Patents by Inventor Michael A. Yurochko

Michael A. Yurochko 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: 20100243421
    Abstract: A keyboard for an electronic device that incorporates a flexible carrier for the keys. The flexible carrier has cutouts or slots that aid in decoupling the actions of one from its neighbors. Moreover, in addition to or instead of cutouts or slots, the flexible carrier optionally has cutouts around its outer perimeter. In some embodiments, the keys are molded as part of the flexible carrier. In other embodiments, the keys are attached to or inserted in the flexible carrier during manufacture. Various embodiments of the invention employ various key shapes to aid the user's tactile experience while typing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Michael A. Yurochko, Peter N. Skillman
  • Patent number: 7759590
    Abstract: A keyboard for an electronic device that incorporates a flexible carrier for the keys. The flexible carrier has cutouts or slots that aid in decoupling the actions of one from its neighbors. Moreover, in addition to or instead of cutouts or slots, the flexible carrier optionally has cutouts around its outer perimeter. In some embodiments, the keys are molded as part of the flexible carrier. In other embodiments, the keys are attached to or inserted in the flexible carrier during manufacture. Various embodiments of the invention employ various key shapes to aid the user's tactile experience while typing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: PALM, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Yurochko, Peter N. Skillman
  • Patent number: 7725127
    Abstract: A hand-held device that provides communication services and symbol processing is described. The device includes a case having a front side comprising a display and a lid having a transparent portion through which the display can be seen in a lid-closed state. In one version, the hand-held device comprises a QWERTY keyboard including an arrangement of digits as in a touch-tone telephone keypad arrangement. In another version, the display includes a handwriting area for data entry using a stylus or other screen data entry device. In a closed position, the lid extends over the display and the keyboard, leaving another user input device physically accessible to touch for receiving input wherein the device performs processing responsive to receiving input from the physically accessible user input device in the lid closed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Palm, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey C Hawkins, Peter N Skillman, William B Rees, Robert Y Haitani, Michael A Yurochko, Edward T Colligan
  • Publication number: 20080223707
    Abstract: A keyboard for an electronic device that incorporates a flexible carrier for the keys. The flexible carrier has cutouts or slots that aid in decoupling the actions of one from its neighbors. Moreover, in addition to or instead of cutouts or slots, the flexible carrier optionally has cutouts around its outer perimeter. In some embodiments, the keys are molded as part of the flexible carrier. In other embodiments, the keys are attached to or inserted in the flexible carrier during manufacture. Various embodiments of the invention employ various key shapes to aid the user's tactile experience while typing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Inventors: Michael A. YUROCHKO, Peter N. Skillman
  • Patent number: 7375297
    Abstract: A keyboard for an electronic device that incorporates a flexible carrier for the keys. The flexible carrier has cutouts or slots that aid in decoupling the actions of one from its neighbors. Moreover, in addition to or instead of cutouts or slots, the flexible carrier optionally has cutouts around its outer perimeter. In some embodiments, the keys are molded as part of the flexible carrier. In other embodiments, the keys are attached to or inserted in the flexible carrier during manufacture. Various embodiments of the invention employ various key shapes to aid the user's tactile experience while typing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Palm, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Yurochko, Peter N. Skillman
  • Patent number: 7356361
    Abstract: A hand-held device that provides communication services and symbol processing is described. The device includes a case having a front side comprising a display and a lid having a transparent portion through which the display can be seen in a lid-closed state. In one version, the hand-held device comprises a QWERTY keyboard including an arrangement of digits as in a touch-tone telephone keypad arrangement. In another version, the display includes a handwriting area for data entry using a stylus or other screen data entry device. In a closed position, the lid extends over the display and the keyboard, leaving another user input device physically accessible to touch for receiving input wherein the device performs processing responsive to receiving input from the physically accessible user input device in the lid closed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Palm, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey C Hawkins, Peter N Skillman, William B Rees, Robert Y Haitani, Michael A Yurochko, Edward T Colligan
  • Patent number: 7164088
    Abstract: A keyboard for an electronic device that incorporates a flexible carrier for the keys. The flexible carrier has cutouts or slots that aid in decoupling the actions of one from its neighbors. Moreover, in addition to or instead of cutouts or slots, the flexible carrier optionally has cutouts around its outer perimeter. In some embodiments, the keys are molded as part of the flexible carrier. In other embodiments, the keys are attached to or inserted in the flexible carrier during manufacture. Various embodiments of the invention employ various key shapes to aid the user's tactile experience while typing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Palm, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Yurochko, Peter N. Skillman
  • Patent number: D467235
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2002
    Assignee: Handspring, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey C Hawkins, Peter N. Skillman, Michael A. Yurochko
  • Patent number: D593066
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: SanDisk Corporation
    Inventors: Yaron Sheba, Michael A. Yurochko, Derek T. Niizawa