Patents by Inventor Ron Roberts
Ron Roberts 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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Publication number: 20230105588Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include headphone devices with spatially diverse antennas employing multiple operational modes and antenna switching policies. The headphone device may identify a current mode of operation and wirelessly communicate with at least one external device based at least in part on the current mode of operation. Further, operating in a first mode of operation, the headphone device may cause switching circuitry to selectively couple a first antenna to the common port in accordance with a first antenna switching policy. While operating in the second mode of operation, the headphone device may cause circuitry to selectively couple a second antenna to the common port in accordance with a second antenna switching policy that is different from the first antenna switching policy.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2022Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Niels van Erven, Kasra Payandehjoo, Michael Frey, Anthony Maglio, Ron Roberts
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Patent number: 11515620Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include headphone devices with spatially diverse antennas employing multiple operational modes and antenna switching policies. The headphone device may identify a current mode of operation and wirelessly communicate with at least one external device based at least in part on the current mode of operation. Further, operating in a first mode of operation, the headphone device may cause switching circuitry to selectively couple a first antenna to the common port in accordance with a first antenna switching policy. While operating in the second mode of operation, the headphone device may cause circuitry to selectively couple a second antenna to the common port in accordance with a second antenna switching policy that is different from the first antenna switching policy.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Niels van Erven, Kasra Payandehjoo, Michael Frey, Anthony Maglio, Ron Roberts
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Publication number: 20210249758Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include headphone devices with spatially diverse antennas employing multiple operational modes and antenna switching policies. The headphone device may identify a current mode of operation and wirelessly communicate with at least one external device based at least in part on the current mode of operation. Further, operating in a first mode of operation, the headphone device may cause switching circuitry to selectively couple a first antenna to the common port in accordance with a first antenna switching policy. While operating in the second mode of operation, the headphone device may cause circuitry to selectively couple a second antenna to the common port in accordance with a second antenna switching policy that is different from the first antenna switching policy.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2021Publication date: August 12, 2021Inventors: Niels van Erven, Kasra Payandehjoo, Michael Frey, Anthony Maglio, Ron Roberts
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Patent number: 10998615Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include headphone devices with spatially diverse antennas employing multiple operational modes and antenna switching policies. The headphone device may identify a current mode of operation and wirelessly communicate with at least one external device based at least in part on the current mode of operation. Further, operating in a first mode of operation, the headphone device may cause switching circuitry to selectively couple a first antenna to the common port in accordance with a first antenna switching policy. While operating in the second mode of operation, the headphone device may cause circuitry to selectively couple a second antenna to the common port in accordance with a second antenna switching policy that is different from the first antenna switching policy.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Sonos, Inc.Inventors: Niels van Erven, Kasra Payandehjoo, Michael Frey, Anthony Maglio, Ron Roberts
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Patent number: 9429279Abstract: Lighting apparatus and methods employing LED light sources are described. The LED light sources are integrated with other components in the form of a luminaire or other general purpose lighting structure. Some of the lighting structures are formed as Parabolic Aluminum Reflector (PAR) luminaires, allowing them to be inserted into conventional sockets. The lighting structures display beneficial operating characteristics, such as efficient operation, high thermal dissipation, high output, and good color mixing.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2013Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: PHILIPS SOLID-STATE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Kevin J. Dowling, Ihor A. Lys, Ryan C. Williamson, Brian Roberge, Ron Roberts, Frederick Morgan, Michael Jay Datta, Tomas Jonathan Mollnow
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Publication number: 20140192527Abstract: Lighting apparatus and methods employing LED light sources are described. The LED light sources are integrated with other components in the form of a luminaire or other general purpose lighting structure. Some of the lighting structures are formed as Parabolic Aluminum Reflector (PAR) luminaires, allowing them to be inserted into conventional sockets. The lighting structures display beneficial operating characteristics, such as efficient operation, high thermal dissipation, high output, and good color mixing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.Inventors: Kevin J. DOWLING, Ihor A. Lys, Ryan C. Williamson, Brian Roberge, Ron Roberts, Frederick Morgan, Michael Jay Datta, Tomas Jonathan Mollnow
