Patents by Inventor Ronald E. Ward

Ronald E. Ward 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: 7682122
    Abstract: A warehousing system and apparatus for retrieving articles from a preselected storage area containing a quantity of the same and delivering them to a designated area spaced therefrom. A track extends a selected distance along a predetermined path that is offset a selected distance from the stored articles. A motorized carriage is rollingly mounted on the track and has a load carrying support surface thereon on which a payload is accumulated one article after another during the building of such load. A rigid superstructure is carried by the carriage and an extendible and retractable reach is mounted on thereon. A power operated article gripping assembly is carried by the reach for grasping articles one at a time in the storage area and loading them in sequence onto the carriage for delivery to the designated area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Inventors: Michael D. Maynard, Richard C. Young, Ronald E. Ward
  • Patent number: 6764266
    Abstract: A robotic parts handler system for removing containers filled with articles from a sorting, feeding and/or stacking apparatus such as a mail or package sorting apparatus, and moving the container to a selected location for insertion into another conveying system, transport device, carrier, or other apparatus at extremely high speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Inventors: Richard C. Young, Ronald E. Ward
  • Publication number: 20020018706
    Abstract: A robotic parts handler system for removing containers filled with articles from a sorting, feeding and/or stacking apparatus such as a mail or package sorting apparatus, and moving the container to a selected location for insertion into another conveying system, transport device, carrier, or other apparatus at extremely high speeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Inventors: Richard C. Young, Ronald E. Ward
  • Patent number: 6257821
    Abstract: A robotic parts handler system for removing containers filled with articles from a sorting, feeding and/or stacking apparatus such as a mail or package sorting apparatus, and moving the container to a selected location for insertion into another conveying system, transport device, carrier, or other apparatus at extremely high speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Inventors: Ronald E. Ward, Richard C. Young
  • Patent number: 6234737
    Abstract: A robotic parts handler system for removing containers filled with articles from a sorting, feeding and/or stacking apparatus such as a mail or package sorting apparatus, and moving the container to a selected location for insertion into another conveying system, transport device, carrier, or other apparatus at extremely high speeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Inventors: Richard C. Young, Ronald E. Ward
  • Patent number: 5524351
    Abstract: The present invention relates to archery bows and more particularly to sighting and ranging devices that are attachable to bows carried by archers. The archery bow sight device consists of a housing frame which contains an elevating mechanism serving for supporting the front and rear sighting devices and the windage adjustment mechanisms. This housing frame is free to travel along a curved cam track which is attached directly to the bow. This cam track is adjustable to match the archery bow sight to the draw length of the archer. A leveling indicator is incorporated in the rear sighting device as an indicator to the archer that the bow is not tilted right or left.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 11, 1996
    Assignee: Accu-Sights Unlimited, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Pinson, James C. Sparks, Ronald E. Ward