Patents by Inventor Michael J. Williams

Michael J. 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: 20250110531
    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. The upper housing may be coupled to the clutch barrel by a hinge. The lower housing may have an upper metal wall separated from the upper housing by a first gap and a lower metal wall separated from the upper housing by a second gap. The clutch barrel may include a conductor. An antenna may be formed from a radiating slot in the conductor. The radiating slot may have a tunnel extending from a first opening to a second opening in the conductor across a diameter of the conductor. The tunnel may be linear or non-linear. The tunnel may have a uniform or tapered width. The radiating slot may convey radio-frequency signals through both gaps regardless of the orientation of the upper housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Trevor J Edmonds, Michael J Williams, Nikolaos Chiotellis, Joel D. Barrera, Marc Soriano Baliarda, Ayoub Yari Boroujeni, Jerzy S. Guterman, Mahmoud R. Amini, Kevin M. Robinson
  • 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 12119549
    Abstract: An electronic device may have an upper housing and a lower housing separated by a slot. An antenna module may be mounted in the lower housing and may include a cavity. An antenna element may be disposed within the cavity. Grounded traces may be patterned onto walls of the module and may be coupled to conductive walls of the lower housing by conductive gaskets. The antenna element may have a high band arm displaced farther into the cavity than a low band arm by a shim. The antenna module may have an acoustic port aligned with a speaker port. The acoustic port may allow sound waves from a speaker to pass into the cavity from the speaker port. The cavity may be configured to optimize an audio response of the speaker while concurrently optimizing radio-frequency performance of the antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Joel D Barrera, Nikolaos Chiotellis, Michael J Williams, Jerzy S Guterman, Trevor J Edmonds, Joshua P Song, Richard D Kosoglow
  • Publication number: 20230398034
    Abstract: A percussive massaging device has a base which includes a tool receiver and a piston for providing percussive action to a massage tool. The massage tool includes an attachment for selectively attaching to the tool receiver using one of a key and keyway system and a magnetic system. The attachment post further includes a press-fit seal or a magnetic mechanism for further securing the attachment post to the tool receiver. The massage tool further includes a tool head which may be non-rotating or is capable of rotating in one or more directions during use while simultaneously providing a percussive massage to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: PlayMakar Inc.
    Inventors: Wesley A. Coleman, Michael J. Williams, Federico G. Vierheller
  • Publication number: 20230395984
    Abstract: An electronic device may have an upper housing and a lower housing separated by a slot. An antenna module may be mounted in the lower housing and may include a cavity. An antenna element may be disposed within the cavity. Grounded traces may be patterned onto walls of the module and may be coupled to conductive walls of the lower housing by conductive gaskets. The antenna element may have a high band arm displaced farther into the cavity than a low band arm by a shim. The antenna module may have an acoustic port aligned with a speaker port. The acoustic port may allow sound waves from a speaker to pass into the cavity from the speaker port. The cavity may be configured to optimize an audio response of the speaker while concurrently optimizing radio-frequency performance of the antenna element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Joel D. Barrera, Nikolaos Chiotellis, Michael J. Williams, Jerzy S. Guterman, Trevor J. Edmonds, Joshua P. Song, Richard D. Kosoglow
  • Patent number: 11793713
    Abstract: An adjustable stroke length percussion massage device includes a stroke arm connected to a piston which is connected to a massage tool for providing a massage to a user. The stroke arm is secured to a crank pin of a crank mechanism which includes a rotatably connected crank housing and crank base, the crank pin being movably secured between the crank housing and crank base such that the crank pin moves from a first end to a second end of a sliding groove located in the cam housing when a rotation direction of the single unit is reversed by a motor. When the crank pin is moved from the first end to the second end of the sliding groove, a stroke length of the piston is changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: PlayMakar, Inc.
