Patents by Inventor David Anthony Norman
David Anthony Norman 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).
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Patent number: 11478720Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, a rotational motor situated within the housing, an eccentric load adapted to be rotated by the rotational motor, and a plurality of legs each having a leg base and a leg tip at a distal end relative to the leg base. The legs are coupled to the housing at the leg base and include at least one driving leg constructed from a flexible material and configured to cause the apparatus to move in a direction generally defined by an offset between the leg base and the leg tip as the rotational motor rotates the eccentric load.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Innovation First, Inc.Inventors: David Anthony Norman, Robert H. Mimlitch, III, Douglas Michael Galletti, Raul Olivera
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Patent number: 10688403Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, a rotational motor situated within the housing, an eccentric load adapted to be rotated by the rotational motor, and a plurality of legs each having a leg base and a leg tip at a distal end relative to the leg base. The legs are coupled to the housing at the leg base and include at least one driving leg constructed from a flexible material and configured to cause the apparatus to move in a direction generally defined by an offset between the leg base and the leg tip as the rotational motor rotates the eccentric load.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2019Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: INNOVATION FIRST, INC.Inventors: David Anthony Norman, Robert H. Mimlitch, III, Douglas Michael Galletti
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Publication number: 20200114274Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, a rotational motor situated within the housing, an eccentric load adapted to be rotated by the rotational motor, and a plurality of legs each having a leg base and a leg tip at a distal end relative to the leg base. The legs are coupled to the housing at the leg base and include at least one driving leg constructed from a flexible material and configured to cause the apparatus to move in a direction generally defined by an offset between the leg base and the leg tip as the rotational motor rotates the eccentric load.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2019Publication date: April 16, 2020Applicant: Innovation First, Inc.Inventors: David Anthony Norman, Robert H. Mimlitch, III, Douglas Michael Galletti, Raul Olivera
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Publication number: 20190209938Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, a rotational motor situated within the housing, an eccentric load adapted to be rotated by the rotational motor, and a plurality of legs each having a leg base and a leg tip at a distal end relative to the leg base. The legs are coupled to the housing at the leg base and include at least one driving leg constructed from a flexible material and configured to cause the apparatus to move in a direction generally defined by an offset between the leg base and the leg tip as the rotational motor rotates the eccentric load.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2019Publication date: July 11, 2019Applicant: Innovation First, Inc.Inventors: David Anthony Norman, Robert H. Mimlitch, III, Douglas Michael Galletti
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Patent number: 10265633Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, a rotational motor situated within the housing, an eccentric load adapted to be rotated by the rotational motor, and a plurality of legs each having a leg base and a leg tip at a distal end relative to the leg base. The legs are coupled to the housing at the leg base and include at least one driving leg constructed from a flexible material and configured to cause the apparatus to move in a direction generally defined by an offset between the leg base and the leg tip as the rotational motor rotates the eccentric load.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2018Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Innovation First, Inc.Inventors: David Anthony Norman, Robert H. Mimlitch, III, Douglas Michael Galletti
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Publication number: 20190099893Abstract: The present invention includes a pair of boxing robots. Each robot includes at least one wheel and at least one arm controllable through a control system on the robot that is in communication with a user control unit. The control system has at least one axis of inertial sensing to support balancing of the robot. Preprogrammed algorithms are configured to include a balance algorithm to (a) maintain the robot upright during movement and actions, (b) maintain the robot upright upon sensing impact or force onto the robot, (c) cause the robot to fall prone upon sensing a strong impact or force (defined above a threshold) or sensing repeated impacts above a threshold number, and (d) create specified movement to mimic swagger, loss of energy, and additional wobble to imitate dazing. A set of preprogrammed instructions to (a) control wheels to move the robot, (b) control arms to mimic punching.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Applicant: Innovation First, Inc.Inventors: Robert H. Mimlitch, III, Mitch Randall, Thomas Charles Glick, Douglas Michael Galletti, Bryan James Culver, David Anthony Norman
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Publication number: 20190099894Abstract: The present invention includes a pair of boxing robots. Each robot includes at least one wheel and at least one arm controllable through a control system on the robot that is in communication with a user control unit. The control system has at least one axis of inertial sensing to support balancing of the robot. Preprogrammed algorithms are configured to include a balance algorithm to (a) maintain the robot upright during movement and actions, (b) maintain the robot upright upon sensing impact or force onto the robot, (c) cause the robot to fall prone upon sensing a strong impact or force (defined above a threshold) or sensing repeated impacts above a threshold number, and (d) create specified movement to mimic swagger, loss of energy, and additional wobble to imitate dazing. A set of preprogrammed instructions to (a) control wheels to move the robot, (b) control arms to mimic punching.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Applicant: Innovation First, Inc.Inventors: Robert H. Mimlitch, III, Mitch Randall, Thomas Charles Glick, Douglas Michael Galletti, Bryan James Culver, David Anthony Norman
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Patent number: 10118105Abstract: In one embodiment there is a toy vehicle having a motor configured to cause a motion of an element of the toy. The motion of the element further accessible for manipulation by a human to in turn rotate the motor. The toy vehicle further having a processor configured to detect a back electromotive force (“EMF”) voltage generated by the rotation of the motor due to the manipulation by a human, and the processor being further configured to include at least a sleep state and a wake state. The processor have a function configured to transition between the sleep state and the wake state when the detected back EMF voltage reaches a pre-determined value.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Innovation First, Inc.Inventors: David Anthony Norman, Robert H. Mimlitch, III, Mitch Randall
