Patents by Inventor Kurt D. Welch

Kurt D. Welch 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).

  • Method for optimizing configuration of pick-and-place machine
    Patent number: 7076313
    Abstract: A method for optimizing the configuration of a pick-and-place machine utilizes a genetic algorithm that creates an initial population of possible configurations and selects an optimum configuration based upon lowest cycle time. The method then creates a next generation by selecting possible configurations from the prior generation and randomly mutating instructions. The method compares the mutated configuration having the lowest cycle time from the next generation and the configuration having the lowest cycle time from the prior generation, and selects the optimum configuration. The steps are repeated to evaluate additional generations of mutated configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt D. Welch
  • Method for optimizing configuration of pick-and-place machine
    Publication number: 20040249492
    Abstract: A method for optimizing the configuration of a pick-and-place machine utilizes a genetic algorithm that creates an initial population of possible configurations and selects an optimum configuration based upon lowest cycle time. The method then creates a next generation by selecting possible configurations from the prior generation and randomly mutating instructions. The method compares the mutated configuration having the lowest cycle time from the next generation and the configuration having the lowest cycle time from the prior generation, and selects the optimum configuration. The steps are repeated to evaluate additional generations of mutated configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Kurt D. Welch