Patents by Inventor Anthony Joseph Piazza

Anthony Joseph Piazza 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).

  • Patent number: 11890850
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a flexible and stretchable textile composite including an electrophoretic film. According to one embodiment, a textile composite material can comprise a textile base layer, a first flexible, optically transparent film layer deposited onto and affixed to the textile base layer, and an electrophoretic film layer disposed onto the first flexible, optically transparent film layer on a side of the first flexible, optically transparent film layer opposite the textile base layer. The electrophoretic film layer can comprise a plurality of relief cuts therein. The plurality of relief cuts can allow the electrophoretic film layer to flex or stretch in at least one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Flex Ltd.
    Inventors: Adam M. Whiton, Mark A. Bergman, Eva W. Maskalenko, Anthony Joseph Piazza
  • Patent number: 11766218
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for a garment comprising a fabric layer, a plurality of biometric sensors integrated into the fabric layer, and a connectivity layer integrated into the fabric layer. The connectivity layer can comprise signal conductors and power conductors coupled with each of the plurality of biometric sensors. The garment can further comprise a power source coupled with each of the power conductors and providing, via the power conductors of the connectivity layer, electrical power to each of the plurality of biometric sensors, a signal monitor coupled with the connectivity layer and receiving, via the signal conductors of the connectivity layer, a signal comprising biometric information from each of the plurality of biometric sensors, and a gateway coupled with the signal monitor, the gateway receiving the biometric information from the signal monitor and providing the biometric information to an external computer system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Flex Ltd.
    Inventors: Mudhafar Hassan-Ali, Connor Meehan, Phuocan N. Nguyen, Anthony Joseph Piazza, Yolita C. Nugent, Adam M. Whiton, Jeffrey B. Cross, Biren Salunke, Syed Muhammad Abdullah, Allison E. Bowles, Dennis T. Nguyen, Mark A. Bergman
  • Patent number: 11647952
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for wearable dry electrodes for collecting biometric information. According to one embodiment, a dry electrode bio-sensor can comprise one or more conductive pads comprising electrodes of the dry electrode bio-sensor and one or more connectivity traces coupled with each of the one or more conductive pads. The connectivity traces can provide electrical connections for one or more of power to the one or more conductive pads or signals comprising biometric information from the one or more conductive pads. A backing can be coupled with and can retain the one or more conductive pads and the one or more connectivity traces. The dry electrode bio-sensor can comprise an electrocardiography (ECG) sensor, a respiration sensor, a PhotoPlethysmoGram (PPG) sensor, a temperature sensor, an electromyography (EMG) sensor, or another biometric sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Flex Ltd.
    Inventors: Mudhafar Hassan-Ali, Phuocan N. Nguyen, Srinivasa Varadan Rajagopalan, Jeffrey B. Cross, Anthony Joseph Piazza, Mark A. Bergman
  • Patent number: 11542636
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide structures for sensing, activation, and signal networking in a composite textile. According to one embodiment, a composite textile can comprise an activation layer of a reactive yarn knit into a fabric. The reactive yarn can have at least one physical property that changes in response to a stimulus. A signaling layer of a first conductive yarn can be knit into the fabric with the activation layer. The first conductive yarn provides the stimulus to the reactive yarn. A sensing layer comprising second conductive yarn can be knit into the fabric with the activation layer and signaling layer. The second conductive yarn can provide a feedback signal corresponding to the stimulus provided by the first conductive yarn of the signaling layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Flex Ltd.
    Inventors: Allison E. Bowles, Brendan Joseph Nagle, Anthony Joseph Piazza, Biren Salunke, Adam M. Whiton
  • Publication number: 20210095401
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide structures for sensing, activation, and signal networking in a composite textile. According to one embodiment, a composite textile can comprise an activation layer of a reactive yarn knit into a fabric. The reactive yarn can have at least one physical property that changes in response to a stimulus. A signaling layer of a first conductive yarn can be knit into the fabric with the activation layer. The first conductive yarn provides the stimulus to the reactive yarn. A sensing layer comprising second conductive yarn can be knit into the fabric with the activation layer and signaling layer. The second conductive yarn can provide a feedback signal corresponding to the stimulus provided by the first conductive yarn of the signaling layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Flex Ltd.
    Inventors: Allison E. Bowles, Brendan Joseph Nagle, Anthony Joseph Piazza, Biren Salunke, Adam M. Whiton
  • Publication number: 20210094270
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a flexible and stretchable textile composite including an electrophoretic film. According to one embodiment, a textile composite material can comprise a textile base layer, a first flexible, optically transparent film layer deposited onto and affixed to the textile base layer, and an electrophoretic film layer disposed onto the first flexible, optically transparent film layer on a side of the first flexible, optically transparent film layer opposite the textile base layer. The electrophoretic film layer can comprise a plurality of relief cuts therein. The plurality of relief cuts can allow the electrophoretic film layer to flex or stretch in at least one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Flex Ltd.
    Inventors: Adam M. Whiton, Mark A. Bergman, Eva W. Maskalenko, Anthony Joseph Piazza
  • Publication number: 20200037955
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for wearable dry electrodes for collecting biometric information. According to one embodiment, a dry electrode bio-sensor can comprise one or more conductive pads comprising electrodes of the dry electrode bio-sensor and one or more connectivity traces coupled with each of the one or more conductive pads. The connectivity traces can provide electrical connections for one or more of power to the one or more conductive pads or signals comprising biometric information from the one or more conductive pads. A backing can be coupled with and can retain the one or more conductive pads and the one or more connectivity traces. The dry electrode bio-sensor can comprise an electrocardiography (ECG) sensor, a respiration sensor, a PhotoPlethysmoGram (PPG) sensor, a temperature sensor, an electromyography (EMG) sensor, or another biometric sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Mudhafar Hassan-Ali, Phuocan N. Nguyen, Srinivasa Varadan Rajagopalan, Jeffrey B. Cross, Anthony Joseph Piazza, Mark A. Bergman
  • Publication number: 20200037954
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for a garment comprising a fabric layer, a plurality of biometric sensors integrated into the fabric layer, and a connectivity layer integrated into the fabric layer. The connectivity layer can comprise signal conductors and power conductors coupled with each of the plurality of biometric sensors. The garment can further comprise a power source coupled with each of the power conductors and providing, via the power conductors of the connectivity layer, electrical power to each of the plurality of biometric sensors, a signal monitor coupled with the connectivity layer and receiving, via the signal conductors of the connectivity layer, a signal comprising biometric information from each of the plurality of biometric sensors, and a gateway coupled with the signal monitor, the gateway receiving the biometric information from the signal monitor and providing the biometric information to an external computer system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Mudhafar Hassan-Ali, Connor Meehan, Phuocan N. Nguyen, Anthony Joseph Piazza, Yolita C. Nugent, Adam M. Whiton, Jeffrey B. Cross, Biren Salunke, Syed Muhammad Abdullah, Allison E. Bowles, Dennis T. Nguyen, Mark A. Bergman