Consultant, Expert Witness, Electrical & Mechanical Accidents

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I serve as an expert witness in cases involving electrical injuries or industrial accidents, analyzing their causes and responsibilities, including product liability, and analyzing intellectual property disputes involving patents. I provide analyses, reports, depositions, and court testimony. So far I have successfuly refuted every adversary expert. My testimony has won million dollar cases.

I am a consultant and expert witness applying mechanical, electrical, and electro-mechanical engineering to lawsuits for:

Electrical Accidents and Electrical Injuries

• Electric Shock
• Electrocution
• Electrical Fire
• Electrical Explosion
• Electrical Medical Devices
• Electric Power Tools
• Product Liability

Mechanical Accidents and Injuries

• Machinery injuries
• Other mechanical injuries

Product Liability
Patents (Infringement, validity)

I work for both plaintiffs and defendants. "I calls 'em as I sees 'em." My testimony has won million dollar cases.

There is no charge for an introductory discussion of your case; telephone me, Lawrence Kamm, at 619-224-3494.

My Formal Education

• B.S. in E.E. from Columbia University (I studied both electrical and mechanical engineering.)
• M.E.E. from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute (Electrical engineering)
• A course in patent law in Columbia University (As an inventor I have 38 issued patents. In order to prosecute my own patents in the patent office I studied patent law. At the end of the course the professor suggested my taking the patent office examination as a final exam. I passed it and became, without intending to, a "Registered Patent Agent." Since it was never my intent to prosecute the patents of others I did not bother to renew the registration so it lapsed and I became a "former patent agent.") However I work as a consultant and expert witness in interpreting patent clims and judging patent validity.
• A course in electro-mechanical engineering in Stevens Institute of Technology.
• Professional Engineer licenses from New York, Maryland, and California (E-5897).
• I have been a Certified Manufacturing Engineer (SME).

As a design engineer I have invented and designed mechanical and electro-mechanical devices of great diversity. These included robots, numerical controls, computer peripherals, space vehicles and components, simulators, a mail sorter memory, a heart-lung machine, automatic test-and-sort and other manufacturing equipment for semi-conductors and other products, transducers, switchgear, engine components, and the Decimal Keeper slide rule (now in the Smithsonian and Oxford Science Museums.) As a consultant I have created new products and product improvements for many clients (See list, below.).

Medical Engineering

• Design of a sophisticated heart-lung machine for open heart surgery
• Electro-mechanical improvements in pacemakers
• Design improvements in medical training aids
• Analysis of burns caused by a dental drill
• A magnetic medical device
• Mechanical improvement of a medicine dispenser
• Design analysis of a hypodermic system
• Power source for a medical instrument
• Bathtub for the handicapped
• Critique of the design and manufacturing plan for a medical instrument

Issued Patents

I hold 38 issued patents.

As an entrepreneur I created and managed Numerical Control Corporation, Devonics Inc., Typagraph Corporation, and Mobot Corporation.

Books, Papers, Lectures, Articles

Seven books, 28 technical papers, many essays and tutorials published on the Internet, and much trade literature for my companies. A monthly column in Electronic Design magazine from February 2000 to June 2001. Lectures at three universities and several companies. These writings include:

Books:

• REAL-WORLD ENGINEERING A book on engineering career success. Description and Table of Contents. Originally published as "Successful Engineering."
• DESIGNING COST-EFFICIENT MECHANISMS Table of Contents, Minimum Constraint Design, Robot Grippers, Mechanical Components.
• UNDERSTANDI NG ELECTRO-MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, AN INTRODUCTION TO MECHATRONICS. Book description and Table of Contents.
• LARGE INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS, published on the Internet
• BANISH FEAR OF FLYING, published on the Internet
• ARTIFICIAL PEOPLE, ROBOTS, AND SMART MACHINES, published on the Internet
• ADVENTURES OF AN ENTREPRENEUR AND CONTROVERSIAL ESSAYS
• ALL ABOUT ENERGY, published on the Internet

Journal articles and columns:

• Monthly columns, headed "Real-World Engineering," in Electronic Design magazine.
• Tutorials in ChipCenter magazine.
• "Competition Between Electrical And Mechanical Technologies," Chipcenter Magazine.
• "Successful Engineering," Seminar, IEEE, May, 1989
• "On The Road To Success," Design News, March 27, 1989

Lectures:

