Patents by Inventor John S. Forry
John S. Forry 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).
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Patent number: 9784404Abstract: A method of making a lightweight thermal shield that includes obtaining a mold having a shaped support screen with a molding surface configured to allow the passage of air and moisture therethrough, and with the mold being adapted for drawing a vacuum from behind the support screen. The method also includes applying a wet insulation material onto the molding surface of the support screen and drawing a vacuum to withdraw moisture through the support screen and consolidate a layer of insulation material on top the molding surface. The method further includes removing the consolidated layer of insulation material from off the molding surface, installing the consolidated layer of insulation material into an outer shell layer, and drying the consolidated layer of insulation material within the outer shell layer to form a lightweight core insulation layer.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Interface Performance Materials, Inc.Inventors: Brian C. Lehr, Jeffery L. Barrall, John S. Forry
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Publication number: 20160281852Abstract: A laminate gasket for sealing between two opposing surfaces includes a core layer formed from a sheet of woven material having a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a binder material impregnating the sheet and at least partially coating both of the first and second surfaces. The laminate gasket also includes a first facing layer adhered to the first surface with the cured binder material and a second facing layer adhered to the second surface with the cured binder material to form a laminate base sheet, with each of the first facing layer and the second facing layer comprising a fiber composite material. The laminate gasket further includes one or more process apertures formed through the laminate base sheet and an edge seal formed around an inner edge of the process aperture to prevent interstitial leakage of the process fluid into the core layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2016Publication date: September 29, 2016Inventor: John S. Forry
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Publication number: 20160116101Abstract: A method of making a lightweight thermal shield that includes obtaining a mold having a shaped support screen with a molding surface configured to allow the passage of air and moisture therethrough, and with the mold being adapted for drawing a vacuum from behind the support screen. The method also includes applying a wet insulation material onto the molding surface of the support screen and drawing a vacuum to withdraw moisture through the support screen and consolidate a layer of insulation material on top the molding surface. The method further includes removing the consolidated layer of insulation material from off the molding surface, installing the consolidated layer of insulation material into an outer shell layer, and drying the consolidated layer of insulation material within the outer shell layer to form a lightweight core insulation layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2016Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Brian C. Lehr, Jeffery L. Barrall, John S. Forry
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Patent number: 9297596Abstract: A method of making a lightweight thermal shield that includes obtaining a mold having a shaped support screen with a molding surface configured to allow the passage of air and moisture therethrough, and with the mold being adapted for drawing a vacuum from behind the support screen. The method also includes applying a wet insulation material onto the molding surface of the support screen and drawing a vacuum to withdraw moisture through the support screen and consolidate a layer of insulation material on top the molding surface. The method further includes removing the consolidated layer of insulation material from off the molding surface, installing the consolidated layer of insulation material into an outer shell layer, and drying the consolidated layer of insulation material within the outer shell layer to form a lightweight core insulation layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2014Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: Interface Performance Materials, Inc.Inventors: Brian C. Lehr, Jeffery L. Barrall, John S. Forry
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Publication number: 20140238648Abstract: A method of making a lightweight thermal shield that includes obtaining a mold having a shaped support screen with a molding surface configured to allow the passage of air and moisture therethrough, and with the mold being adapted for drawing a vacuum from behind the support screen. The method also includes applying a wet insulation material onto the molding surface of the support screen and drawing a vacuum to withdraw moisture through the support screen and consolidate a layer of insulation material on top the molding surface. The method further includes removing the consolidated layer of insulation material from off the molding surface, installing the consolidated layer of insulation material into an outer shell layer, and drying the consolidated layer of insulation material within the outer shell layer to form a lightweight core insulation layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Inventors: Brian C. Lehr, Jeffery L. Barrall, John S. Forry
