Patents by Inventor Richard J. Matt

Richard J. Matt 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).

  • Patent number: 5056046
    Abstract: The system (12',14) includes a target member (78) associated with the stem valve (24) and displaceable therewith, and a camera (68) adapted to be positioned adjacent the stem for generating a video signal of at least a portion of the target member. A marker (80) associated with the valve in the field of view of the camera is provided for defining a reference displacement scale (82) in the video signal. A converter (62) is responsive to the video signal for generating target data commensurate with the absolute displacement of the target. First data interface equipment (42,58,60) is provided for digitizing the sensed pneumatic pressure as the pressure is changed to displace the stem, preferably a full stroke from the open-to-close-to-open positions or vice versa. Second data interface equipment (44,62) is provided for digitizing the target data commensurate with the displacement of the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 8, 1991
    Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: John H. Mutchler, Timothy P. Jaeger, Richard J. Matt, Theodore B. Farver
  • Patent number: 4203509
    Abstract: The invention contemplates a cylindrical cargo-roller construction wherein a circumferentially continuous molded-plastic elongate cylindrically annular tire is carried between radial flanges at the ends of a rigid tubular body. The tire is of slightly larger diameter than the flanges, and radial bearings are fitted beneath the radial flanges, so that overloads are sustained directly via the radial flanges, whereas normal loads are distributed along the length of the tire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1980
    Assignee: Textron, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard T. Thompson, Richard J. Matt
  • Patent number: 4074512
    Abstract: Improved wear and load-carrying properties result for a resin-impregnated fabric bearing wherein the bearing surface includes, as the most significant fabric component, a yarn which is a compounded bundle of sized TFE filaments and sized filaments of high-temperature nylon, in the proportion of at least no more than 50 percent TFE by volume. The yarn is loosely twisted, to the extent that after construction of a fabric with said yarn, the yarn is fully washable, to remove the sizing, down to the innermost filaments. This enables full impregnation of the fabric with synthetic resin, and curing in substantially intimate and continuous and void-free relation of the resin to all filaments within the yarn of the fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1973
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1978
    Assignee: Textron, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard J. Matt
  • Patent number: 4054337
    Abstract: The invention contemplates a fabric-lined bearing wherein the fabric is of knitted construction, from yarn consisting primarily of low-friction filaments and high-strength filaments, and wherein the exposed filaments at the bearing interface are primarily oriented to be generally transverse to the predominant direction of intended motion under load at the bearing interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1977
    Assignee: Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Matt, Richard T. Thompson
  • Patent number: 4040883
    Abstract: The invention contemplates a method for making fabric-lined bearing wherein the fabric is of knitted construction, from yarn consisting primarily of low-friction filaments and high-strength filaments, and wherein the exposed filaments at the bearing interface are primarily oriented to be generally transverse to the predominant direction of intended motion under load at the bearing interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1977
    Assignee: Textron, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Matt, Richard T. Thompson