Patents by Inventor Guido Cargnino

Guido Cargnino 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).

  • Control system for robots
    Patent number: 6711468
    Abstract: A control system for robots comprising a control unit for generating and controlling the paths of a movement of the moving parts of the robot, a drive unit for generating the control signals for controlling the motors associated to the moving parts of the robot, and an Ethernet-type network for connection of the control unit and the drive unit. An interface module is also provided to connect the control unit to peripheral units and distributed input/output units. The drive unit comprises, in conjunction with a plurality of CPUs that close the control loops of the torques generated by the individual motors, a main CPU responsible for position control in the framework of the drive unit. The latter CPU thus retains knowledge of the overall status of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Assignee: Comau S.p.A.
    Inventors: Aldo Bottero, Luciano Cane, Giorgio Cantello, Guido Cargnino, Antonio Zaccagnini
  • Control system for robots
    Publication number: 20020188381
    Abstract: A control system for robots comprising a control unit for generating and controlling the paths of a movement of the moving parts of the robot, a drive unit for generating the control signals for controlling the motors associated to the moving parts of the robot, and an Ethernet-type network for connection of the control unit and the drive unit. An interface module is also provided to connect the control unit to peripheral units and distributed input/output units. The drive unit comprises, in conjunction with a plurality of CPUs that close the control loops of the torques generated by the individual motors, a main CPU responsible for position control in the framework of the drive unit. The latter CPU thus retains knowledge of the overall status of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Applicant: COMAU S.p.A.
    Inventors: Aldo Bottero, Luciano Cane, Giorgio Cantello, Guido Cargnino, Antonio Zaccagnini