Patents by Inventor Kelby Wayne Klink

Kelby Wayne Klink 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).

  • Automated gate cutting system
    Patent number: 11192177
    Abstract: A system for separating a part from a monolithic tree includes a camera positioned facing the tree and configured to identify a cut mark on a gate of the tree, the tree including a runner, the part connected to the runner with the gate, each of the runner, the gate, and the part including a cast material; and a robotic arm configured to manipulate at least one of an orientation and a position of the tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Theodore Chad Harbour, Timothy P. Hipp, Kelby Wayne Klink, Donald Johnson
  • AUTOMATED GATE CUTTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200306824
    Abstract: A system for separating a part from a monolithic tree includes a camera positioned facing the tree and configured to identify a cut mark on a gate of the tree, the tree including a runner, the part connected to the runner with the gate, each of the runner, the gate, and the part including a cast material; and a robotic arm configured to manipulate at least one of an orientation and a position of the tree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Theodore Chad Harbour, Timothy P. Hipp, Kelby Wayne Klink, Donald Johnson
  • Automated gate cutting system
    Patent number: 10722941
    Abstract: A system for separating a part from a monolithic tree includes a camera positioned facing the tree and configured to identify a cut mark on a gate of the tree; and a cutter configured to cut the part from the tree at the cut mark. A method for separating a part from a monolithic tree includes marking the tree with a cut mark; identifying the cut mark with a camera; determining an orientation and a position of the cut mark; determining an orientation and a position of the tree from the orientation and the position of the cut mark; transmitting information on the orientation and position of the tree from the camera to a cutter; and cutting the part from the tree.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Theodore Chad Harbour, Timothy P. Hipp, Kelby Wayne Klink, Donald Johnson
  • AUTOMATED GATE CUTTING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180304350
    Abstract: A system for separating a part from a monolithic tree includes a camera positioned facing the tree and configured to identify a cut mark on a gate of the tree; and a cutter configured to cut the part from the tree at the cut mark. A method for separating a part from a monolithic tree includes marking the tree with a cut mark; identifying the cut mark with a camera; determining an orientation and a position of the cut mark; determining an orientation and a position of the tree from the orientation and the position of the cut mark; transmitting information on the orientation and position of the tree from the camera to a cutter; and cutting the part from the tree.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Theodore Chad Harbour, Timothy P. Hipp, Kelby Wayne Klink, Donald Johnson