Patents by Inventor TOM HAYS

TOM HAYS 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).

  • Carrier plate and method of use thereof
    Patent number: 12246487
    Abstract: Improved carrier plates and methods of use thereof are provided to secure and transport individual layers of a multilayer structure during manufacture of the multilayer structure. In one implementation a carrier plate is provided including a lower portion and a raised portion to support a flexible substrate holding an individual layer laid on an upper surface of the raised portion. Clamping mechanisms, such as rollers, are formed on extended regions adjacent to side walls of the raised portion. The clamping mechanisms are configured to move from open positions, where the clamping mechanisms are spaced apart from the sidewalls of the raised portion, to closed positions, where the clamping mechanisms secure opposite edge portions of the flexible substrate between the clamping mechanisms and the first and sidewalls of the raised portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Sakuu Corporation
    Inventors: Morteza Vatani, Seyed Mohammad Sajadi, Timothy Byman, Tom Hays, Peter Bruss, Don Ambli, Justin Carroll, Lawrence Nguyen
  • CARRIER PLATE AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230226762
    Abstract: Improved carrier plates and methods of use thereof are provided to secure and transport individual layers of a multilayer structure during manufacture of the multilayer structure. In one implementation a carrier plate is provided including a lower portion and a raised portion to support a flexible substrate holding an individual layer laid on an upper surface of the raised portion. Clamping mechanisms, such as rollers, are formed on extended regions adjacent to side walls of the raised portion. The clamping mechanisms are configured to move from open positions, where the clamping mechanisms are spaced apart from the sidewalls of the raised portion, to closed positions, where the clamping mechanisms secure opposite edge portions of the flexible substrate between the clamping mechanisms and the first and sidewalls of the raised portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: Sakuu Corporation
    Inventors: Morteza VATANI, Seyed Mohammad SAJADI, Timothy BYMAN, Tom HAYS, Peter BRUSS, Don AMBLI, Justin CARROLL, Lawrence NGUYEN
  • LAWN AND GARDEN CART
    Publication number: 20070164526
    Abstract: A lawn and garden cart has a frame and an axle attached to the frame. A pair of wheels are attached to the axle, each wheel being rotatably attached to an opposing end of the axle. A longitudinal tow bar is attached to the frame at a first end, the tow bar including a connector at a second distal end. The cart further includes a container having a base, a plurality of generally vertical sidewalls and an angled rear wall, the container being pivotally attached to the frame and releasably coupled to the tow bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: OHIO STEEL INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: THOMAS MARTINI, RODGER HAYS, MARK ZELLEFROW, JASON MOORE, KEN HOFFMAN, FREDERICK FEENEY, KEVIN CAHALAN, RICHARD BIGGS, TOM HAYS, HARLAN PEDEN, DALE BAUMAN, SEAN SVENDSEN