Patents by Inventor Hod Lipson
Hod Lipson 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: 9079337Abstract: Technologies are provided herein for fabricating foamed structures using a three dimensional fabricator. In particular, the present disclosure provides systems and methods of producing foamed structures using foamed materials, lattice foamed materials, and/or layer deposition employing the concept of viscous thread instability.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2012Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: Cornell UniversityInventors: Jeffrey I. Lipton, Hod Lipson
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Publication number: 20150192923Abstract: A system based on electrowetting facilitates high-volume assembly of objects including micron sized objects. A material handling component of the system includes an array of electrically controlled nodes that switch their adhesion property based on a voltage supply. The system accurately picks up and places objects including in parallel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2013Publication date: July 9, 2015Inventors: Fnu Apoorva, Robert MacCurdy, Hod Lipson
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Publication number: 20150129244Abstract: A system and methods for delivering materials including a device with a central manifold portion comprising an intake and one or more outlets through which the quantity of and the pressure and direction at which material is delivered may be controlled. Devices according to the invention control delivery of materials by achieving one or more properties such as flight elevation, flight stabilization, flight maneuvering, environmental resiliency, and ejection of material such as water.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventors: Hod Lipson, Aviv Blumfield
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Patent number: 8996155Abstract: A method for manufacturing objects/materials includes selectively arranging the predetermined components in a staging area, substantially simultaneously selectively removing two or more of the selectively arranged predetermined components according to a predetermined removal plan and substantially simultaneously placing the selectively removed components, the removed components being substantially simultaneously placed at a predetermined location.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2009Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Cornell UniversityInventors: Jonathan D. Hiller, Hod Lipson
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Patent number: 8992183Abstract: Electro-osmosis is used to create droplets in order to easily, carefully, and quickly pick-and-place millions of objects (ranging in size from millimeters to nanometers) individually or in parallel. Droplets are formed within channels that are individually controlled in order to achieve a predetermined configuration of the selected objects.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2013Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: Cornell UniversityInventors: Cheryl Perich, Ashley Macner, Hod Lipson, Paul Steen, Robert MacCurdy
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Publication number: 20150084238Abstract: The present invention relates to an article fabrication system having a plurality of material deposition tools containing one or more materials useful in fabricating the article, and a material deposition device having a tool interface for receiving one of the material deposition tools. A system controller is operably connected to the material deposition device to control operation of the material deposition device. Also disclosed is a method of fabricating an article using the system of the invention and a method of fabricating a living three-dimensional structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Lawrence Bonassar, Hod Lipson, Daniel L. Cohen, Evan Malone
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Patent number: 8884496Abstract: One aspect of the present invention involves investigation of the principles and feasibility of the harvesting energy from the wind in constrained spaces, such as around buildings, as an alternative to conventional rotary wind turbines. Some embodiments involve the idea of harvesting energy from wind induced vibration instead of wind driven rotation. Some embodiments are a tree-like generator for wind energy harvesting including multiple vibrating elements. Some embodiments include a “piezo stalk and leaf” as an element of a plant-like generator. In some embodiments, a leaf, made at least in part from piezoelectric type materials is capable of generating electrical power through wind induced vibrations. Some embodiments include a cantilever piezo-electric material containing stalk member that exhibits at least one mode of cantilever motion.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Cornell UniversityInventors: Hod Lipson, Shuguang Li
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Patent number: 8882165Abstract: A passive universal gripper includes a mass of granular material encased in an elastic membrane. Using a combination of positive and negative pressure, the gripper can rapidly grip and release a wide range of objects that are typically challenging for conventional universal grippers, such as flat objects, soft objects, or objects with complex geometries. The gripper passively conforms to the shape of a target object, then vacuum-hardens to grip it rigidly; later using positive pressure to reverse this transition—releasing the object and returning to a deformable state. The apparatus and method enable the fast ejection of objects from the gripper, as well as essentially instantaneous reset time between releasing and gripping.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2011Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Cornell UniversityInventors: Hod Lipson, John R. Amend, Jr., Heinrich Jaeger, Eric Brown
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Patent number: 8877112Abstract: The present invention relates to an article fabrication system having a plurality of material deposition tools containing one or more materials useful in fabricating the article, and a material deposition device having a tool interface for receiving one of the material deposition tools. A system controller is operably connected to the material deposition device to control operation of the material deposition device. Also disclosed is a method of fabricating an article using the system of the invention and a method of fabricating a living three-dimensional structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2014Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Bonassar, Hod Lipson, Daniel L. Cohen, Evan Malone
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Publication number: 20140117586Abstract: The present invention relates to an article fabrication system having a plurality of material deposition tools containing one or more materials useful in fabricating the article, and a material deposition device having a tool interface for receiving one of the material deposition tools. A system controller is operably connected to the material deposition device to control operation of the material deposition device. Also disclosed is a method of fabricating an article using the system of the invention and a method of fabricating a living three-dimensional structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2014Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: CORNELL RESEARCH FOUNDATIONInventors: Lawrence Bonassar, Hod Lipson, Daniel L. Cohen, Evan Malone
