Patents by Inventor Jake Zwart

Jake Zwart 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).

  • System for impulse input of commands, control arguments and data
    Patent number: 8786409
    Abstract: An advanced technique of user interaction with compact, portable, hand-held devices, larger electronic devices and other surfaces and objects is disclosed. The particular component arrays, configuration modes and analytic methodologies disclosed are optimized and directed toward logical interpretation of device motions resulting from vector impulses as user data inputs and commands. Apparatus, system and method embodiments are described and illustrated by examples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: VBT Innovations Inc
    Inventors: Andrew Jan Zwart, Simon Regis Louis Lancaster-Larocque, Dawit Mergia Effa, Greg Mark Derige, Kenneth King Ho Lee, Matthew Allen Rendall, Jake Zwart, Andrew Michael Cameron
  • System for impulse input of commands, control arguments and data
    Publication number: 20100060604
    Abstract: An advanced technique of user interaction with compact, portable, hand-held devices, larger electronic devices and other surfaces and objects is disclosed. The particular component arrays, configuration modes and analytic methodologies disclosed are optimized and directed toward logical interpretation of device motions resulting from vector impulses as user data inputs and commands. Apparatus, system and method embodiments are described and illustrated by examples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Andrew Jan Zwart, Greg Mark Derige, Andrew Michael Cameron, Jake Zwart, Simon Regis Louis Lancaster-Larocque, Dawit Mergia Effa, Kenneth King Ho Lee, Matthew Allen Rendall
  • Calender hood
    Patent number: 6207019
    Abstract: A calender hood for a paper machine having a dryer section and a calender section the hood extending along a portion of the paper path from the dryer section through the calender section to restrict movement of the ambient air into the region between the surface of the paper sheet and the calender hood and thereby reduce heat losses to the ambient air by the paper sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Abitibi-Price, Inc.
    Inventors: Jake Zwart, Derek A. Twitchen