Patents by Inventor Rachid M. Alamech

Rachid M. Alamech 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).

  • Electrical connector having a domed metal switch
    Patent number: 9633804
    Abstract: A connector (100) and connector system are provided. A connector can include a domed metal switch (102) that is partially covered with a liquid impermeable barrier (101) such that a portion of the domed metal switch is exposed and the liquid impermeable barrier is coupled to the domed metal switch with a liquid impermeable junction (221). In a connector system, a complementary connector can include a dome switch actuator (706,707), partially covered with another liquid impermeable barrier. When pressed against the connector, the domed metal switch can deform to contact an electrical conductor (104). A control circuit (1309) can determine whether an electronic device or user is causing the deformation by detecting whether voltage or current is applied to the domed metal switch while deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Google Technoogy Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Paul R. Steuer, Rachid M. Alamech, Patrick J. Cauwels, David P. Winkler
  • Electrical Connector having a Domed Metal Switch
    Publication number: 20150235787
    Abstract: A connector (100) and connector system are provided. A connector can include a domed metal switch (102) that is partially covered with a liquid impermeable barrier (101) such that a portion of the domed metal switch is exposed and the liquid impermeable barrier is coupled to the domed metal switch with a liquid impermeable junction (221). In a connector system, a complementary connector can include a dome switch actuator (706,707), partially covered with another liquid impermeable barrier. When pressed against the connector, the domed metal switch can deform to contact an electrical conductor (104). A control circuit (1309) can determine whether an electronic device or user is causing the deformation by detecting whether voltage or current is applied to the domed metal switch while deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Paul R. Steuer, Rachid M. Alamech, Patrick J. Cauwels, David P. Winkler
  • Motion Based Compensation of Uplinked Audio
    Publication number: 20130202130
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to apparatuses for, and methods of, compensating for distance 206 and velocity present between a microphone and user's 202 mouth. Such devices and methods allow compensation for varying amplitudes of sound pressure received at a the due to a varying distance 206 between a microphone and an originating user's 202 mouth. Additionally, the devices and methods may also compensate for pitch shifts due to a Doppler effect caused by a non-zero velocity of a microphone relative to a user's 202 mouth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Motorola Mobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A Zurek, Rachid M. Alamech, Timothy Dickinson, Thomas Y. Merrell