• Three day courses on successful engineering, University of Wisconsin, Wayne State, and UCSD
• Seminar on Design Theory, Stanford University
• "Energy," UCSD
• "Man-In-Space," UCSD
• "The Challenger Disaster," UCSD
• "Successful Engineering," Milwaukee School of Engineering (Designated "Distinguished Lecturer")

Professional Papers

• "Variable and Adjustable Speed Parachute," Navy Technical Disclosure Bulletin, March 1977, (Co-author: Joseph Hirsch)
• "Further Developments in Modular Cartesian Robots," Robots VIII
• "Developments in Modular Cartesian Robots," Robots VII
• "Robot Automatic Storage and Retrieval System," Robots VI
• "Robots For PC Manufacturing," Proceedings, International Printed Circuits Conference, 1979
• "Product Design For Automated Assembly," Design News, February 19, 1973
• "Automatic Assembly Machine for Thermal Elements," Conference Paper, Machinery and Allied Products Institute, October 1972
• "Computer Input & Output Devices," Computer Symposium paper, 1967
• Putting Centrifugal Force to Work - Backwards," Power Transmission Design, April 1966
• " 'MACON' Matrix Connector Punched-Card Programmer," Simulation, May 1965
• "Contact Pattern Aligns P-C Matrix," Electronics, August 25, 1961 (in "Production Techniques")
• "Analog Computer Problem Connector Employing Punched Card and Crossbars," Electronics, August 18, 1961
• "Magnetorquer, A Satellite Orientation Device," ARS Journal, June, 1961
• "A Proposed Rocket Engine Injector," Astronautics, December 1960
• "Vertistat, A Satellite Orientation Device," Presented at American Rocket Society, December 1960, ARS Journal, June 1962
• "SATRAC: Satellite Automatic Terminal Rendezvous and Coupling," Astronautics, June 1961
• "Servo Controlled Heart and Lung Machine," Transactions of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs, Vol. 5, 1959
• "FOXY II, A transistorized Analog Memory For Functions of Two Variables," (co-authors: P. C. Sherertz and L. E. Steffen), Western Joint Computer Conference, 1959
• "Servo Controlled Magnetic Tape Delay Line," AIEE Conference Paper, 1958. Instruments and Control Systems, March 1960
• "Slide Rule For Locating Decimal Point," Product Engineering, July 1957
• "Digital Positioning System For Jig Borer," 1955 (not published)
• Digital Voltage Divider," Electronics, December 1955
• "Tape Control Improves Quality Control," Automatic Control, September 1954
• "All Printed Circuit Electronic Assembly," Electrical Manufacturing, June 1953
• "Iron Tube Acts As Magnetic Core And Outer Conductor for Relay," Design News, July 1951
• "Electrical Connector," Design News, July 1951

Articles As Web Sites

• Competition Between Electrical and Mechanical Technologies, Chipcenter Magazine
• Recovery In Addition To Workmens' Compensation Click (www.ljkamm.com/tort.htm)
• "Shocking Portable Tools" Click (www.ljkamm.com/portool.htm)
• "Industrial Accidents" Click (www.ljkamm.com/xx.htm)
• "Recovery Beyond Workers' Compensation" Click (www.ljkamm.com/tort.htm)
• "Safety Labels" Click (www.ljkamm.com/labels.htm)

Extensive trade literature, brochures, video tapes, and P.R. on modular Cartesian robots

Professional Fields

• Consultant and Expert Witness (Industrial accidents, product liability, electrical accidents, electrical injuries, and intellectual property involving patents.)
• Electrical, Electro-Mechanical, and Mechanical Engineering and Invention
• Engineering and Business Management
• Engineering and Business Consulting
• Engineering Teaching and Writing
• Entrepreneuring

Degrees & Licenses

• B.S. in E.E. Columbia University
• M.E.E. Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn
• Patent law course, Columbia University
• Professional Engineer Licenses: New York, Maryland, California (Cerificate E 5897)
• Registered Patent Agent, U.S. Patent Office (Not renewed)
• Certified Manufacturing Engineer, SME

Memberships

• National Academy of Forensic Engineers
• San Diego Forensic Consultants Association
• National Society Of Professional Engineers
• Sigma Xi
• Mensa
• Institute Of Electrical And Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
• American Society Of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
• American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)
• Formerly, when I was working in those fields:
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME)
• Robot Institute
• American Rocket Society (Now AIAA)

Expert Witness

I practice as a consultant and expert witness in the analysis of electrical and mechanical accidents and in patent infringement and validity.

