Patents by Inventor Charles Edward Young

Charles Edward Young 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 thermally attaching an element to a mounting surface
    Patent number: 5743995
    Abstract: An apparatus for thermally attaching includes a thermally conductive support body (36; 86) with an edge surface (38; 88), a heater cartridge (42), a pneumatically expandable elastomeric element (44-54; 92-102), pinch plates (64, 66; 112, 114) for holding the elastomeric element in place, and passages (60, 62; 108, 110) for pressurizing the heated elastomeric element into contact with an element (24, 26) to be thermally attached to a mounting surface (85).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Shawn W. Ritchie, Michael Leroy Koelsch, Charles Edward Young