[6265] in SIPB bug reports
Re: MIT developed magnetic interior storm panel (1974?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Erik Nygren)
Thu Jan 16 13:16:28 1997
To: oldarn@juno.com (ARNOLD FURIA JR.)
Cc: bug-sipb@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 16 Jan 1997 11:55:14 EST."
<19970116.130515.7599.1.OLDARN@juno.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 13:15:27 EST
From: Erik Nygren <nygren@MIT.EDU>
We're definitely not the right place to ask about this.
Try contacting the MIT Technology Licensing Office.
(Send email to tlo@mit.edu). You might also try getting
the patent record from the US Patent Office, especially
if the patent has expired.
Erik
ARNOLD FURIA JR. wrote:
> Sirs: Help, help help. Back in the dark ages of the energy crises in '74
> the then called MIT Technology and Information Center created one of the
> finest inventions of the century. It was a PVC extrusion that contained
> a lineal magnet. This extrusion held a section of polycarbonate onto a
> thin steel strip producing the world's first magnetic interior storm
> panel. I have original samples of this magnetic edge. I currently build
> updated versions of this window using a magnetic edge produced by the
> SealMaster Corp. of Knoxville, Tenn. However, it is most definitely not
> as good as the edge your people developed. I am seeking information on
> whether MIT has granted license to manufacture this edge to someone or
> if the license is available. Any information you could lprovide would be
> most deeply appreciated.