For a list of cases, Click here. (www.ljkamm.com/forensic.htm)

Electro-mechanical, pneumatic, medical, and hydraulic device design, including:

transducers, relays, switches, connectors, electronic packaging systems, oceanographic instruments, medical devices, high power reciprocating electric motor, high frequency electro-hydraulic servo-valve, components for heavy trucks, devices for vibration control, special tools, hysteresis clutch and brake, and Cartesian robots, including active and passive homing guidance and adaptive tooling. Critique, debugging, and failure analysis of existing designs.

Computer peripherals, including:

tape transports, disc memory, hard copy text and graphics terminal, airlines reservation terminal, card punch, tape readers, interconnection system for large analog computers, data displays, keyboards, memory devices, analog computer function generators.

Manufacturing automation, including:

robots and other machinery for automatic assembly, testing, sorting, fabrication, and material handling; numerical control systems; special tooling; automatic storage and retrieval systems.

Special machines, including:

mail sorter, pipeline internal test vehicle, heart & lung machine, remotely controlled oceanographic vehicle, automatic manipulator for artillery shells in a gamma ray inspection system, experimental variable pitch propeller.

Development of minimum constraint design technology and presentation in the book "Designing Cost Efficient Mechanisms."

Space vehicles and devices, including:

A winning satellite proposal, satellite designs, satellite attitude control systems, a manned space vehicle simulator, preliminary design and a working model of a moon surface vehicle with life detection experiments.

Teaching

A course for government engineers in a new equipment I helped design, an extension course in engineering practice (given in three universities and culminating in the book "Successful Engineering," (republished as "Real-World Engineering,") much teaching inside engineering departments, and technical tutorials to attorneys and juries in some of my cases.

Marketing and selling much of the above.

Entrepreneuring And Managing Four Companies:

• Mobot Corp. (Initially: Modular Machine Co.) Industrial robots.
• Numerical Control Corp. Numerical control for machine tools, consulting, R&D contracts, many special machines.
• Typagraph Corp. Hard copy text and graphics computer terminal.
• Devonics Inc. Drafting and engineering instruments including my patented 'Decimal Keeper' slide rule.

Management Consulting

(usually as an outgrowth of engineering consulting.)

Much of the above work was done as a consultant.

Detailed History of Employment, Including Lists Of Projects

Outline, 1941 To The Present:

• Employment as an engineer in both small and large companies
• Entrepreneur (Numerical Control Corp., Devonics, Inc., Typagraph Corp., Mobot Corp.)
• Teacher and author in design theory and practice
• Consulting engineer and inventor
• Expert witness, which is my principal present activity. Also consulting engineering and invention projects listed below.

Details, By Time Periods

March 1985 - Present

Self employed as an expert witness in industrial accidents, product liability, electrical injuries and mechanical injuries, and patent infringement. Please see my expert witness cases on the attached list. Cases

Other engineering and invention projects:

• Provisional patent applications: Pollutant removal from coal, storage system for nuclear waste.
• Power source for a medical instrument, advice to a client.
• Patent application on a magnetic medical device invented for a client.
• Preliminary mechanical design of a portable computer for police cars, resistant to severe environments, for a client.
• Invention of a hysteresis clutch and brake design for a client.
• Mechanical design of an electronic fingerprint scanner for a client.
• Study and proposal for a magneto-hydrodynamic pump for a client.
• Lectures on energy at UCSD.
• Lecture on the Challenger disaster at UCSD.
• Lecture on Man-in-Space at UCSD.
• Four books, self published: Adventures of an Entrepreneur & Controversial Essays; Banish Fear of Flying; Artificial People, Robots, and Smart Machines; All About Energy.
• Many non-technical essays, inventions, and proposals.
• A short course in engineering practice in U/Wisconsin, Wayne State, and UCSD. The course became the book, "Successful Engineering," (McGraw-Hill, re-published as "Real-World Engineering," IEEE Press.)
• Lectured at Milwaukee School of Engineering and was designated "Distinguished Lecturer."
• Lectured at the University of California San Diego on Energy, Man-in-Space, The Challenger Disaster, and a course based on my book, "Real-World Engineering."
• Book, "Designing Cost-Efficient Mechanisms," 1990, McGraw-Hill and reprinted in paperback 1993, Society of Automotive Engineers Press. Lectures on the subject of Minimum Constraint Design which is a major subject of the book.
• Book, "Understanding Electro-Mechanical Engineering, an Introduction to Mechatronics" 1995, IEEE Press.
• Book, "Adventures of an Entrepreneur"
• Book, "Large Industrial Robots," published on the Internet.
• Book, "Artificial People, Robots, And Smart Machines"
• Book, "Banish Fear Of Flying"
• Book, "All About Energy"
• Monthly columns, "Real-World Engineering," Electronic Design Magazine, February 2000 to June 2001
• Brief teleconsults for Teltech Inc. via e-mail and telephone.

