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Robert J. Nix — 17 Patents

SISignode: 10 patents #2 of 86Top 3%
Illinois Tool Works: 7 patents #592 of 4,311Top 15%
Paddy Lane, IL: #21 of 467 inventorsTop 5%
Illinois: #4,775 of 84,256 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #263,971 of 4,157,543Top 7%
17 Patents All Time
Robert J. Nix has been granted 17 US patents while listed as an inventor at Signode. The first was granted in 1981 and the most recent in July 2009. Robert J. Nix ranks #263,971 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 6.3%). Patent records list Robert J. Nix in Paddy Lane, IL, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1981 to 2009Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2005.peak 31981: 2 patents19811982: 1 patents1990: 1 patents19901991: 1 patents1992: 2 patents19921993: 2 patents1994: 1 patents19941998: 1 patents2003: 1 patents20032004: 1 patents2005: 3 patents20052009: 1 patents2009

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–17 of 17 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
7556129 Motor brake 2009-07-07 $58,264,000
6918235 Dual motor strapper 2005-07-19 $15,648,000
6907717 Dual motor strapper 2005-06-21 $14,125,000
6895733 Dual motor strapper 2005-05-24 $8,231,000
6732638 Time-out indicator for pneumatic strapper John A. Rometty, Jason R. Nasiatka 2004-05-11 $31,041,000
6533013 Electric strapping tool and method therefor 2003-03-18 $12,183,000
5853524 Pneumatic circuit for strapping tool having adjustable tension control 1998-12-29 $45,539,000
D349294 Hand operated strapping tool Charles Pycha 1994-08-02
D338214 Hand operated strapping tool David E. Crittenden, Charles Pycha 1993-08-10
5203541 Tensioning mechanism for strapping tool 1993-04-20
5136888 Mechanism for converting oscillatory rotation of input shaft to unidirectional rotation of output shaft 1992-08-11
5087306 Strapping joint and method for forming same Nelson Cheung, Janusz Figiel 1992-02-11
5006385 Strapping joint and method for forming same Nelson Cheung, Janusz Figiel 1991-04-09
4952271 Apparatus for forming an offset joint in flexible thermoplastic strap Nelson Cheung 1990-08-28
4313779 All electric friction fusion strapping tool 1982-02-02 $1,557,000
4289175 Tension sensing mechanism for power-operated push-type strapping and sealing tool David E. Crittenden, Barry R. Angarola, William A. Meier 1981-09-15 $723,000
4282907 Tension sensing mechanism for strapping tool Robert J. Massion, Peter Lems 1981-08-11 $1,485,000