Patents by Inventor Piers Andrew

Piers Andrew 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).

  • Apparatus and methods relevant to electronic devices
    Publication number: 20100127819
    Abstract: Apparatus includes an actuator configured to provide vibrational movement of the apparatus in a first plane or having a component in the first plane, and a traction part configured to support a portion of the apparatus on a surface, a plane of the surface being perpendicular to the first plane, the traction part being configured to transform the vibrational movement of the apparatus into movement of the portion of the apparatus in a direction along the surface, the direction of the movement being predetermined by an orientation of the traction part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Zoran L. Radivojevic, Piers Andrew
  • Surface plasmon device
    Publication number: 20100102256
    Abstract: A device comprising first and second antennas and a waveguide configured to guide surface plasmons between the first and second antennas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventors: Piers Andrew, Hongwei Li, Markku Oksanen