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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.:

US 11286144 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2022

Filed:

Feb. 20, 2020

Soft robotic actuators for positioning, packaging, and assembling

Applicant:

Soft Robotics, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);

Inventors:

Joshua Lessing, Brookline, MA (US);

Daniel Vincent Harburg, Brighton, MA (US);

Sarv Parteek Singh, Cambridge, MA (US);

Jeffrey Curhan, Brighton, MA (US);

Assignee:

SOFT ROBOTICS, INC., Boston, MA (US);

Attorney:

Kacvinsky Daisak Bluni PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Khoi H Tran

Assistant Examiner:

Jorge O Peche

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B67C 3/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/12 (2006.01); B25J 9/14 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B65C 3/26 (2006.01); B67B 3/02 (2006.01); B67C 3/24 (2006.01); B67C 3/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67C 3/007 (2013.01); B25J 9/0093 (2013.01); B25J 9/142 (2013.01); B25J 9/1612 (2013.01); B25J 15/0023 (2013.01); B25J 15/12 (2013.01); B65C 3/26 (2013.01); B67B 3/02 (2013.01); B67C 3/24 (2013.01); B67C 2003/228 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39466 (2013.01); G05B 2219/39554 (2013.01); G05B 2219/40253 (2013.01);
Abstract

Exemplary embodiments relate to applications for soft robotic actuators in the manufacturing, packaging, and food preparation industries, among others. Methods and systems are disclosed for fixing target objects and/or receptacles using soft robotic actuators, for positioning target objects and/or receptacles, and/or for diverting or sorting objects. By using soft robotic actuators to perform the fixing, positioning, and/or diverting, objects of different sizes and configurations may be manipulated on the same processing line, without the need to reconfigure the line or install new hardware when a new object is received.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Lessing, Joshua. (2022). Soft robotic actuators for positioning, packaging, and assembling (U.S. Patent No. 11286144). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11286144

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