Patents by Inventor Andrew Abate

Andrew Abate 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).

  • Methods and Apparatus for Releasably Securing a Robot in a Delivery Vehicle
    Publication number: 20220227279
    Abstract: A deployment assembly is mounted in a delivery vehicle and holds an autonomous robot that can be deployed to deliver or pick up packages. The assembly has a base and extendable members that move the robot from a retracted position inside the vehicle and an extended position outside the vehicle. The assembly also has securement features that hold the robot in during transport and can also recharge the robot if necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: DYLAN THRUSH, JONATHAN HURST, MITCHELL BERNARDS, DAMION SHELTON, ANDREW ABATE
  • Method and System for Improving Locomotion in a Robot
    Publication number: 20220144358
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for reducing impact forces to legged robots as a result of traversing a terrain. The method includes employing actuators and compliant elements to use the contact of a first portion of a foot assembly with a terrain during a step to reduce the vertical velocity of a subsequent portion of the foot assembly so that the vertical velocity of the subsequent portion as it touches the terrain is substantially zero relative to the terrain. Foot assemblies that employ these methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Jonathan Hurst, Andrew Abate, Mitchell Bernards
  • Apparatus and method for energy regulation and leg control for spring-mass walking machine
    Patent number: 9789920
    Abstract: A robot for legged locomotion incorporating passive dynamics with touchdown and takeoff control and method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jonathan Hurst, Mikhail Jones, Siavash Rezazadeh, Hamid Reza Vejdani Noghreiyan, Andrew Abate
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENERGY REGULATION AND LEG CONTROL FOR SPRING-MASS WALKING MACHINE
    Publication number: 20160288848
    Abstract: A robot for legged locomotion incorporating passive dynamics with touchdown and takeoff control and method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan Hurst, Mikhail Jones, Siavash Rezazadeh, Hamid Reza Vejdani Noghreiyan, Andrew Abate
  • Ironing accessory
    Publication number: 20060010731
    Abstract: The invention concerns an ironing accessory and an ironing method. The ironing accessory comprises a roughly V-shaped insert for a pants leg. The ironing accessory is further comprised of an area that serves as a handle, is enabled for theft-deterrence, and has a visual guide for alignment with the pants seam or the middle of the pants leg. The front and back of the device is disposed for promotional, advertising or identification information. The methods are for ironing pants using the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Publication date: January 19, 2006
    Inventor: Andrew Abate
  • Bipedal robot
    Patent number: D888120
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: AGILITY ROBOTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Hurst, Andrew Abate, Mitchell Bernards, Anh Nguyen, Hoang M Nguyen