Patents by Inventor Gregory Stewart Lynn
Gregory Stewart Lynn 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: 11675373Abstract: Provided is a method of modeling behavior for a self-driving vehicle, e.g., as a follower vehicle. Also provided is a vehicle configured to execute the behavior model to cooperatively navigate at least one structural element in an environment. The structural element can be or include a door, a vestibule, and/or an elevator, as examples. The behavior model can be formed by a method that includes tracking and measuring leader-follower interactions and actions with at least one structural element of an environment, representing the leader behaviors and the follower behavior in a behavior model, and electronically storing the behavioral model. The leader-follower interactions and actions can include leader behaviors and follower behaviors, including starts, stops, pauses, and movements of the leader, follower vehicle, and/or objects.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: Piaggio Fast Forward Inc.Inventors: Mitchell Weiss, Jeffrey Schnapp, Gregory Stewart Lynn, Rossitza Kotelova
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Publication number: 20230176591Abstract: Provided is a self-driving vehicle, e.g., a follower vehicle, that engages in communicative behaviors using body dynamics. Also provided is a method of using body dynamics to communicate behaviors in a self-driving vehicle. The vehicle may include a shifting assembly configured to shift and/or tilt a vehicle body to communicate such behaviors, e.g., acceleration, deceleration, and near constant velocity. The shifting and/or tilting of the body in combination with the vehicle's operation communicates those operations to bystanders. With better informed bystanders, improved safety between bystanders and the vehicle may be achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Gregory Stewart Lynn, Jeffrey Schnapp
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Patent number: 11370497Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle is provided. The two-wheeled vehicle includes a chassis having a height, a length and a width, in a first wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the first wheel having a perimeter, a diameter and a geometric center, and the diameter of the first wheel being at least 75% of the height of the chassis, a motor for providing a drive energy to the first wheel, an axle rotated by the motor, a drive gear connected with the axle such that the drive gear rotates with a rotation of the axle, and a plurality of teeth disposed about the first wheel and mechanically engaged with the drive gear at a location closer to the perimeter of the first wheel than to the geometric center of the first wheel.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2016Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Piaggio Fast Forward, Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Gregory Stewart Lynn, Joshua Eldred Elvander, Sasha Priya Hoffman, Suhas Subhaschandra Malghan, Nazareth V. Ekmekjian, Rossitza Dimitrova Kotelova, Bethanne Altringer, Jamar A. Bromley
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Publication number: 20220026931Abstract: Provided is a method of modeling behavior for a self-driving vehicle, e.g., as a follower vehicle. Also provided is a vehicle configured to execute the behavior model to cooperatively navigate at least one structural element in an environment. The structural element can be or include a door, a vestibule, and/or an elevator, as examples. The behavior model can be formed by a method that includes tracking and measuring leader-follower interactions and actions with at least one structural element of an environment, representing the leader behaviors and the follower behavior in a behavior model, and electronically storing the behavioral model. The leader-follower interactions and actions can include leader behaviors and follower behaviors, including starts, stops, pauses, and movements of the leader, follower vehicle, and/or objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Mitchell WEISS, Jeffrey SCHNAPP, Gregory Stewart LYNN, Rossitza KOTELOVA
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Patent number: 11112807Abstract: Provided is a method of modeling behavior for a self-driving vehicle, e.g., as a follower vehicle. Also provided is a vehicle configured to execute the behavior model to cooperatively navigate at least one structural element in an environment. The structural element can be or include a door, a vestibule, and/or an elevator, as examples. The behavior model can be formed by a method that includes tracking and measuring leader-follower interactions and actions with at least one structural element of an environment, representing the leader behaviors and the follower behavior in a behavior model, and electronically storing the behavioral model. The leader-follower interactions and actions can include leader behaviors and follower behaviors, including starts, stops, pauses, and movements of the leader, follower vehicle, and/or objects.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: PIAGGIO FAST FORWARD, INC.Inventors: Mitchell Weiss, Jeffrey Schnapp, Gregory Stewart Lynn, Rossitza Kotelova
