Patents by Inventor Robert Adrian Ray
Robert Adrian Ray 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).
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Publication number: 20170199573Abstract: One variation of a dynamic tactile interface includes a tactile layer defining a peripheral region and a deformable region adjacent the peripheral region; a substrate coupled to the peripheral region, a fluid conduit adjacent the deformable region, a fluid channel fluidly coupled to the fluid conduit, and a via fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and passing through the back surface; a bladder fluidly coupled to the via and the substrate; a structure adjacent a first side of the bladder; and a platen adjacent a second side of the bladder opposite the first side and compressing the bladder against the structure substantially perpendicular the longitudinal axis of the bladder and substantially parallel the substrate to displace fluid from the bladder and into the fluid channel to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting into an expanded setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2016Publication date: July 13, 2017Applicant: Tactus Technology, Inc.Inventors: Ben Calub, Carl Del Rosario, Mario Garcia, Michael Hammersley, Roman Rak, Curtis A. Ray, Micah Yairi, Nathan Knapp, Robert Adrian Ray, Brandon Miller, Kyle K. Gregory, Maxwell Harshorn Shimshak, Craig M. Ciesla
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Patent number: 9430074Abstract: One variation of a dynamic tactile interface includes a tactile layer defining a peripheral region and a deformable region adjacent the peripheral region; a substrate coupled to the peripheral region, a fluid conduit adjacent the deformable region, a fluid channel fluidly coupled to the fluid conduit, and a via fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and passing through the back surface; a bladder fluidly coupled to the via and the substrate; a structure adjacent a first side of the bladder; and a platen adjacent a second side of the bladder opposite the first side and compressing the bladder against the structure substantially perpendicular the longitudinal axis of the bladder and substantially parallel the substrate to displace fluid from the bladder and into the fluid channel to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting into an expanded setting.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2014Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Tactus Technology, Inc.Inventors: Ben Guron Calub, Carl del Rosario, Mario Garcia, Michael Hammersley, Roman Rak, Curtis Ray, Micah Yairi, Nathan Knapp, Robert Adrian Ray, Brandon Gregory Miller, Kyle Gregory, Maxwell Harshorn Shimshak, Craig Ciesla
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Publication number: 20160187981Abstract: A dynamic tactile interface includes a dynamic tactile layer and a manual fluid actuator. The manual fluid actuator includes a displacement device including a bladder, a platen adjacent the bladder, an elongated member coupled to the platen, and a rotary actuator, the elongated member and the rotary actuator translating rotation of the rotary actuator into translation of the platen, the platen compressing the bladder in response to rotation of the rotary actuator in a first direction and expanding the bladder in response to rotation of the rotary actuator in a second direction opposite the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2015Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Curtis A. Ray, Mario Sotelo Garcia, JR., Roman Rak, Forrest Russell Grinstead, Robert Adrian Ray, Micah Yairi
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Patent number: 9372565Abstract: The dynamic tactile interface includes: a tactile layer defining a peripheral region and a deformable region adjacent the peripheral region and operable between a retracted setting and an expanded setting; a substrate including an attachment surface and coupled to the peripheral region and defining a fluid conduit adjacent the deformable region and a fluid channel fluidly coupled to the fluid conduit; a border region proximal a periphery of the substrate and defining a cavity configured to receive an instrument, the cavity supporting the instrument in a first configuration and releasing the instrument in a second configuration; and a bladder fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and coupled to the cavity, the instrument compressing a portion of the bladder in the first configuration to displace fluid from the bladder into the fluid channel to transition the deformable region from the retracted setting to the expanded setting.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Tactus Technology, Inc.Inventors: Ben Guron Calub, Carl del Rosario, Mario Garcia, Michael Hammersley, Roman Rak, Curtis Ray, Micah Yairi, Nathan Knapp, Robert Adrian Ray, Brandon Gregory Miller, Kyle Gregory, Maxwell Harshorn Shimshak, Craig Ciesla
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Publication number: 20150205420Abstract: The dynamic tactile interface includes: a tactile layer defining a peripheral region and a deformable region adjacent the peripheral region and operable between a retracted setting and an expanded setting; a substrate including an attachment surface and coupled to the peripheral region and defining a fluid conduit adjacent the deformable region and a fluid channel fluidly coupled to the fluid conduit; a border region proximal a periphery of the substrate and defining a cavity configured to receive an instrument, the cavity supporting the instrument in a first configuration and releasing the instrument in a second configuration; and a bladder fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and coupled to the cavity, the instrument compressing a portion of the bladder in the first configuration to displace fluid from the bladder into the fluid channel to transition the deformable region from the retracted setting to the expanded setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2014Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Ben Guron Calub, Carl del Rosario, Mario Garcia, Michael Hammersley, Roman Rak, Curtis Ray, Micah Yairi, Nathan Knapp, Robert Adrian Ray, Brandon Gregory Miller, Kyle Gregory, Maxwell Harshorn Shimshak, Craig Ciesla
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Publication number: 20150205419Abstract: One variation of a dynamic tactile interface includes a tactile layer defining a peripheral region and a deformable region adjacent the peripheral region; a substrate coupled to the peripheral region, a fluid conduit adjacent the deformable region, a fluid channel fluidly coupled to the fluid conduit, and a via fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and passing through the back surface; a bladder fluidly coupled to the via and the substrate; a structure adjacent a first side of the bladder; and a platen adjacent a second side of the bladder opposite the first side and compressing the bladder against the structure substantially perpendicular the longitudinal axis of the bladder and substantially parallel the substrate to displace fluid from the bladder and into the fluid channel to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting into an expanded setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2014Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Ben Guron Calub, Carl del Rosario, Mario Garcia, Michael Hammersley, Roman Rak, Curtis Ray, Micah Yairi, Nathan Knapp, Robert Adrian Ray, Brandon Gregory Miller, Kyle Gregory, Maxwell Harshorn Shimshak, Craig Ciesla