Patents by Inventor John E. Schmitt

John E. Schmitt 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: 20160174671
    Abstract: A method of forming a metallic bead includes forming a metallic cylinder including a closed lower end and an open upper end in an aperture in a die by pressing a metallic sheet into the aperture in the die and swaging the open upper end of the metallic cylinder to form a swaged upper end by applying a concave lower surface of a punch to the open upper end of the metallic cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: Alloy Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: John E. Schmitt, Brian G. Clapprood, William E. Bliss, Charles P. Morvillo, Glen Aaron Lang