Patents by Inventor Samuel Rey Abeyta

Samuel Rey Abeyta 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).

  • Button panel and light assembly for use with gaming machines
    Patent number: 8758128
    Abstract: A gaming machine includes a button panel having a front surface, wherein at least a portion of the front surface is an optically restrictive material, and a plurality of light devices aligned relative to the optically restrictive material. The gaming machine also includes a controller coupled to the plurality of light devices, wherein the controller is configured to control at least one of an order of illumination for at least a portion of the plurality of light devices and a duration of illumination for at least a portion of the plurality of light devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: IGT
    Inventors: Sonia L. Prins, Chauncey Warner Griswold, Joseph Daniel Stoddard, Samuel Rey Abeyta, Jean Pierre Legras, Kehl Tomas LeSourd
  • BUTTON PANEL AND LIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH GAMING MACHINES
    Publication number: 20110070949
    Abstract: A gaming machine includes a button panel having a front surface, wherein at least a portion of the front surface is an optically restrictive material, and a plurality of light devices aligned relative to the optically restrictive material. The gaming machine also includes a controller coupled to the plurality of light devices, wherein the controller is configured to control at least one of an order of illumination for at least a portion of the plurality of light devices and a duration of illumination for at least a portion of the plurality of light devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Sonia L. Prins, Chauncey Warner Griswold, Joseph Daniel Stoddard, Samuel Rey Abeyta, Jean Pierre Legras, Kehl Tomas LeSourd