Patents by Inventor Jerry Douglas Horn

Jerry Douglas Horn 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).

  • Method and fixture for attaching a sanding disc to a hand sander
    Patent number: 9656364
    Abstract: A hand sander and sanding disc fixture for attaching a sanding disc to a hand sander includes a table having a top with a sander storage station and an application station thereon. The storage station has a holder capable of holding a hand sander having a sander pad on the top of the table. The application station has at least two datum pegs extending from the top of the table that are capable of passing through two corresponding datum holes in the sanding disc. The at least two datum pegs having datum surfaces configured to be received in datum notches in an outer diameter of the sander pad. The datum pegs are capable of aligning the sander pad with the sanding disc when the sander pad is pressed against an attaching side of the sanding disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignees: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tool Technologies by Van Dyke, LLC, Starcke Abrasives USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheryl Ann Ryan, Anthony Mudd, Steven Ray Van Dyke, Jerry Douglas Horn
  • METHOD AND FIXTURE FOR ATTACHING A SANDING DISC TO A HAND SANDER
    Publication number: 20150020369
    Abstract: A hand sander and sanding disc fixture for attaching a sanding disc to a hand sander includes a table having a top with a sander storage station and an application station thereon. The storage station has a holder capable of holding a hand sander having a sander pad on the top of the table. The application station has at least two datum pegs extending from the top of the table that are capable of passing through two corresponding datum holes in the sanding disc. The at least two datum pegs having datum surfaces configured to be received in datum notches in an outer diameter of the sander pad. The datum pegs are capable of aligning the sander pad with the sanding disc when the sander pad is pressed against an attaching side of the sanding disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicants: Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tool Technologies by Van Dyke, LLC, Starcke Abrasive USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheryl Ann Ryan, Anthony Mudd, Steven Ray Van Dyke, Jerry Douglas Horn