Patents by Inventor Eric J. Sorensen

Eric J. Sorensen 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).

  • Picker carriage for grasping a card
    Patent number: 5614707
    Abstract: An integrated card programming device for programming an integrated circuit card. The integrated circuit card programming device has a base, a card input platform, and a transport. The transport is operably connected to the base and rotatably mounted about a rotational axis. The transport includes a transport arm radially disposed about the rotational axis. A card picker carriage is mounted on the transport arm. The card picker carriage has two picker arms. One or more personalization stations for programming an integrated circuit card are radially disposed about the transport. The personalization stations can program the cards to the French or ISO standards and are rotatable 180.degree..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: DataCard Corporation
    Inventors: Robert W. Lundstrom, Steven A. Miller, Eric J. Sorensen
  • Integrated circuit card programming device
    Patent number: 5332889
    Abstract: An integrated card programming device for programming an integrated circuit card. The integrated circuit card programming device has a base, a card input platform, and a transport. The transport is operably connected to the base and rotatably mounted about a rotational axis. The transport includes a transport arm radially disposed about the rotational axis. A card picker carriage is mounted on the transport arm. The card picker carriage has two picker arms. One or more personalization stations for programming an integrated circuit card are radially disposed about the transport. The personalization stations can program the cards to the French or ISO standards and are rotatable 180.degree..
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1994
    Assignee: DataCard Corporation
    Inventors: Robert W. Lundstrom, Steven A. Miller, Eric J. Sorensen