Patents by Inventor Timothy J. Marx

Timothy J. Marx 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).

  • Vehicle body assembly apparatus having triaxial position sensing
    Patent number: 8434214
    Abstract: Vehicle body assembly apparatus (10) includes a sensor assembly (11) having a lateral Y axis slide assembly (20), a longitudinal X axis assembly (22) and a vertical Z axis assembly (24) that respectively include magnetostrictive type linear sensors for sensing X, Y and Z locations of a vehicle body to control vehicle body assembly. Signals of the X, Y and Z locations are sent to a controller (12) that operates a robot (14r) that supports an end effector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Utica Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy J. Marx
  • Vehicle closure member mounting
    Patent number: 8365381
    Abstract: A system and method for mounting a vehicle closure member (62) on a vehicle body (40) utilizes vision sensing of a master gauge location (42) of the vehicle body, of coordination formations (48) on the vehicle body, and of opening extremities of a closure member opening of the vehicle body, and the sensing is used by a controller (34) to provide mounting of a hinge at a proper location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Utica Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Carter, Timothy J. Marx, Thomas W. French
  • VEHICLE BODY ASSEMBLY APPARATUS HAVING TRIAXIAL POSITION SENSING
    Publication number: 20120030934
    Abstract: Vehicle body assembly apparatus (10) includes a sensor assembly (11) having a lateral Y axis slide assembly (20), a longitudinal X axis assembly (22) and a vertical Z axis assembly (24) that respectively include magnetostrictive type linear sensors for sensing X, Y and Z locations of a vehicle body to control vehicle body assembly. Signals of the X, Y and Z locations are sent to a controller (12) that operates a robot (14r) that supports an end effector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: UTICA ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventor: Timothy J. Marx
  • VEHICLE CLOSURE MEMBER MOUNTING
    Publication number: 20120017413
    Abstract: A system and method for mounting a vehicle closure member (62) on a vehicle body (40) utilizes vision sensing of a master gauge location (42) of the vehicle body, of coordination formations (48) on the vehicle body, and of opening extremities of a closure member opening of the vehicle body, and the sensing is used by a controller (34) to provide mounting of a hinge at a proper location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: UTICA ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Carter, Timothy J. Marx, Thomas W. French
  • CALIBRATION FOR VEHICLE BODY ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20090326712
    Abstract: A system (10) and method for performing robotic vehicle body assembly with cyclical temperature calibration using laser position sensing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: UTICA ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventor: Timothy J. Marx