Patents by Inventor Robert A. Sailer

Robert A. Sailer 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).

  • Electrocoat management system
    Patent number: 7349755
    Abstract: A processor-based system for monitoring and optimizing an electrocoating operation comprising at least one data acquisition module configured to receive characteristics of the electrocoating operation and at least one process control module in communication with the at least one data acquisition module and the electrocoating operation. An electrocoating process that includes such a process or based system and methods of using the system are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Valspar Sourcing, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael A. Contos, Michael J. Bourdeau, Lonnie L. Pillar, Robert A. Sailer
  • System and methods of manufacturing hook plates
    Publication number: 20060096071
    Abstract: A system and method for manufacturing a substrate having a bed of hooks located therein, in particular a system or manufacturing a hook plate having hooks with enlarged shaped heads. The system can include the use of a heated generally flat coining plate, a resilient layer placed under the hook plate, and a forming sheet placed between the coining plate and the tops of stems to be coined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventors: Joseph Pacione, Thomas Krivec, Franz Rittmannsberger, Robert Sailer
  • Electrocoat management system
    Publication number: 20050010321
    Abstract: A processor-based system for monitoring and optimizing an electrocoating operation comprising at least one data acquisition module configured to receive characteristics of the electrocoating operation and at least one process control module in communication with the at least one data acquisition module and the electrocoating operation. An electrocoating process that includes such a process or based system and methods of using the system are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Contos, Michael Bourdeau, Lonnie Pillar, Robert Sailer
  • Detecting micro-organisms in an electrocoating process
    Publication number: 20040231988
    Abstract: Use of a micro-organism detection device to rapidly evaluate the presence of microorganisms in an electrocoating process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Publication date: November 25, 2004
    Inventors: Lonnie L. Pillar, Michael J. Bourdeau, Michael A. Contos, Robert A. Sailer