Patents by Inventor Robert E. Parsons
Robert E. Parsons 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).
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Patent number: 9157723Abstract: A measurement apparatus and corresponding method can be used to measure an absolute diameter of a part in a shop floor environment. A tracker such as a laser tracker monitors a position of a probe end of a measurement arm of the apparatus. The position measured by the laser tracker can be used directly account for errors in the apparatus such as, for example, positioning errors of the measurement arm. The position monitoring of the tracking device eliminates complex apparatus calibrations and calculations used for previous devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Axiam, Inc.Inventors: Robert M. Lee, Robert E. Parsons
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Publication number: 20140096405Abstract: A measurement apparatus and corresponding method can be used to measure an absolute diameter of a part in a shop floor environment. A tracker such as a laser tracker monitors a position of a probe end of a measurement arm of the apparatus. The position measured by the laser tracker can be used directly account for errors in the apparatus such as, for example, positioning errors of the measurement arm. The position monitoring of the tracking device eliminates complex apparatus calibrations and calculations used for previous devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: Axiam, Inc.Inventors: Robert M. Lee, Robert E. Parsons
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Patent number: 8538725Abstract: A measurement apparatus calibrated to measure an absolute diameter of a part in a shop floor environment. The measurement apparatus includes a calibration that includes compensation factors for thermal expansion, shifting of measurement parts (arm, support tower, and related laser), and variances of these parts. The resulting measurements report an absolute diameter of a part to a higher degree of accuracy than previously possible. Also, the calculated compensation factor eliminate the need for an isolated, climate-controlled measurement room.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2012Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Axiam, Inc.Inventors: Robert M. Lee, Robert E. Parsons
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Publication number: 20120310595Abstract: A measurement apparatus calibrated to measure an absolute diameter of a part in a shop floor environment. The measurement apparatus includes a calibration that includes compensation factors for thermal expansion, shifting of measurement parts (arm, support tower, and related laser), and variances of these parts. The resulting measurements report an absolute diameter of a part to a higher degree of accuracy than previously possible. Also, the calculated compensation factor eliminate the need for an isolated, climate-controlled measurement room.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2012Publication date: December 6, 2012Inventors: Robert M. Lee, Robert E. Parsons
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Patent number: 8219353Abstract: A measurement apparatus calibrated to measure an absolute diameter of a part in a shop floor environment. The measurement apparatus includes a calibration that includes compensation factors for thermal expansion, shifting of measurement parts (arm, support tower, and related laser), and variances of these parts. The resulting measurements report an absolute diameter of a part to a higher degree of accuracy than previously possible. Also, the calculated compensation factor eliminate the need for an isolated, climate-controlled measurement room.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2010Date of Patent: July 10, 2012Assignee: Axiam, Inc.Inventors: Robert M. Lee, Robert E. Parsons
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Patent number: 7877223Abstract: A computer method or corresponding system for optimally balancing a rotor assembly. The computer system defines a theoretical centerline based on a mathematical model of the rotor assembly. For each disc or component of the rotor assembly, the invention system calculates rotor blade or bolt and washer distribution, based on calculated centerline deviations and angular locations of the discs and effective weights of rotor blade or bolt-and-washer sets. The rotor blade or bolt-and-washer distribution provides locations for placement of the rotor blades or bolts-and-washers so as to offset the centerline deviations and thus correct imbalance of the rotor assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2009Date of Patent: January 25, 2011Assignee: Axiam, Inc.Inventors: Robert M. Lee, Robert E. Parsons
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Publication number: 20100198553Abstract: A measurement apparatus calibrated to measure an absolute diameter of a part in a shop floor environment. The measurement apparatus includes a calibration that includes compensation factors for thermal expansion, shifting of measurement parts (arm, support tower, and related laser), and variances of these parts. The resulting measurements report an absolute diameter of a part to a higher degree of accuracy than previously possible. Also, the calculated compensation factor eliminate the need for an isolated, climate-controlled measurement room.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2010Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: Axiam, Inc.Inventors: Robert M. Lee, Robert E. Parsons
