US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on July 15 for "Tuning haptic feedback of a device" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,602, issued on July 15, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Tuning haptic feedback of a device" was invented by Qing Guo (Bothell, Wash.), Steven William Ranta (Seattle), Edoardo Gastelum Enriquez (Maple Valley, Wash.), Ian Hartman Skop (Seattle), James David Wahl (Woodinville, Wash.) and Pia Ivonne Santelices (Redmond, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device configured to generate haptic feedback is disclosed. The device includes a housing, a connector, and a haptic motor. The connector includes a mount end coupled to the housing and a distal end spaced away from the mount end. The haptic moto...