Patents by Inventor Richard Milhe
Richard Milhe 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).
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Publication number: 20230226288Abstract: An identification component for an aerosol-generating device is provided, the identification component including: a ring shaped body; a customizable surface; and connector for reversibly connecting the identification component to the aerosol-generating device, in which the identification component is a ring-shaped component that is configured to be mounted at an open end of a heating chamber of the aerosol-generating device. An aerosol-generating device including a reversibly connectable identification component is also provided. A system including the aerosol-generating device and a removal tool is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Sze Chiek AW, Matteo BOLOGNA, Teck Yan CHAN, Jean-Luc FRINGELI, Dani RUSCIO, Valerio OLIANA, Richard MILHE, Alex FARROW
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Patent number: 9443673Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method of assembling a folio case. The method comprises molding a set of molded key caps over a flexible fabric layer to form a fabric key cap layer, where the key caps do not pass through the flexible fabric layer. The method further comprises affixing a first portion of the flexible key cap layer opposite the set of molded key caps to an interior portion of a housing, and affixing an intermediate layer between the interior portion of the housing and a second portion of the fabric key cap layer corresponding to the set of molded key caps opposite the first portion. The method further comprises attaching a first portion of a holder to the first portion of the flexible key cap layer configured to receive a computing device, wherein a second portion of the holder is not fixedly attached to the flexible key cap layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2013Date of Patent: September 13, 2016Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.Inventors: Pai-Cheng Chu, Tzu-Pin Lin, Chih-Wei Chen, Richard Milhe
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Patent number: 9390869Abstract: Embodiments provide a flexible keyboard including a flexible skin layer and a set of key frame modules coupled to one side of the flexible skin layer. The flexible skin layer can be made of at least one of polyurethane or polyester. The keyframe module can include a metal support plate for conducting a signal and a key structure situated over the metal support plate for providing tactile feedback when the key frame module is actuated. A plastic key cap structure can be situated over the dome structure. The flexible skin layer can be coupled to the plastic key cap. The key structure can be a dome structure where the flexible skin layer is a rubber or a fabric skin layer. The key structure can be a scissors key structure where the flexible skin layer is a rubber skin layer. Flexible key caps can be molded to the flexible skin layer.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2013Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.Inventors: Chia Feng Lee, Li-Jen Chien, Richard Milhe
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Patent number: 9244535Abstract: Certain embodiments relate to a protective cover with a housing and a latch mechanism. The latch can be hingeably coupled to a back portion of the housing such that the latch is configured to rotate, via the hinge coupling, from a closed position to an open position. The latch can further be slideably coupled to the housing such that the latch is configured to laterally slide out from the back portion of the housing to an extended position, where the bottom side of the latch can be configured to couple to and secure an input device to the surface of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2013Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.Inventors: Mathew Bates, Brian Stephens, Chia Feng Lee, Richard Milhe, John Moriarty, James Jackson, James Lynch, Ronan Carroll, Mel Reynolds, Stephen Harvey, Denis O'Keeffe
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Patent number: 9092129Abstract: A capture device for remote, virtual on screen data input by hand annotation comprises at least three functional layers including a bottom rigid layer, a middle pressure sensor layer and a top flexible layer. The bottom rigid layer has a surface that provides a mechanical support for writing. The middle pressure sensor layer is adapted to measuring a pressure array or map on the capture active area and to send data representing the measured pressure to a personal computer. The top flexible touch-sensitive passive LCD display layer includes an LCD surface by which whatever is written down on the LCD is impressed graphically due to its liquid crystal physical properties wherein applied pressure changes the crystal particles orientation and light properties, such that when a stylus presses against a writing surface thereof, it leaves a visible trace allowing the user to produce a drawing though no real ink has flown.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2011Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.Inventors: Samer Abdo, Julien Piot, Greg Dizac, Richard Milhe, Guillaume Bourelly, Matthieu Meisser, Fabiano Pedrotta, Thomas Gaƫtan Brisebras, Candice Patricia Tillitt, Alice Estelle Loeb
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Patent number: 8988354Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to an input device comprising a processor configured to operate the input device in one of a plurality of modes of operation, a plurality of buttons, and a housing configured to receive and secure a display device. The housing is configurable in a plurality of positions relative to the plurality of buttons, where at least a portion of the plurality of buttons operates in one of the plurality of modes of operation based, at least in part, on a position of the plurality of positions of the housing relative to the plurality of buttons.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2012Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Logitech Europe S.A.Inventors: Richard Milhe, Tarak Fekih, Alexis Richard, Sylvain Sauvage, Laurent Plancherel, Pai-Cheng Chu, Eric Hsu
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Publication number: 20140262715Abstract: Embodiments provide a flexible keyboard including a flexible skin layer and a set of key frame modules coupled to one side of the flexible skin layer. The flexible skin layer can be made of at least one of polyurethane or polyester. The keyframe module can include a metal support plate for conducting a signal and a key structure situated over the metal support plate for providing tactile feedback when the key frame module is actuated. A plastic key cap structure can be situated over the dome structure. The flexible skin layer can be coupled to the plastic key cap. The key structure can be a dome structure where the flexible skin layer is a rubber or a fabric skin layer. The key structure can be a scissors key structure where the flexible skin layer is a rubber skin layer. Flexible key caps can be molded to the flexible skin layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Logitech Europe S.A.Inventors: Chia Feng Lee, Li-Jen Chien, Richard Milhe
