Patents by Inventor Floyd J. Broady

Floyd J. Broady 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).

  • Graphite tamped brush connection and method of making same
    Patent number: 4579611
    Abstract: A connection between a graphite or carbon block having a cavity therein and the end of an electrical conductor disposed therein is made with a tamping material comprising flowable graphite powder, a metal oxide, a resin binder, and a flow promoter such a silica or a resin. The finished connection is treated with an acid dopant which reacts with the metal oxide to form a bond between the conductor and the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1986
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventor: Floyd J. Broady
  • Molded-to-size silver-graphite articles and process for making same
    Patent number: 4534887
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for introducing elemental silver in graphite by blending a silver compound with graphite, mixing the same with dissolved pitch to form a mix, shaping the mix to any desired shape and size and baking at high temperature to form the finished article which contains a uniformly distributed and predictable silver level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1985
    Assignee: Union Carbide Corporation
    Inventors: Floyd J. Broady, J. Rondal Jasek