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Patent number: 7278639Abstract: An edge coated gasket includes a base sheet made of compressible gasket material and having opposed faces and an interior edge surrounding and defining an aperture. An edge coating of polymer or other material is disposed on and seals the interior edge of the base sheet and may project beyond the facial planes of the base sheet to define protruding rims extending around the aperture. Face coatings may also be applied to one or more of the faces extending in relatively narrow strips around the aperture of the base sheet. When clamped between flange surfaces, the edge coating engages, conforms to, and seals against the flange surfaces to provide a seal against both interfacial and intersticial migration of fluid past the gasket. At the same time, the inherently good compression failure resistance of the compressible gasket material of the base sheet is preserved. Thus, a gasket with enhanced sealability and compression failure resistance is provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2003Date of Patent: October 9, 2007Assignee: Interface Solutions, Inc.Inventors: John S. Forry, Brian C. Lehr, Dennis M. Dempsey, Jeffery L. Barrall, Linda L. Sload, Christopher L. Morris
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Patent number: 7014193Abstract: A gasket with selectively positioned seal enhancement zones located in the web of the gasket is provided. The gasket is formed of a base sheet of gasket material cut to define an interior aperture bounded by an interior edge and webs. Slots are formed at selected locations within the seal enhancement zones and the slots are bounded by edges. An edge coating of polymeric material is applied to the slot edges and, in one embodiment, project beyond the facial planes of the base sheet to form raised rims. An edge coating also may be formed on the interior edge bounding the aperture of the gasket. When clamped between a pair of flange surfaces, the polymeric edge coatings on the slot edges engage and seal against the flange surfaces within the seal enhancement zones to provide an enhanced seal against leakage in these zones.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2004Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: Interface Solutions, Inc.Inventor: John S. Forry
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Patent number: 6923998Abstract: An edge coated gasket includes a base sheet made of compressible gasket material and having opposed faces and an interior edge surrounding and defining an aperture. An edge coating of polymer or other material is disposed on and seals the interior edge of the base sheet and may project beyond the facial planes of the base sheet to define protruding rims extending around the aperture. Face coatings may also be applied to one or more of the faces extending in relatively narrow strips around the aperture of the base sheet. When clamped between flange surfaces, the edge coating engages, conforms to, and seals against the flange surfaces to provide a seal against both interfacial and intersticial migration of fluid past the gasket. At the same time, the inherently good compression failure resistance of the compressible gasket material of the base sheet is preserved. Thus, a gasket with enhanced sealability and compression failure resistance is provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2003Date of Patent: August 2, 2005Assignee: Interface Solutions, Inc.Inventors: John S. Forry, Brian C. Lehr, Dennis M. Dempsey, Jeff Barrall, Linda L. Sload, Christopher L. Morris
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Publication number: 20040140627Abstract: A gasket with selectively positioned seal enhancement zones located in the web of the gasket is provided. The gasket is formed of a base sheet of gasket material cut to define an interior aperture bounded by an interior edge and webs. Slots are formed at selected locations within the seal enhancement zones and the slots are bounded by edges. An edge coating of polymeric material is applied to the slot edges and, in one embodiment, project beyond the facial planes of the base sheet to form raised rims. An edge coating also may be formed on the interior edge bounding the aperture of the gasket. When clamped between a pair of flange surfaces, the polymeric edge coatings on the slot edges engage and seal against the flange surfaces within the seal enhancement zones to provide an enhanced seal against leakage in these zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2004Publication date: July 22, 2004Applicant: Interface Solutions, Inc.Inventor: John S. Forry
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Patent number: 6733015Abstract: An improved gasket (11) for sealing the joint between a pair of flange surfaces is provided. In one embodiment, the gasket (11) is an edge coated gasket and the edge coating (14) also exhibits surface adhesion to enhance the seal provided by the gasket. In another embodiment, compressible sealing members (34, 44) are coated with a coating material (37, 47) that exhibits surface adhesion properties.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2001Date of Patent: May 11, 2004Assignee: Interface Solutions, Inc.Inventors: John S. Forry, Brian C. Lehr
