Robert W Howe

US Patent:

8231158, Jul 31, 2012

Filed:

Nov 5, 2007

Appl. No.:

12/447939

Inventors:

Aaron Dollar - New Haven CT, US
Robert Howe - Cambridge MA, US

Assignee:

President and Fellows of Harvard College - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

B66C 1/00

US Classification:

294106, 294111, 901 21

Abstract:

A multi-fingered underactuated mechanical grasping system driven by a single actuator, yet can grasp objects spanning a wide range of size, shape, and mass. A member for moving a link relative to a base acts in parallel to a direction of compliance of a joint between the link and the base. The joint has a plurality of degrees of freedom. The number of members for moving links in the grasping system is less than the number of degrees of freedom in the grasping system.

US Patent:

20120258014, Oct 11, 2012

Filed:

Apr 11, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/083649

Inventors:

Robert H. Howe - West Suffield CT, US
Kenneth P. Flynn - Enfield CT, US
Thomas J. Stapleton - Southwick MA, US

Assignee:

Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. - Windsor Locks CT

International Classification:

B01D 53/38
B01D 46/00

US Classification:

422122, 55323, 55332

Abstract:

A contaminate control device for filtering contaminates from a gas such as air is provided. The device includes a housing having a first inlet and a first outlet. An axial flow filter is fluidly coupled between the first inlet and the first outlet, the axial flow filter has a second inlet and a second outlet. A second filter disposed about the axial flow filter and is fluidly coupled between the first inlet and the first outlet, the second filter having a third inlet on an inner diameter and a third outlet disposed on an outer diameter. A flow restrictor is fluidly coupled between the second inlet and the first inlet.

US Patent:

20150042087, Feb 12, 2015

Filed:

Feb 3, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/170670

Inventors:

- Windsor Locks CT, US
Robert H. Howe - West Suffield CT, US
James R. O' Coin - Somers CT, US

Assignee:

Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. - Windsor Locks CT

International Classification:

F16L 27/06

US Classification:

285275

Abstract:

A seal assembly for accommodating misaligned conduits includes a first conduit, a second conduit, and a cup member. The first conduit has a first end and an opposed second end with a core. The core includes a spherical portion includes two separate seals axially spaced apart from one another relative to a longitudinal axis defined by the first conduit. An internal passage extends through the first conduit from the first end to the second end. The second conduit has opposed first and second ends. The first end of the second conduit defines a first socket portion and an internal passage extends through from the first end to the second end of the conduit. A cup member defines a second socket portion, which together with the first socket portion, defines a socket for sealably capturing the core spherical portion and accommodating axial misalignment of the first and second conduits.