Patents Examined by Steven Nichols
  • Method for manufacturing a drum brake shoe
    Patent number: 4360959
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a drum brake shoe comprises the steps of providing a strip of material, forming a plurality of connected blanks with the strip, bending each blank to form an arcuate surface with adjoining sides, cutting one of the blanks by serving a connecting link and trimming the one blank to form a contour for the adjoining sides. Thereafter, a friction lining is attached to the arcuate surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1982
    Assignee: The Bendix Corporation
    Inventor: Donald D. Johannesen
  • Key top for automatic assembly for keyboard apparatus
    Patent number: 4356613
    Abstract: A method of forming and attaching individual key tops to the key stems of a multi-key keyboard wherein each key top is formed of contrasting colors such that the key top indicia is clearly visually recognizable while also providing each key top with a bar code indicia for enabling a bar code reader to select a desired key top from among a random group of key tops and for enabling a transfer mechanism to selectably orient the selected key top with respect to a key stem for automatic attachment thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1982
    Assignee: Burroughs Corporation
    Inventor: Edward I. Nelson