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Publication number: 20180147500Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, a rotational motor situated within the housing, an eccentric load adapted to be rotated by the rotational motor, and a plurality of legs each having a leg base and a leg tip at a distal end relative to the leg base. The legs are coupled to the housing at the leg base and include at least one driving leg constructed from a flexible material and configured to cause the apparatus to move in a direction generally defined by an offset between the leg base and the leg tip as the rotational motor rotates the eccentric load.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2018Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicant: Innovation First, Inc.Inventors: David Anthony Norman, Robert H. Mimlitch, III, Douglas Michael Galletti
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Patent number: 9908058Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, a rotational motor situated within the housing, an eccentric load adapted to be rotated by the rotational motor, and a plurality of legs each having a leg base and a leg tip at a distal end relative to the leg base. The legs are coupled to the housing at the leg base and include at least one driving leg constructed from a flexible material and configured to cause the apparatus to move in a direction generally defined by an offset between the leg base and the leg tip as the rotational motor rotates the eccentric load.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: Innovation First, Inc.Inventors: David Anthony Norman, Robert H. Mimlitch, III, Douglas Michael Galletti
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Patent number: 9616983Abstract: A vibration-powered device adapted for flotation and propulsion on an upper surface in a liquid. The device having a body with a top side adapted to be at least partially disposed above the surface of the liquid, and a bottom side adapted to be at least partially submerged below the surface of the liquid. A vibration mechanism is disposed in the body. A propulsion fin is connected to the body. The fin includes a top side adapted to be disposed at least partially above the liquid surface, a bottom side adapted to be disposed at least partially below the surface. The vibration mechanism is adapted to oscillate the free distal end of the propulsion fin upward and downward.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2015Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Inventors: Robert H. Mimlitch, III, David Anthony Norman, Joel Reagan Carter, Robert H. Mimlitch, Jr., Douglas Michael Galletti, Gregory E. Needel, Paul David Copioli
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Publication number: 20160332085Abstract: In one embodiment there is a toy vehicle having a motor configured to cause a motion of an element of the toy. The motion of the element further accessible for manipulation by a human to in turn rotate the motor. The toy vehicle further having a processor configured to detect a back electromotive force (“EMF”) voltage generated by the rotation of the motor due to the manipulation by a human, and the processor being further configured to include at least a sleep state and a wake state. The processor have a function configured to transition between the sleep state and the wake state when the detected back EMF voltage reaches a pre-determined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2014Publication date: November 17, 2016Applicant: Innovation First, Inc.Inventors: David Anthony Norman, Robert H. Mimlitch, III, Mitch Randall
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Patent number: 9463393Abstract: In one embodiment there is provided a mechanical device capable of mimicking a serpentine motion. The mechanical device includes a plurality of segmented portions interconnected consecutively at pivoted junctions. A rotational motor and an eccentric weight are secured about one segmented portion and at least one pair of legs extends from a segmented portion towards a contact surface and causes the segmented portion to move in a direction defined as the rotational motor rotates the eccentric weight. The additional segmented portions following the segmented leg portion follow in a serpentine motion as these portions rock and pivot to counter-balance the undulation caused by the segmented leg portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2012Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Innovation First, Inc.Inventors: Raul Olivera, Jeffrey Russell Waegelin, Robert H. Mimlitch, III, David Anthony Norman
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Publication number: 20160271505Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, a rotational motor situated within the housing, an eccentric load adapted to be rotated by the rotational motor, and a plurality of legs each having a leg base and a leg tip at a distal end relative to the leg base. The legs are coupled to the housing at the leg base and include at least one driving leg constructed from a flexible material and configured to cause the apparatus to move in a direction generally defined by an offset between the leg base and the leg tip as the rotational motor rotates the eccentric load.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2016Publication date: September 22, 2016Applicant: Innovation First, Inc.Inventors: David Anthony Norman, Robert H. Mimlitch, III, Douglas Michael Galletti
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Patent number: 9370724Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing, a rotational motor situated within the housing, an eccentric load adapted to be rotated by the rotational motor, and a plurality of legs each having a leg base and a leg tip at a distal end relative to the leg base. The legs are coupled to the housing at the leg base and include at least one driving leg constructed from a flexible material and configured to cause the apparatus to move in a direction generally defined by an offset between the leg base and the leg tip as the rotational motor rotates the eccentric load.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2015Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: Innovation First, Inc.Inventors: David Anthony Norman, Robert H. Mimlitch, III, Douglas Michael Galletti
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Patent number: D758225Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2014Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Inventors: David Anthony Norman, Robert H. Mimlitch, III, Raul Olivera, Douglas Michael Galletti, Gregory James Lavender, Jeffrey Russel Waegelin, James Anthony Trzaskos, Kelvin Gunnar Frank, Jason Alan Weihman, Thomas Charles Glick, Arthur Philip Dutra, IV, John Edward Vielkind-Neun, Paul David Copioli
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Patent number: D772350Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2015Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Innovation First, Inc.Inventors: David Anthony Norman, Robert H. Mimlitch, III, Raul Olivera, Douglas Michael Galletti
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Patent number: D776207Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2015Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: Innovation First, Inc.Inventors: David Anthony Norman, Robert H. Mimlitch, III, Raul Olivera, Douglas Michael Galletti, James Anthony Trzaskos, Gregory James Lavender
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Patent number: D846662Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: Innovation First, Inc.Inventors: David Anthony Norman, Robert H. Mimlitch, III, Raul Olivera, Douglas Michael Galletti, James Anthony Trzaskos, Gregory James Lavender, Adam Freeman
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Patent number: D959569Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2018Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Innovation First, Inc.Inventors: David Anthony Norman, Robert H. Mimlitch, III, Raul Olivera, Douglas Michael Galletti, James Anthony Trzaskos, Gregory James Lavender, Adam Freeman