Patents by Inventor Todd Andrews

Todd Andrews 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).

  • Patent number: 9041347
    Abstract: A stand for a portable electronic device includes a device receiving side including a coupling component for engaging with the portable electronic device when the portable electronic device is in a first orientation relative to the device receiving side and when the portable electronic device is in a second orientation relative to the device receiving side. The stand also includes a first support side adjacent to the device receiving side to act as a base when the portable electronic device is in the first orientation, and a second support side adjacent to the first support side to act as a base when the portable electronic device is in the second orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Brian Dennis Paschke, Todd Andrew Wood, Ippei Matsumoto, Kimberlee Colin, Samuel Hecht, Philipp Von Lintel
  • Publication number: 20150139822
    Abstract: Cooling devices for use with electric submersible pump motors include a refrigerator attached to the end of the electric submersible pump motor with the evaporator heat exchanger accepting all or a portion of the heat load from the motor. The cooling device can be a self-contained bolt-on unit, so that minimal design changes to existing motors are required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicants: Chevron U.S.A. Inc., LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
    Inventors: Todd Andrew Jankowski, Jose A. Gamboa
  • Patent number: 9029381
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is at least one cyclopropyl amide derivative, at least one pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one cyclopropyl amide derivative disclosed herein, and at least one method of using at least one cyclopropyl amide derivative disclosed herein for treating at least one histamine H3 receptor associated condition therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Astrazeneca AB
    Inventors: James Arnold, Todd Andrew Brugel, Scott Throner, Steven Wesolowski, Phil Edwards, Andrew Griffin, Thierry Groblewski, Denis Labrecque
  • Publication number: 20150092348
    Abstract: A thermal management system includes a distributor plate secured to and parallel to a circuit board. The circuit board has a module secured thereto and the distributor plate defines an area on an inner surface thereof secured to or otherwise in thermal contact with the module. Heat pipes embedded in the distributor plate include a portion over the module and a portion over the circuit board outward from the module. A portion of the heat pipes outward from the module may be substantially perpendicular to a direction of airflow between the circuit board and distributor plate. The module may be located closer to one edge of the circuit board and the heat pipes may according extend from adjacent that edge to an opposite edge of the circuit board. An inward facing surface may include fins extending toward the circuit board and the fins may be contoured to the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Cyan Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Andrew Newhouse, Colin John Wilson
  • Patent number: 8952659
    Abstract: A charger device for use with a handheld communication device, the charger device comprises a cable, a connector element and a support element affixed to the connector element. The connector element includes a connector for engagement with a port of the handheld communication device. The support element is configured to support the handheld communication device in either one of a portrait orientation and a landscape orientation, when the connector is engaged with the port of the handheld communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Di Tao, Todd Andrew Wood
  • Publication number: 20140312856
    Abstract: An adjustable output power supply with a data communications connector that at least partially complies with physical specifications of a defined data interface standard connector, such as a USB connector. The data communications connector has a number of data contacts and power contacts coupled to and providing output electrical power from a programmable power supply. A controller receives an indication of a detection of a feature of a mating connector coupled to the data communications connector, determines, based on receiving the detection, at least one resistance value between a data contact and at least one power contact, and adjusts an output voltage of the programmable power supply based on the at least one resistance value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Douglas James Arthur BURRELL, Jason Tyler GRIFFIN, Todd Andrew WOOD
  • Publication number: 20140272364
    Abstract: A corrosion inhibiting composition includes a first plurality of carriers and a second plurality of carriers. The first plurality of carriers has a first carrier body which encapsulates a film-forming compound. The second plurality of carriers has a second carrier body encapsulates a corrosion inhibitor. Each of the first and second carrier bodies is formed of a degradable material. Coatings and methods for inhibiting corrosion on a metal substrate are also described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Todd Andrew Fitz, Mariko Elaine Berg
  • Publication number: 20140272392
    Abstract: A corrosion inhibiting composition includes one or more of a plurality of carriers, each having a carrier body and an organic corrosion inhibitor, such that the carrier body encapsulates the organic corrosion inhibitor, and the carrier body is formed of a degradable material. Coatings and methods for inhibiting corrosion on a metal substrate are also described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Todd Andrew Fitz, Mariko Elaine Berg
  • Publication number: 20140151467
    Abstract: A showerhead including a fluid connector configured to be threadedly coupled to a shower arm, and an outer shell receiving the fluid connector. A rotational stop or drive member is operably coupled between the fluid connector and the outer shell and is configured to limit relative rotation between the fluid connector and the outer shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Masco Corporation of Indiana
    Inventors: Todd Andrew Huffington, Anthony G. Spangler
  • Patent number: 8744530
