Patents by Inventor Ivan J. Leko

Ivan J. Leko 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).

  • Magnetic tee-nut holder
    Patent number: 5478002
    Abstract: A magnetic Tee-nut holder for use in a Tee-nut setting machine having a f guide channel for feeding and guiding Tee-nuts towards the end of the channel in registration with a rod for driving the endmost Tee-nut into a workpiece. The magnetic Tee-nut holder is positioned at the end of the channel for magnetically holding the endmost Tee-nut in a position in registration with the driving rod. Also disclosed is a method of magnetically holding a Tee-nut at the end of a feed guide channel of a Tee-nut setting machine, for driving by a driving rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignees: Sigma Tool & Machine, Partnership of Sigma Tool & Machine Ltd., Sigma Fasteners Ltd.
    Inventors: Ole Clement, Ivan J. Leko