Lawrence O Davis

US Patent:

7012271, Mar 14, 2006

Filed:

Mar 28, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/401651

Inventors:

Dimitry Gorinevsky - Palo Alto CA, US
Tristram T. Hyde - Severna Park MD, US
Lawrence P. Davis - Phoenix AZ, US

Assignee:

Honeywell International Inc. - Morristown NJ

International Classification:

G01V 8/00

US Classification:

25055922, 2502019, 25055929, 356601, 356512

Abstract:

A control system is provided for controlling the shape of a flexible electromagnetic radiation structure. The control system includes a plurality of actuators and a plurality of computational elements. Each of the plurality of actuators is coupled to a portion of the radiation structure and can be selectively actuated by the plurality of computational elements. Thus, the plurality of actuators and the plurality of computational elements provide control of the flexible electromagnetic radiation structure shape. In one embodiment, each of the plurality of computational elements controls one section of the flexible electromagnetic radiation structure. Thus each of the plurality of computational elements receives controls the one or more of the plurality of actuator within its section. Together, the plurality of computational elements provide a distributed control network for the radiation structure. The control system thus provides the ability to accurately control and shape a flexible electromagnetic radiation structure.

US Patent:

7349228, Mar 25, 2008

Filed:

Nov 24, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/722692

Inventors:

Brian J. Ray - Livermore CA, US
Robert B. Brownell - Decatur GA, US
Lawrence E. Davis - Atlanta GA, US

Assignee:

Extreme Networks - Santa Clara CA

International Classification:

H05K 7/14
H05K 7/18

US Classification:

361801, 361802, 361798, 439352

Abstract:

An ejector assembly for securing a blade in a rack and for ejecting the blade from the rack. The ejector assembly includes an ejector handle movable between a first position wherein the blade is secured in the rack and a second position wherein the blade can be removed from the rack. The ejector assembly also includes a release mechanism to hold the ejector handle in the first position. Upon actuation of the release mechanism, the ejector handle may be moved toward the second position. The ejector assembly may further include a lock mechanism to prevent actuation of the release mechanism.

US Patent:

7865210, Jan 4, 2011

Filed:

Jun 28, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/824032

Inventors:

Erik L. Wang - Redwood City CA, US
Sean Murphy - Sunnyvale CA, US
Tang Yew Tan - San Francisco CA, US
Jeffrey Eugene Neaves - Duluth GA, US
Lawrence E. Davis - Atlanta GA, US
Sung Kim - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

H04M 1/00

US Classification:

4555501, 455 903, 4555751, 439325, 439327, 439 64, 439153, 439160

Abstract:

Electronic devices are provided with ejectable component assemblies that can be substantially flush with the external surfaces of the housings of the devices, despite variations in their manufacture. The ejectable component assemblies may include connectors coupled to circuit boards of the devices, and trays that can be loaded with removable modules, inserted through openings in the housings of the devices, and into the connectors for functionally aligning the removable modules with the circuit boards. The ejectable component assemblies may also include ejectors coupled to the housings of the devices for ejecting the trays from the connectors and, thus, from the devices themselves.

US Patent:

7900759, Mar 8, 2011

Filed:

Aug 30, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/512818

Inventors:

Sung H Kim - Palo Alto CA, US
Lawrence E Davis - Atlanta GA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

B65H 75/44
H02G 11/02

US Classification:

191 122R, 191 124

Abstract:

Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for providing a cord retraction mechanism for an input device. A subassembly having an input device, a cable, and a retraction mechanism is provided. The cable has first and second opposing ends, with the first end being operable to be coupled to a computing device, and the second end being operable to be coupled to the input device. The cable provides an electrical communication between the computing device and the input device. The cable has an extended configuration and a storage configuration. In the extended configuration, the cable extends outwardly from the computing device. In the storage configuration, the majority of the cable is in a substantially linear orientation. The retraction mechanism has at least one pulley member for displacing the pulley member between first and second positions to allow the cable to move from the storage configuration to the extended configuration.

