Patents by Inventor Chia-Te Chou

Chia-Te Chou 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).

  • Method of making glass fiber facing sheet
    Patent number: 6391131
    Abstract: The invention provides a glass fiber facing sheet for engineered surfaces such as cement boards which reduces the pitting associated with open mesh glass scrims. The glass fiber facing sheet comprises an open mesh glass scrim having a plurality of intersecting continuous multifilament yarns which are bonded at their crossover points to provide dimensional stability to the scrim. A melt blown polymer web is preferably joined to one face of the glass scrim and covers the mesh openings in the scrim. The opposed face of the scrim defines an exposed grid profile surface which is available for mechanical interaction between the scrim and the cementitious slurry used in cement boards. In cement boards, the glass fiber facing sheet of the present invention is preferably mechanically integrated into a surface portion of the cement core along the exposed grid profile of the scrim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2002
    Assignee: Clark-Schwebel Tech-Fab Company
    Inventors: Nicholas S. Newman, Gordon L. Brown, Jr., R. Bruce Hinton, Andrew D. Broadway, Chia-Te Chou
  • Glass fiber facing sheet and method of making same
    Patent number: 6054205
    Abstract: The invention provides a glass fiber facing sheet for engineered surfaces such as cement boards which reduces the pitting associated with open mesh glass scrims. The glass fiber facing sheet comprises an open mesh glass scrim having a plurality of intersecting continuous multifilament yarns which are bonded at their crossover points to provide dimensional stability to the scrim. A melt blown polymer web is preferably joined to one face of the glass scrim and covers the mesh openings in the scrim. The opposed face of the scrim defines an exposed grid profile surface which is available for mechanical interaction between the scrim and the cementitious slurry used in cement boards. In cement boards, the glass fiber facing sheet of the present invention is preferably mechanically integrated into a surface portion of the cement core along the exposed grid profile of the scrim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: Clark-Schwebel Tech-Fab Company
    Inventors: Nicholas S. Newman, Gordon L. Brown, Jr., R. Bruce Hinton, Andrew D. Broadway, Chia-Te Chou