Patents by Inventor Antonio BIICCHI

Antonio BIICCHI 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).

  • Artificial hand
    Patent number: 10912661
    Abstract: An artificial hand is provided. The artificial includes phalanges suitable to reproduce at least one finger, hinges hinging a first element identifying a phalanx to a second element identifying a second phalanx, and an implementation mechanism suitable to command a reciprocal rotation between the hinges defining a mutual rotation speed between the first and second element. The hinges define different damping coefficients so that, during a mutual rotation of the first and second element, they are subject to distinct damping forces opposing mutual rotation and proportional to the mutual rotation speed so as to vary the movement of the artificial hand as a function of the mutual rotation speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignees: UNIVERSITA' DI PISA, FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA
    Inventors: Antonio Biicchi, Manuel Giuseppe Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Manolo Garabini, Cristina Piazza, Cosimo Della Santina
  • ARTIFICIAL HAND
    Publication number: 20190269528
    Abstract: An artificial hand is provided. The artificial includes phalanges suitable to reproduce at least one finger, hinges hinging a first element identifying a phalanx to a second element identifying a second phalanx, and an implementation mechanism suitable to command a reciprocal rotation between the hinges defining a mutual rotation speed between the first and second element. The hinges define different damping coefficients so that, during a mutual rotation of the first and second element, they are subject to distinct damping forces opposing mutual rotation and proportional to the mutual rotation speed so as to vary the movement of the artificial hand as a function of the mutual rotation speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicants: UNIVERSITA' DI PISA, FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA
    Inventors: Antonio BIICCHI, Manuel Giuseppe CATALANO, Giorgio GRIOLI, Manolo GARABINI, Cristina PIAZZA, Cosimo DELLA SANTINA