Patents by Inventor James E. Gugle

James E. Gugle 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).

  • Patent number: 6322274
    Abstract: The rod end clip includes a detent head with an aperture therethrough. The aperture provides a pivot point with respect to a rod end onto which the rod end clip is being installed. The detent head subsequently provides a pivot point for the rod with respect to an aperture in a panel into which the detent head is inserted. The rod end clip further includes an arm assembly with a semi-circular seat and a flexible finger. As the rod is pivoted into the arm assembly to be engaged by the semi-circular seat, the flexible finger is urged from an unflexed position to a flexed position. The flexible finger thereafter generates an audible clicking sound as the rod passes from contact with the flexible finger and into the semi-circular seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Marla A. Binotti, James E. Gugle, George Siragusa
  • Patent number: 5429467
    Abstract: A screw and grommet fastener assembly for securing two mating panels together where the grommet absorbs variations in the relative positions of the panels and allows for expansion of a body portion thereof during insertion of the screw to withstand higher torques from screws of different sizes and dimensions without causing damage to the grommet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1995
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Gugle, James E. Marion, Duane M. Schultz
  • Patent number: 5339501
    Abstract: An adjustable fastener assembly which can readily be engaged and disengaged including a receptacle member, a connecting member and an engagement member for retaining the connecting member to the receptacle member upon engagement in a first direction, for maintaining retention and providing movement between the receptacle member and the connecting member for a predetermined distance in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and for enabling disengagement of the connecting member from the receptacle member upon movement in the second direction beyond the predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Gugle, James S. Tisol
  • Patent number: 4650044
    Abstract: There is disclosed a gas-cushion shock absorber wherein a sealed uninflated cushion bag containing gasifiable material is initially assembled within a hydraulic reservoir of the shock absorber whereupon the gasifiable material is activated for producing sufficient gas for inflating the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1987
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: James E. Gugle
  • Patent number: 4636124
    Abstract: A one-piece thermoplastic fastener assembly is disclosed having a friction-weld fastening surface with a centrally located heat-activated adhesive pellet. A plurality of deflector segments are integrally formed with the friction weld surface at the plurality of radial distances from the axis of rotation. The shape of the base member and the thickness of the plurality of deflector segments are selected to cause any imaginary straight line emanating from the axis of rotation and passing through the marginal edge of each intercepted deflector segment to extend below the radial plane which passes across the outer marginal edge of the innermost deflector segment to thereby causes even distribution of the heat-activated adhesive across the friction weld surface in response to a driving rotation of the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1987
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Gugle, Brian R. Peek