Patents by Inventor William E. Janssens

William E. Janssens 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).

  • Servo-pneumatic modular weld gun
    Patent number: 6455800
    Abstract: A fully programmable servo-pneumatic modular weld gun having closed-loop position and pressure control generally includes a weld gun base module, a pneumatic cylinder with a movable piston having a first welding electrode, a J-shaped gun arm having a first end attached to the base module and a second end having a second welding electrode and a controller for providing closed-loop positioning and pressure control of the first welding electrode. The pneumatic cylinder includes an internal positioning encoder for detecting piston position and transmitting piston position information to the controller to control movement of the piston through a proportional flow control valve and a proportional pressure regulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Festo Corporation
    Inventors: William E. Janssens, Thomas J. Cusumano, Tarek El-Sawaf, Michael Zona, Louis Ariosto
  • Servo-pneumatic modular weld gun
    Publication number: 20020125219
    Abstract: A fully programmable servo-pneumatic modular weld gun having closed-loop position and pressure control generally includes a weld gun base module, a pneumatic cylinder with a movable piston having a first welding electrode, a J-shaped gun arm having a first end attached to the base module and a second end having a second welding electrode and a controller for providing closed-loop positioning and pressure control of the first welding electrode. The pneumatic cylinder includes an internal positioning encoder for detecting piston position and transmitting piston position information to the controller to control movement of the piston through a proportional flow control valve and a proportional pressure regulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: William E. Janssens, Thomas J. Cusumano, Tarek El-Sawaf, Michael Zona, Louis Ariosto