Patents by Inventor Douglas L. Heydt

Douglas L. Heydt 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).

  • Closing element assembly for compound needles used in knitting machines
    Patent number: 6925841
    Abstract: A closing element assembly is provided for closing hooking elements within a knitting machine. The assembly has a plurality of closing elements with each closing element having a butt end and a working end. The butt end defines at least one indention along the length of the butt end. At least one plate is provided for receipt in the indention. The plate defines closing element channels therein for receipt of a portion of the butt ends of the plurality of closing elements. The plate secures the plurality of closing elements in proper position for cooperating with a plurality of hooking elements of compound needles within a knitting process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Chima, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas L. Heydt, Jr.
  • Closing element assembly for compound needles used in knitting machines
    Publication number: 20040261463
    Abstract: A closing element assembly is provided for closing hooking elements within a knitting machine. The assembly has a plurality of closing elements with each closing element having a butt end and a working end. The butt end defines at least one indention along the length of the butt end. At least one plate is provided for receipt in the indention. The plate defines closing element channels therein for receipt of a portion of the butt ends of the plurality of closing elements. The plate secures the plurality of closing elements in proper position for cooperating with a plurality of hooking elements of compound needles within a knitting process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: Chima, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas L. Heydt
  • Connection assembly and composite therefor
    Patent number: 5119643
    Abstract: An improved male-female type connector assembly. A male connector includes hook elements while a female connector includes a composite of a flexible substrate having a knit structure with loops produced about at least a portion of same. Loop weight, loop density and/or configuration of the hook elements may be varied to produce an assembly that is intended for repetitive connective, disconnect operations, or a semi-permanent structural connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Inventors: James P. Conley, William E. Cowan, Douglas L. Heydt
  • Connector assembly and composite therefor
    Patent number: 4739635
    Abstract: An improved male-female type connector assembly. A male connector includes hook elements while a female connector includes a composite of a flexible substrate having a knit structure with loops produced about at least a portion of same. Loop height, loop density and/or configuration of the hook elements may be varied to produce an assembly that is intended for repetitive connective, disconnect operations, or a semi-permanent structural connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Assignee: Douglas L. Heydt
    Inventors: James P. Conley, William E. Cowan, Douglas L. Heydt