Patents by Inventor Michele Bacchereti

Michele Bacchereti 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).

  • PROSTHETIC HAND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200330246
    Abstract: A prosthetic hand structure including at least one mechanical finger having a metacarpal support and a proximal stiff link connected to the metacarpal support by a proximal cylindrical joint. The mechanical finger includes a transmission member connected to the proximal stiff link. The transmission member includes a worm screw integral to the proximal stiff link. The transmission member includes a flexible rack having a first end portion, pivotally connected to the metacarpal support, and a second end portion arranged to engage with the threaded profile of the worm screw at an engagement zone of the flexible rack. The structure also includes an actuator mounted to the mechanical finger and to actuate the worm screw, causing it to rotate about its rotation axis, in such a way that, when the actuator moves the worm screw, the mechanical finger extends or flexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Alessandro Tognetti, Gabriele Donati, Michele Bacchereti, Luca Ferretti, Giampaolo Pellicci, Nadia Vitetta, Nicola Carbonaro
  • Prosthetic hand system
    Patent number: 10583017
    Abstract: A prosthetic hand structure including at least one mechanical finger having a metacarpal support and a proximal stiff link connected to the metacarpal support by a proximal cylindrical joint. The mechanical finger includes a transmission member connected to the proximal stiff link. The transmission member includes a worm screw integral to the proximal stiff link. The transmission member includes a flexible rack having a first end portion, pivotally connected to the metacarpal support, and a second end portion arranged to engage with the threaded profile of the worm screw at an engagement zone of the flexible rack. The structure also includes an actuator mounted to the mechanical finger and to actuate the worm screw, causing it to rotate about its rotation axis, in such a way that, when the actuator moves the worm screw, the mechanical finger extends or flexes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Epica International, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriele Donati, Michele Bacchereti, Luca Ferretti, Giampaolo Pellicci, Nadia Vitetta, Nicola Carbonaro, Alessandro Tognetti
  • PROSTHETIC HAND SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150351935
    Abstract: A prosthetic hand structure including at least one mechanical finger having a metacarpal support and a proximal stiff link connected to the metacarpal support by a proximal cylindrical joint. The mechanical finger includes a transmission member connected to the proximal stiff link. The transmission member includes a worm screw integral to the proximal stiff link. The transmission member includes a flexible rack having a first end portion, pivotally connected to the metacarpal support, and a second end portion arranged to engage with the threaded profile of the worm screw at an engagement zone of the flexible rack. The structure also includes an actuator mounted to the mechanical finger and to actuate the worm screw, causing it to rotate about its rotation axis, in such a way that, when the actuator moves the worm screw, the mechanical finger extends or flexes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Gabriele Donati, Michele Bacchereti, Luca Ferretti, Giampaolo Pellicci, Nadia Vitetta, Nicola Carbonaro, Alessandro Tognetti