Patents by Inventor Gene R. Ward

Gene R. Ward 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).

  • Pressure sensitive adhesive patch
    Patent number: 5643648
    Abstract: A patch is provided for repairing articles such as bicycle tire inner tubes. The patch includes a backing; and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer having an average thickness of greater than about 0.076 mm disposed on the backing. The patch has a maximum thickness of no greater than about 0.64 mm, a T-Peel strength from an organic polymeric substrate of greater than about 0.18 kN/m after 1 hour dwell time at 22.degree. C., and a static shear strength of at least about 50 minutes from stainless steel at 70.degree. C. with a 7.6 kPa load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: James J. Kobe, Gene R. Ward
  • Platform rocking chair springs
    Patent number: 4340250
    Abstract: A platform rocking chair is provided by mounting a chair seat to a platform solely by a pair of flat fiber-reinforced springs extending from the sides of the platform to the sides of the chair seat. The rocker blocks employed in many platform rockers are eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1982
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Gene R. Ward
  • Platform rocking chair springs
    Patent number: 4141530
    Abstract: A platform rocking chair is provided by mounting a chair seat to a platform solely by a pair of flat fiber-reinforced springs extending from the sides of the platform to the sides of the chair seat. The rocker blocks employed in many platform rockers are eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1979
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Gene R. Ward
  • Method of making structural member from prepreg sheet of fusible resin microfibers and heat-resistant reinforcing fibers
    Patent number: 4104340
    Abstract: Method of making structural members from pliant, porous, solvent-free prepreg sheet comprising fusible resin microfibers and heat-resistant reinforcing fibers, which microfibers provide a lofty, clinging surface quality and fuse under heat and pressure to provide an essentially void-free matrix for the reinforcing fibers. Pieces of the novel prepreg sheet are conveniently molded under heat and pressure to provide laminated structural members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1978
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Gene R. Ward