Patents by Inventor Vahid ALIZADEHYAZDI

Vahid ALIZADEHYAZDI 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).

  • AUTOMATED AVOCADO PROCESSING SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD
    Publication number: 20240099495
    Abstract: An automated avocado processing system for cutting an avocado in half, removing the pit, and extracting the flesh from the peel includes a plurality of functional assemblies arranged on a frame. Exemplary stations include a loading assembly, cutting assembly, peeling station, and food collection assembly. Computer and electronics are programmed and operable to control the automated stations. Related methods are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Arthur Francois David Levy, Alan Hong, Vahid Alizadehyazdi, Amar Jyothiprakash, Aaron Lucas, Blake Edward Winner, Manomit Bal, Praveen Nooli, Felix Alvarez, Elvis Junior Palma, Stanislav Moiseyenko, Daren Miles, Yuri Litvinov
  • Soft, adaptive, self-cleaning electrostatic gecko-like adhesive and gripper
    Patent number: 11872691
    Abstract: An adhesive apparatus with an electrostatic adhesive including a microstructured adhesive disposed over an electrode and/or a piezoelectric element. The adhesive can be added to any robotic gripper, such as a gripper finger formed of a flexible material and including a grip surface. The electrode and/or a piezoelectric element can be used for applying an electrostatic field and/or ultrasonic vibration, configured for cleaning the microstructured adhesive, releasing the adhesive, and/or sensing a load on the adhesive apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Vahid Alizadehyazdi, Matthew Spenko
  • Automated Pizza-Making Apparatus and Method
    Publication number: 20230277009
    Abstract: An automated pizza-making system builds and bakes a pizza according to a customer order. The system includes a pizza assembly route and a plurality of ingredient dispensing stations for dispensing ingredients onto the pizza along the route. The uncooked pizza is automatically transferred to the oven for cooking. After the pizza is cooked, the system automatically slices and boxes the cooked pizza. A motion translator places the closed pizza box containing the pizza in a storage locker for customer pickup. A computing device is operable to manage the orders, manage the cooking steps for preparing each order, controls each functional station to build, cook, box, and store the pizza, and notify the customer for pickup when the pizza is ready. Related methods are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Massimo Noja, Darian Montague Ahler, Matthew David Williams, Mengxi Ren, Vahid Alizadehyazdi, Ruslan Tita, Glen Holt Humphrey, Evan Robert Jonisch Lowell, Jeffrey Bull, Daniel Tagtow, Kyle N. Cothern, Trevor Taro Yamamoto, Roy Melling
  • SOFT, ADAPTIVE, SELF-CLEANING ELECTROSTATIC GECKO-LIKE ADHESIVE AND GRIPPER
    Publication number: 20200338750
    Abstract: An adhesive apparatus with an electrostatic adhesive including a microstructured adhesive disposed over an electrode and/or a piezoelectric element. The adhesive can be added to any robotic gripper, such as a gripper finger formed of a flexible material and including a grip surface. The electrode and/or a piezoelectric element can be used for applying an electrostatic field and/or ultrasonic vibration, configured for cleaning the microstructured adhesive, releasing the adhesive, and/or sensing a load on the adhesive apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: Illinois Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Vahid ALIZADEHYAZDI, Matthew Spenko