Patents by Inventor Dennis C. Kuhns

Dennis C. Kuhns 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).

  • Motorized inbound laser orientation and wheel recognition station
    Patent number: 6173213
    Abstract: The wheel style recognition system for identifying and orienting wheel workpieces includes a wheel style recognition station, a conveyor for delivering a wheel workpiece to the wheel style recognition station, and a wheel orientation sensor that senses the radial orientation of the wheel workpiece on the wheel style recognition station, and generates a radial orientation signal. A wheel mapping sensor scans the wheel workpiece and generates a wheel style mapping signal pattern, while the wheel workpiece is rotated at a steady rate of rotation. A control unit compares the wheel style mapping signal pattern with at least one reference wheel style mapping signal pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Ellison Machinery Company
    Inventors: Eugene W. Amiguet, Dennis C. Kuhns, Jonathan A. Perez