Patents by Inventor Timothy O. Avery
Timothy O. Avery 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).
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Patent number: 10678379Abstract: An acoustic touch apparatus is provided that includes a substrate capable of propagating surface acoustic waves, such as Rayleigh-type or Love-type waves. The substrate has a front surface, a back surface, and a curved connecting surface formed between the front surface and the back surface. The apparatus also includes at least one acoustic wave transducer and at least one reflective array, the acoustic wave transducer and the reflective array behind the back surface of the substrate. The acoustic wave transducer is capable of transmitting or receiving surface acoustic waves to or from the reflective array. The reflective array is capable of acoustically coupling the surface acoustic waves to propagate from the back surface and across the front surface via the curved connecting surface. Various types of acoustic touch apparatus with edge sensitive touch functions can be provided, according to specific embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Elo Touch Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Yoshikazu Tanaka, Ting Gao, Joel C. Kent, Jeffrey T. Haller, Daniel H. Scharff, Timothy O. Avery
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Patent number: 9552106Abstract: An acoustic touch apparatus is provided that includes a substrate capable of propagating surface acoustic waves, such as Rayleigh-type or Love-type waves. The substrate has a front surface, a back surface, and a curved connecting surface formed between the front surface and the back surface. The apparatus also includes at least one acoustic wave transducer and at least one reflective array, the acoustic wave transducer and the reflective array behind the back surface of the substrate. The acoustic wave transducer is capable of transmitting or receiving surface acoustic waves to or from the reflective array. The reflective array is capable of acoustically coupling the surface acoustic waves to propagate from the back surface and across the front surface via the curved connecting surface. Various types of acoustic touch apparatus with edge sensitive touch functions can be provided, according to specific embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2013Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Elo Touch Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Yoshikazu Tanaka, Ting Gao, Joel C. Kent, Jeffrey T. Haller, Daniel H. Scharff, Timothy O. Avery
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Publication number: 20170010755Abstract: An acoustic touch apparatus is provided that includes a substrate capable of propagating surface acoustic waves, such as Rayleigh-type or Love-type waves. The substrate has a front surface, a back surface, and a curved connecting surface formed between the front surface and the back surface. The apparatus also includes at least one acoustic wave transducer and at least one reflective array, the acoustic wave transducer and the reflective array behind the back surface of the substrate. The acoustic wave transducer is capable of transmitting or receiving surface acoustic waves to or from the reflective array. The reflective array is capable of acoustically coupling the surface acoustic waves to propagate from the back surface and across the front surface via the curved connecting surface. Various types of acoustic touch apparatus with edge sensitive touch functions can be provided, according to specific embodiments.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: January 12, 2017Inventors: Yoshikazu TANAKA, Ting GAO, Joel C. Kent, Jeffrey T. HALLER, Daniel H. Scharff, Timothy O. Avery
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Publication number: 20140176508Abstract: An acoustic touch apparatus is provided that includes a substrate capable of propagating surface acoustic waves, such as Rayleigh-type or Love-type waves. The substrate has a front surface, a back surface, and a curved connecting surface formed between the front surface and the back surface. The apparatus also includes at least one acoustic wave transducer and at least one reflective array, the acoustic wave transducer and the reflective array behind the back surface of the substrate. The acoustic wave transducer is capable of transmitting or receiving surface acoustic waves to or from the reflective array. The reflective array is capable of acoustically coupling the surface acoustic waves to propagate from the back surface and across the front surface via the curved connecting surface. Various types of acoustic touch apparatus with edge sensitive touch functions can be provided, according to specific embodiments.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: June 26, 2014Applicant: ELO TOUCH SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Yoshikazu Tanaka, Ting Gao, Joel C. Kent, Jeffrey T. Haller, Daniel H. Scharff, Timothy O. Avery
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Patent number: 8576202Abstract: An acoustic touch apparatus is provided that includes a substrate capable of propagating surface acoustic waves, such as Rayleigh-type or Love-type waves. The substrate has a front surface, a back surface, and a curved connecting surface formed between the front surface and the back surface. The apparatus also includes at least one acoustic wave transducer and at least one reflective array, the acoustic wave transducer and the reflective array behind the back surface of the substrate. The acoustic wave transducer is capable of transmitting or receiving surface acoustic waves to or from the reflective array. The reflective array is capable of acoustically coupling the surface acoustic waves to propagate from the back surface and across the front surface via the curved connecting surface. Various types of acoustic touch apparatus with edge sensitive touch functions can be provided, according to specific embodiments.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Elo Touch Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Yoshikazu Tanaka, Ting Gao, Joel C. Kent, Jeffrey T. Haller, Daniel H. Scharff, Timothy O. Avery
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Publication number: 20110234545Abstract: An acoustic touch apparatus is provided that includes a substrate capable of propagating surface acoustic waves, such as Rayleigh-type or Love-type waves. The substrate has a front surface, a back surface, and a curved connecting surface formed between the front surface and the back surface. The apparatus also includes at least one acoustic wave transducer and at least one reflective array, the acoustic wave transducer and the reflective array behind the back surface of the substrate. The acoustic wave transducer is capable of transmitting or receiving surface acoustic waves to or from the reflective array. The reflective array is capable of acoustically coupling the surface acoustic waves to propagate from the back surface and across the front surface via the curved connecting surface. Various types of acoustic touch apparatus with edge sensitive touch functions can be provided, according to specific embodiments.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2011Publication date: September 29, 2011Inventors: Yoshikazu Tanaka, Ting Gao, Joel C. Kent, Jeffrey T. Haller, Daniel H. Scharff, Timothy O. Avery
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Patent number: 5535081Abstract: An engagement interface between a removable cartridge containing a rigid disk for storage of data and a disk drive that maintains the disk immobilized during insertion into the disk drive so that the drive can be oriented in any direction with respect to gravity. The cartridge includes an opening for a hub of the disk for spinning and the disk drive has a magnetic spindle with connecting mechanism for extending the spindle into contact with the hub and retracting it out of contact. The cartridge also includes an overcenter disk immobilizer to hold the disk with its hub centered in the opening when the cartridge is outside the disk drive and to release the disk when the cartridge is within the disk drive and the hub is engaging the spindle.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 1995Date of Patent: July 9, 1996Assignee: Avatar Systems CorporationInventors: Kenneth J. Nelson, Michael C. McGrath, Timothy O. Avery
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Patent number: D348058Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 1992Date of Patent: June 21, 1994Assignee: Avatar Systems CorporationInventors: Michael C. McGrath, Timothy O. Avery, Lawrence Lee, Jr.
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Patent number: D404723Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 1997Date of Patent: January 26, 1999Assignee: Iomega CorporationInventors: Timothy O. Avery, Nicholas Brawne, Maaike Evers, Carl L. Engelbrecht
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Patent number: D404730Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 1997Date of Patent: January 26, 1999Assignee: Iomega CorporationInventors: Timothy O. Avery, Nicholas Brawne, Maaike Evers, Carl L. Engelbrecht
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Patent number: D405433Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 1997Date of Patent: February 9, 1999Assignee: Iomega CorporationInventors: Timothy O. Avery, Nicholas Brawne, Maaike Evers, Carl L. Engelbrecht
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Patent number: D409586Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 1997Date of Patent: May 11, 1999Assignee: Iomega CorporationInventors: Timothy O. Avery, Nicholas Brawne, Maaike Evers, Carl L. Engelbrecht