Patents by Inventor Frederick Van Essen

Frederick Van Essen 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).

  • Indexing die shoes in a swage press
    Patent number: 9283613
    Abstract: The specification discloses a swaging press (10) having an annular axially movable drive member (19) and a plurality of die shoes (16) cooperable with the drive member (19), the drive member (19) having at least one inwardly facing contact surface (22, 23) engageable with at least one outwardly facing segmented contact surface (24, 25) of each die shoe (16), the die shoes (16) being arranged as a die shoe set (17) whereby axial movement of the drive member (19) in a first direction causes the die shoes (16) of the die shoe set (17) to move radially inwardly during a swaging operation, the die shoes (16) and the drive member (19) being movable relative to one another about a rotation axis (29) after a single swaging operation or after a number of swaging operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Betaswage Pty Ltd
    Inventor: Frederick Van Essen
  • Indexing Die Shoes In A Swage Press
    Publication number: 20140331734
    Abstract: The specification discloses a swaging press (10) having an annular axially movable drive member (19) and a plurality of die shoes (16) cooperable with the drive member (19), the drive member (19) having at least one inwardly facing contact surface (22, 23) engageable with at least one outwardly facing segmented contact surface (24, 25) of each die shoe (16), the die shoes (16) being arranged as a die shoe set (17) whereby axial movement of the drive member (19) in a first direction causes the die shoes (16) of the die shoe set (17) to move radially inwardly during a swaging operation, the die shoes (16) and the drive member (19) being movable relative to one another about a rotation axis (29) after a single swaging operation or after a number of swaging operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Inventor: Frederick Van Essen