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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2014
Applicant:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development Lp, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Christopher L Grachanen, Houston, TX (US);
Mary D. Stauffer, Houston, TX (US);
Titus D Stauffer, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 17/00 (2006.01); B25J 17/02 (2006.01); B25J 18/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 17/0275 (2013.01); B25J 9/1075 (2013.01); B25J 19/0004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A lockable connector device and system is described. An example lockable connector device includes a first spherical body connected to a first end of a shaft and a plurality of appendages connected to a second end of the shaft. The appendages partially encase a second spherical body and an actuator connected to the appendages, where the actuator is comprised of synthetic muscles that compress to lock the second spherical body.