Patents by Inventor Miguel Christophy

Miguel Christophy 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: 20230327497
    Abstract: A portable battery pack and portable electronic device communicate by pulsing (turning on/off) their respective battery chargers causing variations in a magnetic field between the battery pack and portable electronic device that can be used to transmit and receive short messages through their respective coils using a magnetic communication protocol. Data or messages can be transferred between portable battery pack and portable electronic device when the portable battery pack and portable electronic device are in a mated configuration. The magnetic communication protocol allows for bi-directional communication of various battery status indicators and other data from the portable battery pack to the portable electronic device and vice-versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Imran A. Chaudhri, Bethany Bongiorno, Sara Glick, James Joseph Blanc, Miguel Christophy, Patrick Gates, Brian Huppi
  • Patent number: 11722013
    Abstract: A portable battery pack and portable electronic device communicate by pulsing (turning on/off) their respective battery chargers causing variations in a magnetic field between the battery pack and portable electronic device that can be used to transmit and receive short messages through their respective coils using a magnetic communication protocol. Data or messages can be transferred between portable battery pack and portable electronic device when the portable battery pack and portable electronic device are in a mated configuration. The magnetic communication protocol allows for bi-directional communication of various battery status indicators and other data from the portable battery pack to the portable electronic device and vice-versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Humane, Inc.
    Inventors: Imran A. Chaudhri, Bethany Bongiorno, Sara Glick, James Joseph Blanc, Miguel Christophy, Patrick Gates, Brian Huppi
  • Publication number: 20220163758
    Abstract: A mobile device case includes a soft protective housing defining a camera-lens aperture and a touchscreen display aperture, and a lens attachment interface including a capture plate protruding into the camera-lens aperture sufficient to overlap a coupling interface of a removable lens assembly along the optical path of the miniature camera module, and a catch to facilitate stable locking coupling of the removable lens assembly in optical alignment with the miniature camera module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Marc BARROS, Erik HEDBERG, Robert John LINCOLN, Miguel CHRISTOPHY, Kent SUZUKI, Josh BAXLEY, Phillip PASQUAL, Jessica LIVAK, Audrey LOUCHART
  • Patent number: 11231638
    Abstract: A mobile device case includes a soft protective housing defining a camera-lens aperture and a touchscreen display aperture, and a lens attachment interface including a capture plate protruding into the camera-lens aperture sufficient to overlap a coupling interface of a removable lens assembly along the optical path of the miniature camera module, and a catch to facilitate stable locking coupling of the removable lens assembly in optical alignment with the miniature camera module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Moment Inc
    Inventors: Marc Barros, Erik Hedberg, Robert John Lincoln, Miguel Christophy, Kent Suzuki, Josh Baxley, Phillip Pasqual, Jessica Livak, Audrey Louchart
  • Publication number: 20210240056
    Abstract: A mobile device case includes a soft protective housing defining a camera-lens aperture and a touchscreen display aperture, and a lens attachment interface including a capture plate protruding into the camera-lens aperture sufficient to overlap a coupling interface of a removable lens assembly along the optical path of the miniature camera module, and a catch to facilitate stable locking coupling of the removable lens assembly in optical alignment with the miniature camera module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Marc BARROS, Erik HEDBERG, Robert John LINCOLN, Miguel CHRISTOPHY, Kent SUZUKI, Josh BAXLEY, Phillip PASQUAL, Jessica LIVAK, Audrey LOUCHART
  • Publication number: 20210235928
    Abstract: Grills and charcoal-containing fuel blocks are disclosed. A grill may include a housing at least partially defining a cooking chamber, a combustion chamber having a support surface configured to support a charcoal-containing fuel block, the combustion chamber may be fluidically and thermally connected to the cooking chamber, an igniter configured to heat a charcoal-containing fuel block positioned on the support surface, a stoke chamber positioned under and fluidically connected to the combustion chamber, stoke ducting having a first end fluidically connected to the stoke chamber and a second end fluidically connected to a stoke fan, the stoke fan configured to flow air from outside the housing and into the stoke chamber through the stoke ducting, cooling ducting fluidically connecting the cooking chamber to a cooling fan, and the cooling fan configured to flow air from outside the housing and into the cooking chamber through the cooling ducting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Benjamin West, Miguel Christophy, Craig Jacobson, Stephen Hibbs, Michael Chiasson, Neville DeWitt Pierrat, Jon Oxford, Diego Horna, Maggie Venable, Sean Meehan, Lukas Railson, Michael Garver, Dennis Mess, Rylan Miller, Kyle Jones, Jeff Wallingford, Jeremy Woolman, Tyler Edens, Lindsey Smith
