Patents by Inventor Bernard J. Matyniak

Bernard J. Matyniak 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).

  • Apparatus for simultaneously generating and measuring a triboelectric charge
    Patent number: 5341103
    Abstract: Apparatus for simultaneously generating and measuring a triboelectric charge generated on a strip of flexible sample material includes a stationary rod of insulating material, driving motor for the sample material adapted to move the sample material in frictional contact with the rod, a support rod for maintaining a surface of the sample material in straight-line tangential relationship with the rod, and a static-charge sensor disposed between the stationary rod and the support rod and spaced from the surface of the sample material for measuring a charge on the surface in cooperation with a voltage-measuring device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1994
    Assignee: Hercules Incorporated
    Inventors: Sunil P. Dasgupta, Blain H. Gingrich, Bernard J. Matyniak, G. Gregory Weaver