GK

Gary A. Kruger

General Motors: 24 patents #513 of 18,328Top 3%
Overall (All Time): #175,415 of 4,157,543Top 5%
24
Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
7823430 Open press thermal gap for QPF forming tools Richard Hammar, Richard M. Kleber 2010-11-02
7574884 Apparatus and method for sheet material forming John E. Carsley, George L. Kilbertus, Gerald Edward Sokol, Paul E. Krajewski 2009-08-18
7363790 Method for vaccum assisted preforming of superplastically or quick plastically formed article Chongmin Kim, Richard Hammar 2008-04-29
7320239 Forming tool for multiple-thickness blanks James G. Schroth 2008-01-22
7306451 Forming tool apparatus with pivoting wall segment Mark G. Konopnicki, John E. Carsley 2007-12-11
7290423 Roller hemming apparatus and method John E. Carsley, Wayne W. Cai, Paul E. Krajewski, Yang-Tse Cheng 2007-11-06
7210323 Binder apparatus for sheet forming Mark G. Konopnicki, Chongmin Kim, John Norman Johnson 2007-05-01
7204119 Hollow metallic ring seal for press John Norman Johnson, Richard Hammar, Chongmin Kim 2007-04-17
7204110 Hot die cleaning system for quick plastic forming cell Richard Hammar, James G. Schroth, Edward W. Bennett, Curtis L. Shinabarker 2007-04-17
7080535 Spring-loaded part extractors for heated forming tools James G. Schroth, Richard Hammar 2006-07-25
7047779 Curvilinear punch motion for double-action hot stretch-forming Chongmin Kim, Mark G. Konopnicki 2006-05-23
7028519 High throughput quick-plastic-forming Chongmin Kim 2006-04-18
7021099 Extraction system for hot formed parts Edward W. Bennett, Leonard L. Pollum 2006-04-04
7004007 Die cushion apparatus for hot stretch-forming Mark G. Konopnicki, Richard Hammar 2006-02-28
6964185 Apparatus for bending and transporting an aluminum sheet John E. Carsley, Nelson T. Brinas 2005-11-15
6923030 External activation mechanism for pressurized forming cavity Chongmin Kim, Mark G. Konopnicki 2005-08-02
6886383 Method for stretch forming sheet metal by pressing and the application of gas pressure Chongmin Kim, Mark G. Konopnicki, Richard M. Kleber, Michelle R. Goff 2005-05-03
6880377 Method for double action gas pressure forming sheet material Chongmin Kim, Mark G. Konopnicki, John Norman Johnson, James G. Schroth, Michelle R. Goff 2005-04-19
6843089 Method of producing surface features in sheet metal using superplastic forming Paul E. Krajewski, George M. Barton 2005-01-18
6843088 Raised surface features for hot blow-forming tooling Mark G. Konopnicki, Chongmin Kim 2005-01-18
6776020 Method for stretching forming and transporting and aluminum metal sheet John E. Carsley, Nelson T. Brinas 2004-08-17
6668612 Device for holding a sheet metal blank in a forming press Mark G. Konopnicki 2003-12-30
6085571 Gravity-operated blank loading device Nelson T. Brinas 2000-07-11
4346556 Insulating engine exhaust port liner Hal H. Rice 1982-08-31