Patents by Inventor Thomas H. Speller, Jr.

Thomas H. Speller, Jr. 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).

  • Method and apparatus for actuating riveting tooling
    Patent number: 6543121
    Abstract: Riveting apparatus wherein a planetary roller screw delivers the high forces required for actuating the fastener upset tooling. In order that precise control of the entire upset operation may be obtained, a servo-controlled electric motor operates the actuator. In order that different machining operations may be performed on a workpiece without having to provide an actuator for each tool, the tools are engaged in turn by the actuator for performing riveting and other machining in succession.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: General Electro Mechanical Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Speller, Jr., Bernhard Kittelberger, Robert J. Kellner, Mark J. Andrews, Bradley M. Roberts
  • Apparatus for actuating tooling
    Patent number: 6357100
    Abstract: Riveting apparatus wherein a planetary roller screw delivers the high forces required for actuating the fastener upset tooling. In order that precise control of the entire upset operation may be obtained, a servo-controlled electric motor operates the actuator. In order that different machining operations may be performed on a workpiece without having to provide an actuator for each tool, the tools are engaged in turn by the actuator for performing riveting and other machining in succession.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: General Electro-Mechanical Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas H. Speller, Jr., Bernhard Kittelberger, Robert J. Kellner, Mark J. Andrews, Bradley M. Roberts
  • APPARATUS FOR ACTUATING TOOLING
    Publication number: 20010039713
    Abstract: Riveting apparatus wherein a planetary roller screw delivers the high forces required for actuating the fastener upset tooling. In order that precise control of the entire upset operation me by obtained, a servo-controlled electric motor operates the actuator. In order that different machining operations may be performed on a workpiece without having to provide an actuator for each tool, the tools are engaged in turn by the actuator for performing riveting and other machining in succession.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 1998
    Publication date: November 15, 2001
    Inventors: THOMAS H. SPELLER JR., BERNHARD KITTELBERGER, ROBERT J. KELLNER, MARK J. ANDREWS, BRADLEY M. ROBERTS
  • Rotary turret head apparatus
    Patent number: 6237212
    Abstract: A rotary turret head apparatus for installing a fastener such as a rivet. The rotary turret head apparatus has a plurality of machining and fastener installation tools disposed perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the turret. The individual tools are independently powered and the entire turret head apparatus is fed toward the workpiece by a single actuator mechanism such as a roller screw or hydraulic cylinder thereby eliminating the need for a separate actuating mechanism for each tool and eliminating the need for engagement of each tool with a central actuating mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: General Electro Mechanical Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas H. Speller, Jr., John Michael Perrelli, Cheyenne Saunders
  • Apparatus and method for actuating tooling
    Patent number: 5829115
    Abstract: Riveting apparatus wherein a planetary roller screw delivers the high forces required for actuating the fastener upset tooling. In order that precise control of the entire upset operation may be obtained, a servo-controlled electric motor operates the actuator. In order that different machining operations may be performed on a workpiece without having to provide an actuator for each tool, the tools are engaged in turn by the actuator for performing riveting and other machining in succession.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: General Electro Mechanical Corp
    Inventors: Thomas H. Speller, Jr., Bernhard Kittelberger, Robert J. Kellner, Mark J. Andrews, Bradley M. Roberts