Patents by Inventor Tyrone Christiansen

Tyrone Christiansen 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).

  • Patent number: 4739299
    Abstract: A digitizer pad includes at least two sets of terminals where each set has at least a first and second terminal positioned to define a parameter dimension therebetween. A resistor ply is disposed between the terminals of each set. The resistor ply has an electrical contact surface with a resistance gradient profile between the terminals in each set. An output terminal is electrically interconnected to a selected location along the contact surface of the resistor ply. A voltage source is sequentially coupled, by suitable switching means, across a selected subset of terminals in each set of terminals whereby the voltage at the output terminal is a measure of the selected location along the parameter dimension defined by the terminals across which the voltage source is coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1988
    Assignee: Interlink Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Franklin N. Eventoff, Tyrone Christiansen
  • Patent number: 4681415
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating multiple positionally displaced images onto photographic film which includes two mirrors 26, 30 rotatable about axes orthogonal to each other according to preprogrammed instructions whereby the image of an object may be reflected off one mirror onto the other and into the lens of the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1987
    Inventors: Rafael Beer, Tyrone Christiansen
  • Patent number: 4268815
    Abstract: A multi-function touch switch apparatus has a first semiconductor composition layer disposed on top of a first conductor layer which is affixed to a first base member. A second semiconductor composition layer opposing the first semiconductor in spaced relationship thereto is disposed on a second conductor layer which is itself disposed on the bottom surface of a second support member. A third conductor layer is also disposed on the top surface of the second support member in opposing spaced-apart relationship to a fourth conductor layer disposed on the bottom surface of a third support member. The second and third support members and the affixed conductor layers and semiconductor layers are resiliently deformable in a transverse axis in response to a transverse touch force to thereby cause electrical contact between the second and third conductor layers to provide a closed switch and the first and second semiconductor layers to provide a closed switch in series with a pressure sensitive resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1981
    Inventors: Franklin N. Eventoff, M. Tyrone Christiansen