  • Publication number: 20210103205
    Abstract: A mobile device case includes a soft protective housing defining a camera-lens aperture and a touchscreen display aperture, and a lens attachment interface including a capture plate protruding into the camera-lens aperture sufficient to overlap a coupling interface of a removable lens assembly along the optical path of the miniature camera module, and a catch to facilitate stable locking coupling of the removable lens assembly in optical alignment with the miniature camera module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Marc BARROS, Erik HEDBERG, Robert John LINCOLN, Miguel CHRISTOPHY, Kent SUZUKI, Josh BAXLEY, Phillip PASQUAL, Jessica LIVAK, Audrey LOUCHART
  • Patent number: 10921687
    Abstract: A mobile device case includes a soft protective housing defining a camera-lens aperture and a touchscreen display aperture, and a lens attachment interface including a capture plate protruding into the camera-lens aperture sufficient to overlap a coupling interface of a removable lens assembly along the optical path of the miniature camera module, and a catch to facilitate stable locking coupling of the removable lens assembly in optical alignment with the miniature camera module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Moment Inc
    Inventors: Marc Barros, Erik Hedberg, Robert John Lincoln, Miguel Christophy, Kent Suzuki, Josh Baxley, Phillip Pasqual, Jessica Livak, Audrey Louchart
  • Patent number: 10795240
    Abstract: A mobile device case includes a soft protective housing defining a camera-lens aperture and a touchscreen display aperture, and a lens attachment interface including a capture plate protruding into the camera-lens aperture sufficient to overlap a coupling interface of a removable lens assembly along the optical path of the miniature camera module, and a catch to facilitate stable locking coupling of the removable lens assembly in optical alignment with the miniature camera module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Moment Inc
    Inventors: Marc Barros, Erik Hedberg, Robert John Lincoln, Miguel Christophy, Kent Suzuki, Josh Baxley, Phillip Pasqual, Jessica Livak, Audrey Louchart
  • Patent number: 10731329
    Abstract: A reusable modular housing system has a gridded structure comprising reusable components with dimensions corresponding to a two-unit system. The structure has floor and ceiling grids with dimensions that correspond to multiples of a first unit of measurement. The vertical beams that connect the floor and ceiling grids are spaced apart at dimensions that also correspond to multiples of the first unit of measurement. The structure has a variety of other components that can be coupled to the floor and ceiling grids and the vertical beams, and those other components have dimensions that correspond to a multiple of a second unit of measurement. Dimensions of the structure can vary, but each of the component parts can be detachably coupled into the gridded structure, so as to fit within the grid's dimensions based on respective multiples of the first unit of measurement and the second unit of measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Airbnb, Inc.
    Inventors: Petr Novikov, Joseph Gebbia, Christopher Perry Barton, Fedor Novikov, Lisa Feine Dudley, Jaeyoung Huh, Nicole Voyen, Liang Yao, James Nicholas Pazzi, David Sharps, Andrei Goverdovskii, Daniel Joseph Chavez, Miguel Christophy, Stefano Pantrerotto, Alexis Fabrice Tourron, Cormac Eubanks
  • Patent number: 10707558
    Abstract: An electronic device may have wireless circuitry with antennas. An antenna resonating element arm for an antenna may be formed from peripheral conductive structures running along the edges of a device housing. The peripheral conductive structures may form housing sidewalls. A slot may be machined into a metal housing that separates the housing sidewalls from a planar rear housing portion that forms a ground for an antenna. The slot may be filled with plastic filler. A parasitic antenna resonating element arm that supports an antenna resonance at high band frequencies may be embedded within the plastic filler. The parasitic antenna resonating element may be formed from a portion of the planar rear housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hongfei Hu, Benjamin Hane Bustle, Enrique Ayala Vazquez, Nanbo Jin, Miguel Christophy, Erdinc Irci, Salih Yarga, Erica Tong, Anand Lakshmanan, Mattia Pascolini, Tyler Cater, Christopher T. Cheng
  • Publication number: 20190250487
