Patents by Inventor Noel C. McKenzie

Noel C. McKenzie 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).

  • Manufacture of asbestos-free friction facing material
    Patent number: 4631209
    Abstract: In a method of making asbestos-free friction facing material in the form of a water-laid sheet of cellulosic fibres, in which are distributed friction-imparting particles and particles of friction-modifier, the sheet containing a thermosetting phenolic resin which after curing binds the ingredients firmly together, the thermosetting phenolic resin is included in emulsified form in the aqueous suspension of ingredients from which the water-laid sheet is prepared.This leads to a product of more consistent friction performance than is obtained by post-sheeting impregnation with thermosetting phenolic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 23, 1986
    Assignees: Ferodo Ltd., T&N Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Ralph Baker, Eric T. Smith, Vaughan T. Dickinson, Noel C. McKenzie, Brian Hargreaves
  • Flexible, asbestos-free gasket material
    Patent number: 4529653
    Abstract: Non-asbestos flexible sheet material suitable for use in gaskets for the exhaust manifold of an internal combustion engine is made by dewatering on a water-permeable conveyor a layer of aqueous slurry and compressing and drying the dewatered layer, the aqueous slurry employed being one that contains the following ingredients in the following proportions by dry weight:ball clay: 25-44%non-fibrous layer silicate: 25-40%graphite: 10-30%cellulose fibres: 3-15%synthetic rubber: 1-10%starch: 1-5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1985
    Assignee: T&N Materials Research Limited
    Inventors: Brian Hargreaves, Robert A. Lancaster, Noel C. McKenzie, John D. Crabtree
  • Asbestos-free sheet material for spiral-wound gaskets
    Patent number: 4529662
    Abstract: Non-asbestos flexible sheet material suitable for use in the manufacture of spiral wound gaskets is made by dewatering on a water-permeable conveyor a layer of aqueous slurry and compressing and drying the dewatered layer, the aqueous slurry employed being one that contains the following ingredients in the following proportions by dry weight:china clay 20-50%mica or chlorite 20-50%graphite 10-40%cellulose fibres 2-10%vitreous fibre in wool form 2-10%synthetic organic polymer binder 2-10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1985
    Assignee: T&N Materials Research Limited
    Inventors: Robert A. Lancaster, Noel C. McKenzie, Brian Hargreaves
  • Flexible, asbestos-free gasket material
    Patent number: 4529663
    Abstract: Non-asbestos flexible sheet material suitable for use in gaskets for the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine is made by dewatering on a water-permeable conveyor a layer of aqueous slurry and compressing and drying the dewatered layer, the aqueous slurry employed being one that contains the following ingredients in the following proportions by dry weight:______________________________________ ball clay 25-44% calcium silicate of high specific 15-40% surface area cellulose fibres 3-15% organic polymer binder 5-15% fibrillated poly (aromatic amide) 1-15% fibres ______________________________________
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1985
    Assignee: T&N Materials Research Limited
    Inventors: Robert A. Lancaster, Noel C. McKenzie, Brian Hargreaves