Patents by Inventor Gabriel F. Osten

Gabriel F. Osten 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).

  • Robot end effector detachment sensor
    Patent number: 7395136
    Abstract: A robot device includes a sensor on its base plate capable of sensing rotation of the base plate occasioned by decoupling of a detachable joint that joins a forearm member of the robot to the base plate. The sensor produces an output signal which, if above a preset threshold, shuts off the motors driving the robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: SIG Doboy Inc.
    Inventor: Gabriel F. Osten
  • Rotatable, squeeze-spread end effector for industrial robot
    Patent number: 7234744
    Abstract: An end effector (10) for an industrial robot has the ability to pick up plural objects, selectively rotate same and adjusts the spacing between the plural objects as the products are being carried by the robot to a desired deposit location. This functionality is achieved by locating a rotary actuator (16) at the end (8) of a robot arm and providing a lazy tong linkage assembly (60) to which plural product graspers (62) are affixed where the lazy tong assembly is carried by a rotatable platform (18) of the rotary actuator. The rotary actuator, the lazy tong assembly and the product graspers are preferably pneumatically actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: Doboy Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel F. Osten, Mark A. Price