Patents by Inventor Terrance Way

Terrance Way 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).

  • Patent number: 5013232
    Abstract: In accordance with a preferred embodiment, a monolith extrusion die is formed by a plurality of individual tube elements bonded together as a tube stack defining a plurality of extrudable material feed holes and reference guides for a plurality of individual shaping teeth each having a root segment located in a reference guide and each having a shaping head spaced apart from adjacent shaping heads to form intersecting rows of extrusion slots having a shape corresponding to the monolith formed by extrudable material directed from the feed holes through the shaping teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1991
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Terrance Way
  • Patent number: 4955524
    Abstract: In accordance with a preferred embodiment, a monolith extrusion die is formed by a plurality of individual tube elements bonded together as a tube stack defining a plurality of extrudable material feed holes and reference guides for a plurality of individual shaping teeth each having a root segment located in a reference guide and each having a shaping head spaced apart from adjacent shaping heads to form intersecting rows of extrusion slots having a shape corresponding to the monolith formed by extrudable material directed from the feed holes through the shaping teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Terrance Way
  • Patent number: 4208454
    Abstract: A method for controlling the coating with alumina of ceramic monolithic catalyst supports on a production basis to achieve repeatability of coating utilizing a vacuum system to distribute a coating slurry of alumina over the interior surfaces of and purge the excess coating slurry from the support at the same time that plugged tubular passageways through the support are unplugged, comprising the steps of applying the coating slurry to the support which has at least about 100 axially aligned tubular passageways to the square inch and subjecting the support to a vacuum to draw the slurry through the passageways and remove plugging and excess slurry to form a coating of alumina on the passageway surfaces. The support is dried and calcined to fix the alumina coating on the passageway surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1980
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: James R. Reed, Terrance Way, Richard A. Leal
  • Patent number: 4191126
    Abstract: A method for controlling the coating of ceramic monolithic catalyst supports on a production basis to achieve repeatability of coating utilizing a vacuum system to distribute the coating slurry over the interior surfaces of and purge the excess coating slurry from the support at the same time that plugged tubular passageways through the support are unplugged, comprising the steps of applying the coating slurry to the support and subjecting the support to a vacuum to draw the slurry through the passageways and remove plugging and excess slurry to form a coating on the passageway surfaces. Apparatus for practicing the method is adapted to either dipping the support in the slurry or charging the slurry to the support at its upper end as positioned in the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1980
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: James, R. Reed, Terrance Way, Richard A. Leal