Patents by Inventor Michael Mollan

Michael Mollan 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).

  • Publication number: 20230155458
    Abstract: A rotor assembly system includes a central robotic system, which itself includes a conveyor platform and a multi-axial central robot arranged on the conveyor platform. The multi-axial central robot is configured to perform a set of manufacturing processes from among a plurality of rotor manufacturing processes related to at least one rotor component. The conveyor platform is operable to move the multi-axial central robot within the manufacturing cell to transfer the at least one rotor component between one or more rotor manufacturing processes from among the plurality of rotor manufacturing processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicants: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, ABB Inc.
    Inventors: Mark E. Briscoe, Nick Sochacki, Al Marrocco, Jeffrey Cameron, Michael Mollan
  • Patent number: 11557944
    Abstract: A rotor assembly system for a manufacturing cell includes a central robotic system comprising a multi-axial central robot and a conveyor platform and one or more multi-axial auxiliary robotic systems secured at one or more locations within the cell. The conveyor platform is operable to move the central robot within the cell. The central robotic system and the one or more auxiliary robotic systems are configured to perform a plurality of rotor manufacturing processes on at least one rotor component in coordination with one another, and the central robotic system is configured to transfer the at least one rotor component between one or more rotor manufacturing processes of the plurality of rotor manufacturing processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignees: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, ABB, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark E Briscoe, Nick Sochacki, Al Marrocco, Jeffrey Cameron, Michael Mollan
  • Publication number: 20220239204
    Abstract: A rotor assembly system for a manufacturing cell includes a central robotic system comprising a multi-axial central robot and a conveyor platform and one or more multi-axial auxiliary robotic systems secured at one or more locations within the cell. The conveyor platform is operable to move the central robot within the cell. The central robotic system and the one or more auxiliary robotic systems are configured to perform a plurality of rotor manufacturing processes on at least one rotor component in coordination with one another, and the central robotic system is configured to transfer the at least one rotor component between one or more rotor manufacturing processes of the plurality of rotor manufacturing processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicants: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, ABB Inc.
    Inventors: Mark E. Briscoe, Nick Sochacki, Al Marrocco, Jeffrey Cameron, Michael Mollan
  • Publication number: 20220239206
    Abstract: A method of securing magnetizable inserts within cores of an electric converter includes placing an assembly of rotor cores in a transfer molding press, the magnetizable inserts being disposed within cavities of the rotor cores and the cavities of the rotor cores being in fluid communication, placing a polymer preform proximate a central portion of the assembly of rotor cores, displacing the polymer preform such that the polymer preform changes state and flows radially and then axially through each of the cavities of the rotor cores, removing the assembly of rotor cores from the transfer molding press, and removing polymer waste from the assembly of rotor cores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicants: Ford Global Technologies, LLC, ABB Inc.
    Inventors: Mark E. Briscoe, Nick Sochacki, Al Marrocco, Jeffrey Cameron, Michael Mollan