Patents by Inventor Benjamin D. Kramer

Benjamin D. Kramer 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).

  • Electrically isolating, fire-safe sealing element
    Patent number: 10197200
    Abstract: An isolation gasket for use between facing flanges of two flow conduit sections for fluid passage therethrough. The isolation gasket includes non-conductive layers and coatings that cover a flat metal core ring to provide electrical isolation, and a fire resistant layer adjacent another non-conductive layer wherein this side by side arrangement uniquely maintains a seal during a fire. In one form, a serrated ring portion of the flat metal core ring has a convex profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: LAMONS GASKET COMPANY
    Inventors: Steven Kristopher Kolb, Jayson David Denham, Willie A. Jenkins, Benjamin D. Kramer, Edward Varela
  • Seal element for isolation gasket
    Patent number: 9976680
    Abstract: A gasket for use between adjoining pipe flanges includes a retainer which defines a bore and includes a first face and an opposite second face. The retainer is constructed and arranged with a first groove in the first face and with a second groove in the second face, the first groove includes a first form for seal retention and the first seal element includes a first cooperating form for retention of the seal element within the first groove. A second seal element is received within the second groove and the retention of each seal element within its respective groove is accomplished without the use of a bonding material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: LAMONS GASKET COMPANY
    Inventor: Benjamin D. Kramer
  • ELECTRICALLY ISOLATING, FIRE-SAFE SEALING ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20170152973
    Abstract: An isolation gasket for use between facing flanges of two flow conduit sections for fluid passage therethrough. The isolation gasket includes non-conductive layers and coatings that cover a flat metal core ring to provide electrical isolation, and a fire resistant layer adjacent another non-conductive layer wherein this side by side arrangement uniquely maintains a seal during a fire. In one form, a serrated ring portion of the flat metal core ring has a convex profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Lamons Gasket Company
    Inventors: Steven Kristopher Kolb, Jayson David Denham, Willie A. Jenkins, Benjamin D. Kramer, Edward Varela
  • SEAL ELEMENT FOR ISOLATION GASKET
    Publication number: 20150377394
    Abstract: A gasket for use between adjoining pipe flanges includes a retainer which defines a bore and includes a first face and an opposite second face. The retainer is constructed and arranged with a first groove in the first face and with a second groove in the second face, the first groove includes a first form for seal retention and the first seal element includes a first cooperating form for retention of the seal element within the first groove. A second seal element is received within the second groove and the retention of each seal element within its respective groove is accomplished without the use of a bonding material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: LAMONS GASKET COMPANY
    Inventor: Benjamin D. Kramer