Patents by Inventor Steven A. Nickel

Steven A. Nickel 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).

  • Publication number: 20060287769
    Abstract: A robot multi-arm control system includes robot controllers that communicate via a network to transmit synchronization information from a master controller to one or more slave controllers in order to coordinate manufacturing processes. The system accounts for the network communication delay when synchronizing the event timing for process and motion synchronization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Akihiro Yanagita, Jianming Tao, Tien Chang, Ho Wong, H. McGee, Chi-Keng Tsai, Sai-Kai Cheng, Steven Nickel, Hadi Akeel
  • Patent number: 5357414
    Abstract: A cantilevered electrical light fixture (10) has a power supply line (30) running through it from a mounted end (17) to an internal connection zone (36) at a cantilevered end (18). A cover (52) closes the internal connection zone (36) and mounts a plug-half (40) and a switch (42), which are electrically connected to the power supply line (30). A light head (16) mounted to the cantilevered end (18) by a post (76) with a non-circular portion (78) and a threaded shank (80) has lamp wiring (110) connected to a plug-half (120) which releasably mates with the plug-half (40) mounted to the arm (12). A U-shaped bracket (116) mounts a socket (114) to a shell (84) of the light head (16) to bias the lamp bulb (154) against the shell (84).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Phoenix Products Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark T. Dane, Henry J. Griesmer, Catherine Alexander, Peter M. Zimmerman, Pinkston S. Harper, Steven A. Nickel, Ronald A. Crawford, Donald J. Zach, Robert T. Jones, James F. Morton, Brian K. Johnston