Patents by Inventor Michael F. Bigowsky

Michael F. Bigowsky 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).

  • Automated guided vehicle system
    Patent number: 4733740
    Abstract: A system to determine the instantaneous position of a vehicle (11) which is attached to a track (12) by a mast arm (13) includes sensors (17, 19) to determine the location of the point (A) at which the arm (13) is attached to the track (12). An additional sensor (32) provides a signal to a circuit (47) which also receives signals from sensors (17, 19) and then locates the lateral and longitudinal position of the vehicle (11) with respect to point (A). Once the instantaneous position of the vehicle (11) has been established, a signal representative thereof is compared with a reference signal and the vehicle is controlled accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1988
    Assignee: Custom Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael F. Bigowsky, James P. Freed