Patents by Inventor ERIC JAMES LEBSACK

ERIC JAMES LEBSACK 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).

  • System and method for storing and processing a variety of part shapes using robotic tending
    Patent number: 10688611
    Abstract: A system and method for using a robotic arm and a part gripping jaw to tend a CNC machine. A robotic arm picks up a part gripping jaw and used the jaw to grip a part, and moves the part into a vise in the CNC machine. The part gripping jaw has features which the vise engages, and secures the part in the part gripping jaw for processing in the CNC machine. The system and method includes a novel racking system, robotic end of arm tool, jaw grippers and vise system. The jaw grippers that hold the part are moved from the rack system, with the part to be processed, by the robot, to the vise where the vise uses the jaw grippers to secure the part for processing. After the part is processed, the robot removes the part from the vise with the jaw grippers and stores the part back into the rack system using the jaw grippers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: VersaBuilt, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert James Youngwerth, Shane Christopher Dittrich, Benjamin Thomas Blaine, Sean Gabriel Brown, Eric James Lebsack
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING AND PROCESSING A VARIETY OF PART SHAPES USING ROBOTIC TENDING
    Publication number: 20170216984
    Abstract: A system and method for using a robotic arm and a part gripping jaw to tend a CNC machine. A robotic arm picks up a part gripping jaw and used the jaw to grip a part, and moves the part into a vise in the CAN machine. The part gripping jaw has features which the vise engages, and secures the part in the part gripping jaw for processing in the CNC machine. The system and method includes a novel racking system, robotic end of arm tool, jaw grippers and vise system. The jaw grippers that hold the part are moved from the rack system, with the part to be processed, by the robot, to the vise where the vise uses the jaw grippers to secure the part for processing. After the part is processed, the robot removes the part from the vise with the jaw grippers and stores the part back into the rack system using the jaw grippers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: ALBERT JAMES YOUNGWERTH, SHANE CHRISTOPHER DITTRICH, BENJAMIN THOMAS BLAINE, SEAN GABRIEL BROWN, ERIC JAMES LEBSACK
  • System and method for storing and processing a variety of part shapes using robotic tending
    Patent number: 9656395
    Abstract: A system and method for using a robotic arm and a part gripping jaw to tend a CNC machine. A robotic arm picks up a part gripping jaw and used the jaw to grip a part, and moves the part into a vise in the CAN machine. The part gripping jaw has features which the vise engages, and secures the part in the part gripping jaw for processing in the CNC machine. The system and method includes a novel racking system, robotic end of arm tool, jaw grippers and vise system. The jaw grippers that hold the part are moved from the rack system, with the part to be processed, by the robot, to the vise where the vise uses the jaw grippers to secure the part for processing. After the part is processed, the robot removes the part from the vise with the jaw grippers and stores the part back into the rack system using the jaw grippers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Versabuilt, Inc.
    Inventors: Albert James Youngwerth, Shane Christopher Dittrich, Benjamin Thomas Blaine, Sean Gabriel Brown, Eric James Lebsack
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING AND PROCESSING A VARIETY OF PART SHAPES USING ROBOTIC TENDING
    Publication number: 20140319749
    Abstract: A system and method for using a robotic arm and a part gripping jaw to tend a CNC machine. A robotic arm picks up a part gripping jaw and used the jaw to grip a part, and moves the part into a vise in the CAN machine. The part gripping jaw has features which the vise engages, and secures the part in the part gripping jaw for processing in the CNC machine. The system and method includes a novel racking system, robotic end of arm tool, jaw grippers and vise system. The jaw grippers that hold the part are moved from the rack system, with the part to be processed, by the robot, to the vise where the vise uses the jaw grippers to secure the part for processing. After the part is processed, the robot removes the part from the vise with the jaw grippers and stores the part back into the rack system using the jaw grippers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: ALBERT JAMES YOUNGWERTH, SHANE CHRISTOPHER DITTRICH, BENJAMIN THOMAS BLAINE, SEAN GABRIEL BROWN, ERIC JAMES LEBSACK