Patents by Inventor Steve W. Card

Steve W. Card 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).

  • Underwater bonding of surface-conforming material
    Patent number: 4793887
    Abstract: Surface-conforming materials, such as sheets, ribbons, tapes or moldable material may be adhered to a wide variety of underwater target surfaces with a cyanoacrylate adhesive. The cyanoacrylate adhesive is evacuated from it container under water, applied to a surface of the surface-conforming material, and then the surface-conforming material is pressed against the target surface for a relatively short period of time. The method provides a method, for example, of attaching a plastic explosive to the hull of a ship entirely under water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1988
    Assignee: Morton Thiokol, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve W. Card, Joseph R. West
  • System for underwater and cold temperature bonding
    Patent number: 4793888
    Abstract: Objects may be bonded to target surfaces of a variety of materials, including rough surfaces, surfaces at temperatures down to -40.degree. F. and surfaces submerged under water, by securing a sheet of compliant material to the object, applying cyanoacylate to the exposed surface of compliant material and pressing the object against the target surface for a time sufficient to establish a cure of the cyanoacrylate adequate to support the object from the target surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1988
    Assignee: Morton Thiokol, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve W. Card, Joseph R. West