Patents by Inventor Paul Michael Winistorfer

Paul Michael Winistorfer 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).

  • Process and system for determination of layer thickness swell of wood composites
    Patent number: 6396590
    Abstract: A process and system for obtaining a thickness swell measurement of a wood composite material sample. The process includes placing a measurement pattern on an edge of a wood composite material sample, the measurement pattern including layers having a thickness; measuring the thickness of at least one of the layers of the measurement pattern prior to exposing the wood composite material sample to a thickness swell-inducing condition; exposing the wood composite material sample to a thickness swell-inducing condition; and re-measuring the thickness of the at least one layer after exposing the wood composite material sample to a thickness swell-inducing condition to thereby obtain a thickness swell measurement for the wood composite material sample. Representative wood composite materials include medium density fiberboard (MDF), oriented strandboard (OSB) and particle board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: The University of Tennessee Research Corporation
    Inventors: Siqun Wang, Paul Michael Winistorfer