Patents by Inventor Lou S. Popovitch

Lou S. Popovitch 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).

  • Power crimping device and method for crimping building panels
    Patent number: 8448489
    Abstract: An device for crimping together adjacent edge portions of two building panels including a frame supporting a rotatable shaft protruding therethrough, a first crimping member attached to the frame, a gear train supported by the frame coupled to the rotatable shaft such that a rotation of the rotatable shaft imparts rotary motion to the gear train, a drive mechanism supported by the frame and rotatably coupled to the gear train, and a second crimping member supported by the frame and coupled to the drive mechanism, wherein the second crimping member is configured to move toward and then away from the first crimping member in a repeating, reciprocating motion under influence of the drive mechanism while rotation of the rotatable shaft is maintained, such that the second crimping member is configured to bend an edge portion of a first building panel over an edge portion of a second building panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: M.I.C. Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Lou S. Popovitch
  • Power crimping device and method for crimping building panels
    Publication number: 20100077827
    Abstract: An device for crimping together adjacent edge portions of two building panels including a frame supporting a rotatable shaft protruding therethrough, a first crimping member attached to the frame, a gear train supported by the frame coupled to the rotatable shaft such that a rotation of the rotatable shaft imparts rotary motion to the gear train, a drive mechanism supported by the frame and rotatably coupled to the gear train, and a second crimping member supported by the frame and coupled to the drive mechanism, wherein the second crimping member is configured to move toward and then away from the first crimping member in a repeating, reciprocating motion under influence of the drive mechanism while rotation of the rotatable shaft is maintained, such that the second crimping member is configured to bend an edge portion of a first building panel over an edge portion of a second building panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: Lou S. Popovitch
  • User interface trim frame and user interface assembly
    Patent number: D876496
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Thermo Fisher Scientific (Asheville) LLC
    Inventors: John M. Staton, Lou S. Popovitch
  • User interface trim frame and user interface assembly
    Patent number: D1003954
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Thermo Fisher Scientific (Asheville) LLC
    Inventors: John M. Staton, Lou S. Popovitch