Patents by Inventor Ernest C. Abney

Ernest C. Abney 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).

  • Banded liner system for metal buildings
    Patent number: 8590245
    Abstract: A roof structure of a building that has a pair of rafter beams and a pair of eave struts extending between and connected to the rafter beams includes a plurality of first banding strips. The first banding strips have opposite distal ends extending between and connected to the rafter beams. A plurality of second banding strips has opposite distal ends extending between and connected to the eave struts. A support sheet is supported on the first and second banding strips, and a shock absorbing member is attached between the support sheet and one of the rafter beams or the eave struts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Owens Corning Intellectual Capital, LLC
    Inventors: Ying Peng, David E. Musick, Ernest C. Abney, Weigang Qi
  • BANDED LINER SYSTEM FOR METAL BUILDINGS
    Publication number: 20110061311
    Abstract: A roof structure of a building that has a pair of rafter beams and a pair of eave struts extending between and connected to the rafter beams includes a plurality of first banding strips. The first banding strips have opposite distal ends extending between and connected to the rafter beams. A plurality of second banding strips has opposite distal ends extending between and connected to the eave struts. A support sheet is supported on the first and second banding strips, and a shock absorbing member is attached between the support sheet and one of the rafter beams or the eave struts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Ying Peng, David E. Musick, Ernest C. Abney, Weigang Qi
  • Apparatus for a carriage traveling along a roof structure
    Publication number: 20020157346
    Abstract: An apparatus is movable along a roof structure having a plurality of elongated purlins defining longitudinal axes. The apparatus includes a carriage movable along the length of the purlins. The carriage extends across the purlins. A plurality of support members are mounted on the carriage and engage with the purlins. Each of the support members includes a flange which abuts a purlin to prevent the purlin from twisting about its longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2001
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventor: Ernest C. Abney