Patents by Inventor Gilles Fauchet

Gilles Fauchet 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).

  • Actuation of a hand to be provided on a humanoid robot
    Patent number: 9821471
    Abstract: A hand intended for a humanoid robot comprising a palm and several fingers, each of the fingers being able to be displaced in relation to the palm between a position of rest maintained by spring effect and a compressed position obtained by driving a link part with the palm countering the spring effect, comprises a motorized shaft, linked to the link part of each of the fingers, and configured to respectively displace at least one first finger and at least one second finger, from the position of rest to the compressed position, by rotation of the motorized shaft respectively in a first direction of rotation and in an opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: SOFTBANK ROBOTICS EUROPE
    Inventors: Jérémy Laville, Gilles Fauchet, Thibault Depost
  • ACTUATION OF A HAND TO BE PROVIDED ON A HUMANOID ROBOT
    Publication number: 20170043486
    Abstract: A hand intended for a humanoid robot comprising a palm and several fingers, each of the fingers being able to be displaced in relation to the palm between a position of rest maintained by spring effect and a compressed position obtained by driving a link part with the palm countering the spring effect, comprises a motorized shaft, linked to the link part of each of the fingers, and configured to respectively displace at least one first finger and at least one second finger, from the position of rest to the compressed position, by rotation of the motorized shaft respectively in a first direction of rotation and in an opposite direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Jérémy LAVILLE, Gilles FAUCHET, Thibault DEPOST
  • Charging station for a robot
    Patent number: D721650
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Inventors: Gilles Fauchet, Thibault Depost, Robert Hong