Patents by Inventor Jurgen Hans Daniel

Jurgen Hans Daniel 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).

  • Modulating thickness of colored fluid in color display
    Patent number: 8847855
    Abstract: An embodiment is a display unit. The display unit includes a substrate layer, a layer of colored fluid on the substrate layer, and a transparent actuator element on the layer of the colored fluid. The layer of colored fluid has a thickness and a color. The transparent actuator element modulates the thickness of the colored fluid upon activated by a force such that the colored fluid is changed from a first state to a second state or vice versa. The modulated thickness provides a variable optical density of the colored fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventors: Jurgen Hans Daniel, Michael Bassler
  • MODULATING THICKNESS OF COLORED FLUID IN COLOR DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20130278991
    Abstract: An embodiment is a display unit. The display unit includes a substrate layer, a layer of colored fluid on the substrate layer, and a transparent actuator element on the layer of the colored fluid. The layer of colored fluid has a thickness and a color. The transparent actuator element modulates the thickness of the colored fluid upon activated by a force such that the colored fluid is changed from a first state to a second state or vice versa. The modulated thickness provides a variable optical density of the colored fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Jurgen Hans Daniel, Michael Bassler
  • Modulating thickness of colored fluid in color display
    Patent number: 8350782
    Abstract: An embodiment is a display unit. The display unit includes a substrate layer, a layer of colored fluid on the substrate layer, and a transparent actuator element on the layer of the colored fluid. The layer of colored fluid has a thickness and a color. The transparent actuator element modulates the thickness of the colored fluid upon activated by a force such that the colored fluid is changed from a first state to a second state or vice versa. The modulated thickness provides a variable optical density of the colored fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventors: Jurgen Hans Daniel, Michael Bassler
  • MODULATING THICKNESS OF COLORED FLUID IN COLOR DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20100079358
    Abstract: An embodiment is a display unit. The display unit includes a substrate layer, a layer of colored fluid on the substrate layer, and a transparent actuator element on the layer of the colored fluid. The layer of colored fluid has a thickness and a color. The transparent actuator element modulates the thickness of the colored fluid upon activated by a force such that the colored fluid is changed from a first state to a second state or vice versa. The modulated thickness provides a variable optical density of the colored fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jurgen Hans Daniel, Michael Bassler
  • Method of sealing an array of cell microstructures using microencapsulated adhesive
    Patent number: 7583430
    Abstract: A method for sealing microstructured cells, which are defined by at least a first substrate and a wall microstructure extending from the first substrate, includes a step of applying a plurality of adhesive microcapsules along at least one of a first side of a second substrate and an exposed end portion of the wall microstructure. The adhesive microcapsules containing an adhesive substance. Another step includes positioning the first side of the second substrate adjacent the end portion of the wall microstructure. Still another step includes rupturing at least a portion of the plurality of adhesive microcapsules dispensing the adhesive substance between the end portion of the wall microstructure and the first side of the second substrate. A microstructure is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated
    Inventors: Jurgen Hans Daniel, Brent Shawhan Krusor, Michael Charles Weisberg
  • Method of sealing an array of cell microstructures using microencapsulated adhesive
    Patent number: 7279064
    Abstract: A method for sealing microstructured cells, which are defined by at least a first substrate and a wall microstructure extending from the first substrate, includes a step of applying a plurality of adhesive microcapsules along at least one of a first side of a second substrate and an exposed end portion of the wall microstructure. The adhesive microcapsules containing an adhesive substance. Another step includes positioning the first side of the second substrate adjacent the end portion of the wall microstructure. Still another step includes rupturing at least a portion of the plurality of adhesive microcapsules dispensing the adhesive substance between the end portion of the wall microstructure and the first side of the second substrate. A microstructure is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Palo Alto Research Center, Incorporated
    Inventors: Jurgen Hans Daniel, Brent Shawhan Krusor, Michael Charles Weisberg
  • Method of sealing an array of cell microstructures using microencapsulated adhesive
    Publication number: 20050133154
    Abstract: A method for sealing microstructured cells, which are defined by at least a first substrate and a wall microstructure extending from the first substrate, includes a step of applying a plurality of adhesive microcapsules along at least one of a first side of a second substrate and an exposed end portion of the wall microstructure. The adhesive microcapsules containing an adhesive substance. Another step includes positioning the first side of the second substrate adjacent the end portion of the wall microstructure. Still another step includes rupturing at least a portion of the plurality of adhesive microcapsules dispensing the adhesive substance between the end portion of the wall microstructure and the first side of the second substrate. A microstructure is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: Jurgen Hans Daniel, Brent Shawhan Krusor, Michael Charles Weisberg