Patents by Inventor Taylor Stellman
Taylor Stellman 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).
-
Publication number: 20240097176Abstract: A curved battery cell may include (1) a positive terminal, (2) a negative terminal, (3) one or more curved electrodes, and (4) an outer case encasing the one or more curved electrodes that includes at least one curved surface having a non-uniform radius of curvature. A curved battery pack may include (1) a first curved battery cell with a first outer surface having a first non-uniform curvature and (2) a second curved battery cell with a second outer surface having a second non-uniform curvature. Various other apparatus, systems, and methods are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Jason Howard, Bryan W Fan, Jeffrey Taylor Stellman, Karthik Kadirvel, Jonathan Longhitano
-
Patent number: 11870027Abstract: A curved battery cell may include (1) a positive terminal, (2) a negative terminal, (3) one or more curved electrodes, and (4) an outer case encasing the one or more curved electrodes that includes at least one curved surface having a non-uniform radius of curvature. A curved battery pack may include (1) a first curved battery cell with a first outer surface having a first non-uniform curvature and (2) a second curved battery cell with a second outer surface having a second non-uniform curvature. Various other apparatus, systems, and methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Jason Howard, Bryan W Fan, Jeffrey Taylor Stellman, Karthik Kadirvel, Jonathan Longhitano
-
Publication number: 20230251498Abstract: Head-mounted display assemblies may include a first eyecup and a second eyecup that are configured for respectively positioning a first lens and a second lens in front of intended locations of a user’s eyes when the head-mounted display assembly is donned. The first eyecup and the second eyecup may be movable relative to each other to adjust for an interpupillary distance of the user’s eyes. A single near-eye display screen may be configured for displaying an image to the user through the first and second eyecups. An enclosure over the single near-eye display screen may include a first transparent component positioned between the first lens and the single near-eye display screen and a second transparent component positioned between the second lens and the single near-eye display screen. Various other methods, devices, systems, and assemblies are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Jeffrey Taylor Stellman, Nirav Rajendra Patel, Samuel Redmond DAmico, Wei Rong, Evan Lawrence Coons, Joseph Patrick Sullivan
-
Patent number: 11662594Abstract: The disclosed head-mounted display assemblies may include a first eyecup and a second eyecup that are configured for respectively positioning a first lens and a second lens in front of intended locations of a user's eyes when the head-mounted display assembly is donned. The first eyecup and the second eyecup may be movable relative to each other to adjust for an interpupillary distance of the user's eyes. A single near-eye display screen may be configured for displaying an image to the user through the first and second eyecups. An enclosure over the single near-eye display screen may include a first transparent component positioned between the first lens and the single near-eye display screen and a second transparent component positioned between the second lens and the single near-eye display screen. Various other methods, devices, systems, and assemblies are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Taylor Stellman, Nirav Rajendra Patel, Samuel Redmond DAmico, Wei Rong, Evan Lawrence Coons, Joseph Patrick Sullivan
-
Patent number: 11563233Abstract: A wearable battery-pack accessory may include (1) one or more curved batteries, (2) charging circuitry that charges the one or more curved batteries, (3) supplying circuitry that supplies power to a connected external computing device, and (4) an outer housing including a curved surface shaped to conform to a portion of a wearer's body. A head-mounted display system may include (1) a head-mounted display, (2) a strap that is coupled to the head-mounted display and wraps around the back of a user's head when the user is wearing the head-mounted display, and (3) a battery-pack accessory detachably coupled to the strap. Various other apparatus, systems, and methods are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Jason Howard, Bryan W. Fan, Jeffrey Taylor Stellman, Karthik Kadirvel, Jonathan Longhitano
-
Publication number: 20220365356Abstract: The disclosed head-mounted display assemblies may include a first eyecup and a second eyecup that are configured for respectively positioning a first lens and a second lens in front of intended locations of a user's eyes when the head-mounted display assembly is donned. The first eyecup and the second eyecup may be movable relative to each other to adjust for an interpupillary distance of the user's eyes. A single near-eye display screen may be configured for displaying an image to the user through the first and second eyecups. An enclosure over the single near-eye display screen may include a first transparent component positioned between the first lens and the single near-eye display screen and a second transparent component positioned between the second lens and the single near-eye display screen. Various other methods, devices, systems, and assemblies are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Jeffrey Taylor Stellman, Nirav Rajendra Patel, Samuel Redmond DAmico, Wei Rong, Evan Lawrence Coons, Josephen Patrick Sullivan
-
Patent number: 11467411Abstract: The disclosed head-mounted display assemblies may include a first eyecup and a second eyecup that are configured for positioning in front of intended locations of a user's eyes. The first eyecup and the second eyecup may be movable relative to each other to adjust for an interpupillary distance of the user's eyes. The head-mounted display assemblies may also include a single near-eye display screen configured for displaying an image to the user through the first eyecup and the second eyecup. A flexible shroud may be positioned to provide a seal between a first interior volume of the first eyecup, a second interior volume of the second eyecup, and the single near-eye display screen. Various other methods, devices, systems, and assemblies are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Joel Bernard Jacobs, Evan Lawrence Coons, Jeffrey Taylor Stellman, Mark Alan Tempel
