Patents by Inventor Mark Peter LAMM

Mark Peter LAMM 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).

  • Dock for data transfer to and from portable electronic device
    Patent number: 9032130
    Abstract: A dock for receiving a portable electronic device. The dock includes a housing comprising an aperture in a recess for receiving and supporting the portable electronic device, and a communication assembly disposed in the housing and moveable relative to the housing. The communication assembly includes a dock optical transceiver disposed in the aperture for aligning with a device optical transceiver when the portable electronic device is disposed in the recess, and magnets coupled to the optical transceiver for aligning with complementary magnets of the portable electronic device to facilitate engagement and disengagement of the portable electronic device with the dock and to facilitate alignment of the dock optical transceiver with the device optical transceiver when the portable electronic device is engaged with the dock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Leonardo Aldana, Jacob Warren Kimbrell, Mark Peter Lamm
  • Interposer and intelligent multiplexer to provide a plurality of peripherial buses
    Patent number: 8959272
    Abstract: A communication connector is described that provides an increase in the number and type of communication circuits available on an electronic device without increasing the number and type of physical connectors. The communication connector electrically includes a set of inputs to couple to both a USB 2.0 connector and a HDMI connector. A set of outputs from the communication connector provides a third connector with a pin out specification compatible with a USB 3.0 connector or a PCIe connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Mark Peter Lamm, John Ivan Scharkov, Omar George Joseph Barake
  • DOCK FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140072312
    Abstract: A dock for receiving a portable electronic device. The dock includes a housing comprising an aperture in a recess for receiving and supporting the portable electronic device, and a communication assembly disposed in the housing and moveable relative to the housing. The communication assembly includes a dock optical transceiver disposed in the aperture for aligning with a device optical transceiver when the portable electronic device is disposed in the recess, and magnets coupled to the optical transceiver for aligning with complementary magnets of the portable electronic device to facilitate engagement and disengagement of the portable electronic device with the dock and to facilitate alignment of the dock optical transceiver with the device optical transceiver when the portable electronic device is engaged with the dock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventors: Leonardo ALDANA, Jacob Warren KIMBRELL, Mark Peter LAMM
  • INTERPOSER AND INTELLIGENT MULTIPLEXER TO PROVIDE A PLURALITY OF PERIPHERIAL BUSES
    Publication number: 20140013024
    Abstract: A communication connector is described that provides an increase in the number and type of communication circuits available on an electronic device without increasing the number and type of physical connectors. The communication connector electrically includes a set of inputs to couple to both a USB 2.0 connector and a HDMI connector. A set of outputs from the communication connector provides a third connector with a pin out specification compatible with a USB 3.0 connector or a PCIe connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Mark Peter LAMM, John Ivan SCHARKOV, Omar George Joseph BARAKE