Patents by Inventor Stig Stoa

Stig Stoa 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).

  • Modular robot
    Patent number: 12515314
    Abstract: A modular robot (11) has an elongated body portion (14) including at least one interchangeable module (29) having an elongated profile containing circuitry configured to implement a predetermined functionality of the robot. At least one motherboard (37) is disposed at at least one end of the robot and is configured to connect to the module circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2026
    Assignee: Equanostic AS
    Inventors: Oyvind Lunde Hodneland, Andreas Reason Dahl, Stig Stoa
  • Hybrid sensor head for surface inspection and method of use
    Patent number: 12403587
    Abstract: A hybrid sensor head (12) for inspecting a surface includes a casing (28) supporting at least one pair of pulse transceivers emitting respective pulses through a medium at different propagation speeds toward the surface and for receiving therefrom respective reflected pulses. The transceivers (50, 57) in each pair are configured to emit respective pulses to a common location of the surface and are mutually displaced such that a respective round-trip propagation distance for each pair of pulses differs by a known amount. At least two measurements are obtained from each pair of sensors at different times allowing computation of range and velocity for each transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: Equanostic AS
    Inventors: Stig Stoa, Andreas Reason Dahl, Oyvind Lunde Hodneland, Tore Lie Sirevaag
  • MODULAR ROBOT
    Publication number: 20250256392
    Abstract: A modular robot (11) has an elongated body portion (14) including at least one interchangeable module (29) having an elongated profile containing circuitry configured to implement a predetermined functionality of the robot. At least one motherboard (37) is disposed at at least one end of the robot and is configured to connect to the module circuitry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2023
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Applicant: Equanostic AS
    Inventors: Oyvind Lunde Hodneland, Andreas Reason Dahl, Stig Stoa
  • HYBRID SENSOR HEAD FOR SURFACE INSPECTION AND METHOD OF USE
    Publication number: 20250258138
    Abstract: A hybrid sensor head (12) for inspecting a surface includes a casing (28) supporting at least one pair of pulse transceivers emitting respective pulses through a medium at different propagation speeds toward the surface and for receiving therefrom respective reflected pulses. The transceivers (50, 57) in each pair are configured to emit respective pulses to a common location of the surface and are mutually displaced such that a respective round-trip propagation distance for each pair of pulses differs by a known amount. At least two measurements are obtained from each pair of sensors at different times allowing computation of range and velocity for each transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Applicant: Equanostic AS
    Inventors: Stig Stoa, Andreas Reason Dahl, Oyvind Lunde Hodneland, Tore Lie Sirevaag