Patents by Inventor Paul Matthew Plummer

Paul Matthew Plummer 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).

  • Minimizing or alleviating stress in a surface of a sheet metal structure caused by addition of surface features to the structure
    Patent number: 10881036
    Abstract: Formation of a deformation along a surface of a sheet metal panel of an electronic device is minimized or prevented by determining an area of the surface to which a deformation has developed or is predicted to develop, where the deformation forms or is predicted to form in response to one or more of the surface features being provided into the surface. A score line is provided along the surface that is at or proximate the area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Vic Hong Chia, Perry L. Hayden, Sr., Paul Matthew Plummer
  • MINIMIZING OR ALLEVIATING STRESS IN A SURFACE OF A SHEET METAL STRUCTURE CAUSED BY ADDITION OF SURFACE FEATURES TO THE STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20200288607
    Abstract: Formation of a deformation along a surface of a sheet metal panel of an electronic device is minimized or prevented by determining an area of the surface to which a deformation has developed or is predicted to develop, where the deformation forms or is predicted to form in response to one or more of the surface features being provided into the surface. A score line is provided along the surface that is at or proximate the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Vic Hong Chia, Perry L. Hayden, SR., Paul Matthew Plummer