Patents by Inventor Mike Shaffer

Mike Shaffer 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).

  • System and method for random mixed palletizing of products
    Patent number: 8406917
    Abstract: A system and method of the present invention randomly mixes and palletizes various containers received from a conveyor. A control system received an order in advance to cooperate with an automatic storage and retrieval system to pick the containers, ordered by various customers, and to place them on a second conveyor. A robotic device, such as a robotic arm or a gantry system, selectively picks the containers from the second conveyor and places the containers on a pallet in a mixed fashion. The pallets are delivered to the respective customers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Inventors: Salahuddin F. Khan, Jeffrey A. Clark, Philip K. Ickes, Hans Peter Schuster, Mike A. Shaffer
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RANDOM MIXED PALLETIZING OF PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20080046116
    Abstract: A system and method of the present invention randomly mixes and palletizes various containers received from a conveyor. A control system received an order in advance to cooperate with an automatic storage and retrieval system to pick the containers, ordered by various customers, and to place them on a second conveyor. A robotic device, such as a robotic arm or a gantry system, selectively picks the containers from the second conveyor and places the containers on a pallet in a mixed fashion. The pallets are delivered to the respective customers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: Salahuddin Khan, Jeffrey Clark, Philip Ickes, Hans Schuster, Mike Shaffer
  • Method and apparatus for providing a state machine operating on a real-time operating system
    Patent number: 6986146
    Abstract: A software state event machine for software based process control systems permits state and events to be unified within a common set of data structures for one or more tasks sharing common state numbers. This method reduces overall memory requirements in systems with extensive states and events among multiple tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Matt Brocco, Dennis Cutillo, Mike Shaffer
  • Method and apparatus for providing a state machine operating on a real-time operating system
    Publication number: 20030005175
    Abstract: A software state event machine for software based process control systems permits state and events to be unified within a common set of data structures for one or more tasks sharing common state numbers. This method reduces overall memory requirements in systems with extensive states and events among multiple tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventors: Matt Brocco, Dennis Cutillo, Mike Shaffer