Patents by Inventor Larry Thomas Stein

Larry Thomas Stein 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).

  • Wear-compensating sealing ring assembly
    Patent number: 8807571
    Abstract: A seal assembly for a reciprocating piston system is provided that compensates for uneven wear rates between the ring components of the seal assembly by initially sizing a portion of the width of the sealing ring larger than the width of the annular recess in the cover ring, this portion at least partially overlapping the gap in the cover ring but not the gap in the sealing ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: David Jonathan Chalk, Larry Thomas Stein
  • Wear-Compensating Sealing Ring Assembly
    Publication number: 20140090554
    Abstract: A seal assembly for a reciprocating piston system is provided that compensates for uneven wear rates between the ring components of the seal assembly by initially sizing a portion of the width of the sealing ring larger than the width of the annular recess in the cover ring, this portion at least partially overlapping the gap in the cover ring but not the gap in the sealing ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Air Products and chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: David Jonathan Chalk, Larry Thomas Stein