Patents by Inventor Ralph Conrad

Ralph Conrad 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).

  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING A STAMPED COMPONENT USING A STAMPING SIMULATION MODEL
    Publication number: 20210394247
    Abstract: A method for forming a stamped component from a blank material with an industrial stamping machine during a stamping process includes measuring a plurality of parameters of the stamping process. The parameters are provided as variables of the stamping process. The method further includes analyzing, by a stamping process model, the plurality of parameters to adjust the stamping process for the blank material, defining, by the stamping process model, a control parameter of the industrial stamping machine for the blank material, and stamping the blank material with the industrial stamping machine based on the defined control parameter to form the stamped component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Brodie Schultz, Elizabeth Bullard, Jason Ryska, Ralph Conrad, Evangelos Liasi, Scott Ellis
  • EDDY CURRENT SEPARATION OF BLANKS FOR THE AUTOMATED DESTACKING OF ALUMINUM SHEET
    Publication number: 20200030869
    Abstract: A method of separating blanks from a stack includes positioning a magnetic field generator in a fixed location proximate a peripheral edge of an upper portion of the stack, activating the magnetic field generator such that eddy currents are generated and result in a force vector in a direction away from a top-most blank of the stack, and pushing a blank, or multiple blanks, immediately below the top-most blank away from the top-most blank by the eddy currents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Randal Dively, Ralph Conrad, S. George Luckey, JR., Andrey Ilinich, Franco Leonardi, Seth Avery, Patrick McCleer
  • EDDY CURRENT SEPARATION OF BLANKS FOR THE AUTOMATED DESTACKING OF ALUMINUM SHEET
    Publication number: 20190366417
    Abstract: A method of separating blanks from a stack includes positioning a magnetic field generator in a fixed location proximate a peripheral edge of an upper portion of the stack, activating the magnetic field generator such that eddy currents are generated and result in a force vector in a direction away from a top-most blank of the stack, and pushing a blank, or multiple blanks, immediately below the top-most blank away from the top-most blank by the eddy currents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Randal Dively, Ralph Conrad, S. George Luckey, Jr., Andrey Ilinich, Franco Leonardi, Seth Avery, Patrick McCleer