Patents by Inventor Eric E. Olson, Jr.

Eric E. Olson, Jr. 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).

  • Method of making measuring instruments with diamond coated contacts
    Patent number: 5653378
    Abstract: Precision measuring instruments having highly parallel and wear-resistant contact members and a method for fabricating these contact areas are disclosed. The measuring instruments preferably include two contact members each having diamond coated ceramic substrates. The method for diamond coating the contact members of the measuring instruments includes, for each contact member, preparing a ceramic substrate to high tolerance so that it has two surfaces which are parallel within 0.25 microns, diamond coating one surface of the substrate by any one of several chemical vapor deposition (CVD) techniques, and metalizing the other surface of the substrate for affixing it to the contact member of the measuring instrument. The metalized surface of the substrate is preferably affixed to the contact members of the measuring instrument by brazing, gluing or welding. Preferred embodiments of the measuring instruments with diamond coated contact areas include calipers and micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: Saint Gobain/Norton Industrial Ceramics Corporation
    Inventors: Eric E. Olson, Jr., Bela G. Nagy
  • Measuring instrument with diamond coated contacts
    Patent number: 5596813
    Abstract: Precision measuring instruments having highly parallel and wear-resistant contact members and a method for fabricating these contact areas are disclosed. The measuring instruments preferably include two contact members each having diamond coated ceramic substrates. The method for diamond coating the contact members of the measuring instruments includes, for each contact member, preparing a ceramic substrate to high tolerance so that it has two surfaces which are parallel within 0.25 microns, diamond coating one surface of the substrate by any one of several chemical vapor deposition (CVD) techniques, and metalizing the other surface of the substrate for affixing it to the contact member of the measuring instrument. The metalized surface of the substrate is preferably affixed to the contact members of the measuring instrument by brazing, gluing or welding. Preferred embodiments of the measuring instruments with diamond coated contact areas include calipers and micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1997
    Assignee: Saint Gobain/Norton Industrial Ceramics Corp.
    Inventors: Eric E. Olson, Jr., Bela G. Nagy