Patents by Inventor Timothy Michael Vanderet

Timothy Michael Vanderet 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).

  • Protecting stylus force sensor from excess force
    Patent number: 9239639
    Abstract: An electronic stylus device includes one or more mechanisms that deform to protected an electronic force sensor. After the mechanism deforms to relieve force applied to a tip of the stylus, a hard stop may engage to arrest further movement of a shaft transferring force from the tip to the force sensor. The intermediate range of forces that may be relieved by the mechanism, in addition to providing the electronic force sensor, enables less stringent manufacturing tolerances to be used with the hard stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Timothy Michael Vanderet, Miguel Angel Morales, Joshua Danel Lemons, Srivatsan Subbarayan