Patents by Inventor William H. Steece

William H. Steece 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).

  • Component insertion machine apparatus
    Patent number: 4941795
    Abstract: A component insertion machine having apparatus for mounting component magazines and arranged for loading components therefrom into the component insertion machine. Shuttle apparatus transversely positioned on th e mounting apparatus is arranged to receive ones of the component magazines and is slidably operable for laterally displacing one received component magazine with other received component magazines to maintain a continuous supply of components to the component insertion machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories
    Inventors: William A. Elliott, Richard A. Greene, Robert P. Kennedy, Robert P. Poe, Jr., William H. Steece
  • Component insertion machine apparatus
    Patent number: 4873762
    Abstract: Apparatus for loading components into a component insertion machine. The aratus comprises structure releasably mounted on component magazine loading apparatus to retain components in component magazines received by and aligned in the component magazine loading apparatus. The structure is removable after installation of the component loading apparatus on the component insertion machine to enable components to be selected by the component insertion machine from the component magazines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1989
    Assignee: American Telephone and Telegraph Company, AT&T-Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: William A. Elliott, Richard A. Greene, Robert P. Kennedy, Robert P. Poe, Jr., William H. Steece
  • Component insertion machine apparatus
    Patent number: 4831696
    Abstract: Apparatus for loading components into a component insertion machine. The apparatus comprises structure releasably mounted on component magazine loading apparatus to retain components in component magazines received by and aligned in the component magazine loading apparatus. The structure is removable after installation of the component loading apparatus on the component insertion machine to enable components to be selected by the component insertion machine from the component magazines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Assignees: American Telephone and Telegraph Company, AT&T Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: William A. Elliott, Richard A. Greene, Robert P. Kennedy, Robert P. Poe, Jr., William H. Steece