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Publication number: 20090234481Abstract: A computer method or corresponding system for optimally balancing a rotor assembly. The computer system defines a theoretical centerline based on a mathematical model of the rotor assembly. For each disc or component of the rotor assembly, the invention system calculates rotor blade or bolt and washer distribution, based on calculated centerline deviations and angular locations of the discs and effective weights of rotor blade or bolt-and-washer sets. The rotor blade or bolt-and-washer distribution provides locations for placement of the rotor blades or bolts-and-washers so as to offset the centerline deviations and thus correct imbalance of the rotor assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2009Publication date: September 17, 2009Applicant: Axiam, IncorporatedInventors: Robert M. Lee, Robert E. Parsons
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Patent number: 7539594Abstract: A computer method or corresponding system for optimally balancing a rotor assembly. The computer system defines a theoretical centerline based on a mathematical model of the rotor assembly. For each disc or component of the rotor assembly, the invention system calculates rotor blade or bolt and washer distribution, based on calculated centerline deviations and angular locations of the discs and effective weights of rotor blade or bolt-and-washer sets. The rotor blade or bolt-and-washer distribution provides locations for placement of the rotor blades or bolts-and-washers so as to offset the centerline deviations and thus correct imbalance of the rotor assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2006Date of Patent: May 26, 2009Assignee: Axiam, IncorporatedInventors: Robert M. Lee, Robert E. Parsons
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Publication number: 20080075592Abstract: A computer method or corresponding system for optimally balancing a rotor assembly. The computer system defines a theoretical centerline based on a mathematical model of the rotor assembly. For each disc or component of the rotor assembly, the invention system calculates rotor blade or bolt and washer distribution, based on calculated centerline deviations and angular locations of the discs and effective weights of rotor blade or bolt-and-washer sets. The rotor blade or bolt-and-washer distribution provides locations for placement of the rotor blades or bolts-and-washers so as to offset the centerline deviations and thus correct imbalance of the rotor assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2006Publication date: March 27, 2008Applicant: Axiam, IncorporatedInventors: Robert M. Lee, Robert E. Parsons
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Patent number: 5347456Abstract: An intelligent vehicle highway system requires a multi-functional roadway reference system to help the vehicle locate its lateral and longitudinal position along a highway. This information at a minimum is required to control the vehicle. The present invention consists of a roadway reference system in which discrete markers installed in the center of a traffic lane code one or more bits of information. An on-board sensing system acquires the information when the vehicle passes over the reference markers and thereby determines vehicle deviation and upcoming road geometry. Other coded information may be provided through the passive discrete markers to include such items as geographical position, warning of future conditions and the like.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 1991Date of Patent: September 13, 1994Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Wei-bin Zhang, Robert E. Parsons
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Patent number: 5077646Abstract: An ornamental lighting frame device for the quick and easy shaping of a lighting set having a number of electric lights joined by electric wire, the device including a preshaped frame with a number of openings therethrough and a cantilevered retainer proximate to and extending across the openings to support the electrical wire to provide for the quick and easy placement of the electric lights in a configuration approximating the shape of the frame.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 1990Date of Patent: December 31, 1991Inventor: Robert E. Parsons
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Patent number: 4548845Abstract: A water-insoluble, normally tacky, pressure-sensitive adhesive is disclosed having reduced build up on a knife blade when that knife blade is utilized to shear a plurality of webs including a layer of the adhesive. The adhesive contains a mixture of non-volatile components including (a) a water-insoluble elastomeric polymer, (b) a tackifier and (c) a polyoxyalkylene polyol present in amount of about 3 to about 45 percent of the total non-volatile weights of components (a), (b) and (c). The adhesive components (a), (b) and (c) are dispersed substantially homogeneously when the adhesive is applied to a substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 1983Date of Patent: October 22, 1985Assignee: Avery International Corp.Inventors: Robert E. Parsons, Martha L. Westcott, Susan L. Johnson