Patents by Inventor OWEN P COLUMBUS

OWEN P COLUMBUS 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: 20210368271
    Abstract: An example acoustic transducer device includes a magnet and a pole plate connected to the magnet. The pole plate includes a nickel-iron alloy having nickel as a principal component. The device further includes a diaphragm movable relative to the pole plate to generate a sound and a coil connected to the diaphragm. The coil is to extend into a gap at the pole plate. The coil is to magnetically interact with a magnetic field provided to the gap by the magnet and the pole plate to drive the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: OWEN P COLUMBUS, KEN MacLEAN, PHILIP WRIGHT
  • Publication number: 20210173491
    Abstract: Example implementations relate to keyboard keys. In some examples, a key of a keyboard may comprise a magnetic plate, a pole plate located adjacent to the magnetic plate, where a channel through the magnetic plate and the pole plate is located adjacent to a perimeter edge of the magnetic plate and a perimeter edge of the pole plate, a membrane covering the pole plate and the channel, a keycap located on top of the membrane, and a wire coil connected to the keycap and located in the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: OWEN P COLUMBUS, KEN MacLEAN
  • Publication number: 20210136950
    Abstract: In some examples, an electronic device includes a first housing providing a sealed inner chamber, an electronic component inside the sealed inner chamber, a second housing externally of the first housing, the second housing comprising a first opening and a second opening, and an airflow channel between the first housing and second housing, the airflow channel to direct airflow from the first opening to the second opening through the airflow channel to carry heat away from a surface of the first housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Timothy J. SUTHERLAND, Philip H. WRIGHT, Owen P. COLUMBUS
  • Publication number: 20210037310
    Abstract: According to examples, an apparatus may include a chamber having a hole and a microphone unit. The microphone unit may include a first substrate having a first opening aligned with the hole of the chamber, a second substrate positioned with respect to the first substrate to form a gap between the second substrate and the first substrate, the second substrate having a second opening, and a diaphragm housed within the gap formed between the first substrate and the second substrate, in which the first opening is positioned on a first side of the diaphragm and the second opening is positioned on a second side of the diaphragm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventor: OWEN P COLUMBUS