Patents by Inventor Wayne Lundblad

Wayne Lundblad 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).

  • Simplified process for making thick fibrous structures
    Patent number: 6105223
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for making thick fibrous structures. More particularly, the invention relates to a simplified needle-felting process wherein loose fiber is accreted into a thick fibrous structure by repeatedly driving a multitude of felting needles into the loose fiber, the felting needles penetrating all the way through the fibrous material at the beginning of the process, and penetrating only part way through the fibrous material at the end of the process. The processes according to the invention eliminate one or more intermediate steps of forming coherent fibrous layers that were previously thought necessary in the prior art in order to form a thick fibrous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: The B. F. Goodrich Company
    Inventors: Jerry Brown, Wade W. Fillmore, Jay H. Killian, Jr., Ronnie Sze-Heng Liew, Wayne Lundblad, Edward Lee Morris, Jr.