Patents by Inventor Robert J. Stephens

Robert J. Stephens 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: 20250235275
    Abstract: Devices to control a movement or instrument function of a robotic arm of a surgical robotic system include a first foot pedal with a button, a second foot pedal with a button, and a connector. The connector includes a first and second end and a top and bottom side. The top side of the first end is attached to a bottom side of the button of the first foot pedal, and the second end is configured to be positioned under a bottom side of the button of a second foot pedal to interlock the first foot pedal with the second foot pedal. When a force moves the button of the second foot pedal to a position, the button of the second foot pedal moves the connector which subsequently moves the button of the first foot pedal to an activation position to send an input signal to a surgical console.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Graham J. Barrett, Sara A. Malang, Robert J. Stephens, Chelsea E. Walbridge, Christopher T. Tschudy, Dylan R. Kingsley, Daniel A. Joseph, James D. Allen, IV
  • Publication number: 20250127555
    Abstract: A surgical system includes a robotic surgical system and a surgical instrument. The robotic surgical system includes at least one motor, at least one foot pedal, and a controller. The surgical instrument includes a pair of jaw members, a knife blade configured to cut tissue, and a drive assembly configured to cause the pair of jaw members to seal grasped tissue in response to actuation of the at least one foot pedal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher T. Tschudy, Dylan R. Kingsley, Andrew w. Zeccola, Zachary T. Morgan, Amanda M. Masotta, Robert J. Stephens, Sara A. Malang
  • Patent number: 12253057
    Abstract: A hydraulic turbine motor has a rotor housing and a rotor rotatably supported in the rotor housing that defines a plurality of rotor chambers arranged circumferentially about the rotor in which each rotor chamber has a respective outlet port. Injectors are supported at circumferentially spaced locations about the housing so as to be arranged to inject hydraulic fluid in a generally tangential direction relative to the rotor axis into selected ones of the rotor chambers in which the injectors include first and second injectors. A valve mechanism is configured to open any outlet port in which the respective rotor chamber is in communication with one of the first injectors and to maintain closed any outlet port in which the respective rotor chamber is in communication with one of the second injectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Inventors: Robert J. Stephens, Alvin Gregorash
  • Publication number: 20240280072
    Abstract: A hydraulic turbine motor has a rotor housing and a rotor rotatably supported in the rotor housing that defines a plurality of rotor chambers arranged circumferentially about the rotor in which each rotor chamber has a respective outlet port. Injectors are supported at circumferentially spaced locations about the housing so as to be arranged to inject hydraulic fluid in a generally tangential direction relative to the rotor axis into selected ones of the rotor chambers in which the injectors include at least one first injector and at least one second injector. A valve mechanism is configured to open any outlet port in which the respective rotor chamber is in communication with said at least one first injector and to maintain closed any outlet port in which the respective rotor chamber is in communication with said at least one second injector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Robert J. Stephens, Alvin Gregorash
  • Patent number: 5593262
    Abstract: A removable plastic automobile boss has a body formed with a bore for receiving a threaded fastener. A flat seating flange is formed on the front portion of the body, the flange including left and right ears respectively protruding outwardly from the left and right sides of the body. Top and bottom ramp-shaped engagement abutments are formed on the body. Further, a slit is formed on the body such that the top and bottom engagement abutments ride against the periphery of an instrument panel receptacle when the boss is advanced into the receptacle, thereby causing the top and bottom halves to be urged toward each other to permit the boss to be fully inserted into the receptacle. The front portion snappingly resumes an engaged configuration when the engagement abutments clear the periphery to sandwich the periphery between the engagement abutments and the seating flange to engage the boss with the instrument panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Dale G. Gedeon, Mark B. Schatz, Robert J. Stephens, Shawn E. Roberts
  • Patent number: 5203422
    Abstract: A monitor system detects and disables a vehicle driving the wrong way on a one-way road or traffic lane. An alarm warns the driver of the unsafe condition and operation of the vehicle four-way flasher warns other motorists. The system includes a light transmitter and receiver, and controls to disable the vehicle and operate the alarm and four-way flasher. Light is transmitted forward, where it may strike a reflector mounted on a post or other structure associated with the road or lane being monitored. Upon detecting reflected light, the system operates. The system is reset after operation by using the ignition switch to start the engine. Selection of reverse gear overrides the system, permitting a vehicle to back away from a directionally restricted road or traffic lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Inventors: William E. Estep, Robert J. Stephens
  • Patent number: D985588
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Jared N. Farlow, Robert J. Stephens, Elizabeth Lauren Lu, Edbert C. Wang, Margaret A. Jacobi, Sonya H. Mead, Tara M. Kovalik, Leslie Johnston
  • Patent number: D988352
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Jared N. Farlow, Robert J. Stephens, Elizabeth Lauren Lu, Edbert C. Wang, Margaret A. Jacobi, Sonya H. Mead, Tara M. Kovalik
  • Patent number: D988361
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Jared N. Farlow, Robert J. Stephens, Elizabeth Lauren Lu, Edbert C. Wang, Margaret A. Jacobi, Sonya H. Mead, Tara M. Kovalik
  • Patent number: D989118
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Jared N. Farlow, Robert J. Stephens, Elizabeth Lauren Lu, Edbert C. Wang, Margaret A. Jacobi, Sonya H. Mead, Tara M. Kovalik
  • Patent number: D991963
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Jared N. Farlow, Robert J. Stephens, Elizabeth Lauren Lu, Edbert C. Wang, Margaret A. Jacobi, Sonya H. Mead, Tara M. Kovalik
  • Patent number: D991971
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Jared N. Farlow, Robert J. Stephens, Elizabeth Lauren Lu, Edbert C. Wang, Margaret A. Jacobi, Sonya H. Mead, Tara M. Kovalik
  • Patent number: D992569
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Jared N. Farlow, Robert J. Stephens, Elizabeth Lauren Lu, Edbert C. Wang, Margaret A. Jacobi, Sonya H. Mead, Tara M. Kovalik
  • Patent number: D992587
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Jared N. Farlow, Robert J. Stephens, Elizabeth Lauren Lu, Edbert C. Wang, Margaret A. Jacobi, Sonya H. Mead, Tara M. Kovalik
  • Patent number: D992588
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Jared N. Farlow, Robert J. Stephens, Elizabeth Lauren Lu, Edbert C. Wang, Margaret A. Jacobi, Sonya H. Mead, Tara M. Kovalik
  • Patent number: D993983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Jared N. Farlow, Robert J. Stephens, Elizabeth Lauren Lu, Edbert C. Wang, Margaret A. Jacobi, Sonya H. Mead, Tara M. Kovalik
  • Patent number: D1003915
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Jared N. Farlow, Robert J. Stephens, Elizabeth Lauren Lu, Edbert C. Wang, Margaret A. Jacobi, Sonya H. Mead, Tara M. Kovalik, Elizabeth A. Renda
  • Patent number: D1039558
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Jared N. Farlow, Robert J. Stephens, Elizabeth Lauren Lu, Edbert C. Wang, Margaret A. Jacobi, Sonya H. Mead, Tara M. Kovalik