Patents by Inventor Raymond Bryant Minor

Raymond Bryant Minor 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).

  • Low stress to seal gasket
    Patent number: 6485809
    Abstract: A multilayer, unitary gasket including at least one inner layer of expanded PTFE disposed between a first substantially air impermeable outer layer and a second substantially air impermeable outer layer, and a substantially air impermeable region bridging the first and second substantially air impermeable layers. The inventive gasket forms a substantially air impermeable seal when compressed at low stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignees: W. L. Gore & Associates GmbH, Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc., Japan Gore-Tex, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Bryant Minor, Kevin Edward Dove, Ronald G. Egres, Jr., Alexander Riedl, Hirokazu Hisano, David John Mills