Patents by Inventor Carl Alfred Zander

Carl Alfred Zander 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).

  • Multifunctional multipositional precision hand mechanical rivet setting device
    Patent number: 8381565
    Abstract: A hand and mechanically activated rivet setting device uniquely and integrally designed to set multiple different types of rivets comprising tubular, semi-tubular and solid rivets made entirely or in part from aluminum, brass, steel and stainless steel having multiple different kinds of heads comprising truss, dome and flat rivet heads; in a work product consisting of pieces and components to be riveted together. The device has the means to set rivets from different positional locations within the device and provides the device operator the ability to completely control the rivet setting process, assuring precision rivet setting without damaging the pieces or components being riveted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Inventor: Carl Alfred Zander
  • Multifunctional multipositional precision hand mechanical rivet setting device
    Publication number: 20110214268
    Abstract: A hand and mechanically activated rivet setting device uniquely and integrally designed to set multiple different types of rivets comprising tubular, semi-tubular and solid rivets made entirely or in part from aluminum, brass, steel and stainless steel having multiple different kinds of heads comprising truss, dome and flat rivet heads; in a work product consisting of pieces and components to be riveted together. The device has the means to set rivets from different positional locations within the device and provides the device operator the ability to completely control the rivet setting process, assuring precision rivet setting without damaging the pieces or components being riveted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventor: Carl Alfred Zander
  • Bracket assembly with detachable body for mounting a front license plate to an automotive vehicle
    Patent number: 7401427
    Abstract: A bracket for mounting a front license plate to an automotive vehicle that does not have an integrally designed and designated front license plate mounting location embodied as part of the front exterior of the vehicle that includes an associated integral license plate mounting mechanism, but does have existing, integral apertures in the body of the vehicle located behind and below the front grille of the vehicle which are used to secure a body panel to the vehicle. The bracket has a detachable body having a mounting surface adapted to receive a license plate, two arms that attach to the body and extend from the rear of the body. The two arms can attach to the body in either of two distinct positions, either with the top of the body facing up or with the top of the body facing down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Inventor: Carl Alfred Zander