Patents by Inventor Kenneth D. Beer
Kenneth D. Beer 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: 9249532Abstract: A method of preparing a reinforcing structure for use in manufacture a pultruded part where the reinforcing structure is pulled through a pultrusion die in a continuous longitudinal pull direction. The method includes arranging a plurality of first reinforcing fibers in a transverse direction and attaching a permeable transport web of staple fibers to the first reinforcing fibers such that the portion of the first reinforcing fibers oriented in the direction transverse comprises at least 30% of a volume of materials comprising the reinforcing structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2013Date of Patent: February 2, 2016Assignee: Pella CorporationInventors: Laurence W. Davies, Peter J. Fritz, Kenneth D. Beer
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Patent number: 8927086Abstract: A method of preparing a reinforcing structure for use in manufacture a pultruded part where the reinforcing structure is pulled through a pultrusion die in a continuous longitudinal pull direction. The method includes arranging a plurality of first reinforcing fibers in a transverse direction and attaching a permeable transport web of staple fibers to the first reinforcing fibers such that the portion of the first reinforcing fibers oriented in the direction transverse comprises at least 30% of a volume of materials comprising the reinforcing structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Pella CorporationInventors: Laurence W. Davies, Peter J. Fritz, Kenneth D. Beer
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Publication number: 20120108135Abstract: A method of preparing a reinforcing structure for use in manufacture a pultruded part where the reinforcing structure is pulled through a pultrusion die in a continuous longitudinal pull direction. The method includes arranging a plurality of first reinforcing fibers in a transverse direction and attaching a permeable transport web of staple fibers to the first reinforcing fibers such that the portion of the first reinforcing fibers oriented in the direction transverse comprises at least 30% of a volume of materials comprising the reinforcing structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2011Publication date: May 3, 2012Applicant: Pella CorporationInventors: Laurence W. Davies, Peter J. Fritz, Kenneth D. Beer
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Patent number: 8025754Abstract: A method of preparing a reinforcing structure for use in manufacture a pultruded part where the reinforcing structure is pulled through a pultrusion die in a continuous longitudinal pull direction. The method includes arranging a plurality of first reinforcing fibers in a transverse direction and attaching a permeable transport web of staple fibers to the first reinforcing fibers such that the portion of the first reinforcing fibers oriented in the direction transverse comprises at least 30% of a volume of materials comprising the reinforcing structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2007Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Pella CorporationInventors: Laurence W. Davies, Peter J. Fritz, Kenneth D. Beer
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Patent number: 7276132Abstract: A method of preparing a reinforcing structure for use in manufacture a pultruded part where the reinforcing structure is pulled through a pultrusion die in a continuous longitudinal pull direction. The method includes arranging a plurality of first reinforcing fibers in a transverse direction and attaching a permeable transport web of staple fibers to the first reinforcing fibers such that the portion of the first reinforcing fibers oriented in the direction transverse comprises at least 30% of a volume of materials comprising the reinforcing structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2005Date of Patent: October 2, 2007Assignee: Pella CorporationInventors: Laurence W. Davies, Peter J. Fritz, Kenneth D. Beer
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Patent number: 6881288Abstract: A method of preparing a reinforcing structure for use in manufacture a pultruded part where the reinforcing structure is pulled through a pultrusion die in a continuous longitudinal pull direction. The method includes arranging a plurality of first reinforcing fibers in a transverse direction and attaching a permeable transport web of staple fibers to the first reinforcing fibers such that the portion of the first reinforcing fibers oriented in the direction transverse comprises at least 40% of a volume of materials comprising the reinforcing structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2001Date of Patent: April 19, 2005Assignee: Pella CorporationInventors: Laurence W. Davies, Peter J. Fritz, Kenneth D. Beer
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Patent number: 6872273Abstract: A method of making a pultruded part having a uniform cross-section using a novel reinforcing mat. The method comprises orienting a plurality of longitudinal rovings along a longitudinal axis of a pultrusion die; providing a reinforcing structure comprising a permeable transport web of staple fibers attached to a plurality of first reinforcing fibers oriented so that the portion of the first reinforcing fibers oriented in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis comprises at least 40% of a volume of materials comprising the reinforcing structure; shaping the reinforcing structure to generally conform with a profile of the pultrusion die; combining a resin matrix with the longitudinal rovings and the reinforcing structure in the pultrusion die so that the longitudinal rovings and the reinforcing structure are substantially surrounded by the resin matrix; at least partially curing the resin matrix in the pultrusion die; and pulling the pultruded part from the pultrusion die.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2001Date of Patent: March 29, 2005Assignee: Pella CorporationInventors: Laurence W. Davies, Peter J. Fritz, Kenneth D. Beer
