Patents by Inventor Bruce Luckwell

Bruce Luckwell 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).

  • System and method for placing a resistive implant for welding assemblies of plastic components
    Patent number: 8323444
    Abstract: An implant applicator and method for positioning a resistive implant material on a first plastic component to be used to form a resistive implant weld between that first plastic component and a second plastic component. The resistive implant material is heated and pressed into a targeted surface of the first plastic component to tack the resistive implant into place. The second plastic component is positioned over the tacked resistive implant and a weld formed in a known manner. The resistive implant material can be heated for tacking by passing an electric current through it before it is pressed into the first plastic component by a second member or by contacting the resistive implant material against a separately heated surface prior to pressing it into the first plastic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Magna International Inc.
    Inventors: Steven Grgac, Bradford D. Armstrong, Bruce Luckwell
  • System and Method for Placing a Resistive Implant for Welding Assemblies of Plastic Components
    Publication number: 20110017394
    Abstract: An implant applicator and method for positioning a resistive implant material on a first plastic component to be used to form a resistive implant weld between that first plastic component and a second plastic component. The resistive implant material is heated and pressed into a targeted surface of the first plastic component to tack the resistive implant into place. The second plastic component is positioned over the tacked resistive implant and a weld formed in a known manner. The resistive implant material can be heated for tacking by passing an electric current through it before it is pressed into the first plastic component by a second member or by contacting the resistive implant material against a separately heated surface prior to pressing it into the first plastic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2008
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Steven Grgac, Bradford D. Armstrong, Bruce Luckwell