Patents by Inventor Pascal Alain Lafourcade

Pascal Alain Lafourcade 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).

  • MOTORIZED JOINT WITH TWO PIVOT CONNECTIONS AND HUMANOID ROBOT WHICH IMPLEMENTS THE JOINT
    Publication number: 20110048158
    Abstract: The invention relates to a motorized joint with two pivot connections and to a humanoid robot which implements the joint. The joint comprises two pivot connections, the axes of which are not parallel, a first motor (20) which drives a first one of the two pivot connections by means of a first speed reducer (21), and a second motor (22) which drives a second one (17) of the two pivot connections by means of a second speed reducer (23). According to the invention, one of the two reducers (23) comprises a bevel gear (34) between the motor (22) and the pivot connection (17) which are associated by this reducer (23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: ALDEBARAN ROBOTICS
    Inventors: Bruno Maisonnier, Pascal Alain Lafourcade, Romain Matthieu Pascal Fischesser