Patents by Inventor John Winter

John Winter 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).

  • Heatable windshield
    Patent number: 5213828
    Abstract: The electrical connections for an electrically heatable windshield are sealed prior to the laminating operation to prevent gas from entering the interior of the windshield through the bus bar leads when the windshield is subjected to the elevated temperatures and pressures of the laminating operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Winter, Bruce A. Bartrug
  • Electrical connectors for electrically heated vehicle windows
    Patent number: 5208444
    Abstract: A terminal connector for a heated window, a heated window provided with a plurality of terminal connectors constructed and arranged for simultaneous engagement to corresponding terminals of a multiple terminal housing and a method of assembling a heated window provided with at least two of said terminal connectors in a terminal connection area along a side edge of said heated window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1993
    Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: John A. Winter, Bruce A. Bartrug, Harry S. Koontz
  • Bus bar jumper for heatable windshield
    Patent number: 5089687
    Abstract: A dual lead electrically heatable windshield is provided with an internal jumper arrangement that allows the bus bar having the dual lead to be powered by a single external connection to one of the dual leads. A jumper arrangement may also be used in combination with a crack detector for the dual lead heatable windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce A. Bartrug, Harry S. Koontz, John A. Winter
  • Processing glass sheets with ceramic enamel bands
    Patent number: 4954153
    Abstract: Thermal energy from quartz lamp heaters are used to fire ceramic enamel material onto a glass substrate while minimizing any increase in the temperature of the glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1990
    Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles R. Coleman, Terry L. Wolfe, John A. Winter, Elizabeth A. Fiano
  • Gel drying via treatment with organic liquid below gas stream
    Patent number: 4581164
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment of gel materials to remove water therefrom. The invention provides a process for removing water from a gel material by contacting the gel material with an organic liquid and contacting the organic liquid with a gas such that water is taken up by the gas. The invention, in one embodiment, may be used to dry gel materials while maintaining an open porous network therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1986
    Assignee: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
    Inventors: Edward S. Lane, John A. Winter
  • Treatment of materials
    Patent number: 4472512
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the treatment of gel materials to remove water therefrom.The invention provides a process for removing water from a gel material by contacting the gel material with a gaseous mixture of an organic compound and a gas. The organic compound, the gas and conditions of contacting are selected such that water is extracted from the gel material and passes into the gaseous mixture.The invention in one embodiment may be used to dry gel materials while maintaining an open porous network therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1984
    Assignee: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
    Inventors: Edward S. Lane, John A. Winter