Patents by Inventor Donald W. Munger

Donald W. Munger 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).

  • Teaching arrangement for programmable manipulator
    Patent number: 4224501
    Abstract: A manipulator apparatus having a manipulator arm movable in a plurality of axes is programmed and taught to perform a desired sequence of operations over selected work paths. Basic control parameters relating to movement of the arm independent of the length and orientation of the work paths are programmed by a supervisor/programmer on the controls of a supervisory control unit. The control parameters represent manipulator work parameters and manipulator arm movement different than the taught work paths in a subsequent second teach phase.An operator/programmer in a teach phase proceeds to guide the manipulator arm over the predetermined work paths in contact with a work surface. The work paths are taught or programmed by the automatic recording into a main control memory of positional data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1980
    Assignee: Unimation, Inc.
    Inventors: Torsten H. Lindbom, Donald W. Munger