Steven M Jacobs

US Patent:

20120130403, May 24, 2012

Filed:

Nov 22, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/951733

Inventors:

Jacob S. Brenner - Menlo Park CA, US
Gregory A. Magee - Menlo Park CA, US
Angelo F. Szychowski - Mendocino CA, US
Gaurav Krishnamurthy - Stanford CA, US
Steven K. Jacobs - Pleasanton CA, US

International Classification:

A61B 17/04

US Classification:

606145

Abstract:

A device and method for treatment of hemorrhoids, in which the devices includes: a housing insertable into the rectum; a tissue port configured to receive a tissue segment containing at least a portion of a hemorrhoidal blood vessel; opposing needle chambers including at least one pair of corresponding needles coupled by a suture in which the pair of corresponding needles are substantially opposite to one another and in an active position substantially aligned with the tissue segment; a needle driver that advances the pair of corresponding needles through the tissue segment to encircle a portion of the hemorrhoidal blood vessel with the suture, thereby ligating the hemorrhoidal blood vessel; and an actuator coupled to at least one of the needle chambers that actuates the needle chambers such that another pair of corresponding needles is in the active position.

US Patent:

20190391677, Dec 26, 2019

Filed:

Sep 6, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/562935

Inventors:

- Mountain View CA, US
Samuel Vinci - San Francisco CA, US
Emily Porter - Berkeley CA, US
Steven Jacobs - San Francisco CA, US
Guangqun Chen - San Francisco CA, US
Maggie Mittan - Piedmont CA, US
Andrew Ness - Oakland CA, US
Debanjan Mukherjee - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/0354
G06F 3/01
G06F 3/041
H05K 7/14
H05K 1/18
G06F 3/044
G06F 1/16

Abstract:

A trackpad includes: a substrate; a circuit board coupled to the substrate for detecting a position of an object adjacent the substrate; a haptic feedback component coupled to the circuit board; a first plate coupled to the circuit board; a second plate including a spring element, a spacer coupling the circuit board and the spring element to each other, the spring element facilitating first movement of the substrate, the circuit board and the first plate relative to the second plate, the spacer facilitating second movement of at least the substrate and the circuit board by the haptic feedback component; and a capacitive force sensor that detects a capacitance of the first plate and the second plate. A trackpad can include a circuit board coupled to the substrate and including the first plate.

US Patent:

20190369759, Dec 5, 2019

Filed:

Jun 1, 2018

Appl. No.:

15/996056

Inventors:

- Mountain View CA, US
Samuel Vinci - San Francisco CA, US
Emily Porter - Berkeley CA, US
Steven Jacobs - San Francisco CA, US
Guangqun Chen - San Francisco CA, US
Maggie Mittan - Piedmont CA, US
Andrew Ness - Oakland CA, US
Debanjan Mukherjee - San Jose CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/0354
G06F 3/041
G06F 3/044
G06F 3/01
G06F 1/16
H05K 1/18
H05K 7/14

Abstract:

A trackpad includes: a substrate; a circuit board coupled to the substrate for detecting a position of an object adjacent the substrate, the circuit board including a first plate; a second plate including a spring element, wherein a spacer couples the circuit board and the spring element to each other, the spring element facilitating first movement of the substrate and the circuit board relative to the second plate; and a capacitive force sensor that detects a capacitance of the first plate and the second plate. A trackpad can include a spacer coupling the circuit board and the spring element to each other, and facilitating second movement of at least the substrate and the circuit board by a haptic feedback component.

US Patent:

20160170451, Jun 16, 2016

Filed:

Aug 26, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/786357

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
STEVEN K JACOBS - SUNNYVALE CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 1/16

Abstract:

A retraction mechanism moves a depressable key downward along a sloped surface from a raised state to a retracted state relative to a deck.

US Patent:

20160161987, Jun 9, 2016

Filed:

Aug 26, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/893947

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
Steven K. JACOBS - SUNNYVALE CA, US

International Classification:

G06F 1/16

Abstract:

A deck supports depressable keys. The keys can be resiliently biased to a raised state. A display panel can be pivotally coupled to the deck for movement between a deployed position and a closed position. A retraction mechanism comprises a retraction frame and a retraction drive. The retraction frame is translatable between a releasing position along the depressable keys to actuate the depressable keys to the raised state and a retracting position moving to move the depressable keys to the retracted state. The retraction drive translates the retraction frame towards the retracting position in response to pivoting of the display panel towards the closed position

US Patent:

20160120042, Apr 28, 2016

Filed:

Jul 18, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/786313

Inventors:

- Houston TX, US
STEVEN KAMINS JACOBS - SUNNYVALE CA, US

International Classification:

H05K 5/00
G06F 1/18

Abstract:

An enclosure having a first and second housing. The housings are slidably engaged along a first axis to form the enclosure. In one example, a compressed resilient member urges the housings together.

US Patent:

20150337579, Nov 26, 2015

Filed:

Dec 17, 2012

Appl. No.:

14/650880

Inventors:

Steven JACOBS - , US
- Houston TX, US
Steven Jacobs - Sunnyvale CA, US

International Classification:

E05D 11/08
E05D 3/02
G06F 1/16
E05D 11/00

Abstract:

A hinge assembly is disclosed herein. An example includes a first knuckle including a first wall that defines a first cavity and second knuckle including a second wall that defines a second cavity. The example also includes a friction element disposed in both the first cavity defined by the first wall of the first knuckle and the second cavity defined by the second wall of the second knuckle to both rotatably and resistively couple the first knuckle to the second knuckle by application of a force directed toward the first wall and the second wall, the friction element including a third wall that defines a third cavity. Modifications and additions to, as well as other examples of, the hinge assembly are also disclosed herein.

US Patent:

20140313665, Oct 23, 2014

Filed:

Dec 5, 2011

Appl. No.:

14/355030

Inventors:

Michael Delpier - Houston TX, US
Stacy L. Wolff - Cypress TX, US
Kevin L. Massaro - Houston TX, US
Daniel Koelker - Palo Alto CA, US
Steven Jacobs - Pleasanton CA, US
Dimitre Mehandjiysky - Cypress TX, US

International Classification:

G06F 1/16

US Classification:

36167955, 295921

Abstract:

A first housing with a polar magnet on a first side. The first housing can include an opening on the first side. A second housing can include a sliding latch. An opposite polar magnet attached to the sliding latch. The polar magnet attracts the opposite polar magnet on the sliding latch to move the sliding latch to a latched position.