Patents by Inventor Thomas Strandberg

Thomas Strandberg 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: 5501736
    Abstract: A conveyer for transporting a part to be painted through a paint booth and drying and curing apparatus. The conveyer includes a transporter having an upwardly extending post, a tubular lifter disposed on the post and having a contoured lower surface which engages a pin on the post for supporting the lifter at a first elevation on the post when the lifter is in a first angular position and at a second lower elevation when the lifter is at a second higher elevation on the post. A fixture includes a pipe telescopically received on the post and having a lower end rotatably supported on the lifter when the lifter is in its first angular position and being lowered into engagement with a stop pin on the post when the lifter is in its second angular position. The fixture includes a support at the upper end of the pipe for supporting the part to be painted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company
    Inventors: Charles Statz, Thomas Strandberg