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Patent number: 8390207Abstract: Lighting apparatus and methods employing LED light sources are described. The LED light sources are integrated with other components in the form of a luminaire or other general purpose lighting structure. Some of the lighting structures are formed as Parabolic Aluminum Reflector (PAR) luminaires, allowing them to be inserted into conventional sockets. The lighting structures display beneficial operating characteristics, such as efficient operation, high thermal dissipation, high output, and good color mixing.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2008Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: Koninklijke Philipe Electronics N.V.Inventors: Kevin J. Dowling, Ihor A. Lys, Brian Roberge, Ryan C. Williamson, Ron Roberts, Michael Datta, Tomas Mollnow, Frederick M. Morgan
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Publication number: 20110224211Abstract: Disclosed are compounds, stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, their preparation, use, and compositions thereof for treating an infection mediated at least in part by a virus in the Flaviviridae family of viruses.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2009Publication date: September 15, 2011Inventors: Frank Ulrich Schmitz, Roopa Rai, Christopher Ron Roberts, Wieslaw Kazmierski, Richard Grimes
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Patent number: 7828465Abstract: LED-based lighting fixtures suitable for general illumination in surface-mount or suspended installations, in which heat dissipation properties of the fixtures are significantly improved by decreasing thermal resistance between LED junctions and the ambient air. In various examples, improved heat dissipation is accomplished by increasing a surface area of one or more heat-dissipating elements proximate a trajectory of air flow through the fixture. In one aspect, various structural components of the fixtures are particularly configured to create and maintain a “chimney effect” within the fixture, resulting in a high air-flow rate, natural convection cooling system capable of efficiently dissipating the waste heat from the fixture without active cooling.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2008Date of Patent: November 9, 2010Assignee: Koninlijke Philips Electronis N.V.Inventors: Brian Roberge, Ron Roberts, Igor Shikh, Ihor Lys, Brad Koerner, Tomas Mollnow
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Publication number: 20100207534Abstract: Lighting apparatus and methods employing LED light sources are described. The LED light sources are integrated with other components in the form of a luminaire or other general purpose lighting structure. Some of the lighting structures are formed as Parabolic Aluminum Reflector (PAR) luminaires, allowing them to be inserted into conventional sockets. The lighting structures display beneficial operating characteristics, such as efficient operation, high thermal dissipation, high output, and good color mixing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2008Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: PHILIPS SOLID-STATE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Kevin J. Dowling, Ihor A. Lys, Brian Roberge, Ryan C. Williamson, Ron Roberts, Michael Datta, Tomas Mollnow, Frederick M. Morgan
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Publication number: 20080285271Abstract: LED-based lighting fixtures suitable for general illumination in surface-mount or suspended installations, in which heat dissipation properties of the fixtures are significantly improved by decreasing thermal resistance between LED junctions and the ambient air. In various examples, improved heat dissipation is accomplished by increasing a surface area of one or more heat-dissipating elements proximate a trajectory of air flow through the fixture. In one aspect, various structural components of the fixtures are particularly configured to create and maintain a “chimney effect” within the fixture, resulting in a high air-flow rate, natural convection cooling system capable of efficiently dissipating the waste heat from the fixture without active cooling.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2008Publication date: November 20, 2008Applicant: PHILIPS SOLID-STATE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Brian Roberge, Ron Roberts, Igor Shikh, Ihor Lys, Brad Koerner, Tomas Mollnow
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Patent number: 5372434Abstract: A cylindrical spindle for mounting a bearing or other member that requires lubrication, the spindle having an internal longitudinal passageway for conducting the lubricant to the bearing from an end of the spindle, and having a lateral passageway to receive a cotter pin for locking a nut on the spindle for retaining the bearing in place, the two passageways being nonintersecting with the lateral passageway extending substantially along a diameter of the cylindrical spindle and the longitudinal passageway being offset from the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical spindle.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 1994Date of Patent: December 13, 1994Inventors: Ron Roberts, Frank Potucek