Patents by Inventor Edward E. Fiekert

Edward E. Fiekert 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).

  • Portable automatic fastener delivery system
    Patent number: 6688489
    Abstract: A portable fastener delivery system is provided that comprises an automated unloading mechanism that removes fasteners from a fastener storage device and delivers the fasteners through a delivery conduit to a work station. Generally, the portable fastener delivery system is mobile throughout a production facility so that fasteners may be delivered to a plurality of work stations. In operation, a signal is transmitted to a control system requesting a specific fastener configuration, and the control system causes positioning of the unloading mechanism adjacent the fastener storage device. A pneumatic source is then activated to cause the unloading mechanism to remove a fastener from the fastener storage device using a vacuum generator, and once the fastener is removed, the fastener is transported through a delivery conduit to the work station using pressurized air from the pneumatic source through a flexible fastener delivery tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Daniel D. Bloch, Roy L. Barr, Edward E. Fiekert, David McCoy, Kevin J. Sitton, Ernst A. Oswald
  • Portable automatic fastener delivery system
    Publication number: 20030034355
    Abstract: A portable fastener delivery system is provided that comprises an automated unloading mechanism that removes fasteners from a fastener storage device and delivers the fasteners through a delivery conduit to a work station. Generally, the portable fastener delivery system is mobile throughout a production facility so that fasteners may be delivered to a plurality of work stations. In operation, a signal is transmitted to a control system requesting a specific fastener configuration, and the control system causes positioning of the unloading mechanism adjacent the fastener storage device. A pneumatic source is then activated to cause the unloading mechanism to remove a fastener from the fastener storage device using a vacuum generator, and once the fastener is removed, the fastener is transported through a delivery conduit to the work station using pressurized air from the pneumatic source through a flexible fastener delivery tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventors: Daniel D. Bloch, Roy L. Barr, Edward E. Fiekert, David McCoy, Kevin J. Sitton, Ernst A. Oswald