Patents by Inventor Wayne L. Fox

Wayne L. Fox 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).

  • Vacuum-sealed gas-bearing assembly
    Patent number: 4191385
    Abstract: An integral vacuum-sealed gas-bearing assembly comprising a combination of gas-bearing elements and vacuum plenums such that a gas seal is maintained across the bearing separating two assemblies to allow one assembly to be moved relative to the other in finite increments while maintaining an internal vacuum environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1980
    Inventors: Wayne L. Fox, deceased, by Rosemary M. Fox, executrix
  • Gas lubricated spindle bearing assembly
    Patent number: 4095855
    Abstract: A gas lubricated spindle bearing assembly comprising a stator assembly and a rotor assembly with a spindle engaged to the rotor and a twin parallel flexure engaged to one of said assemblies to establish and maintain an air spacing between the adjacent interfacing surfaces of the said stator and rotor assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1978
    Assignee: Fox International, Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne L. Fox