Patents by Inventor Cort Springer

Cort Springer 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).

  • Method of installing gasket into automotive door handle
    Patent number: 4982492
    Abstract: A case gasket which is substantially rectangular in shape is installed on a flange of the handle case of a door handle to be attached to an outer surface of an automotive door panel in automatically assembling the door handle, the gasket having a shape corresponding to the shape of the flange of the handle case. First, one gasket is separated at a time from a vertically suspended stack of gaskets, and then the shape of the separated gasket is corrected by tensioning the gasket radially outwardly in engagement with the inner surface of four corners thereof. The gasket is mounted on the flange of the handle case while tensioning the gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Noguchi, Cort Springer