Patents by Inventor Alton W. Hezeltine
Alton W. Hezeltine 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).
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Patent number: 7407070Abstract: A fastener installation tool to install fasteners, such as rivets, risers, standoffs, and other types of fasteners operates upon vacuum and air pressure. Fasteners are installed with minimal reactive forces to the operator's hand, thus reducing the risk of repetitive injuries to the operator's body. Vacuum retains the fastener within the tool tip and retracts a piston, until an operator simultaneously presses the fastener against a work piece and actuates an actuation element on the tool. This causes air pressure to quickly thrust the piston against a hammer pin to drive in the fastener, transferring kinetic energy from the piston to the fastener without appreciable kick-back to the operator. A control system provides a source of vacuum and air pressure to the tool.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2003Date of Patent: August 5, 2008Assignee: Intel CorporationInventor: Alton W. Hezeltine
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Patent number: 7362310Abstract: According to some embodiments, a keyboard may be moved to a location behind a display.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2004Date of Patent: April 22, 2008Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Brian A. Wilk, Shawn S. McEuen, Justin Huttula, Alton W. Hezeltine
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Patent number: 7048073Abstract: A fastener installation tool to install fasteners, such as rivets, risers, standoffs, and other types of fasteners operates upon vacuum and air pressure. Fasteners are installed with minimal reactive forces to the operator's hand, thus reducing the risk of repetitive injuries to the operator's body. Vacuum retains the fastener within the tool tip and retracts a piston, until an operator simultaneously presses the fastener against a work piece and actuates an actuation element on the tool. This causes air pressure to quickly thrust the piston against a hammer pin to drive in the fastener, transferring kinetic energy from the piston to the fastener without appreciable kick-back to the operator. A control system provides a source of vacuum and air pressure to the tool. Methods of using a fastener installation tool are also described.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2003Date of Patent: May 23, 2006Assignee: Intel CorporationInventor: Alton W. Hezeltine
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Publication number: 20040045728Abstract: A fastener installation tool to install fasteners, such as rivets, risers, standoffs, and other types of fasteners operates upon vacuum and air pressure. Fasteners are installed with minimal reactive forces to the operator's hand, thus reducing the risk of repetitive injuries to the operator's body. Vacuum retains the fastener within the tool tip and retracts a piston, until an operator simultaneously presses the fastener against a work piece and actuates an actuation element on the tool. This causes air pressure to quickly thrust the piston against a hammer pin to drive in the fastener, transferring kinetic energy from the piston to the fastener without appreciable kick-back to the operator. A control system provides a source of vacuum and air pressure to the tool. Methods of using a fastener installation tool are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2003Publication date: March 11, 2004Applicant: Intel CorporationInventor: Alton W. Hezeltine
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Publication number: 20040035902Abstract: A fastener installation tool to install fasteners, such as rivets, risers, standoffs, and other types of fasteners operates upon vacuum and air pressure. Fasteners are installed with minimal reactive forces to the operator's hand, thus reducing the risk of repetitive injuries to the operator's body. Vacuum retains the fastener within the tool tip and retracts a piston, until an operator simultaneously presses the fastener against a work piece and actuates an actuation element on the tool. This causes air pressure to quickly thrust the piston against a hammer pin to drive in the fastener, transferring kinetic energy from the piston to the fastener without appreciable kick-back to the operator. A control system provides a source of vacuum and air pressure to the tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2003Publication date: February 26, 2004Applicant: Intel CorporationInventor: Alton W. Hezeltine
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Patent number: 6622802Abstract: A fastener installation tool to install fasteners, such as rivets, risers, standoffs, and other types of fasteners operates upon vacuum and air pressure. Fasteners are installed with minimal reactive forces to the operator's hand, thus reducing the risk of repetitive injuries to the operator's body. Vacuum retains the fastener within the tool tip and retracts a piston, until an operator simultaneously presses the fastener against a work piece and actuates an actuation element on the tool. This causes air pressure to quickly thrust the piston against a hammer pin to drive in the fastener, transferring kinetic energy from the piston to the fastener without appreciable kick-back to the operator. A control system provides a source of vacuum and air pressure to the tool. Methods of using a fastener installation tool are also described.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2001Date of Patent: September 23, 2003Assignee: Intel CorporationInventor: Alton W. Hezeltine
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Publication number: 20020139546Abstract: A fastener installation tool to install fasteners, such as rivets, risers, standoffs, and other types of fasteners operates upon vacuum and air pressure. Fasteners are installed with minimal reactive forces to the operator's hand, thus reducing the risk of repetitive injuries to the operator's body. Vacuum retains the fastener within the tool tip and retracts a piston, until an operator simultaneously presses the fastener against a work piece and actuates an actuation element on the tool. This causes air pressure to quickly thrust the piston against a hammer pin to drive in the fastener, transferring kinetic energy from the piston to the fastener without appreciable kick-back to the operator. A control system provides a source of vacuum and air pressure to the tool. Methods of using a fastener installation tool are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2001Publication date: October 3, 2002Applicant: Intel CorporationInventor: Alton W. Hezeltine
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Patent number: 5300160Abstract: A label transfer device 10 having drive roller 26 and pinch roller 28 for advancing label tape 30, positioning a label attached to label tape 30 adjacent to stripping edge 24 of slidable stripping plate 18 and holding said label fixed in that position while stripping plate 18 is retracted from a first position to a second position so as to strip the label from label tape 30. Vacuum pick up head 38 is provided for attachment to the stationary label prior to the movement of stripping plate 18 so as to ensure positive attachment to prior to label stripping and thus eliminating label transfer skips.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 1992Date of Patent: April 5, 1994Assignee: Hewlett-Packard CompanyInventors: Richard M. Wilson, Alton W. Hezeltine