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Publication number: 20210255646Abstract: Provided is a method of modeling behavior for a self-driving vehicle, e.g., as a follower vehicle. Also provided is a vehicle configured to execute the behavior model to cooperatively navigate at least one structural element in an environment. The structural element can be or include a door, a vestibule, and/or an elevator, as examples. The behavior model can be formed by a method that includes tracking and measuring leader-follower interactions and actions with at least one structural element of an environment, representing the leader behaviors and the follower behavior in a behavior model, and electronically storing the behavioral model. The leader-follower interactions and actions can include leader behaviors and follower behaviors, including starts, stops, pauses, and movements of the leader, follower vehicle, and/or objects.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2019Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Mitchell WEISS, Jeffrey SCHNAPP, Gregory Stewart LYNN, Rossitza KOTELOVA
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Publication number: 20200047826Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle is provided. The two-wheeled vehicle includes a chassis having a height, a length and a width, in a first wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the first wheel having a perimeter, a diameter and a geometric center, and the diameter of the first wheel being at least 75% of the height of the chassis, a motor for providing a drive energy to the first wheel, an axle rotated by the motor, a drive gear connected with the axle such that the drive gear rotates with a rotation of the axle, and a plurality of teeth disposed about the first wheel and mechanically engaged with the drive gear at a location closer to the perimeter of the first wheel than to the geometric center of the first wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2016Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Jeffrey T. SCHNAPP, Gregory Stewart LYNN, Joshua Eldred ELVANDER, Sasha Priya HOFFMAN, Suhas Subhaschandra MALGHAN, Nazareth V. EKMEKJIAN, Rossitza Dimitrova KOTELOVA, Bethanne ALTRINGER, Jamar A. BROMLEY
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Patent number: 10351190Abstract: A three-wheeled vehicle includes a chassis, a first wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the first wheel having a first perimeter, a first diameter and a first geometric center, a second wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the second wheel having a second perimeter, a second diameter and a second geometric center, a first motor and a second motor, a first drive and a second drive gear, a first plurality of teeth disposed about the first wheel and mechanically engaged with the first drive gear at a location closer to the first perimeter than to the first geometric center, a second plurality of teeth disposed about the second wheel and mechanically engaged with the second drive gear at a location closer to the second perimeter than to the second geometric center, a mount rotatably connected to the chassis and a third wheel rotatably connected to the mount.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: PIAGGIO FAST FORWARD, INC.Inventors: Gregory Stewart Lynn, Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Amos Ambler, Jarrod Smith, Nazareth V. Ekmekjian, Emanuele Savino
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Patent number: 10293676Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle is provided. The two-wheeled vehicle includes a chassis having a height, a length and a width, a first wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the first wheel having a perimeter, a diameter and a geometric center, and the diameter of the first wheel being at least 75% of the height of the chassis, a motor for providing a drive energy to the first wheel, an axle rotated by the motor, a drive gear connected with the axle such that the drive gear rotates with a rotation of the axle, and a plurality of teeth disposed about the first wheel and mechanically engaged with the drive gear at a location closer to the perimeter of the first wheel than to the geometric center of the first wheel.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: PIAGGIO FAST FORWARD, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Gregory Stewart Lynn, Joshua Eldred Elvander, Sasha Priya Hoffman, Suhas Subhaschandra Malghan, Nazareth V. Ekmekjian, Rossitza Dimitrova Kotelova, Bethanne Altringer, Jamar A. Bromley
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Patent number: 10173738Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle is provided. The two-wheeled vehicle includes a chassis having a height, a length, a width, a front and a back, a first wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the first wheel having a perimeter, a diameter and a geometric center, and the diameter of the first wheel being at least 75% of the height of the chassis, a second wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the second wheel having a perimeter, a diameter and a geometric center, and the diameter of the second wheel being at least 75% of the height of the chassis, and a counterweight coupled to the chassis such that the counterweight can adjust an orientation of the chassis in response to a change in pitch of the chassis about an axis passing through the geometric centers of the first and second wheels.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2016Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: PIAGGIO FAST FORWARD, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Gregory Stewart Lynn, Joshua Eldred Elvander, Sasha Priya Hoffman, Suhas Subhaschandra Malghan, Nazareth V. Ekmekjian, Rossitza Dimitrova Kotelova, Bethanne Altringer, Jamar A. Bromley
