Patents by Inventor Curtis J. Bocchi

Curtis J. Bocchi 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).

  • High precision component alignment sensor system
    Patent number: 5278634
    Abstract: A high speed high precision laser based alignment sensor system for use on surface mount component placement machines. A laser system is utilized to correctly align and position component parts which range between 0.02 inches and 2.0 inches in size. The laser sensor system consists of a laser light source which is passed through a collimating lens and then through an aperture to create a stripe of collimated laser light which is focused past the component being aligned to strike a multi-element CCD sensor array. The sensor system is mounted directly on the carrying mechanism for the surface mount component placement machine. During transit of the component between the bin of components and the circuit board upon which the component is to be placed, the component is rotated and the shadow which falls on the detector array is monitored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: CyberOptics Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy A. Skunes, Steven K. Case, Curtis J. Bocchi
  • Circuit for converting the phase encoded hue information of a quadrature modulated color subcarrier into distinct analog voltage levels
    Patent number: 4590511
    Abstract: In combination: apparatus isolating the chroma information from a quadrature modulated color subcarrier video signal; and apparatus transforming said chroma information into an analog voltage having distinguishable levels uniquely representative of distinguishable hues of the composite signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1986
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: Curtis J. Bocchi, Donald A. Eide, Rebecca A. Hart
  • High precision component alignment sensor system
    Patent number: RE38025
    Abstract: A high speed high precision laser based alignment sensor system for use on surface mount component placement machines. A laser system is utilized to correctly align and position component parts which range between 0.02 inches and 2.0 inches in size. The laser sensor system consists of a laser light source which is passed through a collimating lens and then through an aperture to create a stripe of collimated laser light which is focused past the component being aligned to strike a multi-element CCD sensor array. The sensor system is mounted directly on the carrying mechanism for the surface mount component placement machine. During transit of the component between the bin of components is to be placed, the component is rotated and the shadow which falls on the detector array is monitored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: CyberOptics Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy A. Skunes, Steven K. Case, Curtis J. Bocchi