Patents by Inventor John R. Henthorn

John R. Henthorn 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: 6772572
    Abstract: A fabricated wooden stud including: (1) a pair of fully-aligned face-members of OSB spaced from one another and each having first and second ends and first and second elongate edges; (2) first and second fully-aligned edge-members of OSB spaced from one another, the first and second edge-members being adhesively affixed between the face-members along the first edges and second edges thereof, respectively; and (3) a pair of end-members adhesively affixed between the face-members at the ends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Riley Beloit Corporation
    Inventor: John R. Henthorn
  • Publication number: 20030209318
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing fabricated wooden studs including: providing (a) face-sheets of OSB, the face-sheets having opposite ends, (b) edge-strips of OSB, and (c) end-members; placing a first one of the face-sheets on an assembly base; placing a plurality of edge-strips onto the first face-sheet, the edge-strips being in spaced, parallel relationship to one another; placing a plurality of end-members on the first face-sheet at the opposite ends and between adjacent edge-strips; placing a second of the face-sheets onto all of the placed edge strips and placed end-members to sandwich such edge-strips and end-members between the first and second face-sheets; applying adhesive between the layers at any time during the placing steps, thereby to form a three-layer assembly; pressing the three-layer assembly until the adhesive is set to produce a stud assembly; and cutting the stud assembly along lines which divide the edge-strips to form a plurality of studs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventor: John R. Henthorn
  • Publication number: 20030208986
    Abstract: A fabricated wooden stud including: (1) a pair of fully-aligned face-members of OSB spaced from one another and each having first and second ends and first and second elongate edges; (2) first and second fully-aligned edge-members of OSB spaced from one another, the first and second edge-members being adhesively affixed between the face-members along the first edges and second edges thereof, respectively; and (3) a pair of end-members adhesively affixed between the face-members at the ends thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Publication date: November 13, 2003
    Inventor: John R. Henthorn