Patents by Inventor Dave Beecher

Dave Beecher 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).

  • EFFICIENT HAPTIC ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20240359213
    Abstract: An actuator includes a housing, a moving element and two springs connected between the housing and the moving element such that one of the two springs crosses the other of the two rotor springs without contacting the other of the two springs. A drive component causes the moving element to move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Robin Elenga, Dan Knodle, Steven Combest, Liam O'Brien, Dave Beecher, Christopher Howard
  • Efficient haptic actuator
    Patent number: 12059709
    Abstract: An actuator includes a housing, a moving element and two springs connected between the housing and the moving element such that one of the two springs crosses the other of the two rotor springs without contacting the other of the two springs. A drive component causes the moving element to move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Resonant Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robin Elenga, Dan Knodle, Steven Combest, Liam O'Brien, Dave Beecher, Christopher Howard
  • EFFICIENT HAPTIC ACCUATOR
    Publication number: 20220388035
    Abstract: An actuator includes a housing, a moving element and two springs connected between the housing and the moving element such that one of the two springs crosses the other of the two rotor springs without contacting the other of the two springs. A drive component causes the moving element to move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Robin Elenga, Dan Knodle, Steven Combest, Liam O'Brien, Dave Beecher, Christopher Howard
  • Efficient haptic actuator
    Patent number: 11446701
    Abstract: The current document is directed to non-linear haptic actuators that use a rotor, rotor-suspension, and spring subsystem to efficiently generate vibrational forces in various types of devices and appliances in which the non-linear haptic actuators are incorporated. Non-linear haptic actuators can be designed and manufactured to be more space efficient than unbalanced-electric-motor and linear-resonant vibration modules and, because most of the frictional forces produced in unbalanced-electric-motor and linear-resonant vibration modules are eliminated from non-linear haptic actuators, non-linear haptic actuators are generally more power efficient and robust than unbalanced-electric-motor and linear-resonant vibration modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Resonant Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robin Elenga, Dan Knodle, Steven Combest, Liam O'Brien, Dave Beecher, Christopher Howard
  • EFFICIENT HAPTIC ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20200282425
    Abstract: The current document is directed to non-linear haptic actuators that use a rotor, rotor-suspension, and spring subsystem to efficiently generate vibrational forces in various types of devices and appliances in which the non-linear haptic actuators are incorporated. Non-linear haptic actuators can be designed and manufactured to be more space efficient than unbalanced-electric-motor and linear-resonant vibration modules and, because most of the frictional forces produced in unbalanced-electric-motor and linear-resonant vibration modules are eliminated from non-linear haptic actuators, non-linear haptic actuators are generally more power efficient and robust than unbalanced-electric-motor and linear-resonant vibration modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Robin Elenga, Dan Knodle, Steven Combest, Liam O'Brien, Dave Beecher, Christopher Howard
  • Efficient haptic accuator
    Patent number: 10562067
    Abstract: The current document is directed to non-linear haptic actuators that use a rotor, rotor-suspension, and spring subsystem to efficiently generate vibrational forces in various types of devices and appliances in which the non-linear haptic actuators are incorporated. Non-linear haptic actuators can be designed and manufactured to be more space efficient than unbalanced-electric-motor and linear-resonant vibration modules and, because most of the frictional forces produced in unbalanced-electric-motor and linear-resonant vibration modules are eliminated from non-linear haptic actuators, non-linear haptic actuators are generally more power efficient and robust than unbalanced-electric-motor and linear-resonant vibration modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: RESONANT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Robin Elenga, Dan Knodle, Steven Combest, Llam O'Brien, Dave Beecher, Christopher Howard
  • EFFICIENT HAPTIC ACCUATOR
    Publication number: 20180333748
    Abstract: The current document is directed to non-linear haptic actuators that use a rotor, rotor-suspension, and spring subsystem to efficiently generate vibrational forces in various types of devices and appliances in which the non-linear haptic actuators are incorporated. Non-linear haptic actuators can be designed and manufactured to be more space efficient than unbalanced-electric-motor and linear-resonant vibration modules and, because most of the frictional forces produced in unbalanced-electric-motor and linear-resonant vibration modules are eliminated from non-linear haptic actuators, non-linear haptic actuators are generally more power efficient and robust than unbalanced-electric-motor and linear-resonant vibration modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: RESONANT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Robin Elenga, Dan Knodle, Steven Combest, Llam O'Brien, Dave Beecher, Christopher Howard