Patents by Inventor Giacomo Gatto

Giacomo Gatto 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).

  • Wearable, self-locking shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator cartridge
    Patent number: 10828221
    Abstract: Described embodiments provide a shape memory alloy (SMA) cartridge for use in providing controllable compression. The SMA cartridge includes first and second end caps, each of the first and second end caps being coupled to a passive material. One or more SMA coils extend between the first and second end caps. The SMA coils have a trained state and a deformed state, where the SMA coils are in the deformed state when a stimulus is provided thereto and the SMA coils are in the trained state when the stimulus is removed therefrom. The first end cap and the second end cap include a locking mechanism to automatically lock the first and second end caps in a fixed position relative to one another when the SMA coils are contracted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Bradley T. Holschuh, Dava J. Newman, Giacomo Gatto, Luca Levrino
  • Wearable, Self-Locking Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) Actuator Cartridge
    Publication number: 20170304136
    Abstract: Described embodiments provide a shape memory alloy (SMA) cartridge for use in providing controllable compression. The SMA cartridge includes first and second end caps, each of the first and second end caps being coupled to a passive material. One or more SMA coils extend between the first and second end caps. The SMA coils have a trained state and a deformed state, where the SMA coils are in the deformed state when a stimulus is provided thereto and the SMA coils are in the trained state when the stimulus is removed therefrom. The first end cap and the second end cap include a locking mechanism to automatically lock the first and second end caps in a fixed position relative to one another when the SMA coils are contracted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Bradley T. Holschuh, Dava J. Newman, Giacomo Gatto, Luca Levrino