Patents by Inventor William Edwin Ely

William Edwin Ely 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).

  • Friction member assembly
    Patent number: 3948363
    Abstract: A friction member assembly for a brake or clutch in which a first flat frictional surface is made up of a sheet of pyrolized cloth and carbonaceous filter material laminated to other sheets of a braking member and an opposing second flat frictional surface is made up of the overlapping edges of laminated sheets of pyrolized cloth and carbonaceous filler material extending obliquely from the frictional surface providing improved operation in the wet and dry condition when the first and second frictional surfaces of the assembly are brought into frictional engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1972
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1976
    Assignee: The B. F. Goodrich Company
    Inventor: William Edwin Ely