Patents by Inventor Thomas O. Henry

Thomas O. Henry 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).

  • ELECTRONICS MOUNTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240107734
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing having a sidewall defining an internal volume, a display secured to the housing, a camera assembly disposed in the internal volume between the display and the sidewall, a spring finger biasing the camera assembly away from the sidewall, and a compression block disposed between the camera assembly and the sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Lee B. Hamstra, Stephanie Y. Su, Richard Li, Thomas O. Henry
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: 11907016
    Abstract: A portable electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and a display positioned in the aperture. The portable electronic device can include a number of components that can provide desired functionalities and levels of performance. For example, the device can include one or more couplers that interconnect various portions of the housing together. Additionally or alternatively, the portable electronic device can include one or more millimeter-wave antennas. Additionally, or alternatively, the electronic device can include one or more grounding elements or layers that reliably and electrically ground the display to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Thomas O. Henry, Trevor M. Cardiff, Jason A. U. De Souza, Sayooj R. Pillai, Jason Bakhshi, Erik A. Uttermann, Wei Lv, Wenyong Zhu, Lee B. Hamstra, Daniel J. Hoff
  • Displays with direct-lit backlight units
    Patent number: 11526051
    Abstract: A display may have a pixel array such as a liquid crystal pixel array. The pixel array may be illuminated with backlight illumination from a direct-lit backlight unit. The backlight unit may include an array of light-emitting diodes on a printed circuit board. The backlight unit may include first, second, and third light spreading layers formed over the array of light-emitting diodes. A color conversion layer may be formed over the first, second, and third light spreading layers. First and second brightness enhancement films may be formed over the color conversion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Daming Xu, Wei Lv, Pee Khiam So, Wenyong Zhu, Rong Liu, Victor H. Yin, Mookyung Son, Jun Qi, Yufeng Yan, Shaofeng Liu, Thomas O. Henry, Suraj P. Gorkhali
  • Displays with Direct-lit Backlight Units
    Publication number: 20220334431
    Abstract: A display may have a pixel array such as a liquid crystal pixel array. The pixel array may be illuminated with backlight illumination from a direct-lit backlight unit. The backlight unit may include an array of light-emitting diodes on a printed circuit board. The backlight unit may include first, second, and third light spreading layers formed over the array of light-emitting diodes. A color conversion layer may be formed over the first, second, and third light spreading layers. First and second brightness enhancement films may be formed over the color conversion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Daming Xu, Wei Lv, Pee Khiam So, Wenyong Zhu, Rong Liu, Victor H. Yin, Mookyung Son, Jun Qi, Yufeng Yan, Shaofeng Liu, Thomas O. Henry, Suraj P. Gorkhali
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20220291717
    Abstract: A portable electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and a display positioned in the aperture. The portable electronic device can include a number of components that can provide desired functionalities and levels of performance. For example, the device can include one or more couplers that interconnect various portions of the housing together. Additionally or alternatively, the portable electronic device can include one or more millimeter-wave antennas. Additionally, or alternatively, the electronic device can include one or more grounding elements or layers that reliably and electrically ground the display to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas O. Henry, Trevor M. Cardiff, Jason A. U. De Souza, Sayooj R. Pillai, Jason Bakhshi, Erik A. Uttermann, Wei Lv, Wenyong Zhu, Lee B. Hamstra, Daniel J. Hoff
  • Display for an electronic device
    Patent number: D893492
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Kellen M. Asercion, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Kristina A. Babiarz, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Markus Diebel, Justin R. Heckman, M. Evans Hankey, Thomas O. Henry, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Melody L. Kuna, Carli E. Oster, Florence Wong Ow, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Alex Chun Lap Yeung, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Display for an electronic device
    Patent number: D894189
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Kellen M. Asercion, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Kristina A. Babiarz, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Markus Diebel, Justin R. Heckman, M. Evans Hankey, Thomas O. Henry, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Melody L. Kuna, Carli E. Oster, Florence Wong Ow, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Alex Chun Lap Yeung, Rico Zörkendörfer
  • Display for an electronic device
    Patent number: D926767
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jody Akana, Molly Anderson, Bartley K. Andre, Shota Aoyagi, Kellen M. Asercion, Anthony Michael Ashcroft, Kristina A. Babiarz, Marine C. Bataille, Jeremy Bataillou, Markus Diebel, M. Evans Hankey, Justin R. Heckman, Thomas O. Henry, Julian Hoenig, Richard P. Howarth, Jonathan P. Ive, Julian Jaede, Duncan Robert Kerr, Melody L. Kuna, Carli E. Oster, Florence Wong Ow, Peter Russell-Clarke, Benjamin Andrew Shaffer, Mikael Silvanto, Sung-Ho Tan, Clement Tissandier, Eugene Antony Whang, Alex Chun Lap Yeung, Rico Zörkendörfer