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Publication number: 20180208258Abstract: A three-wheeled vehicle includes a chassis, a first wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the first wheel having a first perimeter, a first diameter and a first geometric center, a second wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the second wheel having a second perimeter, a second diameter and a second geometric center, a first motor and a second motor, a first drive and a second drive gear, a first plurality of teeth disposed about the first wheel and mechanically engaged with the first drive gear at a location closer to the first perimeter than to the first geometric center, a second plurality of teeth disposed about the second wheel and mechanically engaged with the second drive gear at a location closer to the second perimeter than to the second geometric center, a mount rotatably connected to the chassis and a third wheel rotatably connected to the mount.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Inventors: Gregory Stewart Lynn, Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Amos Ambler, Jarrod Smith, Nazareth V. Ekmekjian, Emanuele Savino
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Publication number: 20180105215Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle is provided. The two-wheeled vehicle includes a chassis having a height, a length, a width, a front and a back, a first wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the first wheel having a perimeter, a diameter and a geometric center, and the diameter of the first wheel being at least 75% of the height of the chassis, a second wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the second wheel having a perimeter, a diameter and a geometric center, and the diameter of the second wheel being at least 75% of the height of the chassis, and a counterweight coupled to the chassis such that the counterweight can adjust an orientation of the chassis in response to a change in pitch of the chassis about an axis passing through the geometric centers of the first and second wheels.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Gregory Stewart Lynn, Joshua Eldred Elvander, Sasha Priya Hoffman, Suhas Subhaschandra Malghan, Nazareth V. Ekmekjian, Rossitza Dimitrova Kotelova, Bethanne Altringer, Jamar A. Bromley
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Publication number: 20180105033Abstract: A two-wheeled vehicle is provided. The two-wheeled vehicle includes a chassis having a height, a length and a width, a first wheel rotatably connected to the chassis, the first wheel having a perimeter, a diameter and a geometric center, and the diameter of the first wheel being at least 75% of the height of the chassis, a motor for providing a drive energy to the first wheel, an axle rotated by the motor, a drive gear connected with the axle such that the drive gear rotates with a rotation of the axle, and a plurality of teeth disposed about the first wheel and mechanically engaged with the drive gear at a location closer to the perimeter of the first wheel than to the geometric center of the first wheel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Gregory Stewart Lynn, Joshua Eldred Elvander, Sasha Priya Hoffman, Suhas Subhaschandra Malghan, Nazareth V. Ekmekjian, Rossitza Dimitrova Kotelova, Bethanne Altringer, Jamar A. Bromley
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Patent number: D890024Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: PIAGGIO FAST FORWARD, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey T. Schnapp, Gregory Stewart Lynn, Rossitza Dimitrova Kotelova, Sasha Priya Hoffman, Jamar A. Bromley, Nazareth V. Ekmekjian
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Patent number: D911405Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: PIAGGIO FAST FORWARD, INC.Inventors: Nazareth V. Ekmekjian, Gregory Stewart Lynn, Rossitza Dimitrova Kotelova, Max King Reice
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Patent number: D912609Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: PIAGGIO FAST FORWARD, INC.Inventors: Gregory Stewart Lynn, Amos Joseph Edward Ambler, Jerry Joe Ding
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Patent number: D913351Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: PIAGGIO FAST FORWARD, INC.Inventors: Nazareth V. Ekmekjian, Gregory Stewart Lynn, Rossitza Dimitrova Kotelova, Max King Reice
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Patent number: D929298Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: PIAGGIO FAST FORWARD, INC.Inventors: Jamar A. Bromley, Gregory Stewart Lynn, Amos Joseph Edward Ambler, Jerry Joe Ding