Patents by Inventor Kurt Allen Jenkins

Kurt Allen Jenkins 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).

  • Publication number: 20100148384
    Abstract: Embodiments related to the fabrication of a light guide are provided. One disclosed embodiment comprises extruding a thermoplastic polymer through a die to form an extrusion, machining the extrusion to one or more fixed dimensions, and maintaining a face of the extrusion in contact with a heated mold surface to soften or melt the face of the extrusion while applying pressure to the extrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kurt Allen Jenkins
  • Publication number: 20090148219
    Abstract: A keyboard for use with a computing device and a method of manufacturing a keyboard key are provided. One disclosed keyboard includes a plurality of keys, each key having a key cap including a perimeter wall and a void positioned within the perimeter wall and opening to a top of the key cap. Each key further includes a cushion having a top portion configured to be contacted by a digit of a user and a bottom portion configured to be fitted within the void in the key cap. The cushion being may be configured to absorb an impact force directed against the key during a keystroke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dan Odell, Krishna Darbha, Richard E. Compton, Glen C. Larsen, Kurt Allen Jenkins