Patents Assigned to Vibrant Composites Inc.
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Publication number: 20240074073Abstract: An assembly structure is formed of generally rigid layers of material bonded to generally flexible layers so as to form apparatus including hinges, bearings, and other translating and rotating subunits along with embedded functional devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Vibrant Composites Inc.Inventors: Pratheev Sabaratnam SREETHARAN, Andrew BAISCH
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Patent number: 11832404Abstract: An assembly structure is formed of generally rigid layers of material bonded to generally flexible layers so as to form apparatus including hinges, bearings, and other translating and rotating subunits along with embedded functional devices.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Vibrant Composites Inc.Inventors: Pratheev Sabaratnam Sreetharan, Andrew Baisch
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Patent number: 11465175Abstract: A haptic actuator includes mechanical links defining a first J-trajectory and mechanical links defining a second J-trajectory as well as a motor coupled to the mechanical links so as to synchronously accelerate a first mass over the first J-trajectory and a second mass over the second J-trajectory. During a first time interval, reactive forces of the first mass accelerating substantially balance reactive forces of the second mass accelerating and during a second time interval reactive forces of the first mass accelerating do not substantially balance reactive forces of the second mass accelerating. This un-balanced condition results in a tap signal being produced.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Vibrant Composites Inc.Inventors: Pratheev Sabaratnam Sreetharan, Andrew Baisch, Michael Karpelson
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Publication number: 20220259038Abstract: A method for manufacturing a millimeter scale electromechanical device includes coupling a stainless steel ply to a polymer carrier ply, coating the stainless steel ply in a photo resist material, masking the photoresist material, exposing the photoresist material to cure a portion of the photoresist material, developing the photoresist material to remove uncured photoresist material from the stainless steel ply, chemically etching the stainless steel ply to remove a patterned portion of the stainless steel ply, dissolving the polymer carrier ply to release unwanted chips of the stainless steel ply, and adhering the patterned stainless steel ply to a flexible material ply to form a sub-laminate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Applicant: VIBRANT COMPOSITES INC.Inventors: Pratheev S. SREETHARAN, Andrew Baisch, Alina Visco, Michael Karpelson
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Publication number: 20220184662Abstract: A haptic actuator includes mechanical links defining a first J-trajectory and mechanical links defining a second J-trajectory as well as a motor coupled to the mechanical links so as to synchronously accelerate a first mass over the first J-trajectory and a second mass over the second J-trajectory. During a first time interval, reactive forces of the first mass accelerating substantially balance reactive forces of the second mass accelerating and during a second time interval reactive forces of the first mass accelerating do not substantially balance reactive forces of the second mass accelerating. This un-balanced condition results in a tap signal being produced.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2022Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: Vibrant Composites Inc.Inventors: Pratheev S. SREETHARAN, Michael Karpelson
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Patent number: 11325828Abstract: A method for manufacturing a millimeter scale electromechanical device includes coupling a stainless steel ply to a polymer carrier ply, coating the stainless steel ply in a photo resist material, masking the photoresist material, exposing the photoresist material to cure a portion of the photoresist material, developing the photoresist material to remove uncured photoresist material from the stainless steel ply, chemically etching the stainless steel ply to remove a patterned portion of the stainless steel ply, dissolving the polymer carrier ply to release unwanted chips of the stainless steel ply, and adhering the patterned stainless steel ply to a flexible material ply to form a sub-laminate.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: Vibrant Composites Inc.Inventors: Pratheev S. Sreetharan, Andrew Baisch, Alina Visco, Michael Karpelson
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Patent number: 11247235Abstract: A haptic actuator includes mechanical links defining a first J-trajectory and mechanical links defining a second J-trajectory as well as a motor coupled to the mechanical links so as to synchronously accelerate a first mass over the first J-trajectory and a second mass over the second J-trajectory. During a first time interval, reactive forces of the first mass accelerating substantially balance reactive forces of the second mass accelerating and during a second time interval reactive forces of the first mass accelerating do not substantially balance reactive forces of the second mass accelerating. This un-balanced condition results in a tap signal being produced.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Vibrant Composites Inc.Inventors: Pratheev S. Sreetharan, Michael Karpelson
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Publication number: 20210101177Abstract: A haptic actuator includes mechanical links defining a first J-trajectory and mechanical links defining a second J-trajectory as well as a motor coupled to the mechanical links so as to synchronously accelerate a first mass over the first J-trajectory and a second mass over the second J-trajectory. During a first time interval, reactive forces of the first mass accelerating substantially balance reactive forces of the second mass accelerating and during a second time interval reactive forces of the first mass accelerating do not substantially balance reactive forces of the second mass accelerating. This un-balanced condition results in a tap signal being produced.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: Vibrant Composites Inc.Inventors: Pratheev Sabaratnam Sreetharan, Andrew Baisch, Michael Karpelson
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Publication number: 20200375047Abstract: An assembly structure is formed of generally rigid layers of material bonded to generally flexible layers so as to form apparatus including hinges, bearings, and other translating and rotating subunits along with embedded functional devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: Vibrant Composites Inc.Inventors: Pratheev Sabaratnam SREETHARAN, Andrew Baisch