-
Patent number: 11402642Abstract: The disclosed head-mounted display assemblies may include a first eyecup and a second eyecup that are configured for respectively positioning a first lens and a second lens in front of intended locations of a user's eyes when the head-mounted display assembly is donned. The first eyecup and the second eyecup may be movable relative to each other to adjust for an interpupillary distance of the user's eyes. A single near-eye display screen may be configured for displaying an image to the user through the first and second eyecups. An enclosure over the single near-eye display screen may include a first transparent component positioned between the first lens and the single near-eye display screen and a second transparent component positioned between the second lens and the single near-eye display screen. Various other methods, devices, systems, and assemblies are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Taylor Stellman, Nirav Rajendra Patel, Samuel Redmond D'Amico, Wei Rong, Evan Lawrence Coons, Joseph Patrick Sullivan
-
Patent number: 11204504Abstract: The disclosed head-mounted display assemblies may include a first eyecup and a second eyecup that are configured for positioning in front of intended locations of a user's eyes. The first eyecup and the second eyecup may be movable relative to each other to adjust for an interpupillary distance of the user's eyes. The head-mounted display assemblies may also include a single near-eye display screen configured for displaying an image to the user through the first eyecup and the second eyecup. A flexible shroud may be positioned to provide a seal between a first interior volume of the first eyecup, a second interior volume of the second eyecup, and the single near-eye display screen. Various other methods, devices, systems, and assemblies are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Joel Bernard Jacobs, Evan Lawrence Coons, Jeffrey Taylor Stellman, Mark Alan Tempel
-
Publication number: 20210325683Abstract: The disclosed systems and methods may include an example assembly for isolating an inertial measurement unit, for example, in the case of a virtual reality system. Additionally, an example system may include shock-absorbing devices, for example for head-mounted displays. In some examples, the disclosed systems and methods may include a form-in-place gasket for water ingress protection around a flexible printed circuit board. The disclosed systems may also include a system for enhancing remote or virtual social experiences using biosignals. The disclosed systems may additionally include a split device with identity fixed to physical location. Various other related methods and systems are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2021Publication date: October 21, 2021Inventors: Christina Yee, Jeffrey Taylor Stellman, Clare Regimbal Long, Joaquin Andres Fierro, Kevin Keeler, Mark Shriver, Andrew Matthew Bardagjy, Adam Hewko, Heya Hewko, Balaji Chelladurai, Jian Zhang, Daniel Meer, Fabio Stefanini, Stephen Mark Jeapes
-
Patent number: 11076510Abstract: A heat-management device includes an array of recesses distributed across an external surface of a thermally conductive body. The device includes an array of protrusions interspersed with the array of recesses that form a network of cavities within an internal volume of the thermally conductive body. The array of recesses and the array of protrusions define a non-planar interface that is complementary to a curved surface of a heat source. A fluid volume can be retained within the network of cavities at a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure. The heat management device includes a cooling operation mode wherein the fluid volume absorbs heat from the heat source through the non-planar interface and dissipates heat away from the heat source through the network of cavities.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventor: Jeffrey Taylor Stellman
-
Publication number: 20210132397Abstract: The disclosed head-mounted display assemblies may include a first eyecup and a second eyecup that are configured for respectively positioning a first lens and a second lens in front of intended locations of a user's eyes when the head-mounted display assembly is donned. The first eyecup and the second eyecup may be movable relative to each other to adjust for an interpupillary distance of the user's eyes. A single near-eye display screen may be configured for displaying an image to the user through the first and second eyecups. An enclosure over the single near-eye display screen may include a first transparent component positioned between the first lens and the single near-eye display screen and a second transparent component positioned between the second lens and the single near-eye display screen. Various other methods, devices, systems, and assemblies are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Jeffrey Taylor Stellman, Nirav Rajendra Patel, Samuel Redmond D'Amico, Wei Rong, Evan Lawrence Coons, Joseph Patrick Sullivan
-
Patent number: 10698458Abstract: A vapor chamber may be integrated with one or more components of a computing device to provide thermal management. The vapor chamber may include upper and lower portions forming the vapor chamber, and an annular space between the upper and lower portions that includes a fluid. The vapor chamber may be configured to absorb heat from a heat source of the computing device. Subsequently, the uniform heat transfer may enable the external surfaces of the computing device to achieve substantially isothermal external surface conditions, which may maximize a power dissipation of the computing device for a given ambient temperature ensuring a temperature of the computing device remains at or below safe limits while in use.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2014Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Andrew Delano, Taylor Stellman
-
