Patents by Inventor Nikhil C. Paul

Nikhil C. Paul 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).

  • Self-centering end effector
    Patent number: 4799853
    Abstract: An apparatus which acquires individual articles having a substantially cylindrical aperture therein from a supply of roughly aligned articles in a storage bin. The apparatus grips the article on the interior wall of the cylindrical aperture therein. The gripper is moved to retract the article from the storage bin. The article is then moved to a receiving member which aligns the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical aperture of the article substantially parallel or coincidental with the longitudinal axis of the receiving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1989
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Edward J. Wrobbel, Louis S. Canzoneri, Ronald P. Cocchiara, Nikhil C. Paul