Patents by Inventor Richard Theodore Wurden

Richard Theodore Wurden 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: 20240053748
    Abstract: An autonomous ground vehicle for agricultural plant and soil management operations. According to some embodiments, autonomous ground vehicle includes: one or more camera units configured to generate images, an energy storage unit, a solar panel unit, a solar panel control mechanism, a first mechanical arm having a first end effector, an electronic memory storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions; one or more processors in electronic communication with the electronic memory storage medium, configured to execute the computer-executable instructions stored in an electronic memory storage medium for implementing a method of for agricultural plant and soil management operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Richard Theodore Wurden, Narayanan Venkat Ramanathan, Puneet Khattar, Nicolas Mathieu Aimon, Jeffrey Joseph Gorges
  • Publication number: 20230387498
    Abstract: A battery pack (e.g., a battery pack for marine environments) can include a lower enclosure having an upper wall and defining a cavity, a plurality of battery cells positioned within the cavity, a radiator assembly positioned above the upper wall of the lower enclosure, a vent in the upper wall of the cavity, and/or a valve configured to selectively facilitate fluid communication between the cavity and the radiator assembly via the vent. In some embodiments, the valve is configured to open in response to increased pressure in the cavity resulting from a thermal runaway event. In some embodiments, the radiator is configured to create a tortuous path and collect flammable particulates from the thermal runaway event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Richard Theodore Wurden, Marc McKissack, Andrew Rebele
  • Patent number: 11744240
    Abstract: An autonomous ground vehicle for agricultural plant and soil management operations. According to some embodiments, autonomous ground vehicle includes: a camera unit configured to generate images of agricultural ground soil and plant organisms, a first mechanical arm having an end effector comprising a hoe portion and an electrode portion, a second mechanical arm having an end effector comprising an electrode portion, a high voltage booster electrically connected to the electrode portions, an electronic memory storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions; one or more processors in electronic communication with the electronic memory storage medium, configured to execute the computer-executable instructions stored in an electronic memory storage medium for implementing a plant species control management operation comprising electrical control and mechanical control options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: AIGEN INC.
    Inventor: Richard Theodore Wurden
  • Patent number: 11688899
    Abstract: A battery pack (e.g., a battery pack for marine environments) can include a lower enclosure having an upper wall and defining a cavity, a plurality of battery cells positioned within the cavity, a radiator assembly positioned above the upper wall of the lower enclosure, a vent in the upper wall of the cavity, and/or a valve configured to selectively facilitate fluid communication between the cavity and the radiator assembly via the vent. In some embodiments, the valve is configured to open in response to increased pressure in the cavity resulting from a thermal runaway event. In some embodiments, the radiator is configured to create a tortuous path and collect flammable particulates from the thermal runaway event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Pure Watercraft, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Theodore Wurden, Marc McKissack, Andrew Rebele
  • Publication number: 20220117217
    Abstract: An autonomous ground vehicle for agricultural plant and soil management operations. According to some embodiments, autonomous ground vehicle includes: a camera unit configured to generate images of agricultural ground soil and plant organisms, a first mechanical arm having an end effector comprising a hoe portion and an electrode portion, a second mechanical arm having an end effector comprising an electrode portion, a high voltage booster electrically connected to the electrode portions, an electronic memory storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions; one or more processors in electronic communication with the electronic memory storage medium, configured to execute the computer-executable instructions stored in an electronic memory storage medium for implementing a plant species control management operation comprising electrical control and mechanical control options.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventor: Richard Theodore Wurden
  • Publication number: 20200067041
    Abstract: A battery pack (e.g., a battery pack for marine environments) can include a lower enclosure having an upper wall and defining a cavity, a plurality of battery cells positioned within the cavity, a radiator assembly positioned above the upper wall of the lower enclosure, a vent in the upper wall of the cavity, and/or a valve configured to selectively facilitate fluid communication between the cavity and the radiator assembly via the vent. In some embodiments, the valve is configured to open in response to increased pressure in the cavity resulting from a thermal runaway event. In some embodiments, the radiator is configured to create a tortuous path and collect flammable particulates from the thermal runaway event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Richard Theodore Wurden, Marc McKissack, Andrew Rebele
  • Patent number: D984482
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Pure Watercraft, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Theodore Wurden, Andrew Gaard