Patents by Inventor Daniel Ferrier

Daniel Ferrier 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).

  • Mechanism with one sensor for panel present and double sheet detection for grippers
    Patent number: 9694500
    Abstract: A sensor or switch mechanism is connected to a gripper mechanism and uses a pivotal cam link connected to the driving mechanism of the gripper. A cam slot in the cam link is configured to convert linear reciprocal motion of the driving mechanism of the gripper to amplified rotational motion of the pivotal cam link. A target on the cam link and a stationary sensor positioned proximate to an arc described by the target on rotation of the cam link allows the sensor or switch mechanism to distinguish between the gripper properly gripping a single workpiece and the gripper improperly gripping no workpiece and/or two or more workpieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: PHD, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Ferrier
  • MECHANISM WITH ONE SENSOR FOR PANEL PRESENT AND DOUBLE SHEET DETECTION FOR GRIPPERS
    Publication number: 20170182668
    Abstract: A sensor or switch mechanism is connected to a gripper mechanism and uses a pivotal cam link connected to the driving mechanism of the gripper. A cam slot in the cam link is configured to convert linear reciprocal motion of the driving mechanism of the gripper to amplified rotational motion of the pivotal cam link. A target on the cam link and a stationary sensor positioned proximate to an arc described by the target on rotation of the cam link allows the sensor or switch mechanism to distinguish between the gripper properly gripping a single workpiece and the gripper improperly gripping no workpiece and/or two or more workpieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: PHD, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Ferrier