Patents by Inventor Elmer Bastian

Elmer Bastian 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).

  • Stacking system for substrates
    Patent number: 5741131
    Abstract: A stacking system includes a frame having recesses therein used to partially define openings that permit gas generated during firing of a substrate within the space defined by the frame to escape without adversely affecting the substrate. A relatively thin tile placed on the frame provides the system with an additional level for substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Paul DeGeorge, Kurt Elmer Bastian, Michael Alan Cohn, Christopher Neal Collins, Italo DiNunzio, Ryan Wayne Wuthrich
  • Trimmer for a tuned UHF line
    Patent number: 3970974
    Abstract: A UHF tuner employing resonant cavities with tuned lines has a discrete air trimmer capacitor which includes a fixed electrode connected to the tunable line with one or more insulated turns of silver wire and a movable electrode guided into the fixed electrode to provide characteristics of lower minimum capacity, higher maximum to minimum capacity ratio, smaller physical size, higher Q and lower cost than conventional capacitor trimmers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1974
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1976
    Assignee: Oak Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Elmer Bastian