Patents by Inventor Thaddeus R. Dudzik

Thaddeus R. Dudzik 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: 5212614
    Abstract: Relatively thin microdisc cassette cases having a generally rectangular parallelpiped shape and adapted to house therewithin a standardized 3.5-inch flexible magnetic disc, include a pair of opposing planar cassette case halves, and detent members for joining these cassette case halves one to another in face-to-face relationship. The detent members include a number of registered male and female detents which are sized and configured so as to be in an interference friction fit with one another. In such a manner, the cassette case halves are securely joined one to another without necessarily employing conventional ultrasonic welding techniques. However, the cassette case halves may nonetheless be separated upon application of a separatory force of sufficient magnitude. Preferably, the cassette case halves, and hence the male and female detent members, are unitarily molded from a polyacetal resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1993
    Assignee: Hoechst Celanese Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick M. Hughes, Maribeth Fletcher, Thaddeus R. Dudzik