Patents by Inventor Nathan Jeffery

Nathan Jeffery 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).

  • Patent number: 12179427
    Abstract: An improved additive fabrication device and a build platform are provided. The additive fabrication device is configured to form layers of material on a build surface. The additive fabrication device comprising: a build platform comprising: a rigid structure; an actuation structure attached to the rigid structure, wherein the actuation structure comprises one or more sheet handles and a flexible sheet, and wherein a first surface of the flexible sheet forms a build surface on which the additive fabrication device is configured to form layers of materials; and the one or more sheet handles are configured to be actuated to apply a force to the flexible sheet while at least a part of the actuation structure remains attached to the rigid structure, to deform at least a part of the flexible sheet away from the rigid structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Formlabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark J. Frykman, Mark J. Ripoll, Lawrence Cheung, Nathan Jeffery, Yoav Reches, Derek J. Vilim
  • Publication number: 20240173918
    Abstract: An improved additive fabrication device and a build platform are provided. The additive fabrication device is configured to form layers of material on a build surface. The additive fabrication device comprising: a build platform comprising: a rigid structure; an actuation structure attached to the rigid structure, wherein the actuation structure comprises one or more sheet handles and a flexible sheet, and wherein a first surface of the flexible sheet forms a build surface on which the additive fabrication device is configured to form layers of materials; and the one or more sheet handles are configured to be actuated to apply a force to the flexible sheet while at least a part of the actuation structure remains attached to the rigid structure, to deform at least a part of the flexible sheet away from the rigid structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Formlabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark J. Frykman, Mark J. Ripoll, Lawrence Cheung, Nathan Jeffery, Yoav Reches, Derek J. Vilim
  • Patent number: 11840017
    Abstract: An improved additive fabrication device and a build platform are provided. The additive fabrication device is configured to form layers of material on a build surface. The additive fabrication device comprising: a build platform comprising: a rigid structure; an actuation structure attached to the rigid structure, wherein the actuation structure comprises one or more sheet handles and a flexible sheet, and wherein a first surface of the flexible sheet forms a build surface on which the additive fabrication device is configured to form layers of materials; and the one or more sheet handles are configured to be actuated to apply a force to the flexible sheet while at least a part of the actuation structure remains attached to the rigid structure, to deform at least a part of the flexible sheet away from the rigid structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Formlabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark J. Frykman, Mark J. Ripoll, Lawrence Cheung, Nathan Jeffery, Yoav Reches, Derek J. Vilim
  • Publication number: 20220410477
    Abstract: An improved additive fabrication device and a build platform are provided. The additive fabrication device is configured to form layers of material on a build surface. The additive fabrication device comprising: a build platform comprising: a rigid structure; an actuation structure attached to the rigid structure, wherein the actuation structure comprises one or more sheet handles and a flexible sheet, and wherein a first surface of the flexible sheet forms a build surface on which the additive fabrication device is configured to form layers of materials; and the one or more sheet handles are configured to be actuated to apply a force to the flexible sheet while at least a part of the actuation structure remains attached to the rigid structure, to deform at least a part of the flexible sheet away from the rigid structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: Formlabs, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark J. Frykman, Mark J. Ripoll, Lawrence Cheung, Nathan Jeffery, Yoav Reches, Derek J. Vilim
  • Patent number: 10231052
    Abstract: An acoustic device that is adapted to be worn on the body of a user, with a first acoustic transducer and a second acoustic transducer, where the first transducer is closer to the expected location of a first ear of the user than is the second transducer, a third acoustic transducer and a fourth acoustic transducer, where the third transducer is closer to the expected location of a second ear of the user than is the fourth transducer, and a controller that is adapted to independently control the phase and frequency response of the first, second, third and fourth transducers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan Jeffery, Roman N. Litovsky
  • Publication number: 20180048960
    Abstract: An acoustic device that is adapted to be worn on the body of a user, with a first acoustic transducer and a second acoustic transducer, where the first transducer is closer to the expected location of a first ear of the user than is the second transducer, a third acoustic transducer and a fourth acoustic transducer, where the third transducer is closer to the expected location of a second ear of the user than is the fourth transducer, and a controller that is adapted to independently control the phase and frequency response of the first, second, third and fourth transducers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Nathan Jeffery, Roman N. Litovsky
  • Publication number: 20170353796
    Abstract: An acoustic device that is adapted to be worn on the body of a user, with a first acoustic transducer and a second acoustic transducer, where the first transducer is closer to the expected location of a first ear of the user than is the second transducer, a third acoustic transducer and a fourth acoustic transducer, where the third transducer is closer to the expected location of a second ear of the user than is the fourth transducer, and a controller that is adapted to independently control the phase and frequency response of the first, second, third and fourth transducers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Nathan Jeffery, Roman N. Litovsky
  • Patent number: 9838787
    Abstract: An acoustic device that is adapted to be worn on the body of a user, with a first acoustic transducer and a second acoustic transducer, where the first transducer is closer to the expected location of a first ear of the user than is the second transducer, a third acoustic transducer and a fourth acoustic transducer, where the third transducer is closer to the expected location of a second ear of the user than is the fourth transducer, and a controller that is adapted to independently control the phase and frequency response of the first, second, third and fourth transducers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Bose Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan Jeffery, Roman N. Litovsky