Patents by Inventor Jennifer R. Sarkis

Jennifer R. Sarkis 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).

  • Hazardous materials sensing robot
    Publication number: 20090095096
    Abstract: A hazardous materials sensing robot includes a robot platform and a universal mounting tray on the robot platform for removably mounting thereon a plurality of sensors each having an output. An electronic interface unit is configured to receive the outputs of the sensors. An operator control unit remotely operates the robot platform. There is a communication link between the robot platform and the operator control unit for transmitting the sensor outputs to the operator control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Charles Edwin Dean, Jennifer R. Sarkis, Kurt Bruck, John Young, Hoi-Yin Tong, Christopher J. Langford
  • Stair assist robot mechanism and method
    Publication number: 20080296853
    Abstract: A mobile robot with a chassis including one or more drive mechanisms and at least a first arm pivotably connected to the chassis and configured to pitch up and down. A ski structure is attached on an underside of the first arm for raising the chassis as the arm is pitched down so the drive mechanisms can traverse a riser in the path of the chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2007
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Christopher J. Langford, Jennifer R. Sarkis, Charles Edwin Dean, John Walden