ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,632,115, issued on May 19, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo).
"Haptic feedback system and methods" was invented by Michael Eder (London), Jesus Lucas Barcias (London), Philip Cockram (London), Lucy Hattersley (London) and Mandana Jenabzadeh (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A haptic feedback system includes: a wearable device comprising one or more enveloped regions filled with a non-Newtonian fluid; and one or more force providers configured to provide, to at least one of the enveloped regions, a force that modifies a viscosity of the non-Newtonian fluid to change a resistance to deformation of the wearable...