Patents by Inventor Michael Lane

Michael Lane 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: 11281260
    Abstract: The description relates to devices and device adjustment. One example can include a first portion that defines a cam pivot. The example can also include a height adjuster comprising a wedge and a positioning loop positioned over the cam pivot, such that rotation of a cam on the cam pivot to contact one cam follower of the positioning loop that moves the wedge toward another component or to contact an opposite cam follower of the positioning loop that moves the wedge away from the another component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Colin Michael Ravenscroft, Kevin Chen, Jason Dale Brown, Anthony George Picardo, Anthony Ernest Hillyerd, Brian David Bitz, David Michael Lane
  • Publication number: 20220068164
    Abstract: A repositionable display panel includes a rigid image plate that includes a front surface configured to receive a colorant to form an image thereon and a back surface opposite to the first surface. The rigid image plate is defined by an image plate thickness and image plate widths. A spacer block is defined by a spacer block thickness and spacer block widths smaller than the image plate widths. A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer between the back surface of the rigid image plate and the spacer block bonds the rigid image plate and the spacer block together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Shutterfly, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Lane Polk, Gregory Lee Franklin
  • Publication number: 20210399500
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a receptacle connector having a tongue member with a surface extending between first and second tongue ends and having a shoulder extending from the surface adjacent to the second tongue end. The shoulder has a cross-sectional area within a receptacle opening size limit. The receptacle connector further includes a set of electrical contacts each extending through the shoulder between first and second contact ends on opposite sides of the shoulder. The electrical contacts at the first contact end are attached to the tongue surface at the first tongue end. The electrical contacts at the second contact end extend beyond the second tongue end. The receptacle connector further includes an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding bracket covering at least a portion of the set of electrical contacts between the first contact end and the shoulder. The disclosure further includes a method of making the electrical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Le CHANG, David Michael LANE, Scott Gerard LOOMIS, Tung Yuen LAU
  • Patent number: 11138910
    Abstract: A repositionable display panel includes a rigid image plate that includes a front surface configured to receive a colorant to form an image thereon and a back surface opposite to the first surface. The rigid image plate is defined by an image plate thickness and image plate widths. A spacer block is defined by a spacer block thickness and spacer block widths smaller than the image plate widths. A pressure-sensitive adhesive layer between the back surface of the rigid image plate and the spacer block bonds the rigid image plate and the spacer block together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Shutterfly, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Lane Polk, Gregory Lee Franklin
  • Publication number: 20210298273
    Abstract: A combination beak grooming pecking block and nutritional/medicament block for chickens and turkeys which can be mounted from a suspension point to prevent perching and defecating on the block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Lane Lott, Allen J. Couvillion
  • Patent number: 11086366
    Abstract: The description relates to devices, such as user-serviceable dimensionally-constrained devices. One example can include a first portion and a corresponding second portion. The example can also include a gap reduction assembly positioned along edges of the first portion and the second portion that biases the first and second portions toward one another. The example can also include an alignment assembly that laterally aligns corners of the first portion and the second portion and a locking assembly that locks the aligned corners of the first portion and the second portion against one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David John Huston, Eugene Lee, Scott Douglas Bowers, David Michael Lane, Brian David Bitz, Thomas Joseph Longo
  • Patent number: 11049674
    Abstract: Mechanical key design for keyboards often includes rubber or metal dome switches along with scissor mechanisms that offer a desirable feel and overall performance or achieve the key travel necessary to meet shrinking overall keyboard thickness specifications, but not both. Haptic feedback devices offer a user sensory feedback signifying a selection has been made without any physical travel of a keypad, but also may not offer the user a desirable feel and overall performance. The following describes in detail keys or push buttons that offer the user a desirable feel and performance, while meeting shrinking overall keyboard thickness specifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing
    Inventors: David Michael Lane, Thomas Joseph Longo
  • Publication number: 20210160239
    Abstract: A resource-access management system detects whether a user is authorized to access resources. The system may include a user device being configured to include a sensor that detects sensor data associated with the user. Further, the system includes a client qualification engine that determines whether or not a client is authorized to access the resources by comparing the sensor data with a plurality of patterns for evaluating whether or not the user is an authorized user. User scores are generated based on the compared sensor data and the plurality of patterns. Further, a composite score corresponding to the user is generated using the sensor data, plurality of patterns, and one or more additional criteria. Whether the user is granted access to the resources, presented with unauthorized user tests, or blocked from access to the resources depends on the composite score and threshold values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Fengpei Du, Michael Lane, Kenneth Ives-Halperin
  • Publication number: 20210089091
    Abstract: The description relates to devices and device adjustment. One example can include a first portion that defines a cam pivot. The example can also include a height adjuster comprising a wedge and a positioning loop positioned over the cam pivot, such that rotation of a cam on the cam pivot to contact one cam follower of the positioning loop that moves the wedge toward another component or to contact an opposite cam follower of the positioning loop that moves the wedge away from the another component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Colin Michael Ravenscroft, Kevin Chen, Jason Dale Brown, Anthony George Picardo, Anthony Ernest Hillyerd, Brian David Bitz, David Michael Lane
