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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2010
Applicants:
Thomas Moyer, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Eric L. Faulring, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Julio J. Santos-munne, Glenview, IL (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Moyer, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Eric L. Faulring, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Julio J. Santos-Munne, Glenview, IL (US);
Assignee:
HDT Robotics, Inc., Fredericksburg, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A mechanical finger comprises a plurality of phalanges coupled to a single actuator using a kinematic linkage and a differential linkage arranged in parallel. The mechanical finger is capable of exhibiting consistent predictable motion when moving in free space or when contacting an object at the fingertip, and of curling in order to conform to an object when the contact is at other locations on the finger.