Patents by Inventor Mark VanHoutum

Mark VanHoutum 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).

  • Orientation station for multi-station metal-forming machines
    Patent number: 5875673
    Abstract: A reorientation station has front and rear vertical drives that are spaced apart from each other along a flow axis of the orientation station that coincides with the flow axis of the machine. A pivot carriage support bar is coupled at its front end to the front vertical drive and at its rear end to the rear vertical drive. The vertical drives are operable to move the pivot carriage support bar to predetermined heights and to orient the pivot carriage support bar at predetermined tilt angles. A pivot carriage is mounted on the pivot carriage support bar for rotation about a roll-axis defined by the pivot carriage support bar. A roll drive coupled between the pivot carriage support bar and the pivot carriage rotates the pivot carriage about the roll axis to a selected roll angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Assignee: Verson, a Division of Allied Products Corporation
    Inventors: Edward J. Brzezniak, Mark VanHoutum