Patents by Inventor Simona Wong

Simona Wong 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).

  • Dynamic tactile interface
    Patent number: 9588683
    Abstract: One variation of a dynamic tactile interface includes: a substrate defining a fluid channel and a fluid conduit fluidly coupled to the fluid channel; a tactile layer comprising a peripheral region and a deformable region, the peripheral region coupled to the substrate, and the deformable region arranged over the fluid conduit, disconnected from the substrate, and operable between a retracted setting and an expanded setting, the deformable region elevated above the peripheral region in the expanded setting; a tube comprising a first end fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and constrained relative to the substrate; a volume of fluid within the tube; and a rotary actuator coupled to the tube remote from the first end and configured to transition the deformable region from the retracted setting to the expanded setting by winding the tube to displace a portion of the volume of fluid within the tube into the fluid channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Tactus Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Micah B. Yairi, Craig Ciesla, Curtis Ray, Michael Jastrzebski, Amy Lai Wong, Simona Wong, Jonathon Jenkins, Nathan Knapp
  • DYNAMIC TACTILE INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20150331525
    Abstract: One variation of a dynamic tactile interface includes: a substrate defining a fluid channel and a fluid conduit fluidly coupled to the fluid channel; a tactile layer comprising a peripheral region and a deformable region, the peripheral region coupled to the substrate, and the deformable region arranged over the fluid conduit, disconnected from the substrate, and operable between a retracted setting and an expanded setting, the deformable region elevated above the peripheral region in the expanded setting; a tube comprising a first end fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and constrained relative to the substrate; a volume of fluid within the tube; and a rotary actuator coupled to the tube remote from the first end and configured to transition the deformable region from the retracted setting to the expanded setting by winding the tube to displace a portion of the volume of fluid within the tube into the fluid channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Micah B. Yairi, Craig Ciesla, Curtis Ray, Michael Jastrzebski, Amy Lai Wong, Simona Wong, Jonathon Jenkins, Nathan Knapp
  • Dynamic tactile interface
    Patent number: 9128525
    Abstract: One variation of a dynamic tactile interface includes: a substrate defining a fluid channel and a fluid conduit fluidly coupled to the fluid channel; a tactile layer comprising a peripheral region and a deformable region, the peripheral region coupled to the substrate, and the deformable region arranged over the fluid conduit, disconnected from the substrate, and operable between a retracted setting and an expanded setting, the deformable region elevated above the peripheral region in the expanded setting; a tube comprising a first end fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and constrained relative to the substrate; a volume of fluid within the tube; and a rotary actuator coupled to the tube remote from the first end and configured to transition the deformable region from the retracted setting to the expanded setting by winding the tube to displace a portion of the volume of fluid within the tube into the fluid channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Tactus Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Micah B. Yairi, Craig Ciesla, Curtis Ray, Michael Jastrzebski, Amy Lai Wong, Simona Wong, Jonathon Jenkins, Nathan Knapp
  • DYNAMIC TACTILE INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20140160044
    Abstract: One variation of a dynamic tactile interface includes: a substrate defining a fluid channel and a fluid conduit fluidly coupled to the fluid channel; a tactile layer comprising a peripheral region and a deformable region, the peripheral region coupled to the substrate, and the deformable region arranged over the fluid conduit, disconnected from the substrate, and operable between a retracted setting and an expanded setting, the deformable region elevated above the peripheral region in the expanded setting; a tube comprising a first end fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and constrained relative to the substrate; a volume of fluid within the tube; and a rotary actuator coupled to the tube remote from the first end and configured to transition the deformable region from the retracted setting to the expanded setting by winding the tube to displace a portion of the volume of fluid within the tube into the fluid channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Tactus Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Micah B. Yairi, Craig Ciesla, Curtis Ray, Michael Jastrzebski, Amy Lai Wong, Simona Wong, Jonathon Jenkins