Patents by Inventor Thomas Swiger

Thomas Swiger 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FAST LOW ENERGY RUNNING/TRAINING
    Publication number: 20240058649
    Abstract: A method for training a runner to reduce variation in a runner's step length while the runner runs is described herein, including positioning at least three markers, wherein a first marker is about a first distance from a second marker, the second marker is about the first distance from a third marker, and the second marker is about the first distance from the first and third markers, and instructing a runner to run and step on or near the markers while running.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: R. Thomas SWIGER, Afrin Jahan LOPA
  • Flexible tactile sensors and methods of making
    Patent number: 10156487
    Abstract: A tactile sensor includes a first insulating layer having a first array of electrically conductive strips embedded therein and extending in a first direction. An intermediate layer of conductive soft polymer material is positioned above the first insulating layer and the first array of said electrically conductive strips. A second insulating layer having a second array of electrically conductive strips embedded therein, which extend in a second direction which is different than the first direction, is positioned above the intermediate layer. The first array of electrically conductive strips are connected to the second array of electrically conductive strips, and both the first and second array of electrically conductive strips are also connected to an impedance measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: The University of Akron
    Inventors: Jae-Won Choi, Erik Daniel Engeberg, Morteza Vatani, Ho-Chan Kim, Thomas Swiger
  • FLEXIBLE TACTILE SENSORS AND METHODS OF MAKING
    Publication number: 20170059426
    Abstract: A tactile sensor includes a first insulating layer having a first array of electrically conductive strips embedded therein and extending in a first direction. An intermediate layer of conductive soft polymer material is positioned above the first insulating layer and the first array of said electrically conductive strips. A second insulating layer having a second array of electrically conductive strips embedded therein, which extend in a second direction which is different than the first direction, is positioned above the intermediate layer. The first array of electrically conductive strips are connected to the second array of electrically conductive strips, and both the first and second array of electrically conductive strips are also connected to an impedance measuring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: The University of Akron
    Inventors: Jae-Won Choi, Erik Daniel Engeberg, Morteza Vatani, Ho-Chan Kim, Thomas Swiger