Patent number: 10617036Abstract: A computing device includes a housing having an inner surface, a first outer surface, a second outer surface, and a side extending between the first outer surface and the second outer surface. The computing device also includes a heat generating electronic device, a first heat spreader, and a second heat spreader. At least a portion of the first heat spreader abuts or is adjacent to the inner surface of the housing. The second heat spreader extends from a first position within the housing, at or adjacent to the heat generating electronic device to a second position within the housing. The second position is closer to the side of the housing than the first position. A first portion of the second heat spreader abuts the first heat spreader, and a second portion of the second heat spreader is at a distance from the first heat spreader.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Andrew Hill, Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin, James Michael Bonicatto, Kenneth Charles Boman, Jeffrey Taylor Stellman, Avi Pinchas Hecht
-
Publication number: 20200053909Abstract: A heat-management device described herein includes an array of recesses distributed across an external surface of a thermally conductive body; and an array of protrusions interspersed with the array of recesses and forming a network of cavities within an internal volume of the thermally conductive body, the array of recesses and the array of protrusions defining a non-planar interface complimentary to a curved surface of a heat source. A fluid volume can be retained within the network of cavities at a pressure lower than atmospheric pressure. The heat management device includes a cooling operation mode wherein the fluid volume absorbs heat from the heat source through the non-planar interface and dissipates heat away from the heat source through the network of cavities. A manufacturing method is also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2018Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventor: Jeffrey Taylor Stellman
-
Patent number: 10518446Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein relate to molding inserts with improved cooling performance. A mold insert includes a body and a plurality of heat sink elements coupled to the body. The body includes an area with a recessed surface that has different depths in a plurality of different regions. The plurality of heat sink elements is configured to provide different thermal resistances in the plurality of different regions of the mold insert, where a thermal resistance of the mold insert in a region with a higher recessed surface depth is lower than a thermal resistance of the mold insert in a region with a lower recessed surface depth. In some embodiments, the plurality of heat sink elements form cooling channels that are configured to conduct a cooling fluid from regions of the mold insert with higher recessed surface depths to regions of the mold insert with lower recessed surface depths.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2017Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Facebook Technologies, LLCInventors: Kurt Jenkins, Jeffrey Taylor Stellman
-
Patent number: 10451356Abstract: A lost wax cast vapor chamber device is provided. Once a mesh is produced, a meltable core is formed from a meltable core material with the mesh positioned at least partially inside the core. Over the meltable core a metallic layer is formed, at least partially surrounding the meltable core. A chamber formed by the metallic layer is exposed by melting the meltable core to cause it to be removed from an internal void of the chamber, the internal void encapsulating the mesh. The melted material from the meltable core flows out an opening on at least one surface of the chamber. Subsequently, the internal void is filled at least partially with a working fluid and the opening is closed. The mesh supports the surfaces of the chamber against deformation under the vacuum of the internal void. Movement of working fluid by capillary action is facilitated by the mesh.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2016Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Jeffrey Taylor Stellman, Kurt Allen Jenkins, Lincoln M. Ghioni, Andrew Douglas Delano
-
Publication number: 20190269037Abstract: A computing device includes a housing having an inner surface, a first outer surface, a second outer surface, and a side extending between the first outer surface and the second outer surface. The computing device also includes a heat generating electronic device, a first heat spreader, and a second heat spreader. At least a portion of the first heat spreader abuts or is adjacent to the inner surface of the housing. The second heat spreader extends from a first position within the housing, at or adjacent to the heat generating electronic device to a second position within the housing. The second position is closer to the side of the housing than the first position. A first portion of the second heat spreader abuts the first heat spreader, and a second portion of the second heat spreader is at a distance from the first heat spreader.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2019Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventors: Andrew Hill, Robyn Rebecca Reed McLaughlin, James Michael Bonicatto, Kenneth Charles Boman, Jeffrey Taylor Stellman, Avi Pinchas Hecht
-
Patent number: 10359818Abstract: The description relates to devices, such as computing devices. One example can include a shielded and cooled circuit board assembly including a biasing sub-assembly that can bias a heat generating component and a thermal module together. The biasing sub-assembly can also define a portion of a Faraday cage around the heat generating component.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2015Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Taylor Stellman, Bert B. Buxton, Nathan M. Thome
-
Patent number: 10321615Abstract: Described herein is a display module for an electronic device having a thermal management structure integrated on a backside of the display module. Also described herein are techniques for manufacturing a display module with an integrated thermal management structure. By integrating the thermal management structure on the backside of the display module, the display module itself becomes a passive thermal management solution for an electronic device. Accordingly, the thermal management structure described herein can be considered a part of the display component stack.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: June 11, 2019Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Taylor Stellman, Andrew D. Delano, Lincoln Ghioni, Kurt A. Jenkins