  • Publication number: 20210072799
    Abstract: The description relates to devices, such as user-serviceable dimensionally-constrained devices. One example can include a first portion and a corresponding second portion. The example can also include a gap reduction assembly positioned along edges of the first portion and the second portion that biases the first and second portions toward one another. The example can also include an alignment assembly that laterally aligns corners of the first portion and the second portion and a locking assembly that locks the aligned corners of the first portion and the second portion against one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: David John Huston, Eugene Lee, Scott Douglas Bowers, David Michael Lane, Brian David Bitz, Thomas Joseph Longo
  • Publication number: 20210014957
    Abstract: A plasma confinement system includes an enclosure, one or more internal magnetic coils suspended within the enclosure in a plasma region, and one or more supports configured to support the one or more internal magnetic coils suspended within the enclosure. Each support of the one or more supports includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The first end is coupled to an interior portion of the enclosure and the second end is coupled to a component disposed within the plasma region. Each support further includes electrical conducting material disposed between the first end and the second end. The electrical conducting material is configured to, when supplied with one or more electrical currents, generate a magnetic field having a magnetic field gradient that varies along the support from the first end to the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Jonathon Robert Heinrich, Thomas John McGuire, Gabriel Ivan Font, Michael Lane Garrett
  • Publication number: 20200348762
    Abstract: Low-profile keysets and input devices having such low-profile keysets are described. In one example, the input device includes a support structure having a first and second surface; a bezel having a first and second surface, wherein the first surface of the bezel is adjacent to the first surface of the support structure, and the bezel comprises at least one opening; at least one key cap positioned within the at least one opening of the bezel, wherein each key cap is configured to move between a first and second position to trigger a function of the input device; and a fabric cover layer positioned adjacent to the second surface of the bezel, such that the bezel and the at least one key cap are positioned between the fabric cover layer and the support structure, the fabric cover layer is only adhered to the second surface of the bezel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Francis DEILY, Michael Gordon OLDANI, Yajing LIU, David Paul PLATT, David Michael LANE, Thomas Joseph LONGO
  • Publication number: 20200331101
    Abstract: A method for matching and tracking workpieces in laser etching operation includes generating by the computer a label image that uniquely identifies the workpiece, moving a laser head to the workpiece, setting the laser head to a first power level by a power controller, etching the product image on the workpiece using a laser beam emitted from the laser head, wherein the laser beam is modulated at the first power level in accordance with a product image in a pixel wise fashion across the workpiece, moving the laser head to the label by the transport mechanism, setting the laser head to a second power level by the power controller, etching the label image on the workpiece using a laser beam emitted from the laser head, wherein the laser beam is modulated at the second power level in accordance with the label image in a pixel wise fashion across the label.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: David Lynn Hall, Michael Lane Polk, Gregory Lee Franklin
  • Publication number: 20200318990
    Abstract: A method of producing a transit-time map uses a digital mapping service, a digital transit-time mapping program, and a connected digital device. A user-defined initial location, a pre-defined transit-time, and a user-chosen travel mode are input into the digital transit-time mapping program, Running the digital transit-time mapping program includes repeatedly accessing the digital mapping service to determine a locus of points on the digital spatial map. The time to travel from the user-defined initial location to each point of the locus of points is substantially equal to the pre-defined transit time for the user-chosen travel mode. The points of the locus of points on the digital spatial map are stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Eric Mayhew, Michael Lane, Scott Gale, Brian McVey
  • Patent number: 10795452
    Abstract: User expectations demand that keypad layout and size, as well as keypad performance and illumination remain the same or improve over time. In various implementations, the keyboards disclosed and detailed herein incorporate an array of thermoset bare die light emitting diodes in an effort to more evenly distribute light through a keyboard structure without increasing keyboard thickness, as compared to prior art designs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Patrick Sullivan, James David Holbery, Siyuan Ma, David Michael Lane, Thomas Joseph Longo
  • Patent number: 10775898
    Abstract: Low-profile keysets and input devices having such low-profile keysets are described. In one example, the input device includes a support structure having a first and second surface; a bezel having a first and second surface, wherein the first surface of the bezel is adjacent to the first surface of the support structure, and the bezel comprises at least one opening; at least one key cap positioned within the at least one opening of the bezel, wherein each key cap is configured to move between a first and second position to trigger a function of the input device; and a fabric cover layer positioned adjacent to the second surface of the bezel, such that the bezel and the at least one key cap are positioned between the fabric cover layer and the support structure, the fabric cover layer is only adhered to the second surface of the bezel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Francis Deily, Michael Gordon Oldani, Yajing Liu, David Paul Platt, David Michael Lane, Thomas Joseph Longo
  • Patent number: D947486
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Lane Sinclair Alston
  • Patent number: D947487
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Lane Sinclair Alston
  • Patent number: D948161
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Lane Sinclair Alston
  • Patent number: D948165
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Michael Lane Sinclair Alston