Patents by Inventor Norman H. Gowan

Norman H. Gowan 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).

  • Patent number: 4628580
    Abstract: A method for using a carousel system is disclosed. The carousel bins are filled with selected parts in a stockroom, the carousels are stacked together such that each carousel closes the open top bins of the carousel therebelow, storing the group of carousels as work-in-process, moving the carousel system to an assembly station, separating the carousels at the assembly station to expose the parts in the bins, successively removing parts from the bins to produce assemblies; on completion of assemblies, to restack the carousels and return the carousel system to the stockroom for refilling. The carousel system is a plurality of carousels each having parts bins therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company
    Inventors: Norman H. Gowan, Stasys Petravicius, Ignacio Hernandez, Robert E. Kuhlmann, Donald R. Vande Walle, Jr., Ronald P. Weddell, Joseph M. Gates, Kenneth J. Sitzwohl, Charles D. Sands, Rick A. Gwinn, Milton J. Peterman
  • Patent number: 4549664
    Abstract: Kitting parts carousel system (10) as a plurality of carousels (12, 14) each having parts bins (50) therein. Each of the carousels is made of static safe injection moldable synthetic polymer composition material with the bins having a sloping bottom to self-feed parts toward the outer wall (26) and the tops of the bin walls (42, 44) are configured to closely adjoin the bottom of the next above adjacent carousel so that when the carousels are stacked the bins in the lower carousels are closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1985
    Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company
    Inventors: Norman H. Gowan, Stasys Petravicius, Ignacio T. Hernandez, Robert E. Kuhlmann, Donald R. Vande Walle, Jr., Ronald P. Weddell, Joseph M. Gates, Kenneth J. Sitzwohl, Charles D. Sands, Rick A. Gwinn, Milton J. Peterman