Patents by Inventor Michelle A. Yu

Michelle A. Yu 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: 8014142
    Abstract: A display window assembly is mounted in the opening of a bezel of a housing, and a force is exerted against the assembly by a suitable resilient element urging it outward through the opening. The assembly may be mounted on a support or frame, from which depends one or more tabs extending inwardly of the housing. At least one of the tabs is fastened with a fastener that extends from the exterior of the housing, through a portion other than the bezel and through a surface not generally facing the user when the user is viewing the display. The advancement/withdrawal direction of the fastener is not substantially normal to the display window. However, advancement/withdrawal of the fastener causes movement of the tab, and therefore of the assembly, in an adjustment direction substantially normal to the display window to adjust the position of the display window relative to the bezel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Prest, Kyle Yeates, Michelle Yu
  • Publication number: 20100216526
    Abstract: A connector for receiving a cylindrical plug includes a body defining a plug aperture and a cavity for receiving the cylindrical plug. A plurality of electrical contacts in communication with the cavity make electrical connections with the cylindrical plug and retain the cylindrical plug. A microphone is coupled to the body such that the plug aperture and the cavity provide an acoustic path to the microphone. The microphone may be at an end of the connector opposite the plug aperture or on a side of the connector adjacent the plug aperture. The connector allows a microphone to be added to a device, such as a mobile telephone, without the need for an additional external aperture. The microphone in the connector may operate with a second microphone and processing electronics in the device to provide audio processing functions such as noise cancellation or audio beamforming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shaohai Chen, Phillip George Tamchina, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Jae Han Lee, Trent Weber, Michelle Yu, Adam D. Mittleman
  • Publication number: 20090242364
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus and systems which provide buttons oriented at angles relative to each other as a part of a multiple function switch are disclosed. In one embodiment, the multiple function switch is part of an inline controller that is suitable for use to control features or functions of a portable electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Christopher Prest, Kurt Stiehl, Cameron Frazier, Wim Crooijmans, Michelle Yu
  • Publication number: 20090237874
    Abstract: A display window assembly is mounted in the opening of a bezel of a housing, and a force is exerted against the assembly by a suitable resilient element urging it outward through the opening. The assembly may be mounted on a support or frame, from which depends one or more tabs extending inwardly of the housing. At least one of the tabs is fastened with a fastener that extends from the exterior of the housing, through a portion other than the bezel and through a surface not generally facing the user when the user is viewing the display. The advancement/withdrawal direction of the fastener is not substantially normal to the display window. However, advancement/withdrawal of the fastener causes movement of the tab, and therefore of the assembly, in an adjustment direction substantially normal to the display window to adjust the position of the display window relative to the bezel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Prest, Kyle Yeates, Michelle Yu
  • Publication number: 20090174995
    Abstract: A display window assembly is mounted in the opening of a bezel of a housing, and a force is exerted against the assembly by a suitable resilient element urging it outward through the opening. The assembly may be mounted on a support or frame, from which depends one or more tabs extending inwardly of the housing. At least one of the tabs is fastened with a fastener that extends from the exterior of the housing, through a portion other than the bezel and through a surface not generally facing the user when the user is viewing the display. The advancement/withdrawal direction of the fastener is not substantially normal to the display window. However, advancement/withdrawal of the fastener causes movement of the tab, and therefore of the assembly, in an adjustment direction substantially normal to the display window to adjust the position of the display window relative to the bezel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Prest, Kyle Yeates, Michelle Yu
  • Patent number: 7558054
    Abstract: A display window assembly is mounted in the opening of a bezel of a housing, and a force is exerted against the assembly by a suitable resilient element urging it outward through the opening. The assembly may be mounted on a support or frame, from which depends one or more tabs extending inwardly of the housing. At least one of the tabs is fastened with a fastener that extends from the exterior of the housing, through a portion other than the bezel and through a surface not generally facing the user when the user is viewing the display. The advancement/withdrawal direction of the fastener is not substantially normal to the display window. However, advancement/withdrawal of the fastener causes movement of the tab, and therefore of the assembly, in an adjustment direction substantially normal to the display window to adjust the position of the display window relative to the bezel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Prest, Kyle Yeates, Michelle Yu
  • Publication number: 20090122510
    Abstract: The present description is directed to small form-factor input devices operative to be coupled to an electronic device using a cable. For example, in some embodiments, an input device is described for providing one or more inputs to an electrical device, wherein the input device comprises a circuit board having first and second sides; a first electrical switch disposed on the first side of the circuit board; a second electrical switch disposed on the first side of the circuit board; a third electrical switch disposed on the second side of the circuit board; a frame defining a periphery, wherein the circuit board is maintained within the periphery of the frame; top and bottom shells that house the circuit board, the top shell placed over the first side of the circuit board, and the bottom shell placed over the second side of the circuit board; and at least one clip coupled to each one of the top shell and the bottom shell, wherein the at least one clip is operative to engage the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kurt Stiehl, Michelle Yu, Wilhelmus M. C. Crooijmans, Cameron Frazier
  • Patent number: 6766502
    Abstract: A deferred merging router. Partial feasible routing solutions corresponding to each of a subset of a set of wires to be routed are identified. The partial feasible routing solutions are then merged to identify one or more feasible routing solutions for the set of wires to be routed. In one aspect of the invention, the final routing for an integrated circuit device may then be selected from the feasible routing solutions which may be ordered by one or more user-selected cost functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Iksoo Pyo, Michelle Yu
  • Patent number: D459348
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tzu-Hao Wei, Michelle Yu
  • Patent number: D459349
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Tzu-Hao Wei, Michelle Yu
  • Patent number: D530325
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Netgear, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Kerila, Michelle Yu, Patrick Rada
  • Patent number: D632650
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Kno, Inc.
    Inventors: Osman Rashid, Babur Habib, David M. Straus, Philip J. Houdek, II, Michelle Yu, Gadi Amit, Yoshikazu Hoshino, Julien Rouillac, Barbara A. Stettler
  • Patent number: D641755
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: KNO, Inc.
    Inventors: Osman Rashid, Babur Habib, David M. Straus, Philip J. Houdek, II, Michelle Yu, Gadi Amit, Yoshikazu Hoshino, Julien Rouillac, Barbara A. Stettler