Patents by Inventor Jay R. Shaner

Jay R. Shaner 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).

  • Patent number: 4891279
    Abstract: A porous graphite electrode for a fuel cell is formed by impregnation of a cellulosic filter paper by coating or impregnating with a low coke yield impregnant on the active center area and with a high coke yield impregnant on the edges, followed by curing, baking, and graphitizing the electrode to form a monolithic porous graphite electrode base with a dense low porosity area at the edges with a less dense higher porosity center working area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1990
    Assignee: Great Lakes Carbon Corporation
    Inventors: Louis A. Joo, Kenneth W. Tucker, Jay R. Shaner
  • Patent number: 4782586
    Abstract: A porous graphite electrode for a fuel cell is formed by impregnation of a cellulosic filter paper by coating or impregnating with a low coke yield impregnant on the active center area and with a high coke yield impregnant on the edges, followed by curing, baking, and graphitizing the electrode to form a monolithic porous graphite electrode base with a dense low porosity area at the edges with a less dense higher porosity center working area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1988
    Assignee: Great Lakes Carbon Corporation
    Inventors: Louis A. Joo, Kenneth W. Tucker, Jay R. Shaner
  • Patent number: 4617053
    Abstract: A refractory hard metal-metal composite is formed by impregnating a porous refractory hard metal article with molten metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1986
    Assignee: Great Lakes Carbon Corporation
    Inventors: Louis A. Joo, Kenneth W. Tucker, Jay R. Shaner
  • Patent number: 4611396
    Abstract: A porous graphite electrode for a fuel cell is formed by impregnation of a cellulosic filter paper by coating or impregnating with a low coke yield impregnant on the active center area and with a high coke yield impregnant on the edges, followed by curing, baking, and graphitizing the electrode to form a monolithic porous graphite electrode base with a dense low porosity area at the edges with a less dense higher porosity center working area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1986
    Assignee: Great Lakes Carbon Corporation
    Inventors: Louis A. Joo, Kenneth W. Tucker, Jay R. Shaner
  • Patent number: 4529494
    Abstract: A monolithic bipolar electrode for the production of primary aluminum by molten salt electrolysis is composed of a cermet anodic layer 10, a conductive and diffusion-resistant intermediate layer 14, and a refractory hard metal cathodic layer 20, with the edges covered by an electrolyte-resistant coating. The intermediate conductive layer 14 has a coefficient of thermal expansion intermediate to the anodic and cathodic layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1985
    Assignee: Great Lakes Carbon Corporation
    Inventors: Louis A. Joo', Duane R. Secrist, James M. Clark, Kenneth W. Tucker, Jay R. Shaner
  • Patent number: 4111887
    Abstract: An improved fiber reinforced polyoxymethylene molding composition is provided which when molded forms a composite article having improved physical properties (e.g., tensile strength and Izod impact strength). In admixture with the polyoxymethylene polymer and fibrous reinforcement (e.g., glass fiber) is provided a minor amount (as defined) of a certain polycarbodiimide (as defined) or a combination of the polycarbodiimide and a high molecular weight thermoplastic phenoxy resin. It is believed that the polycarbodiimide either alone or in combination with the thermoplastic phenoxy resin functions primarily by a complex mechanism which is incapable of simple explanation to enhance the adhesion between the chemical functionality of the oxymethylene polymer chain and the fibrous reinforcement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1978
    Assignee: Celanese Corporation
    Inventors: Jay R. Shaner, Robert Edelman