Patents by Inventor Ellis E. Kern

Ellis E. Kern 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).

  • Patent number: 7918957
    Abstract: A method of making composite discs continuously, including forming for each disc a first, a second layer, and a third support layer, each support layer being disc shaped and having a first surface with information indicia. An information layer is added to each support layers respectively. The said first and third support layers are positioned in a facing relationship, with the first and third information layers being adjacent. The third support layer is then separated from the third information layer, which thus remains attached to the first support layer. The first and second support layers are then joined. These steps are performed on a manufacturing line with conveyor belts transferring the support layers from station to station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Wea Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Ellis E. Kern, William R. Mueller
  • Patent number: 6896829
    Abstract: A method of making composite discs continuously, including forming for each disc a first, a second layer, and a third support layer, each support layer being disc shaped and having a first surface with information indicia. An information layer is added to each support layers respectively. The said first and third support layers are positioned in a facing relationship, with the first and third information layers being adjacent. The third support layer is then separated from the third information layer, which thus remains attached to the first support layer. The first and second support layers are then joined. These steps are performed on a manufacturing line with conveyor belts transferring the support layers from station to station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: WEA Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Ellis E. Kern, William R. Mueller
  • Publication number: 20030173689
    Abstract: A method of making composite discs continuously, including forming for each disc a first, a second layer, and a third support layer, each support layer being disc shaped and having a first surface with information indicia. An information layer is added to each support layers respectively. The said first and third support layers are positioned in a facing relationship, with the first and third information layers being adjacent. The third support layer is then separated from the third information layer, which thus remains attached to the first support layer. The first and second support layers are then joined. These steps are performed on a manufacturing line with conveyor belts transferring the support layers from station to station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventors: Ellis E. Kern, William R. Mueller
  • Patent number: 6361845
    Abstract: Information-bearing discs are fabricated from a first disc and a second disc. The first disc has a first substantially planar surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The second surface has first information recorded on it by means of local changes in the distance of the second surface from the first surface. The thickness of the second disc is not equal to the thickness of the first disc and has opposite, substantially planar, third and fourth surfaces. The fourth surface may have second information recorded on it by means of local changes in the distance of the fourth surface from the third surface. The second disc is secured to the first disc so that the fourth surface faces the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: WEA Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Ellis E. Kern
  • Patent number: 6124011
    Abstract: Information-bearing discs are fabricated from a first disc and a second disc. The first disc has a first substantially planar surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The second surface has first information recorded on it by means of local changes in the distance of the second surface from the first surface. The second disc is thicker than the first disc and has opposite, substantially planar, third and fourth surfaces. The fourth surface may have second information recorded on it by means of local changes in the distance of the fourth surface from the third surface. The second disc is secured to the first disc so that the fourth surface faces the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2000
    Assignee: WEA Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Ellis E. Kern