Patents by Inventor Larry E. Neaves

Larry E. Neaves 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).

  • Method for making a formable and curve shape retentive hose
    Patent number: 4698890
    Abstract: A reformable, shape retentive hose having a precured tube located in a hose sidewall, and a reformable rod inserted in the precured tube. A method for making hose by placing at least one precured tube in the sidewall of a hose during the time that the hose sidewall is formed, curing the hose assembly with the precured tube in the sidewall, and inserting a reformable rod in a portion of the precured tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1987
    Assignee: The Gates Rubber Company
    Inventor: Larry E. Neaves
  • Formable and curve shape retentive hose
    Patent number: 4669508
    Abstract: A reformable, shape retentive hose having a precured tube located in a hose sidewall, and a reformable rod inserted in the precured tube. A method for making hose by placing at least one precured tube in the sidewall of a hose during the time that the hose sidewall is formed, curing the hose assembly with the precured tube in the sidewall, and inserting a reformable rod in a portion of the precured tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1987
    Assignee: The Gates Rubber Company
    Inventor: Larry E. Neaves