OTHER CONSULTING ASSIGNMENTS:

In person, telephone, and E-mail consulting, in a wide variety of fields. Some pro bono consulting to students and inventors. See http://www.ljkamm.com/engineer.htm. The assignments included:

• Invention of an electro-mechanical power transmission device
• Design of the actuator for a medical infusion device
• Invention of a magnetic medical instrument
• Consult on an electrical circuit
• Consult on an electro-mechanical actuator for a high frequency radio system
• Invention and study of an oil well tool improvement.
• Analysis of the technology and manufacturing organization of a medical instrument.
• Invention of advanced diesel engine, automobile, and truck components.
• Invention of a reciprocating electric motor for large forces for vibration control.
• Design of a high power voice coil.
• Invention of a high frequency hydraulic reciprocator for vibration control.
• Design of a maintenance tool for the bore of an electric rail gun.
• Design of a forming tool for an electromagnetic forming machine.
• Tooling system for a nuclear non-destructive testing system for aircraft parts using minimum constraint design. Teaching minimum constraint design to in-house staff.
• Bathtub for handicapped people
• Drug dispensing machine: Fault analysis and correction proposals.
• Fare collection machine: Plan for fault corrections.
• Medical device manufacturing: Recommendations for dust prevention and removal.
• Robot technology: Proposed a plan for study and application to client's company.
• Developement of a medical device.
• Sensor for anti-personnel mines.
• Demining system for anti-personnel mines using appropriate technology for the third world.
• Demining system for anti-vehicle mines using appropriate technology for the third world.
• Excavation system for archaeology.
• High frequency valve actuator with compensating coil
• Medical model gimbal system
• Analysis of automatic hypodermic syringe
• Review and critique of the proposed design for a special purpose robot
• Linear motor for an extreme precision step & repeat machine for semiconductor manufacture
• Consulting opinions on two grant requests to the National Academy of Science
• Consulting opinions on two grant requests to the California Energy Commission, Energy Innovations Small Grant Program, SDSU Foundation

August 1973 - March 1985

MOBOT Corp., San Diego, California

Positions: Entrepreneur, CEO, Chief Engineer, Marketing Manager

MOBOT was the first purely robotics company to go public (1980). I started it in 1973 as Modular Machine Co., a sole proprietorship funded only by myself. It was acquired by a larger firm in 1985, at which time I left the company.

MOBOT developed and manufactured large, modular, Cartesian robots. It introduced Cartesian robots to the American market. Through early 1985 over 200 MOBOTS had been sold and annual sales had reached two million dollars per year.

Under the motto, "Practical Robots For Your Real-World Factory," every sale was for a cost- justified application in a factory, none was for experimental use in a laboratory, which was the principal market for most companies in the robot industry.

Our largest customer for many years was IBM. Our other customers included GE, Control Data, Kearney & Trecker, Bendix, and other Fortune 500 companies.

Among the innovations introduced were Cartesian configuration, active and passive homing guidance, novel tooling, fully supported flexible cables, branched configurations, modular design, pneumatic transducers, shielded drive racks, very large sizes (up to 400 feet travel) and minimum constraint design in both robot and tooling.

May 1973 - 1976

Consulting Engineer

(Concurrent with the startup of Modular Machine Co. In 1976 I suspended consulting work when the robot business justified my spending full time at it.)

Assignments:

