Patents by Inventor Paul B. Pribis

Paul B. Pribis 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 of making a seal
    Patent number: 4827586
    Abstract: A decompression seal mechanism has a body containing a series of cavities formed by alternate grooves and lands and formed of a porous structure deposited by a plasma spray, and means for supplying said porous structure with a positive flow of liquid lubricant and method of making the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1989
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paul B. Pribis, Herbert J. West
  • Seal
    Patent number: 4715260
    Abstract: A decompression seal mechanism has a body containing a series of cavities formed by alternate grooves and lands and formed of a porous structure deposited by a plasma spray, and means for supplying said porous structure with a positive flow of liquid lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 29, 1987
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paul B. Pribis, Herbert J. West
  • Dual coated radiant electrical heating element
    Patent number: 4620086
    Abstract: To reduce the tendency of ground faults and short circuits on electrical heating elements operating at elevated voltages and temperatures, resistance heating wire is coated with a sublayer of magnesium zirconate followed by an outer layer of aluminum oxide; each layer being in the range of 0.001 to 0.010 inches thick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1986
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Adrian R. Ades, Paul B. Pribis, Donald J. Proach