Patents by Inventor Carolyn E. PARCHETA

Carolyn E. PARCHETA 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).

  • Puffer: pop-up flat folding explorer robot
    Patent number: 10106214
    Abstract: A repeatably reconfigurable robot, comprising at least two printed circuit board (PCB) rigid sections, at least one PCB flexible section coupled to the at least two PCB rigid sections, at least one wheel, hybrid wheel propeller, wheel and propeller, or hybrid wheel screw propeller rotatably coupled to at least one of the at least two PCB rigid sections and at least one actuator coupled to the at least two PCB rigid sections, wherein the at least one actuator folds and unfolds the repeatably reconfigurable robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jaakko T. Karras, Christine Fuller, Kalind C. Carpenter, Alessandro Buscicchio, Carolyn E. Parcheta
  • PUFFER: POP-UP FLAT FOLDING EXPLORER ROBOT
    Publication number: 20170088205
    Abstract: A repeatably reconfigurable robot, comprising at least two printed circuit board (PCB) rigid sections, at least one PCB flexible section coupled to the at least two PCB rigid sections, at least one wheel, hybrid wheel propeller, wheel and propeller, or hybrid wheel screw propeller rotatably coupled to at least one of the at least two PCB rigid sections and at least one actuator coupled to the at least two PCB rigid sections, wherein the at least one actuator folds and unfolds the repeatably reconfigurable robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Jaakko T. KARRAS, Christine FULLER, Kalind C. CARPENTER, Alessandro BUSCICCHIO, Carolyn E. PARCHETA