Patents by Inventor William B. Gorman, Jr.

William B. Gorman, 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).

  • Thermal desorption method for separating volatile additives from vulcanizable rubber
    Patent number: 5191211
    Abstract: Volatile additives for vulcanized or unvulcanized rubber can be accurately identified by controlled heating of a test sample in a sealed vial equipped with an overhead collecting headspace, transferring the heated volatiles to a chromatograph column, and analyzing the separated volatile components emerging from the chromatograph column by various selective analytical detectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Assignee: Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.
    Inventor: William B. Gorman, Jr.