Patents by Inventor William R. M. Ede

William R. M. Ede 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).

  • Apparatus and method of the control of installing weather stripping in a door or like opening by a robot
    Patent number: 5201106
    Abstract: A robot for installing a fixed length of weather stripping in a body opening. The robot in a preferred embodiment includes an arm movable in a predetermined path, a powered variable angular displacement rate pressure roller mounted on the end of the arm for tracing the body opening and applying the fixed length to the opening, a calibration table for storage of preprogrammed datums for the pressure roller angular displacement rate and weather stripping feed rates for a plurality of locational segments along the body opening during an application cycle, a controller for delivering a signal representative of the calibration table preprogrammed datums to the pressure roller, an encoder for determining the actual angular displacement rate of the pressure roller, and an encoder for determining the actual feed rate of the weather stripping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: General Motors of Canada Limited
    Inventors: George D. Moore, Thorsten Koseck, William R. M. Ede