Patents by Inventor Mikael P. Sedlacek

Mikael P. Sedlacek 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: 20240101041
    Abstract: An object support includes an object receiving portion extending from a panel and configured to support an object, with the object receiving portion configured to move relative to an interior surface between a first position when the panel is in a closed position and a second position when the panel is in an open position. The object receiving portion is closer to a lateral surface of the panel in the second position than the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Christopher S. Edgette, Mikael P. Sedlacek, Philipp J. Wolf
  • Patent number: 11840177
    Abstract: A system for securing a user device to a body includes a magnet and an attraction plate. One of the magnet or the attraction plate is mechanically coupled to the body, and the other of the magnet or the attraction plate is mechanically coupled to the user device. The magnet is selectively activated to hold the attraction plate and, thereby, secure the user device to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Sawyer I. Cohen, Jack J. Wanderman, Romain A. Teil, Mikael P. Sedlacek, Jorge C. Fialho, Kirill Kalinichev, Robert D. Silfvast, Justin D. Crosby
  • Publication number: 20230347795
    Abstract: A collapsible mechanism having a base and a back. A guide moves the base and the back between a support configuration and a table configuration. One or more surfaces of the base or the back form a height-extendible work surface in the table configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Philipp J. Wolf, Donald R. Monroe, Mikael P. Sedlacek
  • Publication number: 20230331164
    Abstract: A body defines an opening, an extendable support is movable between a retracted position and an extended position, and a is closure connected to the extendable support and movable between a closed position and a use position. An accessory support area is defined between the closure and the body when the closure is in the use position, and the accessory support area is configured to allow connection of an accessory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Moshe J. Baum, Kevin O. Miron, Mikael P. Sedlacek
  • Patent number: 11667258
    Abstract: A restraint system includes a restraint configured to deploy from an interior surface and restrain motion of an occupant and a support including a door coupled to an upper portion of the restraint. The door is configured to rotate about a pivot. The door includes a telescoping panel configured to telescopically extend from a stowed position behind the interior surface to a deployed position spaced apart from the interior surface in unison with deployment of the restraint so that the anchor reaches the deployed position after the door rotates about the pivot. The support is configured to orient the upper portion of the restraint in respect to motion of the occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Adam J. Golman, Nathaniel J. Dennis, Jesse T. Buehler, Jonathan O. Sive, Donald R. Monroe, Mikael P. Sedlacek, Arturo Llamazares Domper
  • Patent number: 10703297
    Abstract: A system for securing a user device in a vehicle includes a magnet and an attraction plate. One of the magnet or the attraction plate is mechanically coupled to the vehicle, and the other of the magnet or the attraction plate is mechanically coupled to the user device. The magnet is selectively activated to hold the attraction plate and, thereby, secure the user device to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sawyer I. Cohen, Jack J. Wanderman, Romain A. Teil, Mikael P. Sedlacek, Jorge C. Fialho, Kirill Kalinichev, Robert D. Silfvast, Justin D. Crosby