Patents by Inventor Robert J Winters

Robert J Winters 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).

  • Shearing apparatus
    Patent number: 8959777
    Abstract: A shearing apparatus comprising an index portion, a thumb portion, and a ripping portion. The index portion has an index blade arcuately movable in a first direction defining an arc about a pivot. The thumb portion is pivotably connected to the index portion at the pivot, and has a thumb blade arcuately movable in a second direction that is substantially opposite the arc of the first direction. The ripping portion is disposed on the thumb blade or the index blade, and has a ripping blade manually movable in a third direction at an angle, parallel or perpendicular to a line parallel to at least one of the index blade and the thumb blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: EMVolution, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Forman, Robert J. Winters
  • Shearing Apparatus
    Publication number: 20120137526
    Abstract: A shearing apparatus comprising an index portion, a thumb portion, and a ripping portion. The index portion has an index blade arcuately movable in a first direction defining an arc about a pivot. The thumb portion is pivotably connected to the index portion at the pivot, and has a thumb blade arcuately movable in a second direction that is substantially opposite the arc of the first direction. The ripping portion is disposed on the thumb blade or the index blade, and has a ripping blade manually movable in a third direction at an angle, parallel or perpendicular to a line parallel to at least one of the index blade and the thumb blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Inventors: Scott A. Forman, Robert J. Winters
  • Sunvisor storage system
    Patent number: 6347824
    Abstract: A visor assembly having a lower wall member, an upper wall member, a lid member, a living hinge and a partition member. The living hinge pivotably couples the lid member to the upper wall member. The partition member cooperates with the lower and upper wall members to form a storage compartment. The living hinge permits the lid member to be pivotably moved between a first position in which the lid member substantially clears the storage compartment parallel and a second position in which the lid member substantially covers the storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2002
    Assignee: DaimlerChrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Edward J Akouri, Robert J Winters
  • Screen-printing composition and use thereof
    Patent number: 4292230
    Abstract: Screen-printing composition containing an epoxy novolac, a phenoxy polymer, a liquid anhydride, colloidal silica, and a diluent. The composition is useful for coating substrates such as printed circuits and serves as a solder mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1981
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eugene J. Kenney, Donald J. Lazzarini, Robert J. Winters