Patents by Inventor Kyle K. Gregory

Kyle K. Gregory 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: 20170199573
    Abstract: One variation of a dynamic tactile interface includes a tactile layer defining a peripheral region and a deformable region adjacent the peripheral region; a substrate coupled to the peripheral region, a fluid conduit adjacent the deformable region, a fluid channel fluidly coupled to the fluid conduit, and a via fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and passing through the back surface; a bladder fluidly coupled to the via and the substrate; a structure adjacent a first side of the bladder; and a platen adjacent a second side of the bladder opposite the first side and compressing the bladder against the structure substantially perpendicular the longitudinal axis of the bladder and substantially parallel the substrate to displace fluid from the bladder and into the fluid channel to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting into an expanded setting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Tactus Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Calub, Carl Del Rosario, Mario Garcia, Michael Hammersley, Roman Rak, Curtis A. Ray, Micah Yairi, Nathan Knapp, Robert Adrian Ray, Brandon Miller, Kyle K. Gregory, Maxwell Harshorn Shimshak, Craig M. Ciesla