Patents by Inventor Adam Petri

Adam Petri 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).

  • Compliant support for a display device
    Patent number: 10162442
    Abstract: A compliant support for a display device is described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes an external enclosure configured to assume a mobile computing device configuration and one or more computing components secured by and disposed within the external enclosure. The one or more computing components are configured to perform one or more operations that are specified by software. A display device is secured to the external enclosure such that the display device is viewable by a user, the display device supporting touchscreen functionality. A compliant support is disposed between the one or more computing components and the display device, the compliant support configured to reduce deflection of the display device by compression of the compliant support, the deflection caused in response to contact against a surface of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Chien-Hui Wen, Adam Petri, Stephan Alexander Cummings, Eric M. Leong, Kabir Siddiqui
  • Compliant Support for a Display Device
    Publication number: 20150091839
    Abstract: A compliant support for a display device is described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes an external enclosure configured to assume a mobile computing device configuration and one or more computing components secured by and disposed within the external enclosure. The one or more computing components are configured to perform one or more operations that are specified by software. A display device is secured to the external enclosure such that the display device is viewable by a user, the display device supporting touchscreen functionality. A compliant support is disposed between the one or more computing components and the display device, the compliant support configured to reduce deflection of the display device by compression of the compliant support, the deflection caused in response to contact against a surface of the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chien-Hui Wen, Adam Petri, Stephan Alexander Cummings, Eric M. Leong, Kabir Siddiqui