Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Alan Wienke

Jeffrey Alan Wienke 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).

  • Publication number: 20230024157
    Abstract: An e-coat line includes a frame supporting a process track configured to extend along a process direction, a workpiece rack moveably supported on the frame, and a plurality of electrodes supported on an electrode rack. The rack includes support members configured to hold a plurality of hollow workpieces in a predetermined arrangement, and the workpiece rack is moveable relative to the frame between a raised position and a lowered position. The plurality of electrodes are supported on the electrode rack in a predetermined arrangement complementary to the predetermined arrangement of the plurality of hollow workpieces on the support members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Tim Splingaire, Anthony E. Herbst, Jeffrey Alan Wienke, Chad Martin Andreae
  • Patent number: 10457493
    Abstract: An indexing conveyor system including a work station skipping device. The conveyor system has a rail situated above a plurality of same-length work stations along a path of conveyance. The work station skipping device is operable to engage a load and transfer the load from a first conveyor carriage to a second, further downstream carriage for advancing more than one work station length so that the load skips over a predetermined one of the plurality of work stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SST Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad M. Andreae, Jeffrey Alan Wienke