Patents by Inventor Steven J. Osterhus

Steven J. Osterhus 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).

  • Solar collector
    Patent number: 4178909
    Abstract: A solar collector is provided comprising a cover assembly which employs a flexible polymeric cover sheet and means for stretching the cover sheet and maintaining it taut under various ambient temperature conditions, a simple and economical peripheral supporting structure, and support means for a solar heat exchanger of the solar collector which supports such heat exchanger in a high strength manner yet in thermally insulated relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1979
    Assignee: Reynolds Metals Company
    Inventors: Patrick F. Goolsby, David J. Laudig, Paul A. Mechler, Steven J. Osterhus, George F. Swenck