Patents by Inventor Richard L. Vockel, Jr.

Richard L. Vockel, Jr. 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).

  • Process for making a treated veil and a product produced by the process
    Patent number: 5935498
    Abstract: Disclosed is a veil treated with a resin-affecting compound such as a mold release agent, a UV stabilizer, or a UV absorber for use in fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) parts. Also disclosed is a process for altering the chemical or physical properties of a resin during a production process comprising the steps of: (a) treating a veil with at least one resin-affecting compound, alone or in combination with other resin-affecting compounds; (b) applying the treated veil to a resin; (c) forming an article from said veil and said resin; and (d) curing the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: Precision Fabrics Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard L. Vockel, Jr., Ladson L. Fraser, Jr.
  • Treated veil for use in the manufacture of a fiber reinforced plastic
    Patent number: 5905045
    Abstract: Disclosed is a veil treated with a resin-affecting compound such as a mold release agent, a UV stabilizer, or a UV absorber for use in fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) parts. Also disclosed is a process for altering the chemical or physical properties of a resin during a production process comprising the steps of: (a) treating a veil with at least one resin-affecting compound, alone or in combination with other resin-affecting compounds; (b) applying the treated veil to a resin; (c) forming an article from said veil and said resin; and (d) curing the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: Precision Fabrics Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard L. Vockel, Jr., Ladson L. Fraser, Jr.
  • Phosphorescent fiber reinforced plastic article and process for making the same
    Patent number: 5223330
    Abstract: A phosphorescent fiber reinforced plastic article comprising a fabric carrying a phosphorescent material encapsulated on a surface of a cured fiber reinforced plastic material made by a variety of processes including, but not limited to, pultrusion, compression molding, filament winding, contact molding, resin transfer molding, a continuous panel process, or structural reaction injection molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Assignee: Precision Fabrics Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard L. Vockel, Jr., Robert E. Myers, Ladson L. Fraser
  • Process of making a phosphorescent fiber reinforced plastic article
    Patent number: 5135591
    Abstract: A phosphorescent fiber reinforced plastic article comprising a fabric carrying a phosphorescent material encapsulated on a surface of a cured fiber reinforced plastic material made by a variety of processes including, but not limited to, pultrusion, compression molding, filament winding, contact molding, resin transfer molding, a continuous panel process, or structural reaction injection molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1992
    Assignee: Precision Fabrics Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard L. Vockel, Jr., Robert E. Myers, Ladson L. Fraser
  • Composite pipe fittings and the production thereof
    Patent number: T100802
    Abstract: A composite pipe fitting and a method for producing it are provided by encasing a thermoplastic pipe fitting in a thermosetting material reinforced with discrete fibers with an adhesive material intermediate the thermoplastic pipe fitting and thermosetting material bonding the thermoplastic pipe fitting to the thermosetting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1981
    Inventor: Richard L. Vockel, Jr.