    Abstract: A mobile device case includes a soft protective housing defining a camera-lens aperture and a touchscreen display aperture, and a lens attachment interface including a capture plate protruding into the camera-lens aperture sufficient to overlap a coupling interface of a removable lens assembly along the optical path of the miniature camera module, and a catch to facilitate stable locking coupling of the removable lens assembly in optical alignment with the miniature camera module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Marc BARROS, Erik HEDBERG, Robert John LINCOLN, Miguel CHRISTOPHY, Kent SUZUKI, Josh BAXLEY, Phillip PASQUAL, Jessica LIVAK, Audrey LOUCHART
  • Publication number: 20190158642
    Abstract: A mobile device case includes a soft protective housing defining a camera-lens aperture and a touchscreen display aperture, and a lens attachment interface including a capture plate protruding into the camera-lens aperture sufficient to overlap a coupling interface of a removable lens assembly along the optical path of the miniature camera module, and a catch to facilitate stable locking coupling of the removable lens assembly in optical alignment with the miniature camera module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Marc BARROS, Erik HEDBERG, Robert John LINCOLN, Miguel CHRISTOPHY, Kent SUZUKI, Josh BAXLEY, Phillip PASQUAL, Jessica LIVAK, Audrey LOUCHART
  • Publication number: 20190141221
    Abstract: A mobile device case includes a soft protective housing defining a camera-lens aperture and a touchscreen display aperture, and a lens attachment interface including a capture plate protruding into the camera-lens aperture sufficient to overlap a coupling interface of a removable lens assembly along the optical path of the miniature camera module, and a catch to facilitate stable locking coupling of the removable lens assembly in optical alignment with the miniature camera module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Marc BARROS, Erik HEDBERG, Robert John LINCOLN, Miguel CHRISTOPHY, Kent SUZUKI, Josh BAXLEY, Phillip PASQUAL, Jessica LIVAK, Audrey LOUCHART
  • Publication number: 20180115053
    Abstract: An electronic device may have wireless circuitry with antennas. An antenna resonating element arm for an antenna may be formed from peripheral conductive structures running along the edges of a device housing. The peripheral conductive structures may form housing sidewalls. A slot may be machined into a metal housing that separates the housing sidewalls from a planar rear housing portion that forms a ground for an antenna. The slot may be filled with plastic filler. A parasitic antenna resonating element arm that supports an antenna resonance at high band frequencies may be embedded within the plastic filler. The parasitic antenna resonating element may be formed from a portion of the planar rear housing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Hongfei Hu, Benjamin hane Bustle, Enrique Ayala Vazquez, Nanbo Jin, Miguel Christophy, Erdinc Irci, Salih Yarga, Erica Tong, Anand Lakshmanan, Mattia Pascolini, Tyler Cater, Christopher T. Cheng
  • Patent number: 9876272
    Abstract: An electronic device may have wireless circuitry with antennas. An antenna resonating element arm for an antenna may be formed from peripheral conductive structures running along the edges of a device housing. The peripheral conductive structures may form housing sidewalls. A slot may be machined into a metal housing that separates the housing sidewalls from a planar rear housing portion that forms a ground for an antenna. The slot may be filled with plastic filler. A parasitic antenna resonating element arm that supports an antenna resonance at high band frequencies may be embedded within the plastic filler. The parasitic antenna resonating element may be formed from a portion of the planar rear housing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hongfei Hu, Benjamin Shane Bustle, Enrique Ayala Vazquez, Nanbo Jin, Miguel Christophy, Erdinc Irci, Salih Yarga, Erica Tong, Anand Lakshmanan, Mattia Pascolini, Tyler Cater, Christopher T. Cheng
  • Patent number: D906306
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Jeremy Bataillou, Miguel Christophy, Daniel J. Coster, Daniele De Iuliis, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, M. Evans Hankey, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Daniel W. Jarvis, Duncan Robert Kerr, Jared Kole, Kelvin Kwong, Shayan Malek, Benjamin J. Pope, Matthew Dean Rohrbach, Peter Russell-Clarke, Mikael Silvanto, Christopher J. Stringer, Tang Yew Tan, Eugene Antony Whang, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Patent number: D935267
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Spark Grills, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin West, Miguel Christophy, Bret Recor, Kenneth Young, Virosh Rangalla, Merric French, Jack Knoebber
  • Patent number: D941076
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Spark Grills, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin West, Miguel Christophy, Bret Recor, Kenneth Young, Virosh Rangalla, Merric French, Jack Knoebber
  • Patent number: D966807
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Spark Grills, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin West, Miguel Christophy, Craig Jacobson, Bret Recor, Kenneth Young, Virosh Rangalla, Merric French, Jack Knoebber