Patents by Inventor Mark E. Baylis

Mark E. Baylis 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).

  • Supplemental and targeted heating of vehicle body-in-white interior components/areas for paint ovens
    Patent number: 12384045
    Abstract: A heating system includes a conveying system configured to transport a plurality of vehicle body-in-whites (BIWs) sequentially through an oven room to cure paint applied in a paint room. A preheating system includes one or more robot arms. A heat source is connected to the one or more robot arms. A controller is configured to control the one or more robot arms based on a position of one of the vehicle BIWs on the conveying system and to position the heat source near or in direct contact with one or more inner components of the one of the vehicle BIWs to heat the one or more inner components prior to the one of the vehicle BIWs entering the oven room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Wayne Cai, Hua-Tzu Fan, Blair E. Carlson, Jennifer Therese Bracey, Mark E. Baylis, Kenneth W. McLean, Matthew Bondy, Ian McLoughlin
  • SUPPLEMENTAL AND TARGETED HEATING OF VEHICLE BODY-IN-WHITE INTERIOR COMPONENTS/AREAS FOR PAINT OVENS
    Publication number: 20230390938
    Abstract: A heating system includes a conveying system configured to transport a plurality of vehicle body-in-whites (BIWs) sequentially through an oven room to cure paint applied in a paint room. A preheating system includes one or more robot arms. A heat source is connected to the one or more robot arms. A controller is configured to control the one or more robot arms based on a position of one of the vehicle BIWs on the conveying system and to position the heat source near or in direct contact with one or more inner components of the one of the vehicle BIWs to heat the one or more inner components prior to the one of the vehicle BIWs entering the oven room.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Wayne CAI, Hua-tzu Fan, Blair E. Carlson, Jennifer Therese Bracey, Mark E. Baylis, Kenneth W. McLean, Matthew Bondy, Ian McLoughlin