Patents by Inventor Joshua A. Babst

Joshua A. Babst 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).

  • Publication number: 20240198537
    Abstract: A system for processing a workpiece includes a robotic manipulator and an end effector coupled to a working end of the robotic manipulator. The end effector includes a machine tool and an end-effector vacuum clamp that is coupled to the machine tool. The end effector is releasably coupleable to a surface of the workpiece. A processing force is reacted through the end effector and to the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Lisa A. Cardon, Joshua A. Babst, Alan S. Locke, Michelle Crivella, Eric Reid
  • Patent number: 11260413
    Abstract: An end effector, coupleable to a robot, for delivering a material to a surface, comprises a material applicator assembly, comprising a central shaft and an applicator co-rotatably coupled to the central shaft and configured to apply the material to the surface. The end effector also comprises a material supply carrier, comprising a base and a supply of the material coupled to the base. The material from the supply is feedable to the applicator. The end effector further comprises an actuator that rotatably couples the material supply carrier with the material applicator assembly. The actuator is operable to rotate the material supply carrier relative to the material applicator assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Samuel F. Pedigo, Joshua A. Babst, Ricardo A. Fritzke, Samuel O. Marriott-Green, Mitchell S. Middleton, Ray Adler
  • Publication number: 20200391240
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an end effector, coupleable to a robot, for delivering a material to a surface. The end effector comprises a material applicator assembly, comprising a central shaft and an applicator co-rotatably coupled to the central shaft and configured to apply the material to the surface. The end effector also comprises a material supply carrier, comprising a base and a supply of the material coupled to the base. The material from the supply is feedable to the applicator. The end effector further comprises an actuator that rotatably couples the material supply carrier with the material applicator assembly. The actuator is operable to rotate the material supply carrier relative to the material applicator assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Samuel F. Pedigo, Joshua A. Babst, Ricardo A. Fritzke, Samuel O. Marriott-Green, Mitchell S. Middleton, Ray Adler