RICHARD S ANTOSZEWSKI
Engineers in Glenshaw, PA

6374982, Apr 23, 2002

Mar 24, 2000

09/534163

Beri Cohen - Hartsdale NY
Thomas W. DeYoung - Stormville NY
Krunoslav Esteban Draganovic - Upper Nyack NY
Lev Vant - Rego Park NY
Richard S. Antoszewski - Glenshaw PA
Joseph J. Zelezniak - Upper St. Clair PA

Bayer Corporation - Tarrytown NY

B65G 3700

1983462, 4147511, 4147443, 901 17

A robotic arm has a pair of gripper fingers designed to grip a variety of containers, including capped and uncapped test tubes as well as containers having unique gripping means. The fingers each have upper and lower projections separated by a groove, the respective projections facing each other when mounted to grippers on the robotic arm. The projections and groove serve to firmly hold the containers as well as self-align the unique gripping means on initially unaligned containers within the fingers as the fingers close around the containers. The fingers have clearance to avoid contact with caps on capped test tubes. Stops are provided at the top of each finger to engage one another and prevent fully closed fingers from deforming. The robotic arm may be transported along a rail mounted above the instrument and a gripper assembly, having a gripper arm, mounted to the robotic arm may be rotated above the instrument to move the container to various locations within the instrument. Side posts on the instruments have a gap between them that permits the gripper arm to rotate and extend outwards to interface with an adjacent instrument or a lab automation transport line.

6293750, Sep 25, 2001

Mar 24, 2000

9/534388

Beri Cohen - Hartsdale NY
Thomas W. DeYoung - Stormville NY
Krunoslav Esteban Draganovic - Upper Nyack NY
Lev Vant - Rego Park NY
Richard S. Antoszewski - Glenshaw PA
Joseph J. Zelezniak - Upper St. Clair PA
Edward R. Sieger - Pittsburgh PA

Bayer Corporation - Tarrytown NY

B66C 2300

4147444

A robotic arm has a pair of gripper fingers designed to grip a variety of containers, including capped and uncapped test tubes as well as containers having unique gripping means. The fingers each have upper and lower projections separated by a groove, the respective projections facing each other when mounted to grippers on the robotic arm. The projections and groove serve to firmly hold the containers as well as self-align the unique gripping means on initially unaligned containers within the fingers as the fingers close around the containers. The fingers have clearance to avoid contact with caps on capped test tubes. Stops are provided at the top of each finger to engage one another and prevent fully closed fingers from deforming. The robotic arm may be transported along a rail mounted above the instrument and a gripper assembly, having a gripper arm, mounted to the robotic arm may be rotated above the instrument to move the container to various locations within the instrument. Side posts on the instruments have a gap between them that permits the gripper arm to rotate and extend outwards to interface with an adjacent instrument or a lab automation transport line.

6332636, Dec 25, 2001

Mar 24, 2000

9/534387

Beri Cohen - Hartsdale NY
Thomas W. DeYoung - Stormville NY
Krunoslav Esteban Draganovic - Upper Nyack NY
Lev Vant - Rego Park NY
Richard S. Antoszewski - Glenshaw PA
Joseph J. Zelezniak - Upper St. Clair PA
Edward R. Sieger - Pittsburgh PA

Bayer Corporation - Tarrytown NY

B66C 142, B25J 1502, B25J 1902

2941191

A robotic arm has a pair of gripper fingers designed to grip a variety of containers, including capped and uncapped test tubes as well as containers having unique gripping means. The fingers each have upper and lower projections separated by a groove, the respective projections facing each other when mounted to grippers on the robotic arm. The projections and groove serve to firmly hold the containers as well as self-align the unique gripping means on initially unaligned containers within the fingers as the fingers close around the containers. The fingers have clearance to avoid contact with caps on capped test tubes. Stops are provided at the top of each finger to engage one another and prevent fully closed fingers from deforming. The robotic arm may be transported along a rail mounted above the instrument and a gripper assembly, having a gripper arm, mounted to the robotic arm may be rotated above the instrument to move the container to various locations within the instrument. Side posts on the instruments have a gap between them that permits the gripper arm to rotate and extend outwards to interface with an adjacent instrument or a lab automation transport line.

4670974, Jun 9, 1987

Nov 6, 1985

6/795687

Richard S. Antoszewski - Glenshaw PA
F. Ronald Falise - Penn Hills Township, Allegheny County PA
Francis J. Sciulli - Crafton PA
Gregory M. Toto - Mt. Lebanon PA

Westinghouse Electric Corp. - Pittsburgh PA

B23P 2100, B23Q 1500

29701

The present invention provides a technique as well as a system whereby through the use of industrial automation, windshields and the like can be inserted into a vehicle which is on a continuously moving conveyor line without stopping the vehicle. Thus, the vehicle is in motion on the conveyor during the insertion. The windshield can be automatically centered for robot acquisition through a unique mechanical device; and, multi-sensor information is converted into real-time path modification signals for robot guidance.

4652133, Mar 24, 1987

Jul 17, 1985

6/756002

Richard S. Antoszewski - Glenshaw PA
Frank J. Sciulli - Crafton Borough PA
Jeffrey D. Taft - Murrysville PA
Jack W. Clements - North Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County PA

Westinghouse Electric Corp. - Pittsburgh PA

G01B 1124

356376

A vision sensor for tracking includes a light stripe vision sensor for use in harsh environments. This light stripe generator is light source independent and produces a light stripe without the use of lenses. Additionally, the enclosure in which the light stripe generating and detecting means are mounted includes an environmental control system which provides pressurized, conditioned air into the apparatus enclosure in order to control the affects of dust, humidity and temperature variations countered in many working environments. This vision system is particularly well suited for use in welding applications and can be easily used in combination with an industrial manipulator to provide automated vision sensor capabilities.

4667805, May 26, 1987

Nov 6, 1985

6/795686

Richard S. Antoszewski - Glenshaw PA

Westinghouse Electric Corp. - Pittsburgh PA

B65G 4726

198345

The invention is a robotic parts presentation system for delivering a workpiece into a work envelope of an industrial manipulator. This system also centers the delivered workpiece about the centerline of the workpiece in the X and Y axes directions thereof. The invention provides an accurate system for the location of the part with respect to a programmed pickup point for acquisition by an industrial manipulator. The system comprises in combination a centering device which is disposed within the work envelope of the industrial manipulator and a flip-over mechanism for delivering the workpiece from a transfer station outside of the work envelope onto the centering device.

4684312, Aug 4, 1987

Mar 24, 1986

6/844242

Richard S. Antoszewski - Glenshaw PA
Daniel P. Soroka - Imperial PA

Westinghouse Electric Corp. - Pittsburgh PA

B25J 1702

414735

The invention provides a modular robotic wrist system for use with an industrial manipulator or the like. The individual modular units comprise a mounting bracket, an A axis module which is attachable to the mounting bracket and provides rotational movement about a first axis, a B axis module which is mountable either directly to the mounting bracket or to the A axis module to provide either rotational movement about a second axis or additional rotational movement about the second axis in conjunction with the rotational movement provided by the A axis module about a first axis and tool-mounting flanges which can be used in conjunction with the B axis module to provide rotational movement of an end effector either on the second axis or radially spaced about the second axis. Each of the modular units has a rotating member which is driven by a high-speed, low-torque DC motor coupled to a harmonic drive unit. The individual modules can be provided with position feedback mechanisms which provide both speed and locational information.