Patents by Inventor Theodore A. Uyeno

Theodore A. Uyeno 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).

  • Elastic motor-spring actuator
    Patent number: 10247173
    Abstract: An actuator according to one embodiment of the present invention may include a fixed member and a free member. The free member is operatively engaged with the fixed member so that the free member is moveable with respect to the fixed member. The actuator also includes means for moving the free member with respect to the fixed member. An elastic element operatively associated with the free member and the fixed member is operable to store energy without a change in an overall length of the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, ACTING FOR AND ON BEHALF OF, NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kiisa Nishikawa, Theodore A. Uyeno
  • ELASTIC MOTOR-SPRING ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20160084235
    Abstract: An actuator according to one embodiment of the present invention may include a fixed member and a free member. The free member is operatively engaged with the fixed member so that the free member is moveable with respect to the fixed member. The actuator also includes means for moving the free member with respect to the fixed member. An elastic element operatively associated with the free member and the fixed member is operable to store energy without a change in an overall length of the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Kiisa Nishikawa, Theodore A. Uyeno
  • Elastic motor-spring actuator
    Patent number: 9222559
    Abstract: An actuator according to one embodiment of the present invention may include a fixed member and a free member. The free member is operatively engaged with the fixed member so that the free member is moveable with respect to the fixed member. The actuator also includes means for moving the free member with respect to the fixed member. An elastic element operatively associated with the free member and the fixed member is operable to store energy without a change in an overall length of the actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, acting for and on behalf of Northern Arizona University
    Inventors: Kiisa Nishikawa, Theodore A. Uyeno
  • ELASTIC MOTOR-SPRING ACTUATOR
    Publication number: 20120074795
    Abstract: An actuator according to one embodiment of the present invention may include a fixed member and a free member. The free member is operatively engaged with the fixed member so that the free member is moveable with respect to the fixed member. The actuator also includes means for moving the free member with respect to the fixed member. An elastic element operatively associated with the free member and the fixed member is operable to store energy without a change in an overall length of the actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS, acting for and on behalf of, NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kiisa Nishikawa, Theodore A. Uyeno