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Patent number: 10828674Abstract: A haptic actuator includes mechanical links defining a first J-trajectory and mechanical links defining a second J-trajectory as well as a motor coupled to the mechanical links so as to synchronously accelerate a first mass over the first J-trajectory and a second mass over the second J-trajectory. During a first time interval, reactive forces of the first mass accelerating substantially balance reactive forces of the second mass accelerating and during a second time interval reactive forces of the first mass accelerating do not substantially balance reactive forces of the second mass accelerating. This un-balanced condition results in a tap signal being produced.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Vibrant Composites Inc.Inventors: Pratheev S. Sreetharan, Andrew Baisch, Michael Karpelson
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Publication number: 20200338594Abstract: A haptic actuator includes mechanical links defining a first j-trajectory and mechanical links defining a second j-trajectory as well as a motor coupled to the mechanical links so as to synchronously accelerate a first mass over the first J-trajectory and a second mass over the second J-trajectory. During a first time interval, reactive forces of the first mass accelerating substantially balance reactive forces of the second mass accelerating and during a second time interval reactive forces of the first mass accelerating do not substantially balance reactive forces of the second mass accelerating. This un-balanced condition results in a tap signal being produced.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Applicant: Vibrant Composites Inc.Inventors: Pratheev S. SREETHARAN, Michael KARPELSON
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Patent number: 10721828Abstract: An assembly structure is formed of generally rigid layers of material bonded to generally flexible layers so as to form apparatus including hinges, bearings, and other translating and rotating subunits along with embedded functional devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: Vibrant Composites Inc.Inventors: Pratheev Sabaratnam Sreetharan, Andrew Baisch
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Patent number: 10710118Abstract: A haptic actuator includes mechanical links defining a first J-trajectory and mechanical links defining a second J-trajectory as well as a motor coupled to the mechanical links so as to synchronously accelerate a first mass over the first J-trajectory and a second mass over the second J-trajectory. During a first time interval, reactive forces of the first mass accelerating substantially balance reactive forces of the second mass accelerating and during a second time interval reactive forces of the first mass accelerating do not substantially balance reactive forces of the second mass accelerating. This un-balanced condition results in a tap signal being produced.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Vibrant Composites Inc.Inventors: Pratheev Sabaratnam Sreetharan, Michael Karpelson
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Publication number: 20190289732Abstract: An assembly structure is formed of generally rigid layers of material bonded to generally flexible layers so as to form apparatus including hinges, bearings, and other translating and rotating subunits along with embedded functional devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2019Publication date: September 19, 2019Applicant: VIBRANT COMPOSITES INC.Inventors: Pratheev S. SREETHARAN, Andrew BAISCH
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Publication number: 20190262863Abstract: A haptic actuator includes mechanical links defining a first J-trajectory and mechanical links defining a second J-trajectory as well as a motor coupled to the mechanical links so as to synchronously accelerate a first mass over the first J-trajectory and a second mass over the second J-trajectory. During a first time interval, reactive forces of the first mass accelerating substantially balance reactive forces of the second mass accelerating and during a second time interval reactive forces of the first mass accelerating do not substantially balance reactive forces of the second mass accelerating. This un-balanced condition results in a tap signal being produced.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Applicant: VIBRANT COMPOSITES INC.Inventors: Pratheev S. SREETHARAN, Andrew BAISCH, Michael KARPELSON
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Patent number: 10349543Abstract: An assembly structure is formed of generally rigid layers of material bonded to generally flexible layers so as to form apparatus including hinges, bearings, and other translating and rotating subunits along with embedded functional devices.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2015Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Vibrant Composites Inc.Inventors: Pratheev Sabaratnam Sreetharan, Andrew Baisch
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Publication number: 20190184428Abstract: A haptic actuator includes mechanical links defining a first J-trajectory and mechanical links defining a second J-trajectory as well as a motor coupled to the mechanical links so as to synchronously accelerate a first mass over the first J-trajectory and a second mass over the second J-trajectory. During a first time interval, reactive forces of the first mass accelerating substantially balance reactive forces of the second mass accelerating and during a second time interval reactive forces of the first mass accelerating do not substantially balance reactive forces of the second mass accelerating. This un-balanced condition results in a tap signal being produced.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicant: Vibrant Composites Inc.Inventors: Pratheev S. SREETHARAN, Michael KARPELSON
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Patent number: 10315220Abstract: A haptic actuator includes mechanical links defining a first J-trajectory and mechanical links defining a second J-trajectory as well as a motor coupled to the mechanical links so as to synchronously accelerate a first mass over the first J-trajectory and a second mass over the second J-trajectory. During a first time interval, reactive forces of the first mass accelerating substantially balance reactive forces of the second mass accelerating and during a second time interval reactive forces of the first mass accelerating do not substantially balance reactive forces of the second mass accelerating. This un-balanced condition results in a tap signal being produced.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Vibrant Composites Inc.Inventors: Pratheev Sabaratnam Sreetharan, Andrew Baisch, Michael Karpelson