Patents by Inventor Gerald Charles Rieck

Gerald Charles Rieck 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).

  • Programmable adaptable assembly system
    Patent number: 6941189
    Abstract: A positioner for use in a tooling apparatus, the positioner including a tool, at least one servo-motor for actuating said tool, a controller for controlling the servo-motor, nonvolatile memory in the controller, and a calibration stored in the nonvolatile memory, the calibration including compensation parameters for the build variance of the positioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas Martin Linn, Gerald Charles Rieck, Charles Weldon Wampler, II, Kevin U. Carriere
  • Programmable adaptable assembly system
    Publication number: 20020077721
    Abstract: A positioner for use in a tooling apparatus, the positioner including a tool, at least one servo-motor for actuating said tool, a controller for controlling the servo-motor, nonvolatile memory in the controller, and a calibration stored in the nonvolatile memory, the calibration including compensation parameters for the build variance of the positioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Douglas Martin Linn, Gerald Charles Rieck, Charles Weldon Wampler, Kevin U. Carriere