Starbucks Corporation

Qwest Communications International Inc.

Fossil Group, Inc.

Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC

Intel Corporation

Google Inc.

Conagra Foods Rdm, Inc.

Adam Mekeel Mack

Philipe Roget Manoux

James Yurchenco

Matthew Robert Adams

Timothy Simeon Golnik

Diana Chang

Adam Patrick Vollmer

Ryan Griffin Geraghty

Matthew Thomas James

James Toggweiler

Andrew Switky

Alan Scott Crarer

Kyle Hartelt

Tim Chang

Timothy R Proulx

Martin Caspar Rüegg

Michael Gibson

Gregory Brncick

Kurt Philip Dammermann

Dana J Lowell

John Wallace Smith

Peter Riering-Czekalla

Izaak Koller

Steven Diamond

Timothy Raymond Proulx

Brian M Degner

Matthew Ryan Montgomery

Jess C Sweley

David C Thomsen

Lynda A Deakin

Prem S Singh

Diane Chia-Lin Lee

Derek Chan

Catherine M Shapiro

Amanda L Juris

Craig H Diamond

Andrew Timm Windler

Sue Lai

Gabriel M Trionfi

Grace J Hwang

Kim M Folta

Robert Kim

Pamela A Poulis

Jesse Jay Spungin

Katie M Bartholomew

Todd T S Holscher

Mark M Kavanagh

Kathleen L Ireland

Michelle S K Lee

Neraj Paul Bobra

Jeffrey Jack Fleming

Eleanor D Morgan

Farid Sadeghi

Ana T Yuan Chang

Tuan-Anh Tran

Shahram Mehraban

Suzanne M Fowler

David Janssens

Ryan W Parker

Corey L Berends

Aaron Michael Rudolph

Stephanie L Bills

Timothy Chang

Christopher M Branda

Michelle Sk Lee

Todd Ts Holscher

John W Smith

Catherine M Bartholomew

Activity monitoring device

A method of detecting a user input includes sensing one or more touch events at a device. In some embodiments, a method includes sensing a first touch event via a first housing of a device. The method also includes generating a first detection signal based on the first touch event. The method also includes sensing a second touch event via a second housing of the device, the second housing conductively isolated from the first housing. The method also includes generating a second detection signal based on the second touch event. The method also includes classifying, based on the first detection signal and the second detection signal, the first touch event as user input. The method also includes identifying one or more actions based on the classification of the first touch event as the user input, the one or more actions associated with the user input.

Systems, devices and methods of detection of user input

A single-serve beverage cartridge including a generally hollow body portion having a chamber, a sidewall, a first end, and a second end. A beverage component or precursor can be positioned in the chamber. Further, the second end can include at least one restricting orifice that can facilitate the creation of a predetermined amount of pressure in the chamber.

Pod-based restrictors and methods

A beverage preparation machine for preparing single servings can include a lid assembly that can move between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The machine can also include a basket assembly having a chamber for receiving a cartridge containing a beverage precursor. Additionally, the machine can include a tamping assembly that can move between a latched state and a tamped state. The tamping assembly can include a tamping surface, a tamp spring element, a lid cam connected to the lid assembly, and a collar. The lid cam can include a cam path disposed along a sidewall of the lid cam, and the collar can have one or more cam teeth that can engage the cam path. In the tamped state, the tamping surface can be closer to the basket assembly than in the latched state.

Beverage production machines and methods with tamping assembly

A device includes a housing constructed from a conductive material, and an electronic circuit electrically insulated from the housing. The device also includes a power source positioned such that a first electrical contact of the power source faces the electronic circuit and a second electrical contact faces a side of the housing. The device also includes an insulating layer that includes a first aperture and a second aperture. The device also includes a first connector configured for electrically coupling the electronic circuit and the first electrical contact, and a second connector configured for electrically coupling the electronic circuit and the side of the housing via the first aperture of the insulating layer. The power source is configured for electrically coupling the second electrical contact with the side of the housing via the second aperture of the insulating layer.

Systems, devices and methods of using a conductive housing for a battery contact

Clasp

Various beverage preparation machines having a multi-chambered basket unit are shown. The basket unit can be configured to accept multiple cartridge configurations. For example, some embodiments are configured to receive a first cartridge configuration in a first chamber of the basket unit and a second configuration in a second chamber of the basket unit. In various embodiments, the basket unit can rotate to allow selective accessibility of the first and second chambers. This can facilitate loading the cartridges into the appropriate chamber, such as loading the first cartridge configuration into the first chamber and the second cartridge configuration into the second chamber.

Beverage production methods with multi chambered basket units

Wrist band

Present embodiments generally relate to a single-serve beverage cartridge for use with a single-serve coffee brewer. In some embodiments, the cartridge has a body portion, a first filter element, and a second filter element. The cartridge can include a single serving of coffee or another beverage component or precursor. The cartridge can be formed of a biodegradable and/or compostable material. In some embodiments, at least one of the filters is configured to stretch when pressed by a tamping head, thereby allowing the tamping head to be received in the cartridge to facilitate tamping of the beverage component or precursor.

Stretchable beverage cartridges and methods

Beverage production machines with multi-chambered basket units

A vehicle seat includes a seat back having a backrest, a backrest support, and a linkage arranged to interconnect the backrest and the backrest support. The linkage is configured to support the backrest for movement relative to the backrest support.

Controllable comfort shell for vehicle seat

Machines and methods for preparing single-servings of a beverage. The machine can include a housing and a basket assembly positioned in the housing. The basket assembly defines a chamber capable of receiving a cartridge containing a beverage precursor. A screen having a plurality of openings can be positioned at a bottom portion of the chamber. A first plate having a single restricting orifice can be secured to the screen.

Beverage production machines with restrictors

Novel tools and techniques are described for protecting an electronic device. In one aspect, an electronic device might comprise a housing defining an open front face, a chassis disposed within the housing, a panel disposed within the open front face of the housing and supported on the chassis, and an elastomeric overmold surrounding at least a portion of a perimeter of the panel and disposed between at least a portion of the chassis and at least a portion of the housing. In some cases, the overmold might be configured to provide a perimeter seal around the panel and to deform upon a frontal impact to the panel or housing. The overmold might be configured to prevent intrusion of liquids or particulates within the electronic device. In another aspect, a protective housing, which might comprise the housing, the chassis, and the overmold, may be provided for protecting a stand-alone electronic device.

Elastomeric chassis suspension for electronic devices

Novel stands for tablet computers and other electronic devices. A stand for a tablet may comprise a body having one or more attachment mechanisms at one location and a crossbar at a second location. The crossbar may comprise a portion of a first material disposed to magnetically interact with a portion of a second material that is provided by the tablet. The magnetic interaction may cause the crossbar to serve as one or more detents that movably affixes the stand in a desired position relative to the tablet.

Integrated magnetic tablet stand

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Menlo Park, CA, United States of America

Adam Mekeel Mack