Patents by Inventor Benjamin Gorissen

Benjamin Gorissen 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 actuators and related wearable devices
    Patent number: 12340023
    Abstract: Haptic actuators may include a first active material coupled to a first side of an inactive substrate and a second active material coupled to a second side of the inactive substrate. The inactive substrate may be formed to initially exhibit a nonplanar shape when the first active material and the second active material are not actuated. Various other methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dongsuk Shin, Benjamin Gorissen, Daniele Piazza, David Rother Dobbs, Erik Samuel Roby
  • Smart Hydraulics
    Publication number: 20250115826
    Abstract: A metafluid includes a fluid exposed to a plurality of loads, each load of the plurality of loads causing a respective pressure change within the fluid. One or more compressible capsules are suspended within the fluid. Each capsule of the one or more compressible capsules has an external shell configured to withstand a cyclic elastic deformation. The external shell changes between a first shape and a second shape when a predetermined load occurs in the plurality of loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Abderrahmane Adel Tayeb Djellouli, Katia Bertoldi, Bert Van Raemdonck, Benjamin Gorissen
  • HAPTIC ACTUATORS AND RELATED WEARABLE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20240168557
    Abstract: Haptic actuators may include a first active material coupled to a first side of an inactive substrate and a second active material coupled to a second side of the inactive substrate. The inactive substrate may be formed to initially exhibit a nonplanar shape when the first active material and the second active material are not actuated. Various other methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Dongsuk Shin, Benjamin Gorissen, Daniele Piazza, David Rother Dobbs, Erik Samuel Roby
  • Haptic actuators and related wearable devices
    Patent number: 11899841
    Abstract: Haptic actuators may include a first active material coupled to a first side of an inactive substrate and a second active material coupled to a second side of the inactive substrate. The inactive substrate may be formed to initially exhibit a nonplanar shape when the first active material and the second active material are not actuated. Various other methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dongsuk Shin, Benjamin Gorissen, Daniele Piazza, David Rother Dobbs, Erik Samuel Roby
  • HAPTIC ACTUATORS AND RELATED WEARABLE DEVICES
    Publication number: 20220357798
    Abstract: Haptic actuators may include a first active material coupled to a first side of an inactive substrate and a second active material coupled to a second side of the inactive substrate. The inactive substrate may be formed to initially exhibit a nonplanar shape when the first active material and the second active material are not actuated. Various other methods, systems, and devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Dongsuk Shin, Benjamin Gorissen, Daniele Piazza, David Rother Dobbs, Erik Samuel Roby