Patents by Inventor Edward Joseph Engasser

Edward Joseph Engasser 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).

  • Movable die component for a press device
    Patent number: 8919177
    Abstract: A movable die component for a press device includes a plate body having a workpiece engagement surface configured to engage a workpiece formed by the press device. The plate body has a plurality of internal pockets completely enclosed by the plate body. Optionally, the plate body may be formed by an additive manufacturing process, such as by forming a plurality of direct metal laser sintering layers. The direct metal laser sintering layers may include a lower layer, a plurality of middle layers, and an upper layer with the internal pockets being provided in the middle layers, and with the lower layer covering a bottom of each internal pocket and the upper layer coving a top of each internal pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Bogdan Octav Ciocirlan, Gregory Thomas Pawlikowski, Chris Edward Whitcomb, Edward Joseph Engasser, Craig Maurice Campbell
  • MOVABLE DIE COMPONENT FOR A PRESS DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140260506
    Abstract: A movable die component for a press device includes a plate body having a workpiece engagement surface configured to engage a workpiece formed by the press device. The plate body has a plurality of internal pockets completely enclosed by the plate body. Optionally, the plate body may be formed by an additive manufacturing process, such as by forming a plurality of direct metal laser sintering layers. The direct metal laser sintering layers may include a lower layer, a plurality of middle layers, and an upper layer with the internal pockets being provided in the middle layers, and with the lower layer covering a bottom of each internal pocket and the upper layer coving a top of each internal pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Bogdan Octav Ciocirlan, Gregory Thomas Pawlikowski, Chris Edward Whitcomb, Edward Joseph Engasser, Craig Maurice Campbell