Patents by Inventor Richard B. Wolfe

Richard B. Wolfe 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).

  • Recoverable sleeve
    Patent number: 4135553
    Abstract: A recoverable tubular article comprising an elastomeric sleeve held in a radially expanded or extended condition and capable of recovering to its pre-expanded condition of smaller diameter upon the removal of an outer restraint, an outer restraint, essentially tubular in configuration, bonded to said elastomeric sleeve, said bond between the sleeve and the restraint being sufficiently strong to retain the elastomeric sleeve in its expanded condition under ordinary conditions of storage and susceptible to attack by solvents weakening the bond sufficiently to allow the elastomeric sleeve to peel away from the restraint and recover to its original state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1979
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph H. Evans, Richard B. Wolfe
  • Method for covering an article with a recoverable sleeve
    Patent number: 4070746
    Abstract: A recoverable tubular article comprising an elastomeric sleeve held in a radially expanded or extended condition and capable of recovering to its pre-expanded condition of smaller diameter upon the removal of an outer restraint, an outer restraint, essentially tubular in configuration, bonded to said elastomeric sleeve, said bond between the sleeve and the restraint being sufficiently strong to retain the elastomeric sleeve in its expanded condition under ordinary conditions of storage and susceptible to attack by solvents weakening the bond sufficiently to allow the elastomeric sleeve to peel away from the restraint and recover to its original state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1978
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph H. Evans, Richard B. Wolfe