Patents by Inventor Eckard Wenz

Eckard Wenz 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).

  • Method for producing an ultraphobic surface on an aluminum base
    Patent number: 6652669
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing an ultraphobic surface on aluminium as the supporting material and to the resulting surface and its use. According to said method, the surface of an aluminium support is anodized, especially by anodic oxidation, and/or electrochemically pickled in an acid solution with an alternating voltage, treated in hot water or water vapor at a temperature of 50 to 100° C., optionally coated with an adhesion promoter layer and then provided with a hydrophobic or especially oleophobic coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Sunyx Surface Nanotechnologies GmbH
    Inventors: Karsten Reihs, Daniel-Gordon Duff, Georg Wiessmeier, Burkhard Koehler, Matthias Voetz, Juan Gonzalez-Blanco, Eckard Wenz