Patents by Inventor Kevin Conrad Kemper

Kevin Conrad Kemper 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: 20210369539
    Abstract: An exoskeleton system comprising: a power system that powers the exoskeleton system, the power system including one or more battery slots, and a modular battery set that includes one or more battery units that are modular such that any of the one or more battery units can be readily and quickly removed and coupled within any of the one or more battery slots to provide power to the exoskeleton system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Austin Campbell, Ashley Swartz, Jose Ochoa, Kevin Conrad Kemper, Timothy Alan Swift
  • Publication number: 20210177686
    Abstract: An exoskeleton system having an actuator unit configured to be coupled to a leg of a user. The actuator unit includes an upper arm and a lower arm that are rotatably coupled via a joint, the joint positioned at a knee of the user with the upper arm coupled about an upper leg portion of the user above the knee and with the lower arm coupled about a lower leg portion of the user below the knee; a fluidic actuator that extends between the upper arm and lower arm; and one or more fluid lines coupled to the fluidic actuator to introduce fluid to the fluidic actuator that causes force to be applied to the upper arm and lower arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Kyle Allen Lamson, Austin Campbell, Ashley Swartz, Robert Stuart, Kevin Conrad Kemper, Phil Long, Jared Jones, Garrett Hurley, Timothy Alan Swift
  • Publication number: 20210177687
    Abstract: A method of operating an exoskeleton system that includes obtaining a first set of sensor data from one or more sensors associated with one or more leg actuator units of an exoskeleton system during a user activity, the first set of sensor data indicating a first configuration state of the one or more actuator units; determining, based at least in part on the first set of obtained sensor data, to change configuration of the one or more leg actuator units to a second configuration state to support a user during the user activity; and introducing fluid to one or more fluidic actuators of the one or more leg actuator units to generate the second configuration state by causing the one or more fluidic actuators to apply force at the one or more actuator units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Kyle Allen Lamson, Austin Campbell, Ashley Swartz, Robert Stuart, Kevin Conrad Kemper, Phil Long, Jared Jones, Garrett Hurley, Timothy Alan Swift
  • Publication number: 20200253808
    Abstract: The disclosure includes an exoskeleton network. The exoskeleton network includes an exoskeleton system that has one or more sensors and a memory; a user device that is local to the exoskeleton system and that operably communicates with the exoskeleton system; and a classification server that operably communicates with at least one of the exoskeleton system and the user device. The exoskeleton network performs feature extraction on sensor data obtained from the one or more sensors to generate feature-extracted sensor data and performs label derivation on the feature-extracted sensor data to generate labeled sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Timothy Alan Swift, Nicolas Cox, Kevin Conrad Kemper
  • Publication number: 20180221237
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a method of operating an exoskeleton system. The method includes determining a first state estimate for a current classification program being implemented by the exoskeleton system; determining a second state estimate for a reference classification program; determining that a difference between the first and second state estimate is greater than a classification program replacement threshold; generating an updated classification program; and replacing the current classification program with the updated classification program based at least in part on the determining that the difference between the first and second state estimates is greater than the classification program replacement threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Timothy Alan Swift, Nicolas Cox, Kevin Conrad Kemper