IP Library Granted Patent US 8,915,073
Granted Patent B1
US 8,915,073 · App. 12/880,486 · Granted Dec 23, 2014

Fluid power device, method and system

Inventor: Daniel Theobald (Sommerville, MA)
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Patent No.
US 8,915,073
App. No.
12/880,486
Granted
Dec 23, 2014
Kind
B1
Abstract

A fluid power device, method and system, the device including a passive, latent, integrally formed fluid reservoir member designed for operable communication with a transmission system, the reservoir member capable of at least absorbing any pressure increases in the transmission system and providing fluid back into the transmission system.

Claims (8)

1. A fluid power device, comprising:

a passive, latent, integrally formed fluid reservoir member designed for operable communication with a transmission system, the reservoir member capable of at least absorbing any fluid volume increases in the transmission system and providing fluid back into the transmission system;

wherein the latent capability of the reservoir member includes forming the reservoir member to look like another member of the fluid power device to disguise its appearance from the exterior of the device; and

wherein the latent capability is provided by integrally forming the reservoir as at least a portion of a fluid transmission line.

2. A fluid power device, comprising:

a passive, latent, integrally formed fluid reservoir member designed for operable communication with a transmission system, the reservoir member capable of at least absorbing any fluid volume increases in the transmission system and providing fluid back into the transmission system;

wherein the reservoir member is provided as an inline member where the fluid flows completely through the reservoir member; and

wherein the reservoir expands and contracts as desired to absorb fluid from and provide fluid back into the transmission system and the reinforcement provided to the passive, latent, integrally formed fluid reservoir member includes a sheath provided about the periphery of the reservoir member that cooperatively engages with the reservoir member to assist in absorbing fluid from and providing fluid back into the transmission system as desired.

Assignments (7)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 7, 2025
From: TRIPLEPOINT CAPITAL LLC
To: VECNA ROBOTICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 071220/0483 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2024
From: VECNA ROBOTICS, INC.; VECNA ROBOTICS INTERCO LLC
To: STIFEL BANK
Reel/Frame 067472/0120 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2024
From: VECNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: VECNA ROBOTICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 067020/0397 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2022
From: COMERICA BANK
To: VECNA ROBOTICS, INC.
Reel/Frame 062202/0036 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 19, 2022
From: VECNA ROBOTICS, INC.
To: TRIPLEPOINT CAPITAL LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 062156/0617 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2020
From: VECNA ROBOTICS, INC.
To: COMERICA BANK
Reel/Frame 053427/0953 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2018
From: THEOBALD, DANIEL
To: VECNA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 047015/0045 →