Patents by Inventor Gregory L. Carr

Gregory L. Carr 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).

  • Method for dispensing material onto a substrate
    Patent number: 6391378
    Abstract: A dispensing system and method for dispensing material onto a substrate. In one embodiment, a dispensing system includes a housing, a dispensing apparatus, coupled to the housing, that dispenses a quantity of material onto the substrate, and a measuring probe, coupled to the housing, and positionable over the substrate to measure a distance from a reference point to a location on the top surface of the substrate. Another embodiment of the invention is directed to a method for dispensing material onto a top surface of a substrate using a dispensing system having a dispensing apparatus that dispenses the material at a dispensing distance from the top surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Speedline Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Carr, William Cavallaro
  • Apparatus for measuring the height of a substrate in a dispensing system
    Patent number: 6093251
    Abstract: A dispensing system and method for dispensing material onto a substrate. In one embodiment, a dispensing system includes a housing, a dispensing apparatus, coupled to the housing, that dispenses a quantity of material onto the substrate, and a measuring probe, coupled to the housing, and positionable over the substrate to measure a distance from a reference point to a location on the top surface of the substrate. Another embodiment of the invention is directed to a method for dispensing material onto a top surface of a substrate using a dispensing system having a dispensing apparatus that dispenses the material at a dispensing distance from the top surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2000
    Assignee: Speedline Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Carr, William Cavallaro
  • Method and apparatus for measuring volume
    Patent number: 5918648
    Abstract: A dispensing system for dispensing material onto a substrate. In one embodiment, the material is dispensed into a cavity of the substrate, the cavity having an unknown volume. The dispensing system includes a housing, a dispensing apparatus, coupled to the housing, that dispenses a metered quantity of material, and a volumetric measuring probe, coupled to the housing, and positionable over the cavity of the substrate to measure the volume of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: Speedline Techologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Carr, William Cavallaro, John Lienhard