• Conceptual design of a newspaper inserting ("stuffing") machine
• Numerous problems in microwave and antenna electro-mechanical design and manufacturing
• Conceptual design and sales presentations of a microfiche data retrieval system
• Laser alignment system for large machines
• Failure analysis of large newspaper conveyors
• DIP lead straightener
• Weatherproof packaging of commercial electronics
• P.C. switch
• Manufacturing techniques, electronics manufacturer
• Multiple component automatic soldering machine
• Megajoule & megawatt electrical structure
• Automatic transport for film cassettes
• High precision large antenna: structure, drive, instrumentation
• Antenna reflector manufacturing technique and vendor search
• Floppy disc recorder, critique of existing design and new design study
• Automatic actuator for Singer postage meter
• Automatic actuator for Pitney Bowes postage meter
• Electronic games - mechanical and electro-mechanical components cost reduction proposals
• Fare collection equipment, cost reduction
• Failure analysis of fire protection equipment
• Optical instrument drive system
• Optical instrument, debugging study
• Currency handling mechanism
• Microfiche camera, debugging study
• Microfiche camera, advanced design,
• Automatic inspection machine for large parts using nuclear techniques, electro-mechanical design
• Automatic inspection machine for long parts using nuclear techniques, electro-mechanical design
• Debugging of borehole logging device,
• Letter transport mechanism improvements
• Failure analysis of a ticket printer
• Data printer refinement
• Relay analysis
• Automatic welding machine sensor
• Welding wire feeder
• Welding arc deflector magnet
• Automatic coffee maker study
• Portable computer packaging, shock resistant and waterproof
• Automatic thread gage for artillery shells

October 1971 - April 1973

Cutler Hammer, Inc. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Title: Development Consultant

Duties:

Development of an assembly automation program for the corporation. Consulting for other divisions.

Projects:

• Development of a modular manipulator system for making inexpensive automatic assembly machines for small quantity manufacturing. (The "SAM" system.)
• Development and installation of a "SAM" machine for thermal elements of motor starters.
• Development and installation of a "SAM" machine for a motor starter contact subassembly.
• Development and installation of a "SAM" machine for operations on a relay subassembly.

Consulting:

Electromechanical design problems in the A.I.L. Microwave, Information Systems, and Newspaper Equipment Divisions and the Headquarters Engineering Dept. Consulting projects are listed in a previous section.

April 1970 - October 1971

Devonics, Inc. San Diego CA

Position: President and proprietor

I re-established Devonics and developed and sold drafting and engineering instruments, including my "Decimal Keeper" slide rule (now in the Smithsonian and in the Oxford University Science Museum.) I also performed consulting engineering projects, including:

• Computer ROM improvements, both product and manufacturing processes
• Computer tape transport improvements, both product and manufacturing processes
• Price tag reader for computer input, preliminary design
• Manufacturing cost reduction study, by new manufacturing technique,for microwave devices
• Product diversification study for aerospace company
• Recorder for temperature and shock in railroad cars
• Oceanographic vehicle, unmanned, improved propulsion system, proposal writing
• Fast material and product handling system for a fast punch press

October 1968 - April 1970

Typagraph Corporation, San Diego, California

Position: Entrepreneur, President, and Chief Engineer

Typagraph was a California Private Corporation. Our product was a terminal for time-share computers which typed hard copy of both text and graphics on the same paper. The company developed, manufactured, sold,and maintained the terminals and developed and provided software. When I left, sales had reached $3/4 million per year.

October 1967 - October 1968

Devonics, Inc., San Diego, California

Position: President and Proprietor

Devonics performed design, review, and improvement consulting, and development of proprietary products. The staff consisted of two full time senior engineers and four part time engineers and machinists.

Projects:

• Oceanographic instruments and devices:
• Undersea camera redesign
• Current meter design improvements
• Automatic buoy mooring system, preliminary design
• Remote controlled vehicle, preliminary design
• Radar antenna structure, critique
• Radar antenna mechanism improvements
• Automatic course recorder improvements
• Manufacturing system using HERF (High Energy Rate Forming) for a mass production product
• Manufacturing equipment for thick film circuits
• Multi-contact connector
• Precision positioner
• High voltage capacitor design studies
• High voltage structure design studies
• Manipulator robot design study

Proprietary products licensed:

• Electro-mechanical stroboscope (to Minear Co.)
• Oceanographic swivel (to Hydro-Products)
• Manufacturing device for semiconductors (to Teledyne)

September 1961 - October 1967

Numerical Control Corporation, San Diego, California

Position: Entrepreneur, President, and Chief Engineer

Numerical Control Corp. was a California Private Corporation until it was acquired in 1966 by a larger company, at which time I became Vice-President and Division Manager. In 1966 sales were $3/4 million. Staff included mechanical and electrical engineers and technicians.