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Publication number: 20140262876Abstract: Certain embodiments relate to a protective cover with a housing and a latch mechanism. The latch can be hingeably coupled to a back portion of the housing such that the latch is configured to rotate, via the hinge coupling, from a closed position to an open position. The latch can further be slideably coupled to the housing such that the latch is configured to laterally slide out from the back portion of the housing to an extended position, where the bottom side of the latch can be configured to couple to and secure an input device to the surface of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: Logitech Europe S.A.Inventors: Mathew Bates, Brian Stephens, Chia Feng Lee, Richard Milhe, John Moriarty, James Jackson, James Lynch, Ronan Carroll, Mel Reynolds, Stephen Harvey, Denis O'Keeffe
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Publication number: 20140069791Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a method of assembling a folio case. The method comprises molding a set of molded key caps over a flexible fabric layer to form a fabric key cap layer, where the key caps do not pass through the flexible fabric layer. The method further comprises affixing a first portion of the flexible key cap layer opposite the set of molded key caps to an interior portion of a housing, and affixing an intermediate layer between the interior portion of the housing and a second portion of the fabric key cap layer corresponding to the set of molded key caps opposite the first portion. The method further comprises attaching a first portion of a holder to the first portion of the flexible key cap layer configured to receive a computing device, wherein a second portion of the holder is not fixedly attached to the flexible key cap layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Inventors: Pai-Cheng Chu, Tzu-Pin Lin, Chih-Wei Chen, Richard Milhe
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Publication number: 20140071605Abstract: Aspects of the invention relate to an apparatus including a housing and a slot disposed in the housing, the slot configured to hold an input device in a plurality of upright configurations including at least a forward-facing upright configuration such that the input device faces the front portion of the housing, and at least a backward-facing upright configuration such that the input device faces the back portion of the housing. The slot can be overmolded with a rubber compound (e.g. silicon-based) and configured to provide an improved coefficient of friction to reduce slippage of the input device when held in the slot. In some aspects, the housing includes a surface, and the overmolded portion of the slot can protrude above the surface of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: Logitech Europe S.A.Inventors: Mathew Bates, Brian Stephens, Simone Mandelli, Alexis Richard, Richard Milhe, Li Lun Wen, Chia Feng Lee, Li-Jen Chien, Pai-Cheng Chu, Chen-Ming Hsu, Tzu-Pin Lin, Zhaoyang Han, An-Ni Chen, Sylvain Sauvage, Malachy Spollen, John Moriarty, James Jackson, James Lynch, Ronan Carroll
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Publication number: 20140069792Abstract: In certain embodiments, an input device includes a key frame having a top surface and comprised of a flexible fabric, and a plurality of key caps disposed on the surface of the key frame, where the key caps do not pass through the key frame. In some cases, the plurality of key caps can be comprised of a flexible material such as polyurethane (PU). The key frame can be comprised of PU or a flexible polyester. The input device can further include an outer shell having an exterior portion and an interior portion and the interior portion having a front side and a back side. The key frame can be coupled to the interior portion such that the plurality of key caps is configured on the interior portion and front side of the outer shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2013Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: Logitech Europe S.A.Inventors: Mathew Bates, Richard Milhe, Chia Feng Lee, Li-Jen Chien, Pai-Cheng Chu, Tzu-Pin Lin, Malachy Spollen, Benjamin Riot, Dennis O'Keeffe, Stephen Harvey, Maider Irastorza
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Publication number: 20130271373Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to an input device comprising a processor configured to operate the input device in one of a plurality of modes of operation, a plurality of buttons, and a housing configured to receive and secure a display device. The housing is configurable in a plurality of positions relative to the plurality of buttons, where at least a portion of the plurality of buttons operates in one of the plurality of modes of operation based, at least in part, on a position of the plurality of positions of the housing relative to the plurality of buttons.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2012Publication date: October 17, 2013Applicant: Logitech Europe S.A.Inventors: Richard Milhe, Tarak Fekih, Alexis Richard, Sylvain Sauvage, Laurent Plancherel, PC Chu, Eric Hsu
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Publication number: 20110248941Abstract: A capture device for remote, virtual on screen data input by hand annotation comprises at least three functional layers including a bottom rigid layer, a middle pressure sensor layer and a top flexible layer. The bottom rigid layer has a surface that provides a mechanical support for writing. The middle pressure sensor layer is adapted to measuring a pressure array or map on the capture active area and to send data representing the measured pressure to a personal computer. The top flexible touch-sensitive passive LCD display layer includes an LCD surface by which whatever is written down on the LCD is impressed graphically due to its liquid crystal physical properties wherein applied pressure changes the crystal particles orientation and light properties, such that when a stylus presses against a writing surface thereof, it leaves a visible trace allowing the user to produce a drawing though no real ink has flown.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2011Publication date: October 13, 2011Inventors: Samer Abdo, Julien Piot, Greg Dizac, Richard Milhe, Guillaume Bourelly, Matthieu Meisser, Fabiano Pedrotta, Thomas Gaetan Brisebras, Candice Patricia Tillitt, Alice Estelle Loeb