Patents by Inventor Alan Patrick Hickok

Alan Patrick Hickok has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9011138
    Abstract: An injection molding tool having a collapsible core which is movably mounted with respect to a mold plate. The mold plate is movably mounted with respect to a stripper plate that can be used to eject or remove the molded part from the injection molding tool. A retainer is fixedly positioned with respect to the mold plate so that it contacts at least a portion of a molded part when in a mold position. The retainer can be a sleeve with a through opening within or through which the collapsible core is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Progressive Components International Corporation
    Inventors: Alan Patrick Hickok, David Charles Helenius
  • Publication number: 20120235325
    Abstract: An injection molding tool having a collapsible core which is movably mounted with respect to a mold plate. The mold plate is movably mounted with respect to a stripper plate that can be used to eject or remove the molded part from the injection molding tool. A retainer is fixedly positioned with respect to the mold plate so that it contacts at least a portion of a molded part when in a mold position. The retainer can be a sleeve with a through opening within or through which the collapsible core is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: PROGRESSIVE COMPONENTS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: ALAN PATRICK HICKOK, DAVID CHARLES HELENIUS
  • Patent number: 7731066
    Abstract: There is disclosed a closure comprised of a valve, a base unit and an upper unit. The base unit has a base surface with a peripheral skirt. The base surface has an aperture with a cylindrical section extending above and below the base surface. The cylindrical section has an aperture therethrough. The upper unit has an upper surface and an aperture adapted to align with the aperture of the cylindrical section of said base unit. The upper unit has a lid to cover the apertures in the base unit cylindrical section and the upper unit. A lid inner top surface has two projecting seals, one to maintain the valve closed when the lid is closed and the other to provide a seal when the lid is closed. and a latch mechanism attaches the base unit to the upper unit. A preferred latch mechanism comprises a projection and an interfitting recess, one being on the base section and the other on the upper section. The lid top surface preferably has an essential horizontal top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Joseph T. Norris, John C. Crawford, Scott Murray Walsh, Alan Patrick Hickok, Kelly Ann Smith