Patents by Inventor John P. Maher

John P. Maher 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: 9611698
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a back reamer roller cone that is configured so that the bearings assemblies therein can be relatively easily removed and replaced. Methods of replacing the bearing assemblies in a back reamer are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Vermeer Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: John P. Maher, Randy R. Runquist
  • Publication number: 20140338984
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a back reamer roller cone that is configured so that the bearings assemblies therein can be relatively easily removed and replaced. Methods of replacing the bearing assemblies in a back reamer are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: VERMEER MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: John P. Maher, Randy R. Runquist
  • Patent number: 4811162
    Abstract: A composition for use in terminating a capacitor composed of a ceramic body containing embedded metal electrodes is disclosed. The end termination composition comprises a metallo organic silver material. A method for terminating a capacitor employing the metallo organic silver based composition is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1989
    Assignee: Engelhard Corporation
    Inventors: John P. Maher, Pascaline H. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 4486813
    Abstract: An activator composition paste includes a homogeneous dispersion of a palladium and commensurate amounts of silicon and of zinc. A screen printed layer of this paste is applied to a ceramic capacitor body to form electrodes, terminations or both. The body is heated to 615.degree. C. and subsequently electroless nickel plated providing excellent electrical and mechanical connection of the plated nickel to the ceramic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1984
    Assignee: Sprague Electric Company
    Inventor: John P. Maher
  • Patent number: 4425378
    Abstract: An activator composition paste includes a homogeneous dispersion of a palladium and commensurate amounts of silicon and of zinc. A screen printed layer of this paste is applied to a ceramic capacitor body to form electrodes, terminations or both. The body is heated to 615.degree. C. and subsequently electroless nickel plated providing excellent electrical and mechanical connection of the plated nickel to the ceramic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1984
    Assignee: Sprague Electric Company
    Inventor: John P. Maher
  • Patent number: 4230754
    Abstract: An electronic component with leads attached is cleaned, a layer of an epoxy or epoxy-reactive silane is applied and cured, and then the package material is molded on. The silane layer bonds the component to the package and provides a fluid-tight seal therebetween. The silane is gamma-glycidoxypropyl- or gamma-aminopropyltrimethoxy or triethoxy silane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1980
    Assignee: Sprague Electric Company
    Inventors: John P. Maher, Elsa Kam-Lum
  • Patent number: 4192698
    Abstract: A smooth electroding ink containing a silver-alloy powder is prepared by milling and deagglomerating the silver-alloy powder in the same vehicle employed in the ink. This is accomplished at high production rates in a sand mill by establishing and maintaining during milling a splash-free laminar-flow vortex of the slurry, leading to very smooth buried silver-alloy electrode films in a monolithic ceramic capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1980
    Assignee: Sprague Electric Company
    Inventors: John P. Maher, Robert T. Jacobsen
  • Patent number: 4107762
    Abstract: A fuse for a solid electrolyte capacitor is made of two exothermically alloyable metals such as aluminum and palladium. The fuse has a series electrical connection with and a thermal connection to the capacitor body. A defective and overheated capacitor section results in abnormally high currents so that the fuse temperature is elevated by ohmic self-heating and/or by the flow of heat from the overheated body. When the alloying temperature of the fuse is reached, the temperature of the alloying fuse momentarily becomes very high and opens essentially along its entire length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1978
    Assignee: Sprague Electric Company
    Inventors: George A. Shirn, John P. Maher
  • Patent number: 4107759
    Abstract: A fuse for a monolithic ceramic capacitor is made of two exothermically alloyable materials such as aluminum and palladium. A monolithic ceramic body has two conventional conductive layer terminals contacting two groups of buried film electrodes. The body also has a third conductive layer that is spaced from the conventional terminals and the electrodes. A fuse is connected between a conventional terminal and the third layer. Alternatively, the conventional body without the third layer has two leads, one of which is connected to a first of the terminals and the other of which is insulated from both terminals but physically attached to the body. In this case the fuse is connected between the insulated of the leads and the second of the terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1978
    Assignee: Sprague Electric Company
    Inventors: George A. Shirn, John P. Maher
  • Patent number: 4104421
    Abstract: A cermet resistor employs film terminations of sub-micron thickness. The terminations contain particles of SiO.sub.2 or MnO.sub.2 that may be conveniently made by mixing such particles in a metal resinate paste, screening the paste on a glazed or unglazed substrate and firing. A glass containing resistor paste is screened in overlapping relationship with the fired terminations and is itself fired. The particle additives ameliorate cracking of the terminations at resistor firing and enhance the termination to substrate bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1978
    Assignee: Sprague Electric Company
    Inventors: John P. Maher, Theodore W. Johnson
  • Patent number: 4053864
    Abstract: A PTCR thermistor has a doped barium titanate body, and two base metal lead wires being bonded to and ohmically connected to two separate surface regions of the body by means of two conductive electrodes, respectively. The electrodes are comprised of aluminum particles being bound within a matrix of a lead borate glass. The glass amounts to from 20 to 60% by weight. The simple method of making the thermistor may include the selective application of heat to the electrode regions to avoid oxidizing the base metal leads. These thermistors are capable of undergoing many self-heating switching operations in service without deterioration of the lead to body connections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1977
    Assignee: Sprague Electric Company
    Inventors: George H. Rodriguez, John P. Maher
  • Patent number: 4016525
    Abstract: A cermet resistor employs film terminations of sub-micron thickness. The terminations contain particles of SiO.sub.2 or MnO.sub.2 that may be conveniently made by mixing such particles in a metal resinate paste, screening the paste on a glazed or unglazed substrate and firing. A glass containing resistor paste is screened in overlapping relationship with the fired terminations and is itself fired. The particle additives ameliorate cracking of the terminations at resistor firing and enhance the termination to substrate bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1977
    Assignee: Sprague Electric Company
    Inventors: John P. Maher, Theodore W. Johnson
  • Patent number: 3989874
    Abstract: In a noble-metal containing resistor paste, there is added a quantity of colloidal aluminum oxide hydroxide (AlOOH) in order to make an upward adjustment in the TCR of the fired resistor film. The additions of AlOOH have only a small effect on the resistivity and usually causes a downward change in the resistivity value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1976
    Assignee: Sprague Electric Company
    Inventor: John P. Maher