Patents by Inventor Charles E. Conover

Charles E. Conover 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).

  • Gasket container and assembly tool
    Patent number: 5445263
    Abstract: A special container and a cooperating plier-type tool are designed to facilitate storage and installation of fluid system gaskets. The container acts to guide and control movement of the tool into gripping engagement with the gaskets to eliminate contact with the sealing faces of the gaskets by either the installer's hands or the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1995
    Assignee: Cajon Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Mohlenkamp, Gerald A. Babuder, Peter A. Jobling, Charles E. Conover
  • Elastomeric seal ring with self-lubricating wear-reducing feature
    Patent number: 4387902
    Abstract: An annular elastomeric seal-ring construction having a body adapted for stabilized retention in a circumferential seal-ring groove in one of two relatively rotatable members and for circumferentially continuous resilient contact with an opposed wiping surface of the other member. The resilient wiping contact is established via an integral rib of width less than body width, wherein the locus of the rib undulates axially as a function of azimuth about the axis of the ring body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1983
    Assignee: C. E. Conover & Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Charles E. Conover