Patents by Inventor Andrew Houde

Andrew Houde 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).

  • Method of making an electronically active textile article
    Patent number: 9009955
    Abstract: A method of making articles from electrically active textiles. First and second fabric pieces include conductors therein. A seam is established between the first and second fabric pieces. A determination is made, at the seam, based on one or more predetermined factors, which conductors of the first fabric piece intersect or overlap with which conductors of the second fabric piece. At the seam, an electrical and mechanical connection is formed between select conductors of the first fabric piece and select conductors of the second fabric piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Infoscitex Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremiah Slade, Andrew Houde, Patricia Wilson
  • Electrically active textiles, articles made therefrom, and associated methods
    Publication number: 20120030935
    Abstract: A method of making articles from electrically active textiles. First and second fabric pieces include conductors therein. A seam is established between the first and second fabric pieces. A determination is made, at the seam, based on one or more predetermined factors, which conductors of the first fabric piece intersect or overlap with which conductors of the second fabric piece. At the seam, an electrical and mechanical connection is formed between select conductors of the first fabric piece and select conductors of the second fabric piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Jeremiah Slade, Andrew Houde, Patricia Wilson