Patents by Inventor Peter J. Dodson

Peter J. Dodson 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).

  • Machines and method applicable to the manufacture of electrical and like devices
    Patent number: 4333233
    Abstract: A machine for inserting terminal pins into a printed-circuit board under programmed control has a pin-insertion head which is charged with pins from a reciprocating shuttle that executes only one stroke in response to each pin-insertion operation. The head is charged with a pin from one of two passages in the shuttle at the end of each stroke while the other passage is being loaded with a pin ready for translation to the head to recharge it, during the next stroke. The machine further includes apparatus for feeding the pins from a pin storage means to the shuttle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1982
    Assignee: Guardall Limited
    Inventors: Peter J. Dodson, Kenneth E. Horwood