Patents by Inventor William Pfeil

William Pfeil 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: 6668429
    Abstract: The invention is a deep-groove fastener which securely retains a seat cover within the groove of a deeply contoured seat bun. The fastener comprises an elongated body generally concave in cross section and having an interior cavity. A plurality of notched ridges are located on the surface of the interior cavity. The notched ridges serve as fastening elements for engaging loop or other material attached to the underside of a seat cover. Anchor elements are located on the exterior, non-cavity surface of the main body, to aid in anchoring the invention within a foam seat bun. The main body additionally comprises two flange-like sealing legs having a relatively flat bottom surface, to seal the sides of the invention against fouling during the seat bun molding process. Magnetically attractable particles are incorporated into the sealing legs, to hold the invention securely to a magnetized seat bun forming mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: YKK Corporation of America
    Inventors: Nobuo Fujisawa, Craig Jay Graham, Wolfgang Eduardo Coronel, Joel William Pfeil
  • Publication number: 20030232163
    Abstract: The invention is a wire loom constructed from a strip of plastic hook fastener material, which holds a single wire or cable in position, or a bundle of wires or cables together. The wire loom is formed by stretching the hook fastener material along its lengthwise dimension, and has a curled center portion forming a tubular channel in which wires or cable are inserted and retained, and two uncurled end portions. The hook layer side of the loom can be secured to a strip or patch of mating loop material located on a panel, frame member, or other object, to hold the wires or cable in a desired position. An additional strip of loop material may be wrapped around the center of the loom or placed longitudinally on the loom for extra wire-retaining strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Publication date: December 18, 2003
    Inventors: Craig Jay Graham, Nobuo Fujisawa, Joel William Pfeil
  • Publication number: 20030204939
    Abstract: The invention is a deep-groove fastener which securely retains a seat cover within the groove of a deeply contoured seat bun. The fastener comprises an elongated body generally concave in cross section and having an interior cavity. A plurality of notched ridges are located on the surface of the interior cavity. The notched ridges serve as fastening elements for engaging loop or other material attached to the underside of a seat cover. Anchor elements are located on the exterior, non-cavity surface of the main body, to aid in anchoring the invention within a foam seat bun. The main body additionally comprises two flange-like sealing legs having a relatively flat bottom surface, to seal the sides of the invention against fouling during the seat bun molding process. Magnetically attractable particles are incorporated into the sealing legs, to hold the invention securely to a magnetized seat bun forming mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Nobuo Fujisawa, Craig Jay Graham, Wolfgang Eduardo Coronel, Joel William Pfeil
  • Patent number: 5974000
    Abstract: A tactilely setable data input structure for a battery-operated, computer-run wrist watch operable in a time mode, a calculator mode and an alphabetic mode comprising a watch casing housing a battery and clock calculator electronics and at least one visible display having multiple units therein. A first button is located on a first side edge of the housing for operating the electronics to cause the visible display to shift between a calculator, alphabetic and a time display upon depression thereof. Further, buttons about the periphery of the watch or watch band are provided. Pressing different combinations of these buttons cause the electronics to create digits zero through nine or alphabetics in a first unit of the display dependent on the combination of specific buttons simultaneously pressed. Multiple entry of digits or alphabetics into the subsequent units of the display allow for creation of multi-digit numbers and words.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Inventor: William Pfeil
  • Patent number: 5878002
    Abstract: A tactilely setable data input structure for a battery-operated, computer-run wrist watch operable in a time mode and a calculator mode comprising: a watch casing housing battery and clock calculator electronics and at least one visible display having multiple units therein. A first button is located on a first side edge of the housing for operating the electronics to cause the visible display to shift between a calculator and a time display upon depression thereof. A second and third button on said first side edge of the housing and a fourth, fifth and sixth button on an opposite side edge of the housing from the first edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1999
    Inventor: William Pfeil
  • Patent number: 5377692
    Abstract: A vibrating condom or device having an inflatable vibrating region or a self-activated vibrating region which contacts the clitoris or vaginal walls. The inflation of such vibrating region is achieved by the transport of air or fluid from a power unit while the self-activated vibrating region could be achieved by an external or imbedded power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: William F. Pfeil
    Inventor: William Pfeil