Patents by Inventor Randal Dively

Randal Dively 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).

  • 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