Patents by Inventor Robert Steeves

Robert Steeves 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).

  • EMI SHIELDING MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20110067918
    Abstract: Corrosion-resistant electromagnetic interference (“EMI”) shielding material. The material is provided as an admixture of an elastomeric polymeric component and a filler component. The filler component is provided as glass or aluminum particles which are electrolessly-plated with a plating of a nickel-phosphorous alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Junhua Whu, Gerard Brown, George Watchko, Robert Steeves, Francis Richard, William G. Lionetta
  • Skin attachment structure for wall system
    Patent number: 7661237
    Abstract: A snap-on attachment structure for attaching a side skin to an upright frame of a wall system. The attachment structure includes resilient attachment strips secured to the rear of the skin and extending along upright edges thereof. Each strip cooperates with a projection formed on an upright frame member and extending vertically therealong. The snap-on strip has a pair of cantilevered spring legs which protrude outwardly in angled relationship. The spring legs adjacent outer ends are provided with coil-shaped head parts which protrude inwardly toward one another. The head parts have hollow arcuate configurations and move into gripping engagement with shallow arcuate recesses formed on opposite sides of the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Haworth, Ltd.
    Inventors: Rupert Jakob-Bamberg, Robert Steeves, Steven McIlvenna, Kevin T. Domagala, Scott MacDermott
  • Reveal structure for furniture and method of making same
    Patent number: 7484819
    Abstract: A reveal is formed on a piece of furniture by fastening a reveal frame to a front edge of a furniture body. The reveal frame is fastened to the body by plural double-ended barbed fasteners that engage both a channel in the reveal frame and a channel formed in the front edge of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Haworth, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenneth Frederick, Dariusz Gorniak, Adrian Farcas, Robert Steeves
  • Skin attachment structure for wall system
    Publication number: 20080134610
    Abstract: A snap-on attachment structure for attaching a side skin to an upright frame of a wall system. The attachment structure includes resilient attachment strips secured to the rear of the skin and extending along upright edges thereof. Each strip cooperates with a projection formed on an upright frame member and extending vertically therealong. The snap-on strip has a pair of cantilevered spring legs which protrude outwardly in angled relationship. The spring legs adjacent outer ends are provided with coil-shaped head parts which protrude inwardly toward one another. The head parts have hollow arcuate configurations and move into gripping engagement with shallow arcuate recesses formed on opposite sides of the projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Rupert Jakob-Bamberg, Robert Steeves, Steven McIlvenna, Kevin T. Domagala, Scott MacDermott
  • Reveal structure for furniture and method of making same
    Publication number: 20070138922
    Abstract: A reveal is formed on a piece of furniture by fastening a reveal frame to a front edge of a furniture body. The reveal frame is fastened to the body by plural double-ended barbed fasteners that engage both a channel in the reveal frame and a channel formed in the front edge of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Inventors: Kenneth Frederick, Dariusz Gorniak, Adrian Farcas, Robert Steeves