Patents by Inventor Robert F. Stalcup, II

Robert F. Stalcup, II 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: 10066537
    Abstract: An exhaust connection coupler and a method for manufacturing a braid cover incorporated therein are provided. The method of manufacturing comprises the steps of providing a tubular sleeve formed of braided wire filaments and forming at least one end of the sleeve into shape using a forming die such that the at least one end of the cover includes a circumferential neck portion having a diameter smaller than the diameter of a body portion of the cover. In the method, the sleeve may be pressed between male and female forming dies in order to create the cover's desired shape, which can include a shoulder extending radially outwardly from the cover's neck portion and meeting the cover's body portion at a corner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: TRU-FLEX, LLC
    Inventors: Robert F. Stalcup, II, Scott R. Swank
  • Publication number: 20160186897
    Abstract: A flexible conduit for use in a pipe system such as a vehicular exhaust system to provide a torsional or non-torsional joint between two pipes. The conduit has an outer bellows and an inner liner between which a layer of noise/thermal insulation is sandwiched to attenuate noise, resist thermal transmission and dampen vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Robert F. Stalcup, II, Scott R. Swank, R. Winfield Thomas
  • Patent number: 9261216
    Abstract: A flexible conduit for use in a pipe system such as a vehicular exhaust system to provide a torsional or non-torsional joint between two pipes. The conduit has an outer bellows and an inner liner between which a layer of noise/thermal insulation is sandwiched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: TRU-FLEX, LLC
    Inventors: Robert F. Stalcup, II, Scott R. Swank, R. Winfield Thomas
  • Publication number: 20160032813
    Abstract: An exhaust connection coupler and a method for manufacturing a braid cover incorporated therein are provided. The method of manufacturing comprises the steps of providing a tubular sleeve formed of braided wire filaments and forming at least one end of the sleeve into shape using a forming die such that the at least one end of the cover includes a circumferential neck portion having a diameter smaller than the diameter of a body portion of the cover. In the method, the sleeve may be pressed between male and female forming dies in order to create the cover's desired shape, which can include a shoulder extending radially outwardly from the cover's neck portion and meeting the cover's body portion at a corner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Robert F. Stalcup, II, Scott R. Swank
  • Patent number: 9157559
    Abstract: An exhaust connection coupler and a method for manufacturing a braid cover incorporated therein are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: TRU-FLEX, LLC
    Inventors: Robert F. Stalcup, II, Scott R. Swank
  • Publication number: 20140319822
    Abstract: An exhaust connection coupler and a method for manufacturing a braid cover incorporated therein are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Robert F. Stalcup, II, Scott R. Swank
  • Publication number: 20120056414
    Abstract: A flexible conduit for use in a pipe system such as a vehicular exhaust system to provide a torsional or non-torsional joint between two pipes. The conduit has an outer bellows, an inner liner and at least one layer of noise/thermal insulation to attenuate noise, resist thermal transmission and dampen vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: R. Winfield THOMAS, Robert F. STALCUP, II, Scott R. SWANK
  • Publication number: 20110074147
    Abstract: A flexible conduit for use in a pipe system such as a vehicular exhaust system to provide a torsional or non-torsional joint between two pipes. The conduit has an outer bellows and an inner liner between which a layer of noise/thermal insulation is sandwiched to attenuate noise, resist thermal transmission and dampen vibration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: R. Winfield Thomas, Robert F. Stalcup, II, Scott R. Swank