    Abstract: A method of controlling a portable electronic device that has a touch screen display includes providing a graphical user interface on a touch screen display, detecting a touch event at a first location on the touch screen display, providing a navigation indicator in the graphical user interface in response to detecting the touch event at the first location, and in response to detecting movement of the touch event from the first location to a second location while touch contact is maintained on the touch screen display, changing the position of the navigation indicator in the graphical user interface by a distance that is greater than a distance of movement of the touch event on the touch screen display, a direction of change of position of the navigation indicator is based on a direction of movement of the touch event on the touch screen display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Blackberry Limited
    Inventors: Jason Tyler Griffin, Todd Andrew Wood, Mihal Lazaridis, Harry Richmond Major, David Paul Yach
  • Publication number: 20140147310
    Abstract: A submersible pumping system for downhole use in extracting fluids containing hydrocarbons from a well. In one embodiment, the pumping system comprises a rotary induction motor, a motor casing, one or more pump stages, and a cooling system. The rotary induction motor rotates a shaft about a longitudinal axis of rotation. The motor casing houses the rotary induction motor such that the rotary induction motor is held in fluid isolation from the fluid being extracted. The pump stages are attached to the shaft outside of the motor casing, and are configured to impart fluid being extracted from the well with an increased pressure. The cooling system is disposed at least partially within the motor casing, and transfers heat generated by operation of the rotary induction motor out of the motor casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicants: Los Alamos National Security, Chevron U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Francis Alan Hunt, F. Coyne Prenger, Dallas D. Hill, Todd Andrew Jankowski
  • Patent number: 8723814
    Abstract: A handheld electronic communication device including a body including an input device facing a first direction, and a display device coupled to the body. The display device has a first display screen and a second display screen. The second display screen faces an opposite direction as the first display screen. The display device is rotatable between a first position in which the first display screen faces the first direction, and a second position in which the second display screen faces the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Jason Tyler Griffin, Todd Andrew Wood, Albert Pegg
  • Patent number: 8724300
    Abstract: A mobile electronic device has a first part of a male/female coupling. A cover sized to cover at least one face of the mobile electronic device has a second part of the male/female coupling. The second part of the male/female coupling mates with the first part of the male/female coupling of the mobile electronic device and cooperates with the first part to attach the cover to the mobile electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Dustin Jonathan Smith, Anders Fahrendorff, Todd Andrew Wood, Ian James Murchison
  • Patent number: 8711099
    Abstract: A handheld electronic device comprising a housing having a keyboard support member and a base, the base having a first section spaced apart from and opposing the keyboard support member to define a cavity therebetween, the base having a second section that extends from the first section beyond an open end of the cavity, the housing further comprising opposed first and second sidewalls, the first sidewall protruding from a first peripheral side edge of the second section of the base and the second sidewall protruding from a second peripheral side edge of the second section of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Blackberry Limited
    Inventors: Todd Andrew Wood, Jodie Elizabeth Fletcher
  • Patent number: 8696334
    Abstract: A submersible pumping system for downhole use in extracting fluids containing hydrocarbons from a well. In one embodiment, the pumping system comprises a rotary induction motor, a motor casing, one or more pump stages, and a cooling system. The rotary induction motor rotates a shaft about a longitudinal axis of rotation. The motor casing houses the rotary induction motor such that the rotary induction motor is held in fluid isolation from the fluid being extracted. The pump stages are attached to the shaft outside of the motor casing, and are configured to impart fluid being extracted from the well with an increased pressure. The cooling system is disposed at least partially within the motor casing, and transfers heat generated by operation of the rotary induction motor out of the motor casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignees: Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Los Alamos National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Francis Alan Hunt, F. Coyne Prenger, Dallas D. Hill, Todd Andrew Jankowski
  • Publication number: 20140079266
    Abstract: A speaker comprises a housing that defines an internal cavity within which a sound generating member is disposed. The housing includes a front panel and a rear panel and defines a base. The rear panel includes a kickstand configured to extend from the rear panel in a deployed position and, together with the base, to support the speaker housing in an upright, leaning orientation. The speaker comprises an electrical connector disposed between the kickstand and the rear panel. The electrical connector is configured for coupling an external source of electrical power to the speaker. Front panels of first and second speakers define front surfaces configured to facilitate positioning of the first speaker and the second speaker in a face-to-face mating arrangement. Each of the first speaker and the second speaker comprises magnetic elements disposed for retaining the first speaker and the second speaker in the face-to-face mating arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITED
    Inventors: Aaron Michael Szymanski, Brian Dennis Paschke, Di Tao, Jamaal Peele, Todd Andrew Wood
  • Patent number: 8650795
    Abstract: A coating for an animal decoy or fishing lure with a surface reflection which closely matches the spectral reflectance pattern of the animal that it is designed to mimic, including both human-visible and ultraviolet wavelengths, with the intent of making the decoy or fishing lure appear more realistic to animals that can see in both the human-visible and ultraviolet spectrums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Inventors: Aaron Henry Johnson, Brian Tande, Todd Andrew Pringle
  • Patent number: D709823
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Cortez Corley, Anders Fahrendorff, Todd Andrew Wood, Dustin Jonathan Smith
  • Patent number: D712350
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Dustin Jonathan Smith, Anders Fahrendorff, Ryan James Rutter, Leonardo Aldana, Todd Andrew Wood
  • Patent number: D717262
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: BlackBerry Limited
    Inventors: Alison Phillips, Todd Andrew Wood, Wai Yu Chung