Patents by Inventor Jack Hornsby

Jack Hornsby 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).

  • INSTRUMENT CASSETTE ASSEMBLIES FOR ROBOTIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS
    Publication number: 20220361971
    Abstract: A surgical instrument of a robotic surgical system includes an elongated shaft assembly, and end effector, and an instrument cassette assembly. The elongated shaft assembly has a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The end effector is supported the distal end portion of the elongated shaft assembly. The instrument cassette assembly is supported on the proximal end portion of the elongated shaft assembly. The instrument cassette assembly includes a cassette housing and an actuator system supported in the cassette housing. The actuator system is operably coupled to the end effector for operating the end effector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: James A. Boonzaier, Jack A. Hornsby, Akshaya Ahuja, Aki Hannu Einari Laakso, Hans C. Pflaumer, Rupert A. Barton, Adam R. Turner, Paul Smitheman, Matthew J. Brady
  • Smokers' pipes
    Patent number: 4121598
    Abstract: A smoker's pipe comprising a stem unit incorporating the base of the bowl and formed of a plastics material and a bowl element detachably fitted to the bowl base portion and preferably formed of briar, the stem unit including the bowl base being internally metal lined. The pipe may include an externally fluted metal condenser plug in the bowl base and which plug may be integral with the bowl base lining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1978
    Inventor: Jack Hornsby