Patents by Inventor Michael W. Perkins

Michael W. Perkins 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).

  • ARTICLE PROCESSING FIXTURE
    Publication number: 20180030560
    Abstract: A fixture for supporting articles in an industrial process includes a plurality of elongate members having a plurality of first elongate members, a plurality of second elongate members, and a plurality of third elongate members. Each of the plurality of first elongate members includes a rod member having a riveted portion at an end thereof. The rod member of one of the plurality of first elongate members extends through an aperture of one of the plurality of second elongate members and an aperture of one of the plurality of third elongate members and is movably coupled thereto by the riveted portion of the rod member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventor: Michael W. Perkins
  • Article processing fixture
    Patent number: 9869004
    Abstract: A fixture for supporting articles in an industrial process comprises a plurality of first elongate members extending longitudinally in a first direction. The plurality of first elongate members each comprise a rod member having a riveted portion at an end thereof. The fixture further comprises a plurality of second elongate members extending longitudinally in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction and a plurality of third elongate members extending longitudinally in a third direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. The rod member of one of the first elongate members extends through an aperture of one of the second elongate members and an aperture of one of the third elongate members and is movably coupled thereto by its riveted portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: AMERICAN MANUFACTURING & ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventor: Michael W. Perkins
  • ARTICLE PROCESSING FIXTURE
    Publication number: 20150108703
    Abstract: A fixture for supporting articles in an industrial process comprises a plurality of first elongate members extending longitudinally in a first direction. The plurality of first elongate members each comprise a rod member having a riveted portion at an end thereof. The fixture further comprises a plurality of second elongate members extending longitudinally in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction and a plurality of third elongate members extending longitudinally in a third direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction. The rod member of one of the first elongate members extends through an aperture of one of the second elongate members and an aperture of one of the third elongate members and is movably coupled thereto by its riveted portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Michael W. Perkins, Daniel G. Kiefer