Patents by Inventor Gerald R. Bourne

Gerald R. Bourne 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).

  • Micro-molded integral non-line-of sight articles and method
    Patent number: 8231948
    Abstract: A method of forming integral articles having non-line-of-site contours includes the steps of providing a plurality of molds, the molds having at least one mold channel therethrough. The plurality of molds are stacked on one another to form a mold stack, wherein at least one portion of the mold stack provides a non-line of sight multi-level channel through at least partial overlap of the mold channels between adjacent ones of the plurality of molds. A flowable material is applied to the mold stack. The flowable material is pressed to fill the mold channels in each of the plurality of molds to form an integral article comprising a plurality of stacked integrally connected levels of the material, wherein through interconnection of the integrally connected levels the integral article provides at least one non-line of sight contour traversing in its thickness direction. The mold stack is then separated or removed to free the integral article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: The University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Wallace Gregory Sawyer, Tony L. Schmitz, John C. Ziegert, Jeffrey Alan Bardt, Gerald R. Bourne
  • Micro-Molded Integral Non-Line-of Sight Articles and Method
    Publication number: 20080193781
    Abstract: A method of forming integral articles having non-line-of-site contours includes the steps of providing a plurality of molds, the molds having at least one mold channel therethrough. The plurality of molds are stacked on one another to form a mold stack, wherein at least one portion of the mold stack provides a non-line of sight multi-level channel through at least partial overlap of the mold channels between adjacent ones of the plurality of molds. A flowable material is applied to the mold stack. The flowable material is pressed to fill the mold channels in each of the plurality of molds to form an integral article comprising a plurality of stacked integrally connected levels of the material, wherein through interconnection of the integrally connected levels the integral article provides at least one non-line of sight contour traversing in its thickness direction. The mold stack is then separated or removed to free the integral article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC.
    Inventors: Wallace Gregory Sawyer, Tony L. Schmitz, John C. Ziegert, Jeffrey Alan Bardt, Gerald R. Bourne