Patents by Inventor Nicholas A. RENDA
Nicholas A. RENDA 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).
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Publication number: 20240113425Abstract: An electronic device may include an antenna and a coaxial cable coupled to the antenna. The coaxial cable may have a signal conductor coupled to an antenna resonating element of the antenna and a ground conductor coupled to an antenna ground of the antenna. The ground conductor may include an ungrounded segment that is separated from the antenna ground by a gap. A capacitive coupling between the ground conductor in the ungrounded segment and the antenna ground via the gap may form an impedance matching component for the coaxial cable. A dielectric retention layer may overlap the coaxial cable and hold the coaxial cable in place relative to the antenna ground to maintain the gap.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2023Publication date: April 4, 2024Inventors: Panagiotis Theofanopoulos, David Garrido Lopez, Nicholas A Renda, Le Li, Xiangyu Wang, Emily Sheng, Jason Bakhshi, Harish Rajagopalan, Forhad Hasnat, Subramanian Ramalingam, Erik A Uttermann, Rodney A Gomez Angulo, Ozgur Isik
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Patent number: 11769940Abstract: An electronic device includes a display, and a housing at least partially surrounding the display and comprising a first housing member defining a first portion of an exterior surface of the electronic device and a second housing member defining a second portion of the exterior surface of the electronic device and configured to function as an antenna. The electronic device also includes a joining structure positioned between the first housing member and the second housing member including a reinforcement plate and a molded element at least partially encapsulating the reinforcement plate and engaged with the first housing member and the second housing member, thereby retaining the first housing member to the second housing member.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Nicholas A. Renda, Carlo Catalano, Chen Wang, David R. Cramer, Kellen M. Atom, Lindsay D. Corbet, Melody L. Kuna, Robert J. Durand, Stephanie L. Ternullo, Sunita Venkatesh, Suvrat Lele, Wang Chung Alston Cheung
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Patent number: 11734942Abstract: An electronic device is provided, the electronic device having a keyboard including a biometric input device. The biometric input device may be a biometric key or button. A cap of a biometric key or button may include a textured ceramic cover, such as a textured sapphire cover. The cap may further include a rear decorative coating and a front antireflective coating disposed on or over the textured ceramic cover. The cap may have one or more visual and or tactile properties which resemble those of an adjacent key of the keyboard.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Vivek Gupta, Nicholas A. Renda, Chi Xu, Stephen V. Jayanathan
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Patent number: 11726151Abstract: A portable computing device that includes a base portion that carries an audio module and a display housing that carries a display is disclosed. The display housing is coupled with, and rotatable with respect to, the base portion. The display housing includes a magnet, and the base portion includes a magnetic field sensor that detects an external magnetic field of the magnet. The magnetic field sensor provides a signal that deactivates the display. In order to reduce layout changes in the portable computing device, the magnetic field sensor is positioned in an audio housing that carries the audio module. However, the magnetic field sensor is designed and oriented to detect the magnetic field from the magnet in the display housing and effectively ignore magnets associated with the audio module. In order to reduce the amount of electrical connections, the magnetic field sensor is electrically coupled to the audio module.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nicholas A. Renda, Jonathan L. Berk, Dylan A. Saracco, John C. Difonzo, Alexander V. Salvatti, Eric J. Weirshauser
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Publication number: 20230072518Abstract: An electronic device includes a display, and a housing at least partially surrounding the display and comprising a first housing member defining a first portion of an exterior surface of the electronic device and a second housing member defining a second portion of the exterior surface of the electronic device and configured to function as an antenna. The electronic device also includes a joining structure positioned between the first housing member and the second housing member including a reinforcement plate and a molded element at least partially encapsulating the reinforcement plate and engaged with the first housing member and the second housing member, thereby retaining the first housing member to the second housing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Nicholas A. Renda, Carlo Catalano, Chen Wang, David R. Cramer, Kellen M. Atom, Lindsay D. Corbet, Melody L. Kuna, Robert J. Durand, Stephanie L. Ternullo, Sunita Venkatesh, Suvrat Lele, Wang Chung Alston Cheung
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Publication number: 20220252682Abstract: A portable computing device that includes a base portion that carries an audio module and a display housing that carries a display is disclosed. The display housing is coupled with, and rotatable with respect to, the base portion. The display housing includes a magnet, and the base portion includes a magnetic field sensor that detects an external magnetic field of the magnet. The magnetic field sensor provides a signal that deactivates the display. In order to reduce layout changes in the portable computing device, the magnetic field sensor is positioned in an audio housing that carries the audio module. However, the magnetic field sensor is designed and oriented to detect the magnetic field from the magnet in the display housing and effectively ignore magnets associated with the audio module. In order to reduce the amount of electrical connections, the magnetic field sensor is electrically coupled to the audio module.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Nicholas A. RENDA, Jonathan L. BERK, Dylan A. SARACCO, John C. DIFONZO, Alexander V. SALVATTI, Eric J. WEIRSHAUSER
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Patent number: 11346902Abstract: A portable computing device that includes a base portion that carries an audio module and a display housing that carries a display is disclosed. The display housing is coupled with, and rotatable with respect to, the base portion. The display housing includes a magnet, and the base portion includes a magnetic field sensor that detects an external magnetic field of the magnet. The magnetic field sensor provides a signal that deactivates the display. In order to reduce layout changes in the portable computing device, the magnetic field sensor is positioned in an audio housing that carries the audio module. However, the magnetic field sensor is designed and oriented to detect the magnetic field from the magnet in the display housing and effectively ignore magnets associated with the audio module. In order to reduce the amount of electrical connections, the magnetic field sensor is electrically coupled to the audio module.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nicholas A. Renda, Jonathan L. Berk, Dylan A. Saracco, John C. Difonzo, Alexander V. Salvatti, Eric J. Weirshauser
