Patents by Inventor Rebecca Schulz

Rebecca Schulz 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 for manufacturing a plugged honeycomb filter with a single firing cycle
    Publication number: 20070252310
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a honeycomb structure comprising providing a green honeycomb structure having a plurality of cell channels extending therethrough, inserting a plug material into at least a subset of the cell channels of the green honeycomb structure to form a plurality of plugs therein, and drying the plugs by exposing the plugs to electromagnetic energy, such as microwave energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Inventors: David Brockway, Srinivasan Govindajaran, Jonathan Mis, Rebecca Schulz, Gary Squier, Kathleen Wexell
  • Microwave stiffening system for ceramic extrudates
    Publication number: 20060159795
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for stiffening an wet extruded ceramic body for improved handling prior to drying and firing. The ceramic body is formed from a plastically deformable material including inorganic raw materials, and organics, such as a binder having a thermal gel point. As the ceramic body log exits the extruder die it is passed through a microwave energy field to be heated to above the gelling point of the organic binder. The ceramic body then stiffens and can be easily handled without deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Publication date: July 20, 2006
    Inventors: Richard Bergman, Jacob George, Harold Kimrey, Mark Muktoyuk, Rebecca Schulz, Elizabeth Vileno
  • Microwave stiffening system for ceramic extrudates
    Publication number: 20050093209
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for stiffening an wet extruded ceramic body for improved handling prior to drying and firing. The ceramic body is formed from a plastically deformable material including inorganic raw materials, and organics, such as a binder having a thermal gel point. As the ceramic body log exits the extruder die it is passed through a microwave energy field to be heated to above the gelling point of the organic binder. The ceramic body then stiffens and can be easily handled without deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2003
    Publication date: May 5, 2005
    Inventors: Richard Bergman, Jacob George, Harold Kimrey, Mark Muktoyuk, Rebecca Schulz, Elizabeth Vileno