Patents by Inventor Bruce Giezentanner

Bruce Giezentanner 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).

  • Workpiece presenter for a flexible manufacturing system
    Patent number: 7178227
    Abstract: A workpiece presenter for fixturing a workpiece of a vehicle assembly is provided, including a platform 50, and a tooling plate 7 removably connected to the platform, the tooling plate including a planar body 10 for supporting fixture tools 32, 34 holding the workpiece and including a connector mechanism to allow the planar body 10 to be removably connected with the platform 50 and the tooling plate having a locater mechanism 70, 72, 74 to locate the planar body 10 with respect to the platform 50 in a repeatable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Abid Ghuman, John E. Robertson, Bruce Giezentanner, Philip Spring
  • Tooling plate for a flexible manufacturing system
    Patent number: 6918577
    Abstract: A tooling plate to fixture a workpiece for a vehicle subassembly is provided, including a planar body 10 for supporting fixture tools 32, 34 for holding a workpiece, a connector mechanism to allow the planar body 10 to be removably connected with a workpiece presenter 50, and a locater mechanism 70, 72, 74 to locate the planar body 10 with respect to the workpiece presenter 50 in a repeatable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Abid Ghuman, John E. Robertson, Bruce Giezentanner
  • Tooling plate for a flexible manufacturing system
    Publication number: 20040056405
    Abstract: A tooling plate to fixture a workpiece for a vehicle subassembly is provided, including a planar body 10 for supporting fixture tools 32, 34 for holding a workpiece, a connector mechanism to allow the planar body 10 to be removably connected with a workpiece presenter 50, and a locater mechanism 70, 72, 74 to locate the planar body 10 with respect to the workpiece presenter 50 in a repeatable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Abid Ghuman, John E. Robertson, Bruce Giezentanner
  • Workpie e presenter for a flexible manufacturing system
    Publication number: 20040056400
    Abstract: A workpiece presenter for fixturing a workpiece of a vehicle assembly is provided, including a platform 50, and a tooling plate 7 removably connected to the platform, the tooling plate including a planar body 10 for supporting fixture tools 32, 34 holding the workpiece and including a connector mechanism to allow the planar body 10 to be removably connected with the platform 50 and the tooling plate having a locater mechanism 70, 72, 74 to locate the planar body 10 with respect to the platform 50 in a repeatable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Abid Ghuman, John E. Robertson, Bruce Giezentanner, Philip Spring