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Patent number: 6702296Abstract: A gasket with selectively positioned seal enhancement zones located in the web of the gasket is provided. The gasket is formed of a base sheet of gasket material cut to define an interior aperture bounded by an interior edge and webs. Slots are formed at selected locations within the seal enhancement zones and the slots are bounded by edges. An edge coating of polymeric material is applied to the slot edges and, in one embodiment, project beyond the facial planes of the base sheet to form raised rims. An edge coating also may be formed on the interior edge bounding the aperture of the gasket. When clamped between a pair of flange surfaces, the polymeric edge coatings on the slot edges engage and seal against the flange surfaces within the seal enhancement zones to provide an enhanced seal against leakage in these zones.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2001Date of Patent: March 9, 2004Assignee: Interface Solutions, Inc.Inventor: John S. Forry
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Publication number: 20040007828Abstract: An edge coated gasket includes a base sheet made of compressible gasket material and having opposed faces and an interior edge surrounding and defining an aperture. An edge coating of polymer or other material is disposed on and seals the interior edge of the base sheet and may project beyond the facial planes of the base sheet to define protruding rims extending around the aperture. Face coatings may also be applied to one or more of the faces extending in relatively narrow strips around the aperture of the base sheet. When clamped between flange surfaces, the edge coating engages, conforms to, and seals against the flange surfaces to provide a seal against both interfacial and intersticial migration of fluid past the gasket. At the same time, the inherently good compression failure resistance of the compressible gasket material of the base sheet is preserved. Thus, a gasket with enhanced sealability and compression failure resistance is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2003Publication date: January 15, 2004Applicant: Interface Solutions, Inc.Inventors: John S. Forry, Brian C. Lehr, Dennis M. Dempsey, Jeffey L. Barrall, Linda L. Sload, Christopher L. Morris
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Publication number: 20030230856Abstract: An edge coated gasket includes a base sheet made of compressible gasket material and having opposed faces and an interior edge surrounding and defining an aperture. An edge coating of polymer or other material is disposed on and seals the interior edge of the base sheet and may project beyond the facial planes of the base sheet to define protruding rims extending around the aperture. Face coatings may also be applied to one or more of the faces extending in relatively narrow strips around the aperture of the base sheet. When clamped between flange surfaces, the edge coating engages, conforms to, and seals against the flange surfaces to provide a seal against both interfacial and intersticial migration of fluid past the gasket. At the same time, the inherently good compression failure resistance of the compressible gasket material of the base sheet is preserved. Thus, a gasket with enhanced sealability and compression failure resistance is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2003Publication date: December 18, 2003Applicant: Interface Solutions, Inc.Inventors: John S. Forry, Brian C. Lehr, Dennis M. Dempsey, Jeffery L. Barrall, Linda L. Sload, Christopher L. Morris
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Patent number: 6626439Abstract: An edge coated gasket includes a base sheet made of compressible gasket material and having opposed faces and an interior edge surrounding and defining an aperture. An edge coating of polymer or other material is disposed on and seals the interior edge of the base sheet and may project beyond the facial planes of the base sheet to define protruding rims extending around the aperture. Face coatings may also be applied to one or more of the faces extending in relatively narrow strips around the aperture of the base sheet. When clamped between flange surfaces, the edge coating engages, conforms to, and seals against the flange surfaces to provide a seal against both interfacial and intersticial migration of fluid past the gasket. At the same time, the inherently good compression failure resistance of the compressible gasket material of the base sheet is preserved. Thus, a gasket with enhanced sealability and compression failure resistance is provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2000Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: Interface Solutions, Inc.Inventors: John S. Forry, Brian C. Lehr, Dennis M. Dempsey, Jeff Barrall, Linda L. Sload, Christopher L. Morris
