Patents by Inventor Robert A. Spano

Robert A. Spano 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).

  • Rugged design for hand held mobile terminals
    Patent number: 7522889
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a rugged hand held mobile terminal design are provided. The mobile terminal design includes a monocoque enclosure for housing electronic components. The electronic components are mounted on a rail system, which is positioned within an interior portion of the enclosure through an open end of the enclosure. The mobile terminal design also includes a display bezel. The display bezel and the rail system have mating parts for securing the assembly together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2009
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Wulff, Robert A. Spano, Azer Ilkhanov, Mitchell Maiman
  • Rugged design for hand held mobile terminals
    Publication number: 20040127270
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a rugged hand held mobile terminal design are provided. The mobile terminal design includes a monocoque enclosure for housing electronic components. The electronic components are mounted on a rail system, which is positioned within an interior portion of the enclosure through an open end of the enclosure. The mobile terminal design also includes a display bezel. The display bezel and the rail system have mating parts for securing the assembly together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Wulff, Robert A. Spano, Azer Ilkhanov, Mitchell Maiman
  • Electronic shopping system
    Publication number: 20040111320
    Abstract: Systems and methods for an electronic shopping system are provided. The electronic shopping system includes a shopping cart tablet and a mobile terminal that can be hand-held and/or coupled to any suitable product carrying device. The shopping cart tablet includes a display to display information relating to ordinary operation of the tablet and/or a mobile terminal. The shopping cart tablet also includes a charge cradle for charging the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a window in which a bar code reader is able to read a bar code label and a display for displaying product information. A shopping cart handle is also included in the electronic shopping system for supporting the shopping cart tablet and mobile terminal. A storage rack that is operable to store and/or charge shopping cart tablets and/or mobile terminals is also included in the electronic shopping system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Jorg Schlieffers, Curt Croley, Jaeho Choi, Alistair Hamilton, Eric M. Johnson, Thomas Wulff, Robert A. Spano, Jerome Swartz, Carl J. Meshenberg, David T. Lundquist, Jovan Milosavljevic, Gene Niles
  • Keyed interface connector
    Patent number: D701509
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl DeGiovine, Sunghun Lim, Robert A. Spano, Chi-Ming Wang
  • Mobile computing device
    Patent number: D721705
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sunghun Lim, Robert A. Spano, Carl DeGiovine