Patents Represented by Attorney Dennis R. Plank
  • Patent number: 8016278
    Abstract: A clamp including an upper body including a proximal end, a distal end, and an upper fulcrum, the upper fulcrum being positioned between the proximal end and the distal end of the upper body, wherein the distal end of the upper body includes an upper jaw, a lower body including a proximal end, a distal end, and a lower fulcrum, the lower fulcrum being positioned between the proximal end and the distal end of the lower body, wherein the distal end of the lower body includes a lower jaw, an edge pusher having an upper projection pivotally engaged with the upper fulcrum and a lower projection pivotally engaged with the lower fulcrum, an actuating lever pivotally connected to the upper body, the actuating lever including a cam lobe moveable relative to the lower body to displace the proximal end of the lower body away from the proximal end of the upper body, and a biasing element positioned to bias the upper jaw away from the lower jaw.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Robert D. Dixon
  • Patent number: D648256
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Olliges, Mark E. King, Richard J. Johnson, Paul J. Wilcynski, Kim A. Miller, Donna S. Reimers, Roy A. Eggink