Patents by Inventor Mathew Breckheimer

Mathew Breckheimer 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).

  • Manually-operated sealing tool for joining end portions of plastic strapping, seal member, and sealed joint formed thereby
    Patent number: 6338184
    Abstract: A manually-operable crimping tool for lockingly securing a seal member upon overlapped end portions of plastic strapping is provided with particular structure such that the resulting crimped seal member and overlapped end portions of the plastic strapping have an undulated configuration whereby the overlapped end portions of the plastic strapping cannot readily become loosened or disengaged with respect to each other under the influence of axially applied tensile forces. The present invention is also directed toward the particularly structured or configured seal member as well as toward the resulting sealed joint formed or defined between the seal member and the overlapped end portions of the plastic strapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2002
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Barry R. Angarola, Janusz Figiel, Mathew Breckheimer
  • Manually-operated sealing tool for joining end portions of plastic strapping, seal member, and sealed joint formed thereby
    Publication number: 20010054451
    Abstract: A manually-operable crimping tool for lockingly securing a seal member upon overlapped end portions of plastic strapping is provided with particular structure such that the resulting crimped seal member and overlapped end portions of the plastic strapping have an undulated configuration whereby the overlapped end portions of the plastic strapping cannot readily become loosened or disengaged with respect to each other under the influence of axially applied tensile forces. The present invention is also directed toward the particularly structured or configured seal member as well as toward the resulting sealed joint formed or defined between the seal member and the overlapped end portions of the plastic strapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Barry R. Angarola, Janusz Figiel, Mathew Breckheimer
  • Manually-operated sealing tool for joining end portions of plastic strapping, seal member, and sealed joint formed thereby
    Publication number: 20010054218
    Abstract: A manually-operable crimping tool for lockingly securing a seal member upon overlapped end portions of plastic strapping is provided with particular structure such that the resulting crimped seal member and overlapped end portions of the plastic strapping have an undulated configuration whereby the overlapped end portions of the plastic strapping cannot readily become loosened or disengaged with respect to each other under the influence of axially applied tensile forces. The present invention is also directed toward the particularly structured or configured seal member as well as toward the resulting sealed joint formed or defined between the seal member and the overlapped end portions of the plastic strapping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2001
    Publication date: December 27, 2001
    Applicant: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Barry R. Angarola, Janusz Figiel, Mathew Breckheimer
  • Manually-operated sealing tool for joining end portions of plastic strapping, seal member, and sealed joint formed thereby
    Patent number: 6308745
    Abstract: A manually-operable crimping tool for lockingly securing a seal member upon overlapped end portions of plastic strapping is provided with particular structure such that the resulting crimped seal member and overlapped end portions of the plastic strapping have an undulated configuration whereby the overlapped end portions of the plastic strapping cannot readily become loosened or disengaged with respect to each other under the influence of axially applied tensile forces. The present invention is also directed toward the particularly structured or configured seal member as well as toward the resulting sealed joint formed or defined between the seal member and the overlapped end portions of the plastic strapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Barry R. Angarola, Janusz Figiel, Mathew Breckheimer