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Production Robotics, Inc.
562 Whitney Street
San Leandro, CA 94577
Phone: 510-777-0375
Fax: 510-777-9033
www.productionrobotics.com |
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Leonard
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LEONARD GINSBURG
President; Chief
Engineer
PRODUCTION ROBOTICS, INC.
MECHANICAL ENGINEER,
P.E.
California Registration No. M
21310
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley,
California
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, 1978,
Major emphasis Mechanical
Design
College of the Sequoias, Visalia, California
A.A. Industrial
Technology, 1975
Chief Engineer Production Robotics, Inc.
Oakland, CA 4/91 to present. Developed economical package filler for specialty
bakery. Developed new compact 4-axis stabilized antenna pedestal for shipboard
satellite communications. Developed noise-reduced blower assemblies for
Trillium semiconductor testing machines for Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA.
Developed automatic bowl-fed hook welding machine for high-speed production of
basketball hoops. Developed steel fabric welder for concrete reinforcing mesh
structures. Developed punch card reader for ballot counter. Developed three
automatic assembly stations for an automotive component assembly line.
Developed automatic pouching machine for Cholestech Corp. Developed series of
automatic disposables processing stations for Boehringer Mannheim. Developed
microscopic instruments for DNA research. Developed custom web punch and drug
packaging machine for Aradigm Corp. Developed proprietary drug packaging device
for ALZA Corporation. Developed instrument with reusable part and disposable part for implantation of artificial silicon retina.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Project
Engineer Business Records Corporation, Berkeley, California 3/91 to 9/92.
Responsible for mechanical engineering optimization of entire line of
high-speed ballot processing machinery. Developed new motorized memory-pack
receiver using low-cost sheet metal mechanism. Built lens tester and
constructed optically optimized ballot read head. Machined prototype parts and
production tooling.
Project Manager Cholestech Corporation,
Hayward, California, 3/89 to 2/91. Developed automatic process, parts handling
and assembly machines for disposable blood diagnostic cassette. Systems
included pneumatic, electromechanical and mechanism components and PLCs.
Responsible for team leadership as well as detailed design and hands-on machine
building. Interfaced with automation equipment vendors.
Mechanical
Project Engineer Bruning Computer Graphics, Martinez, California, 1/88 to
2/89. Redesigned Z-Axis drive and eight-pen carriage for lower cost and higher
speed and to facilitate production of Bruning Zetadraf 900 high-performance pen
plotter. Wrote computer programs to optimize two-cam drive, generate cutter
path files for CNC mill.
Project Mechanical Engineer Bio-Rad
Laboratories, Richmond, California, 6/86 to 12/87. Developed pumps for
high-pressure liquid chromatography. Developed titanium pressure transducer.
Wrote computer programs for optimizing cam profiles and low-pressure mixing
system.
Project Manager M.I.D. Laboratories, San Leandro, CA,
4/82 to 4/86. Developed pneumatically driven cutting-aspiration probe for
vitreous microsurgery. Developed pneumatic footpedal to provide linear control
of vacuum level of microsurgical vitrectomy system (patent applied for). Built
tools and assembly fixtures including precision robotic TIG welder and
equipment for crimping, forming, lapping, bonding, brazing, grinding, cleaning,
sharpening, measuring and testing components and assemblies. Supervised machine
shop and purchased capital equipment. Designed molded plastic and rubber parts.
Developed sterile packaging systems for disposables for radiation, steam and
ETO sterilization. Invented Nucleotome aspiration device (patented) for new
surgical procedure for lumbar spine and introduced it to leading surgeons.
Managed large teams.
Mechanical Engineer Novacor Medical Group,
Berkeley, CA, 3/80 to 3/82. Designed and tested components for implantable
heart assist pump. Built apparatus for and performed annealing process on
laminated solenoid cores in inert atmosphere and under magnetic field. Designed
weight- and space-optimized beam springs of titanium and stainless steel
alloys. Analyzed antifriction bearings for 99.9% reliability life under
fluctuating load. Wrote computer programs for linkage optimization, spring
design and stress analysis.
Mechanical Engineer Spectra-Physics,
Mountain View, CA, 1/79 to 3/80. Member of a team developing a
semiconductor-laser based leveling system for construction and agriculture.
Designed level-sensing device, optical assemblies, alignment mechanisms,
assembly tooling, test instruments, adhesive systems, watertight gasket system,
injection-molded parts.
PUBLICATIONS:
Percutaneous Lumbar
Diskectomy Using a New Aspiration Probe: Porcine and Cadaver Model (co-authors)
Radiology, April 1985. Percutaneous Lumbar Diskectomy Using a New Aspiration
Probe (co-authors) American Journal of Neuroradiology, March/April 1985 and
American Journal of Radiology, April
1985
PATENTS:
4,678,459 Irrigating, Cutting and Aspirating
Device for Percutaneous Surgery granted July 7, 1987
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