Patents by Inventor Chris A. Murzanski

Chris A. Murzanski 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).

  • Force feedback mechanism for gamepad device
    Patent number: 6641480
    Abstract: A hand-held input device provides a directional force feedback that acts on a housing of the device. The input device includes a threaded shaft that is rotatably driven by an electric motor. The motor causes a mass to move in response to a control signal received from a host computing device, such as personal computer that is executing a game or simulation. When the mass is rapidly accelerated or abruptly stopped in response to the control signal, the change in momentum of the mass imparts a directional reactive force to the housing, and an operator holding the housing feels the haptic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chris A. Murzanski, Kurt T. Nielsen, Gary L. Gordon
  • Force feedback mechanism for gamepad device
    Publication number: 20030195042
    Abstract: A hand-held input device provides a directional force feedback that acts on a housing of the device. The input device includes a threaded shaft that is rotatably driven by an electric motor. The motor causes a mass to move in response to a control signal received from a host computing device, such as personal computer that is executing a game or simulation. When the mass is rapidly accelerated or abruptly stopped in response to the control signal, the change in momentum of the mass imparts a directional reactive force to the housing, and an operator holding the housing feels the haptic force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2003
    Publication date: October 16, 2003
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chris A. Murzanski, Kurt T. Nielsen, Gary L. Gordon
  • Force feedback mechanism for gamepad device
    Publication number: 20020103025
    Abstract: A hand-held input device provides a directional force feedback that acts on a housing of the device. The input device includes a threaded shaft that is rotatably driven by an electric motor. The motor causes a mass to move in response to a control signal received from a host computing device, such as personal computer that is executing a game or simulation. When the mass is rapidly accelerated or abruptly stopped in response to the control signal, the change in momentum of the mass imparts a directional reactive force to the housing, and an operator holding the housing feels the haptic force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2001
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventors: Chris A. Murzanski, Kurt T. Nielsen, Gary L. Gordon
  • Antenna
    Patent number: D482351
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher G. Alviar, Chris A. Murzanski, Bradley Scott Haussler
  • Portion of a housing for a data router
    Patent number: D483748
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher G. Alviar, Chris A. Murzanski
  • Telephone handset
    Patent number: D358148
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: Motorola Inc.
    Inventors: Albert L. Nagele, Chris A. Murzanski
  • Portable telephone
    Patent number: D384662
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert L. Nagele, Leonid Soren, Michael P. McAndrews, Chris A. Murzanski
  • Escutcheon
    Patent number: D393470
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1998
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert L. Nagele, Chris A. Murzanski