Patents by Inventor Ricardo Penate
Ricardo Penate 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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Patent number: 9291880Abstract: Incident light filter or cap assembly adapted to be attached to a mobile device equipped with a camera and software to measure light levels.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Assignee: Spark Facter DesignInventors: Abraham Farag, Ricardo Penate, Vijay Koneru, Shane Lewis Washburn, James Flynn, Kelvin Louie Leung
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Publication number: 20140254847Abstract: Methods, tools, and methods of manufacturing said tools are provided for inserting a hearing device deeply into the ear canal of a user and adjusting its medial-lateral position therein. The provided tools comprise a shaft. A distal end of the shaft can be coupled to the hearing device. The shaft is flexible to facilitate its insertion into the tortuous ear canal and minimize injurious contact with the ear canal. The length of the shaft can be adjusted to adjust the depth of insertion of the shaft into the ear canal, customizing the tool for an individual user. Medial advancement of the shaft into the ear canal is limited by a base, side extension, or mold coupled to a proximal portion of the shaft or other proximal part of the tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: InSound Medical, Inc.Inventors: Robert Howard, Evelyne Chaubert, Gretchen Anderson, Jonathan Paul Downing, Nicholas Hausman, Janet Karen Hwu, Ricardo Penate
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Publication number: 20140211085Abstract: Incident light filter or cap assembly adapted to be attached to a mobile device equipped with a camera and software to measure light levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2014Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventors: Abraham Farag, Ricardo Penate, Vijay Koneru, Shane Lewis Washburn, James Flynn, Kelvin Louie Leung
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Patent number: 8767991Abstract: Methods, tools, and methods of manufacturing said tools are provided for inserting a hearing device deeply into the ear canal of a user and adjusting its medial-lateral position therein. The provided tools comprise a shaft. A distal end of the shaft can be coupled to the hearing device. The shaft is flexible to facilitate its insertion into the tortuous ear canal and minimize injurious contact with the ear canal. The length of the shaft can be adjusted to adjust the depth of insertion of the shaft into the ear canal, customizing the tool for an individual user. Medial advancement of the shaft into the ear canal is limited by a base, side extension, or mold coupled to a proximal portion of the shaft or other proximal part of the tool.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: InSound Medical, Inc.Inventors: Robert Howard, Evelyne Chaubert, Gretchen Anderson, Jonathan Paul Downing, Nicholas Hausman, Janet Karen Hwu, Ricardo Penate
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Publication number: 20120294467Abstract: Methods, tools, and methods of manufacturing said tools are provided for inserting a hearing device deeply into the ear canal of a user and adjusting its medial-lateral position therein. The provided tools comprise a shaft. A distal end of the shaft can be coupled to the hearing device. The shaft is flexible to facilitate its insertion into the tortuous ear canal and minimize injurious contact with the ear canal. The length of the shaft can be adjusted to adjust the depth of insertion of the shaft into the ear canal, customizing the tool for an individual user. Medial advancement of the shaft into the ear canal is limited by a base, side extension, or mold coupled to a proximal portion of the shaft or other proximal part of the tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2012Publication date: November 22, 2012Inventors: Robert Howard, Evelyne Chaubert, Gretchen Anderson, Jonathan Paul Downing, Nicholas Hausman, Janet Karen Hwu, Ricardo Penate
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Publication number: 20120200998Abstract: A slider assembly for a computing device to interconnect at least two housing segments is disclosed. The first housing segment provides a first base plate and the second housing segment provides a second base plate. The slider assembly interconnects the two housing segments so that the segments may move about each other between a contracted and extended position. The slider assembly includes a rail that is provided with the first base plate and that engages a structure that is provided with the second base plate. The rail is enabled to move between one of the contracted or extended position. The slider assembly also includes a ground spring to maintain contact between the second base plate the rail.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2011Publication date: August 9, 2012Inventors: Giancarlo Anthony GIUSTINA, Ricardo Penate, Wing K. (Chris) Ho
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Patent number: 8184842Abstract: Methods, tools, and methods of manufacturing said tools are provided for inserting a hearing device deeply into the ear canal of a user and adjusting its medial-lateral position therein. The provided tools comprise a shaft. A distal end of the shaft can be coupled to the hearing device. The shaft is flexible to facilitate its insertion into the tortuous ear canal and minimize injurious contact with the ear canal. The length of the shaft can be adjusted to adjust the depth of insertion of the shaft into the ear canal, customizing the tool for an individual user. Medial advancement of the shaft into the ear canal is limited by a base, side extension, or mold coupled to a proximal portion of the shaft or other proximal part of the tool.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2009Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Assignee: InSound Medical, Inc.Inventors: Robert Howard, Evelyne Chaubert, Gretchen Anderson, Jonathan Paul Downing, Nicholas Hausman, Janet Karen Hwu, Ricardo Penate
