Patents by Inventor Thane Robert Hunt

Thane Robert Hunt 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).

  • UTILZING ONE OR MORE SENSORS TO DETECT MUSCLE ACTIVATION
    Publication number: 20250387071
    Abstract: A muscle activation sensing system includes a mechanical sensor mounted on a body part and is configured to detect a change in a muscle associated with the body part. A location of the muscle activation sensing system on the body part is determined. A control signal is derived based on the detected change in the muscle associated with the body part and the determined location. The control signal is outputted to a device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2025
    Publication date: December 25, 2025
    Inventors: Thane Robert Hunt, Samuel William Austin Lazarus
  • Device for enhancing grip strength
    Patent number: 12434096
    Abstract: A hand exercise device includes a first wrist bracelet; a second wrist bracelet removably coupleable to the first wrist bracelet; an actuator mounted on the second wrist bracelet with an extendable loop powered by the actuator; and a fingertip brace coupled to the first wrist bracelet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Inventor: Thane Robert Hunt
  • Device for enhancing grip strength
    Publication number: 20240050802
    Abstract: A hand exercise device includes a first wrist bracelet; a second wrist bracelet removably coupleable to the first wrist bracelet; an actuator mounted on the second wrist bracelet with an extendable loop powered by the actuator; and a fingertip brace coupled to the first wrist bracelet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventor: Thane Robert Hunt
  • Prosthetic fingertip end effectors
    Patent number: 10869773
    Abstract: A prosthetic finger includes a main body and a terminal gripper at an end of the main body for enabling fine-motor grasping skills. The terminal gripper has at least two tongs movable relative to one another. The prosthetic finger includes a gripping mode and a flexion mode. In the gripping mode, the tongs of the terminal gripper are able to move relative to one another while the main body is not able to flex, and in the flexion mode, the main body is able to flex while the at two tongs is not able to move relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: College Park Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Carlos Humberto Martinez-Luna, Michael Alfred Delph, II, Taylor Raven Duckworth, Todd Richard Farrell, Thane Robert Hunt, Craig Malone Kelly, Kevin Edward Keough, Carlton Winslow King, Benjamin Douglas Pulver, Todd William Roberts, Benjamin Edward McDonald
  • Biologically-inspired joints and systems and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 10632626
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a biologically-inspired robotic device comprising: a first member; a second member pivotably connected to the first member; one or more actuators; and a coupler/decoupler mechanism (CDC) selectively coupling or decoupling of the one or more actuators to the second member, such that, when the one or more actuators are coupled to the second member, the one or more actuators act to pivot the second member relative to the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Marko B. Popovic, Matthew Paul Bowers, Thane Robert Hunt, Lynn Robert Koesterman, Michael Pickett, Richard Matthew Rafferty, Saivimal Sridar, Seiichiro Ueda, Varun Visnudas Verlencar, Amaid Zia, Ananth Jonnavittula
  • PROSTHETIC FINGERTIP END EFFECTORS
    Publication number: 20190105184
    Abstract: A prosthetic finger includes a main body and a terminal gripper at an end of the main body for enabling fine-motor grasping skills. The terminal gripper has at least two tongs movable relative to one another. The prosthetic finger includes a gripping mode and a flexion mode. In the gripping mode, the tongs of the terminal gripper are able to move relative to one another while the main body is not able to flex, and in the flexion mode, the main body is able to flex while the at two tongs is not able to move relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Carlos Humberto Martinez-Luna, Michael Alfred Delph, II, Taylor Raven Duckworth, Todd Richard Farrell, Thane Robert Hunt, Craig Malone Kelly, Kevin Edward Keough, Carlton Winslow King, Benjamin Douglas Pulver, Todd William Roberts, Benjamin Edward McDonald
  • BIOLOGICALLY-INSPIRED JOINTS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20170368696
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a biologically-inspired robotic device comprising: a first member; a second member pivotably connected to the first member; one or more actuators; and a coupler/decoupler mechanism (CDC) selectively coupling or decoupling of the one or more actuators to the second member, such that, when the one or more actuators are coupled to the second member, the one or more actuators act to pivot the second member relative to the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Marko B. Popovic, Matthew Paul Bowers, Thane Robert Hunt, Lynn Robert Koesterman, Michael Pickett, Richard Matthew Rafferty, Saivimal Sridar, Seiichiro Ueda, Varun Visnudas Verlencar, Amaid Zia, Ananth Jonnavittula