Patents by Inventor Gustavo Medrano

Gustavo Medrano 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).

  • Publication number: 20200189785
    Abstract: The invention concerns a container (1) made of plastic, provided with a body (5) and a bottom base (6) extending from a lower end of the body (5), the bottom base (6) comprising: an annular central zone (11) concentric to an injection point (12) located approximately at the center of the bottom base (6); a peripheral seat (7) defining a laying plane (8); a concave arch (10) which extends from the periphery of the central zone (11) to the peripheral seat (7) and having a rounded general shape with a concavity turned towards the outside of the container (1); a series of principal reinforcing grooves (13) which extend radially from the central zone (11) to at least the peripheral seat (7) defining for each principal reinforcing groove a main axis (G, G?, G?), According to the invention, the bottom base (6) further comprises a series of notches (15) and in that at least one of the series of notches (15) locally interrupt at least one of the series of principal reinforcing grooves (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Sergio Fabian Fonseca, Arrnando Guido Marchesini, Gustavo Medrano, Pascual Casimiro Poloni
  • Patent number: 10603803
    Abstract: A humanoid robot foot (10) comprises: a foot base (12), at least one leaf spring (14) acting as a flexible toe of the foot, said at least one leaf spring (14) having a rear portion (14a) rigidly connected to a flat surface (12b) of the foot base (12), a front portion (14b) projecting from the foot base (12) and an intermediate portion (14c) which is not rigidly connected to the foot base (12) and is therefore freely deflectable, along with the front portion (14b), as a result of the application of an external force on the front portion (14b), and a stiffness adjustment device (26) for actively changing the stiffness (K) of said at least one leaf spring (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignees: FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA, UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA
    Inventors: Wooseok Choi, Nikolaos G. Tsagarakis, Gustavo A. Medrano-Cerda, Darwin Gordon Caldwell
  • Publication number: 20180311837
    Abstract: A humanoid robot foot (10) comprises: a foot base (12), at least one leaf spring (14) acting as flexible toe of the foot, said at least one leaf spring (14) having a rear portion (14a) rigidly connected to a flat surface (12b) of the foot base (12), a front portion (14b) projecting from the foot base (12) and an intermediate portion (14c) which is not rigidly connected to the foot base (12) and is therefore freely deflectable, along with the front portion (14b), as a result of the application of an external force on the front portion (14b), and a stiffness adjustment device (26) for actively changing the stiffness (K) of said at least one leaf spring (14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventors: Wooseok CHOI, Nicolaos G. TSAGARAKIS, Gustavo A. MEDRANO-CERDA, Darwin Gordon CALDWELL