ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,261, issued on April 15, was assigned to Liquid Wire Inc. (Portland, Ore.).
"Deformable human interface device" was invented by Sydney Steinmeyer Bright (Portland, Ore.) and Andrew Elliott (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A human interface device may include a deformable body having a handle portion, and a deformable conductor coupled to the deformable body and arranged to deform in response to a physical manipulation of the deformable body. The physical manipulation may include compressing, flexing, twisting, and/or stretching at least a portion of the deformable body. The deformable conductor may be arranged to change ...