Peter E. McCormick
26Patents
15h-index
9Co-inventors
74Inventor score
Filing activity: Jun 4, 1984 → Jan 28, 2022
Most-cited inventions
| Patent | Title | Area | Cited by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US7000911B2 | Motor pack for automated machinery | Performing Operations; Transporting | 1,024 | Expired |
| US4769837A | Device for adding intercom functions to a phone system | Electricity | 91 | Expired |
| US4676142A | Adapter with modular components for a robot end-of-arm interchangeable tooling system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 53 | Expired |
| US4611377A | Interchangeable robot end-of-arm tooling system | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 48 | Expired |
| US6883795B2 | Electric clamp | Performing Operations; Transporting | 40 | Expired |
| US6585246B2 | Electric clamp | Performing Operations; Transporting | 35 | Expired |
| US6644638B1 | Electric clamp | Performing Operations; Transporting | 34 | Expired |
| US7121539B2 | Electrically driven tool | Performing Operations; Transporting | 31 | Expired |
| US6073512A | Manual quick change tool changer | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 27 | Expired |
| US4717003A | Breakaway clutch for robot end-of-arm tooling | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 25 | Expired |
| US5349337A | Apparatus and method for controlling peck drilling | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 19 | Expired |
| US6026682A | Coolant safety system for automated welding apparatus | Physics | 17 | Expired |
| US4848546A | Programmable breakaway clutch system for robot end-of-arm tooling | Performing Operations; Transporting | 16 | Expired |
| US5488872A | System and method for load sensing | Physics | 15 | Expired |
| US7374524B2 | Method, system and program product for enabling rapid connection of automated tools to a device network | Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies | 15 | Expired |
| US4998606A | Programmable breakaway clutch system with collapsible failure mode | Performing Operations; Transporting | 15 | Expired |
| US4884670A | Variable compliance device | Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating | 11 | Expired |
| USRE32854E | Adapter with modular components for a robot end-of-arm interchangeable tooling system | General | 7 | Expired |
| US6553827B2 | Coolant safety method for welding apparatus | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US5811674A | Coolant safety system for welding apparatus | Physics | 6 | Expired |
| US6237408A | Coolant safety system for automated welding apparatus | Physics | 5 | Expired |
| US5839557A | Annular cross-sectioned clutch assembly for connecting a tool to a robotic arm | Performing Operations; Transporting | 5 | Expired |
| US5975264A | Robotic clutch with central thrust bearing | Performing Operations; Transporting | 4 | Expired |
| US10290203B2 | Interface for communicating sensor data to a satellite network | Electricity | 0 | Active |
| US11555732B2 | Tank multi-level measurement using through the air millimeter wave radar | Physics | 0 | Active |
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.