Patents by Inventor Bruce Gordon Halverson

Bruce Gordon Halverson 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: 7530448
    Abstract: A workpiece support mountable onto a workpiece conveyor, the support including a rigid vertically upstanding member, which is vertical when mounted onto an upper-most surface of the workpiece conveyor, and a cap mounted onto the upstanding member. The cap includes a housing defining a cavity. The housing is substantially entirely sealed around the cavity so as to inhibit detritus entering the cavity. The cavity has an opening at a lower-most end thereof. The opening is for snug mounting of the cap onto the upstanding member when the upstanding member is journalled snugly in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Northern Plastics Ltd.
    Inventors: Deane R. Henderson, Bruce Gordon Halverson, William R. Newnes
  • Publication number: 20080073181
    Abstract: A workpiece support mountable onto a workpiece conveyor, the support including a rigid vertically upstanding member, which is vertical when mounted onto an upper-most surface of the workpiece conveyor, and a cap mounted onto the upstanding member. The cap includes a housing defining a cavity. The housing is substantially entirely sealed around the cavity so as to inhibit detritus entering the cavity. The cavity has an opening at a lower-most end thereof. The opening is for snug mounting of the cap onto the upstanding member when the upstanding member is journalled snugly in the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Deane R. Henderson, Bruce Gordon Halverson, William R. Newnes