Patents by Inventor Norman Eugene FULLER, JR.

Norman Eugene FULLER, JR. 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).

  • Apparatus for annealing alloy ribbon and method of producing annealed alloy ribbon
    Patent number: 10337081
    Abstract: An apparatus for annealing alloy ribbon, the apparatus comprising: an unwinder unwinding an alloy ribbon from a spool of the alloy ribbon; a heating member comprising a first flat surface, on which the alloy ribbon unwound by the unwinder runs while contacting the first flat surface, the heating member heating the alloy ribbon running while contacting the first flat surface through the first flat surface; a cooling member comprising a second flat surface, on which the alloy ribbon heated by the heating member runs while contacting the second flat surface, the cooling member cooling the alloy ribbon running while contacting the second flat surface through the second flat surface; and a winder winding the alloy ribbon cooled by the cooling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignees: Metglas, Inc., HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Donald Robert Reed, Jr., Joseph Custis Boggs, Norman Eugene Fuller, Jr.
  • APPARATUS FOR ANNEALING ALLOY RIBBON AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ANNEALED ALLOY RIBBON
    Publication number: 20180127851
    Abstract: An apparatus for annealing alloy ribbon, the apparatus comprising: an unwinder unwinding an alloy ribbon from a spool of the alloy ribbon; a heating member comprising a first flat surface, on which the alloy ribbon unwound by the unwinder runs while contacting the first flat surface, the heating member heating the alloy ribbon running while contacting the first flat surface through the first flat surface; a cooling member comprising a second flat surface, on which the alloy ribbon heated by the heating member runs while contacting the second flat surface, the cooling member cooling the alloy ribbon running while contacting the second flat surface through the second flat surface; and a winder winding the alloy ribbon cooled by the cooling member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Donald Robert REED, JR., Joseph Custis BOGGS, Norman Eugene FULLER, JR.