Patents by Inventor Eric G. de Jong

Eric G. de Jong 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).

  • Generator button for electronic devices
    Patent number: 10312039
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure includes an electronic device. The electronic device includes an enclosure and a button connected to the enclosure and movable relative thereto. The button includes a button cap defining a user input surface, a first magnetic element operably associated with one of the button cap or the enclosure, and a coil operably associated with the other of the button cap or the enclosure. Movement of the button cap relative to the enclosure, such as due to a user input force, causes the first magnetic element to induce a current in the coil and the induced current is correlated to a user input to the button cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Colin M. Ely, Eric G. de Jong
  • Generator Button for Electronic Devices
    Publication number: 20160217953
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present disclosure includes an electronic device. The electronic device includes an enclosure and a button connected to the enclosure and movable relative thereto. The button includes a button cap defining a user input surface, a first magnetic element operably associated with one of the button cap or the enclosure, and a coil operably associated with the other of the button cap or the enclosure. Movement of the button cap relative to the enclosure, such as due to a user input force, causes the first magnetic element to induce a current in the coil and the induced current is correlated to a user input to the button cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Colin M. Ely, Eric G. de Jong