Patents by Inventor Nathaniel Wallace Fino

Nathaniel Wallace Fino 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).

  • FLUIDICALLY PROGRAMMED WEARABLE HAPTIC DEVICES
    Publication number: 20250117088
    Abstract: A wearable haptic device and system for providing spatiotemporal cues are disclosed. The system includes a wearable haptic device and a controller. The wearable haptic device includes a fluidic circuit having, at least one fluidic capacitor, wherein each of the at least one fluidic capacitor comprises an inflatable cell formed from a portion of a first material sheet bonded to a portion of a second material sheet to form a hermetic bond, at least one channel fluidically connected to the fluidic capacitor, each of the at least one channel is configured to convey a pressurized fluid to the at least one fluidic capacitor, a master valve, fluidically connected to the at least one channel, and a fluid source fluidically connected to the at least one fluidic capacitor via the at least one channel. The controller sends and receives signals to deliver pressurized fluid to the at least one fluidic capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Barclay Jumet, Zane Anthony Zook, Anas Nafees Yousaf, Anoop Rajappan, Doris Xu, Te Faye Yap, Nathaniel Wallace Fino, Zhen Liu, Marcia K. O'Malley, Daniel J. Preston