Inventor · Clinton Township, MI, US

John E. Carsley

27Patents
7h-index
47Co-inventors
65Inventor score

Filing activity: Jan 25, 2001 → Feb 17, 2015

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8033592B2 Door assembly and method for a vehicle Performing Operations; Transporting 35 Active
US8424961B2 Aluminum roof panel for attachment to supporting steel vehicle body members Performing Operations; Transporting 25 Active
US7290423B2 Roller hemming apparatus and method Performing Operations; Transporting 20 Expired
US6672121B2 Flat pinch hemming of aluminum panels Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 14 Expired
US8640320B2 Method of joining by roller hemming and solid state welding and system for same Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 8 Active
US8211251B2 Local heat treatment of aluminum panels Chemistry; Metallurgy 7 Active
US6547895B2 Superplastic multi-layer forming Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 7 Expired
US7306451B2 Forming tool apparatus with pivoting wall segment Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US7770955B2 Automotive closure panel assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Active
US7290318B2 Electromagnetic flanging and hemming apparatus and method Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 6 Expired
US8042372B2 Method of making an automotive closure panel assembly Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 5 Active
US6890394B2 Heating of metal alloy sheet by thermal conduction Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Expired
US8015688B2 Method and apparatus for hemming and sealing a joint Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US7574884B2 Apparatus and method for sheet material forming Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8360301B2 Mixed metal magnetic pulse impact beam Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US8091203B2 High pressure tank and method thereof Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 3 Active
US7607331B2 Method and apparatus for hemming panels together Performing Operations; Transporting 3 Active
US8341992B2 Roller hemming with in-situ adhesive curing Performing Operations; Transporting 2 Active
US9783865B2 Thermal-assisted roll forming of high strength material Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Active
US6835254B2 Recrystallization of metal alloy sheet with convection and infrared radiation heating Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Expired
US10384252B2 Warm forming of work-hardened sheet alloys Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Active
US8561450B2 System and method for annealing of a pre-formed panel Chemistry; Metallurgy 2 Active
US8757423B2 Composite pressure vessel and method of assembling the same Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating 1 Active
US8592733B2 Induction weld assembly of closure panels Performing Operations; Transporting 1 Active
US8677796B2 Hemmed metal panels, hemming apparatuses, and hemming methods Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.