Patents by Inventor Brad A. Schaller

Brad A. Schaller has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Robotic arm with double grabber and method of operation
    Patent number: 10357015
    Abstract: A robotic attacher comprises a main arm suspended from a rail, a supplemental arm coupled to the main arm, and a gripping portion coupled to an extension of the supplemental arm. The gripping portion comprises a first grabber positioned side-by-side with a second grabber. The first grabber is operable to attach a first teat cup to a first teat of a dairy livestock and the second grabber is operable to tilt downward independent of the first grabber in conjunction with the first grabber attaching the first teat cup. The second grabber is operable to attach a second teat cup to a second teat of the dairy livestock and the first grabber is operable to tilt downward independent of the second grabber in conjunction with the second grabber attaching the second teat cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Technologies Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Peter Willem van der Sluis, Brad A. Schaller, Kent B. Toepfer, Robert J. Godfrey
  • ROBOTIC ARM WITH DOUBLE GRABBER AND METHOD OF OPERATION
    Publication number: 20150059649
    Abstract: A robotic attacher comprises a main arm suspended from a rail, a supplemental arm coupled to the main arm, and a gripping portion coupled to an extension of the supplemental arm. The gripping portion comprises a first grabber positioned side-by-side with a second grabber. The first grabber is operable to attach a first teat cup to a first teat of a dairy livestock and the second grabber is operable to tilt downward independent of the first grabber in conjunction with the first grabber attaching the first teat cup. The second grabber is operable to attach a second teat cup to a second teat of the dairy livestock and the first grabber is operable to tilt downward independent of the second grabber in conjunction with the second grabber attaching the second teat cup.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Peter Willem van der Sluis, Brad A. Schaller, Kent B. Toepfer, Robert J. Godfrey