Patents by Inventor Cosimo DELLA SANTINA

Cosimo DELLA SANTINA 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
  • Underactuated robotic hand
    Patent number: 10695913
    Abstract: Provided is a robotic hand which includes a palm, a plurality of phalanges adapted to reproduce a plurality of fingers, and an actuating mechanism. The actuating mechanism may include a first pulley located at each hinge and bound to the first element, second pulleys located at each of the hinges and bound to the second element, a single cable running in all of the pulleys and a motor adapted to act on the cable by controlling the rotation of the phalanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: UNIVERSITA' DI PISA
    Inventors: Antonio Bicchi, Cosimo Della Santina, Alberto Brando, Cristina Piazza, Manuel Giuseppe Catalano, Giorgio Grioli
  • 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
  • UNDERACTUATED ROBOTIC HAND
    Publication number: 20180311827
    Abstract: Provided is a robotic hand which includes a palm, a plurality of phalanges adapted to reproduce a plurality of fingers, and an actuating mechanism. The actuating mechanism may include a first pulley located at each hinge and bound to the first element, second pulleys located at each of the hinges and bound to the second element, a single cable running in all of the pulleys and a motor adapted to act on the cable by controlling the rotation of the phalanges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicants: UNIVERSITA' DI PISA, FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA
    Inventors: Antonio BICCHI, Cosimo DELLA SANTINA, Alberto BRANDO, Cristina PIAZZA, Manuel Giuseppe CATALANO, Giorgio GRIOLI