Patents by Inventor Samuel T. Mason

Samuel T. Mason 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENTLY EXCHANGING END EFFECTOR TOOLS
    Publication number: 20250083334
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of changing a tool on a programmable motion device. The method includes the steps of moving an attachment portion of an end effector of the programmable motion device in a continuous motion; while the attachment portion of the end effector moves in the continuous motion, engaging one of: the attachment portion of the end effector with the tool, or the tool attached to the attachment portion of the end effector with an exchange system, and continuing to move the attachment portion of the end effector in the continuous motion to change a connection status of the attachment portion of the end effector while the attachment portion of the end effector moves in the continuous motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Thomas WAGNER, John Richard Amend, JR., William Farmer, Andrew Gauthier, Victoria Hinchey, Kyle Maroney, Matthew T. Mason, Richard Musgrave, Samuel Naseef, Thomas Allen
  • Excavator bucket
    Patent number: 4668156
    Abstract: An excavator bucket of improved versatility is characterized by having gripper means to enable the bucket to grip an object to be lifted and also by being mounted so that it is capable of pivotal movement about two independent axes which are substantially at right angles to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1985
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1987
    Inventor: Samuel T. Mason