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Sri International

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Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.

Gm Cruise Holdings LLC

Avago Technologies Ecbu IP (singapore) Pte. Ltd.

Starbucks Corporation

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Interactive Fitness Holdings, LLC

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Rapattoni Corporation

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Joel Frederic Jensen

Stephen F Gass

Sung Hoon Kim

Arthur Stanley Brigham

Russell C Mead, Jr

Robert L Chamberlain

Jonathan P Ive

Bartley K Andre

Christopher J Stringer

Steve P Jobs

Michael D McBroom

Daniel Lynn McBroom

Michael D Hillman

Brian Thomas Sudderth

Arturo Meuniot

Robert Burton Brownell, Jr

Frank Tsai

Anwyl M McDonald

Jesus Beltran

Benjamin B Schramm

Andrew Lewis Johnston

J David Fulmer

David S D'Ascenzo

Sung Hwan Kim

John W Hill

Philip S Green

David A Fanning

Jonathan Betts-LaCroix

Daniel J Riccio

David A Holcomb

Anthony Sagala Montevirgen

Jonah Alexander Harley

J Kenneth Salisbury, Jr

Robert E Wilson

Christopher H Frank

Mark Rober

Akhil Jiten Madhani

Troy Alexander Carter

Perry Q Anderson

Jesse T Buehler

Robert Felice Mori

William R Jones, Iii

Nathaniel J Dennis

Eliot Leonard Wegbreit

Adam J Golman

William Sauway Law

Ronald Jack Smith

Denise R Silverman

Steven P Jobs

Scott McKinley DeWinter

Alan M Peabody

Steven A Johnson

Donald J Parr

Nathaniel Barrett Herse

Tommaso P Rivellini

Daniel R Bauen

Amanda L Juris

Erik Mikael Fermer

Jeffrey J Shimon

Joseph Gray

Charles B Cook

Sarah T Aquino

Daniel L Mcbroom

Cassilyn Bair

Alice C Watts

Bryce A Woollard

Michael Dolan

Russell Mead

Alla Shapiro

Robert Sparks

Sung J Kim

Kevin P Makowski

Dervala A Hanley

Robert B Brownell

John Fisher

Steve Anderes

David Jennings Dostal

J Efraín Alcorta

Todd Elliot Lewis

Daniel Z Lee

Robert R Mayer

Daniel E Rivera

Jonathan N Betts-LaCroix

Russell C Mead

Michael D Mcbroom

Anwyl M Mcdonald

Fanning David A A

Technologies for steering sensors in a sensor carrier structure on an autonomous vehicle (AV) are described herein. In some examples, a sensor positioning platform on an AV can include an actuator system including a motor; a belt mechanically engaged to a set of pulleys such that operation of the motor results in the belt driving a first rotational movement of at least one of the pulleys, which, in turn, causes a second rotational movement of a sensor carrier structure; a motor controller that receives instructions for controlling the motor to reposition the sensor carrier structure and sending control signals to the motor to perform the repositioning of the sensor carrier structure; and a bundle of cables coiled within a central bore of the actuator system.

Belt-driven rotating sensor platform for autonomous vehicles

An apparatus includes a vehicle structure, a bumper, an elongate structural member, and an extension portion. The elongate structural member is able to crush longitudinally in response to application of force in a longitudinal direction. The extension portion is able to crush longitudinally in response to application of force in the longitudinal direction, is connected to the elongate structural member such that the elongate structural member and the extension portion support the bumper with respect to the vehicle structure, and is operable to move the bumper between an extended position and a retracted position with respect to the vehicle structure to change a distance between the bumper and the vehicle structure.

Extendable bumpers for vehicles

A brewing apparatus including a fluid reservoir having a first end and a second end. The brewing apparatus can include a lid portion configured to removably engage the first end of the fluid reservoir and a cartridge holder configured to removably engage the second end of the fluid reservoir. A spring-loaded plunger can slidably connect to the lid portion.

Method for brewing a beverage

The invention is directed to mainpulator assembly () for holding and manipulating a surgical instrument () in a telerobotic system. The assembly comprises a base () fixable by passive or power driven positioning devices to a surface, such as an operating table, and an instrument holder () movably mounted on the base. The instrument holder comprises a chassis () and an instrument support () movably mounted on the body and having an interface engageable with the surgical instrument to releasably mount the instrument to the instrument holder. A drive assembly () is operatively coupled to the instrument holder for providing the instrument with at least two degrees of freedom. The instrument holder is separable from the base and the drive assembly so that the holder can be sterilized. The assembly further includes a force sensing element () mounted distal to the holder and the drive assembly for detecting forces exerted on the surgical instrument and providing feedback to the surgeon. The assembly is attached to a remote center positioner () for constraining the instrument to rotate a point coincident with the entry incision and an inclinometer () for preventing gravitational forces acting on the system's mechanisms from being felt by the surgeon.