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Publication number: 20210397808Abstract: An electronic device is provided, the electronic device having a keyboard including a biometric input device. The biometric input device may be a biometric key or button. A cap of a biometric key or button may include a textured ceramic cover, such as a textured sapphire cover. The cap may further include a rear decorative coating and a front antireflective coating disposed on or over the textured ceramic cover. The cap may have one or more visual and or tactile properties which resemble those of an adjacent key of the keyboard.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Vivek Gupta, Nicholas A. Renda, Chi Xu, Stephen V. Jayanathan
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Patent number: 11113494Abstract: An electronic device is provided, the electronic device having a keyboard including a biometric input device. The biometric input device may be a biometric key or button. A cap of a biometric key or button may include a textured ceramic cover, such as a textured sapphire cover. The cap may further include a rear decorative coating and a front antireflective coating disposed on or over the textured ceramic cover. The cap may have one or more visual and or tactile properties which resemble those of an adjacent key of the keyboard.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Vivek Gupta, Nicholas A. Renda, Chi Xu, Stephen V. Jayanathan
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Publication number: 20210165059Abstract: A portable computing device that includes a base portion that carries an audio module and a display housing that carries a display is disclosed. The display housing is coupled with, and rotatable with respect to, the base portion. The display housing includes a magnet, and the base portion includes a magnetic field sensor that detects an external magnetic field of the magnet. The magnetic field sensor provides a signal that deactivates the display. In order to reduce layout changes in the portable computing device, the magnetic field sensor is positioned in an audio housing that carries the audio module. However, the magnetic field sensor is designed and oriented to detect the magnetic field from the magnet in the display housing and effectively ignore magnets associated with the audio module. In order to reduce the amount of electrical connections, the magnetic field sensor is electrically coupled to the audio module.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2021Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Nicholas A. RENDA, Jonathan L. BERK, Dylan A. SARACCO, John C. DIFONZO, Alexander V. SALVATTI, Eric J. WEIRSHAUSER
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Publication number: 20210142030Abstract: An electronic device is provided, the electronic device having a keyboard including a biometric input device. The biometric input device may be a biometric key or button. A cap of a biometric key or button may include a textured ceramic cover, such as a textured sapphire cover. The cap may further include a rear decorative coating and a front antireflective coating disposed on or over the textured ceramic cover. The cap may have one or more visual and or tactile properties which resemble those of an adjacent key of the keyboard.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2020Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: Vivek Gupta, Nicholas A. Renda, Chi Xu, Stephen V. Jayanathan
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Patent number: 10955494Abstract: A portable computing device that includes a base portion that carries an audio module and a display housing that carries a display is disclosed. The display housing is coupled with, and rotatable with respect to, the base portion. The display housing includes a magnet, and the base portion includes a magnetic field sensor that detects an external magnetic field of the magnet. The magnetic field sensor provides a signal that deactivates the display. In order to reduce layout changes in the portable computing device, the magnetic field sensor is positioned in an audio housing that carries the audio module. However, the magnetic field sensor is designed and oriented to detect the magnetic field from the magnet in the display housing and effectively ignore magnets associated with the audio module. In order to reduce the amount of electrical connections, the magnetic field sensor is electrically coupled to the audio module.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Nicholas A. Renda, Jonathan L. Berk, Dylan A. Saracco, John C. Difonzo, Alexander V. Salvatti, Eric J. Weirshauser
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Patent number: 10942548Abstract: A computing device includes one or more microphones that function seamlessly with other components within the computing device. In one embodiment, a microphone opening is disposed underneath a keyboard with a channel from the microphone to an opening between the keyboard webbing and a keycap of the keyboard. In another embodiment, two microphones can be spaced apart from a keyboard region of the device and a third microphone can be disposed underneath the keyboard region with an channel from the microphone to an opening between the keyboard webbing and a keycap of the keyboard.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2019Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Nicholas A. Renda, David M. Rockford, Jonathan L. Berk, Chanjuan Feng, Daniel K. Boothe, Daniel D. Hershey
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Publication number: 20200097053Abstract: A computing device includes one or more microphones that function seamlessly with other components within the computing device. In one embodiment, a microphone opening is disposed underneath a keyboard with a channel from the microphone to an opening between the keyboard webbing and a keycap of the keyboard. In another embodiment, two microphones can be spaced apart from a keyboard region of the device and a third microphone can be disposed underneath the keyboard region with an channel from the microphone to an opening between the keyboard webbing and a keycap of the keyboard.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Nicholas A. Renda, David M. Rockford, Jonathan L. Berk, Chanjuan Feng, Daniel K. Boothe, Daniel D. Hershey
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Publication number: 20200096579Abstract: A portable computing device that includes a base portion that carries an audio module and a display housing that carries a display is disclosed. The display housing is coupled with, and rotatable with respect to, the base portion. The display housing includes a magnet, and the base portion includes a magnetic field sensor that detects an external magnetic field of the magnet. The magnetic field sensor provides a signal that deactivates the display. In order to reduce layout changes in the portable computing device, the magnetic field sensor is positioned in an audio housing that carries the audio module. However, the magnetic field sensor is designed and oriented to detect the magnetic field from the magnet in the display housing and effectively ignore magnets associated with the audio module. In order to reduce the amount of electrical connections, the magnetic field sensor is electrically coupled to the audio module.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2019Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Nicholas A. RENDA, Jonathan L. BERK, Dylan A. SARACCO, John C. DIFONZO, Alexander V. SALVATTI, Eric J. WEIRSHAUSER