Patents by Inventor John N. Schavilje

John N. Schavilje 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: 4655423
    Abstract: A plastic molded fastener is described as formed with a fastening clip and drive pin. The fastening clip has an elongate base member with an integrally formed clip member at one end and a mounting aperture adjacent the other end. The plastic drive pin extends generally perpendicular to the base member and has its pointed end held in a pre-driven position within the mounting aperture by a frangible connection. A collar is integrally formed on the base member about the mounting aperture for providing a snap fitting connection which is adapted to hold a driving tool in a stationary position. The snap fitting connection allows the drive pin to be consistently driven by the driving tool in a perpendicular path relative to the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: John N. Schavilje, E. Grant Swick
  • Patent number: 4592117
    Abstract: A drop wire clamp is provided for suspending a coaxial cable drop wire or the like. The clamp is of molded plastic resin material comprising a body having converging clamping surfaces on the interior thereof, and a two part wedge having external tapered surfaces engageable with the body converging clamping surfaces to wedge the two parts of the wedge together. The two parts of the wedge have confronting surfaces defining a channel for gripping a cable. The channel undulates transversely longitudinally thereof, and a pair of smaller adjacent, parallel channels of similar undulating construction are provided on either side of the first-mentioned channel for gripping a messenger wire. An extension of the body is provided with an eyelet for hanging over a hook or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1986
    Inventors: William E. Ruehl, John N. Schavilje, Edwin G. Swick
  • Patent number: 4580859
    Abstract: A holder made of resilient plastic material is disclosed for mounting a light-emitting diode having a rectangular-shaped base into a rectangular-shaped aperture of a panel member. The holder has a rectangular-shaped hollow body of a cross section slightly smaller than the rectangular-shaped aperture in the panel and is molded with a rectangular-shaped lengthwise throughbore for receiving a rectangular-shaped light-emitting diode. The rectangular-shaped body is molded into a first pair of opposing sidewalls and a second pair of opposing sidewalls. A pair of spaced lengthwise elongate slots are formed in the second pair to define a flexible central web portion in each sidewall of the second pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1986
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Francis G. Frano, John N. Schavilje, George J. Bury
  • Patent number: D262864
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1982
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: John N. Schavilje, David C. Boyer