Patents by Inventor Eric Steinwachs

Eric Steinwachs 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 for applying images to planar surfaces of a target object
    Patent number: 9321256
    Abstract: An image application system includes an articulator assembly and an applicator device. The articulator assembly holds a target object on which one or more images are to be applied from a web containing the one or more images. The target object includes an exterior surface having planar surface(s) and non-planar surface(s). The applicator device is configured to contact the web to engage the web with the exterior surface of the target object at an application interface between the web and the exterior surface. The one or more images are applied to the exterior surface from the web at the application interface. The articulator assembly is configured to move the target object in one or more linear directions and one or more rotary directions relative to the applicator device to apply the images to at least one of the one or more planar surfaces or the one or more non-planar surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Todd Skakal, William Elliott, Daniel Destino, Eric Steinwachs
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING IMAGES TO PLANAR SURFACES OF A TARGET OBJECT
    Publication number: 20140047987
    Abstract: An image application system includes an articulator assembly and an applicator device. The articulator assembly holds a target object on which one or more images are to be applied from a web containing the one or more images. The target object includes an exterior surface having planar surface(s) and non-planar surface(s). The applicator device is configured to contact the web to engage the web with the exterior surface of the target object at an application interface between the web and the exterior surface. The one or more images are applied to the exterior surface from the web at the application interface. The articulator assembly is configured to move the target object in one or more linear directions and one or more rotary directions relative to the applicator device to apply the images to at least one of the one or more planar surfaces or the one or more non-planar surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., a DELAWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Todd Skakal, William Elliot, Daniel Destino, Eric Steinwachs