Patents by Inventor Hwantaek RYU

Hwantaek RYU 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).

  • Patent number: 12122043
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flexible mechanism including: a backbone extending in a lengthwise direction thereof; a first steering wire group including one or more steering wires disposed in a spiral direction of a first direction along the lengthwise direction of the backbone and configured to transfer a handling force applied to ends thereof to an end effector; and a second steering wire group including one or more steering wires disposed in a spiral direction of a second direction, which is different from the first direction, along the lengthwise direction of the backbone and configured to transfer a handling force applied to ends thereof to the end effector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY ERICA CAMPUS
    Inventors: Byung-Ju Yi, Hwantaek Ryu
  • Publication number: 20210178610
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flexible mechanism including: a backbone extending in a lengthwise direction thereof; a first steering wire group including one or more steering wires disposed in a spiral direction of a first direction along the lengthwise direction of the backbone and configured to transfer a handling force applied to ends thereof to an end effector; and a second steering wire group including one or more steering wires disposed in a spiral direction of a second direction, which is different from the first direction, along the lengthwise direction of the backbone and configured to transfer a handling force applied to ends thereof to the end effector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY ERICA CAMPUS
    Inventors: Byung-Ju YI, Hwantaek RYU