Patents by Inventor Brian Repa

Brian Repa 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).

  • Active material based haptic alert system
    Publication number: 20070109104
    Abstract: A haptic alert system generally includes an active material based actuator for providing the haptic alert. The active material based actuators refer to the use of several different classes of active materials all of which exhibit a change in at least one attribute such as dimension, shape, and/or flexural modulus when subjected to at least one of many different types of applied activation signals, examples of such signals being thermal, electrical, magnetic, stress, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 17, 2007
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Osman Altan, Alan Browne, Nancy Johnson, Brian Repa