Patents by Inventor Stanley C. Shuler

Stanley C. Shuler 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: 5768781
    Abstract: A generally elongated, thin, metal sheet heat insulator (1) having at least two generally elongated, thin, metal sheets (3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) disposed generally one above the other in a spaced apart relationship and a metal separator (2) therebetween contacting both sheets for maintaining the spaced apart relationship. The improvement of the invention has distinct, non-woven, substantially open, metal separators (2) having a substantial Z-direction dimension (27) and have substantially parallel upper and lower contact surfaces (27, 29) spaced apart in the Z-direction (27) with a contact surface area of each contact surface less than about 30% of a planar area (48) of the separator parallel to the X and Y-dimensions of the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Lydall, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley C. Shuler, John J. Hiers, Timothy L. Byrd
  • Patent number: 5424139
    Abstract: A generally elongated, thin, metal sheet heat insulator (1) having at least two generally elongated, thin, metal sheets (3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) disposed generally one above the other in a spaced apart relationship and a metal separator (2) therebetween contacting both sheets for maintaining the spaced apart relationship. The improvement of the invention has distinct, non-woven, substantially open, metal separators (2) having a substantial Z-direction dimension (27) and have substantially parallel upper and lower contact surfaces (27, 29) spaced apart in the Z-direction (27) with a contact surface area of each contact surface less than about 30% of a planar area (48) of the separator parallel to the X and Y-dimensions of the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1995
    Assignee: Lydall, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley C. Shuler, John J. Hiers, Timothy L. Byrd