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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2020
Vestaboard, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Andrew Johnston, Redwood City, CA (US);
Faiza Hassan, Fairbanks, AK (US);
Dorrian Porter, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Ian Guyer, San Carlos, CA (US);
Fred Bould, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kwan Hon Anson Cheung, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian Huppi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Andrea Mucignat, San Francisco, CA (US);
VESTABOARD, INC., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, devices, and split flap wheel apparatuses that can display alphanumeric characters, messages, and graphics are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a split flap wheel apparatus, comprising: a housing adapted to rotate about a center axis; flaps hingeably coupled, via hinges, to the housing that rotate externally to the housing with rotation of the housing; and a motor disposed within the housing that drives the rotation of the housing. One or more embodiments described herein can comprise a device comprising: a housing with at least one opening; a wheel within the housing; a group of hinged flaps affixed to an outside surface of the wheel along a circumference of the wheel; and a motor disposed within the wheel that operates to spin the wheel by the fixed amount of angular rotation.