Patents by Inventor Kari J. Rinko

Kari J. Rinko 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).

  • Patent number: 9041686
    Abstract: Electronic devices that include reflective displays for rendering content, touch sensors layered atop the reflective displays for detecting touch inputs, front lights layered atop the touch sensors for lighting the reflective displays and antiglare components for reducing glare caused by ambient light. This disclosure also describes techniques for assembling electronic devices including these component stacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Waverly Zehner, Hannah Rebecca Lewbel, Anoop Menon, Scott M. Dylewski, Kari J. Rinko
  • Patent number: 8888309
    Abstract: An electronic device case comprises a housing having a pivotable light arm and a receptacle. The light arm may be displaced between a stowed position and a use position. When in the use position, the light arm reduces the amount of glare light and increases the uniformity of light distribution to effectively illuminate the display of the electronic device. The receptacle comprises a lip over-molded to a base. The lip may be formed of a material that is more flexible than a material forming the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Khim Hung Foo, Kari J. Rinko, John Gee Tang, Gregory T. Witmer, Qing-Hua He, Jerilynn S. Ng
  • Patent number: 8864359
    Abstract: An ultra thin lighting element including at least one light source (1b). A lightguide element (2c) includes one lightguide layer comprising a plurality of discrete fine optic surface relief structures (3e) on at least one portion of at least one surface. Each surface relief structure (3e) includes basic structural features on the order of about 10 microns or less in height, and on the order of about 10 microns or less in each lateral dimension. The number, arrangement and size of each surface relief structure (3e) and height and lateral dimensions of the structural features of the surface relief structures (3e) being varied to provide a desired degree of outcoupling modulation of light incoupled into the light guide element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Modilis Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Kari J. Rinko
  • Patent number: 8746931
    Abstract: Light incoupling structures for lighting applications, such as lightguides, are described herein. The incoupling structures include an optically substantially transparent medium for transporting light emitted by a light source and an optical element including at least one hole in the medium for coupling light together with optional further optical elements. A lighting element includes a light source with related integrated optics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Modilis Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Kari J. Rinko
  • Publication number: 20110244187
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to techniques to manufacture internal cavity optical patterns and to apparatuses manufactured using the manufacturing techniques. Internal cavity optical patterns include small cavities (e.g., microcavities, nanocavities, etc.) spread across a surface of a thin transparent material. The thin material may then be laminated to a second material to join the surface having the cavities with the second material and thereby enclose the cavities within the resulting combination. The internal cavities may be filled with air or another medium (e.g., a fluid, gas, or solid), which enable the cavity to redirect light in accordance with design requirements. By manufacturing the internal cavity optics in this manner, the cavities may remain free of debris that may reduce an effectiveness of the optics. In some instances, additional layers of material may be laminated together to create additional layers of the internal cavity optics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: MODILIS HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventor: Kari J. Rinko