Patents by Inventor Ross Fleming

Ross Fleming 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).

  • Patent number: 11731288
    Abstract: A gripper mechanism includes a stator and a pair of mobile grippers moveably coupled to the stator via a linear bearing, the stator comprising a housing and a permanent magnet mounted within the housing, the mobile gripper comprising a support portion, a coil mounted on the support portion, and a gripper finger coupled to the support portion. The gripper mechanism further includes at least one magnetic locking mechanism comprising at least a first permanent magnet mounted on one of the stator and the mobile grippers, and a complementary soft magnetic material portion or magnet mounted on the other of the stator and the mobile grippers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: KOMP-ACT SA
    Inventors: Ross Fleming, Marcel Jufer
  • Patent number: 11456655
    Abstract: Embodiments described include a electrical linear motor comprising a stator and an actuation shaft movable in a linear axial direction with respect to the stator. The stator comprising a casing, an electromagnet array mounted in the casing. The electromagnet array comprising a central orifice extending in the linear axial direction within which the actuation shaft extends. The actuation shaft comprising a permanent magnet arrangement comprising a plurality of magnetic pole segments. The electromagnetic array comprising a plurality of electromagnets to generate a magnetic field that in conjunction with the magnetic field of the permanent magnet arrangement generates an electromotive force between the stator and actuation shaft having a component in the axial direction to drive the actuation shaft relative to the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: KOMP-ACT SA
    Inventors: Salvatore De Benedictis, Marcel Jufer, Ross Fleming
  • Patent number: 10301925
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system that has a first sensor assembly coupled to a mobile platform that traverses a predetermined subsurface path and has an axis of motion. The first sensor assembly obtains a gravity vector of the Earth relative to the mobile platform. A second sensor assembly is disposed in substantial alignment with a predetermined position relative to the axis of motion and is characterized by a sensitivity axis. The second sensor assembly provides a sensor signal substantially corresponding to a single vector component of the Earth's rotation vector. A control system is configured to derive the path direction relative to a known direction and an inclination angle of the mobile platform relative to the surface based on the gravity vector and the single vector component of the Earth's rotation vector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Vector Magnetics, LLC
    Inventors: Arthur F. Kuckes, Justin Armstrong, Ross Fleming
  • Publication number: 20160281493
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a system that has a first sensor assembly coupled to a mobile platform that traverses a predetermined subsurface path and has an axis of motion. The first sensor assembly obtains a gravity vector of the Earth relative to the mobile platform. A second sensor assembly is disposed in substantial alignment with a predetermined position relative to the axis of motion and is characterized by a sensitivity axis. The second sensor assembly provides a sensor signal substantially corresponding to a single vector component of the Earth's rotation vector. A control system is configured to derive the path direction relative to a known direction and an inclination angle of the mobile platform relative to the surface based on the gravity vector and the single vector component of the Earth's rotation vector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: Vector Magnetics, LLC
    Inventors: Arthur F. Kuckes, Justin Armstrong, Ross Fleming