Patents by Inventor Paul Krause

Paul Krause 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).

  • Patent number: 5897289
    Abstract: An apparatus for alignment and delivery of tubing for use in manufacture and assembly of heat exchangers used for controlling temperature conditions. The apparatus includes a drum into which bulk tubes are loaded. The drum aligns and deposits the tubes onto a conveyor which transports the tubes to a feed magazine. An alignment mechanism aligns the tubes within the feed magazine for use in the process of the assembly of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignees: Ford Motor Company, Progressive Tool Industries, Co.
    Inventors: Ronald Pardi, James C. Rollinson, Daniel J. Stark, William J. Maybee, Eddy G. Mizzi, Walter Kowalewski, Paul Krause
  • Patent number: 5870819
    Abstract: An apparatus assembles a heat exchanger core having first and second side plates. The first and second side plates cooperate with first and second end plates to sandwich a plurality of layered tubes and fin plates therebetween. The apparatus includes a lifting mechanism for stacking the tubes and fin plates with respect to one another to define a layered stack having opposite sides and opposite ends. A side plate assembling mechanism associates the first and second side plates on opposite sides of the layered stack. An end plate assembling mechanism associates the first and second end plates on opposite ends of the layered stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1999
    Assignees: Progressive Tool & Industries Company, Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: William J. Maybee, Eddy G. Mizzi, James C. Rollinson, Daniel J. Stark, Ronald Pardi, Walter Kowalcski, Paul Krause