Patents by Inventor Bruce Hoch

Bruce Hoch 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).

  • Publication number: 20260147379
    Abstract: A wearable device includes a processor in electrical communication with a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a plurality of messages, an actuator, an audio transducer, and a light emitter. Responsive to the actuator receiving a user input, the processor retrieves a message of the plurality of messages from the storage medium, illuminates the light emitter with a color corresponding to a theme associated with the retrieved message, and plays the message via the audio transducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2024
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Inventors: Bruce HOCH, Charles HOCH, Edward KILDUFF, Andrew David REEVES, Sung TRUONG, Shane Grant BLOMBERG
  • Patent number: 10008245
    Abstract: Aspects extend to devices that facilitate positioning components in a rack to permit base plane access. In one aspect, a drive carrier rail is configured to have variable widths to facilitate positioning a drive carrier in a fixed position within a slot (of a rack) where a drive is disengaged from the base plane printed circuit board (PCB). In another aspect, at least one slot rail of a slot includes a (e.g., sheet metal) spring. The spring allows a drive carrier to rest on the spring in a fixed position where the hard drive is disengaged from the base plane printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Bruce Hoch