Patents by Inventor Brendan Hathaway

Brendan Hathaway 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: 20230139968
    Abstract: A robot end effector is contemplated. The robot end effector comprises a first deformable gripper, a second deformable gripper coupled to the first deformable gripper by a linkage, and an actuator coupled to the linkage and operable to move at least one of the first deformable gripper and the second deformable gripper to a position defining an angle between the first deformable gripper and the second deformable gripper that is greater than or equal to 130 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: TOYOTA RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Alexander Alspach, Andrew M. Beaulieu, Brendan Hathaway, Naveen Suresh Kuppuswamy, Aimee S. Goncalves