Products, proprietary and contract development:

AUTOMATION EQUIPMENT:

• Continuous path numerical control system for machine tools, "NUCOM"
• Automatic sample changers for radioactive samples, solids and liquids, three different machines
• Automatic assembly machine for a dental product
• Automatic radio-carbon dating equipment, preliminary design
• Automatic ceramic capacitor body feeder mechanism
• Automatic test and sort machines for diode dice
• Automatic test and sort machine for silicon slices
• Digitally controlled water flow system for research rainfall simulator
• Semi-automatic terminal lead welder for thyristors
• Semi-automatic terminal lug welder for thyristors
• Automatic crimper and seal welder for thyristors
• Lead straightener and carrier loader for TO-5 cans
• Automatic 3-environment test and sort machine for flat pack integrated circuits
• Automatic lead straightener and cutter for diodes
• Automatic coil winder, galvanometer oscillograph coils
• Semi-automatic axial lead component tester
• Semi-automatic larva transfer machine for biological product manufacturing
• Automatic machine study for ammunition manufacture
• Automatic sorter for axial lead components
• Automatic sorter for small parts
• Numerous proposals for both special and general purpose machines

COMPUTER PERIPHERAL DEVICES:

• Satellite tape recorder, geared capstan drives, two models
• Data display device
• Analog to synchro converters
• Synchro to digital converters
• Incremental tape recorder study
• Chart recorder and data printer combination
• Tape reeler for data printer
• Histogram card punch
• Manned space vehicle simulator (optics, mechanisms, display generators, and electronics). An analog "virtual reality" system.
• Printing mechanism design study
• Photoelectric keyboard with flexure keys
• General study and product proposal program, computer peripheral equipment

OTHER ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL DEVICES AND SYSTEMS:

• Pneumatically controlled servo clutch, ("Pneu-Vo Clutch")
• Heavy duty industrial vacuum switch
• Satellite self erecting boom
• Space vehicle temperature control device
• Teaching machine mechanism
• 100 KW power supply for processing furnace
• Motor driven potentiometer
• Dashpot timer
• Experimental mechanism for "Magneform" machine
• SCR power amplifier
• Differential buffer amplifier
• Servo-amplifier
• Underwater sound transducer sub-assembly
• Ultrasonic power supply, multi-frequency
• Pan and tilt mechanism for TV camera
• Control servos for radio transmitter
• Relay adjusting machine
• Data logging system
• Precision regulated power supply
• Automatic X-ray vehicle for operation inside large pipelines
• Motor driven linear actuator

CONSULTING STUDIES:

• Attitude control of satellites: aid in preparation of proposals for Philco, Goodyear, General Dynamics, and Cubic.
• Crash landing beacon for small airplanes, proposal and mechanical design

August 1956 - September 1961

General Dynamics/Convair and Astronautics Divisions, San Diego California

Title: Design Specialist

Projects:

• Interconnection system, mechanism and circuitry, for analog computers, ("MACON")
• Servo controlled magnetic tape delay line
• Function generator, multiple functions of two independent variables, for analog computers, ("FOXY I")
• Function generator, transistorized, ("FOXY II")
• Servo controlled heart and lung machine for open heart surgery
• Numerical control system for contour machining, proposal
• Numerical control system for lofting, proposal
• Optical alignment system for Atlas engines, proposal
• Transducer, 10 foot displacement, for Atlas missile
• Thermocouple hot reference junction set
• Choke, high power, for data system noise suppression
• Hydraulic vibration isolator, proposal
• Burner for fluorine & hydrogen, proposal
• Switching system for digital computers, proposal
• Pneumatic shock machine safety and arming system, proposal
• Communication satellite, proposal to government
• "ARENTS" satellite, winning proposal to government
• "Vertistat" satellite orientation device (patented and successfully flown.)
• "ROAMER" moon surface vehicle, proposal and working model
• "SATRAC" satellite rendezvous system, proposal
• "MAGNETORQUER" satellite orientation device, proposal and study
• "Micro-rocket" satellite orientation device, study
• Thermal valve satellite temperature control, study

May 1955 - August 1956

Rabinow Engineering Company, Washington, DC

Duties:

Project engineering and general assistance to the owner (consulting with clients, personnel supervision, administration)

Projects:

• Rate and HIG gyroscopes, design proposals and studies
• Rotary differential transformer for gyro pick-off and torquer
• Induction torquers for gyros
• Non-influencing hydraulic clamp for "INCHWORM" machine tool positioning system
• Precision hydraulic actuator for machine tools, proposal
• Telautograph systems, proposals
• Capacitor manufacturing automation program:
• Automatic solder spray machine
• Winding spindle with automatic edge control
• Automatic tape mounting and spooling machine
• Automatic terminal assembling machine
• Wire forming machine
• Magnetic recording of television, mechanical design
• Automatic letter sorter, travelling memory and release system

January 1954 - May 1955

Schatzki Engineering Company, Queens, New York

Duties:

Project engineering, personnel supervision, sales. The company was a consulting engineering organization.

