Patents by Inventor Ludovic TESSIER

Ludovic TESSIER 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).

  • Key for actuating a plurality of humanoid robot mechanisms
    Patent number: 10335960
    Abstract: An equipment item comprising a key and a humanoid-type robot comprising several mechanisms that can be actuated from outside the robot, wherein each of the mechanisms comprises a connection interface into which the key can be inserted, the connection interface of each of the mechanisms being configured such that the insertion of the key actuates the mechanism. The key comprises two slender fingers inserted simultaneously into two longitudinal orifices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: SOFTBANK ROBOTICS EUROPE
    Inventors: Ludovic Tessier, Claude Fritsch
  • Shock-absorbing device for a humanoid robot
    Patent number: 10300613
    Abstract: A shock-absorbing device for a humanoid robot, comprises a rigid structure linked to the humanoid robot, a deformable outer shell, and a shock-absorber; the shock-absorber consisting of a flexible cellular structure comprising a set of cells emerging in a main direction, and being secured to the rigid structure at a first end in the main direction, and linked to the deformable outer shell at a second end opposite the first in the main direction. Advantageously, the outer shell is also linked directly to the rigid structure by means of at least one absorbent fixing of silent block type. The invention relates also to a humanoid robot, and in particular the head of a humanoid robot, comprising such a shock-absorbing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Inventors: Vincent Clerc, Ludovic Tessier, Fabien Mugnier
  • KEY FOR ACTUATING A PLURALITY OF HUMANOID ROBOT MECHANISMS
    Publication number: 20170072575
    Abstract: An equipment item comprising a key and a humanoid-type robot comprising several mechanisms that can be actuated from outside the robot, wherein each of the mechanisms comprises a connection interface into which the key can be inserted, the connection interface of each of the mechanisms being configured such that the insertion of the key actuates the mechanism. The key comprises two slender fingers inserted simultaneously into two longitudinal orifices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Ludovic TESSIER, Claude FRITSCH
  • SHOCK-ABSORBING DEVICE FOR A HUMANOID ROBOT
    Publication number: 20170043487
    Abstract: A shock-absorbing device for a humanoid robot, comprises a rigid structure linked to the humanoid robot, a deformable outer shell, and a shock-absorber; the shock-absorber consisting of a flexible cellular structure comprising a set of cells emerging in a main direction, and being secured to the rigid structure at a first end in the main direction, and linked to the deformable outer shell at a second end opposite the first in the main direction. Advantageously, the outer shell is also linked directly to the rigid structure by means of at least one absorbent fixing of silent block type. The invention relates also to a humanoid robot, and in particular the head of a humanoid robot, comprising such a shock-absorbing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Vincent CLERC, Ludovic TESSIER, Fabien MUGNIER