Patents by Inventor HENRY SEGERMAN

HENRY SEGERMAN 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).

  • Apparatus for branched scissor linkage and associated auxetic mechanisms
    Patent number: 11702327
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is taught herein a family of “branched” variants of the traditional scissor mechanism, in which each stage is formed from more than two arms, joined at their midpoints by a branched rivet. In one embodiment arms in adjacent stages are joined at their endpoints with joints that allow for rotation in a single plane. Each resulting mechanism has one degree of freedom in its motion. It deploys from a compact, collapsed state to an extended state. One embodiment is a grasping member that is mechanically coupled to a scissor mechanism so that when scissor mechanism is collapsed the grasping member is open. Then, when the scissor mechanism is extended the grasping member becomes closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: The Board of Regents for Oklahoma State University
    Inventors: Henry Segerman, William Segerman
  • APPARATUS FOR BRANCHED SCISSOR LINKAGE AND ASSOCIATED AUXETIC MECHANISMS
    Publication number: 20200062561
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is taught herein a family of “branched” variants of the traditional scissor mechanism, in which each stage is formed from more than two arms, joined at their midpoints by a branched rivet. In one embodiment arms in adjacent stages are joined at their endpoints with joints that allow for rotation in a single plane. Each resulting mechanism has one degree of freedom in its motion. It deploys from a compact, collapsed state to an extended state. One embodiment is a grasping member that is mechanically coupled to a scissor mechanism so that when scissor mechanism is collapsed the grasping member is open. Then, when the scissor mechanism is extended the grasping member becomes closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: HENRY SEGERMAN, WILLIAM SEGERMAN