Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Hunter

Thomas A. Hunter 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).

  • Screen ink printed film carrier and electrically modulated device using same
    Patent number: 6809045
    Abstract: Screen ink printed film carrier having an ink screen printed electrical altering image provided on thin adhesive film carrier that is flexible and capable of deformation out of the major plane of the carrier to conform to the exterior contour presented by flat or complicated three-dimensional objects, upon which the film carrier can be affixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
    Inventors: Shahriar Alam, Thomas A. Hunter, Michael J. Valle
  • R-foam and method of manufacturing same
    Patent number: 6217983
    Abstract: An R-foam having a surface with an electrically resistive ink layer that is continuous and an electrically conductive ink layer that is in a predetermined pattern. The resulting surface is thereby electrically modified to have a predetermined resistive taper across it according to a predetermined resistivity curve. The method of manufacturing the R-foam involves printing the ink layers to the surface in a predetermined pattern that results in the predetermined resistivity curve. The ink layers may be applied using silk screening, stamping, and ink jet printing techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company
    Inventors: Shahriar Alam, Thomas A. Hunter, Michael J. Valle
  • Method of making and bonding a screen printed ink film carrier to an electronic device
    Patent number: 5890429
    Abstract: Screen ink printed film carrier having an ink screen printed electrical altering image provided on thin adhesive film carrier that is flexible and capable of deformation out of the major plane of the carrier to conform to the exterior contour presented by flat or complicated three-dimensional objects, upon which the film carrier can be affixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
    Inventors: Shahriar Alam, Thomas A. Hunter, Michael J. Valle
  • Barrier material for gel sealant-cable jacket interface
    Patent number: 4889717
    Abstract: This invention provides a foam barrier which prevents substantial migration of plasticizer from a plasticized polymeric article, such as a PVC cable jacket, into a gel sealing material in contact with the article and prevents substantial migration of oil from the gel material into the article while not significantly interfering with the sealing contact between the gel material and the surface of the article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1989
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventors: Anne E. Covington, Thomas A. Hunter, Keith Dawes
  • Method of protecting a cable splice with a splice closure having pressure measuring means
    Patent number: 4764232
    Abstract: A closure and method for protecting a splice connecting at least two cables. The closure includes a flexible reservoir positioned around the splice, a curable liquid sealant introduced into the reservoir, a means applied to the reservoir for increasing the pressure therein and a pressure measuring tube communicating between the inside and outside of the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1988
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas A. Hunter