Patents by Inventor Bill Whitaker

Bill Whitaker 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).

  • Piercing anchor plate assembly
    Publication number: 20090211074
    Abstract: A piercing plate assembly (10) having a pair of longitudinal channels (14, 16) separated by an annular protuberance (24) which pierces a panel (106) and retains the panel slug (108) within the annular protuberance (24) while concomitantly deforming a portion of the annular protuberance (24) around and within a portion of the panel (109) thereby coupling the assembly (10) to the panel (106) and creating a sealed and supported aperture within said panel (106).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2009
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Inventor: Bill Whitaker
  • Method for producing self-attaching fasteners, a self-attaching fastener forming assembly, and a self-attaching fastener
    Publication number: 20080047123
    Abstract: A self-attaching fastener production system 10 in which pre-fasteners 22 are created and coupled together by wires 87, 88 before, in one non-limiting embodiment, they are respectively communicated to a tapping portion 50 in order to form self-attaching fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Bill Whitaker
  • Piercing anchor plate assembly
    Publication number: 20060026813
    Abstract: A piercing plate assembly (10) having a pair of longitudinal channels (14, 16) separated by an annular protuberance (24) which pierces a panel (106) and retains the panel slug (108) within the annular protuberance (24) while concomitantly deforming a portion of the annular protuberance (24) around and within a portion of the panel (109) thereby coupling the assembly (10) to the panel (106) and creating a sealed and supported aperture within said panel (106).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2005
    Publication date: February 9, 2006
    Inventor: Bill Whitaker
  • Piercing anchor plate assembly
    Publication number: 20040223831
    Abstract: A piercing plate assembly (10) having a pair of longitudinal channels (14, 16) separated by an annular protuberance (24) which pierces a panel (106) and retains the panel slug (108) within the annular protuberance (24) while concomitantly deforming a portion of the annular protuberance (24) around and within a portion of the panel (109) thereby coupling the assembly (10) to the panel (106) and creating a sealed and supported aperture within said panel (106).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2003
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventor: Bill Whitaker