Patents by Inventor Mehmet Can Yildirim

Mehmet Can Yildirim 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: 20220354729
    Abstract: A wearable lower extremity exoskeleton for regenerating a lower body motion functionality of paraplegic patients is provided. The wearable lower extremity exoskeleton has four active DOF and each DOF provided by an actuator disposed around a hip level and a back and/or a front of a user and provided by articulations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicant: OZYEGIN UNIVERSITESI
    Inventors: Mehmet Can YILDIRIM, Barkan UGURLU, Polat SENDUR, Sinan EMRE, Mustafa DERMAN, Sinan CORUK
  • Patent number: 11465278
    Abstract: A robotic manipulator, comprising: a platform (302); a first pair of pneumatic artificial muscle (PAM) devices (112,114) coupled to the platform (302) at a first end of the first pair of PAM devices; a second pair of PAM devices (116, 118) coupled to the platform (302) at a first end of the second pair of PAM devices; a first pulley (342) coupling the first pair of PAM devices via a first belt (132) at a second end of the first pair of PAM devices; a second pulley (344) coupling the second pair of PAM devices via a second belt (134) at a second end of the second pair of PAM devices; a U-joint (160) positioned between the first and second pulleys, wherein the first pulley (342), the second pulley (344), and the U-joint (160) are rotatable along a pitch axis (P1), a yaw axis (Y1), and a roll axis (R1); and an actuated object (170) coupled to the U-joint (160), wherein motion of one of the first belt (132) of the first pair of PAM devices, the second belt (134) of the second pair of PAM devices, and both the fir
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: OZYEGIN UNIVERSITESI
    Inventors: Mehmet Can Yildirim, Ozkan Bebek, Regaip Barkan Ugurlu
  • Publication number: 20220048184
    Abstract: A robotic manipulator, comprising: a platform (302); a first pair of pneumatic artificial muscle (PAM) devices (112,114) coupled to the platform (302) at a first end of the first pair of PAM devices; a second pair of PAM devices (116, 118) coupled to the platform (302) at a first end of the second pair of PAM devices; a first pulley (342) coupling the first pair of PAM devices via a first belt (132) at a second end of the first pair of PAM devices; a second pulley (344) coupling the second pair of PAM devices via a second belt (134) at a second end of the second pair of PAM devices; a U-joint (160) positioned between the first and second pulleys, wherein the first pulley (342), the second pulley (344), and the U-joint (160) are rotatable along a pitch axis (P1), a yaw axis (Y1), and a roll axis (R1); and an actuated object (170) coupled to the U-joint (160), wherein motion of one of the first belt (132) of the first pair of PAM devices, the second belt (134) of the second pair of PAM devices, and both the fir
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Mehmet Can Yildirim, Ozkan Bebek, Regaip Barkan Ugurlu