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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 25, 2005
Applicants:
Daniel Bergstrom, Sarver, PA (US);
Jeffrey M. Shoup, Delmont, PA (US);
Albert Mcguire Hines, New Alexandria, PA (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Bergstrom, Sarver, PA (US);
Jeffrey M. Shoup, Delmont, PA (US);
Albert McGuire Hines, New Alexandria, PA (US);
Assignee:
Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention discloses a method for calculating gripper trajectories in forming equipment. The method utilizes a computer aided design (CAD) or a computer aided engineering (CAE) computer program to calculate the appropriate location, speed, controller commands, and trajectory for each gripper used during a forming process.