US Patent Issued to Liquid Wire on Aug. 4 for "Deformable human interface device" (Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,442, issued on Aug. 4, 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: "An interface device includes an electronic trace comprising a fluid phase conductor. The electronic trace is configured to transmit a current from a first end of the electronic trace to a second end of the electronic trace. A portion of the electronic trace is configured to receive a physical manipulation from a user, where the physical manipulation causes a change in current along the electronic trace wh...