Patents by Inventor James Theodore Stope

James Theodore Stope 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 ACCOMODATING ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20230358327
    Abstract: A system including a pressure accommodating assembly having a body with a first side and a second side. The assembly further includes a gas permeable membrane coupled to the body and configured to allow gases to permeate therethrough to thereby move from the first side to the second side. The assembly also includes a pressure relief valve coupled to the body, wherein the pressure relief valve is biased to a closed position to generally block a flow of gases therethrough and is configured to move to an open position when there is a predetermined pressure differential thereacross to allow gases to flow therethrough to move from the first side to the second side. The pressure accommodating assembly is configured to maintain its structural integrity after being exposed to a temperature of about 500° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kurt Lowell CLERICUS, James Theodore STOPE, Martin Jozef REEF, Jerrod McClain ETIENNE, Elizabeth QUIGLEY, Oscar Daniel Louis TEUNISSE, Gerrit Jan WEEKENSTROO, Dennis KOLKMAN, Evert VAN DEN HURK, Anthony Robert STROIK, Kenneth Gerhard MADDEN, Andrew Douglas WOODWARD, Robert Christopher FERGUSON
  • Pressure accomodating assembly
    Patent number: 11796076
    Abstract: A system including a pressure accommodating assembly having a body with a first side and a second side. The assembly further includes a gas permeable membrane coupled to the body and configured to allow gases to permeate therethrough to thereby move from the first side to the second side. The assembly also includes a pressure relief valve coupled to the body, wherein the pressure relief valve is biased to a closed position to generally block a flow of gases therethrough and is configured to move to an open position when there is a predetermined pressure differential thereacross to allow gases to flow therethrough to move from the first side to the second side. The pressure accommodating assembly is configured to maintain its structural integrity after being exposed to a temperature of about 500° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: VERNAY LABORATORIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kurt Lowell Clericus, James Theodore Stope, Martin Jozef Reef, Jerrod McClain Etienne, Elizabeth Quigley, Oscar Daniel Louis Teunisse, Gerrit Jan Weekenstroo, Dennis Kolkman, Evert Van Den Hurk, Anthony Robert Stroik, Kenneth Gerhard Madden, Andrew Douglas Woodward, Robert Christopher Ferguson