Patents by Inventor Richard E. Rodkey

Richard E. Rodkey 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).

  • arrangement for holding elongate substrates
    Patent number: 5817983
    Abstract: An arrangement for holding elongate substrates in a desired array having a plurality of passageways divided into compartments separated by pairs of spaced apart parallel flexible arms. The arms allow only two substrates to be inserted into each compartment, providing separation of additional substrates and the cannonballing effect is thereby eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventors: Richard E. Rodkey, Paul William Martens, Ronald W. Watson, David W. Solano
  • Article having permanent indicia thereon
    Patent number: 4969402
    Abstract: Permanent white indicia are applied to a polymeric surface, preferably of a black, heat-recoverable marker sleeve for wire or cable, using an ink composition comprising a pigment that is thermally stable at a temperature of at least about 350.degree. C., preferably titanium dioxide and a binder, such as nitrocellulose, and then heating the surface to permatize the mark. The marked article passes MIL-STD-202 in mark permanence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1990
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventors: Randolph W. Chan, Lawrence D. Schwartz, Richard E. Rodkey