Patents by Inventor Gary Lee Huelsman

Gary Lee Huelsman 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).

  • Controlling float height of moving substrate over curved plate
    Patent number: 6511708
    Abstract: A system, such as a gap drying system, moves a substrate having a substrate tension over a curved plate at a substrate speed such that the substrate floats over at least a region of substantially constant clearance (H0) between the substrate and the curved plate. H0 is controlled without adjusting the substrate speed and without adjusting the substrate tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Imation Corp.
    Inventors: William Blake Kolb, Marcio da Silveira Carvalho, Gary Lee Huelsman
  • Controlling float height of moving substrate over curved plate
    Patent number: 6256904
    Abstract: A system, such as a gap drying system, moves a substrate having a substrate tension over a curved plate at a substrate speed such that the substrate floats over at least a region of substantially constant clearance (H0) between the substrate and the curved plate. H0 is controlled without adjusting the substrate speed and without adjusting the substrate tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Imation Corp.
    Inventors: William Blake Kolb, Marcio da Silveira Carvalho, Gary Lee Huelsman
  • Gap drying with insulation layer between substrate and heated platen
    Patent number: 6134808
    Abstract: A gap drying system moves a substrate having a coated side and a non-coated side between a heated platen disposed on the non-coated side of the substrate and a condensing platen disposed on the coated side of the substrate. An insulation layer is disposed between the heated platen and the non-coated side of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Robert A. Yapel, Gary Lee Huelsman, Tom M. Milbourn, William Blake Kolb