Patents by Inventor Hugo Ellas

Hugo Ellas 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).

  • End effectors
    Patent number: 7673916
    Abstract: An end effector includes a base part and a first member. The first member includes first, second, and third serially articulated struts. The first strut articulates with the base part for relative angular displacement about a first pitch axis and about a first roll axis. The first roll axis is substantially orthogonal to the first pitch axis. The second strut articulates with the first strut for relative angular displacement about, firstly, a first yaw axis substantially orthogonal to the first pitch axis and the first roll axis, and, secondly, about a second pitch axis substantially parallel to the first pitch axis and substantially orthogonal to the first yaw axis. The third strut articulates with the second strut for relative angular displacement about a second yaw axis substantially parallel to the first yaw axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: The Shadow Robot Company Limited
    Inventors: Richard Martin Greenhill, Hugo Ellas, Richard Walker, Matthew Godden