US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on May 13 for "Method and apparatus for adaptive control and real-time edge tracking of adhesive and sealer dispensing" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,351, issued on May 13, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Method and apparatus for adaptive control and real-time edge tracking of adhesive and sealer dispensing" was invented by Ahmad Mojdehi (Ann Arbor, Mich.), David John Hill (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Jim Derry (Clinton Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for applying material to a substrate includes a nozzle, robot, actuator, sensor, and controller. The robot provides primary movement such that the nozzle traverses a predefined global bead path across and spaced apart from the substrate. The actuator provides secondary relative movem...