Patents by Inventor Bill MILFELT

Bill MILFELT 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).

  • Graphitization furnace, system, and graphitization method
    Patent number: 10053365
    Abstract: A graphitization furnace has a furnace structure including a support part within a furnace chamber, and a gate valve. The gate valve in an open state thereof after a graphitization process dumps a pack material within the furnace chamber in a state in which carbon bodies are located within the furnace chamber, and the support part catches the carbon bodies as a level of the carbon bodies lowers with a decrease in an amount of the pack material remaining within the furnace chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignees: SHOWA DENKO CARBON INC., SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Daniel Pascazio, Steve Shary, Earl Schultz, David Whichard, Bill Milfelt, Mutsushi Wada, Satoshi Hamada, Yasuhiro Arai
  • GRAPHITIZATION FURNACE, SYSTEM, AND GRAPHITIZATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20160304349
    Abstract: A graphitization furnace has a furnace structure including a support part within a furnace chamber, and a gate valve. The gate valve in an open state thereof after a graphitization process dumps a pack material within the furnace chamber in a state in which carbon bodies are located within the furnace chamber, and the support part catches the carbon bodies as a level of the carbon bodies lowers with a decrease in an amount of the pack material remaining within the furnace chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel PASCAZIO, Steve SHARY, Earl SCHULTZ, David WHICHARD, Bill MILFELT, Mutsushi WADA, Satoshi HAMADA, Yasuhiro ARAI