Projects:

• Numerical control system for Pratt & Whitney jig borers
• Numerically controlled machines, several proposals
• Automatic gear tooth taper inspection machine, proposal
• Automatic control attachments for lathes, preliminary design
• Thermistor fuel level sensor
• Instruments to indicate textile machine thread feed rate
• Aircraft instrument display system, proposal
• Magnetic tape recorder, preliminary mechanical design

November 1950 - January 1954

L. J. Kamm Co., New York, New York

I operated under this name as a consulting engineer, connector manufacturer, and government contractor. Manufacturing was subcontracted.

Projects:

• Printed contact, zero insertion force, connector. Licensed to a major connector manufacturer.
• Printed circuit and printed contact connector computer packaging systems: five development contracts for the National Bureau of Standards

Consulting projects:

• For Sperry Products, Inc.:
• Data display system with multi-stage timer for the Navy
• Numerical control positioning system, and components, for automatic ultrasonic testing machine
• Numerical control systems for machine tools, proposals
• Automatic railroad track inspection system, proposal
• Patent prosecution, numerical control patents
• Instruction manual preparation
• For Photocircuits, Inc.:
• Automatic stepping switch, 264 positions, with all printed contacts, wiring, and connectors for the Navy
• Sales recording system and input keyset design withall printed contacts, wiring, and connectors, proposal
• For Signal Engineering and Manufacturing Co.:
• Many relays (miniature, high acceleration, polarized, etc.)
• For F. A. Scherma Manufacturing Co.:
• Co-axial relay for mobile radio

April 1950 - November 1950

Adams Laboratories (Later Executone, Inc.), New York, New York

Project:

Mechanical design of the Navy shipboard intercom set. This mechanical design was used by the Navy for many years.

June 1945 - April 1950

Teleregister Corporation, New York, New York

Projects:

• Tape controlled automatic circuit checking equipment
• Automatic test equipment for digit display indicators
• Production tools and techniques for rebuilding digit display indicators
• Instruction manual and teaching school on automatic Teletype switching system
• Construction and operation of environmental test chamber for CAA equipment
• Fire alarm switching and indicating system for New York City fire department
• Agent's terminal with card sensing mechanism for American Airlines "Reservisor" (The second generation terminal is in the Smithsonian.)
• Magnetic drum head: housing and support design
• Static magnetic recording system
• Magnetic disc recorder with .010 air gap
• Automatic data display systems
• Code commutator mechanism and manufacturing process
• Electronic packaging
• Electro-mechanical inventory recorder
• Remote control system for CAA
• Production test equipment, audio equipments
• Data display devices and systems, numerous proposals
• Pari-mutual ticket printer, proposal

June 1941 - June 1945

Signal Engineering and Manufacturing Co., New York, New York

Duties:

Development engineering, sales engineering, engineering planning assistance, model shop supervision

Projects:

• Many relays: Power, sensitive, high speed, high voltage, time delay, marginal, polarized, etc. For Navy, Air Force, and commercial service.
• Audible signals: horns, bells
• Relay circuits: application engineering
• Manufacturing engineering and test equipment

September 1941- June 1946 (evenings, while working)

Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute (M.E.E.)

September 1937-June 1941

Columbia University (B.S. in E.E.)

Patents

* In use, sold, or licensed. Some patents have co-inventors, not named.

