Patents by Inventor Lawrence A. Hillegonds

Lawrence A. Hillegonds 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).

  • Pneumatic cable tie tool
    Patent number: 6840289
    Abstract: A tool for installing a cable tie, said cable tie having a head portion and an elongate tail portion extending therefrom, said tool comprising a housing having a distal end and a proximate end, a tensioning mechanism for tensioning said cable tie to a predetermined tension setting, said tensioning mechanism operatively supported by said housing, a cutting mechanism for severing an excess portion of said tail from said tensioned cable tie, said cutting mechanism operatively supported by said housing, a manually actuable external power delivery system for actuating said tensioning and cutting mechanisms, said power delivery system for delivering power generally in line with said tensioning mechanism, and a restraint mechanism for providing said predetermined tension setting wherein said restraint mechanism provides said predetermined tension generally in line with said tensioning mechanism and said power delivery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventor: Lawrence A. Hillegonds
  • Pneumatic cable tie tool
    Publication number: 20040079436
    Abstract: A tool for installing a cable tie, said cable tie having a head portion and an elongate tail portion extending therefrom, said tool comprising a housing having a distal end and a proximate end, a tensioning mechanism for tensioning said cable tie to a predetermined tension setting, said tensioning mechanism operatively supported by said housing, a cutting mechanism for severing an excess portion of said tail from said tensioned cable tie, said cutting mechanism operatively supported by said housing, a manually actuable external power delivery system for actuating said tensioning and cutting mechanisms, said power delivery system for delivering power generally in line with said tensioning mechanism, and a restraint mechanism for providing said predetermined tension setting wherein said restraint mechanism provides said predetermined tension generally in line with said tensioning mechanism and said power delivery system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Inventor: Lawrence A. Hillegonds
  • Cable tie installation tool
    Patent number: D473773
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Hillegonds, Roger D. Segroves