Patents by Inventor Jeffrey F. Kober

Jeffrey F. Kober 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).

  • Panel with heated layer
    Patent number: 8329278
    Abstract: A panel has an exterior face thereof adapted for attachment to a support frame and an interior face thereof adapted for defining a boundary of a compartment. The panel includes a core encapsulated within a panel frame of reinforced phenolic material, the core having first and second faces thereof, and a periphery. The panel frame includes first and second skins attached to the first and second faces of the core. One or more closeouts are disposed between the skins about the periphery of the core, with the one or more closeouts being attached to the first and second skins. A heating element is adjacent the interior face of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Milwaukee Composites, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey F. Kober, James E. Desing, John J. Tommet
  • PANEL WITH HEATED LAYER
    Publication number: 20110147358
    Abstract: A panel has an exterior face thereof adapted for attachment to a support frame and an interior face thereof adapted for defining a boundary of a compartment. The panel includes a core encapsulated within a panel frame of reinforced phenolic material, the core having first and second faces thereof, and a periphery. The panel frame includes first and second skins attached to the first and second faces of the core. One or more closeouts are disposed between the skins about the periphery of the core, with the one or more closeouts being attached to the first and second skins. A heating element is adjacent the interior face of the panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Jeffrey F. Kober, James E. Desing, John J. Tommet
  • Rail car plug door
    Patent number: 5467558
    Abstract: A plug door including a door panel, an elongated crank rod supported by said door panel for pivotable movement relative thereto about a pivot axis, a door locking mechanism mounted on the door panel for pivoting said crank rod about the pivot axis, and the door panel having a channel substantially enclosing the crank rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1995
    Assignee: Prime Composites, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey F. Kober, Victor A. Nelson