Patents by Inventor Sharon L. Tracy

Sharon L. Tracy 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).

  • Body support member with lattice structure
    Patent number: 11974676
    Abstract: A body support structure includes a structural lattice structure having a first stiffness, and a compressive lattice structure supported by the structural lattice structure and having a second stiffness less than the first stiffness. A skin lattice structure is supported by the compressive lattice structure, wherein the skin lattice structure is resistant to shear deformation in response to a normal force and is expandable in a direction transverse to the normal force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Carl V. Forslund, III, John Hamilton, Kurt R. Heidmann, James Ludwig, Bruce Smith, Aaron Michael Porterfield, Sharon L. Tracy, Paul Noll
  • Foamed slurry and building panel made therefrom
    Patent number: 8142915
    Abstract: A gypsum slurry is described that includes water, a hydraulic component comprising at least 50% calcined gypsum by weight based on the dry weight of the hydraulic component, foam, a defoamer and a polycarboxylate dispersant. In some embodiments of the invention, the defoamer is combined with the dispersant prior to being added to the gypsum slurry. The defoamer and dispersant can be added as a physical mixture, wherein the defoamer is attached onto the dispersant polymer, or a combination thereof. A gypsum building panel is made from the gypsum slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: United States Gypsum Company
    Inventors: David R. Blackburn, Runhai Lu, Sharon L. Tracy, Qingxia Liu, James R. Wittbold, Bruce Lynn Petersen, Alfred Li, John L. Fall, Michael P. Shake, Chris Lee
  • Foamed slurry and building panel made therefrom
    Patent number: 8088218
    Abstract: A gypsum slurry is described that includes water, a hydraulic component comprising at least 50% calcined gypsum by weight based on the dry weight of the hydraulic component, foam, a defoamer and a polycarboxylate dispersant. In some embodiments of the invention, the defoamer is combined with the dispersant prior to being added to the gypsum slurry. The defoamer and dispersant can be added as a physical mixture, wherein the defoamer is attached onto the dispersant polymer, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, a gypsum building panel is made from the gypsum slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: United States Gypsum Company
    Inventors: David R. Blackburn, Runhai Lu, Sharon L. Tracy, Qingxia Liu, James R. Wittbold, Bruce Lynn Petersen, Alfred Li, John L. Fall, Michael P. Shake, Chris Lee
  • FOAMED SLURRY AND BUILDING PANEL MADE THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20110213043
    Abstract: A gypsum slurry is described that includes water, a hydraulic component comprising at least 50% calcined gypsum by weight based on the dry weight of the hydraulic component, foam, a defoamer and a polycarboxylate dispersant. In some embodiments of the invention, the defoamer is combined with the dispersant prior to being added to the gypsum slurry. The defoamer and dispersant can be added as a physical mixture, wherein the defoamer is attached onto the dispersant polymer, or a combination thereof. A gypsum building panel is made from the gypsum slurry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Inventors: David R. Blackburn, Runhai Lu, Sharon L. Tracy, Qingxia Liu, James R. Wittbold, Bruce Lynn Petersen, Alfred Li, John L. Fall, Michael P. Shake, Chris Lee
  • Large ceramic article and method of manufacturing
    Patent number: 5541005
    Abstract: A large ceramic substrate article for electronic applications including at least one layer of sintered ceramic material, the layer including a plurality of greensheet segments of ceramic material joined edge to edge. Also disclosed is a method of fabricating a large ceramic greensheet article as well as a large ceramic substrate article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raschid J. Bezama, Jon A. Casey, Mario E. Ecker, Shaji Farooq, Irene S. Frantz, Katherine G. Frase, David H. Gabriels, Lester W. Herron, John U. Knickerbocker, Sarah H. Knickerbocker, Govindarajan Natarajan, John Thomson, Yee-Ming Ting, Sharon L. Tracy, Robert M. Troncillito, Vivek M. Sura, Donald R. Wall, Giai V. Yen
  • Large ceramic articles and method of manufacturing
    Patent number: 5439636
    Abstract: A large ceramic substrate article for electronic applications including at least one layer of sintered ceramic material, the layer including a plurality of greensheet segments of ceramic material joined edge to edge. Also disclosed is a method of fabricating a large ceramic greensheet article as well as a large ceramic substrate article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raschid J. Bezama, Jon A. Casey, Mario E. Ecker, Shaji Farooq, Irene S. Frantz, Katharine G. Frase, David H. Gabriels, Lester W. Herron, John U. Knickerbocker, Sara H. Knickerbocker, Govindarajan Natarajan, John Thomson, Yee-Ming Ting, Sharon L. Tracy, Robert M. Troncillito, Vivek M. Sura, Donald R. Wall, Giai V. Yen