Patents by Inventor Edward E. Lewis

Edward E. Lewis 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).

  • Apparatus and method for assembling circuit structures
    Patent number: 5208976
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for assembling circuit structures in an assembly line process. The apparatus responds to a set of program instructions by selecting components in a predefined sequence from a plurality of components and aligns each selected component to correspond with an orientation defined by the program instruction set required to mount the selected component at a specific location on a circuit board. The apparatus is controlled by the program instruction set to electrically configure and program each selected and aligned component in real-time in accordance with a configuring and programming subset of the program instruction set and to install each configured component at a predefined circuit board location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories
    Inventors: Charles G. Bess, Walter W. Jones, Jr., Edward E. Lewis