Patents by Inventor David E. Schutte

David E. Schutte 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).

  • Patent number: 7584704
    Abstract: An assembly adapted for aiding the alignment of and interlocking a vertical lift station (VLS) rail and the main rail of an electro-monorail system (EMS), the assembly includes a locator pin, a pin receiver having tapered walls for funneling the pin towards an aligned position, and a clamping device fixedly attached to the main rail and configured to apply a holding force to the pin, so as to hold the rails in a fixed condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Schutte, James D. Oakley
  • Publication number: 20090120922
    Abstract: A composite locating pin adapted for interconnection with a welding apparatus, securing a plurality of workpieces in a fixed relative condition, and resisting slag adhesion, deformation and pin failure, during a welding cycle, includes, in a preferred embodiment, a removable pin body formed of a technical ceramic, a pin post formed of a steel alloy, and an adhesive layer intermediate the body and post, wherein the body and post are cooperatively configured so as to be removably yet securely interfitted in an assembled condition, and the layer is configured so as to further secure the pin in the assembled condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: David E. Schutte
  • Publication number: 20080223248
    Abstract: An assembly adapted for aiding the alignment of and interlocking a vertical lift station (VLS) rail and the main rail of an electro-monorail system (EMS), the assembly includes a locator pin, a pin receiver having tapered walls for funneling the pin towards an aligned position, and a clamping device fixedly attached to the main rail and configured to apply a holding force to the pin, so as to hold the rails in a fixed condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: David E. Schutte, James D. Oakley