Patents by Inventor Bobby E. Anders

Bobby E. Anders 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).

  • Patent number: 5715721
    Abstract: Flanges are forming simultaneously around multiple holes in a sheet metal part with a press in which multiple sets of tooling are mounted on a pair of plates fastened to the top and bottom platens of the press. The plates have guides for ensuring that the plates, and the tooling on the plates, are aligned when the plates are brought together by closing the press. The tooling includes dies attached to die holders on the upper plate, and punches attached to punch holders on the lower plate using attachments that permit a small lateral movement of the dies and the punches on their holders so that the punches can self-align with the holes in the part when the part is fit onto the punches, and so that the dies can self-align with the punches when the press closes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Bobby E. Anders, Russell L. Mill, Thomas E. Rudd