Patents by Inventor Eric Conrad Engsberg

Eric Conrad Engsberg 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).

  • Compact fastening collar and stud for connecting walls of a nozzle liner and method associated therewith
    Patent number: 7017334
    Abstract: A combination for connecting a hot sheet and a cold sheet of a nozzle liner in spaced relationship apart includes a stud having a main body wherein the stud is attached to the hot sheet and a portion of the stud extends through an opening in the cold sheet. A support spaces the hot sheet and the cold sheet apart. A generally planar fastening collar is affixed to the portion of the stud extending through the cold sheet. A first length is defined by the portion of the stud extending through the cold sheet to a distal end of the stud. A second length is defined between a first planar surface of the collar facing the cold sheet and a second planar surface of the collar opposite the first surface. Each of the first and second lengths is less is less than a diameter of the main body of the stud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Russell Mayer, Eric Conrad Engsberg