Patents by Inventor Eric Arthur Schueler

Eric Arthur Schueler 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).

  • Wet-laid friction material, system and method
    Patent number: 7488401
    Abstract: This invention relates to a friction material and, more particularly, to a wet friction material capable of being manufactured using conventional paper-making processes. Long fibers are used to form a wet-laid homogeneous skeletal matrix, which is reinforced by dispersing particulate materials throughout the friction matrix and throughout the matrix binder, specifically at the interstices of adjacent fibers, to significantly increase the shear strength of the material while having a near negligible effect on fluid flow through the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Sulzer Friction Systems (US) Inc.
    Inventors: James Martin Lee, Eric Arthur Schueler, Matthew Joseph Trippel
  • FRICTION MATERIAL AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE FRICTION MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20070270069
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a material for a friction element of a power transmission-absorption assembly and a method of making the material is disclosed. The material has preselected channel configuration which provides a plurality of channels defined at least in part by a pattern of stitches, such as a plurality of rows of stitches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Applicant: SULZER EUROFLAMM US INC.
    Inventors: JAMES MARTIN LEE, ERIC ARTHUR SCHUELER, MATTHEW JOSEPH TRIPPEL