Patents by Inventor Kyle Allen Lamson
Kyle Allen Lamson 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).
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Patent number: 12324780Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: ROAM ROBOTICS INC.Inventors: Kyle Allen Lamson, Austin Campbell, Ashley Swartz, Robert Stuart, Kevin Conrad Kemper, Phil Long, Jared Jones, Garrett Hurley, Timothy Alan Swift
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Patent number: 11931307Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Roam Robotics Inc.Inventors: Kyle Allen Lamson, Austin Campbell, Ashley Swartz, Robert Stuart, Kevin Conrad Kemper, Phil Long, Jared Jones, Garrett Hurley, Timothy Alan Swift
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Publication number: 20230327604Abstract: A solar tracking system comprising a plurality of solar modules disposed adjacent to each other in a common plane, the plurality of solar modules having respective top and bottom faces and respective opposing first and second edges, the first edges defining a leading edge and the second edges being a trailing edge where the leading edge of the plurality of solar modules is configured to be oriented into a primary air flow such that a primary air flow direction is from the leading edge of the plurality of solar modules to the trailing edge of the plurality of solar modules; and at least one leading edge add-on having an elongated body coupled to and extending from the leading edge of a plurality of the plurality of solar modules, the at least one leading edge add-on having a profile that provides one or more aerodynamic benefits to the plurality of solar modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Jonathan Glenn Luedke, Kyle Allen Lamson, Peter Aumann, Jeffrey Charles Lamb, Leila Marcia Madrone, Jonah Sternthal
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Publication number: 20230299711Abstract: A solar tracker system comprising a solar tracker. The solar tracker includes one or more solar panels and a first dampening assembly comprising a dampener that provides dampening of rotation of the one or more solar panels to provide for dampening of the solar tracker and the one or more solar panels, the dampener reducing undesirable oscillations of the one or more solar panels of the solar tracker.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Victoria Macomber, Jeffrey Charles Lamb, Matthew N Schneider, Christopher Oestreich, Eric Preston Lien Suan, Louis Hong Basel, Saul Thomas Griffith, Peter Aumann, Kyle Allen Lamson, Jonah Sternthal, Eleanor Blair, Nicholas Andrew Catalan, Amando Luke Miller
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Patent number: 11683003Abstract: A solar tracker system comprising one or more tracker rotation control systems that include: a curved gear plate; and a locking element configured to lock the solar tracker system in a first configuration.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: SUNFOLDING, INC.Inventors: Victoria Macomber, Jeffrey Charles Lamb, Matthew N Schneider, Christopher Oestreich, Eric Preston Lien Suan, Louis Hong Basel, Saul Thomas Griffith, Peter Aumann, Kyle Allen Lamson, Jonah Sternthal, Eleanor Blair, Nicholas Andrew Catalan, Amando Luke Miller
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Publication number: 20230139980Abstract: A method of manufacturing a fluidic actuator that comprising generating a member that includes a web and a pair of cavities and closing the cavities by closing one or more respective openings of the cavities to generate a first closed bladder and a second closed bladder.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Leila Marcia Madrone, Stephen Picone, Samaneh Fakhimi, Padmalatha Kakanuru, Kyle Allen Lamson, Erica S. C. Lin, Kyle Betts, Jeffrey Charles Lamb, Christopher Oestreich
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Publication number: 20210399679Abstract: A solar tracker system comprising one or more tracker rotation control systems that include: a curved gear plate; and a locking element configured to lock the solar tracker system in a first configuration.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Victoria Macomber, Jeffrey Charles Lamb, Matthew N Schneider, Christopher Oestreich, Eric Preston Lien Suan, Louis Hong Basel, Saul Thomas Griffith, Peter Aumann, Kyle Allen Lamson, Jonah Sternthal, Eleanor Blair, Nicholas Andrew Catalan, Amando Luke Miller
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Publication number: 20210275383Abstract: A fluidic exoskeleton system that comprises a fluidic actuator unit configured to be associated with a user wearing the fluidic exoskeleton system, the fluidic actuator unit including: a rotatable joint a first and second plate coupled to the rotatable joint and an inflatable actuator extending between the first and second plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2021Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Callum Russell Lamb, Giancarlo Sigurd Sante Nucci, Kyle Allen Lamson, Timothy Alan Swift, Brenton Piercy, Peter Sturt Lynn
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Publication number: 20210177686Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Kyle Allen Lamson, Austin Campbell, Ashley Swartz, Robert Stuart, Kevin Conrad Kemper, Phil Long, Jared Jones, Garrett Hurley, Timothy Alan Swift
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Publication number: 20210177687Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Kyle Allen Lamson, Austin Campbell, Ashley Swartz, Robert Stuart, Kevin Conrad Kemper, Phil Long, Jared Jones, Garrett Hurley, Timothy Alan Swift
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Patent number: 11033450Abstract: A fluidic exoskeleton system. The system can include one or more fluidic actuator units that have: a joint; a first and second arm coupled to the joint; an inflatable bellows actuator extending between a first and second plate associated with the joint, the inflatable bellows actuator defining a bellows cavity, the inflatable bellows actuator configured to extend along a length of the bellows actuator when inflated by introducing fluid into the bellows cavity; and one or more constraint ribs extending from the joint and surrounding portions of the bellows actuator along the length of the bellows actuator.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: ROAM ROBOTICS INC.Inventors: Callum Russell Lamb, Giancarlo Sigurd Sante Nucci, Kyle Allen Lamson, Timothy Alan Swift, Brenton Piercy, Peter Sturt Lynn
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Publication number: 20200253807Abstract: A fluidic actuator unit that includes a joint, a first arm coupled to the joint, a second arm coupled to the joint; and an inflatable bellows actuator extending between a first and second plate associated with the joint, the inflatable bellows actuator defining a bellows cavity, the inflatable bellows actuator configured to extend along a length of the bellows actuator when inflated by introducing fluid into the bellows cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventors: Callum Russell Lamb, Giancarlo Sigurd Sante Nucci, Kyle Allen Lamson, Timothy Alan Swift, Brenton Piercy, Peter Sturt Lynn
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Publication number: 20180296425Abstract: A fluidic exoskeleton system. The system can include one or more fluidic actuator units that have: a joint; a first and second arm coupled to the joint; an inflatable bellows actuator extending between a first and second plate associated with the joint, the inflatable bellows actuator defining a bellows cavity, the inflatable bellows actuator configured to extend along a length of the bellows actuator when inflated by introducing fluid into the bellows cavity; and one or more constraint ribs extending from the joint and surrounding portions of the bellows actuator along the length of the bellows actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2018Publication date: October 18, 2018Inventors: Callum Russell Lamb, Giancarlo Sigurd Sante Nucci, Kyle Allen Lamson, Timothy Alan Swift, Brenton Piercy, Peter Sturt Lynn