Patents by Inventor Roy Burton Steele

Roy Burton Steele 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).

  • Thermally responsive compressive diode assembly
    Patent number: 5773885
    Abstract: A power rectifier has a diode blank sandwiched between a pair of contacts which apply progressive compressive loads upon the diode blank as the temperature of the diode assembly increases. Preferably, the contacts are formed from dissimilar metals having different thermal expansion characteristics and are operatively coupled such that the thermal expansion differential translates into the desired compressive load characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Roy Burton Steele