Patents by Inventor Philip Vansteenkiste

Philip Vansteenkiste 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).

  • Conical surface burner
    Patent number: 6065963
    Abstract: A surface burner for gas has a gas supply chamber (5) provided with a gas outlet side enclosed by a conically shaped burner membrane (2) fixed to a support net (1). A coupling element (3) connects the chamber (5) with gas supply (4). The burner membrane (2) includes a non-sintered fabric-type structure made of heat resistant stainless steel fiber bundles of individual fibers, wherein the individual fibers have a substantially parallel arrangement and an equivalent fiber diameter of between 1 and 150 .mu.m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignees: N.V. Bekaert S.A., N.V. Acotech S.A.
    Inventors: Gabriel Dewaegheneire, Willy Marrecau, Philip Vansteenkiste
  • Textile fabric comprising bundles of machined metal filaments
    Patent number: 6025282
    Abstract: Textile fabrics are formed of bundles of machined metal filaments disposed in nearly parallel arrangement in the bundles. The machined filaments have a predominantly quadrilateral cross-section, and an equivalent filament diameter of between 15 and 150 .mu.m, where the equivalent diameter is the diameter of a circle having the same surface area as the surface area of a filament cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Assignee: N.V. Bekaert
    Inventors: Gabriel Dewaegheneire, Philip Vansteenkiste, Wim Van Steenlandt