Patents by Inventor Robert C. Shiptenko

Robert C. Shiptenko 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).

  • Centering device for electrical components
    Patent number: 4417683
    Abstract: Electrical components are processed faster and more reliably with an improved centering device. In one embodiment, thread slack is provided in the relatively slow adjuster used to preset a component processing machine to a particular insertion span, and a faster acting adjuster makes use of this thread slack to vary the preset span and center the component body in the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1983
    Assignee: Universal Instruments Corporation
    Inventors: Alan C. Lewis, Phillip A. Ragard, Robert C. Shiptenko