Patents by Inventor David Dwight Kellogg

David Dwight Kellogg 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).

  • In-molded capacitive sensors
    Patent number: 8238073
    Abstract: In a method for forming an in-molded capacitive sensing device a plastic film is provided, the plastic film comprising a first side and a second side. A capacitive sensor pattern is disposed on at least a portion of the second side, the capacitive sensor pattern including a region for facilitating electrical contact. A resin layer is printed over a portion of the capacitive sensor pattern such that access to the region for facilitating electrical contact is maintained. A plastic layer is injection molded onto a portion of the resin layer such that the capacitive sensor pattern becomes in-molded between the plastic film and the plastic layer while access to the region for facilitating electrical contact is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Synaptics, Inc.
    Inventors: Tony Tong, David Dwight Kellogg
  • IN-MOLDED CAPACITIVE SENSORS
    Publication number: 20100013499
    Abstract: In a method for forming an in-molded capacitive sensing device a plastic film is provided, the plastic film comprising a first side and a second side. A capacitive sensor pattern is disposed on at least a portion of the second side, the capacitive sensor pattern including a region for facilitating electrical contact. A resin layer is printed over a portion of the capacitive sensor pattern such that access to the region for facilitating electrical contact is maintained. A plastic layer is injection molded onto a portion of the resin layer such that the capacitive sensor pattern becomes in-molded between the plastic film and the plastic layer while access to the region for facilitating electrical contact is maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Tony Tong, David Dwight Kellogg