Patents by Inventor Hamid Faghidi

Hamid Faghidi 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).

  • Wallboard anchor
    Patent number: 12085108
    Abstract: An anchor for wallboard installation includes an elongated anchor body including a driving end and a wall boring end. The anchor body has a main body portion running from the driving end toward the wall boring end. The wall boring end includes a plurality of axially cutting extending teeth. The anchor body includes an internal bore and diametrically opposed slots to facilitate split of an end portion of the anchor body when the anchor is installed in a wall and a fastener is inserted for mounting an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Hamid Faghidi, Nalinikanth Garikapati, Michael Martin Hicks
  • Wallboard anchor
    Patent number: 11619252
    Abstract: An anchor for wallboard installation includes an anchor body elongated along an axis, the anchor body including a driving end, a wall boring end and an internal bore running from the driving end to an internal end short of a distal tip of the wall boring end. The anchor body includes a first frusto-conical body portion, a second frusto-conical body portion running from the first frusto-conical body portion to an annular groove and an end body portion running from the annular groove toward the distal tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: The Hillman Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Hamid Faghidi, Nalinikanth Garikapati, Michael Martin Hicks
  • Sheet metal screw
    Patent number: 11204055
    Abstract: A sheet metal screw includes one or more of a tapered self-drilling tip, an asymmetric thread angle and/or a trilobular thread edge profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: THE HILLMAN GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Farhad Lajewardi, Michael K. Falkenstein, Shreenivas Iyer, Hamid Faghidi
  • WALLBOARD ANCHOR
    Publication number: 20200173477
    Abstract: An anchor for wallboard installation includes an anchor body elongated along an axis, the anchor body including a driving end, a wall boring end and an internal bore running from the driving end to an internal end short of a distal tip of the wall boring end. The anchor body includes a first frusto-conical body portion, a second frusto-conical body portion running from the first frusto-conical body portion to an annular groove and an end body portion running from the annular groove toward the distal tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Hamid FAGHIDI, Nalinikanth GARIKAPATI, Michael Martin HICKS
  • WALLBOARD ANCHOR
    Publication number: 20200173482
    Abstract: An anchor for wallboard installation includes an elongated anchor body including a driving end and a wall boring end. The anchor body has a main body portion running from the driving end toward the wall boring end. The wall boring end includes a plurality of axially cutting extending teeth. The anchor body includes an internal bore and diametrically opposed slots to facilitate split of an end portion of the anchor body when the anchor is installed in a wall and a fastener is inserted for mounting an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Hamid FAGHIDI, Nalinikanth GARIKAPATI, Michael Martin HICKS
  • SHEET METAL SCREW
    Publication number: 20190063480
    Abstract: A sheet metal screw includes one or more of a tapered self-drilling tip, an asymmetric thread angle and/or a trilobular thread edge profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Farhad Lajewardi, Michael K. Falkenstein, Shreenivas Iyer, Hamid Faghidi