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Publication number: 20140050811Abstract: Technologies are provided herein for a modular deposition tool design that allows for both, the fast interchanging of materials and for easy cleaning of all wetted surfaces. A drive assembly for use in a solid freeform fabrication system, includes a drive module having a drive mechanism and a detachable material bay assembly that is detachable from the drive module. The material bay assembly includes a material bay holder, a material deposition tool, and a corresponding material bay actuation mechanism that can engage with the drive mechanism of the drive module when the material bay assembly is coupled to the drive module such that when the drive mechanism of the drive module is actuated, the material bay actuation mechanism is actuated, which causes the material deposition tool to deposit material from a material bay inserted in the material bay holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Inventors: Jeffrey I. Lipton, Hod Lipson, Daniel L. Cohen
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Patent number: 8636938Abstract: The present invention relates to an article fabrication system having a plurality of material deposition tools containing one or more materials useful in fabricating the article, and a material deposition device having a tool interface for receiving one of the material deposition tools. A system controller is operably connected to the material deposition device to control operation of the material deposition device. Also disclosed is a method of fabricating an article using the system of the invention and a method of fabricating a living three-dimensional structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Cornell Research Foundation, Inc.Inventors: Lawrence Bonassar, Hod Lipson, Daniel L. Cohen, Evan Malone
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Publication number: 20140013962Abstract: Technologies are provided herein for processing edible materials using tools associated with a fabrication system. In one aspect, a fabricator includes a control module and a drive assembly controlled by the control module. The fabricator also includes at least one food processing tool head coupled to the drive assembly that can process material for fabricating an edible structure on a build surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Inventors: Jeffrey I. Lipton, Hod Lipson
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Publication number: 20140016856Abstract: Given an image and an aligned depth map of an object, the invention predicts the 3D location, 3D orientation and opening width or area of contact for an end of arm tooling (EOAT) without requiring a physical model.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: Cornell UniversityInventors: Yun Jiang, John R. Amend, JR., Hod Lipson, Ashutosh Saxena, Stephen Moseson
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Publication number: 20130106127Abstract: A passive universal gripper includes a mass of granular material encased in an elastic membrane. Using a combination of positive and negative pressure, the gripper can rapidly grip and release a wide range of objects that are typically challenging for conventional universal grippers, such as flat objects, soft objects, or objects with complex geometries. The gripper passively conforms to the shape of a target object, then vacuum-hardens to grip it rigidly; later using positive pressure to reverse this transition-releasing the object and returning to a deformable state. The apparatus and method enable the fast ejection of objects from the gripper, as well as essentially instantaneous reset time between releasing and gripping.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: CORNELL UNIVERSITYInventors: Hod Lipson, John R. Amend, JR., Heinrich Jaeger, Eric Brown
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Publication number: 20130089642Abstract: The present invention relates to an article fabrication system having a plurality of material deposition tools containing one or more materials useful in fabricating the article, and a material deposition device having a tool interface for receiving one of the material deposition tools. A system controller is operably connected to the material deposition device to control operation of the material deposition device. Also disclosed is a method of fabricating an article using the system of the invention and a method of fabricating edible foodstuffs.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2012Publication date: April 11, 2013Applicant: Cornell University - Cornell Center for Technology Enterprise & Commercialization (CCTEC)Inventors: Hod Lipson, Jeffrey I. Lipton
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Publication number: 20130055838Abstract: A bidirectional gear set includes a male bidirectional gear component having an array of addendum teeth and a female bidirectional gear component having an array of dedendum sockets, wherein each dedendum socket has a full boundary edge around an open end thereof. One or both of the male and female gear components may have a circular cross sectional geometry, or one may have a non-circular cross sectional geometry. The non-circular cross sectional geometry may be a flat sheet or a sheet with surface contour. In an intermeshed state, neither the male nor the female component can ‘slide’ relative to the other regardless of whether the male and female components are arranged in a parallel or perpendicular orientation. A method of making a bidirectional gear set is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2011Publication date: March 7, 2013Applicant: Cornell University - Cornell Center for Technology Enterprise & Commercialization (CCTEC)Inventors: Jonathan Hiller, David A. Hjelle, Hod Lipson, Franz Nigl
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Publication number: 20120241993Abstract: Technologies are provided herein for fabricating foamed structures using a three dimensional fabricator. In particular, the present disclosure provides systems and methods of producing foamed structures using foamed materials, lattice foamed materials, and/or layer deposition employing the concept of viscous thread instability.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2012Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: CORNELL UNIVERSITYInventors: Jeffrey I. Lipton, Hod Lipson
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Publication number: 20110291527Abstract: One aspect of the present invention involves investigation of the principles and feasibility of the harvesting energy from the wind in constrained spaces, such as around buildings, as an alternative to conventional rotary wind turbines. Some embodiments involve the idea of harvesting energy from wind induced vibration instead of wind driven rotation. Some embodiments are a tree-like generator for wind energy harvesting including multiple vibrating elements. Some embodiments include a “piezo stalk and leaf” as an element of a plant-like generator. In some embodiments, a leaf, made at least in part from piezoelectric type materials is capable of generating electrical power through wind induced vibrations. Some embodiments include a cantilever piezo-electric material containing stalk member that exhibits at least one mode of cantilever motion.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: CORNELL UNIVERSITYInventors: Hod Lipson, Shuguang Li
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Publication number: 20110169193Abstract: The present invention relates to an article fabrication system having a plurality of material deposition tools containing one or more materials useful in fabricating the article, and a material deposition device having a tool interface for receiving one of the material deposition tools. A system controller is operably connected to the material deposition device to control operation of the material deposition device. Also disclosed is a method of fabricating an article using the system of the invention and a method of fabricating a living three-dimensional structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2011Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: CORNELL RESEARCH FOUNDATIONInventors: Lawrence Bonassar, Hod Lipson, Daniel L. Cohen, Evan Malone