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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:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2023
Applicant:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Karl E. Zelik, Nashville, TN (US);
Michael Goldfarb, Nashville, TN (US);
Paul R. Slaughter, Nashville, TN (US);
Shane T. King, Nashville, TN (US);
Cameron A. Nurse, Nashville, TN (US);
Chad C. Ice, Nashville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/10 (2006.01); B25J 13/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 9/0006 (2013.01); B25J 9/104 (2013.01); B25J 13/088 (2013.01);
Abstract
A clutch mechanism includes a spool that is configured to receive a cable, a disk with elasticity, a mechanism configured for locking and unlocking the movement of the disk, and at least one sensor. The at least one sensor being configured to measure the movement of at least one of the disk and the spool in the unlocked mode and to measure the movement of the spool relative to the disk when in a locked mode.