroujeni, Trevor J. Edmonds, Jerzy S. Guterman
  • Patent number: 6786060
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for drying the surface of a heat exchanger in a vehicle of moisture accumulating as a result of its use as an evaporator in an air conditioning system. Air is first heated by the heater core in the air conditioning system and then directed through the heat exchanger. Because of the reduced humidity of such air, any residual moisture in the heat exchanger is evaporated and is discharged to the environment. Where the system is used in a vehicle, it prevents the discharge of moist air onto the windows and/or windshield of the vehicle and thus minimizes or eliminates fogging of the windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Samuel Alber, Huub R. Kamsma, Arthur Thomas, Marc D. Williams, Maria List, Mark Reichler, Frank Vetter
  • Publication number: 20030217833
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for drying the surface of a heat exchanger in a vehicle of moisture accumulating as a result of its use as an evaporator in an air conditioning system. Air is first heated by the heater core in the air conditioning system and then directed through the heat exchanger. Because of the reduced humidity of such air, any residual moisture in the heat exchanger is evaporated and is discharged to the environment. Where the system is used in a vehicle, it prevents the discharge of moist air onto the windows and/or windshield of the vehicle and thus minimizes or eliminates fogging of the windshield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Applicant: Modine Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Samuel Alber, Huub R. Kamsma, Arthur Thomas, Marc D. Williams, Maria List, Mark Reichler, Frank Vetter