Patents by Inventor Gerald B. Zander

Gerald B. Zander 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).

  • Production of silicon carbide
    Patent number: 4536379
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of silicon carbide crystals and whiskers comprises reacting at a temperature between 1,400.degree. C. and 2,100.degree. C. and in the presence of an inert gas, a material including as essential ingredients carbon, alumina, iron oxide, potassium oxide, and silica in an amount to provide a carbon to silicon ratio of from about 0.84:1 to about 2.17:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1985
    Assignee: Graphite Sales, Inc.
    Inventors: Walter H. Carlson, Gerald B. Zander, George C. Hanna, Kevin L. Burmeister