Patents by Inventor Vooi Kia Tan

Vooi Kia Tan 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).

  • Electrically released magnet locking mechanism
    Patent number: 8364214
    Abstract: A hand-held portable electronic device housing latch and release system including a permanent magnet, a magnet latch plate, a spring and an electromagnetic coil. The permanent magnet is adapted to be connected to a first housing member of a hand-held portable electronic device and the magnet latch plate is adapted to be connected to a second housing member. A magnetic field of the permanent magnet is adapted to exert a magnetic holding force on the magnet latch plate when the first and second housing members are in a first position relative to each other. The spring is adapted to bias the first and second housing members away from the first position. The electromagnetic coil is adapted to at least partially reduce the magnetic holding force by the permanent magnet on the magnet latch plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Claus H. Jorgensen, Niels P. Emme, Thomas Vad, Jeppe Goltermann, Vooi Kia Tan
  • Apparatus, method, computer program and user interface for enabling user input
    Publication number: 20090101415
    Abstract: An apparatus including a touch sensitive input device configured to provide an output dependent upon an actuated area; and a processor configured to receive inputs from the touch sensitive input device; wherein the processor is configured to detect a change in orientation of an actuated area and, in response to the detection of the change in orientation, perform a function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Inventors: Morten Rolighed Christensen, Claus Jorgensen, Vooi Kia Tan, Mikkel Morup, Herman Scherling, Thomas Horup Pedersen, Nikolaj Heiberg Bestle
  • Electrically released magnet locking mechanism
    Publication number: 20080146295
    Abstract: A hand-held portable electronic device housing latch and release system including a permanent magnet, a magnet latch plate, a spring and an electromagnetic coil. The permanent magnet is adapted to be connected to a first housing member of a hand-held portable electronic device and the magnet latch plate is adapted to be connected to a second housing member. A magnetic field of the permanent magnet is adapted to exert a magnetic holding force on the magnet latch plate when the first and second housing members are in a first position relative to each other. The spring is adapted to bias the first and second housing members away from the first position. The electromagnetic coil is adapted to at least partially reduce the magnetic holding force by the permanent magnet on the magnet latch plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Claus H. Jorgensen, Niels P. Emme, Thomas Vad, Jeppe Goltermann, Vooi Kia Tan