Patents by Inventor Jeffery Wayne Berg

Jeffery Wayne Berg 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).

  • Spool Valve Assembly Apparatus Using Air Vortex Insertion
    Publication number: 20090064478
    Abstract: The effects of an air bearing may be augmented in various ways in order to assist in the automated assembly of valve spools into valve bores. Such augmentation may be achieved by agitating one end of the valve spool with sequentially applied pulses of pressurized air as the spool is being lowered into the valve body, increasing the effective length of the valve spool so that the agitation can be applied to the spool when the spool is partially inserted into the body, varying the position of the valve spool while the spool is being inserted into the valve body to expose a length of the spool to the pulses of pressurized air, and applying an oscillating vibration to the fixture that supports the valve body to dislodge a spool that has become jammed in the valve bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: Lamb Assembly and Test, LLC
    Inventors: Orrin Pierce Beggs, Lane Matthew Johnson, Jeffery Wayne Berg
  • Spool valve assembly apparatus using air vortex insertion
    Patent number: 7458156
    Abstract: The effects of an air bearing may be augmented in various ways in order to assist in the automated assembly of valve spools into valve bores. Such augmentation may be achieved by agitating one end of the valve spool with sequentially applied pulses of pressurized air as the spool is being lowered into the valve body, increasing the effective length of the valve spool so that the agitation can be applied to the spool when the spool is partially inserted into the body, varying the position of the valve spool while the spool is being inserted into the valve body to expose a length of the spool to the pulses of pressurized air, and applying an oscillating vibration to the fixture that supports the valve body to dislodge a spool that has become jammed in the valve bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Lamb Assembly and Test, LLC
    Inventors: Orrin Pierce Beggs, Lane Matthew Johnson, Jeffery Wayne Berg