Patents by Inventor Thomas James Powell

Thomas James Powell 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).

  • HAPTIC BUTTON WITH SMA
    Publication number: 20230384862
    Abstract: Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present techniques provide haptic button assemblies in which the haptic button has a low profile while still providing a satisfying tactile response or sensation to a user. Advantageously, the haptic button assemblies may have a profile that, for example, enables the assembly to be incorporated into the free space along an edge of a portable computing device. The haptic assemblies may, for example, be arranged to move the button perpendicularly with respect to the edge of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: David Kuan Wei Ooi, Peter Van Wyk, Joshua Carr, Thomas James Powell, Marc-Sebastian Scholz, Andreas Flouris, Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown, Stephen Matthew Bunting, Dominic George Webber, James Howarth
  • Haptic button with SMA
    Patent number: 11762468
    Abstract: Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present techniques provide haptic button assemblies in which the haptic button has a low profile while still providing a satisfying tactile response or sensation to a user. Advantageously, the haptic button assemblies may have a profile that, for example, enables the assembly to be incorporated into the free space along an edge of a portable computing device. The haptic assemblies may, for example, be arranged to move the button perpendicularly with respect to the edge of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED
    Inventors: David Kuan Wei Ooi, Peter Van Wyk, Joshua Carr, Thomas James Powell, Marc-Sebastian Scholz, Andreas Flouris, Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown, Stephen Matthew Bunting, Dominic George Webber, James Howarth
  • Haptic button
    Patent number: 11625100
    Abstract: Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present techniques provide apparatus and methods for providing haptic feedback, and in particular to user-operated buttons for electrical and electronic products that provide haptic feedback to the user when operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Benjamin David Brown, James Howarth, Thomas James Powell, Eugene Yu Jen Ho, Jonathan Morgan
  • SCHEDULING HAPTIC FEEDBACK
    Publication number: 20220244783
    Abstract: Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present techniques provide techniques for generating haptic feedback or haptic sensations and, in particular, techniques for scheduling such feedback or sensation when there are possibly conflicting requirements for such feedback or sensations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher Richard Avery, Nils Darphin, Thomas James Powell
  • HAPTIC FEEDBACK GENERATION
    Publication number: 20210398402
    Abstract: Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present techniques provide techniques for generating haptic feedback or haptic sensations, and in particular to techniques for outputting haptic feedback which varies depending on the input. The haptic feedback is delivered by a shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator that controls the movement of a component based on the required haptic feedback/sensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: David Charles William Richards, Marc-Sebastian Scholz, Thomas James Powell
  • HAPTIC BUTTON WITH SMA
    Publication number: 20210365120
    Abstract: Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present techniques provide haptic button assemblies in which the haptic button has a low profile while still providing a satisfying tactile response or sensation to a user. Advantageously, the haptic button assemblies may have a profile that, for example, enables the assembly to be incorporated into the free space along an edge of a portable computing device. The haptic assemblies may, for example, be arranged to move the button perpendicularly with respect to the edge of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: David Kuan Wei Ooi, Peter Van Wyk, Joshua Carr, Thomas James Powell, Marc-Sebastian Scholz, Andreas Flouris, Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown, Stephen Matthew Bunting, Dominic George Webber, James Howarth
  • HAPTIC BUTTON
    Publication number: 20200117274
    Abstract: Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present techniques provide apparatus and methods for providing haptic feedback, and in particular to user-operated buttons for electrical and electronic products that provide haptic feedback to the user when operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Benjamin David Brown, James Howarth, Thomas James Powell, Eugene Yu Jen Ho, Jonathan Morgan