Patents by Inventor James Michael Weitz

James Michael Weitz 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).

  • End of travel arrangement
    Patent number: 9919877
    Abstract: An end of travel arrangement for shutting down an assembly line conveyor when an ergo assist arm at a conveyor station moves beyond an end of travel limit point, the end of travel arrangement including a trolley rail mounted alongside one of a pair of runway rails for supporting an ergo assist arm carriage with the trolley movable along the trolley rail. One or more proximity switches are mounted aligned with a home position on the trolley and detect when the trolley is displaced from the home position by contact of a feature on the carriage with the trolley and generate signals immediately initiating shutting down of the assembly line conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Knight Industries
    Inventors: Scot Christopher Kempf, James Michael Weitz, Jeffrey William Hamden
  • End Of Travel Arrangement
    Publication number: 20160297617
    Abstract: An end of travel arrangement for shutting down an assembly line conveyor when an ergo assist arm at a conveyor station moves beyond an end of travel limit point, the end of travel arrangement including a trolley rail mounted alongside one of a pair of runway rails for supporting an ergo assist arm carriage with the trolley movable along the trolley rail. One or more proximity switches are mounted aligned with a home position on the trolley and detect when the trolley is displaced from the home position by contact of a feature on the carriage with the trolley and generate signals immediately initiating shutting down of the assembly line conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Scot Christopher Kempf, James Michael Weitz, Jeffrey William Hamden