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Publication number: 20100239112Abstract: Methods, tools, and methods of manufacturing said tools are provided for inserting a hearing device deeply into the ear canal of a user and adjusting its medial-lateral position therein. The provided tools comprise a shaft. A distal end of the shaft can be coupled to the hearing device. The shaft is flexible to facilitate its insertion into the tortuous ear canal and minimize injurious contact with the ear canal. The length of the shaft can be adjusted to adjust the depth of insertion of the shaft into the ear canal, customizing the tool for an individual user. Medial advancement of the shaft into the ear canal is limited by a base, side extension, or mold coupled to a proximal portion of the shaft or other proximal part of the tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2009Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: InSound Medical Inc.Inventors: Robert Howard, Evelyne Chaubert, Gretchen Anderson, Jonathan Paul Downing, Nicholas Hausman, Janet Karen Hwu, Ricardo Penate
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Patent number: 6891720Abstract: An access in a housing for a computer is disclosed. The access has a pivot mechanism coupled to the housing, and a door coupled to the pivot mechanism. The door rests flush against the computer housing when the access is not deployed. The door is configured to pivot in a downward direction for deployment of the access. An actuator is coupled to the door for actuating an ejection mechanism in a disk drive drawer. The actuator has a foam pad for depressing an eject button on a faceplate of the disk drive drawer.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2003Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Sze-moey Voon, Thomas S. Neal, Jacques L. Gagne, Ray Gradwohl, Ricardo Penate, Kenneth Wood
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Publication number: 20040169997Abstract: An access in a housing for a computer is disclosed. The access has a pivot mechanism coupled to the housing, and a door coupled to the pivot mechanism. The door rests flush against the computer housing when the access is not deployed. The door is configured to pivot in a downward direction for deployment of the access. An actuator is coupled to the door for actuating an ejection mechanism in a disk drive drawer. The actuator has a foam pad for depressing an eject button on a faceplate of the disk drive drawer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2003Publication date: September 2, 2004Inventors: Sze-moey Voon, Thomas S. Neal, Jacques L. Gagne, Ray Gradwohl, Ricardo Penate, Kenneth Wood
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Patent number: 6317316Abstract: A method and system integrates personal computer components to in an efficient manner that accommodates footprint and EMI demands. A base structure supports a flat panel display and enhances the stability of the display by placing the personal computer on the base structure. A support housing provides an attachment point for the display and also forms a cable cavity to enhance cable management for cables that interface external components with the personal computer. The personal computer has an inner casing with a mother board segment coupled in a hinged manner to a housing segment. The inner casing opens along the hinge to allow access to internal personal computer components, and closes during operation of the personal computer to meet EMI specifications. An outer casing encases the inner casing to enhance integration of the personal computer with other system components, such as by having a shape that conforms to the shape of a recess formed in the base structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 1999Date of Patent: November 13, 2001Assignee: Dell USA, L.P.Inventors: Thomas L. Bentley, Orin M. Ozias, David H. Titzler, Ricardo PeƱate, Malcolm S. Smith, Jon Sedmak, Jr., Christopher N. Lenart
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Patent number: 6147314Abstract: Systems and methods are described for an integral button pivot bar. A palm sized computer that can be held in one hand and operated with a stylus held by another hand, includes: a connecting trunk; a first connecting member coupled to the connecting trunk; an independently actuatable button coupled to the first connecting member; a second connecting member coupled to the connecting trunk; a torsion bar connected to the second connecting member; and an independently actuatable rocking switch coupled to the second connecting member. The connecting trunk, the first connecting member, the independently actuatable button, the second connecting member, the torsion bar, and the independently actuatable rocking switch are all integrally formed and actuating the independently actuatable rocking switch does not affect the independently actuatable button.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 1998Date of Patent: November 14, 2000Assignee: Palm, Inc.Inventors: Amy Han, Ricardo Penate, Traci Angela Neist, Robert Gregory Twiss
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Patent number: 6068496Abstract: A sliding door mechanism for a portable communication or data processing device is adapted for placement of the device on a docking port. The portable device has a component that is covered by the sliding door when the door is in a closed position. A single wire spring coupled with the door and the device has a spring force tending to keep the door closed. The door opens in response to placement of the device on the docking port rail. Upon placement of the device on the docking port rail, the docking port rail slides into guides on a door receptacle located on the housing of the device. The rails of the door in the closed position are slidably disposed in the door receptacle guides. The weight of the device causes the door receptacle guides to cover the docking port rail. As the door receptacle guides slide onto the docking port rail, the door rail is moved upwards into the device, the spring is compressed and the door opens.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1998Date of Patent: May 30, 2000Assignee: 3Com CorporationInventor: Ricardo A. Penate
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Patent number: D408021Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1998Date of Patent: April 13, 1999Assignee: 3Com CorporationInventors: Robert Y. Haitani, Kulbir S. Sandhu, Dallas R. Grove, Ricardo A. Penate
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Patent number: D420989Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 1998Date of Patent: February 22, 2000Assignee: 3Com CorporationInventors: Kulbir S. Sandhu, Dallas R. Grove, Ricardo A. Penate
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Patent number: D780705Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: March 7, 2017Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.Inventors: Simon Waterfall, Suri B. Medapati, Gregory A. James, Brian G. Heintz, Ricardo Penate, Gadi Amit, Susan Mckinney, Jinwoo Kim, Byron Ben-Ming Hsieh