Patents by Inventor Joseph Padavano

Joseph Padavano 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).

  • Folded remote center compliance device
    Patent number: 4355469
    Abstract: A folded remote center compliance device including first and second structures serially connected between a mounting member and an operator member for enabling translational motion and rotational motion of the operator member about a remote center at, near, or beyond the end of the operator member; one of the structures including at least two stages connected in series, each stage including flexure means disposed along radii of a focus, the first of the stages being connected with the other of the structures and a second of the stages being connected with one of the members, the other of the members being connected with the other of the structures, and an intermediate section for interconnecting flexure means in adjacent stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1982
    Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: James L. Nevins, Joseph Padavano