Patents by Inventor Shane Michael Ellis

Shane Michael Ellis 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: 10078349
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to a strap system having a securing plate and a strap. The securing plate is configured to be secured to a body of a head-mounted display in a rotatable manner. The securing plate includes a flat portion, a rear loop located at a first end of the flat portion, and a front loop located at a second end of the flat portion. The strap is inserted through the rear loop and the front loop of the securing plate. An end portion of the strap is flipped over the front loop and secured to a portion of the strap on the flat potion of the securing plate to fix the strap to the securing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Oculus VR, LLC
    Inventors: Quintin Morris, Peter Wesley Bristol, Scott Andrew Dallmeyer, Mauricio Romano, Shane Michael Ellis
  • Patent number: 10070700
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a lanyard adjuster that adjusts the length of a lanyard that passes through the lanyard adjuster. The lanyard adjuster includes a housing and a plate residing within the housing. The plate includes flanges that couple with locking slots of the housing to achieve a locked configuration. In the locked configuration, the plate contacts and applies a force on segments of the lanyard that passes through the lanyard adjuster. Therefore, the lengths of the lanyard on either side of the lanyard adjuster are fixed. The plate can be further decoupled from the housing to enable adjustment of the lengths of the lanyard on either side of the lanyard adjuster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Oculus VR, LLC
    Inventors: Yi-Yaun Chen, Shane Michael Ellis
  • Publication number: 20160221252
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for affixing hardware components to garments. Hardware components are provided with an operative component and an adhesive surface. The operative component interacts with one or more other operative components and/or with one or more other features of the garment (e.g. with cords, straps or the like connected to the garment and/or with the fabric of the garment) and/or with one or more external devices. The adhesive surface is bonded to a corresponding interior surface of a fabric layer of the garment using an adhesive located between the adhesive surface and the corresponding surface of the fabric layer. The hardware component is projected from an interior of the fabric laver, through an aperture defined by the fabric layer, and to an exterior of the fabric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Shane Michael ELLIS, Tom ROUTH, Susanna BERGSTRÖM
  • Patent number: 9265294
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for affixing hardware components to garments. Hardware components are provided with an operative component and an adhesive surface. The operative component interacts with one or more other operative components and/or with one or more other features of the garment (e.g. with cords, straps or the like connected to the garment and/or with the fabric of the garment) and/or with one or more external devices. The adhesive surface is bonded to a corresponding surface of a fabric layer of the garment using an adhesive located between the adhesive surface and the corresponding surface of the fabric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Cohaesive Garment Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Shane Michael Ellis, Tom Routh, Susanna Bergström
  • Publication number: 20120047620
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for affixing hardware components to garments. Hardware components are provided with an operative component and an adhesive surface. The operative component interacts with one or more other operative components and/or with one or more other features of the garment (e.g. with cords, straps or the like connected to the garment and/or with the fabric of the garment) and/or with one or more external devices. The adhesive surface is bonded to a corresponding surface of a fabric layer of the garment using an adhesive located between the adhesive surface and the corresponding surface of the fabric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Shane Michael Ellis, Tom Routh, Susanna Bergström
  • Patent number: D828822
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Oculus VR, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Andrew Dallmeyer, Shane Michael Ellis, Peter Wesley Bristol, Mauricio Romano
  • Patent number: D828836
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Oculus VR, LLC
    Inventors: Shane Michael Ellis, Joseph Patrick Sullivan
  • Patent number: D829208
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Oculus VR, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Andrew Dallmeyer, Shane Michael Ellis, Peter Wesley Bristol, Mauricio Romano
  • Patent number: D834019
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Scott Andrew Dallmeyer, Shane Michael Ellis, Peter Wesley Bristol, Mauricio Romano