Patents by Inventor Darrell Lowden

Darrell Lowden 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: 9198269
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are different embodiments of a grounding apparatus, system and method, for use, in accordance with some embodiments, to ground an object to be coated in an electrostatic coating process. The apparatus generally comprises a structure and cover moveable relative to one another between a conductor receiving position and a covering position, such that a grounding conductor received therebetween may be conductively coupled therewith and at least partially covered thereby in the covered position. A removable grounding apparatus is also disclosed for positioning on an object support proximate a selected grounding location of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bob Bristow, Darrell Lowden, Doug Grantmyre
  • Publication number: 20130286529
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are different embodiments of a grounding apparatus, system and method, for use, in accordance with some embodiments, to ground an object to be coated in an electrostatic coating process. The apparatus generally comprises a structure and cover moveable relative to one another between a conductor receiving position and a covering position, such that a grounding conductor received therebetween may be conductively coupled therewith and at least partially covered thereby in the covered position. A removable grounding apparatus is also disclosed for positioning on an object support proximate a selected grounding location of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bob Bristow, Darrell Lowden, Doug Grantmyre