Patents by Inventor Kenneth Dennis Jasinski

Kenneth Dennis Jasinski 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: 10685796
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for a user input device, such as a game controller. The user input device includes a finger depressible trigger button, a trigger travel path adjustment assembly that resides in an internal cavity of a housing of the user input device, and a finger switch configured to be switched between a plurality of selectable positions in real-time (e.g., during game play). A first selectable position of the finger switch enables the trigger button to be depressed a first distance. A second selectable position of the finger switch enables the trigger button to be depressed a second distance that is greater than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Victor Tsai, Kenneth Dennis Jasinski, Jonathan Shea Robinson, Gabriel Michael Rask Gassoway
  • Publication number: 20190393006
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for a user input device, such as a game controller. The user input device includes a finger depressible trigger button, a trigger travel path adjustment assembly that resides in an internal cavity of a housing of the user input device, and a finger switch configured to be switched between a plurality of selectable positions in real-time (e.g., during game play). A first selectable position of the finger switch enables the trigger button to be depressed a first distance. A second selectable position of the finger switch enables the trigger button to be depressed a second distance that is greater than the first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Jason Victor Tsai, Kenneth Dennis Jasinski, Jonathan Shea Robinson, Gabriel Michael Rask Gassoway
  • Patent number: 10446344
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for a user input device, such as a game controller. The user input device includes a finger depressible trigger button, a trigger travel path adjustment assembly that resides in an internal cavity of a housing of the user input device, and a finger switch configured to be switched between a plurality of selectable positions in real-time (e.g., during game play). A first selectable position of the finger switch enables the trigger button to be depressed a first distance. A second selectable position of the finger switch enables the trigger button to be depressed a second distance that is greater than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jason Victor Tsai, Kenneth Dennis Jasinski, Jonathan Shea Robinson, Gabriel Michael Rask Gassoway
  • Patent number: 10063958
    Abstract: Devices for attaching earpiece to a user's ear are described herein. In one embodiment, an earpiece that is removably attachable to an ear of a user can include a housing that has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. A transducer may be positioned, for example, at the proximal portion of the housing, and a retention member can be elastically coupled to the distal portion of the housing. The retention member and the housing can be configured to compress a portion of the user's ear therebetween in a manner that positions the proximal end portion of the housing in a vestibule of the ear adjacent an entrance to the auditory canal of the user's ear when the earpiece is attached to the user's ear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Lorenz Henric Jentz, Philip Bryan, Monika Romana Wolf, Kenneth Dennis Jasinski, Kory Gunnerson, Emron J. Henry, Karl William Vanderbeek, Richard James Wattles
  • Publication number: 20160351362
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for a user input device, such as a game controller. The user input device includes a finger depressible trigger button, a trigger travel path adjustment assembly that resides in an internal cavity of a housing of the user input device, and a finger switch configured to be switched between a plurality of selectable positions in real-time (e.g., during game play). A first selectable position of the finger switch enables the trigger button to be depressed a first distance. A second selectable position of the finger switch enables the trigger button to be depressed a second distance that is greater than the first distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Jason Victor Tsai, Kenneth Dennis Jasinski, Jonathan Shea Robinson, Gabriel Michael Rask Gassoway
  • Publication number: 20160134957
    Abstract: Devices for attaching earpiece to a user's ear are described herein. In one embodiment, an earpiece that is removably attachable to an ear of a user can include a housing that has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. A transducer may be positioned, for example, at the proximal portion of the housing, and a retention member can be elastically coupled to the distal portion of the housing. The retention member and the housing can be configured to compress a portion of the user's ear therebetween in a manner that positions the proximal end portion of the housing in a vestibule of the ear adjacent an entrance to the auditory canal of the user's ear when the earpiece is attached to the user's ear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Lorenz Henric Jentz, Philip Bryan, Monika Romana Wolf, Kenneth Dennis Jasinski, Kory Gunnerson, Emron Henry, Karl William Vanderbeek, Richard James Wattles
  • Publication number: 20160134141
    Abstract: A charger is described that is adapted to simultaneously charge a pair of portable devices, such as an audio input/output earpiece and a portable host device with which the audio input/output earpiece communicates wirelessly. In some cases, the charger includes spaces that are sized and shaped to receive the portable devices of the pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Lorenz Henric Jentz, Philip Bryan, Monika Romana Wolf, Kenneth Dennis Jasinski, Ishmael Adams, Emron Henry, Dennis Matthew Puhalla, Richard James Wattles
  • Patent number: D689857
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Gadi Amit, Yoshikazu Hoshino, Kenneth Dennis Jasinski, Daniel Joseph Clifton, Julien Rouillac
  • Patent number: D702050
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Inventors: Kenneth Dennis Jasinski, Quan Zhou Jasinski
  • Patent number: D724326
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Inventors: Kenneth Dennis Jasinski, Quan Zhou Jasinski