• *2,543,694---Helicoid Switch for Signalling System,--- assigned to Teleregister Corp.
• *2,614,167---Static Electromagnetic Memory---assigned to Teleregister Corp.
• *2,725,440---Co-Axial Relay---assigned to F. A. Scherma Co.
• 2,731,611---Waterproof Electrical Connector---
• *2,748,364---Electrical Connectors---licensed to Cinch Mfg. Co.
• *2,792,545---Digital Servomechanism---assigned to Sperry Products, Inc.
• *2,784,359---Digital Curve Generator---assigned to Sperry Products, Inc.
• *2,828,456---Servomechanism---assigned to Sperry Products, Inc.
• *2,840,771---Digital Positioning System---sold to Pratt & Whitney Machine Tool Co. (The jig borer NC)
• *2,843,975---Incremental Feed Mechanism---assigned to Airborne Instrument Laboratory (The "INCHWORM" clamp.)
• 2,881,404---Multiple Electrical Connector
• *2,893,630---Automatic Decimal Point Slide Rule---licensed to Pickett & Eckel, Inc. (The "DECIMAL KEEPER")
• *2,901,089---Mechanical Coding and Sorting Device---assigned to Rabinow Engineering Co. (The Post Office "shish-kebob")
• *2,961,629---Electrical Connector For Flexible Cable---licensed to Cinch Manufacturing Co.
• *2,938,978---Acceleration Resistant Relay---assigned to Signal Engineering & Mfg. Co.
• *2,748,321---Electrical Assemblies---licensed to Cinch Manufacturing Co. (The zero insertion force connector.)
• *3,002,169---Electrical Interconnection System---assigned to General Dynamics/Convair
• *3,019,403---Low Torque Position Sensor---assigned to Norden Div. United Aircraft
• *3,136,220---Controlled High Energy Actuator---assigned to General Dynamics/Convair
• *3,168,263---Gravity Gradient Satellite Orientation Device---assigned to General Dynamics/Convair (The "VERTISTAT")
• *3,609,666---Data Terminal System---assigned to Typagraph Corp. (The "TYPAGRAPH")
• * D218,101---Data Terminal (Design Patent)---assigned to Typagraph Corp.
• *3,615,136---Stroboscopic Viewing Device---licensed to Minear Corp.
• *3,425,132---Measuring And Sensing Device---assigned to General Electric Co.(The "OMNIDUCER")
• *3,215,235---Fluid Actuated Servo Clutch---assigned to Numerical Control Corp. and sub-licensed to others
• *3,297,924---Continuous Path Numerical Control System With Mechanical Interpolation---assigned to Numerical Control Corp.
• *3,347,457---Mechanical Interpolator---assigned to Numerical Control Corp.
• *3,986,612---Random Access Card Storage and Retrieval System---assigned to Cutler Hammer
• *3,998,316---Manufacturing Machine---assigned to Modular Machine Co.
• *4,049,500---Manufacturing Machine---assigned to Modular Machine Co.
• *4,119,161---Automatic Operating System For a Postage Meter---assigned to Orbitran Corp.
• *4,137,432---Limit Switch Assembly For Manufacturing Machine---assigned to Modular Machine Co.
• *4,152,581---System For Operating A Postage Metering Machine Keyboard (Abandoned)----assigned to Orbitran Corp.
• *4,295,555---Limit Switch Assembly Manufacturing Machine---assigned to Modular Machine Co.
• *4,331,229---Manufacturing Machine---assigned to Modular Machine Co.
• *4,762,096---Engine Valve Control Mechanism---assigned to Eaton Corp.
• *4,749,063---Brake Clearance Sensing And Control System---assigned to Eaton Corp.
• *4,945,269---Reciprocating Electric Motor---assigned to SAIC

Consulting Clients (Engineering Design)

• Baker Oil Tools
• Cipher Data Products
• Cinch Manufacturing
• Chromavision
• Colby Instruments
• Copley Press
• Confidential (Several companies)
• Control Data
• Convair
• Cordis
• Courtesy International
• Cubic
• Cubic Industrial
• Cutler Hammer
• Cyclomatic
• DatagraphiX
• Digital Development
• Dioptrix
• Doric Scientific
• Dynaspede
• e-tenna
• Eaton, R&D Laboratories
• Esterline Electronics
• Gamma Scientific
• Gaumard Scientific
• General Atomic
• Gremlin Industries
• Haptic
• Hull Electronics
• Hydro-Products
• IMCO
• IRT
• J.T. Automation
• Livermore National Laboratory
• Lord Manufacturing
• Minear
• Norris Industries (Vernon Div.)
• OAO Corporation
• Orbitran
• Pharmaspec
• Philco-Ford (Palo Alto Div.)
• Pulsar Associates
• Reagin & Braunstein, Attorneys
• Rohr Industries
• Science Applications International (SAIC)
• Solitron
• Sperry Products
• Teledyne Electronics
• Transaction Technology
• Ultrascan
• U.S. Army
• U.S. Navy

Lawrence Kamm
Licensed Prof. Engr.
B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering
"I calls 'em as I sees 'em"
phone: 619-224-3494
fax: 619-224-3495
LJKAMM@LJKAMM.COM
1515 Chatsworth Blvd.
San Diego CA 92107