Patents by Inventor Martin J. Walker

Martin J. Walker 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).

  • Fabric with Electrical Components
    Publication number: 20240068135
    Abstract: Interlacing equipment may be used to form fabric and to create a gap in the fabric. The fabric may include one or more conductive strands. An insertion tool may be used to align an electrical component with the conductive strands during interlacing operations. A soldering tool may be used to remove insulation from the conductive strands to expose conductive segments on the conductive strands. The soldering tool may be used to solder the conductive segments to the electrical component. The solder connections may be located in grooves in the electrical component. An encapsulation tool may dispense encapsulation material in the grooves to encapsulate the solder connections. After the electrical component is electrically connected to the conductive strands, the insertion tool may position and release the electrical component in the gap. A component retention tool may temporarily be used to retain the electrical component in the gap as interlacing operations continue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Kyle L. Chatham, Kathryn P. Crews, Didio V. Gomes, Benjamin J. Grena, Storrs T. Hoen, Steven J. Keating, David M. Kindlon, Daniel A. Podhajny, Andrew L. Rosenberg, Daniel D. Sunshine, Lia M. Uesato, Joseph B. Walker, Felix Binder, Bertram Wendisch, Martin Latta, Ulrich Schläpfer, Franck Robin, Michael Baumann, Helen Wächter Fischer
  • Fabric with electrical components
    Patent number: 11913143
    Abstract: Interlacing equipment may be used to form fabric and to create a gap in the fabric. The fabric may include one or more conductive strands. An insertion tool may be used to align an electrical component with the conductive strands during interlacing operations. A soldering tool may be used to remove insulation from the conductive strands to expose conductive segments on the conductive strands. The soldering tool may be used to solder the conductive segments to the electrical component. The solder connections may be located in grooves in the electrical component. An encapsulation tool may dispense encapsulation material in the grooves to encapsulate the solder connections. After the electrical component is electrically connected to the conductive strands, the insertion tool may position and release the electrical component in the gap. A component retention tool may temporarily be used to retain the electrical component in the gap as interlacing operations continue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle L Chatham, Kathryn P. Crews, Didio V. Gomes, Benjamin J. Grena, Storrs T. Hoen, Steven J. Keating, David M. Kindlon, Daniel A. Podhajny, Andrew L. Rosenberg, Daniel D. Sunshine, Lia M. Uesato, Joseph B. Walker, Felix Binder, Bertram Wendisch, Martin Latta, Ulrich Schläpfer, Franck Robin, Michael Baumann, Helen Wächter Fischer
  • Micromachined devices having microbridge structure
    Patent number: 5942791
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a microbridge structure for a thermal detector array comprises growing a planarising layer on a substrate, growing a ferroelectric material layer on the planarising layer and then etching the planarising layer away, either wholly or partially, to leave a ferroelectric microbridge having a uniform thickness. The planarising layer may be a sacrificial layer or may comprise a sacrificial layer as well as other layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: GEC-Marconi Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas M Shorrocks, Martin J Walker, Ralph Nicklin, Andrew D Parsons
  • Communication apparatus for hostile environments
    Patent number: 4491699
    Abstract: A dual communication system is disclosed including a microphone for mounting for use by a wearer of a protective face mask, the output signal from the microphone being communicated to both a speaker system for local, audible broadcast and to a transmitter for remote broadcast by radio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1985
    Assignee: NL Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Martin J. Walker