Patents by Inventor Douglas M. Hoerig

Douglas M. Hoerig 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).

  • Forging machine with robotic handler
    Patent number: 10099272
    Abstract: A progressive cold forming machine and a robot for automatically changing a cutoff cassette, tooling cassettes, a transfer slide and transfer cam. A loading area adjacent the machine and robot has provisions for supporting a tooling cassette pallet and a transfer slide and camshaft pallet and a holding area for temporarily receiving some of the componentry being exchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL MACHINERY LLC
    Inventors: Aaron T. Hall, Douglas M. Hoerig, James A. Gase
  • FORGING MACHINE WITH ROBOTIC HANDLER
    Publication number: 20180021843
    Abstract: A progressive cold forming machine and a robot for automatically changing a cutoff cassette, tooling cassettes, a transfer slide and transfer cam. A loading area adjacent the machine and robot has provisions for supporting a tooling cassette pallet and a transfer slide and camshaft pallet and a holding area for temporarily receiving some of the componentry being exchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Aaron T. Hall, Douglas M. Hoerig, James A. Gase
  • Forging machine with robotic handler
    Patent number: 9802242
    Abstract: A progressive cold forming machine and a robot for automatically changing a cutoff cassette, tooling cassettes, a transfer slide and transfer cam. A loading area adjacent the machine and robot has provisions for supporting a tooling cassette pallet and a transfer slide and camshaft pallet and a holding area for temporarily receiving some of the componentry being exchanged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL MACHINERY LLC
    Inventors: Aaron T. Hall, Douglas M. Hoerig, James A. Gase
  • Down conveyor
    Patent number: 9586246
    Abstract: A progressive forming machine having a frame supporting a plurality of workstations uniformly spaced in a horizontal plane, a transfer mechanism for shifting parts from one station to another and from a last station to a discharge station, a conveyor in the frame for lowering parts from the transfer discharge station, the conveyor having individual part carriers, the conveyor being arranged to present a carrier beneath the discharge station in timed relation to the operating cycle of the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL MACHINERY LLC
    Inventors: Stanley J. Wasserman, Douglas M. Hoerig
  • FORGING MACHINE WITH ROBOTIC HANDLER
    Publication number: 20160250678
    Abstract: A progressive cold forming machine and a robot for automatically changing a cutoff cassette, tooling cassettes, a transfer slide and transfer cam. A loading area adjacent the machine and robot has provisions for supporting a tooling cassette pallet and a transfer slide and camshaft pallet and a holding area for temporarily receiving some of the componentry being exchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Aaron T. Hall, Douglas M. Hoerig, James A. Gase
  • DOWN CONVEYOR
    Publication number: 20160214806
    Abstract: A progressive forming machine having a frame supporting a plurality of workstations uniformly spaced in a horizontal plane, a transfer mechanism for shifting parts from one station to another and from a last station to a discharge station, a conveyor in the frame for lowering parts from the transfer discharge station, the conveyor having individual part carriers, the conveyor being arranged to present a carrier beneath the discharge station in timed relation to the operating cycle of the machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Stanley J. Wasserman, Douglas M. Hoerig