Patents by Inventor Wesley Bird

Wesley Bird 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).

  • ROBOTIC FRUIT HARVESTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20240107947
    Abstract: A collection tool comprises a drive chassis, a harvester module disposed on the drive chassis, the harvester module including a vision system configured to identify target objects, and a robotic arm including a grasper configured to collect the target objects, and a subsystem including an articulating semi-rigid catch member, the semi-rigid catch member configured to transition into a retracted state while the drive chassis is in motion and to transition into an extended state while the drive chassis is stationary and the robotic arm is in a process of collecting the target objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew Borgatti, Ryan R. Knopf, Ryan Wasserman, Joshua Aaron Lessing, Jason A. Chrisos, Michele Pratusevich, Wesley Bird
  • Robot arm drive module
    Patent number: 11498208
    Abstract: A drive module for rotating a first robot arm member relative to a second robot arm member comprising a motor, a gear head driven by the motor, a pinion driven by the gear head and a slip clutch including an input section with integral gear teeth driven by the pinon, and an output section configured to be coupled to the second robot arm member. A housing is disposed at least about the pinion and slip clutch and configured to be coupled to the first robot arm member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Foster-Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Lawson, Robert E. Overman, Wesley Bird, Stephen Putnam, Dominick Freeman, Timothy J. Mason
  • ROBOT ART DRIVE MODULE
    Publication number: 20220193889
    Abstract: A drive module for rotating a first robot arm member relative to a second robot arm member comprising a motor, a gear head driven by the motor, a pinion driven by the gear head and a slip clutch including an input section with integral gear teeth driven by the pinon, and an output section configured to be coupled to the second robot arm member. A housing is disposed at least about the pinion and slip clutch and configured to be coupled to the first robot arm member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: John R. Lawson, Robert E. Overman, Wesley Bird, Stephen Putnam, Dominick Freeman, Timothy J. Mason