Patents by Inventor Abdulhadi K. Abu-Akeel

Abdulhadi K. Abu-Akeel 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).

  • Guide device for multi-axis manipulator
    Patent number: 4218166
    Abstract: A guide device for the supply lines that lead to the work tool at the work end of a multi-axis manipulator's boom. The guide device includes a slidable block positioned to the rear of the wrist assembly of the boom and connected by a flexible cable to the work tool for controlling bending of the supply lines so as to minimize twisting thereof as the work tool is moved about a pair of intersecting axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1980
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Abdulhadi K. Abu-Akeel, Thomas Barrowman, Gerald C. Rieck
  • Support device for rotating bar including an assembly for cushioning and dampening vibratory movement of the bar
    Patent number: 4044861
    Abstract: A support device for a long rotating cylindrical bar that includes three hydraulic cylinders located in a common vertical plane and each having a roller for supporting the bar. The hydraulic cylinders are located in a hydraulic circuit which includes an assembly for cushioning and dampening vibratory movement of the bar during high speed rotation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1977
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Abdulhadi K. Abu-Akeel, Gerald C. Rieck