Patents by Inventor Jerome A. Berendt

Jerome A. Berendt 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).

  • Process control for post-form heat treating parts for an assembly operation
    Patent number: 9187800
    Abstract: A manufacturing process including a quality control procedure for verifying the completion of forming processes, heat treating and chemically treating parts. Sheet formed blanks, tubular blanks, extrusions and casting are traced through a manufacturing process from the time the parts are received. Metallurgical data relating to parts as received is recorded and marked on the parts. Forming data, heat treating data and chemical treating data may also be recorded by scanning and marking parts throughout the manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Brett D. Irick, Jerome A. Berendt, Richard J. Hare, Stephen Kernosky, Laurent Bernard Chappuis, James Engle
  • Process Control for Post-Form Heat Treating Parts for an Assembly Operation
    Publication number: 20140236336
    Abstract: A manufacturing process including a quality control procedure for verifying the completion of forming processes, heat treating and chemically treating parts. Sheet formed blanks, tubular blanks, extrusions and casting are traced through a manufacturing process from the time the parts are received. Metallurgical data relating to parts as received is recorded and marked on the parts. Forming data, heat treating data and chemical treating data may also be recorded by scanning and marking parts throughout the manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Brett D. Irick, Jerome A. Berendt, Richard J. Hare, Stephen Kernosky, Laurent Bernard Chappuis, James Engle