Patents by Inventor Carl Samuel Conlee, IV

Carl Samuel Conlee, IV 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: 11789277
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a front having a display housing and a back having a rear housing. A first member extends between the front and the back and is adjustable via an actuation of a first rotatable actuator and a first cabling mechanism. A second member extends between the front and the back and is adjustable via an actuation of a second rotatable actuator and a second cabling mechanism. A third member extends between the front and the back and is adjustable via the actuation of the second rotatable actuator and a third cabling mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Keaton Snyder, Isaac Frazier, Jos Jacobs, Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Ivan A. McCracken, Clement Gallois, John Underwood, William Winters, Darryl Jensen
  • Patent number: 11561578
    Abstract: A head-mounted display including a front, a back, a first actuator, a second actuator, a first adjustable member extending between the front and the back and operably engaging the first actuator, and a second adjustable member extending between the front and the back and operably engaging the second actuator. The first adjustable member and the second adjustable member may be adjustable in length via the second actuator to vary a gap distance between the front and the back. In some embodiments, the head-mounted display may include a wire routing assembly for routing wire(s) between the front and the back of the head-mounted display. Additionally, in some embodiments, the head-mounted display may include a harness for engaging a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua Mark Hudman, Clement Gallois, Montgomery Vincent Goodson, Eric James Hope, Carl Samuel Conlee, IV
  • Publication number: 20230004013
    Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) includes various features that allow for customizing the HMD to different users. The HMD may include an interpupillary distance (IPD) adjustment mechanism that includes a double biasing assembly for smooth, controlled adjustment of the spacing between lens tubes. The HMD may include a field of view (FOV) adjustment mechanism that includes first and second gear assemblies connected via a connecting rod to allow uniform adjustment of the spacing between the lenses and the user's face. The HMD may further include a swappable face gasket, a swappable visor, a removable head strap, and a modular accessory compartment for further customizations to the HMD. The HMD may further include inconspicuous spectrum-transmissive windows that are made with a spectrum-transmissive base material for the HMD housing that is coated with a spectrum-opaque material, and the spectrum-opaque material is selectively removed to create the spectrum-transmissive windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Ivan A. McCracken, Carl Samuel Conlee IV, Isaac Frazier, Keaton Snyder, John A. Underwood
  • Patent number: 11442280
    Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) includes various features that allow for customizing the HMD to different users. The HMD may include an interpupillary distance (IPD) adjustment mechanism that includes a double biasing assembly for smooth, controlled adjustment of the spacing between lens tubes. The HMD may include a field of view (FOV) adjustment mechanism that includes first and second gear assemblies connected via a connecting rod to allow uniform adjustment of the spacing between the lenses and the user's face. The HMD may further include a swappable face gasket, a swappable visor, a removable head strap, and a modular accessory compartment for further customizations to the HMD. The HMD may further include inconspicuous spectrum-transmissive windows that are made with a spectrum-transmissive base material for the HMD housing that is coated with a spectrum-opaque material, and the spectrum-opaque material is selectively removed to create the spectrum-transmissive windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Ivan A. McCracken, Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Isaac Frazier, Keaton Snyder, John A. Underwood
  • Publication number: 20220187609
    Abstract: A head-mounted display includes a front having a display housing and a back having a rear housing. A first member extends between the front and the back and is adjustable via an actuation of a first rotatable actuator and a first cabling mechanism. A second member extends between the front and the back and is adjustable via an actuation of a second rotatable actuator and a second cabling mechanism. A third member extends between the front and the back and is adjustable via the actuation of the second rotatable actuator and a third cabling mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Inventors: Keaton Snyder, Isaac Frazier, Jos Jacobs, Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Ivan A. McCracken, Clement Gallois, John Underwood, William Winters, Darryl Jensen
  • Publication number: 20210129016
    Abstract: A controller for an electronic system includes a tracking member fixed to a controller body. The controller body has a head that adjoins a handle at a neck region, and that includes at least one thumb-operated control. The controller includes a hand retainer that in a closed position is configured to physically bias the user's palm against an outer surface of the handle. The hand retainer includes a resilient member that biases the hand retainer towards an open position. The resilient member is attached to an anchor that is attached to the head by an adjustment mechanism that permits the resilient member to be moved towards or away from the user's purlicue. The tracking member includes transducers that are coupled to the electronic system by electromagnetic radiation. Proximity sensors, spatially distributed on the handle, are responsive to a proximity of the user's fingers to the outer surface of the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Eric James Hope, Scott Douglas Nietfeld, Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Scott Richard Britt, Jeffrey Walter Mucha, Jeffrey George Leinbaugh, Jeremy Slocum
