Patents by Inventor Charles Andersen

Charles Andersen 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).

  • Publication number: 20240149433
    Abstract: Disclosed is a robot apparatus with a capable and highly maneuverable drive system incorporating two differential swerve drive pods. The robot apparatus further includes a claw mechanism for grasping an object, a passthrough mechanism for moving the object horizontally and a lift mechanism for moving the object vertically. The robot apparatus allows for rapid manipulation and movement of objects such as cones.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Kevin Nicolas Haller, William Michael Meyers, Joseph Michael Biersack, Julia Mary Biersack, Ian Setia, Rachael Setia, Andrew John Andersen, Ethan Christopher Emerton, Thomas Leland Hughes, William Charles Holt, Wyatt John Nicholson
  • Patent number: 11753039
    Abstract: A collaborative autonomous ground vehicle or robot for traversing a ground surface is disclosed. The robot is a wheeled vehicle includes two camera groups and other sensors to sense the environment in which the robot will operate. The robot includes a control system configured to operate in a teach mode to learn a route by either following a person or preceding a person and to store the learned route as a taught route. The control system is configured for identifying persons and objects, such as obstacles, within the fields of view of the camera groups. When the robot is in its repeat mode it will take the taught route over the ground surface and take appropriate action if an obstacle is identified in the field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Augean Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry Scott, Berkay Ilhan, Vibhor Sood, Charles Andersen
  • Publication number: 20220024486
    Abstract: A collaborative autonomous ground vehicle or robot for traversing a ground surface is disclosed. The robot is a wheeled vehicle includes two camera groups and other sensors to sense the environment in which the robot will operate. The robot includes a control system configured to operate in a teach mode to learn a route by either following a person or preceding a person and to store the learned route as a taught route. The control system is configured for identifying persons and objects, such as obstacles, within the fields of view of the camera groups. When the robot is in its repeat mode it will take the taught route over the ground surface and take appropriate action if an obstacle is identified in the field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Terry SCOTT, Berkay ILHAN, Vibhor SOOD, Charles ANDERSEN
  • Patent number: 8877054
    Abstract: A high capacity suction strainer for a nuclear reactor has a frame, a flow-through plenum, and a filter array. The flow-through plenum is mechanically mounted to the frame and has a plurality of inlets and an outlet. The filter array is also mechanically mounted to the frame and has a plurality of filter groupings in fluid communication with the inlet on the plenum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Transco Products Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Andersen, Edward Wolbert, Nicholas Hawkins
  • Publication number: 20140197091
    Abstract: A high capacity suction strainer for a nuclear reactor has a frame, a flow-through plenum, and a filter array. The flow-through plenum is mechanically mounted to the frame and has a plurality of inlets and an outlet. The filter array is also mechanically mounted to the frame and has a plurality of filter groupings in fluid communication with the inlet on the plenum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2012
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: Transco Products Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Andersen, Edward Wolbert, Nicholas Hawkins
  • Patent number: 8659308
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for conducting electrical testing of probes is disclosed. Probes may also be tested for deflection and loading hysteresis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Rudolph Technolgies, Inc.
    Inventor: James Charles Andersen
  • Publication number: 20060073947
    Abstract: An apparatus for exercising a joint, the apparatus includes a movable platform for supporting a portion of a patient's body including the joint, and a manually-powered system for moving at least a portion of the platform to flex the joint, wherein the patient selectively operates the manually-powered system to control the flexing of the joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Jeffrey Besendorfer, Charles Andersen