Patents by Inventor Timothy Laughlin

Timothy Laughlin 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).

  • Component with deformable pads
    Patent number: 9670953
    Abstract: A component (10) is adapted for contact with a mating component (50) during attachment of the components to one another to form a related assembly in which a deformable pad (26) or pads improve stress distribution. The component includes a body having an interface surface in which the body is adapted to be contacted with the mating component at the interface surface of the body. One or more deformable pads are formed in the interface surface. Each deformable pad has a top surface that is offset outwardly from the interface surface relative to the body and a groove surrounding the deformable pad that is offset inwardly from the interface surface relative to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: GKN Sinter Metals, LLC
    Inventors: Virgiliu-Adrian Savu, Timothy E. Geiman, Allan Keeble, Timothy Laughlin
  • COMPONENT WITH DEFORMABLE PADS
    Publication number: 20160273589
    Abstract: A component (10) is adapted for contact with a mating component (50) during attachment of the components to one another to form a related assembly in which a deformable pad (26) or pads improve stress distribution. The component includes a body having an interface surface in which the body is adapted to be contacted with the mating component at the interface surface of the body. One or more deformable pads are formed in the interface surface. Each deformable pad has a top surface that is offset outwardly from the interface surface relative to the body and a groove surrounding the deformable pad that is offset inwardly from the interface surface relative to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Virgiliu-Adrian Savu, Timothy E. Geiman, Allan Keeble, Timothy Laughlin