    Inventors: Federico G. Vierheller, Michael J. Williams, Wesley A. Coleman
  • Publication number: 20230223681
    Abstract: An electronic device may have an upper housing and a lower housing separated by a slow. A substrate may be mounted in the lower housing and may have an inner surface facing an interior of the lower housing and an outer surface facing the slot. Ventilation port openings may extend from the outer surface to the inner surface. Ribs in the substrate may separate the ventilation port openings. The ribs may include notches at the inner surface. An antenna may include conductive traces within multiple ventilation port openings and extending through the notches. The conductive traces may be offset from the outer surface. The outer surface of the substrate may be free from conductive material from the antenna. This may serve to maximize antenna efficiency while protecting the antenna from external forces and debris or other contaminants that pass through the slot during use of the electronic device over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Joel D. Barrera, Jerzy S. Guterman, Michael J. Williams, Daniel D. Hershey, Zachary S. Chase, Xuyao Shi
  • Publication number: 20220168177
    Abstract: An adjustable stroke length percussion massage device includes a stroke arm connected to a piston which is connected to a massage tool for providing a massage to a user. The stroke arm is secured to a crank pin of a crank mechanism which includes a rotatably connected crank housing and crank base, the crank pin being movably secured between the crank housing and crank base such that the crank pin moves from a first end to a second end of a sliding groove located in the cam housing when a rotation direction of the single unit is reversed by a motor. When the crank pin is moved from the first end to the second end of the sliding groove, a stroke length of the piston is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: PlayMakar Inc.
    Inventors: Federico G. Vierheller, Michael J. Williams, Wesley A. Coleman
  • Publication number: 20220036470
    Abstract: A user interface, system and method are described for assigning an insurance claim to a claim manager. The user interface allows teams of claim managers to he built so to efficiently process insurance claims as they are presented to a disability insurance carrier. The process of assigning the claim begins upon receiving an indication of a new insurance claim from a claim intake engine. Subsequently, the system determines the type of insurance claim based on metadata associated with the claim. Based on the metadata associated with the claim, a list of members in a team, of claim, managers is obtained, and a specific member is assigned as a claim manager for that claim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Elizabeth G. Incze, Paul W. Leach, Keith L. Nelson, Michael G. Phidd, Michael J. Williams
  • Patent number: 11186430
    Abstract: A cargo container for resting on a seat of a vehicle. An upper portion of the cargo container defines a first internal storage space and comprises a first bottom panel to rest on the seat of the vehicle. The upper portion has a first depth corresponding with a depth of the seat. The upper portion comprises a hinged door openable to provide access to the first internal storage space and closable to restrict access to the first internal storage space. A leg portion extends from the upper portion. The leg portion has a second depth less than the first depth. The leg portion is sized to engage a floor of the vehicle when the first bottom panel is resting on the seat of the vehicle. A seatbelt engagement feature is coupled to the upper portion and is configured to engage a seatbelt for the seat of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Williams, Raymond Watkins
  • Patent number: D980805
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: PlayMakar, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Williams, Nathan Andrew Fox, Micah Daniel McKinney, Federico G. Vierheller
  • Patent number: D987845
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Play Makar Inc.
    Inventors: Federico G. Vierheller, Michael J. Williams
  • Patent number: D987846
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: PlayMakar Inc.
    Inventors: Federico G. Vierheller, Michael J. Williams
  • Patent number: D988531
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: PlayMakar Inc.
    Inventors: Federico G. Vierheller, Michael J. Williams
  • Patent number: D998815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: PlayMakar, Inc.
    Inventors: Federico G. Vierheller, Michael J. Williams
  • Patent number: D1000626
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: PlayMakar, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Williams, Federico G. Vierheller, Nathan Andrew Fox
  • Patent number: D1018885
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: PlayMakar, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Williams, Federico G. Vierheller
  • Patent number: D1018886
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: PlayMakar, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Williams, Federico G. Vierheller
  • Patent number: D1018887
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: PlayMakar, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Williams, Federico G. Vierheller