BOSTON DYNAMICS, INC. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150051527 | BRACE SYSTEM - A brace system includes a medial brace and a lateral brace securable via cross members. Each brace has an upper portion, a lower portion, and a hinge assembly between the upper and lower portion configured to allow translation of the lower portion relative to the upper portion. | 02-19-2015 |
20140319390 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL FLUID VALVE - A printed circuit board electrorheological fluid valve and method with spaced, bonded, epoxy printed circuit board laminates defining flow channels therebetween. Electrodes are formed on opposite surfaces of the flow channels and surface pads on a laminate are electrically connected to the electrodes for applying a voltage thereto controlling the flow of electrorheological fluid in the flow channels. | 10-30-2014 |
20140123789 | ACTUATOR - An actuator includes an outer sleeve with at least a pair of helical slots coiling in a first direction, an inner sleeve with at least a pair of helical slots coiling in a second, opposite direction, and a driver including bearings received through the helical slots of the inner sleeve and into the helical slots of the outer sleeve. | 05-08-2014 |
20140083077 | ENVIRONMENTALLY SEALED COMBUSTION POWERED LINEAR ACTUATOR - A combustion powered linear actuator features an actuator body having a first chamber therein and a power piston mounted in the first chamber movable between retracted and extended positions. The power piston has a combustion chamber therein. A first seal about the piston seals the piston with respect to the actuator body. A vent region in the body of increased diameter allows exhaust gases to bypass the first seal and flow into a space between the piston and the actuator body and to then vent out of the actuator body. A second seal proximate the distal end of the actuator body cooperates with another piston seal to seal the annular region when the piston is retracted. The vent region may include a vent gland in the first chamber about the piston defining a vent chamber between the actuator body and the vent gland. | 03-27-2014 |