Patents
US 12269158 B2: Soft robotic gripper for berry harvesting
- Granted
- 2025-04-08
- Filed
- 2021-11-12 application 17525416
- Type
- Utility · 4 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A berry harvesting berries system including a mobile platform and a tendon-driven gripper having fingers made of a compliant material, which prevents unwanted damage to the berries.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg250408.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas 267 patents | US company or organization | Little Rock, AR | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yue Chen | Fayetteville, AR | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Anthony L. Gunderman | Fayetteville, AR | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Jeremy Collins | Fayetteville, AR | 8 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B25J | Manipulators; chambers provided with manipulation devices | B25J9/1612 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A01D | Harvesting; mowing | A01D46/253 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G05D | Systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables | G05D1/0212 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G05B | Control or regulating systems in general; functional elements of such systems; monitoring or testing arrangements for such systems or elements | G05B2219/39532 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11-16 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | COLLINS, JEREMY A. signed 2021-03-08 CHEN, YUE signed 2021-03-11 GUNDERMAN, ANTHONY L. signed 2021-03-11 | BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FAYETTEVILLE, AR | 58124/813 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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