Patents by Inventor Patrick J. Gadzo

Patrick J. Gadzo 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).

  • Mounting mat with flexible edge protection and exhaust gas treatment device incorporating the mounting mat
    Patent number: 8211373
    Abstract: A mounting mat for an exhaust gas treatment device includes first and second major opposite facing surfaces, leading and trailing edges, and opposite lateral edges. At least a portion of one or both of the opposite lateral edges includes an edge protectant that protects the mounting mat against erosion from hot gases encountered during the normal operation of the exhaust gas treatment device. The edge protectant remains flexible after it has been applied to the mounting mat and substantially dried. Also disclosed is an exhaust gas treatment device that includes a housing and a fragile structure mounted within the housing by the mounting mat having the edge protectant deposited thereon. Additionally disclosed are methods of making the mounting mat and an exhaust gas treatment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Unifrax I LLC
    Inventors: James R. Olson, John D. Ten Eyck, Patrick J. Gadzo
  • MOUNTING MAT WITH FLEXIBLE EDGE PROTECTION AND EXHAUST GAS TREATMENT DEVICE INCORPORATING THE MOUNTING MAT
    Publication number: 20100055004
    Abstract: A mounting mat for an exhaust gas treatment device includes first and second major opposite facing surfaces, leading and trailing edges, and opposite lateral edges. At least a portion of one or both of the opposite lateral edges includes an edge protectant that protects the mounting mat against erosion from hot gases encountered during the normal operation of the exhaust gas treatment device. The edge protectant remains flexible after it has been applied to the mounting mat and substantially dried. Also disclosed is an exhaust gas treatment device that includes a housing and a fragile structure mounted within the housing by the mounting mat having the edge protectant deposited thereon. Additionally disclosed are methods of making the mounting mat and an exhaust gas treatment device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Unifrax I LLC
    Inventors: James R. Olson, John D. Ten Eyck, Patrick J. Gadzo