  • Publication number: 20210080996
    Abstract: A head-mounted display including a front, a back, a first actuator, a second actuator, a first adjustable member extending between the front and the back and operably engaging the first actuator, and a second adjustable member extending between the front and the back and operably engaging the second actuator. The first adjustable member and the second adjustable member may be adjustable in length via the second actuator to vary a gap distance between the front and the back. In some embodiments, the head-mounted display may include a wire routing assembly for routing wire(s) between the front and the back of the head-mounted display. Additionally, in some embodiments, the head-mounted display may include a harness for engaging a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Joshua Mark Hudman, Clement Gallois, Montgomery Vincent Goodson, Eric James Hope, Carl Samuel Conlee, IV
  • Patent number: 10898797
    Abstract: An electronic controller includes a controller body having a head that adjoins a handle at a neck region, and that includes at least one thumb-operated control. The controller includes a hand retainer that in a closed position is configured to physically bias the user's palm against an outer surface of the handle. The hand retainer includes a resilient member that biases the hand retainer towards an open position. An adjustment mechanism couples the resilient member to the head and permits the resilient member to be adjusted betweena plurality of discrete positions to adjust the resilient member towards or away from the user's purlicue. The adjustment mechanism may include an anchor that is movable peripherally about the head between the plurality of discrete positions and is pivotably attached to the resilient member with a two-part fastener, with a friction member interposed between the resilient member and the anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Walter Petersen, Philip Bryan, Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Jeffrey Walter Mucha, Scott Douglas Nietfeld, Eric VanWyk, Michael Baseflug, Jeffrey George Leinbaugh, Lawrence Yang, Jeremy Slocum
  • Publication number: 20200341283
    Abstract: A head-mounted display (HMD) includes various features that allow for customizing the HMD to different users. The HMD may include an interpupillary distance (IPD) adjustment mechanism that includes a double biasing assembly for smooth, controlled adjustment of the spacing between lens tubes. The HMD may include a field of view (FOV) adjustment mechanism that includes first and second gear assemblies connected via a connecting rod to allow uniform adjustment of the spacing between the lenses and the user's face. The HMD may further include a swappable face gasket, a swappable visor, a removable head strap, and a modular accessory compartment for further customizations to the HMD. The HMD may further include inconspicuous spectrum-transmissive windows that are made with a spectrum-transmissive base material for the HMD housing that is coated with a spectrum-opaque material, and the spectrum-opaque material is selectively removed to create the spectrum-transmissive windows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Ivan A. McCracken, Carl Samuel Conlee IV, Isaac Frazier, Keaton Snyder, John A. Underwood
  • Publication number: 20200246691
    Abstract: An electronic controller includes a controller body having a head that adjoins a handle at a neck region, and that includes at least one thumb-operated control. The controller includes a hand retainer that in a closed position is configured to physically bias the user's palm against an outer surface of the handle. The hand retainer includes a resilient member that biases the hand retainer towards an open position. An adjustment mechanism couples the resilient member to the head and permits the resilient member to be adjusted betweena plurality of discrete positions to adjust the resilient member towards or away from the user's purlicue. The adjustment mechanism may include an anchor that is movable peripherally about the head between the plurality of discrete positions and is pivotably attached to the resilient member with a two-part fastener, with a friction member interposed between the resilient member and the anchor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Walter Petersen, Philip Bryan, Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Jeffrey Walter Mucha, Scott Douglas Nietfeld, Eric VanWyk, Michael Baseflug, Jeffrey George Leinbaugh, Lawrence Yang, Jeremy Slocum
  • Patent number: D885384
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Ivan A. McCracken, Jeremy Adam Selan, Quentin Smith, Dustin Michael Horn, Clement Gallois
  • Patent number: D908798
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Philip Bryan, Claire Gottschalk, Jeremy Slocum
  • Patent number: D917477
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Ivan A. McCracken, Jeremy Adam Selan, Quentin Smith, Dustin Michael Horn, Clement Gallois
  • Patent number: D943575
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Ivan A. McCracken, Jeremy Adam Selan, Quentin Smith, Dustin Michael Horn, Clement Gallois
  • Patent number: D955386
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Ivan A. McCracken, Jeremy Adam Selan, Quentin Smith, Dustin Michael Horn, Clement Gallois
  • Patent number: D956045
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Ivan A. McCracken, Jeremy Adam Selan, Quentin Smith, Dustin Michael Horn, Clement Gallois
  • Patent number: D960244
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Philip Bryan, Claire Gottschalk, Jeremy Slocum
  • Patent number: D994777
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Philip Bryan, Claire Gottschalk, Jeremy Slocum
  • Patent number: D994778
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Valve Corporation
    Inventors: Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Philip Bryan, Claire Gottschalk, Jeremy Slocum
  • Patent number: D1010007
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: VALVE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Carl Samuel Conlee, IV, Philip Bryan, Claire Gottschalk, Jeremy Slocum