Patents by Inventor Bill Birchenough

Bill Birchenough 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).

  • Control system and method therefor
    Patent number: 6615091
    Abstract: A flexible control system and method of controlling a processing operation. The control system and method may be employed to control a high speed manufacturing system for processing articles of manufacture requiring processes to be performed on the articles at a pre-selected processing rate includes a trunk for simultaneously conveying a plurality of the articles of manufacture at the pre-selected processing rate in a first mode of motion from the beginning of the manufacturing system to the end of the system. At least one branch processing station is positioned intermediate the beginning and the end of the trunk wherein the branch processing station during its operation performs at least one process on articles of manufacture conveyed on the branch processing station and where the articles are conveyed in a second mode of motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Bill Birchenough, Mike Naegele, Paul Sonye, Suresh Viswanathan, Patrick Weber, Kathy Wedig, John P. Bowen, John Paximadis, Andy Podgurski, Andrew G. Pomykal