Patents by Inventor Claudio Ansaloni

Claudio Ansaloni 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).

  • Wear resistant coatings and tiles and methods of making same
    Patent number: 8507098
    Abstract: The various embodiments of the present invention are directed to wear resistant coatings, tiles having the wear resistant coatings disposed thereon, and to methods of making the coatings and tiles. A wear resistant coating generally includes a strontium aluminosilicate glass-ceramic composition that is formed from a glaze. The glaze can include a crystallizing component, which itself can include strontium, aluminum, and silicon, but also comprises less than about 2 weight percent each of lithium, boron, barium, sodium, iron, titanium, zirconium, and carbon, based on a total weight of the crystallizing component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignees: Mohawk Carpet Corporation, Intercolor S.p.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Long, Claudio Ansaloni, Massimo Sernesi, David A. Earl
  • WEAR RESISTANT COATINGS AND TILES AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20090311538
    Abstract: The various embodiments of the present invention are directed to wear resistant coatings, tiles having the wear resistant coatings disposed thereon, and to methods of making the coatings and tiles. A wear resistant coating generally includes a strontium aluminosilicate glass-ceramic composition that is formed from a glaze. The glaze can include a crystallizing component, which itself can include strontium, aluminum, and silicon, but also comprises less than about 2 weight percent each of lithium, boron, barium, sodium, iron, titanium, zirconium, and carbon, based on a total weight of the crystallizing component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicants: Mohawk Carpet Corporation, Intercolor S.p.A.
    Inventors: Thomas Long, Claudio Ansaloni, Massimo Sernesi, David A. Earl