Patents by Inventor Eckehart Zimmerman

Eckehart Zimmerman 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).

  • Multipurpose tool
    Publication number: 20050235427
    Abstract: A multipurpose tool has a curved handle. A first tool is incorporated in the curved handle and part of the curved handle. A working end is connected to the curved handle and has a second tool on an edge of the working end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Publication date: October 27, 2005
    Inventors: Dale Halling, Kaila Halling, Warren Roh, Eckehart Zimmerman
  • Method and apparatus for notching a lead wire attached to an IC chip to facilitate severing the wire
    Patent number: 5067382
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for notching a wire so that it can be severed at the notched location by applying an axial force thereto. The apparatus includes a linearly reciprocal mechanism adapted to move forwardly, placing a pair of cutting blades in straddling relationship with the wire and includes an actuating mechanism for laterally reciprocating the cutting blades to form notches in opposite sides of the wire before retracting the cutting blades from the straddling relationship with the wire. The method of the invention includes the steps of moving a pair of cutting blades into straddling relationship with a wire, reciprocally moving the cutting blades into and out of cutting engagement with the wire and subsequently retracting the cutting blades from the straddling relationship with the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1991
    Assignee: Cray Computer Corporation
    Inventors: Eckehart Zimmerman, Thomas A. Thorson