Patents by Inventor Benjamin Gerard Gravel

Benjamin Gerard Gravel 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).

  • Robotic vehicle having extendable mandible structure
    Patent number: 10384338
    Abstract: A robotic vehicle is provided with an extendable arm and a mandible structure. The mandible structure includes a pair of mandibles with toothed portions that cooperatively engage such that the mandibles may be opened and closed by applying a force to only one of the pair of mandibles. The mandible structure hangs freely from the extendable arm and is balanced so that the mandible structure naturally maintains a substantially vertical orientation. In the closed position, the mandible structure defines an interior cavity suitable for securely grasping a ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: CARDINAL GIBBONS HIGH SCHOOL
    Inventors: Sean Michael Greene, Benjamin Gerard Gravel, Aaron Joseph Ruff, Sean Michael McDonald, Brian Alexander Nelson, Austin Laboy Schick, Colin Daniel Russell
  • Vertical ball cannon with sliding deflector mounted on maneuverable robotic platform
    Patent number: 9864369
    Abstract: A robotic vehicle is provided with vertical ball cannon and a ball deflector. The ball deflector is mounted over the vertical ball cannon on a vertical linear slide. The deflector redirects a ball shot from the cannon toward a desired target, such as a cylindrical goal. The vehicle further includes a rotating goal-grabber for anchoring a goal adjacent to the vehicle and underneath the output of the deflector. A pair of counter-rotating helical screws capture a ball from the ground and raise it into the ball cannon. The cannon launches the ball toward the deflector, which redirects the ball's upward vertical motion away from the cannon into a downward vertical motion toward the desired target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Cardinal Gibbons High School
    Inventors: Benjamin Gerard Gravel, Brian Alexander Nelson, Sean Michael McDonald, Jordan Dominic Salamido, Sean Michael Greene, Christopher John Young, Oliver Dacey McCann, Kirsten Joanna Keleher, Sunkeun Lee, Miguel Douglas Chavez, Evan Patrick Elezaj, Reade Lawrence McBride, Christopher Uwe Beckmann
  • Vertical Ball Cannon With Sliding Deflector Mounted on Maneuverable Robotic Platform
    Publication number: 20170090470
    Abstract: A robotic vehicle is provided with vertical ball cannon and a ball deflector. The ball deflector is mounted over the vertical ball cannon on a vertical linear slide. The deflector redirects a ball shot from the cannon toward a desired target, such as a cylindrical goal. The vehicle further includes a rotating goal-grabber for anchoring a goal adjacent to the vehicle and underneath the output of the deflector. A pair of counter-rotating helical screws capture a ball from the ground and raise it into the ball cannon. The cannon launches the ball toward the deflector, which redirects the ball's upward vertical motion away from the cannon into a downward vertical motion toward the desired target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin Gerard Gravel, Brian Alexander Nelson, Sean Michael McDonald, Jordan Dominic Salamido, Sean Michael Greene, Christopher John Young, Oliver Dacey McCann, Kirsten Joanna Keleher, Sunkeun Lee, Miguel Douglas Chavez, Evan Patrick Elezaj, Reade Lawrence McBride, Christopher Uwe Beckmann
  • Robotic Vehicle Having Extendable Mandible Structure
    Publication number: 20150273687
    Abstract: A robotic vehicle is provided with an extendable arm and a mandible structure. The mandible structure includes a pair of mandibles with toothed portions that cooperatively engage such that the mandibles may be opened and closed by applying a force to only one of the pair of mandibles. The mandible structure hangs freely from the extendable arm and is balanced so that the mandible structure naturally maintains a substantially vertical orientation. In the closed position, the mandible structure defines an interior cavity suitable for securely grasping a ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: CARDINAL GIBBONS HIGH SCHOOL
    Inventors: Sean Michael Greene, Benjamin Gerard Gravel, Aaron Joseph Ruff, Sean Michael McDonald, Brian Alexander Nelson, Austin Laboy Schick, Colin Daniel Russell