Patents by Inventor Paul Brian Koch

Paul Brian Koch 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: 9036367
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, an antenna carried by the housing, and a circuit board carried by the housing. The mobile wireless communications device may also include a power amplifier carried by the circuit board, an antenna switch carried by the circuit board and configured to selectively couple the power amplifier to the antenna, a first radio frequency (RF) shield covering the power amplifier and the antenna switch, and a second RF shield within the first RF shield and covering the antenna switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Prabhu V. Patil, Roberto Gautier, Paul Brian Koch, Adrian Piseu Davis, Nirajkumar Rajendraku Patel
  • Patent number: 8965465
    Abstract: In some aspects, a portable electronic device, having a rear housing, an upper housing coupled to the rear housing and slideable relative thereto between a closed position and an open position, an antenna, and at least one element coupled to the antenna and configured to perform at least one of inhibiting low frequency shift and increasing high frequency sensitivity of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jay Robert Spoto, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Paul Brian Koch, Marko Antonio Escalante
  • Patent number: 8833805
    Abstract: A portable electronic device comprises a lower housing including a battery compartment. An upper housing is coupled to the lower housing and is slidable relative thereto in a first linear direction between a closed position and an open position. A battery cover is configured to engage the lower housing and move generally in the first linear direction relative to the lower housing from an unlatched position to a latched position in which the battery cover interlocks with the lower housing and encloses the battery compartment. The battery cover may comprise at least one of a post element or a beam element and the lower housing may comprise at least one of the other of the post element or the beam element. The post and beam elements are configured to interlock with one another when the battery cover is in the latched position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Aaron Robert Allen, Paul Brian Koch, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Jean-Charles Mas
  • Publication number: 20140192508
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, an antenna carried by the housing, and a circuit board carried by the housing. The mobile wireless communications device may also include a power amplifier carried by the circuit board, an antenna switch carried by the circuit board and configured to selectively couple the power amplifier to the antenna, a first radio frequency (RF) shield covering the power amplifier and the antenna switch, and a second RF shield within the first RF shield and covering the antenna switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Blackberry Limited
    Inventors: PRABHU V. PATIL, ROBERTO GAUTIER, PAUL BRIAN KOCH, ADRIAN PISEU DAVIS, NIRAJKUMAR RAJENDRAKU PATEL
  • Patent number: 8700108
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, an antenna carried by the housing, and a circuit board carried by the housing. The mobile wireless communications device may also include a power amplifier carried by the circuit board, an antenna switch carried by the circuit board and configured to selectively couple the power amplifier to the antenna, a first radio frequency (RF) shield covering the power amplifier and the antenna switch, and a second RF shield within the first RF shield and covering the antenna switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Prabhu V. Patil, Roberto Gautier, Paul Brian Koch, Adrian Piseu Davis, Nirajkumar Patel
  • Patent number: 8638556
    Abstract: In some aspects, a portable electronic device is provided having a slidable upper housing movable relative to a lower housing between an open position and a closed position, and a front bezel. The front bezel holds the components of the portable electronic device together and covers up at least some of the fasteners used to attach components of the portable electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Aaron Robert Allen, Paul Brian Koch, Marko Antonio Escalante, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Sacha Benjamin Holland
  • Patent number: 8417301
    Abstract: In some aspects, a portable electronic device, having a rear housing, an upper housing coupled to the rear housing and slideable relative thereto between a closed position and an open position, an antenna, and at least one element coupled to the antenna and configured to perform at least one of inhibiting low frequency shift and increasing high frequency sensitivity of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Jay Robert Spoto, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Paul Brian Koch, Marko Antonio Escalante
  • Publication number: 20120039029
    Abstract: In some aspects, a portable electronic device is provided having a slidable upper housing movable relative to a lower housing between an open position and a closed position, and a front bezel. The front bezel holds the components of the portable electronic device together and covers up at least some of the fasteners used to attach components of the portable electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Aaron Robert Allen, Paul Brian Koch, Marko Antonio Escalante, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Sacha Benjamin Holland
  • Publication number: 20110294553
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing, an antenna carried by the housing, and a circuit board carried by the housing. The mobile wireless communications device may also include a power amplifier carried by the circuit board, an antenna switch carried by the circuit board and configured to selectively couple the power amplifier to the antenna, a first radio frequency (RF) shield covering the power amplifier and the antenna switch, and a second RF shield within the first RF shield and covering the antenna switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Prabhu V. Patil, Roberto Gautier, Paul Brian Koch, Adrian Piseu Davis, Nirajkumar Patel
  • Publication number: 20110200859
    Abstract: A portable electronic device comprises a lower housing including a battery compartment. An upper housing is coupled to the lower housing and is slidable relative thereto in a first linear direction between a closed position and an open position. A battery cover is configured to engage the lower housing and move generally in the first linear direction relative to the lower housing from an unlatched position to a latched position in which the battery cover interlocks with the lower housing and encloses the battery compartment. The battery cover may comprise at least one of a post element or a beam element and the lower housing may comprise at least one of the other of the post element or the beam element. The post and beam elements are configured to interlock with one another when the battery cover is in the latched position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Aaron Robert Allen, Paul Brian Koch, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Jean-Charles Mas
  • Publication number: 20110201392
    Abstract: In some aspects, a portable electronic device, having a rear housing, an upper housing coupled to the rear housing and slideable relative thereto between a closed position and an open position, an antenna, and at least one element coupled to the antenna and configured to perform at least one of inhibiting low frequency shift and increasing high frequency sensitivity of the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Jay Robert Spoto, Douglas Wayne Moskowitz, Paul Brian Koch, Marko Antonio Escalante