Patents by Inventor Gerald Stevens

Gerald Stevens 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).

  • Publication number: 20170098529
    Abstract: A RFID tag containment combination for a sputter target/backing plate assembly. A bore is provided in either the target or the backing plate and is adapted for snug receipt of a plug therein. The plug comprises a recessed portion thereof configured to carry the RFID tag therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Justin K. Reed, Erich Theado, Kenneth Fielder, Gerald Stevens, Ronald Alan Dilley, John Hardy Burley
  • Patent number: 6134989
    Abstract: A multi-lug nut driving device which facilitates the removal or application of a wheel from or to a vehicle is disclosed. The device includes a housing with a top and bottom, a main beveled gear located centrally within the housing and extending upwardly from the top of the housing. Slots are located on the top of the housing and extend radially outwardly from the main beveled gear and at least two smaller, beveled gears are located within each of the slots, where the teeth of the first one of the smaller gears mesh with the teeth of the main beveled gear and the teeth of the second smaller gear mesh with the teeth of the first smaller gear. The second gear also has a socket adapted to receive a lug nut of a wheel. Each socket has rings of concentric sockets located therein so that a wide variety of lug nuts may be received within the socket. Each socket ring also has multiple teeth so that the lug nuts may be gripped regardless of how they are oriented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Inventor: Gerald Stevens
  • Patent number: D733606
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Inventor: Gerald Stevens