Patents by Inventor Peter J. Johnston

Peter J. Johnston 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: 10236697
    Abstract: Circuits, methods, and apparatus where a dongle or adapter may provide continuous power in the event of a disconnection of a charging device. One example may provide a dongle having a charge storage circuit. A charging device connected to the dongle may be used to power an accessory also connected to the dongle. Following a disconnection of the charging device, the dongle may use the charger storage circuit to provide power to the accessory for a first duration. After the first duration, a host device also connected to the dongle may provide power to the accessory via the dongle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Peter J. Johnston, Neal V. Cecil, Robert Il McKeever, William O. Ferry, Steven P. Hier, Clinton Bauder, Aaron J. Barber, Reese A. Schreiber
  • Patent number: 9812401
    Abstract: A routing apparatus includes a PCB having first and second arrays of contact pads, an interposer having third, fourth and fifth arrays of contact pads, the third and fourth arrays of contact pads being disposed on opposing surfaces of the interposer, the third array of contact pads being electrically connected to the first array of contact pads. First and second integrated circuits are respectively mounted on the second and fourth arrays of contact pads. The interposer includes a first group of conductive traces insulated from one another, a first array of conductive vias extending perpendicularly to the first group of conductive traces, the first array of conductive vias including through-vias connecting the third array of contact pads to corresponding contact pads in the fourth array of contact pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anne M. Mason, Peter J. Johnston, Christine A. Laliberte, Dominic P. McCarthy, Shawn X. Arnold, Souvik Mukherjee
  • Publication number: 20170263561
    Abstract: A routing apparatus includes a PCB having first and second arrays of contact pads, an interposer having third, fourth and fifth arrays of contact pads, the third and fourth arrays of contact pads being disposed on opposing surfaces of the interposer, the third array of contact pads being electrically connected to the first array of contact pads. First and second integrated circuits are respectively mounted on the second and fourth arrays of contact pads. The interposer includes a first group of conductive traces insulated from one another, a first array of conductive vias extending perpendicularly to the first group of conductive traces, the first array of conductive vias including through-vias connecting the third array of contact pads to corresponding contact pads in the fourth array of contact pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anne M. Mason, Peter J. Johnston, Christine A. Laliberte, Dominic P. McCarthy, Shawn X. Arnold, Souvik Mukherjee
  • Publication number: 20170265304
    Abstract: A circuit board includes conductive traces being sandwiched by an upper insulating layer and a lower insulating layer, a first array of conductive vias extending perpendicularly to the conductive traces, the vias in the first array of conductive vias being arranged such that any two adjacent vias in a row of vias extending along any given dimension in the first array of conductive vias are equally spaced from each other, and isolation resistors embedded within the first array of conductive vias such that each isolation resistor is disposed between at least two adjacent vias in the first array of conductive vias, each isolation resistor being disposed closer to the conductive via to which the isolation resistor is coupled than all other conductive vias surrounding the isolation resistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anne M. Mason, Peter J. Johnston, Christine A. Laliberte, Dominic P. McCarthy, Shawn X. Arnold, Souvik Mukherjee
  • Patent number: 9763329
    Abstract: A circuit board includes conductive traces being sandwiched by an upper insulating layer and a lower insulating layer, a first array of conductive vias extending perpendicularly to the conductive traces, the vias in the first array of conductive vias being arranged such that any two adjacent vias in a row of vias extending along any given dimension in the first array of conductive vias are equally spaced from each other, and isolation resistors embedded within the first array of conductive vias such that each isolation resistor is disposed between at least two adjacent vias in the first array of conductive vias, each isolation resistor being disposed closer to the conductive via to which the isolation resistor is coupled than all other conductive vias surrounding the isolation resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Anne M. Mason, Peter J. Johnston, Christine A. Laliberte, Dominic P. McCarthy, Shawn X. Arnold, Souvik Mukherjee
  • Publication number: 20160261128
    Abstract: Circuits, methods, and apparatus where a dongle or adapter may provide continuous power in the event of a disconnection of a charging device. One example may provide a dongle having a charge storage circuit. A charging device connected to the dongle may be used to power an accessory also connected to the dongle. Following a disconnection of the charging device, the dongle may use the charger storage circuit to provide power to the accessory for a first duration. After the first duration, a host device also connected to the dongle may provide power to the accessory via the dongle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Peter J. Johnston, Neal V. Cecil, Robert McKeever, II, William O. Ferry, Steven P. Hier, Clinton Bauder, Aaron J. Barber, Reese A. Schreiber
  • Patent number: 4068330
    Abstract: A rigid spring unit is constructed of coil springs and a top grid comprising a plurality of wires, including a first group or pair of parallel wires spaced apart a distance less than the diameter of the top coil of each spring. A second group of three wires, at right angles to the first pair, includes a pair of outside wires spaced apart a distance less than the diameter of the top coil of the spring and a locking wire intermediate the outside wires. The top coil of each spring includes indentations that permit the top coil to be seated from below, in a pre-stressed, woven fashion into the wires of the top grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1978
    Assignee: Spiller Spring Company
    Inventors: Wallace J. Rakow, Elmer J. Millette, Peter J. Johnston