Patents by Inventor Tolga Akkoc

Tolga Akkoc 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).

  • Hands-free powered mobility device
    Patent number: 7748490
    Abstract: An electrically operable wheelchair having a seat, a base with a pair of motors respectively coupled with the main support wheels, a position detection assembly, and a controller coupled with the position detection assembly and the motors for controlling wheelchair operation in order to effect desired wheelchair movements. The hands-free input device of the invention, which includes the position detection assembly and a position detection device, provides input signals representative of desired wheelchair movements to the controller. The position detection device detects the position of the seat. Movement of the seat, rather than a joystick, creates the voltage signals which are then transmitted to the wheelchair controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: M. Jeffrey Hornick, Merry Lynn Morris, Scott Bayus, Erin Smalley, Tolga Akkoc, Konstantin Popov, Peter Schrock
  • HANDS-FREE POWERED MOBILITY DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090000850
    Abstract: An electrically operable wheelchair having a seat, a base with a pair of motors respectively coupled with the main support wheels, a position detection assembly, and a controller coupled with the position detection assembly and the motors for controlling wheelchair operation in order to effect desired wheelchair movements. The hands-free input device of the invention, which includes the position detection assembly and a position detection device, provides input signals representative of desired wheelchair movements to the controller. The position detection device detects the position of the seat. Movement of the seat, rather than a joystick, creates the voltage signals which are then transmitted to the wheelchair controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
    Inventors: M. Jeffrey Hornick, Merry Lynn Morris, Scott Bayus, Erin Smalley, Tolga Akkoc, Konstantin Popov, Peter Schrock