Patents by Inventor Thurston Sandy Matthews

Thurston Sandy Matthews 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).

  • Paint defect automated seek and repair assembly and method
    Patent number: 6714831
    Abstract: A method of detecting and repairing paint defects on a vehicle body (10) is provided, including developing paint defect data using electronic imaging of the vehicle body (S1), referencing said electronic imaging with vehicle CAD data to develop three dimensional paint defect coordinates for each paint defect (S2), storing said paint defect data and said paint defect coordinates referenced to the vehicle body (S3), developing a repair strategy based upon said paint defect data and said paint defect coordinates (S4), and performing an automated repair on the paint defects based upon said repair strategy (S5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Thurston Sandy Matthews, Gary David Farquhar, Valerie Catherine Bolhouse
  • Paint defect automated seek and repair assembly and method
    Publication number: 20030139836
    Abstract: A method of detecting and repairing paint defects on a vehicle body (10) is provided, including developing paint defect data using electronic imaging of the vehicle body (S1), referencing said electronic imaging with vehicle CAD data to develop three dimensional paint defect coordinates for each paint defect (S2), storing said paint defect data and said paint defect coordinates referenced to the vehicle body (S3), developing a repair strategy based upon said paint defect data and said paint defect coordinates (S4), and performing an automated repair on the paint defects based upon said repair strategy (S5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Thurston Sandy Matthews, Gary David Farquhar, Valerie Catherine Bolhouse