Patents by Inventor Leonard T. Lilliston, III

Leonard T. Lilliston, III 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).

  • Robot having predetermined orientation
    Patent number: 11562921
    Abstract: A method including: locating a shaft of a rotor relative to a stator of a motor, locating a robot arm mount on the shaft, temporarily stationarily fixing the robot arm mount relative to the stator at a predetermined rotational location relative to the stator, and while the robot arm mount is temporarily stationarily fixed relative to the stator at the predetermined rotational location, stationarily fixing the robot arm mount to the shaft by a connection, where the connection allows the robot arm mount to be stationarily fixed to the shaft at one of a plurality of angular orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Persimmon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Hosek, Leonard T. Lilliston, III, Sripati Sah
  • Robot Having Predetermined Orientation
    Publication number: 20190148199
    Abstract: An apparatus including a stator configured to be stationarily connected to a housing; and a rotor configured to have a robot arm connected thereto. The rotor includes a shaft and an robot arm mount adjustably connected to the shaft. The stator and the rotor include mechanical reference locators to temporarily stationarily locate the robot arm mount to the stator for subsequently stationarily fixing the robot arm mount to the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Martin Hosek, Leonard T. Lilliston, III, Sripati Sah
  • Robot arm mount with temporary mechanical reference locator
    Patent number: 10181416
    Abstract: An apparatus including a stator configured to be stationarily connected to a housing; and a rotor configured to have a robot arm connected thereto. The rotor includes a shaft and an robot arm mount adjustably connected to the shaft. The stator and the rotor include mechanical reference locators to temporarily stationarily locate the robot arm mount to the stator for subsequently stationarily fixing the robot arm mount to the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Persimmon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Hosek, Leonard T. Lilliston, III, Sripati Sah
  • Robot Having Predetermined Orientation
    Publication number: 20170004986
    Abstract: An apparatus including a stator configured to be stationarily connected to a housing; and a rotor configured to have a robot arm connected thereto. The rotor includes a shaft and an robot arm mount adjustably connected to the shaft. The stator and the rotor include mechanical reference locators to temporarily stationarily locate the robot arm mount to the stator for subsequently stationarily fixing the robot arm mount to the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Martin HOSEK, Leonard T. LILLISTON, III, Sripati SAH
  • Robot having interchangeability features
    Patent number: 9478451
    Abstract: An apparatus including a stator configured to be stationarily connected to a housing; and a rotor configured to have a robot arm connected thereto. The rotor includes a shaft and an robot arm mount adjustably connected to the shaft. The stator and the rotor include mechanical reference locators to temporarily stationarily locate the robot arm mount to the stator for subsequently stationarily fixing the robot arm mount to the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Persimmon Technologies, Corp.
    Inventors: Martin Hosek, Leonard T. Lilliston, III, Sripati Sah
  • Robot edge contact gripper
    Patent number: 8801069
    Abstract: An apparatus for gripping a substrate on its peripheral edge including a substrate support having proximate and distal ends, at least one distal rest pad disposed at the distal end, the at least one distal rest pad includes a back stop portion and is configured to support the peripheral edge of the substrate, at least one proximate rest pad disposed at the proximate end, the at least one proximate rest pad being configured to support the peripheral edge of the substrate, and an active contact member assembly disposed at the proximate end, the active contact member assembly including a pusher member, a contact member and a rotatable coupling member that are reciprocably movable towards the distal end for urging the substrate against the back stop portion, the contact member being rotatably secured to the pusher member and free to rotate about an axis of the rotatable coupling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Brooks Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Hosek, Jayaraman Krishnasamy, Leonard T. Lilliston, III
  • ROBOT EDGE CONTACT GRIPPER
    Publication number: 20110241367
    Abstract: An apparatus for gripping a substrate on its peripheral edge including a substrate support having proximate and distal ends, at least one distal rest pad disposed at the distal end, the at least one distal rest pad includes a back stop portion and is configured to support the peripheral edge of the substrate, at least one proximate rest pad disposed at the proximate end, the at least one proximate rest pad being configured to support the peripheral edge of the substrate, and an active contact member assembly disposed at the proximate end, the active contact member assembly including a pusher member, a contact member and a rotatable coupling member that are reciprocably movable towards the distal end for urging the substrate against the back stop portion, the contact member being rotatably secured to the pusher member and free to rotate about an axis of the rotatable coupling member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Brooks Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Hosek, Jayaraman Krishnasamy, Leonard T. Lilliston, III