Patents by Inventor Shane Sykes

Shane Sykes 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).

  • Self aligning minimal gap keycaps
    Patent number: 9256294
    Abstract: Keyboard keys are outfitted with alignment features whose configuration, placement and geometry on a key serve to allow the key to automatically self-locate when the key returns from a pressed down, accessed, position, to its home, resting, position. In this manner, keyboards can be designed with keys with minimal keycap gaps that reduce the perceptible variance in the keycap spacing to be ascetically pleasing with minimal manufacturing costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Shane Sykes, Jerome David Kalamen, Summer Schneider
  • SELF ALIGNING MINIMAL GAP KEYCAPS
    Publication number: 20140048397
    Abstract: Keyboard keys are outfitted with alignment features whose configuration, placement and geometry on a key serve to allow the key to automatically self-locate when the key returns from a pressed down, accessed, position, to its home, resting, position. In this manner, keyboards can be designed with keys with minimal keycap gaps that reduce the perceptible variance in the keycap spacing to be ascetically pleasing with minimal manufacturing costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Shane Sykes, Jerome David Kalamen, Summer Schneider
  • Display package and carrying case for a handheld device
    Publication number: 20080185312
    Abstract: A display package for a handheld device is described. One disclosed embodiment comprises a base packaging structure comprising a recess, and a substantially rigid device carrying case rotatably suspended within the recess such that the device carrying case is rotatable with respect to the base packaging structure. This may allow a prospective purchase to view features on different sides of the device without removing the display packaging from a display shelf, and also provides a downstream use for a portion of the display package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jill Geurts, Eric Wahl, Shane Sykes, Young Kim, Steven William Fisher
  • Product packaging
    Patent number: D553973
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jill R. Geurts, Young Soo Kim, Steven W. Fisher, Eric J. Wahl, Shane Sykes