Patents by Inventor Eric Talbott Bauer

Eric Talbott Bauer 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).

  • Fixture and method for assembling structures
    Patent number: 6859989
    Abstract: An improved fixture and method for assembling a structure, wherein the improved fixture comprises a frame and a pair of position compliance devices. The compliance devices are attached to a selected one of the ends of the fixture frame for engagement with the arms of a selected one of a headstock and a tailstock used to rotate the fixture and structure to be assembled. The compliance devices each comprise a slidable block having a locating pin rotatably mounted therein, which enables the fixture to be accurately and removably positioned between a headstock and a tailstock, serving to reduce unwanted stress on the fixture and the structure to be assembled during rotation. Removability of the fixture and structure to be assembled facilitates convenient loading/unloading of the structure and 360 degree access to the structure and fixture by an operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: The Boler Company
    Inventors: Eric Talbott Bauer, Paul Edward Miller, Jeffrey R. Wittlinger, Gary E. Gerstenslager
  • Fixture and method for assembling structures
    Publication number: 20040010904
    Abstract: An improved fixture and method for assembling a structure, wherein the improved fixture comprises a frame and a pair of position compliance devices. The compliance devices are attached to a selected one of the ends of the fixture frame for engagement with the arms of a selected one of a headstock and a tailstock used to rotate the fixture and structure to be assembled. The compliance devices each comprise a slidable block having a locating pin rotatably mounted therein, which enables the fixture to be accurately and removably positioned between a headstock and a tailstock, serving to reduce unwanted stress on the fixture and the structure to be assembled during rotation. Removability of the fixture and structure to be assembled facilitates convenient loading/unloading of the structure and 360 degree access to the structure and fixture by an operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Eric Talbott Bauer, Paul Edward Miller, Jeffrey R. Wittlinger, Gary E. Gerstenslager