Patents by Inventor Cary Kinder

Cary Kinder has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20070056180
    Abstract: A method for aligning a first and a second component for manufacturing using an alignment member. The first component includes at least one first datum and the second component includes at least one second datum. The method includes fixedly securing the alignment member to a fixture in a first orientation relative to the fixture, coupling the first component to the fixture such that the at least one first datum is aligned with a corresponding datum locator of a first datum nest of the alignment member, removing the first component from the fixture, repositioning the alignment member relative to the fixture from the first orientation to a second orientation, fixedly securing the alignment member in the second orientation, and coupling the second component to the fixture such that the at least one second datum is aligned with a corresponding datum locator of a second datum nest of the alignment member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Joseph Roesel, Todd Heinrich, Mark Leeds, Cary Kinder, Daniel Jones, Michael Martini
  • Methods and apparatus for manufacturing components
    Patent number: 7178255
    Abstract: A method for aligning a first and a second component for manufacturing using an alignment member. The first component includes at least one first datum and the second component includes at least one second datum. The method includes fixedly securing the alignment member to a fixture in a first orientation relative to the fixture, coupling the first component to the fixture such that the at least one first datum is aligned with a corresponding datum locator of a first datum nest of the alignment member, removing the first component from the fixture, repositioning the alignment member relative to the fixture from the first orientation to a second orientation, fixedly securing the alignment member in the second orientation, and coupling the second component to the fixture such that the at least one second datum is aligned with a corresponding datum locator of a second datum nest of the alignment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joseph C. Roesel, Todd Gary Heinrich, Mark E. Leeds, Cary Kinder, Daniel Edward Jones, Michael Joseph Martini