Patents by Inventor Ronald Vandergrift

Ronald Vandergrift 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).

  • Hood tilt mechanism for curved glass processing
    Publication number: 20050178158
    Abstract: A glass forming assembly for forming complex shaped glass, with the glass forming assembly having a hood assembly including a hood lift superstructure movable horizontally back and forth over a cold ring and a cooling shuttle and movable vertically relative to the cold ring and the cooling shuttle, and a hood frame supported by the hood lift superstructure by a hood tilt mechanism. The hood tilt mechanism includes an air cylinder assembly actuable to tilt the hood frame relative to the hood lift superstructure, which allows for proper orientation of the glass prior to dropping it on the cooling shuttle, thus allowing for reduced glass chipping and cracking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Inventors: Frank Moulding, Larry Scott, Robert Croft, Ronald Vandergrift
  • Method of forming and transporting curved glass
    Patent number: 6904771
    Abstract: A glass forming assembly and method for forming complex shaped glass, with the glass forming assembly having a hood assembly including a hood lift superstructure movable horizontally back and forth over a cold ring and a cooling shuttle and movable vertically relative to the cold ring and the cooling shuttle, and a hood frame supported by the hood lift superstructure by a hood tilt mechanism. The hood tilt mechanism includes an air cylinder assembly actuable to tilt the hood frame relative to the hood lift superstructure, which allows for proper orientation of the glass prior to dropping it on the cooling shuttle, thus allowing for reduced glass chipping and cracking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank E. Moulding, Larry J. Scott, Jr., Robert Croft, Ronald Vandergrift
  • Hood tilt mechanism for glass processing
    Publication number: 20040016263
    Abstract: A glass forming assembly and method for forming complex shaped glass, with the glass forming assembly having a hood assembly including a hood lift superstructure movable horizontally back and forth over a cold ring and a cooling shuttle and movable vertically relative to the cold ring and the cooling shuttle, and a hood frame supported by the hood lift superstructure by a hood tilt mechanism. The hood tilt mechanism includes an air cylinder assembly actuable to tilt the hood frame relative to the hood lift superstructure, which allows for proper orientation of the glass prior to dropping it on the cooling shuttle, thus allowing for reduced glass chipping and cracking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2002
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Frank E. Moulding, Larry J. Scott, Robert Croft, Ronald Vandergrift