Timothy E Hunt

US Patent:

20200405429, Dec 31, 2020

Filed:

Jun 26, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/453933

Inventors:

- Toronto, CA
Chad Clayton Walters - Apex NC, US
Michael Edward Laut - Raleigh NC, US
Steven Wayne Bockmann - Raleigh NC, US
Timothy Brandon Hunt - Hollywood FL, US
Manuel Paez - Clermont FL, US

International Classification:

A61B 46/10
A61B 34/30
A61B 46/00

Abstract:

An instrument adapter for a robotic surgery apparatus can include an adapter housing configured to receive and support an actuator housing of a surgical instrument. The actuator housing can include a plurality of surgical instrument actuators. The adapter can include a plurality of interface actuators configured to engage with the plurality of instrument actuators of the actuator housing and cause movement of the instrument actuators. Movement of the instrument actuators can cause movement of an end effector of the surgical instrument. The instrument adapter can be configured to facilitate the actuator housing of the surgical instrument to transition from a first orientation in which the interface actuators are not engaged with the instrument actuators of the surgical instrument to a second orientation in which the interface actuators are engaged with the instrument actuators.

US Patent:

20180148373, May 31, 2018

Filed:

Nov 28, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/824582

Inventors:

- Corning NY, US
Timothy Leonard Hunt - Wilmington NC, US
Kevin Robert Kaelin - Pine City NY, US
William James Miller - Horseheads NY, US
Patrick Aaron Parks - Elmira NY, US
Jeanne Lynn Swecker - Kennebunk ME, US
Christopher Lee Timmons - Big Flats NY, US

Assignee:

CORNING INCORPORATED - Corning NY

International Classification:

C03C 21/00
B08B 9/42

Abstract:

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for ion exchanging glass articles. Methods for ion exchanging glass articles include receiving processing instructions from one or more user input devices, loading a cassette containing a plurality of glass articles into a molten salt bath of one or more ion exchange stations automatically with a robotic lift based on the processing instructions, removing the cassette from the molten salt bath automatically with the robotic lift after a predetermined time based on the processing instructions, and rotating the cassette automatically to drain fluid of the molten salt bath from the cassette.