Patents by Inventor Stephen E. Howe

Stephen E. Howe 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).

  • Publication number: 20030003258
    Abstract: The invention is directed to assembly of a plurality of joined panel parts. Some of the individual parts contain a pre-applied curable adhesive to one or more sides or edges. An initiating metal activator is applied to complementing edges and cure is activated when the parts are assembled. The pre-applied adhesive system contains monomer(s), initiators, oligomers, an acid, and a sulfonyl compound. An activating or initiating metal foil, dispersion or coating is applied to the complementary surface. The bonding is effected when the adhesive system is activated by mating the edges. The activating metal is a reducible elemental transition metal. The metal is affixed to one surface which is brought into proximity with the curable adhesive compound dispensed onto the complementing part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2002
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Applicant: Lord Corporation
    Inventors: Scott R. Durso, Stephen E. Howe, Mark W. Pressley
  • Patent number: 6237884
    Abstract: A ceiling fan mounting assembly for suspending a ceiling fan directly below a skylight. The ceiling fan mounting assembly includes a mounting bracket with a plurality of elongate mounting arms outwardly radiating from a center region of the mounting bracket. A mounting box is downwardly depended from the center region of the mounting bracket. Each of the mounting arms has an outer end opposite the center region of the mounting bracket with a mounting plate coupled thereto. Each of the mounting plates has a mounting barb outwardly extending therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Inventor: Stephen E. Howe
  • Patent number: 5385990
    Abstract: A structural adhesive composition containing an epoxy compound, an amine hardener and a hydroxy-substituted aromatic compound having a pKa ranging from about 5 to 9.7 and a boiling point greater than about 210.degree. C. The utilization of a hydroxy-substituted aromatic compound having a pKa and a boiling point within the stated ranges provides for an adhesive composition which develops significant green strength, undergoes minimal sinkage during the bonding and curing process, and is capable of withstanding high temperature conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1995
    Assignee: Lord Corporation
    Inventors: Kirk J. Abbey, Stephen E. Howe, Beth C. Munoz
  • Patent number: 4977029
    Abstract: This invention relates to coatings for application to glass lenses to provide a tint thereto. The coatings at a thickness of no more than 10 microns in conjunction with organic dyes conventionally used to tint organic plastic lenses will impart a visible transmission of less than 50%, preferably less than 30%. The coatings consist essentially of an alkyl siloxane containing a dipolar silane selected from the group consisting of an ester-functional silane, a hydroxy-functional silane, amino-functional silane, a carboxylic acid-functional silane, and a halide form of those silanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1990
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jacqueline L. Brown, Stephen E. Howe, Sheryl L. Hultman