Patents by Inventor Darrell Stofford

Darrell Stofford 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).

  • Apparatus for assembling door handle
    Patent number: 5208966
    Abstract: A handle case and a handle which are substantially assembled are clamped on a pallet with respective first and second clamping means on the pallet, and the pallet is conveyed along a looped conveyor. The handle case and the handle are connected operatively to each other with hinge means in a first assembling station disposed alongside of the conveyor. Then, the pallet is conveyed successively through other assembling stations disposed along the conveyor to install other door handle components on the handle case and the handle in the other assembling stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Noguchi, Darrell Stofford, Lewis Sandridge
  • Method of and apparatus for assembling door handle
    Patent number: 5083357
    Abstract: A handle case and a handle which are substantially assembled are clamped on a pallet with respective first and second clamping means on the pallet, and the pallet is conveyed along a looped conveyor. The handle case and the handle are connected operatively to each other with a hinge in a first assembling station disposed alongside of the conveyor. Then, the pallet is conveyed successively through other assembling stations disposed along the conveyor to install other door handle components on the handle case and the handle in the other assembling stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1992
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Noguchi, Darrell Stofford, Lewis Sandridge
  • Apparatus for assembling door handle
    Patent number: 4967471
    Abstract: A handle case and a handle which are substantially assembled are clamped on a pallet with respective first and second clamping means, and the pallet is conveyed along a looped conveyor. The handle case and the handle are connected operatively to each other with hinge means in a first assembling station disposed alongside of the conveyor. Then, the pallet is conveyed successively through other assembling stations disposed along the conveyor to install other door handle components on the handle case and the handle in the other assembling stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1990
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Noguchi, Darrell Stofford, Lewis Sandridge