Jeremy A Jacobson

US Patent:

6626706, Sep 30, 2003

Filed:

Feb 8, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/072753

Inventors:

Kabir Siddiqui - Sammamish WA
Jeremy Jacobson - Bothell WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H01R 2404

US Classification:

439668

Abstract:

An electrical connector and a USB connector are provided. The electrical connector includes a main connector housing having an upper pin housing and a lower pin housing. A stereo plug that protrudes from a front surface of the main connector housing lies between the inner surface of the lower pin housing and the inner surface of the upper pin housing. The electrical connector is adapted to connect to a jack. The upper pin housing and the lower pin housing are adapted to connectively engage a forward plug port housing of the jack. The jack is mounted within the casing of an electronic device such as a hand-held personal computer, a personal digital assistant, a wireless telephone, or a paging device. When the electrical connector is connected to the jack, the upper pin housing is inserted into an upper housing receiving port and the lower pin housing is inserted into a lower housing receiving port so that the electrical connector is mated to the casing of the electronic device. The improved USB connector includes a connector body, a USB connector plug, an alignment post and electrical power contacts on each side of the alignment post.

US Patent:

6659805, Dec 9, 2003

Filed:

Jan 21, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/348292

Inventors:

Kabir Siddiqui - Sammamish WA
Jeremy Jacobson - Bothell WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H01R 2404

US Classification:

439668, 439355

Abstract:

An electrical connector and a USB connector are provided. The electrical connector includes a main connector housing having an upper pin housing and a lower pin housing. A stereo plug that protrudes from a front surface of the main connector housing lies between the inner surface of the lower pin housing and the inner surface of the upper pin housing. The electrical connector is adapted to connect to a jack. The upper pin housing and the lower pin housing are adapted to connectively engage a forward plug port housing of the jack. The jack is mounted within the casing of an electronic device such as a hand-held personal computer, a personal digital assistant, a wireless telephone, or a paging device. When the electrical connector is connected to the jack, the upper pin housing is inserted into an upper housing receiving port and the lower pin housing is inserted into a lower housing receiving port so that the electrical connector is mated to the casing of the electronic device. The improved USB connector includes a connector body, a USB connector plug, an alignment post and electrical power contacts on each side of the alignment post.

US Patent:

6808842, Oct 26, 2004

Filed:

Feb 8, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/071336

Inventors:

Kabir Siddiqui - Sammamish WA
Jeremy Jacobson - Bothell WA

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H01M 210

US Classification:

429 96, 429 97, 429162

Abstract:

An improved battery pack is provided for powering a hand-held portable electronic device such as a wireless telephone, hand-held personal computer, or personal digital assistant. The battery pack includes a generally rectangular battery cell where the battery cell has an upper surface and a lower surface, a length, a width and a thickness suitable for insertion into a hand-held portable device. The battery pack includes a battery cell casing for enclosing an outer perimeter of the battery cell, and the casing has a width equal to the thickness of the battery cell. A first locking latch of a pair of locking latches is defined along a first side of the battery cell casing and a second locking latch of the pair of locking latches is defined along a second side of the battery cell opposite the first locking latch. A locking latch catch is defined along an outer edge of each of the first and second locking latches for engaging latching detents defined within the interior casing of the hand-held electronic device for securing the battery pack within the electronic device. The locking latches are deformable so that the locking latches may deform inward toward the outer surface of the casing between the connection points of the locking latches to the casing so that an outer surface of the locking latches and the locking latch catches may pass by an inner surface of the latching detents.

US Patent:

7676242, Mar 9, 2010

Filed:

Dec 23, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/318378

Inventors:

Kabir Siddiqui - Sammamish WA, US
Jeremy Jacobson - Kirkland WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04M 1/00

US Classification:

4555501, 4555751, 4555754, 4555757, 4555758

Abstract:

The subject innovation and/or methods relate to a compact durable communication device that can include a plurality of improvements to provide durability and thinness. The devices can be a clamshell smartphone, a messenger device, a thin smartphone, and/or any other suitable mobile communication device. The improvements can include a magnesium plate, an opening for an electrical component associated with the plate, internal antenna placement, an extended backlight for a dual display, and/or a mono hinge to provide connectivity.