Patents by Inventor Neil Alexander Shaw

Neil Alexander Shaw 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).

  • ENERGY CONSERVATION OF A MOTOR-DRIVEN DIGIT
    Publication number: 20230096427
    Abstract: Routines and methods disclosed herein can increase a power efficiency of a prosthetic hand without drastically reducing the speed at which it operates. A prosthesis can implement an acceleration profile, which can reduce an energy consumption of a motor, or an amount of electrical and/or mechanical noise produced by a motor, as the motor as the motor transitions from an idle state to a non-idle state. A prosthesis can implement a deceleration profile, which can reduce the energy consumption of the motor, or an amount of electrical and/or mechanical noise produced by a motor, as the motor transitions from a non-idle state to an idle state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Steven Byrne, Neil Alexander Shaw
  • Energy conservation of a motor-driven digit
    Patent number: 11547581
    Abstract: Routines and methods disclosed herein can increase a power efficiency of a prosthetic hand without drastically reducing the speed at which it operates. A prosthesis can implement an acceleration profile, which can reduce an energy consumption of a motor, or an amount of electrical and/or mechanical noise produced by a motor, as the motor transitions from an idle state to a non-idle state. A prosthesis can implement a deceleration profile, which can reduce the energy consumption of the motor, or an amount of electrical and/or mechanical noise produced by a motor, as the motor transitions from a non-idle state to an idle state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Touch Bionics Limited
    Inventors: Steven Byrne, Neil Alexander Shaw
  • ENERGY CONSERVATION OF A MOTOR-DRIVEN DIGIT
    Publication number: 20200197193
    Abstract: Routines and methods disclosed herein can increase a power efficiency of a prosthetic hand without drastically reducing the speed at which it operates. A prosthesis can implement an acceleration profile, which can reduce an energy consumption of a motor, or an amount of electrical and/or mechanical noise produced by a motor, as the motor as the motor transitions from an idle state to a non-idle state. A prosthesis can implement a deceleration profile, which can reduce the energy consumption of the motor, or an amount of electrical and/or mechanical noise produced by a motor, as the motor transitions from a non-idle state to an idle state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Steven Byrne, Neil Alexander Shaw