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Publication number: 20020084595Abstract: A gasket with selectively positioned seal enhancement zones located in the web of the gasket is provided. The gasket is formed of a base sheet of gasket material cut to define an interior aperture bounded by an interior edge and webs. Slots are formed at selected locations within the seal enhancement zones and the slots are bounded by edges. An edge coating of polymeric material is applied to the slot edges and, in one embodiment, project beyond the facial planes of the base sheet to form raised rims. An edge coating also may be formed on the interior edge bounding the aperture of the gasket. When clamped between a pair of flange surfaces, the polymeric edge coatings on the slot edges engage and seal against the flange surfaces within the seal enhancement zones to provide an enhanced seal against leakage in these zones.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2001Publication date: July 4, 2002Inventor: John S. Forry
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Publication number: 20010033059Abstract: An improved gasket (11) for sealing the joint between a pair of flange surfaces is provided. In one embodiment, the gasket (11) is an edge coated gasket and the edge coating (14) also exhibits surface adhesion to enhance the seal provided by the gasket. In another embodiment, compressible sealing members (34, 44) are coated with a coating material (37, 47) that exhibits surface adhesion properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2001Publication date: October 25, 2001Inventors: John S. Forry, Brian C. Lehr
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Patent number: 6268020Abstract: A gasket having two opposed faces and an edge disposed therebetween is given a wide coating on the edge. The coating is sufficiently wide so that it goes from corner to corner on the edge and protrudes past the corner on at least one side of the gasket in a direction perpendicular to a facial plane of the gasket. The coating protrudes in an amount effective to give the gasket a sealing ability which is better than the sealing ability of the same gasket if it had a coating merely extending from corner to corner without protruding. A process for coating the gasket edges which are around the aperture comprises placing the gasket sheets together so that a cavity is formed by the apertures, the sides of the cavity are the aperture edges to be coated. The coating material is put into the cavity and contacts the edges to be coated to form the coated edges.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 1998Date of Patent: July 31, 2001Assignee: Interface Solutions, Inc.Inventors: John S. Forry, Brian C. Lehr, Dennis M. Dempsey, Christopher L. Morris, Linda L. Sload
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Patent number: 6247703Abstract: A gasket which is compression-failure resistant, even at operating flange pressures in the range of from about 3,000 to about 15,000 PSI and also has a good sealing ability, comprises a soft gasket material having two opposed, facial surfaces and an aperture with an edge perpendicular to the facial surfaces, wherein the edge of the aperture has a polymer coating (coating A) on the edge for a good sealing ability. In this embodiment, except for coating A, the gasket is otherwise not coated which makes the gasket compression-failure resistant. In embodiments which need even better sealing ability, at least one of the opposed, facial surfaces has polymer coating B, which may abut both the edge and polymer coating A, wherein polymer coating B on the facial, opposed surface leaves the gasket uncoated for sealing ability in an amount effective to give the gasket compression failure resistance.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 1997Date of Patent: June 19, 2001Assignee: Interface Solutions, Inc.Inventors: John S. Forry, Brian C. Lehr
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Patent number: 6093467Abstract: A gasket having two opposed faces and an edge disposed therebetween is given a wide coating on the edge. The coating is sufficiently wide so that it goes from corner to corner on the edge and protrudes past the corner on at least one side of the gasket in a direction perpendicular to a facial plane of the gasket. The coating protrudes in an amount effective to give the gasket a sealing ability which is better than the sealing ability of the same gasket if it had a coating merely extending from corner to corner without protruding.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 1997Date of Patent: July 25, 2000Assignee: Interface Solutions, Inc.Inventor: John S. Forry
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Patent number: RE48394Abstract: A method of making a lightweight thermal shield that includes obtaining a mold having a shaped support screen with a molding surface configured to allow the passage of air and moisture therethrough, and with the mold being adapted for drawing a vacuum from behind the support screen. The method also includes applying a wet insulation material onto the molding surface of the support screen and drawing a vacuum to withdraw moisture through the support screen and consolidate a layer of insulation material on top the molding surface. The method further includes removing the consolidated layer of insulation material from off the molding surface, installing the consolidated layer of insulation material into an outer shell layer, and drying the consolidated layer of insulation material within the outer shell layer to form a lightweight core insulation layer.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: Lydall Performance Materials (US), Inc.Inventors: Brian C. Lehr, Jeffery L. Barrall, John S. Forry