Patents by Inventor Joseph Patrick Tracy

Joseph Patrick Tracy 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).

  • Apparatus for assembling components
    Patent number: 6779252
    Abstract: The present invention provides an assembly apparatus employing at least a robotic or automated assembly apparatus to manipulate the components to be assembled and at least a first vision alignment system to align the components prior to their assembly. An adhesive dispense system is provided to connect, attach or otherwise adhere the components together. In a method in accord with the present invention for assembling components, a source of the components is provided is located relative to a global reference system. The components held by the source are then located relative to the global reference system based upon the determined location of the source. An adhesive is dispensed onto a first of the components and a second component is manipulated into an initial attachment position relative to the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Applied Kinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Patrick Tracy, Mark T. Girard, Ryan A. Jurgenson, Roger Rhea Livermore, David Richard Swift
  • Manufacturing method
    Publication number: 20010034936
    Abstract: The present invention provides an assembly system employing at least a robotic or automated assembly apparatus to manipulate the components to be assembled and at least a first vision alignment system to align the components prior to their assembly. An adhesive dispense system is provided to connect, attach or otherwise adhere the components together. In a method in accord with the present invention for assembling components, a source of the components is provided is located relative to a global reference system. The components held by the source are then located relative to the global reference system based upon the determined location of the source. An adhesive is dispensed onto a first of the components and a second component is manipulated into an initial attachment position relative to the first component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: Joseph Patrick Tracy, Mark T. Girard, Ryan A. Jurgenson, Roger Rhea Livermore, David Richard Swift
  • Method for assembling components
    Patent number: 6266869
    Abstract: The present invention provides an assembly system employing at least a robotic or automated assembly apparatus to manipulate the components to be assembled and at least a first vision alignment system to align the components prior to their assembly. An adhesive dispense system is provided to connect, attach or otherwise adhere the components together. In a method in accord with the present invention for assembling components, a source of the components is provided is located relative to a global reference system. The components held by the source are then located relative to the global reference system based upon the determined location of the source. An adhesive is dispensed onto a first of the components and a second component is manipulated into an initial attachment position relative to the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Applied Kinetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Patrick Tracy, Mark T. Girard, Ryan A. Jurgenson, Roger Rhea Livermore, David Richard Swift