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Patent number: 6581257Abstract: A package of fiberglass is unwound such that the revolution of the unwinding is controlled relative to linear payout speed of the package. A strand of fiber is pulled from the package while simultaneously rotating the package about a longitudinal axis of the package.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2002Date of Patent: June 24, 2003Assignee: Dielectric Solutions, LLCInventors: Kevin R. Burton, Kenneth D. Beer, John J. Kuhn, Lewis J. Culp, Robert P. Buss
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Publication number: 20020129474Abstract: A package of fiberglass is unwound such that the revolution of the unwinding is controlled relative to linear payout speed of the package. A strand of fiber is pulled from the package while simultaneously rotating the package about a longitudinal axis of the package.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2002Publication date: September 19, 2002Inventors: Kevin R. Burton, Kenneth D. Beer, John J. Kuhn, Lewis J. Culp, Robert P. Buss
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Publication number: 20020121720Abstract: A method of preparing a reinforcing structure for use in manufacture a pultruded part where the reinforcing structure is pulled through a pultrusion die in a continuous longitudinal pull direction. The method includes arranging a plurality of first reinforcing fibers in a transverse direction and attaching a permeable transport web of staple fibers to the first reinforcing fibers such that the portion of the first reinforcing fibers oriented in the direction transverse comprises at least 40% of a volume of materials comprising the reinforcing structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2001Publication date: September 5, 2002Applicant: Pella CorporationInventors: Laurence W. Davies, Peter J. Fritz, Kenneth D. Beer
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Publication number: 20020123287Abstract: A reinforcing structure adapted for use in the manufacture of a pultruded part where the reinforcing structure is pulled through a pultrusion die in a continuous longitudinal pull direction. The reinforcing structure includes a permeable transport web of staple fibers and a plurality of first reinforcing fibers attached to the permeable transport web. The portion of the first reinforcing fibers extending in a transverse direction comprises at least 40% of a volume of materials comprising the reinforcing structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2001Publication date: September 5, 2002Applicant: Pella CorporationInventors: Laurence W. Davies, Peter J. Fritz, Kenneth D. Beer
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Publication number: 20020123288Abstract: A pultruded part having a uniform cross-section and a longitudinal axis. The pultruded part comprises a plurality of longitudinal rovings oriented along the longitudinal axis, a reinforcing structure and a resin matrix. The reinforcing structure comprises a permeable transport web of staple fibers attached to a plurality of first reinforcing fibers oriented so that the portion of the first reinforcing fibers oriented in a transverse direction comprises at least 40% of a volume of materials comprising the reinforcing structure. The resin matrix substantially surrounds the longitudinal rovings and the reinforcing structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2001Publication date: September 5, 2002Applicant: Pella CorporationInventors: Laurence W. Davies, Peter J. Fritz, Kenneth D. Beer
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Publication number: 20020121722Abstract: A method of making a pultruded part having a uniform cross-section using a novel reinforcing mat. The method comprises orienting a plurality of longitudinal rovings along a longitudinal axis of a pultrusion die; providing a reinforcing structure comprising a permeable transport web of staple fibers attached to a plurality of first reinforcing fibers oriented so that the portion of the first reinforcing fibers oriented in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis comprises at least 40% of a volume of materials comprising the reinforcing structure; shaping the reinforcing structure to generally conform with a profile of the pultrusion die; combining a resin matrix with the longitudinal rovings and the reinforcing structure in the pultrusion die so that the longitudinal rovings and the reinforcing structure are substantially surrounded by the resin matrix; at least partially curing the resin matrix in the pultrusion die; and pulling the pultruded part from the pultrusion die.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2001Publication date: September 5, 2002Applicant: Pella CorporationInventors: Laurence W. Davies, Peter J. Fritz, Kenneth D. Beer
