Patents by Inventor Edward Schiele

Edward Schiele 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).

  • COMPACTOR WHEEL HAVING MULTI-ZONE TIP CONFIGURATION
    Publication number: 20150330049
    Abstract: A wheel is disclosed for use with a compactor machine. The wheel may have a rim with a first edge zone, a second edge zone, and a center zone located between the first and second edge zones. The wheel may also have a first plurality of plus tips protruding radially outward from the rim at the first edge zone, and a second plurality of paddle tips protruding radially outward from the center zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Vinayak Ramanath UGRU, Thomas Marshall CONGDON, JR., Chad Edward SCHIELE, Mark Alan WELCH
  • Metalothermic reduction of refractory metal oxides
    Publication number: 20050279187
    Abstract: A method of producing a refractory metal powder by (A) combining (i) an oxide particle component and (ii) a reducing agent; (B) forming a substantially uniform mixture of (i) and (ii); (C) continuously feeding the mixture into a furnace; (D) igniting the mixture at a reaction zone and starting a reaction that is sufficiently exothermic to form a high temperature flash; (E) starting a reaction that is sufficiently exothermic to form a high temperature self-sustaining flash; and (F) producing a free-flowing reduced oxide powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Inventors: Leonid Shekhter, Edward McCormick, Leah Simkins, Edward Schiele