Patents by Inventor Gregory J. FARROW

Gregory J. FARROW 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).

  • Enhanced safety coil for SOGAV
    Patent number: 11915866
    Abstract: An enhanced safety coil that prevents crack formation and propagation to the coil windings from external sources and prevents exposure to fuel is provided. The enhanced safety coil may be used in a solenoid operated gas admission valve (SOGAV), and includes a plastic encapsulation body having at least one body de-stress feature, a coil wound on the plastic encapsulation body, a sleeve forming an outermost side protective wall configured to accommodate the plastic encapsulation body and coil therewithin, and potting provided between the plastic encapsulation body and the sleeve to seal the coil therein. The body de-stress feature is configured to reduce at least one of a formation or a propagation of a crack through the potting to the coil. The plastic encapsulation body forms retention latches configured to mate with a stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Woodward, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory J. Brodsack, Timothy J. Farrow, Richard J. Way, Roger M. Kifer, Michael W. Hamernik, Christopher Dan Harrison
  • System and method for flexible manufacturing
    Patent number: 11612927
    Abstract: The system includes a cell framework for defining a manufacturing area. The system includes at least one workplace within the manufacturing area. The system includes at least one manufacturing component within the manufacturing area and configured to be movable along three axes in relation to the at least one workplace. The system includes a conveying mechanism configured to move a part into the at least one workplace to be worked on by the at least one manufacturing component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: ATS AUTOMATION TOOLING SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Glenn Oshel, John Graham, Gregory J. Farrow, Nhan Huu Nguyen
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20210197244
    Abstract: The system includes a cell framework for defining a manufacturing area. The system includes at least one workplace within the manufacturing area. The system includes at least one manufacturing component within the manufacturing area and configured to be movable along three axes in relation to the at least one workplace. The system includes a conveying mechanism configured to move a part into the at least one workplace to be worked on by the at least one manufacturing component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Glenn OSHEL, John GRAHAM, Gregory J. FARROW, Nhan Huu NGUYEN
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20200009634
    Abstract: The system includes a cell framework for defining a manufacturing area. The system includes at least one workplace within the manufacturing area. The system includes at least one manufacturing component within the manufacturing area and configured to be movable along three axes in relation to the at least one workplace. The system includes a conveying mechanism configured to move a part into the at least one workplace to be worked on by the at least one manufacturing component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Glenn OSHEL, John GRAHAM, Gregory J. FARROW, Nhan Huu NGUYEN