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Patent number: 5910458Abstract: The present invention provides a needled mat adapted to reinforce a thermosetting matrix material to form a composite, composites formed therefrom, and methods related thereto. The needled mat includes a primary layer of a plurality of unidirectional continuous glass fiber strands coated with a composition which is compatible with the thermosetting matrix material and a secondary layer positioned thereon of a plurality of randomly oriented, generally continuous and/or chopped glass fiber strands coated with a composition which is compatible with the thermosetting matrix material. The mat has a total surface weight ranging from about 1300 to about 11,500 grams per square meter.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 1997Date of Patent: June 8, 1999Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth D. Beer, Christopher G. Cross, Thomas V. Thimons, Thomas P. Unites
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Patent number: 5883021Abstract: A vacuum molding-compatible mat including about 10 weight percent to about 99 weight percent glass monofilaments having a mean average length ranging from about 5 to about 150 millimeters and coated with a filament coating composition which is compatible with a thermosetting matrix material for forming a vacuum molded composite; and glass fiber strands having a mean average length ranging from about 5 to about 150 millimeters and coated with a strand coating composition which is compatible with the thermosetting matrix material for forming the vacuum molded composite; wherein the mat has a mat surface weight greater than about 200 grams per square meter, the glass monofilaments and glass fiber strands are essentially uniformly distributed throughout the mat and at least a portion of the glass monofilaments are entangled with at least a portion of the glass fiber strands.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 1997Date of Patent: March 16, 1999Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth D. Beer, Jian Meng, Thomas P. Unites
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Patent number: 5672641Abstract: The present invention includes aqueous coating compositions adapted to coat a plurality of sized glass fibers, glass fibers coated with the same and composites reinforced with the coated glass fibers.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 1995Date of Patent: September 30, 1997Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.Inventors: Kenneth D. Beer, Barbara Anderson, Richard Alan Davis
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Patent number: 5604270Abstract: A simplified aqueous sizing composition utilizing a variety of components achieves improved stability, wettability and strength characteristics. The composition utilizes one or more aqueous, soluble, dispersible or emulsifiable bisphenol A type polyester film forming polymers with an epoxy containing film forming copolymer compatible with and soluble in the matrix polymer. One or more organo-silane coupling agents are also utilized. The sizing composition preferably includes a single nonionic surfactant in conjunction with a cationic amidated polyamine lubricant. One or more anti-static agents, generally cationic organic quaternary ammonium salts having one or more alkoxy moieties, are utilized in an effective anti-static amount. An anti-foaming agent may also be utilized for the prevention or suppression of foam during the mixing process. The improved stability and wettability characteristics of the aqueous sizing composition are preferably achieved through the use of a single epoxidized surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 1993Date of Patent: February 18, 1997Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.Inventors: Michael W. Klett, Kenneth D. Beer
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Patent number: 5242958Abstract: A simplified aqueous sizing composition utilizing a variety of components achieves improved stability, wettability and strength characteristics. The composition utilizes one or more aqueous, soluble, dispersible or emulsifiable bisphenol A type polyester film forming polymers with an epoxy containing film forming copolymer compatible with and soluble in the matrix polymer. One or more organo-silane coupling agents are also utilized. The sizing composition preferably includes a single nonionic surfactant in conjunction with a cationic amidated polyamine lubricant. One or more anti-static agents, generally cationic organic quaternary ammonium salts having one or more alkoxy moieties, are utilized in an effective anti-static amount. An anti-foaming agent may also be utilized for the prevention or suppression of foam during the mixing process. The improved stability and wettability characteristics of the aqueous sizing composition are preferably achieved through the use of a single epoxidized surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 1991Date of Patent: September 7, 1993Assignee: PPG Industries, Inc.Inventors: Michael W. Klett, Kenneth D. Beer
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Patent number: 5219656Abstract: A unique composition of matter useful for treating glass fibers is claimed containing a film forming polymer, an organo coupling agent, a filament lubricant and an allylic compound, such as triallylcyanurate. The glass fibers carrying the dried residue of an aqueous chemical treating composition containing the unique chemical treating composition can be used to prepare a thermosetting plastic composite having improved strength. The composites so prepared are useful in making clear, translucent panels of improved weatherability and pultrusion profiles having higher strengths, such as compressive, shear and flexural strengths.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 1991Date of Patent: June 15, 1993Assignee: PPG Industries Inc.Inventors: Michael W. Klett, Kenneth D. Beer