Patents by Inventor Johann D'Hondt

Johann D'Hondt 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).

  • Methods and devices which make use of conductive polymers to join articles
    Patent number: 5286952
    Abstract: Articles including a thin laminar heating element composed of a sintered conductive polymer, and electrodes attached to the heating element so that current flows in the plane of the element. The article can be placed between and in contact with two substrates, and then heated to join the two substrates together. Preferably at least one of the substrates is polymeric and becomes melt-fused to the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventors: Corey J. McMills, John R. Hughes, Hans Cordia, Johann D'Hondt, John A. Ross, Jeffrey A. Sampson, Pradeep Barma, Barry Mathews, Robert Ritter, Julian S. Mullaney