US Patent:

8145261, Mar 27, 2012

Filed:

Dec 14, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/967234

Inventors:

Erik L. Wang - Redwood City CA, US
Sean Murphy - Sunnyvale CA, US
Tang Yew Tan - Palo Alto CA, US
Jeffrey Eugene Neaves - Duluth GA, US
Lawrence E. Davis - Atlanta GA, US
Sung Kim - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

Apple Inc. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

H04M 1/00

US Classification:

4555501, 455 903, 4555751, 439325, 439327, 439 64, 439153, 439160

Abstract:

Electronic devices are provided with ejectable component assemblies that can be substantially flush with the external surfaces of the housings of the devices, despite variations in their manufacture. The ejectable component assemblies may include connectors coupled to circuit boards of the devices, and trays that can be loaded with removable modules, inserted through openings in the housings of the devices, and into the connectors for functionally aligning the removable modules with the circuit boards. The ejectable component assemblies may also include ejectors coupled to the housings of the devices for ejecting the trays from the connectors and, thus, from the devices themselves.

US Patent:

20120176753, Jul 12, 2012

Filed:

Mar 26, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/429563

Inventors:

Erik L. Wang - Redwood City CA, US
Sean Murphy - Sunnyvale CA, US
Tang Yew Tan - Palo Alto CA, US
Jeffrey Eugene Neaves - Duluth GA, US
Lawrence E. Davis - Atlanta GA, US
Sung Kim - Palo Alto CA, US

Assignee:

APPLE INC. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

H05K 1/18
H05K 7/00

US Classification:

361748, 36167901

Abstract:

Electronic devices are provided with ejectable component assemblies that can be substantially flush with the external surfaces of the housings of the devices, despite variations in their manufacture. The ejectable component assemblies may include connectors coupled to circuit boards of the devices, and trays that can be loaded with removable modules, inserted through openings in the housings of the devices, and into the connectors for functionally aligning the removable modules with the circuit boards. The ejectable component assemblies may also include ejectors coupled to the housings of the devices for ejecting the trays from the connectors and, thus, from the devices themselves.

US Patent:

20190230202, Jul 25, 2019

Filed:

Apr 3, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/374611

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Robert Sean Murphy - Sunnyvale CA, US
Tang Yew Tan - Palo Alto CA, US
Jeffrey Eugene Neaves - Cupertino CA, US
Lawrence E. Davis - Cupertino CA, US
Sung H. Kim - Cupertino CA, US

International Classification:

H04M 1/02
H05K 7/14
H05K 1/02
H05K 5/02

Abstract:

Electronic devices are provided with ejectable component assemblies that can be substantially flush with the external surfaces of the housings of the devices, despite variations in their manufacture. The ejectable component assemblies may include connectors coupled to circuit boards of the devices, and trays that can be loaded with removable modules, inserted through openings in the housings of the devices, and into the connectors for functionally aligning the removable modules with the circuit boards. The ejectable component assemblies may also include ejectors coupled to the housings of the devices for ejecting the trays from the connectors and, thus, from the devices themselves.

US Patent:

20170013098, Jan 12, 2017

Filed:

Sep 23, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/275161

Inventors:

- Cupertino CA, US
Robert Sean Murphy - Cupertino CA, US
Tang Yew Tan - Cupertino CA, US
Jeffrey Eugene Neaves - Cupertino CA, US
Lawrence E. Davis - Cupertino CA, US
Sung Kim - Cupertino CA, US

International Classification:

H04M 1/02
H05K 7/14
H05K 5/02

Abstract:

Electronic devices are provided with ejectable component assemblies that can be substantially flush with the external surfaces of the housings of the devices, despite variations in their manufacture. The ejectable component assemblies may include connectors coupled to circuit boards of the devices, and trays that can be loaded with removable modules, inserted through openings in the housings of the devices, and into the connectors for functionally aligning the removable modules with the circuit boards. The ejectable component assemblies may also include ejectors coupled to the housings of the devices for ejecting the trays from the connectors and, thus, from the devices themselves.