Patents by Inventor Charles de Castelbajac

Charles de Castelbajac 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).

  • Patent number: 10195745
    Abstract: A mounting device includes a mounting rail with a base carriage and a distance carriage for replacing a gripper tip of a gripper finger for a robot system. The base carriage includes a first fixing agent for fastening a gripper jaw of the gripper finger and the distance carriage includes a second fixing agent for fastening the gripper tip such that the gripper jaw can be fastened by the first fixing agent to the base carriage and the gripper tip can be fastened by the second fixing agent to the distance carriage. The base carriage and the distance carriage are arranged movably against each other between a locked position and an unlocked position along the longitudinal direction such that the gripper tip is locked at the gripper jaw in the locked position and unlocked from the gripper jaw in the unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: F&P ROBOTICS AG
    Inventors: Charles De Castelbajac, Hansruedi Frueh, Norman Wijeyratne
  • Patent number: 9975253
    Abstract: A gripper finger for grasping objects includes a gripper jaw and a gripper tip which extends with a gripper axis along a longitudinal direction. The gripper tip is detachably connected to the gripper jaw by a connecting element. The connecting element can be locked with a connecting socket extending in the longitudinal direction in the form of a plug-in connection in such a manner that in the locked state it is impossible for the gripper tip to tilt away in relation to the gripper axis and simultaneously the gripper tip is locked against the gripper jaw in relation to the longitudinal direction by a predefinable longitudinal locking force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: F&P ROBOTICS AG
    Inventors: Charles De Castelbajac, Hansruedi Frueh, Norman Wijeyratne
  • Publication number: 20170072571
    Abstract: A mounting device includes a mounting rail with a base carriage and a distance carriage for replacing a gripper tip of a gripper finger for a robot system. The base carriage includes a first fixing agent for fastening a gripper jaw of the gripper finger and the distance carriage includes a second fixing agent for fastening the gripper tip such that the gripper jaw can be fastened by the first fixing agent to the base carriage and the gripper tip can be fastened by the second fixing agent to the distance carriage. The base carriage and the distance carriage are arranged movably against each other between a locked position and an unlocked position along the longitudinal direction such that the gripper tip is locked at the gripper jaw in the locked position and unlocked from the gripper jaw in the unlocked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Charles DE CASTELBAJAC, Hansruedi FRUEH, Norman WIJEYRATNE
  • Publication number: 20170066142
    Abstract: A gripper finger for grasping objects includes a gripper jaw and a gripper tip which extends with a gripper axis along a longitudinal direction. The gripper tip is detachably connected to the gripper jaw by a connecting element. The connecting element can be locked with a connecting socket extending in the longitudinal direction in the form of a plug-in connection in such a manner that in the locked state it is impossible for the gripper tip to tilt away in relation to the gripper axis and simultaneously the gripper tip is locked against the gripper jaw in relation to the longitudinal direction by a predefinable longitudinal locking force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Charles DE CASTELBAJAC, Hansruedi FRUEH, Norman WIJEYRATNE
  • Patent number: 5922972
    Abstract: Apparatus for obtaining a fluid sample from a flow moving through a pipeline that includes a cylindrical body mounted in the line that has the same inside diameter as the pipeline. A housing is attached to the body which communicates therewith through an orifice. A ball is rotatably mounted in the housing upon upper and lower seats with the lower seat resting on a shoulder formed in the housing at the entrance to a circular opening. The ball contains a recess and a lever that moves the ball between a first position wherein the recess is exposed to the flow through the orifice to collect a sample and a second position wherein the collected sample is released through the opening. The diameter of the opening at the entrance being less than the diameter of the ball whereby the ball will close the opening in the even the lower seal is destroyed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: H+Valves
    Inventors: Yves Maurin, Patrick Debelle-Duplan, Charles de Castelbajac