Patents by Inventor Stephen St. Angelo

Stephen St. Angelo 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).

  • Device for measuring weatherstrip torsional rigidity
    Patent number: 4860588
    Abstract: A measuring device measures the torsional rigidity of a motor vehicle weatherstrip of the type which tends to twist upon bending about its longitudinal axis as experienced during installation of the weatherstrip around a corner of a vehicle body opening. The measuring device includes a pair of a rotatably mounted arms carrying mounting shoes for gripping the weatherstrip at spaced apart points along the length of the weatherstrip. Pivot means mount the arms for movement to swing the mounting shoes in an arcuate path and thereby bend the weatherstrip about its longitudinal axis so that the weatherstrip tends to twist. An indicator clip is removably mounted on the weatherstrip intermediate the mounting shoes and twists with the twisting of the weatherstrip to indicate that the weatherstrip has experienced a predetermined degree of twisting during the arcuate bending of the weatherstrip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen St. Angelo, John J. Lucci
  • Method of loading an arm of a robot with a loop of weather stripping
    Patent number: 4852240
    Abstract: The present invention provides for an apparatus and method for installing wheather stripping in a body door opening. In its preferred embodiment the present invention provides a robot which can load itself from a weather stripping station, transfer the weather stripping to the body door opening, and install the weather stripping within the body door opening. The present invention also provides an end of arm tooling device for a robot above-described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1989
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen St. Angelo, George C. Carver, David W. Patterson, Owen K. Fremont
  • Apparatus of a robot for installing weather stripping in a door or like opening
    Patent number: 4843701
    Abstract: The present invention provides for an apparatus and method for installing weather stripping in a body door opening. In its preferred embodiment the present invention provides a robot which can load itself from a weather stripping station, transfer the weather stripping to the body door opening, and install the weather stripping within the body door opening. The present invention also provides an end of arm tooling device for a robot above-described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen St. Angelo, George C. Carver, David W. Patterson, Owen K. Fremont
  • Apparatus and method of a robot for installing weather stripping in a door or like opening
    Patent number: 4780943
    Abstract: The present invention provides for an apparatus and method for installing weather stripping in a body door opening. In its preferred embodiment the present invention provides a robot which can load itself from a weather stripping station, transfer the weather stripping to the body door opening, and install the weather stripping within the body door opening. The present invention also provides an end of arm tooling device for a robot above-described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1988
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen St. Angelo, George C. Carver, David W. Patterson, Owen K. Fremont
  • Apparatus of a robot for installing weather stripping in a door or like opening
    Patent number: 4715110
    Abstract: The present invention provides for an apparatus and method for installing weather stripping in a body door opening. In its preferred embodiment the present invention provides a robot which can load itself from a weather stripping station, transfer the weather stripping to the body door opening, and install the weather stripping within the body door opening. The present invention also provides an end of arm tooling device for a robot above-described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1987
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen St. Angelo, George C. Carver, David W. Patterson, Owen K. Fremont