Surgical manipulator for a telerobotic system

A system for externally actuating an animatronic figure. The system including a first robotic mechanism configured as a remote center mechanism for rotating a first rod about a first remote center point. The first rod is attached to a first driven part of the figure with the first remote center point spaced apart from the figure. The system includes a second robotic mechanism rotating a second rod about a second remote center point. The second rod is attached to the second driven part of the animatronic figure, and the second remote center point is spaced apart from the animatronic figure. The system includes a third robotic mechanism rotating a third rod about a remote center point, with the third rod attached to a third driven part of the figure, and the three robotic mechanisms are concurrently operable via a computer-based controller to provide the figure with twenty-one degrees of freedom.

Externally actuated figure

Woodworking machines including cutting tools and motors adapted to drive the cutting tools are disclosed. The machines also include a detection system adapted to detect a dangerous condition between the cutting tool and a person, and a reaction system adapted to perform a specified action upon detection of the dangerous condition. The machines further include a control system adapted to test the operability of at least a portion of the detection system and/or the reaction system. The control system is adapted to disable the motor if the tested portion is inoperable.

Logic control for fast-acting safety system

A manipulator assembly () for holding and manipulating a surgical instrument () in a telerobotic system, comprising an instrument holder () movably mounted on a base. The instrument holder comprises a chassis () and an instrument support () movably mounted on the body and having an interface engageable with the surgical instrument to releasably mount the instrument to the instrument holder. A drive assembly () is operatively coupled to the instrument holder for providing the instrument with at least two degrees of freedom. The instrument holder is separable from the base and the drive assembly so that the holder can be sterilized. The assembly is attached to a remote center positioner () for constraining the instrument to rotate a point coincident with the entry incision and an inclinometer () for preventing gravitational forces acting on the system's mechanisms from being felt by the surgeon.

Woodworking machines including conductive cutters adapted to cut workpieces, and motors adapted to drive the cutters are disclosed. The machines also include a contact detection system adapted to detect contact between a person and the cutter, and to distinguish contact between the person and the cutter from contact between the workpiece and the cutter. The machines further include a reaction system adapted to cause a predetermined action to take place upon detection of contact between the person and the cutter by the contact detection system.

Detection system for power equipment

Woodworking machines are disclosed having cutting tools adapted to cut workpieces. The machines include a detection system adapted to detect one or more dangerous conditions between a person and the cutting tool. The machines also include a brake mechanism having one or more braking components adapted to engage and stop the cutting tool in response to the detection of a dangerous condition.

Brake mechanism for power equipment

A method of controlling a woodworking machine having a movable cutting tool. The method monitors a signal for a change indicative of a dangerous condition between the cutting tool and a person, senses movement of the cutting tool, and performs an action to mitigate the dangerous condition when the signal change and movement of the cutting tool are both detected. A woodworking machine including a detection system adapted to detect a dangerous condition between a person and a working portion of the machine and then to perform some action to mitigate the dangerous condition is also disclosed. A motion detection system is adapted to detect motion of the working portion and to disable the reaction system when the working portion is not moving.

Motion detecting system for use in a safety system for power equipment

The invention is directed to manipulator assembly () for holding and manipulating a surgical instrument () in a telerobotic system. The assembly comprises a base () fixable by passive or power driven positioning devices to a surface, such as an operating table, and an instrument holder () movably mounted on the base. The instrument holder comprises a chassis () and an instrument support () movably mounted on the body and having an interface engageable with the surgical instrument to releasably mount the instrument to the instrument holder. A drive assembly () is operatively coupled to the instrument holder for providing the instrument with at least two degrees of freedom. The instrument holder is separable from the base and the drive assembly so that the holder can be sterilized. The assembly further includes a force sensing element () mounted distal to the holder and the drive assembly for detecting forces exerted on the surgical instrument and providing feedback to the surgeon. The assembly is attached to a remote center positioner () for constraining the instrument to rotate a point coincident with the entry incision and an inclinometer () for preventing gravitational forces acting on the system's mechanisms from being felt by the surgeon.

The invention is directed to a system and method for releasably holding a surgical instrument (), such as an endoscopic instrument configured for delivery through a small percutaneous penetration in a patient. The instrument comprises an elongate shaft () with a pair of mounting pins () laterally extending from the shaft between its proximal and distal ends. An instrument holder comprises a support having a central bore () and an axially extending slot () for receiving the instrument shaft and the mounting pins. A pair of locking slots () are cut into the support transversely to and in communication with the axial slot so that the mounting pins can be rotated within the locking slots. The instrument support further includes a latch assembly for automatically locking the mounting pins within the locking slots to releasably couple the instrument to the instrument holder. With this twist-lock motion, the surgeon can rapidly engage and disengage various instruments from the holder during a surgical procedure, such as open surgery, laparoscopy or thoracoscopy.

System and method for releasably holding a surgical instrument

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Joel Frederic Jensen