Patents Assigned to Knight Industries
  • Patent number: 11085482
    Abstract: A nut holder assembly for use in bolting an attachment to a slotted supporting member by bolts received in a one of a respective nuts included in the nut holder assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Knight Industries
    Inventor: Robb Schlenker
  • Patent number: 9919877
    Abstract: An end of travel arrangement for shutting down an assembly line conveyor when an ergo assist arm at a conveyor station moves beyond an end of travel limit point, the end of travel arrangement including a trolley rail mounted alongside one of a pair of runway rails for supporting an ergo assist arm carriage with the trolley movable along the trolley rail. One or more proximity switches are mounted aligned with a home position on the trolley and detect when the trolley is displaced from the home position by contact of a feature on the carriage with the trolley and generate signals immediately initiating shutting down of the assembly line conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Knight Industries
    Inventors: Scot Christopher Kempf, James Michael Weitz, Jeffrey William Hamden