Patents by Inventor Scott W. Thurber

Scott W. Thurber 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).

  • Apparatus for interference-fitting male and female members
    Patent number: 4620350
    Abstract: A method of interference-fitting either a male or female resilient member to its corresponding female or male member using a hollow mandrel cooled to preferably cryogenic temperatures which freezes a compressed resilient member to at least its glass-transition temperature. The method enables one to combine the two members before the resilient member warms to a temperature above its glass-transition temperature. The method and apparatus have found usefulness in the assembly of elastomeric high voltage electrical insulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1986
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott W. Thurber
  • Method of interference-fitting male and female members
    Patent number: 4555839
    Abstract: A method of interference-fitting either a male or female resilient member to its corresponding female or male member using a hollow mandrel cooled to preferably cryogenic temperatures which freezes a compressed resilient member to at least its glass-transition temperature. The method enables one to combine the two members before the resilient member warms to a temperature above its glass-transition temperature. The method and apparatus have found usefulness in the assembly of elastomeric high voltage electrical insulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1985
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott W. Thurber